Designing Structures for Modern Learning

Curriculum Mapping - 2-Day

TBD

Learning Environments - 2-Day

June 18-19, 2019 - Orange, CT

Learning Environments - 2-Day

September 12-13, 2019 - Hong Kong

HONG KONG | September 12-13, 2019

Designing Structures for Modern Learning

This workshop will examine expanding the options for each of the four structures that make modern learning possible: schedules, learning spaces, student grouping, and personnel configurations. We will look at the relationship between these structures, and how to research and develop programs tailored to the student population in your school. Action plans that include strategies for creating contemporary learning environments will be developed on site.

Day 1

On the first day, we will discuss in depth the four program structures - space (both physical and virtual); time frames as currency, student communities, and faculty ecosystems. We'll compare 'old school' structures to classic and contemporary models, and begin drafting programs that make modern learning possibilities a reality.

Possible Moves - Areas of Focus For Your School Program

Learning Spaces - physical spaces, architectural plans, remodeling and re-purposing existing spaces
Furniture Design - making choices based on student interaction and concentration
Physical Location - making use of the school property and resident community
Virtual Learning Spaces - considering the range of options and criteria for quality selection
Budgets - the realities of financial constraints and decision-making
Scheduling - valuing time as currency, and understanding the requirements of varied learning experiences
Grouping Patterns for Learners – non-graded/ multi-age grouping by interests, and a look at international practices
Personnel Configurations – examining roles beyond departments - multiple affiliations for faculty and talent versus role based instruction; cyber faculty participation is also discussed

Day 2

Small group work and 1-on-1 coaching on the second day allow participants the time and guidance needed to develop a strategy for research, analysis of current conditions and implementation of new program structures. Each participant and school group will have a personalized consulting and access to resources needed to construct bold new learning environments for modern learners.

REGISTER HERE

ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS

WHERE

2nd Floor Conference Room

Middle School Annex

700 Tai Tam Reservoir Road

Tai Tam, Hong Kong

香港大潭水塘道700號

TIME
Thursday 8:30am to 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am to 3:00pm

COST

$720 USD per person

Payment in USD Required

Food and beverages will be provided.

Dress code is business casual.

KEY READING

Bold Moves for Schools
How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs

& Marie Hubley Alcock

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Meet me in Hong Kong

Dr. Marie Hubley Alcock is the founder of Tomorrow’s Education Network, a nonprofit dedicated to connecting the greater community with students in the classroom to improve student literacy. She is also president of Learning Systems Associates and serves as a national and international education consultant. Her work focuses on the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

She is a featured consultant and co-author with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs on Bold Moves for Schools: How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments and Mapping to the Core: Integrating the Common Core Curriculum into your Local School Curriculum (SINET).