{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":1333,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730116466,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Conversation Title Democratic Schools and Learning Environments: What does that mean?","Handle":"conversation_title_democratic_schools_and_learning_environments--what_does_that_mean","ShortDescription":"Democracy is idealized but rarely fully realized, especially for young people. Schools offer one context where young people\u2019s voices should shape their education. In this democratic workshop, we will critically interrogate the Four Pillars of Democratic Education, which arise from decades of experience of educators from around the world.","Description":"Democracy, as an ideal, guides our nation\u2019s governance system, but as a practice, is rarely fully realized, especially with young people. Given our current political climate, young people must learn what it means to create, participate in, and maintain a democracy. Schools offer a setting to empower young people and let their voices shape their education. Linda Nathan and collaborators have drawn on decades of experiences and insights from across the globe to identify Four Pillars of Democratic Education. \r\n\r\nIn this democratic workshop, a community of students, teachers, and leaders from Philadelphia, Boston, and New York City will critically interrogate the four-pillar framework. We will engage in various activities to reflect on these four pillars, asking what they mean, how they (can) appear in our schools, and what changes need to be made to the framework. Importantly, we will try to live these four pillars as we engage in this work, culminating in a consensus-based decision-making process to amend the pillars.","Link":["http:\/\/www.lindanathan.com"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"Students, teachers, and leaders will do a short journal activity, reflecting on what democratic education means to them and a concrete example of how that can look in the classroom.\r\n\r\nAnnotating the Four Pillars \r\nStudents, teachers, and leaders will annotate copies of the four pillars of democratic education to identify which words and phrases resonate with them and reflect their learning communities and which do not. Participants will highlight one sentence, phrase, and word in green that reflects their learning environment and one sentence, phrase, and word in red that isn\u2019t reflected in their learning environment. \r\n\r\nReflecting on Democratic Education\r\nStudents, teachers, and leaders will then share their annotations, identifying how they have lived these pillars and what\u2019s been missing.\r\n\r\n(re)Creating Democratic Education\r\nStudents with teachers assisting will lead small break-out groups to workshop what these pillars look like, what steps need to be taken to realize them in their schools, and who, when, and where these pillars may not work. Students will then present their group\u2019s work, identifying steps to realize these pillars and one change to the four-pillar framework.\r\n\r\nLiving Democratic Education\r\nThe workshop will culminate through a consensus-building process to identify changes to the four-pillar framework. This will allow participants to experience firsthand what democratic education looks, feels, and sounds like.","Presenter":["Linda F Nathan"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Harvard Graduate School of Education"],"PresenterEmail":["lfnathan@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":176,"ScheduleLocationID":37,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Teachers from various schools (and students) will join this workshop","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12},{"ID":1361,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730735930,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Inquiry: Human Superpower for Our Future","Handle":"inquiry--human_superpower_for_our_future","ShortDescription":"Curiosity, questions, wonder - these human qualities serve as powerful drivers of learning in the age of AI. Join me in creating a plan for implementing a more human focused learning environment leveraging the effectiveness of inquiry. Specific classroom resources, action plans, walkthrough rubrics and coaching plans will be shared.","Description":"Curiosity, questions, wonder - these human qualities serve as powerful drivers of learning in the age of AI. This modern era is changing at a breakneck speed, leaving educators to grapple with how to best prepare learners for their future. In light of that reality, inquiry is one of the human superpowers that will need special attention and cultivation for our current students. This is an era that students will need to hone in on what humans are good at *so that* they can then engage the technology in relevant and meaningful ways. Reminding us that it is the learning focus first and then the technological connections. The goal is for students to be perpetually learning, questioning and growing throughout this era of rampant change. Using inquiry methods will not only engage students in powerful thinking habits, but can also address student apathy and disengagement. During this conversation we will work through a series of questions and share experiences to co-create a resource of classroom routines\/protocols, action plans, coaching ideas, unit plans and assessment approaches.","Link":["http:\/\/inquiryschools.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Using a series of readings, videos and visuals - we will employ the Harvard Project Zero Thinking Routines Toolbox to collaborate, question and create.","Presenter":["Diana Laufenberg"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Inquiry Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["diana@inquiryschools.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":178,"ScheduleLocationID":37,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"I will most likely be on an 11am flight out on Sunday, I'm hoping that can be accomodated.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12},{"ID":1368,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1731969770,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Paradox of Tolerance and Care","Handle":"the_paradox_of_tolerance_and_care","ShortDescription":"We know that the coarsening of the national dialogue has an effect on schools.  