will engage in a robust conversation about how to lead schools that focus on deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion. We also will examine some critical questions such as “Can we leverage the pandemic crisis to move in some new directions? How courageous are we willing to be as school organizations?” 

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This workshop series is intended for Heads of School, Directors of Teaching and Learning, Curriculum Coordinators, and Principals at all grade levels. Participants should bring a willingness to rethink learning, teaching, and schooling. Join us as we delve into the 7 essential components of Scott’s new research-based Portrait of a Deeper Learning Leader! 

 

Session 1. Resilience, Reorientation, and Reinvention: Positioning ourselves after the pandemic

 

In Session 1 we will discuss how to position our schools as we emerge from the pandemic crisis. Some schools will revert back to the pre-pandemic status quo. Others will make small tweaks or shifts. And a few will reorient and begin to reinvent themselves. We will use a variety of concrete examples and scenarios from schools and classrooms to help frame our discussions, including resources from Scott’s most recent work with school leaders around the world during the pandemic. We also will be introduced to the 4 Shifts Protocol and will begin thinking about the importance of our instructional redesign efforts, both for learning transformations and to help address organizational and societal equity needs.

 

Session 2. Leadership for Deeper Learning: Facilitating school innovation and transformation 

 

In Session 2 we will conclude our conversations about instructional leadership and redesign and shift into larger discussions about effective leadership for deeper learning. In our discussions we will infuse concepts from interviews and site visits with school leaders from 30 innovative schools around the world. We will dive deeply into the 7 essential components of Scott’s new research-based Portrait of a Deeper Learning Leader and apply them to our own local contexts.

 

Outcomes

 

After participating in this workshop, attendees will be able to:

 

• Understand how deeper learning opportunities are an essential component of instructional equity

• Make concrete changes in their own leadership behaviors and school support structures to support deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion

• Identify key leverage points and leadership strategies for post-pandemic organizational transformation

• Understand how to use the 4 Shifts Protocol as a coaching tool to redesign face-to-face, blended, or wholly online lessons and units for higher student engagement and deeper learning

• Understand how the 4 Shifts Protocol can complement their schools’ use of SAMR, TPACK, Triple E, the ISTE Standards for Students, and other technology integration frameworks

• Understand how to use the 4 Shifts Protocol to bridge existing classroom work to more complex project- and inquiry-based learning

• Apply the 4 Shifts Protocol as a curriculum planning resource, not just a instructional design tool

 

Certificate Assignments

 

In order to receive the Certificate, participants must also complete the following assignment:

 

• Within 2 weeks after Session 2, submit a reflection to Scott McLeod for comments and feedback that addresses the first three questions (a substantive paragraph each, please)

  • What did you learn and/or think more deeply about as a result of this workshop?

  • What changes in your own leadership could you perhaps make to better facilitate deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion in your school?

  • How might the 4 Shifts Protocol be useful to your school’s instructional leadership and redesign work?

  • What questions / concerns do you have about doing this deeper learning work? [OPTIONAL; please submit if you want some ideas from Scott!]