Presenters
Southeast Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant
Lauren Boucher has been in public education for over 15 years. She has taught 3rd grade, gifted education in grades K-8, and was a district level Digital Teaching and Learning Coach for over 8 years. She joined the NCDPI as the Southeast Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant in January of 2021. Additionally, Lauren is the Communications Director for the North Carolina Technology In Education Society, and she has been a presenter with SimpleK12.com since 2013. Lauren is passionate about the transformative possibilities educational technology brings to the table, and loves sharing innovative practices with teachers across North Carolina and beyond.Lauren Boucher has been in public education for over 15 years. She has taught 3rd grade, gifted education in grades K-8, and was a district level Digital Teaching and Learning Coach for over 8 years. She joined the NCDPI as the Southeast Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant in January of 2021. Additionally, Lauren is the Communications Director for the North Carolina Technology In Education Society, and she has been a presenter with SimpleK12.com since 2013. Lauren is passionate about the transformative possibilities educational technology brings to the table, and loves sharing innovative practices with teachers across North Carolina and beyond.
Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant
NC Dept of Public Instruction
@Scibri
Brian is currently the Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant for the Piedmont Triad Region with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Previously he has worked as an instructional design coach, instructional technology facilitator, and science/STEM teacher in Rowan-Salisbury Schools for 21 years. The highlight of his teaching experience involved teaching Design Thinking / Challenge Based Learning at North Rowan High School. Brian has also taught previously with the North Carolina Virtual Public School and serves as an adjunct chemistry instructor at Catawba College. He also serves as the secretary of the NCTIES Board and as the social media manager for the NCSTA.
Session description
Student agency allows students to have a role in what, when, why and how they learn. In this collaborative session, we’ll examine how mindset and specific strategies can empower students to own their learning. You'll use a template to plan for student agency in your classrooms.
Purpose & objective
Participants will:
Be able to define “student agency” in your own words.
Reflect on your personal beliefs about learners and learning.
Identify strategies to increase student agency in your own classroom.
Begin to develop an action plan to increase student agency in your own classroom.
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Outline
1.) Answer Garden activity where participants will share their thoughts on what student agency is. (5 minutes)
2.) "Direct Instruction" - What is student agency, components of, self-efficacy, growth mindset (10 minutes)
3.) Engaging in a Paradigm Shift (2 minutes)
4.) Participant Reflection Time - Examining Our Beliefs activity where teachers will independently answer reflection questions and share answers on Padlet if they choose. (8 minutes)
5.) "Direct Instruction" - Strategies to Move Towards Student Agency (10 minutes)
6.) Make a Plan - participants will use a student agency planning template to begin making a plan for strategies and implementation in their classroom (15 minutes)
7.) Q & A (10 minutes)
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Supporting research
Impact of student agency on learning performance and learning experience in a flipped classroom: https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjet.12604
Student Agency in the Classroom: Honoring Student Voice in the Curriculum by Margaret Vaughn - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Student+Agency+in+the+Classroom%3A+Honoring+Student+Voice+in+the+Curriculum&crid=23LNIEWUCZTO6&sprefix=student+agency+in+the+classroom+honoring+student+voice+in+the+curriculum%2Caps%2C252&ref=nb_sb_noss
Student Agency and Teacher Authority in Inquiry-Based Classrooms: Cases of Elementary Teachers’ Classroom Talk: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10763-021-10233-7
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