Conference Overview
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NORFOLK, NE | October 12-13, 2005. Several of the ESU's in Northern Nebraska (ESU#1, #2, #7, #8 and #17) along with the Nebraska Department of Education kicked off an initiative to engage educators in a process to re-think the high school experience.
Just shy of 100 people representing 19 school districts convened the first conference of a two to three year process. The participants in this workshop represented teachers, administrators, counselors, several colleges, the ESU's and the state department of education.
ABOVE: Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman addresses educators.
During the first day of the conference participants explored many aspects of the high school experience - both the current experience and some possible options for what the high school experience might be in the future. In that exploration participants explored elements of a vision and manifesto for change, different models for what the experience could be, and a process for engaging other people in the dialog as well as managing change over time.
During the second day participants identified nine components for a vision for the high school experience of the future. Each school district then identified what they were already doing in these nine key areas - and developed plans for specific areas they wanted to focus on.
The nine components of the vision are:
- A sense of purpose
- Personalized learning
- A vision for what 'it' looks like when it's done
- Innovative assessment
- Relationships with students
- Broader responsibility
- Connected learning (integrated, interdisciplinary, relevant learning)
- Teacher as facilitator
- Learning Communities
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