Beaverton Leadership Institute: Full Schedule

7:00am PDT

Social - Breakfast

Wednesday August 10, 2016 7:00am - 7:30am PDT
Cafeteria

Meet Up

7:30am PDT

Welcome

Wednesday August 10, 2016 7:30am - 8:45am PDT
Auditorium

Meet Up

9:00am PDT

Keynote: The Great Leveler

Speakers

Brendan Brennan

Ground Control, The Moonshot Incubator

Currently a teacher and researcher at the University Laboratory School, Brendan has spent time both in the United States and Japan as an international business consultant and business owner. While in Japan he spent much of his time studying the Japanese style of Total Quality Management... Read More →

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
Auditorium

Equity

9:35am PDT

Zero to Ninja with Google Docs

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E122

9:35am PDT

Canvas Orientation for Adminstrators

Micah Murdock from Canvas will introduce the functions and features of our adopted Learning Management System (Canvas).

Speakers

Micah Murdock

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E113

Canvas

9:35am PDT

Globally Minded Students

Our world is a big place but it’s not unreachable. Get your students connecting to classrooms around the world and watch the learning grow leaps and bounds. When students can collaborate with international peers, not only does it create an authentic learning experience it motivates students to open up their global mindset.

Speakers

Jay Atwood

Director of International Education, EdTechTeam

Jay is a learner and a problem solver. He brings 20 years of experience working in international schools and leading IB Psychology teacher training workshops around the world to his current role as Director of International Education for EdTechTeam. He has extensive experience teaching... Read More →

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E123

Community/Collaboration

9:35am PDT

Transforming Schools Using the Collaborative Inquiry Process

The Collaborative Inquiry Process is a powerful, yet simple framework for solving problems ranging from classroom level to whole district level. Participants will be introduced to the framework and will actually go through the steps themselves, leaving this workshop with solutions and ideas to their problems that they never thought of before. This framework is also timed, making it perfect to add to a meeting that occurs during the school day. Sneak peek: The 'Assumption Generation Phase' is where the action really is.

Speakers

Adam Holman

Professional Learning Specialist, Argument Driven Inquiry

Physics teacher turned assistant principal turned ADI Professional Learning Specialist. Obsessed with learning and learning about learning in the math and science space. School must be a better place for more kids. Co-founder of Edcamp Austin. ASCD Emerging Leader (2015).

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E101

Community/Collaboration

9:35am PDT

Restorative Practice 101

Restorative practice (also known as Restorative Justice) has been deemed as an effective framework to promote a positive school culture. Grounded in the idea that our job is to educate students and staff, restorative practice provides the skills and understandings for positive social interactions, relationships that support learinng, and peaceful resolution of problems and conflict. Come and learn the basics of restorative practive and identify ways to infuse RP to promote a positive school culture.

Speakers

Vilay Green

Leslie Rogers

Louise Wilmes

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E114

Equity

9:35am PDT

Future Ready Learning

Beaverton has signed the Future Ready Pledge and has started down the pathway to Future Readiness. This session will talk about the country's first ever Future Ready initiative in the state of Hawaii and how a holistic and comprehensive approach is changing how teachers teach and student learn. Leveraging the elements of the Future Ready Honeycomb, Hawaii has raised Common Core test scores, dramatically increased technology adoption and has leveled the playing field for underserved students.

Speakers

Brendan Brennan

Ground Control, The Moonshot Incubator

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E124

Excellence

9:35am PDT

Creatively Building Capacity: “Out of the Box” Professional Development Models

With the number of initiatives that school districts are engaged in at an all-time high, adding yet ANOTHER may feel like the straw that breaks the proverbial camel's back. While rolling out Google Apps for Education and providing adequate support for your staff may feel like another daunting challenge, some creative thinking can provide you with the systems and support to make the project a success while not costing you a ton of money that you probably haven't planned on spending. During this session, you will be introduced to several models that have been used by school districts to help build capacity around their use of GAFE and hear some of their successes and challenges as well as their plans for the future. The strategies presented could also work with other initiatives as well.

