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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
If we are a community that values X (from our portrait),
and students are saying Y (about their experience in school),
then what do we need to change?
If we are a community that values X (from our portrait),
and students are saying Y (about their experience in school),
then what do we need to change?
NEXT STEPS
NEXT STEPS
REIMBURSEMENT POLICY
REIMBURSEMENT POLICY
The Barr Foundation will reimburse participants for the below travel costs and incidental expenses. All submitted expenses must be reasonable. You must retain your original, itemized receipts for all reimbursement requests. Reimbursements will be processed after the event.
If you are planning to use a personal automobile to travel to North Adams, MA, reimbursement will be according to IRS guidelines and rates. The 2023 rate is $0.655/mile. You must submit a map with directions and miles traveled with your reimbursement request.
You may use a taxi, shared ride service, or public transportation taking into consideration availability, personal security, and cost.
Please contact Steph Moore before booking a group van or bus rental.
Two additional meals while traveling (not to exceed $50 total).
Forms are due by April 12.
QUICK LINKS:
QUICK LINKS:
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
Students:
Use your voice to change your school.
Connect with peers to uncover common problems and generate potential solutions.
Examine how schools are using their portrait to do high school differently.
Adults:
Experience a student summit that centers students and lifts their collective voice.
Understand how listening to students is essential for ongoing school co-design and iteration.
Examine current portrait implementation through the lens of coherence, student voice, and teaching & learning.
PRE-WORK
PRE-WORK
PoG Spotlights
As part of the opening evening, we’re asking each school team to share one slide (in one minute!) on the progress of the year related to the Portrait of a Graduate work. The hope here is to give everyone a taste of what each team has been up to to facilitate conversations throughout our time together. We anticipate this will take around 20-30 minutes. Each team will have one adult (students will be elsewhere for this portion of the event) share their slide in no longer than 60 seconds. Please complete your slide before Thursday, March 14th.
Pre-work Agenda
There are five different school sites to visit and five Student Summit workshops to choose from. To support you in selecting appropriate team members and site visit/workshops, we have developed a PRE-WORK AGENDA (it will prompt you to make a copy) to explore the options available to participants.
We’ve created it to be around 55 minutes, however, you may edit it to best fit your needs. Once completed, you will fill out the school and workshop preference chart here. Kindly submit selections no later than 2/16.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
TRAVEL INFORMATION
VENUE & ACCOMMODATIONS
VENUE & ACCOMMODATIONS
The Spring Covening will be held at Marriott Springfield Downtown.
Reservations will be made on your behalf as part of the event registration process. All rooms are single occupancy. The Foundation will provide accommodation for two (2) nights. To reserve your hotel room, please include your expected travel dates while completing your registration form.
2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA 01115
SCHOOLS VISITS
SCHOOLS VISITS
Enrollment: 300 students, Grades 6-12
Model Elements:
Habits of Work/Advisory
Art by design
Relationships and culture
New transcript
Enrollment: 298 students, Grades PreK-5
Model Elements:
Primary Person Model
Communication
Leadership
Leader in Me, Pilot school
Enrollment: 1105 students, Grades 9-12
Model Elements:
Pathways:
CH74 Business Technology, Early Childhood and Medical Assisting
After Dark program
New courses being offered to students, different pathways
Coherence: PoG language with the School Wide branding (CATS)
Early work with Unbound in implementing GLEAM
Enrollment: 284 students, Grades 6-8
Model Elements:
Crew
Student-led conferences twice a year
Data Chats with students
Enrollment: 597 students, Grades 6-12
Model Elements:
Standards-based grading
Crew
Expeditionary Learning school
Culturally-responsive teaching practices (nascent)
Student-led conferences
8th grade, 10th grade, and 12th grade Passage presentations
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