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[ Jennifer Abrams ]
[ Jennifer Abrams ]
Formerly a high school English teacher and a new teacher coach in Palo Alto Unified School District (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Jennifer Abrams is currently a communications consultant and author who works with educators and others on leadership development at all levels, effective collaboration skills, having hard conversations and creating identity safe workplaces.
Jennifer’s publications include Having Hard Conversations, The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate & Create Community, Hard Conversations Unpacked - the Whos, Whens and What Ifs, and Swimming in the Deep End: Four Foundational Skills for Leading Successful School Initiatives. Her newest book is Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work.
Jennifer shares her work in other mediums as a featured columnist on growth and change for Learning Forward’s The Learning Professional journal as well as contributing to The International Educator (TIE) focusing her writing on adult development and collaboration skills.
Jennifer presents nationally at Learning Forward, ASCD, NAESP, AMLE and at many other conferences. Internationally, she facilitated with the Teachers’ and Principals’ Centers for International School Leadership (TTC and PTC) and presents with EARCOS, NESA, ECIS, AISA, AASSA, CEESA and Tri-Association, and consults with schools across China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, and Central America.
Jennifer is honored to have been named one of the “18 Women All K-12 Educators Should Know,” by Education Week’s ‘Finding Common Ground’’ blog. More about Jennifer’s work can be found at her website, www.jenniferabrams.com, and on Twitter @jenniferabrams
Keynote: Stretching Your Learning Edges: Being Your Best Collaborative Self
Keynote: Stretching Your Learning Edges: Being Your Best Collaborative Self
Collaboration is one of the most frequently used words in education and, in some ways, the least taught. Yet, our ability to collaborate and our willingness to engage respectfully with one another matters for the health of the school and the collective well-being of all within it. How do we stretch ourselves at our learning edges to become our best adult selves at school? How do we communicate well with one another in service of our students? Based on Jennifer Abrams’ new book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work, this keynote will explore 5 ideas around which every educator develop his or herself to become an even better value-add to their grade level, department, and the school as a whole.
Breakout Presentation: Suspending Certainty: Why Does It Matter?
Breakout Presentation: Suspending Certainty: Why Does It Matter?
In this breakout session Jennifer will go deeper into suspending certainty, one of the 5 facets from her book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work, What does it mean to stop and listen and not become defensive? How does one benefit from being more curious and inquisitive? Self-assessments, discussions and video will be used in this breakout - all to grow one’s understanding of the facet, build one’s skill set and stretch us at our edges.
[ Tim Lovatt ]
[ Tim Lovatt ]
Tim is the head of digital learning for K-12 at UWCSEA Dover. He is responsible for the intersection between technology and pedagogy throughout the college, ensuring students both learn about and benefit from the very best practices in both fields. Whilst at UWCSEA, he co-founded the instructional coaching program in the High School and is a teacher of Physics IB and Science IGCSE. Currently exploring Generative AI, Innovation spaces in K-12 schools and getting kids off phones and social media.
Session 1: Generative AI prompts and use of Generative AI for pedagogical enhancement
Session 1: Generative AI prompts and use of Generative AI for pedagogical enhancement
As AI seeps into every aspect of our lives, and gets better and better at seeming human, what impacts are ahead of educators, and what should we keep in view? This high-level session takes a broader view, discussing the ethical implications of AI, the evolving relationships between humans and machines, what we might see in the next 10-20 years, and the importance of human connection, empathy and culture in an educational environment.
Session 2: Redefining assessment for an AI powered workplace
Session 2: Redefining assessment for an AI powered workplace
The future of school and work is evolving, and so must our approach to assessments. How do we meaningfully assess students when GenAI can write a paper with them in just a few minutes? In this session, we’ll discuss new approaches to assessment which are more meaningful, relevant and transferable for students heading into a transformed, dynamic, AI enhanced workplace.
Session 3: The Blue-Skynet View: Ethical and human considerations for educators and leaders in the age of AI
Session 3: The Blue-Skynet View: Ethical and human considerations for educators and leaders in the age of AI
As AI seeps into every aspect of our lives, and gets better and better at seeming human, what impacts are ahead of educators, and what should we keep in view? This high-level session takes a broader view, discussing the ethical implications of AI, the evolving relationships between humans and machines, what we might see in the next 10-20 years, and the importance of human connection, empathy and culture in an educational environment.
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