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Giving Students Agency, Optimism and Skills: The Maine Solutionaries Project

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Session description

Hear about the results of an innovative hybrid state-wide professional learning opportunity. Reflect on teacher and student comments about learning and engagement. Learn about projects implemented across schools, age levels, and contexts. Consider why inquiry-to-action projects are powerful and how to adapt this approach to achieve similar results.

Outline

0-05 Welcome, introductions, overview of presentation and short description of the Maine Solutionaries Project
Mode: Slide deck/presentation, video
05-10 Portrait of a Graduate: What outcomes do we want for our students?
Mode: Total participation, mentimeter, word cloud
10-20 Overview of free Solutionary Framework and toolkit resources on the ME Dept of Ed website
Mode: Slide deck/presentation
20-30 Voices of teachers and students re: impact of solutionary projects on student engagement and learning; examples of projects
Mode: Slide deck/presentation, video, active listening for word cloud ideas, think-pair-share
30-40: Description of professional learning model and how it aligned with excellence in professional learning; feedback from teachers in the project
Mode: Slide deck/presentation, video
40-50: Participant consideration of how to adapt the model to their specific context
Mode: Think-pair-share
50-60: Q and A and closing of session
Mode: Questions from audience, posting of contact info and QR code linking to free resources

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Supporting research

The World Becomes What We Teach by Zoe Weil
https://humaneeducation.org/the-world-becomes-what-we-teach-new-edition/

Inquiry to Action Framework Chicago Public Schools
https://sve.cps.edu/project-based-learning/inquiry-to-action-project-framework/

William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University
https://fi.ncsu.edu/projects/project-based-inquiry-global/

From Inquiry to Action
Civic Engagement with Project-Based Learning in All Content Areas by Steve Zemelman https://www.heinemann.com/products/e06257.aspx

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Presenters

Dr. Julie Meltzer

Director of K-12 and Teacher Education

Institute for Humane Education

Session specifications

Topic:

Student Engagement and Agency

TLP:

Yes

Grade level:

6-12

Audience:

Curriculum Designer/Director, District Level Leadership, School Level Leadership

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Participants will not need to pre-download anything.

Subject area:

Interdisciplinary (STEM/STEAM), Science

TLPs:

Spark Curiosity, Ignite Agency

Influencer Disclosure:

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