Sessions & Pre-Work

Session recording

Passcode: 6!V2c#+T

Focus
Guiding teachers to design exhibitions and engage users and experts to make projects authentic.

Pre-Work

• Read: Everything changes when you ask students, how did your work help someone else?

• Read: Using Teachable Moments

• Read: What Feedback is Really For

• Complete: Purposeful Partners Form

• Make a copy and complete reflections in Leadership Sandbox

Session recording

Passcode: .LS3H^GS

Focus
Equipping teachers to design high-quality, disciplinary PBL assignments and assessments while leveraging collaboration through purposeful team structures.

Pre-Work

• Read: A pernicious myth: Basics before deeper learning

• Read: The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months

• Watch: Adam Grant on Mixed Teams and Brainwriting
  Explore: Liberating Structures (browse the menu)

• Read Liberating Structures and browse the Menu.

• After watching and reading the above, review your answers in your Leadership Sandbox. Add, subtract, or change anything based on your reflections of the readings.

Session Recording

Passcode: .4!XN$j3

Focus
Articulating your school’s or system’s aspirational approach to PBL in alignment with the PennPBL framework.

Pre-Work

• Read: Parent email draft about the Exhibition

• Read: Learning as a Cultural Process

• Read: Why Won’t They Simply Do What We Tell Them To?

• Read: Building Trust in Schools

• Read: Exhibition Planning Template Example

• Review and revise Leadership Sandbox reflections

Complete the Educational Vision statements:

• My school or system will engage students in authentic work by…

• My school or system will engage students in collaborative work by…

• My school or system will engage students in disciplinary work by…

• My school or system will engage students in iterative work by…

Session Recording

Passcode: 01fHCpX#

Focus
Developing a “Portrait of a PBL Teacher” that defines the skills and mindsets teachers need to bring high-quality PBL to life.

Pre-Work

• Read: Preparing Teachers for Project-Based Teaching

• Refine your Educational Vision if needed

• Review and revise Leadership Sandbox reflections

• Begin drafting your Portrait of a PBL Teacher.

Session Recording

Passcode: y!@s!8SP

Focus
Designing signature adult learning experiences that build teacher capacity aligned to your Portrait of a PBL Teacher.

Pre-Work

• Read: Adult Learners Overview

• Read: 7 Exemplary Adult Learning Experiences to Cultivate AI-Era Educator Skills

• Review and revise Leadership Sandbox reflections

• Solicit feedback from 3 teachers or leaders on your Portrait of a PBL Teacher

• Revise your Portrait of a PBL Teacher based on feedback

Session Recording

Passcode: $6dJMpm1

Focus
Applying change management strategies to bring your PBL vision and Portrait of a PBL Teacher to life.

Pre-Work

• Read: What Makes Education Innovation Succeed?

• Read: Getting Unstuck on the Path of Organizational Change

• Read: Rapid Redesign vs. Slow Growth: Two Well-Worn Paths to School Transformation

• Optional: Exercising Leadership

• Review and revise Leadership Sandbox reflections

• Refine your Portrait of a PBL Teacher if needed

• Using this template, design one Adult Signature Learning Experience aligned to a priority teacher competency