Innovations Research Convenings
KnowledgeWorks is hosting a set of innovations research convenings in an effort to identify and learn about breakthrough teaching and learning strategies that are reflective of components of the Map of the Future Forces Affecting Education. In that pursuit, a select group of innovative education professionals, including teachers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and others are invited by the foundation to join a series of generative, small-group conversations where participants explore one another’s innovative work and investigate synergistic opportunities for future development. The conversations are focused around four aspects of teaching quality: developing professional learning communities, modernizing teaching tools and processes, re-imagining teacher roles, and preparing highly effective teachers.
Developing Professional Learning Communities
September 26, 2007 - September 27, 2007 - Denver, CO
Where have professional learning communities developed which encourage participants, from new inductees to veterans, to expand continually their capacity to create the results they desire for all students? Where are professional learning communities developing that...
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Modernizing Teaching Tools and Processes
November 6 - November 7, 2007 - San Francisco, CA
Where are teaching tools and processes being adapted to use emergent technologies in order to meet the needs of all learners? Where are teaching tools and processes being employed that...
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Re-Imagining Teaching Roles
December 5 - December 6, 2007 - Denver, CO
Where is the teaching career envisioned as a dynamic world of possibilities, including new leadership roles, community relationships, classroom responsibilities, and possibly also the choice of full- or part-time employment?
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Preparing Highly Effective Teachers
January 9 - January 10, 2008 - Cincinnati, OH
Where are groups preparing teachers in a manner that responds creatively to the changing and increasing demands of the teaching role? Where is teacher preparation occurring that...
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