{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":1132,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1667318035,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Formula For Equity in Advanced Mathematics","Handle":"the_formula_for_equity_in_advanced_mathematics","ShortDescription":"What does true equity look like in advanced math courses?  This conversation addresses two essential questions. How do we help every student achieve readiness for college-level math, regardless of their background?  How do we use an inquiry approach and standards-based grading to support students once they are in these courses?","Description":"Many students are effectively shut out of math courses beyond Algebra 2 because of groups they were placed in before high school.  Exposure to too much content too fast can be just as damaging as not having the opportunity to learn the content at all.  Participants will hear about a pilot program at NeoCity Academy in Florida called \u201cJourney 2 Calculus\u201d which is meeting students where they are as rising 9th graders.  Through various engagement and intervention strategies, this program is growing a calculus program at the school with a goal of 100% participation in calculus studies before graduation. \r\n\r\nEven for students who have gained access to courses at a precalculus level and beyond, our quest for equity is not over.  We must continue to support these students by creating learning environments in which curiosity is rewarded and failures are appreciated as opportunities for growth.  Participants will share ideas for adapting advanced math lessons to be more inquiry-based and systems for implementing standards-based grading within a skills-rich curriculum.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"Journey 2 Calculus narrative:\r\n\u2022\tinteractive app (mentimeter.com) to utilize audience input. \r\n\u2022\tinspirational goal-setting\/action plan exercise for programs back home\r\n\r\nInquiry\/Standards-based grading Roundtable Problem Solving:\r\n\u2022\tParticipants will create & select \u201cburning question\u201d\/problem to pose to their group\r\n\u2022\tParticipants will record 1 idea\/resource\/contact to help with others\u2019 \u201cburning questions\u201d  \r\n\u2022\tMost participants will receive many ideas, and all will be invited to join an online community for ongoing discussion.","Presenter":["Kelli Bateman"],"PresenterAffiliation":["NeoCity Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["kelli.bateman@osceolaschools.net"],"ScheduleSlotID":142,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Kelli is an Instructional Mentor and teaches Calculus Honors & AP Calculus at NeoCity Academy in Kissimmee, FL.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":10},{"ID":1123,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1667250770,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Let's Talk School Board - Crowdsourcing Examples of How To Do It Right (and a few examples of where it has been done wrong)","Handle":"let-s_talk_school_board_-_crowdsourcing_examples_of_how_to_do_it_right-and_a_few_examples_of_where_it_has_been_done_wrong","ShortDescription":"As the work of EduCon community has wide-spread ripple, let's create a resource focused on what School Boards can do to help, and how they fit into the bigger picture.","Description":"I was recently appointed as a School Board Commissioner for Baltimore City Public Schools. As one who has been to EduCon over the years, I know the wealth of knowledge and insight here and think a collaborative conversation that is focused on building examples of school boards members doing it right, and a few lessons to learn from it being done wrong (if you all want to go there), could become a powerful Orientation Handbook for new School Board Members. I am looking to build a resource to help me and others who are interested, take the values of EduCon into my service.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will be actively creating an outline and content for a School Board Member Handbook, EduCon-style. Included will be a database of current or prior school board members who subscribe to the values and work of EduCon, policies and approaches that they have championed, and how any school board member could find their way in supporting positive innovation in their school district.","Presenter":["Andrew Coy"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Digital Harbor Foundation"],"PresenterEmail":["andrew@digitalharbor.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":143,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Disclosure: My presentation and conversation is in my personal capacity and will not attempt to present or represent the Baltimore City Public School System.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":10},{"ID":1148,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1667393862,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Designing and Refining a Makerspace\/Innovation Lab at the Middle Level","Handle":"designing_and_refining_a_makerspace-innovation_lab_at_the_middle_level","ShortDescription":"Are you interested in building a learning community where everyone is a teacher, students learn how to fail forward, and creativity is celebrated? Our middle school is in year two of operating  six different Innovation Labs that 6th graders visit daily. Come reflect on our journey to challenge and plan your own.","Description":"In our middle school, each sixth grader has a dedicated daily period of Innovation. Students spend six weeks in each lab: Coding and Robotics, Clean Tech, Humanities, Wellness, Makerspace, and Simulations. We would like to share how we got to this point, our ever evolving goals, how we used the ISTE Standards to guide us, connections across curricular areas, assessment practices, interdisciplinary collaboration, ongoing feedback, the development of guiding axioms and our ongoing evolution. We have used two different models to provide access to our 7th and 8th graders. \r\nWe will also engage the group in a short immersive hands on experience where facilitators will challenge participants following the model of the Innovation Axioms. \r\nAfter the immersive experiences, we will have an interactive discussion about the activity. that will be followed by an Open Space activity where participants can self-select into discussions around the following areas: \r\nGroup 1- My class\/school does not yet have a Makerspace\/Innovation experience but we are interested in designing one.