All over, schools have reported an increase in hate speech. How do we take care of all our students in a time when adults on the national stage engage in hate speech that we would not allow in our classrooms?","Description":"We know that the coarsening of the national dialogue has an effect on schools. All over, schools have reported an increase in hate speech. How do we take care of all our students in a time when adults on the national stage engage in hate speech that we would not allow in our classrooms?\r\n\r\nThere are two competing philosophies that inform how we can think about what to do in this moment in time. First, Karl Popper's Paradox of Tolerance tells us that any pluralistic society (like our schools) must be intolerant of intolerance or risk losing their openness. Second, Nel Noddings' Ethic of Care reminds us that creating caring schools is essential to creating a caring society? \r\n\r\nSo... how do we remain intolerant of intolerant ideas while caring for all our students -- even those who are experimenting with intolerant ideas? Is it possible in this moment in time?","Link":["http:\/\/www.practicaltheory.org"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"Participants will first play with the intersection of the ideas in their abstraction before taking on case studies and discussing ways that our schools can meet this moment with care while remaining true to the values of the open school and open society.","Presenter":["Chris Lehmann"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA"],"PresenterEmail":["clehmann@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":179,"ScheduleLocationID":37,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12},{"ID":1360,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730569052,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Why Would  Young People Come to Your School if They Didn't Have to?","Handle":"why_would_young_people_come_to_your_school_if_they_didn-t_have_to","ShortDescription":"\"Why would learners come to your school even if they didn't have to?\" Let\u2019s map how school communities create experiences that draw students into owning their learning. When students become full partners in design processes, the community\u2019s culture changes. Join us to collaboratively build a field guide on the spot.","Description":"In this conversation, participants will explore the question of what actually brings young people to school every day. Why do they come? How do educators and young people together create a context in which learning makes sense, inspires, and compels an intense desire to be a part of the community. What do young people do? What do adults do? How do they together become a collaborative teaching and learning community ? We want to converse, create, and collaboratively develop an \"on the spot\" field guide to share our co-constructed narrative in the Educon community and beyond. We believe that appreciative inquiry sets the stage for participants to emerge the strengths and assets of the \u201cpop up\u201d community in the room as they develop story shorts documenting pathways which support young people and adults of different interests, backgrounds, dispositions, experiences, and neurodivergency to form a community of learners and learning.","Link":["https:\/\/www.socolmoran.com\/","https:\/\/vascl.org\/"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will explore questions of why young people come to school - what compels them to want to be in a school community? In exploring the \"why, how, and what\" of school communities that set the stage for young people to have voice, agency, and influence in their own learning, participants will collaboratively create a field guide that narrates the \"room's\" responses to the question, \"why would young people come to your school if they didn't have to?\" This will be shared with the Educon community and beyond.","Presenter":["Ira Socol","Pam Moran"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Socol Moran Partners","Virginia School Consortium for Learning"],"PresenterEmail":["pammoran@socolmoran.com","irasocol@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":182,"ScheduleLocationID":37,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"I tried to submit this earlier in the week before Nov 1 but never received a submission acknowledgment so decided to resubmit today.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12},{"ID":1341,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1730307407,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Conversations for Change: Harnessing the Power of Classroom Dialogue","Handle":"conversations_for_change--harnessing_the_power_of_classroom_dialogue","ShortDescription":"Research shows the power of classroom conversations. In this session we will explore how to facilitate effective conversations across grade levels in order to  promote active participation and build students' agency, independence, and confidence.","Description":"Quality classroom conversations are powerful catalysts for developing students\u2019 Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills and fostering learner agency. This session will delve into the transformative potential of structured dialogue, showing how intentional conversations can enhance communication, collaboration, and critical SEL components such as self-awareness, empathy, and emotional regulation. By actively engaging students in dialogue, educators empower them to take ownership of their learning, ask critical questions, and contribute to collective problem-solving. This co-creation of a culturally responsive classroom environment promotes active participation and builds students' agency, independence, and confidence. Participants will leave with practical strategies and protocols to facilitate effective conversations across diverse grade levels, ensuring that every student\u2019s voice is heard and valued.","Link":["http:\/\/jenorr.com","http:\/\/www.planzplservices.com","http:\/\/www.resonanceed.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Center for Leadership and Educational Equity protocols and Project Zero thinking routines will be utilized.","Presenter":["Jennifer Orr","Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman","Krista Leh"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Fairfax County Public Schools","Plan Z Professional Learning Services","Resonance Educational Consulting"],"PresenterEmail":["jenorr@gmail.com","tammy@planzplservices.com","krista@resonanceed.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":184,"ScheduleLocationID":37,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":12}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":12,"ScheduleLocationID":37},"total":5,"limit":false,"offset":false}