What School Could Be Academy

Spring - Summer 2023

presented in partnership with

Certificate in Leading Next Generation Learning

You bring your mission. We take you from concept to action.

The partnership between What School Could Be and the University of Kentucky Center for Next Generation Leadership is excited to offer the Certificate in Leading Next Generation Learning in the Spring of 2023.

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The Vision

The Academy experience is action focused and supports all educators and teams to identify, develop, and implement strategies to strengthen new or existing school-based deeper learning systems. The Academy has partnered with recognized experts and leading educational voices to provide content, expertise, resource curation, and guest session delivery. The Academy will culminate with participant-driven demonstrations of learning.

For: School teams at the local level including the principal, assistant principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders. Superintendents and district leaders are also encouraged to participate.

A process that works:

• January - April Academy timeline.

• Twelve, 90-minute online meetings with support & coaching offered between sessions.

• A final exhibition and critique from education change agents including Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith.

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We provide the “how” for your mission: ​

  • Networked leaders.
  • Focus on transformation.
  • Creating cultural change toward innovation.
  • Robust background in student-centered, deeper learning models.
  • Real-life examples and guidance from others doing the work.

You choose the path. We support you at each step:

  • Identify your unique point of entry.
    Will it be your Portrait of a Graduate, student-led conferences, exhibition nights, digital portfolios, project based learning, defenses of learning, multiage, inquiry based learning, passion projects, making and doing, school networks, early college models, or something else?
  • Design a specific project.
  • Implement that project with fidelity.
  • Create a gateway to broad implementation of transformative change.

Testimonials

“It really forced me to reevaluate my pedagogy and how I think about education and being an educator. I really enjoyed all of the resources and examples, as well as hearing about other schools' journeys.”
WSCB Academy Participant
“The most beneficial part was learning ideas to revamp what our idea of school is, how we can change the experience of learning of students, and, most importantly, how we can engage these students back into learning and allow them to take ownership in their own learning.”
WSCB Academy Participant
“I loved that we started with small pieces that ended up helping us create a bigger picture/project.”
WSCB Academy Participant
“The sharing of resources is absolutely invaluable.”
WSCB Academy Participant
“The guidance to figure out what deeper learning would look like for our school was the most beneficial.”
WSCB Academy Participant
“I appreciated the steering of WSCB and how it made the district follow the guidelines and think outside the box to do upgrades to education.”
WSCB Academy Participant
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Registration Deadline is January 20, 2023

Cost: $600/participant. For school teams of 3 or more, $500/participant.
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Questions: Contact us at info@whatschoolcouldbe.org