NEASC2024

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Join educational leaders and NEASC staff as they share their journeys to create a Vision of the Graduate/Portrait of the Learner to articulate their school’s learning goals for their students.

Learn how schools across New England have used this guiding document to align curriculum, bring staff together around shared philosophy, and assess student success. Presenters and NEASC staff will share examples of successful implementation, and resources and ideas for bringing this process in your school.

Designed for group participation, this workshop is an opportunity to work collaboratively, with your school team or with others, to understand the importance and implications of developing a Vision of the Graduate/Portrait of the Learner, consider your school's values and learning goals, and start to understand the importance of authentic assessment for that vision.

All participants will receive a handbook for implementation and access to a library of resources and exemplars from public, independent, and international schools.

IMPORTANT: Please note that general conference registration is required in order to sign up for a pre-conference workshop and that there is an additional fee to attend. If you already registered for the conference but did not add the workshop on at the time and would now like to, please contact mlarson@neasc.org.

Assessment in American education has long been a tool of tracking and sorting young people, weaponized by systems and by individuals to uphold existing power structures and dominant culture norms. This full-day workshop invites you to explore a framework for learning rooted in liberatory ideals that is designed to fundamentally rethink the purpose and lived experience of assessment for all those involved. Rather than serving as a set of disconnected tasks required by an external force, assessment as revelation sets the learner at the center of an ongoing process of wonder and discovery. Revelatory Assessment offers an opportunity for systems (schools, districts, etc.) to reimagine the essential constructs of learning and assessment. It invites a model where students and facilitators of learning walk alongside each other, connected in the purpose of the journey, not an outcome or end point. Student and facilitator are partnered, fully aware of the experiential process, impact, and growth that propels them forward as learners together. Session participants will reflect on their own lived experience of revelation as well as of assessment. Through exploration of the characteristics of Revelatory Assessment, participants will be invited to consider and plan from a leadership lens, the mindset and technical shifts needed for a school or district to move toward a revelatory approach to learning and assessment.  

By the end of the session, we will have:

• explored the Revelatory Framework and its essential components
• witnessed examples of the essential components brought to life through student work and performance at schools across the globe
• examined specific mindset shifts needed in order to move into a revelatory space/model
• strategized the steps for a leader to invite a team/school/district community to journey towards learner liberation through revelatory learning
• designed a specific practice that you might ground an invitation to your colleagues into in order to move away from the “destination model” of assessment 

IMPORTANT: Please note that general conference registration is required in order to sign up for a pre-conference workshop and that there is an additional fee to attend. If you already registered for the conference but did not add the workshop on at the time and would now like to, please contact mlarson@neasc.org.

Join leaders in technology, education, and program design for a deep dive into demystifying AI in education. This full-day workshop will equip school leaders with the understanding and resources they need to navigate this new age and address its implications for our teaching, learning, and systems. Gain a comprehensive understanding of AI's potential, its impact on educational outcomes, and the ethical considerations surrounding its implementation. In this interactive pre-conference session, participants will engage in thought-provoking discussions to discover the opportunities AI presents for transforming education in schools and walk away with resources that will provide immediate guidance for your institution.  

Technology leaders from NEASC schools will share details of the AI journey of their schools and what challenges and successes they've had along the way. Presenters will also address key questions such as: what is the role of students in shaping AI guidance? What impacts does AI have on advancing equity? and, can AI assist with teacher and leader burnout?

No matter your comfort or skill level with technology or your school’s philosophy on AI, this workshop welcomes learners at all stages of understanding and experience.

IMPORTANT: Please note that general conference registration is required in order to sign up for a pre-conference workshop and that there is an additional fee to attend. If you already registered for the conference but did not add the workshop on at the time and would now like to, please contact mlarson@neasc.org.

The school’s strategic plan does not have to be a separate endeavor from the accreditation process, but rather the culmination and result of the accreditation process itself.  Join school leaders Lucy Gowdie and Andreas Koini, and NEASC Director, Trillium Hibbeln as they share how to use the accreditation process for strategic success. Learn how to design a strategy that leads to school success by bringing strategic leadership and scholastic pursuit together through the NEASC ACE Learning framework.

School leaders can use this process to engage their entire community in deep reflection about what is most likely to positively impact learning. Leaders filter through the different worlds and understandings within their learning communities and connect the pieces to work together strategically and maximize impact. The framework provided will enable the foundations of a strong learning community to evolve, as the Learning Principles tie into a more transparent culture.

Learn from school leaders Lucy Gowdie and Andreas Koini about the impact the ACE Learning Principles have had on strategic planning in their schools. Trillium Hibbeln, NEASC Director for International Education, will share tools and resources to integrate the accreditation process into your strategic roadmap.

This workshop is for heads of school, senior leaders, as well as board members, of schools using the ACE Learning pathway for accreditation. To learn more about ACE, visit www.neasc.org/ace.

IMPORTANT: Please note that general conference registration is required in order to sign up for a pre-conference workshop and that there is an additional fee to attend. If you already registered for the conference but did not add the workshop on at the time and would now like to, please contact mlarson@neasc.org.