Teams can use this activity to story-tell and reflect on a change management and/or innovation initiative. Teams are asked to use a “mad lib” style template to share the driving problem or challenge they were trying address, the solution they piloted to test it, key learnings, and the plan forward.
The template slides include a sample prompt, an editable activity template, and an example from a district team.
Hopkins Public Schools’ landing page for the district’s Vision 2031, which outlines the vision for an innovative education and a portrait of a graduate in 2031.
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s learning framework and how it is used to provide school leaders with guidance around decision making for their individual schools given the district’s shift towards school-based autonomy.
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s shift to providing school leaders with increased autonomy around school-based budgets.
Video from Hopkins Public Schoolsoutlining the district’s creation of shared outdoor classrooms to support teachers and students to return to in-person teaching and learning.
An article from Sun Post, which highlights Hopkins Public Schools’ outdoor immersion program.
A Hopkins Public Schools newsletter from October 2020, which highlights their outdoor immersion program for a second-grade class.
This example slide deck by Monterey Peninsula Unified School District showcases how they ran a student-led, district-wide equity task force to create programs and initiatives to advance equity across the district, especially as the community transitioned to distance learning.
A document outlining a job description for a Student Support Specialist, also listed as a Paraprofessional, at Hopkins Public Schools.
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools, describes their inquiry-based outdoor immersion program piloted with a second-grade class at Eisenhower Elementary, which was created to bring students back to in-person learning.
