Re-Imagining School to be Hosted at St. Stephen’s
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, will host Re-Imagining School on Tuesday, January 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The program will offer big-picture thinking and practical insight about today’s most important trends, including interdisciplinary learning, alternative assessment, Web 2.0, the “flipped” classroom, service learning, personal learning networks, new directions in college counseling, home-grown advanced courses in grades 11 and 12, and even how cell phones can be useful in the classroom.
Roundtables Set to Kick Off
ICG will host Innovation Roundtables at five leading independent schools in January and February. Sessions will offer insight from ICG’s National Assessment Project, which kicked off in the fall of 2011 in seven cities nationwide. Roundtable host schools include Conservatory Prep Senior High School (FL), La Jolla Country Day School (CA), Saint Mary’s School (NC), The Seven Hills School (OH), and Shattuck - St. Mary’s School (MN).
Nueva School Hosts Innovative Learning Conference
Nueva School in Hillsborough, California will host an Innovative Learning Conference on October 20-21, 2011. The line-up of presenters includes Norman Doidge, David Kelley, Dean Ornish, Denise Clark Pope, Michael Thompson, and many more. Nueva, a founding member of ICG, is a grades PK-8 school that is recognized nationally for its leadership in implementation of design thinking.