Next gen educators refuse to ignore that K - 12 education in the U.S. is inequitable.
To be
a next gen educator you must know next gen learning, have experienced it, and be able to model it through your daily actions and interactions.
Not exact matches
Educators often make use of ed tech as they make the shifts in instruction, teacher roles, and learning experiences that
next gen learning requires.
NGLC is nurturing a school redesign movement with investments to support
educators, school designers, and innovation partners to design and launch innovative schools — Breakthrough Schools — to accelerate student achievement through
next gen learning models.
The grant, announced in March, supports
next gen learning efforts by Massachusetts
educators and design teams.
We collected tools that
next generation
educators have used to develop an equity lens in professional learning, organizational growth, school culture, and
next gen learning design.
When
educators design and create new schools, and live
next gen learning themselves, they take the lead in growing
next gen learning across the nation.
Other
educators don't simply follow and adopt;
next gen learning depends on personal and community agency — the will to own the change, fueled by the desire to learn from and with others.
Living It: If we want
educators to champion
next gen learning for their students, then we need to make sure they are experiencing
next gen professional learning as well.
Our learning community is also a ground - up,
educator - led strategy to grow
next gen learning across the nation.
Each team of
educators in the Regional Funds is actively engaged in planning a
next gen learning school.
Mirror
next gen learning for students, position
educators as agents of change, and enable
educators to direct their learning.
As more and more
educators become interested in the potential of personalized,
next gen learning, NGLC spurs the development of research - & practice - informed,
educator - driven, locally - designed new models for schools.
While this is important content and skill - building, participating
educators demonstrate mastery of
next gen learning design when they propose designs that are visionary yet achievable, incorporating principles of
next gen learning that are personalized to fit their school's needs and community strengths.
A non-profit initiative, NGLC was founded in 2010 with the understanding that, while we all have a role to play, it is the
educators who should lead the transformation to
next gen learning, because they are closest to the students and the learning.
Educators working with regional partners often remark that
next gen learning wasn't what they thought it was; and that the more they know and grow, the more they realize what they don't know.
There are many opportunities to connect with fellow
educators who are passionate about
next gen learning.
With funding from NASA, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) developed the Galileo Educator Network (
GEN), which prepared teacher
educators nationwide to design and deliver professional development workshops on astronomy content and science practices aligned with
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
He wanted to emulate it with his own local funding, grow a few local models, and serve as a hub for
educators in his community who are interested in
next gen learning.