\r\nGroup 2- My class\/school has a fledgling Makerspace\/Innovation experience and I would like to review our progress and plans.\r\nGroup 3- My class\/school has a Makerspace\/Innovation Program and I would like to review our learnings and future thinking around it \r\nGroup 4- I have additional questions for the presenter.\r\nThe conversation will close with a brief 3-4 question survey on the Padlet.","Link":["https:\/\/sites.google.com\/nccsk12.org\/smsinovspaces\/home?authuser=0"],"Audience":["Middle School"],"Practice":"Participants will access a Padlet using a QR code that will include all slides, resources and organizational tools for participants to engage in the Open Space portion of the conversation. This provides participants with a single point of digital access to the content, resources and their own reflective thinking.","Presenter":["Thea MacFawn","Catara Vinson-Westbrook","Mark Kaercher"],"PresenterAffiliation":["North Colonie Central Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["Thea.MacFawn@nccsk12.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":144,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":10},{"ID":1143,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1667354381,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Creating a Learner-Centered School Through Personalized Learning","Handle":"creating_a_learner-centered_school_through_personalized_learning-2","ShortDescription":"Connect authentically with learners by assessing learning behaviors and cataloguing their metacognition. Join an interactive session exploring how self-awareness and personalized learning can be used as approaches to meet the challenges you face. Discover how a common vocabulary describing learning can make a measurable difference in instruction and student support!","Description":"Learn to build a learning community based on the most common denominator\u2014how people learn. Using both real life examples and engaging participants in first hand experiences, the presenter will help participants identify, 1) their personal learning processes; 2) declare what each brings to a learning community; and 3) listen for what each needs from that community in order to be a successful student. \r\n\r\nGain insights from formulating a learning community on the basis of this type of communication and determine how this will help them build on this foundation. \r\n\r\nCome away with resources you can use immediately upon returning to your institution. \r\n\r\nGet equipped to connect as members of a learning community in an authentic manner. \r\n\r\nLeave the session with two work products: \r\n\u2022\ta full page personal learning profile describing how each uses their individual Learning Processes; and \r\n\u2022\ta template for exploring how their Learning Processes can contribute to developing a learning community for study, support, and personal development.","Link":["http:\/\/www.compassacs.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will:\r\n1.\tdevelop a Personal Learning Profile;\r\n2.\tdiscuss how to use the outcome of each to foster a dialogue between the instructor\/tutor and student as well as enhance communication during team-based tasks; and\r\n3.\tlearn how to process and decode an instructor\u2019s assignment and then generate personalized learning strategies that carefully direct them in completing the assignment.","Presenter":["Joel Johnston"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Compass Academy Charter School"],"PresenterEmail":["jjohnston@compassacs.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":146,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":10},{"ID":1149,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1667423940,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Teacher Voice Without More Teacher Time","Handle":"teacher_voice_without_more_teacher_time","ShortDescription":"How can we ensure that educator voice is heard in critical conversations about teaching and learning and policy without adding yet another meeting?","Description":"The only people who know what it's like to work and learn in schools in 2023 are those who are doing it.  As the need to elevate educator voice and listen deeply to it is at an all time high, the structures we've built over time to do this are failing. Leadership teams, committees, professional development, forums, convenings, conventions, policy fellowships, political and social activist spaces, all demand extra time from teachers. Nobody wants to fill out another survey.  In this conversation we'll reflect on our experiences of being heard and consider how to create opportunities for educator voice to inform the changes we need to keep the work sustainable and sustaining.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will use a modified circle practice, and create a resource for participants to bring back to their own contexts.","Presenter":["Paul Tritter"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Boston Teachers Union"],"PresenterEmail":["ptritter@btu.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":147,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":10}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":10,"ScheduleLocationID":33},"total":5,"limit":false,"offset":false}