Session Resources

Speakers

Jesse Lubinsky

Director of Technology / Chief Information Officer, Irvington Union-Free School District

Jesse is the Director of Technology and Chief Information Officer for the Irvington Union-Free School District in Irvington, NY. Prior to entering education, he was a technology consultant for Fortune 500 companies and was published in the book "High-Tech Teaching Success!" by Prufrock... Read More →

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E104

Innovation

9:35am PDT

What Education can learn from Netflix.

Most everyone loves Netflix, we love to binge-watch, we love on-demand, we love how they know what we love...Critically-acclaimed Gritty Movies from the 1980s subgenre anyone? Let’s dive into what intentional corporate policies have shaped Netflix from a red-envelope shipper to a tech goliath and how education can adapt some of these cultural ideas to shape our schools into extraordinary organizations.

Speakers

John McGowan

Founder, g(Math)

John is an authorized Google Education Trainer and the creator of the g(Math) Google Add-on for Docs, Sheets, and Forms with over 7 million installs worldwide. As an early adopter of technology, he loves to adapt the fail-forward mentality and push the bounds of technology integration... Read More →

Wednesday August 10, 2016 9:35am - 10:25am PDT
E121

Innovation

10:35am PDT

Keynote: How to Connect Your School with the Community (One Picture at a Time)

What can a "180 Blog" (one picture and post a day) do for your classroom or for your school? I've documented every day for the past three years since becoming an assistant principal, and my "Admin180 Blog" is by far the most popular section of my website (and no, I've checked the data, not all my hits are my mom hitting 'refresh'). With all the (free and simple) tools availalbe today, anyone and everyone can blog and share the amazing things going on in our schools.

Speakers

Adam Holman

Professional Learning Specialist, Argument Driven Inquiry

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:35am - 10:50am PDT
Auditorium

Community/Collaboration

10:55am PDT

Classroom that Ships

Speakers

Michael Wacker

I am a former elementary teacher, currently with EdTechTeam as the Chief Learning Officer; working with a highly talented team supporting world class learning opportunities for children and adults all around the globe. Our team is consulted around ideas of strategic design and innovation... Read More →

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E122

10:55am PDT

Canvas Orientation for Administrators

Micah Murdock from Canvas will introduce the functions and features of our adopted Learning Management System (Canvas).

Speakers

Micah Murdock

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E113

Canvas

10:55am PDT

Community Partnerships

How do you activate your community to support student success? Learn strategies from two award-winning BSD principals Anne Erwin from Beaverton HS and Charli Hagseth, planning principal for the new K-5 elementary school on Kaiser Rd. They will share how they activated their vision with their communities and shared the power to get things done.

Speakers

Anne Erwin

Charlie Hagseth

Maureen Wheeler

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E115

Community/Collaboration

10:55am PDT

Hangin' Out: Using Google Hangouts to Build Dynamic Online Professional Learning

Google Hangouts is one of the most innovative yet underused apps in education. Learn the different approaches on how administrators can leverage this amazing tool to support the work of their buildings and districts. Participants will learn how to use Hangouts as well as other tools to create powerful repositories for professional development and school communication and collaboration.

Session Resources

Speakers

Jesse Lubinsky

Director of Technology / Chief Information Officer, Irvington Union-Free School District

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E104

Community/Collaboration

10:55am PDT

Supporting LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning/Queer) Students

BSD's equity policy clearly articulates our commitment to supporting the needs of our LGBTQ students. Yet, our LGBTQ students report to us they experience differentiated treatments from their peers and staff that result in the experieces of isolation, unacceptance, and bullying. Come and learn 10 high leverage practices that have been identified and vetted by our LGBTQ students to support their success in Beaverton.

Speakers

Gretchen Moller

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E114

Equity

10:55am PDT

Power up your PLN

Learn how to become an involved educator using social media and online tools to grow. Come and see how your PLN (Personal/Professional Learning Network) will change the way you teach, learn and lead as you connect with educators around the world. If you’re not sure how Twitter and Google Plus can be used in your professional life, come to this workshop and learn from first-hand experience so that you too can walk away with a whole new set of tools to enhance your teaching and leadership at your school.

