Breakout 1

• Within each topic, identify challenges that you see within your own school or district
• Be specific
• For each topic, determine your vision for the future and what you would like to see at your own school or district
• As a group, choose 1 challenge to move forward with & collectively set the direction for a future vision

• Not having dedicated time to connect as a full faculty / staff
• Parents do not come onto campus anymore – all meetings are virtual

• Spotty wifi connections
• 1:1 only for high school students

• More students require support than we have time / resources for
• Limited training on personalized learning

• All teachers have regular training on how tools can support student learning

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Challenges & Future Vision

Student Engagement

More students require support than we have time / resources for

• All teachers have regular training on how tools can support student learning
• All students feel appropriately supported & challenged during the schooling career
• Students can bring in their personal passions into their learning to lead to greater engagement

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Challenge:

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What vision for the future do you have for this focus?

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• Lack of intentional PD for teachers to understand best practices for facilitating learning in a 1:1 environment which has minimized opportunities to grow community with increased access to technology.

• Scripted/pre-packaged content and instructional design has conditioned students to lose some of their creativity and self-agency

Portrait of a Graduate for future skills tweet

Challenges & Future Vision

Student Engagement

High needs of students and limited resources (teachers, time, relevant tasks, etc).

• Student driven/directed learning with embedded scaffolds during productive struggles

Focus:

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Challenge:

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What vision for the future do you have for this focus?

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• Listen to each question
• Generate as many ideas for a training session using the question as inspiration
• Consider the tools that can be leveraged, both as a focus for the training and as supplementary resources
• You will have 1 minute per box – we will stay on the same box together

Inspiration Generation

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Jamboard

Jamboard

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Jamboard

• Write your name in one of the spaces below.
• Click on your assigned Jamboard to open up your individual Inspiration Generation template.

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• You will have 1 minute to pitch your idea to your colleagues
• Ensure your pitch includes the what & the how
• What activities will you bring forward??
• How do these ideas amplify technology for in person learning?

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Pitch

• With each pitch, ensure one person captures your team’s thinking on your collaborative slide
• Consider:
• Starting with the present
• Honoring the past
• Looking ahead to the future

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Have teachers engage in a tuning protocol using a lesson they have previously designed

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The lesson will be annotated using Google Keep & Jamboard to capture the dialogue that is happening in person. Participants will see the value in technology in capturing key thinking so that they can see their growth over time.

Educators will feel greater confidence in their ability to support & engage students, which will lead to better overall engagement

Instructional videos will be posted on Google Site to help make connections between how the tools can support engagement

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Videos will highlight key features of the tools and will be levelled based on need & readiness

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Training Pitch

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What ideas do you wish to move forward with?

How do these ideas ensure you are working towards future vision?

How do these ideas help educators amplify technology for in-person learning?

How will you ensure the unique needs of all educators are being met?

Perform a crosswalk with future employability skills and own views of critical future skills.

Rank-order current reality with future skills

Brainstorm approaches for leveling up selected skill within current setting.

Combination of digital tools highlights the power of creating dynamic learning experiences driven by the end-user.

Align personal values to the driving forces of our future workforce.

Choice is embedded for teachers to be in the driver seat of their learning.

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Training Pitch

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Name:

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What ideas do you wish to move forward with?

How do these ideas ensure you are working towards future vision?

How do these ideas help educators amplify technology for in-person learning?

How will you ensure the unique needs of all educators are being met?

How might we help educators redesign and update lessons using UDL to meet the needs of all students, profile of a graduate and career readiness.

Working with community and employers to match job skills/college skills.

Working with others around grade level goals, future ready goals, looking at exemplar lessons.

Challenge based learning, using PBL and Design thinking methods to build skills

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Training Pitch

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What ideas do you wish to move forward with?

How do these ideas ensure you are working towards future vision?

How do these ideas help educators amplify technology for in-person learning?

How will you ensure the unique needs of all educators are being met?

Training Pitch

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Name:

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What ideas do you wish to move forward with?

How do these ideas ensure you are working towards future vision?

How do these ideas help educators amplify technology for in-person learning?

How will you ensure the unique needs of all educators are being met?

Training Pitch

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Name:

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What ideas do you wish to move forward with?

How do these ideas ensure you are working towards future vision?

How do these ideas help educators amplify technology for in-person learning?

How will you ensure the unique needs of all educators are being met?

• Listen to each group member’s pitch – each pitch will be 1 minute in length
• After each pitch, determine as a group which ideas are pertinent to move forward
• Consider:
• The ‘musts’
• The Google Tool specific skills you are developing
• Ways to extend or scaffold the training

Breakout 2

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Pulling it Together – use this Google Form to develop your Training