Plugged In | 9.20.19 – New Podcast Series Announced and Updates on the iNACOL Symposium

September 20, 2019

iNACOL Plugged In Newsletter

Plugged In
Sept. 20, 2019

iNACOL COO Bruce Friend Inaugurates iNACOL’s New Podcast Series with a Discussion of the Upcoming Symposium

We’re pleased to announce a new podcast series, the Innovation Spotlight, featuring commentary and analysis at the leading edge of education systems change. By popular demand, we introduce the podcast as a new medium to disseminate knowledge, collaborate with the field, and hold engaging conversations on the field’s toughest subjects.

Our hosts are Matthew Shea and Courtney Belolan, who lead the popular forum, Personalized Learning with Matt & Courtney. Matt and Courtney also manage iNACOL’s Voices Hub, an interactive space at the annual iNACOL Symposium, where attendees go to share their ideas, Aha moments, and lessons learned.

We inaugurate the series with a discussion about the premier event shaping the future of K-12 education, the iNACOL Symposium. Annually, more than 3,000 experts, practitioners, educators, policymakers, students, and researchers gather and work to transform education. iNACOL’s Chief Operation Officer Bruce Friend sat down with Matt and Courtney to discuss what to expect at the 2019 iNACOL Symposium.

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Upcoming Webinar - Supporting Educators Transitioning to PCBE

Register for Our Upcoming Leadership Webinar:
Supporting Educators Transitioning to a Competency-Based and Personalized Learning System

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET, iNACOL (@nacol) will host a webinar to share the perspective of shifting to competency-based, personalized learning from two experienced practitioners.

Join this webinar to be offered a roadmap and possible on-ramps from the traditional schooling model to a personalized, competency-based model. With an overview of the hallmarks of CBE and a discussion of instructional practices and changes in grading and assessments, the discussion will center the role of collaborative teams and focused professional learning in supporting the transition. In addition, attendees will learn how state policy can support scaling their efforts.

Presenters:

Brian Stack, Principal, Sanborn Regional High School, @bstackbu
Jonathan Vander Els, Director of Innovative Projects, New Hampshire Learning Initiative, @jvanderels
Maria Worthen, Vice President for Federal and State Policy, iNACOL, @mariaworthen

Reminders

Extend Your Learning and Networking Opportunities with Pre-Conference Workshops

Pre-conference workshops at the annual iNACOL Symposium provide focused full- and half-day interactive opportunities for deeper learning and knowledge-building in personalized, competency-based learning. A sampling of workshops this year include:

Showing the Way to Equity and Excellence: What the Education System Can Learn From Alternative Schools
The Power You Carry: How to Become a Brain Builder to Help All Children Thrive
Rigorous and Student-Centered Teaching: A Forum on Innovation

These workshops provide intensive professional development in small groups and require a separate registration.

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iNACOL Symposium Opening Keynote Announcement

iNACOL is pleased to announce our Symposium opening keynote will feature Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Dr. Brooke Stafford-Brizard. The theme of our opening address is “Broadening the Definition of Student Success: A Spotlight on Mental Health.”

Please note that, unlike previous years, this year’s opening keynote will take place on Monday, October 28th, 3:30-5:15 p.m. Pacific Time, following the pre-conference workshops. Once the keynote and moderated discussion concludes, we will make a very special announcement that you won't want to miss. The President’s Welcome Reception will immediately follow in the Innovation Corner.

Look to the Symposium website to learn about all of the eduation transformation experts who will offer keynote addresses this year.

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New from iNACOL's Blog: Education Domain

Susan Patrick on Five Global Trends in Education

In a recent conversation with Getting Smart‘s Tom Vander Ark, iNACOL President and CEO Susan Patrick outlined five global trends in learning, including:

Ensuring Education Systems Are Fit for Purpose
Modernizing the Teacher Workforce and Professional Learning
Innovating Education for Equity, Prioritizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Aligning Pathways between Early Childhood, K-12, College, and the Workforce
Redesigning Schools Based on the Learning Sciences

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What the Learning Sciences Are Teaching Us About Learning – Pt. 3

"The goal of education is not to drive everything into long-term memory. One of the goals in education is to get the right things into long-term memory. You have to have stuff in long-term memory to allow working memory to do its complex work. A lot of what education should be about is how do you get long term memory and working memory to work together?"

-Bror Saxberg

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The Science of Learning and Development - Implications for Transforming K-12 Education

Featured Webinar | The Science of Learning and Development and Its Implications for Transforming K-12 Education

iNACOL partnered with the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) to explore how K-12 education systems can create personalized learning environments that better support student learning and development through the learning sciences which are grounded in research, and specifically designed for student success.

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BONUS:
Threshold Concept: Synchronizing K-12 Education Policy with the Learning Sciences

Plugged In Headlines: News about Education Transformation

Personalized Learning Key to Churchill School District
Paul Boger, KUNR

The New Testing Landscape: State Assessments Under ESSA
Lynn Olson, FutureEd

‘We Believe in Second Chances Here’
Justyna Tomtas, Lewiston Tribune

Secretary DeVos Makes Clear Federal Funds Can Be Used to Support Dual Enrollment, Postsecondary Options for Students and Youth With Disabilities
U.S. Dept. of Education

By One Measure, Federal Spending on Children Has Hit a 10-Year Low
Andrew Ujifusa, EdWeek

iNACOL in the News

Fisher: Who You Know — 3 Ways Schools Can Foster Competency-Based Education by Focusing on Student Relationships
Competency-based education has seen its fair share of champions over the past decade, offering the promise of a new architecture of learning...Read More.

Policy

The iNACOL Center for Policy Advocacy leads the multi-stage evolution of policy necessary for the growth of effective personalized learning models toward the goals of high quality, equity, access and dramatically improving student learning to close the achievement gap and ensure every student has access to high-quality, world-class learning opportunities.

CompetencyWorks

CompetencyWorks is an online resource dedicated to competency education in K-12 education. CompetencyWorks shares original research, knowledge and a variety of perspectives through an informative blog with practitioner knowledge, policy advancements, papers on emerging issues and a wiki with resources curated from across the field. Bookmark this resource and check often for frequent updates.

Resources

Working collaboratively with diverse experts in the field, iNACOL produces reports, books, policy briefs, blog posts, webinars and related resources on key topics and tough issues that equip and empower educators and leaders to catalyze and scale personalized, next generation learning models. Use our web-based library to freely access and share materials.


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