Year at a Glance
Review 2023-2024 MBLC professional learning events in one place! Some dates are subject to change.
Community Gatherings
Who should attend Community Gatherings?
MBLC member schools’ full MBLC team
SUMMER 2023
Date: Monday-Tuesday, August 7-8, 2023
Time: 10:00 am -3:15 pm
Location: Green River College (East Entrance). CASCADE HALL - Student Affairs Building
Description: View the agenda.
FALL 2023
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Time: 10:00 am -3:30 pm
Location: The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, 36005 SE Ridge St. Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Description: Will include the first PLC session, in person. More details coming soon!
WINTER 2024
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2024
Time: 3:30-5:30 pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Description: Explore MBL and CRSE as strategies for educational equity, within and across our schools
SPRING 2024
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Time: 10 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Description: Coming Soon!
SUMMER 2024
Date: Wednesday-Thursday, August 7-8, 2024
Time: 10:00 am -3:30 pm
Location: Green River College, Auburn
Description: Coming Soon!
Webinars
For member schools’ full MBLC team & MBLC Friends
recordings can be watched asynchronously
All webinars will take place from 3:45-4:45 p.m.
Thursday, September 28, 2023 (Webinar #13): Catalyzing Sustainable School Change
Thursday, November 2, 2023 (Webinar #14)
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (Webinar #15)
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 (Webinar #16)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 (Webinar #17)
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 (Webinar #18)
* Webinars & some other events are open to all, space allowing.
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) - COHORT 1
In interest-driven groups, we will learn with and from each others' experiences, questions, and passions. We'll take a collaborative approach to exploring school change, principles and practices of culturally responsive-sustaining education & MBL, educational equity, and youth-/child-centered approaches—focusing on aspects that are of highest interest to the group. All PLCs will be held virtually.
What will we do in PLC sessions?
Our PLC is where we can talk shop and reflect, share resources and inspirations, talk through questions, and strategize about the complexities of our work—in community with school colleagues and folks from other MBLC member school teams.
Who should sign up?
Your MBLC Cohort 1 school's MBLC team (or a minimum of 3-4 members). Each member of your MBLC team is invited to choose which interest-driven PLC to attend. MBLC team colleagues can decide if they want to be all together in one PLC, or spread out and share back to each other.
MBLC school principals are warmly welcome, but optional.
The Interest-driven PLC Choices are:
Project-based Unit/Assessment Design for MBL: This PLC will be a space where teachers can share learning, questions, dilemmas and successes in crafting project-based units or assessments. We will learn about and explore how to craft projects that are culturally responsive and that enable students to explore ideas and develop criticality while building academic skills. We also discuss and share ideas about how to integrate mastery-based approaches into projects.
Grading for Accuracy and Equity: This PLC will be a space where educators and school leaders can explore culturally responsive-sustaining, mastery-based approaches to feedback and grading. Participants will explore tools and systems together, discuss challenges and dilemmas, and share resources.
CRSE Foundations: This PLC will offer space to explore culturally responsive-sustaining education (CRSE). What does CRSE look like in classrooms and schools? How do CRSE and MBL interplay to benefit academic growth and wellbeing? What does CRSE call upon us to learn and unlearn? We'll look into these questions—and yours!—as we work with the three pillars of CRSE, and build capacity with key principles and practices of this powerful approach to effective, affirming, learner-centered school. (updated PLC focus)
Session Dates:
Please plan to join all 5 PLC sessions. This will help us with building connections and following through in a collective learning space. Thank you!
Tuesday, October 24, (first meeting in person as part of our Fall Gathering)
Tuesday, November 28, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 13, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) - COHORT 2
This PLC is designed for Cohort 2 MBLC member school teams. These five online sessions will be both informative and highly interactive.
Come meet and learn with other schools in the new MBLC Cohort 2. We're excited to work with you.
Note: We request each Cohort 2 school to register 3-4+ from your MBLC team as participants in all 5 sessions in this PLC series. Thank you.
