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Your Name and Title:  Jennifer D. Klein, President

School or Organization Name:  PRINCIPLED Learning Strategies, Inc.

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:  Denver, Colorado, USA

Language in Which You Will Present:  English

Target Audience(s):  School Heads, Principals, Curriculum Support Leaders, etc.

Short Session Description (one line):

In this workshop, participants will explore several models of excellence in 21st Century global learning around the world, and will be engaged in envisioning--and reenvisioning--their own schoolhouses in order to foster the kinds of innovative young leaders who can build new solutions to the world's oldest problems. 

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

The 21st Century has brought significant shifts in pedagogical approaches and educatinoal philosophies, based on the recognition that student-driven, skill-based education must be incorporated alongside core knowledge to best prepare students for our ever-changing world.  As full districts "flip" classrooms to make way for Project-Based Learning and other student-directed strategies, schools must find ways to navigate the demands of academic content alongside 21st-century skills.  Administrators find that such work often requires significant changes in how the schoolhouse functions--and even looks.  Global schoolhouses need spaces designed for collaboration, and the e-technologies and connectivity to communicate effectively with the world.  Teachers often require profound, hands-on professional development and even radical changes in scheduling in order to be successful, particularly when asked to develop new global partnerships, interdisciplinary projects, collaborative opportunities and other student-directed learning experiences.  In order to design successful 21st Century Global Schoolhouses, administrators need to make thoughtful, strategic choices about how to shift school culture toward constructive global engagement with the full support of the broader community.  

In this workshop, participants will explore several models of excellence in 21st Century global learning around the world, and will be engaged in envisioning--and reenvisioning--their own schoolhouses in order to foster the kinds of innovative young leaders who can build new solutions to the world's oldest problems. Time will be spent developing a clear vision for change in participants' schools, and participants will leave this session with a an initial action plan which identifies the support mechanisms, professional development and even structural/infrastructural changes needed to support that vision and ensure teachers' success.  

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

www.principledlearning.org; www.worldleadershipschool.com