Speakers

Jay Atwood

Director of International Education, EdTechTeam

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E123

Excellence

10:55am PDT

Coding for all ages, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Physical Web.

Coding has been a buzzword in education the past few years. Hour of Code is a great teaser, now see what deeper options can lie behind it from a curriculum standpoint. We will explore a variety of coding connections to real-world objects with Sphero, Myo armbands, Cubetto, Philips Hue, and more. Also, we will explore ways to use the Internet of Things (IoT) to collect data on campus and to use the Physical Web to disseminate schoolwide information with ease.

Speakers

John McGowan

Founder, g(Math)

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E121

Innovation

10:55am PDT

Future Ready Needs Assessment

A new era in education requires a new instrument for measuring success. The Future Ready Needs Assessment helps leadership to identify gaps and opportunties within each of the 6 Future Ready Elements. This assessment is the first step in developing Courageous Leaders, Empowered Teachers, Students with Agency and Inspiring Learning Spaces.

Speakers

Brendan Brennan

Ground Control, The Moonshot Incubator

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E124

Innovation

10:55am PDT

The Power of the Unconference Model (Edcamp)

We learn better together! Far too often professional development is a one-size-fits-all model that teachers feel is done to them rather than with them. Edcamp is a form of PD designed specifically to meet the differentiated needs of the participants. The agenda will be created the day of the event based solely on the wants of the participants. All this is done with the intent to share promising and innovative practices, which ultimately improves teaching and learning in schools

Speakers

Adam Holman

Professional Learning Specialist, Argument Driven Inquiry

Wednesday August 10, 2016 10:55am - 11:45am PDT
E101

Innovation

11:45am PDT

Lunch

Wednesday August 10, 2016 11:45am - 12:30pm PDT
Cafeteria

Meet Up

12:30pm PDT

Keynote: Innovation Fatigue and how to fight it, turn the support net into a trampoline.

Innovation can be exhausting when things go wrong (and if they are not, you are not pushing the bounds far enough), especially when all the “I told you so”s come out. We not only need to support innovation in the classroom, but we need to go further. Don’t just support innovation like a safety net, be the trampoline that will amplify innovation and infect your colleagues with the innovator bug!

Speakers

John McGowan

Founder, g(Math)

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:30pm - 12:45pm PDT
Auditorium

Innovation

12:50pm PDT

Dynamic Visuals with Google Drawings

Speakers

Michael Wacker

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E103

12:50pm PDT

Canvas Orientation for Administrators

Micah Murdock from Canvas will introduce the functions and features of our adopted Learning Management System (Canvas).

Speakers

Micah Murdock

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E113

Canvas

12:50pm PDT

Social Media 101 for Adminstrators

Whether we like it or not, social media has changed the way that schools and school leaders engage with the community. In this session, we will cover the basic platforms that are out there and look at ways that administrators that leverage the power of social media to improve all facets of communication within their school district. This session will also provide hands-on time for administrators to begin to set up Professional Learning Networks on Twitter.

Session Resources

Speakers

Jesse Lubinsky

Director of Technology / Chief Information Officer, Irvington Union-Free School District

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E104

Community/Collaboration

12:50pm PDT

'Post-High School Success for All' - BSD Graduates Reflection

"Empowering all students for post-high school success" is the goal of BSD. How are we doing as a district to achieve this goal, particularly with our students of color and ESL students? Come and hear BSD graduates' strories about how their education in BSD has prepared them for college and career readiness.

Speakers

Hussein Al-Baiaty

Floricel Negrete-Careinas

Jamila Osman

Jonathan Diaz Santiago.

