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In order to sustain and extend the conversations from the Conference on High School Transformation, The Rowland Foundation will offer the following workshops during the 2011-2012 school year. By limiting enrollment to about 20 participants, these workshops are designed to provide more participatory discussion and greater detail than that which was offered at the September 22 conference. In each case the host school and its Rowland Fellow will be able to illustrate in practice the principles being discussed. These workshops are offered in two parts: a session in fall and one again in the spring to enable participants to engage in conversations while working to implement changes in their own schools.
Authentic Student Voice
Participants in this workshop will use the cone of student engagement to reflect upon student voice in our schools. We will learn and hear from Harwood, Twinfield and Hazen Union High Schools regarding their work on changing systems that are leading to cultural shifts to foster student voice. Workshops will provide participants with protocols for sharing existing work and more importantly to enhance student voice and engagement in our high schools.
Harwood Union High School
Presenters: Jean Berthiaume & Mary Whalen (As well as students TBD)
Date: February 10, 2012
Student-Directed Learning in the Digital Age
It is important to remember that our students are not only consumers of online content, but also creators of online content. Participants in this workshop will share ideas on how social media and technology provide important opportunities to foster creativity and autonomy in all of our students. The workshop will also examine strategies for connecting learning that is personal, academic, and aspirational by means of a standards-based e-portfolio.
Champlain Valley Union High School
Presenter: Mike Martin
Date: February 10, 2012
Integrated Learning
Participants in this workshop will review a protocol for integrating curriculum and have an opportunity to hear about several examples of integrated learning at Rutland High School while sharing their own experiences. Possible related topics of discussion include professional learning communities, common assessments, standards-based grading, project-based learning, brain-based learning, and differentiated instruction. If you are designing or implementing a new program at your school, this will be a chance to identify strategies that would best serve the needs of your students.
Rutland High School
Presenter: Adam Rosenberg
Date: April 12, 2012
The Effective Advisory
Advisory can be a conduit by which schools create, cultivate and ameliorate student-adult relationships. This workshop will offer strategies and tools to support advisory programming. It will offer suggestions for supporting staff in their role as advisor, coordinate services within your school and meet the needs of your school, parents, community and most importantly students. Whether you have no advisory, a fledgling advisory or one in need of tweaking, this workshop will support your programs move forward. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from both staff and students who participate in the advisory program at VUHS.
Vergennes Union High School
Presenter: Matt DeBlois
Date: April 5, 2012
Integrated Service Learning:
Service Learning has the potential to increase student engagement, and therefore achievement, by bringing relevance and rigor to your lessons. Why stop there? The complex nature of most authentic learning experiences provides many opportunities to further enhance student learning through cross-curricular integration. This workshop will focus on developing model projects that will attract the school and community partners needed for a fully integrated Service Learning curriculum.
Montpelier High School
Presenter: Tom Sabo
Date: March 28, 2012
All workshops will run from 9:00-2:00 on the dates indicated above.
Workshop fees are $100 per person.
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