Friday Morning Plenary Session 8:30 – 10:15 am Tented Tennis Court Keynote Sponsored by K12 Represented by Michael Spencer
Curriculum 21: Future Schools Now By Dr. Heidi Hayes-Jacobs How can we transition international schools into 21st-century settings for the contemporary student? Rather than working on reform, we need NEW forms for teaching and learning. What year is your school preparing your learners for? 1990 or 2025? Is the role of the principal obsolete? Is graduation as we know it necessary? In a provocative and highly practical presentation, Heidi Hayes Jacobs will lay out her new model for taking the steps to transforming your school into a contemporary learning environment. She will focus on new kinds of leadership to match the needs of a new kind of learner, which, in turn, leads to a new kind of teacher. Re-booting instruction will be highlighted in her keynote to reflect: digital literacy, media literacy, and global literacy. Heidi will share examples of exceptional schools from around the world that have altered their schedules, grouping patterns, and physical/virtual space to create new programs and approaches for learning. Participants will leave with next steps to begin making the transition from the old-style model of schooling from the 1890s to the 21st century model. Heidi’s book, Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World, is published by ASCD. Participants should bring laptops!
______________________________________________ Crafts Fair No time to shop while at the conference? No worries, you can buy local products and crafts typical to Ecuador right here on campus. Academic Cotopaxi presents a craft fair on Friday and Saturday from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm in front of the auditorium. Local grown products include: honey, teas, coffee and chocolate. Unique, fine quality products include: glass and wooden items, Ecuadorian fabric and embroidered clothes/table clothes, wool and alpaca products, ceramics, candles, sweaters, jewelry and T-shirts/souvenirs. Our senior class has put together a bilingual cookbook that will also be available for purchase and Junior Achievement has refillable water bottles that can be used during the conference. Come see the beautiful items Ecuador has to offer. Major credit cards accepted.
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