DISRUPTIVE LEARNING Academy - SUMMER 2022  
 Earn 40 Act 45 Hours in an Asynchronous Format

Description:

Disruption has become an ever-present part of the educational landscape, impacting the walls of our classrooms. Unfortunately, all too often, there isn’t a consecrated focus on innovative practices and strategies that have a high-effect on student learning. Developing a truly transformative learning environment requires leaders and teachers to place focus on sound pedagogy aligned to research that avoids a bells-and-whistles presence resulting in a superficial impact on learning. The pandemic has taught us all that we need to future-proof learning to combat disruptive forces, where students are empowered to replace conventional ideas with innovative solutions to authentic problems.

Based on the text “Disruptive Thinking in the Classroom” by Eric Sheninger, learners in this course will be introduced to core elements that help to create a disruptive thinking culture in all classrooms and schools while aligning these critical practices to research and evidence-based practices. The result will be a model that deeply impacts classroom practice, instructional strategies, leadership, and student learning. Allowing educators to ask and answer some of the following questions about their own districts and schools:

• Why do we implement certain practices, and how might we do it better?

• How are we making learning relevant for our students?

• Are the learning practices being implemented challenging and authentic enough to make our students future ready?

• Do our learning environments focus on equity through personalization? 

• Do I have observable evidence to measure the effectiveness of our pedagogy used?

• Can we provide targeted feedback to our students and teachers, so that disruptive thinking is amplified and scaled?

• As we question the use of traditional practices in order to better meet the needs of all learners ?

Overall, this  course will help educators develop a vision for disruptive thinking, setting the foundation for a culture that embraces evidence-based strategies, understands the challenges and opportunities present in this process, and is prepared to support all aspects of the process.

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Dates:

• June 25, 2022 to August 27, 2022
• Registration Deadline: June 24, 2022

COSTS:

• $400 - Pennsylvania ASCD Members
• $465 - Non-members (A one-year complimentary PASCD membership is included in the price.)

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