Monday, January 8, 2024 | 3:45-5:15 pm
Welcome and Intro to MBLC membership
Session Guide with linked resources: bit.ly/Cohort2PLCsessionguideMonday, February 5, 2024 | 3:45-5:15 pm
Principles & Practices of learner-centered CRSE/MBL
(Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education & Mastery-based Learning)
Session Guide with linked resources: bit.ly/Cohort2PLCsessionguideMonday, March 11, 2024| 3:45-5:15 pm
MBLC Implementation Steps
Session Guide with linked resources: bit.ly/Cohort2PLCsessionguideMonday, April 22, 2024| 3:45-5:15 pm
Crafting your MBLC Work Plan and budget
Session Guide with linked resources: bit.ly/Cohort2PLCsessionguideMonday, May 20, 2024 | 3:45-5:15 pm
School-to-school share-out
Session Guide with linked resources: bit.ly/Cohort2PLCsessionguide
What will we do in PLC sessions?
Our PLC is where we can talk shop and reflect, share resources and inspirations, talk through questions, and strategize about the complexities of our work—in community with school colleagues and folks from other MBLC member school teams.
Who should sign up?
Your MBLC Cohort 2 school's MBLC team (or a minimum of 3-4 members).
Leaders' Community of Practice (LCoP) - COHORT 1
This quarterly meeting is where school leaders who are directing the MBL work at the school level will share successes, troubleshoot problems, and exchange resources. Guided by our dedication to educational equity, this Community of Practice will be a key part of our support system as we take this journey together. All meetings will be held virtually.
What will we do in our meetings?
Share programs, documents, or policies and give feedback
Discuss dilemmas/problems of practice
Analyze student work generated in different schools
Read or view and discuss resources together
Who should sign up?
Principals in MBLC schools
(optional) one additional person who is also taking a leadership role in your school’s MBLC group is welcome to join
Session Dates:
MBLC members who sign up for the Community of Practice will be asked to commit to all 4 meeting dates.
Thursday, October 12, 9:30-11 am
Tuesday, December 5, 9:30-11 am
Tuesday, February 6, 9:30-11 am
Tuesday, April 23, 9:30-11 am
MBLC School Visits
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
MBLC Visit to CHOICE Academy
9:30 am -2:00 pm
Optional but encouraged, 15 guests max, max 2 guests per school
Visit focus: Collective staff efficacy
Register online: bit.ly/MBLCschoolvisitsMay2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
MBLC Visit to Innovation Lab High School
9:00 am -2:00 pm
Optional but encouraged, 20 guests max, max 2 guests per school
Visit focus: Learner-centered school design
Register online: bit.ly/MBLCschoolvisitsMay2024
Youth Advisor/Adult Ally Sessions
For MBLC Youth Advisors + 1 Adult Ally from Your School (virtual, and optional but encouraged)
In these 3 sessions, MBLC middle school and high school youth advisors will learn more about the MBLC project goals, clarify their own roles as advisors within their schools, receive leadership and advocacy training, build community with learners across the member schools, and prepare for active roles at MBLC community gatherings in the winter (role-alike conversations) and spring (youth advisor panels. We ask that youth be accompanied by one adult ally per school. All youth sessions will be held virtually.
What will we do in our meetings?
Centering equity & youth voice
Understanding the MBLC project & youth advisor role
Building community and trust
Flexing and growing critical lens & leadership moves
Preparing for active presence at MBLC Community Gatherings in the Winter (online after school, role-alike conversation with other youth advisors) and Spring (in person youth panels for an audience of leaders and staff from member schools)
Who should sign up?
Middle and high school youth advisors from MBLC schools
One adult ally for each participating school, who joins youth advisors from their school in a supportive role
All sessions will be held during the school day, from 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Fall: Thursday, November 16, 2023
Winter: Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Added opt-in session: February 29, 2024
In this special added session, youth advisors will be invited to give feedback on school-created MBLC resources.Spring: Thursday, May 2, 2024
In this session, we will prep for May 7 in-person Spring Gathering Youth Advisor Panel.Added opt-in session: May 9, 2024
In this special added session, we will debrief the Spring Gathering Youth Advisor Panel.