Calendar of Events

Jun 18-20 - Thrively Pilot Training Grace, Sandy, Jed and Nili Leading 16 educator team Gr 5-9

May 4th - Natick Special Olympics Unified Sports : Bringing Students together on and off the field.

Apr. 29th - MAPLE Learning Tour North Reading - Computational Thinking and Coding Program at MS - ALL PBL and Design Challenges.
Apr. 9th - PBL for Student Agency 1 credit graduate course begins.
Apr. 1-3 - CoSN Conference in Portland OR. Present: Leveraging the Power of Networks to Scale Personalized Learning. Presenting with MAPLE, and TEC Collaborative and Chris Unger from NeXT. Grace - CETL EXAM

Mar. 18-22nd - PK STEAM Week.
Mar. 15th - MassCUE Leadership conference - Human side of Changing Education with Julie Wilson Keynote

Feb 27 - Maple Master Class - Pathways to Personalization with Shawn Rubin. Team from Natick Admin and teachers.

Jan. 31 - Learn Launch conference and Student Learning Showcase for MS and HS Natick Teams
Jan 31 - dCurate Project Launch - Natick to measure growth with Thrively from Learn platform analytics.

Dec. 21st - Meet with Chris Unger discuss progress and support from NeXT. Discuss presentation for CoSN in April.
Dec. 19th - PBL course collaboration with Westford and Beverly
Dec. 14th - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit at the College of the Holy Cross
Dec. 6th - MAPLE Master Class at Natick with Julie Wilson: The Human Side of Leading Change Workshop

Nov. 26 - Natick Innovation & Learning Summit (NILS2018)- over 100 PBL, Blended and SEL and Health and Wellness Workshops
Nov. 26th - PBL Class begins. 2 Credit graduate Designing Authentic PBL using Design Thinking

Oct. 25th - Barrington RI vist with the HS Team to learn about their Senior Internship and Capstone projects.
Oct. 24th - Boston 25 Girls in STEM and Girls who Code Segment - Filming
Oct. 22-26th - Natick Middle School STEM Week, - ALL PBL - ALL Week! Commissioner visit.
Oct. 18th and 19th - MassCUE Fall Conference
Oct. 8th - Innovation Team Meeting - Kennedy

Sep. 29th - Graduate Course: Designing PBL for Student Agency begins. Signup on TeachPoint PD by September 15th.
Sep. 18th - MAPLE Bright Spot Visit of Memorial Elementary School. Classroom Walkthroughs. Begin work to calibrate PoNG work.

Aug. 29th - First day back for students FY19
Aug. 27th - First day back for teachers FY19
Aug. 6th -10th - PBL and DT Course in Beverly with Judy Miller, Grace Magley and Julie Baudreau - Beginner and Advanced
Jul. 31st and Aug. 1st-2nd - MAPLE Innovative School Leaders Summit with Friday Institute
Jul. 23rd-27th - NeXT Experiential Learning Partnership cohort 2 at Northeastern University
Jul. 10th - 12th - PBL and Design Thinking Coaches Training with Kathleen Fritz in Westford, MA. Natick Teachers should register on NatickPD by June 15th.
Jul. 9th - MAPLE Future Ready Summit

24th - 27th - ISTE 2018 in Chicago
21st - Natick Last day of school FY18
June 11-13th - Learning Accelerator's Innovation Directors Network 1st Convening in Denver, CO
4th - Wilson Middle School PBL Hackathon for all Wilson Staff
1st - Natick HS Graduation

22nd - HS Senior Internship Showcase
18th - Observe S. Gauthier's PBLs for end of year reflection
15th and 17th - Presenters planning meeting for the Wilson PBL Hackathon on June 4th
7th - Kennedy Middle School PBL Hackathon for all staff and MAPLE Learning Tour

12th - Submitted the McCarthey Dressman Grant - Middle School Academic Enrichment PBL and Global Competencies 1- 10 week program in Fall and Spring
9th - Planning meeting with Kathleen Fritz and Westford and Beverly for the summer DT and PBL Coaching workshop, July 10-12th - limit 30.
6th - Highlander Institute Advanced Practitioners Summit for the Blended and Personalized Learning Conference in RI - Barrington RI POP for DL/PBL
2nd - Presenters planning meeting for the Kennedy PBL Hackathon on May 7th

26th - DESE in Malden Special Meeting with Commissioner and board on Personalized Learning with MAPLE, Michael Horn and districts.
Sun, Mar 25th - ASCD Panel on MAPLE and Personalizing Learning with Needham
9th - MassCUE: Lead Like a Pirate - Natick keynote on Personalized Learning at NPS
7th - PLTW Training all day with TOSA for Gr 2 Brown Teachers.
5th - Learning Tour - Beverly PBL Hackathon

31st - HS Civics Semester 1 Student Showcase
30th - HS Girls in STEM with LUV Begins (Every Week)
29th - HS Girls Who Code Begins (Every Week)
25th - Visit with S. Pogarian on her PBL Unit
23rd - Designing PBL using Design Thinking Course, Session #3
17th - MS Innovation Team Meeting - Natick PBL Design Templates
11th - Intro PLTW training for 2nd grade teachers by TOSA on Animal Adaptations Unit
Sat, 6th - 1st class for Designing PBL course at Natick HS, Sessions #1 and #2 - 5 hours

30th - BlendinMass SIG/MAPLE Advisory in Westford with Kathy Fritz DT and PBL
27th - NILS2017 - PBL and DT Workshop with K. Fritz, BIE.org Workshop with A. Buck
16th - November MS Innovation Team Meeting with Chris Unger from NeXT
14th - Initial Meeting with Level Up Village for Girls in STEM
6th - Observe S. Gauthier PBL Gr 8 Science Kennedy - Climate Change
1st-3rd - EdSurge Fusion Personalized Learning conference in CA

28th - BlendinMass SIG/MAPLE Advisory on Personalized Learning
26th - Observe S. Gauthier PBL Gr 8 Science Kennedy - Climate Change
15th - Meet with K. Fritz to plan for the PBL DT Workshop at NILS2017 for 50 Teachers
7th - Meet with H. Pearson on HS Girls in STEM Club

Aug. 24th - Meet with A. Brunell, CS Dept. on HS Girls Who Code Club
Aug. 14th-16th - Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Grant Training in NH
Aug. 7th-11th - PBL Course in Beverly, MA with Cohort 1 and 2 teachers
Aug. 1st-3rd - MAPLE/Friday Institute and OETC Leading School Conference
Jul. 17th-20th - NeXT Experiential Learning Partnership cohort 1 at Northeastern University with N. Lemoine
Jun. 25th-28th - ISTE Conference (Workshops on PBL, Design Thinking and Global STEM Education)