There’s an academic prowess to having a healthy building.” “The health of students and educators – both physical and emotional – are impacted by where they learn and teach. Dillon, a longtime educator and thought leader who has served as teacher, principal and director of innovation. “People want children to be in healthy buildings, but we need to expand its definition,” said Dr. His hopes are to broaden how buildings are constructed and to transition to a model that focuses on the health and wellness of students, staff members and any residents who enter. Most school buildings are conceptually designed for learning, but not for health, he said. The goal of much of Robert Dillon's work is to expand the definition of what a “healthy building” means. The year wraps up with Tech Expo in May at the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff. That is followed by Active=Con and the TELL Awards presentation, which are separate March events that are both planned to return in person this school year. Bowers, a Professor of Education Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. The TLI committee strives to assemble a lineup of speakers and events that will positively impact instruction and help shape the way we educate our students.įollowing this month’s NYSCATE Convention in Rochester, the TLI Virtual Keynote Series returns in January with Alex J. The year ahead brings a full slate of enriching and substantive presentations relevant to educators today. “When we think about perspectives, we’re talking about how capable and supported a student is to be successful in the individual learning environment that they find themselves,” he said. We realized, he said of his organization, students and families actually didn’t have the skill sets to succeed in a virtual setting. He said he is shocked by how little opportunity there has been to restart coming out of the remote learning period and returning to in-person instruction. His focus today is on the processes of getting to our aspirations as educators. “If we had been focused in on that the last 20 years, I don’t think we would have had as many challenges during the pandemic,” Mr. The approach didn’t put enough emphasis on safe spaces for students, their lived experiences and on building academic mindset. Along the way, in studying the impact of what was working, “we weren’t pleased with what we saw,” he said. Starting with Blended Learning, his work moved to Personalized Learning that let students see themselves in their learning. Since 2012, his organization’s theory of change has evolved in response to research and lessons learned in the field. There was no systems-level lens, and families didn't understand enough to advocate for the approach. There were not enough people who understood the vision or were informed enough to sustain it, he said. Rubin said that his own approach as a young teacher was centered on a personalized model, but he found that it didn’t scale beyond that level. His days are split between providing on-the-ground support in districts supporting educators and leaders, and the creation and design of new processes for systemic educational change. He is a national thought leader on coaching and consulting approaches to classroom personalization and school change management. Rubin, who broke down his organization’s “Pathways to Personalization” Framework and the components necessary for school redesign through stories of successes and challenges. Personalizing schools and classrooms requires a new approach to the change process, said Mr. Highlander Institute Executive Director Shawn Rubin is his organization’s lead architect, ensuring their work serves students most of all.Ī former teacher, he says the language of personalized learning has been around for a long time. The Technology Leadership Institute kicked off its 2021-22 Virtual Keynote series with a speaker who specializes in an area that is exceedingly relevant in education today: change.
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