Rethinking Learner Profiles: Strategies to Honor Diversity & Build Student Ownership
Learner profiles are often a cornerstone of personalized learning classrooms. But are they doing enough for our learners? The Leading Change Professional Learning Community is facilitating four-part learning series with educators from around the country to examine learner profile approaches, challenge our thinking about diversity and develop new strategies for inclusive, learner-centered environments. Through four virtual sessions, including asynchronous opportunities to engage at your own pace, educators will have the opportunity to:
- Explore the potential for learner profile processes to enable learner agency, authentic teacher-student relationships and inclusive learning environments
- Learn strategies to move away from stereotypes and towards understanding the diversity that exists in your classroom(s), who your students are as people and how each individual experiences learning
- Partner with other educators to share and reflect on current approaches, new strategies and lessons learned
- Practice collaboratively creating living learner profiles that honor diversity and learning assets and needs, both academic and social-emotional
Become part of the Leading Change PLC to access this upcoming series
- Part 1: Thursday, Sep. 30, 2021 3:30 – 5:00 PM EST
- Part 2: Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 3:30 – 5:00 PM EST
- Part 3: Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021 3:30 – 5:00 PM EST
- Part 4: Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 3:30 – 5:00 PM EST
Facilitators:
- Dr. Akuoma Nwadike, racial diversity, equity and inclusion expert with Inclusivity Education and former middle and high school ELA teacher
- Abbie Everett, director of teaching and learning with KnowledgeWorks and former K-2 learning facilitator, high school counselor and dean of culture with Lindsay Unified School District