Aligning Systems Change in Three Urban Districts: Rethinking the District Role in Leading for Student Agency

Breakout Session - October 25, 2021 | 12:00-1:00pm ET

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Dallas Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, and Tulsa Public Schools began their journey to adopt formative assessment in 2017, as part of the How I Know initiative, funded by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Learn from district leaders about how each district developed a unique vision and approach for student ownership and agency. Explore how they engaged student voice, model classrooms, district coaches, leadership, and district policy – to introduce and spread dramatic shifts in student and teacher roles.

Session Learning Outcomes:

  1. Learn how each presenter’s district used design thinking to utilize assets and leverage points to develop different approaches to implementing formative
    assessment.
  2. Discover how student voice, flexible models of asset-based learning, and showcasing examples of learner agency at different levels of a school system guide systems change.
  3. Learn about the developing formative assessment implementation models and the critical elements necessary to support new roles for teachers and students.

Presenters:

  • Nancy Gerzon, WestEd
  • Jessica Jollife, Austin Independent School District
  • Kierstan Barbee, Austin Independent School District
  • Jeni McIntyre, Tulsa Public Schools
  • Cheryl Niehaus, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation