The Education Track for the 2009 CreateWV conference is focused on creating fundamentally different schools and the “ecology” of innovation required to do so. Last year, we made the argument that public education was being disrupted by the forces of technology, student-centric learning, accountability and financial sustainability.
This year’s speakers will tell us about local and national initiatives to change public education to deal with these issues. New school models; new roles for districts, teacher unions and those responsible for educating new teachers.
One of last year’s speakers said, “I often say that most everybody wants the schools to be better, and almost nobody wants them to be different. If public education is going to survive it will need to have a new process of change to produce schools as different as are now required.”
This year, we are all about what is new and different and creating the capacity to make it happen.
See You at the Conference in October,
Tim McClung
CreateWV
Education Track Leader
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1. - 10:15 AM
Monday 10/19 |
Creating The Capacity for Change in WV
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Donna Peduto-WV Innovation Zones
Van Dempsey-WV Professional Schools Network
Sallye Clark-WV For Education Reform
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This session will delve into some of the current initiatives that are happening in WV to allow teachers, schools and communities to create fundamentally different schools.
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2. - 11:30 AM
Monday 10/19 |
Creating Great High Schools
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Tim Presiado-New Tech Network
Stan Maynard-Marshall University
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This session will discuss a "wall-to-wall" redesign of the high school experience.
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3. - 2:15 PM
Monday 10/19 |
Creating Personalized Learning That Works-Part 1
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Kari Thierer-Big Picture Learning
Darlene Adkins -MicroSociety
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Personalized Learning Models with Real World relevance
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4. - 3:30 AM
Monday 10/19 |
Creating Personalized Learning That Works-Part 2
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Kathleen O'Sullivan-Trade Tech High
Andrew Oberg- PA Cyber Charter School
Christine Kunkel-Key Community Learning (invited) |
A GreenBuild Tech Academy
Build Your Own School out of Choices, Not Bricks
Cultivate Multiple Intelligences
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5. - 10:00 AM
Tuesday 10/20 |
Creating Personalized Learning That Works-Part 3
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Idit Caperton-World Wide Workshop Foundation
Dr. Kathy D'Antoni-Vice Chancellor, WV Community and Technical College System
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Global Learning through Social Media
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6. - 11:15 AM
Tuesday 10/20
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Creating An Ecology of Innovation
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Dr. Curtis Johnson-Education Evolving
Tom Alves-Co-Director, Teachers Union Reform Network(of AFT and NEA locals)
Milton Chen-Edutopia
New Schools America |
TURNing Teacher Unions Around
The Digital Generation
The Digital Generation
Ecology should be part of the
Ecology should be part of the education of every child. School must be able to culture young citizens with an ecological way of thinking and life in order the society of tommorow to be able to protect the environment. Green energy, renewable forms and energy and corporations which incorporate such tactics, as in shared web hosting business, should be recognized and to be helped. Tomorrow will not be better than today if not everyone help to this direction. Change will not came by itself if we cant do nothing about it. Preserving our environment and saving earth from our own bad self is not an easy task and everyone should do whatever can do.
learning development models to embrace exponential change
I was impressed with the swift move towards new views for public education (Innovation Zone legislation) that grew from the seeds sown during last year's conference. I will be very interested to hear Ms. Peduto's presentation.
The framework for public schools will only change with organic impetus: Demands from the clientele - students, parents, community and teachers. "Top down" initiatives and policy/legislative developments may open doors, but change must happen from the stakeholders by empowering distributive leadership.
There already exists pockets of innovation and excellence in West Virginia but too many of our institutions build "silos" (doing the same things in isolation)rather than engage in collaborative development efforts. New ideas are exciting, but change grounded in grass-roots efforts (things we already know and value as a culture) will serve as the foundation for building the capacity for sustaining dynamic learning environments capable of positive evolution in a global society immersed in exponential information growth.
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