Awareness Agenda: April 3

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Customized Learning Awareness Agenda – April 3, 2017

Thompson Community Room
207 2nd Ave. SE
Jamestown, ND 58401

A partnership between EduTech and Technology and Innovation in Education (TIE)

EduTech and TIE are excited to invite superintendents and principals to attend the Customized Learning Awareness Event. Customized Learning Awareness attendees will gain knowledge about customized learning and the processes necessary to move a district down the customized learning path. Leave ready to lead your district towards a customized learning environment.

Outcomes

Participants Will…

Gain familiarity with the concept and components of Customized Learning
Identify potential barriers of implementation and ways to overcome those barriers
Explore the importance of mindsets for building a successful Customized Learning environment
Strategize about the next steps for moving your district toward Customized Learning

Mindsets and Equitable Education

8:30 - 8:50	Welcome and Introductions
8:50 - 10:00	Keynote – Dr. Julie Mathiesen: Customized Learning: Tinkering to Transformation Customized Learning is a technologically empowered, learner focused alternative. What if every day, every learner was met with customized learning experiences at precise developmental and achievement levels, was learning in the most effective learning style with content of interest, was challenged, was successful and left school eager to come back tomorrow? This is not only possible with today’s technologies it is inevitable. Industry has figured out how to mass customize products and services, education is poised for this leap.
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:15	Weight Bearing Walls – Inevitable Example of Structural Rebuild Process The Customized Learning Structural Rebuild Process utilizes evidence-based materials and processes for your district/building planning team to tackle the tough issues of weight-bearing-walls which can hinder progress toward personalized learning.
11:15 - 12:00	Customized Learning Tools TIE has developed a series of tools to help schools move forward with customized learning. While many of these tools have been developed for schools involved in a Bush Foundation grant, most are available to other schools via the web.
12:00 - 1:10	Lunch
1:10 - 1:40	Continue Customized Learning Tools
1:40 -2:15	Mindsets What is the difference between a “fixed mindset” and a “growth mindset.” What does growth mindset really mean, why is it important, and how do you apply it with students? Let’s explore growth mindset in the classroom, examples that can be used with students and share ways to build an “everyone can learn” culture.
2:15 - 2:30	Break
2:30 - 3:15	Where do you start? Examine the necessary prerequisites and next steps to be prepared to lead your district towards a customized learning environment.

Planning Team Agenda: May 25

Customized Learning Planning Team Agenda – May 25, 2017

EduTech and TIE are excited to invite district planning teams to attend the Customized Learning Planning Team Event. Customized Learning Planning Team attendees will gain knowledge about customized learning and the processes necessary to move a district down the customized learning path. Attendees will discuss possible barriers, the importance of learner agency and mindsets. Leave ready to to lead the customized learning process in your district.

Outcomes

Attendees will have an understanding of:

what customized learning is and the components of customized learning
possible barriers to customized learning and ways to overcome those barriers
district readiness
the importance of learner agency and mindsets for a successful customized learning environment
the next steps of the process

TIE Reads and Sign-In

Mindsets and Equitable Education

8:30 – 8:50	Welcome and Introductions
8:50 – 9:50	What Is Customized Learning Moving a district towards customized learning requires a combination of strategic planning, professional development and curriculum redesign. We will examine the difference between personalized and customized learning.
9:50 – 10:00	Break
10:00 – 11:15	Tools: Readiness Rubric TIE has developed a series of tools to help schools move forward with customized learning. Explore the readiness rubric tool to help start the discussion towards your district’s implementation of a customized learning environment.
11:15 – 12:00	Weight Bearing Walls – Inevitable The Customized Learning Structural Rebuild Process utilizes evidence-based materials and processes for your district/building planning team to tackle the tough issues of weight-bearing-walls which can hinder progress toward personalized learning.
12:00 – 1:10	Lunch
1:10 – 2:30	The Importance of Learner Agency and Mindsets A learner-centered focus is at the core of customized learning. Such a focus reflects the fundamental belief that learners are better equipped and prepared for a lifetime of learning if decisions regarding teaching and learning are based on data and considerations about the individual learner—rather than the tradition and administrative convenience of the assembly line school.
2:30 – 3:15	Next Steps Do you want to continue with Customized Learning? If so, where would your district start? District-wide? Elementary? Middle? High? How do you plan to handle professional learning? How do you plan to handle structural rebuild? How do you plan to handle curriculum redesign?