Schools leaders are frequently the driving force for innovation in schools, leading the charge to transition classrooms to true 21st-century learning. But these new learning models don't have to exist in a single community - they can be replicated and support learners around the world.
The Modern Classrooms Project has pioneered one such model to support student-centered classrooms, but we've partnered with Transcend to join their Innovative Models Exchange to become one of many. In this webinar, we will explore Transcend's Innovative Models Exchange and share how you can use this resource to support educators in your learning community.
In this webinar, we will be joined by:
Transcend
Transcend is a national nonprofit that supports school communities to create and spread extraordinary, equitable learning environments. The organization was founded on a belief that we must reimagine schooling, using a community-driven approach, so all children can realize their infinite potential. Transcend pursues its mission by partnering directly with schools on design journeys while also sharing powerful models, tools and insights across the sector. To date, Transcend has worked directly with hundreds of schools and leaders in over 30 states, and has influenced thousands more. Ultimately, Transcend strives to fuel significant leaps in education so all young people can thrive in and transform the world.
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Teton Science Schools, Place Network
Teton Science Schools Place Network learning model can be integrated into mission-aligned school start-up efforts. Most of these efforts tend to be public charter-schools, however, the process can be implemented in a new public district school or private school as well. Typically, the process begins two years prior to the launch of the school with a Design Year. The year before the start of the school is spent operationalizing the school design and learning model during the Planning Year. The Launch Year is focused on staff support, training, and implementation. Subsequent years include ongoing professional development, school-specific projects, and leadership support. Specific subsets of the Implementation Indicators are linked to the Design and Launch Years. All stages of implementation are driven by the core place-based principles of the Teton Science Schools’ Framework as well as the four elements that support the framework within the learning model.
Roots ConnectED
RootsConnectED is a national nonprofit that empowers educators to create classrooms and schools where staff, children and their families are community builders, critical thinkers, understand biases, and realize their capacity to create change. Incubated at Community Roots, a K-8 charter school in New York City nationally recognized for its pioneering expertise in school integration, family engagement and social-emotional learning, Roots ConnectED deploys practical tools, curricular examples, and program prototypes to support school communities in moving beyond desegregation and focus on the components necessary to develop sustainably integrated, equitable and inclusive schools through coaching, educational institutes and workshops. Since launching in 2017, RC has cultivated inclusion, integration and anti-bias approaches to education, impacting 5,024 educators, 679 schools, 732 families, and 125,600 students.