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E114

Equity

12:50pm PDT

From Color Blindness to Color Consciousness

How do you get (predominantly white) educators to 'see' color? To be able to hold productive conversations around race? Quality conversations are rare in nearly all schools across the country. Too often talks about race are derailed due to poor execution and/or planning, failing to understand the complex dynamics involved in such discussions. This conversation will help provide participants with the tools needed to begin this much needed dialogue

Speakers

Adam Holman

Professional Learning Specialist, Argument Driven Inquiry

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E101

Equity

12:50pm PDT

Design Thinking Come to Life

Even though design thinking was born to increase creativity in the business world, it can play a significant part of education. Learn how to apply these principles of thinking outside the box, creating collaboratively, and enriching what is happening in your classroom.

Speakers

Jay Atwood

Director of International Education, EdTechTeam

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E123

Excellence

12:50pm PDT

Innovation Fatigue and how to fight it, turn the support net into a trampoline.

Speakers

John McGowan

Founder, g(Math)

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E121

Innovation

12:50pm PDT

Moonshot Incubator

EdTechTeam is partnering with The Janus Group to launch a new approach to transforming American education. The Moonshot Incubator leverages hyper-collaborative makerspaces, connections to local and global experts and boosted levels of Student Agency to help our students start building Moonshot Solutions to the greatest challenges of the day.

The Incubator also helps students grow their Moonshot ideas into startup companies or non-profits. By leveraging a unique crowdsource funding model, communities and school districts can now be invested in the success of student ideas.

As our students will be pitching their startup ideas to their communities we want to pitch our idea to you. Come to discuss our model and provide feedback and fresh insights into how we can support schools and communities as they start building their own Incubators. We welcome you to join us as partners in this great experiment.Based on amazing work happening at Pt. England School in New Zealand, the state of Hawaii has also adopted the Literacy Cycle with a 21st century twist. Come learn how this pedagogical strategy, supported by Google Apps for Education can improve literacy and easily integrate next generation learning tools into your classrooms.

Speakers

Brendan Brennan

Ground Control, The Moonshot Incubator

Wednesday August 10, 2016 12:50pm - 1:40pm PDT
E124

Innovation

1:55pm PDT

Keynote: Capes Not Required

With issues such as antiquated classrooms, an over-reliance on standardized testing, and budget challenges, we can all agree that the educational system is in desperate need of reform. But the seeds of change are there. Students all around the world are doing some amazing things that would have been considered unimaginable even a decade ago. Together, we will share stories of incredible students who have taken their learning beyond the four walls of the classroom and you will learn how we can rise to the challenge of changing our classrooms to give every student the opportunity to be extraordinary and discover the superhero within.

Speakers

Jesse Lubinsky

Director of Technology / Chief Information Officer, Irvington Union-Free School District

Wednesday August 10, 2016 1:55pm - 2:10pm PDT
Auditorium

Excellence

2:20pm PDT

Canvas Orientation for Administrators

Micah Murdock from Canvas will introduce the functions and features of our adopted Learning Management System (Canvas).

Speakers

Micah Murdock

Wednesday August 10, 2016 2:20pm - 3:10pm PDT
E113

Canvas

2:20pm PDT

Learning through Service

Service Learning is often a requirement in many schools today, yet gets overlooked and turns into a community service project placed on the teacher’s shoulders. Learn how to kickstart your service learning program at your school by stepping back and focusing on the research and need before just checking this off your to-do list.

Speakers

Jay Atwood

Director of International Education, EdTechTeam

Wednesday August 10, 2016 2:20pm - 3:10pm PDT
E123

Community/Collaboration

2:20pm PDT

The 3 Most Influential People to Me that Follow Me on Twitter that I've Never Met in Person

A humorous take on "Why Use Twitter" that showcases the powerful connections available online and how they can influence your career for the better.

Speakers

Adam Holman

Professional Learning Specialist, Argument Driven Inquiry

Wednesday August 10, 2016 2:20pm - 3:10pm PDT
E101

Community/Collaboration

2:20pm PDT

Girls Who Code and the women we need to teach them!

There is a gender gap in math and coding that we need to bridge. We can’t exclude half of the population from an area that we desperately need to succeed! There are a variety of organizational, cultural, and curriculum changes that can occur to change coding from a filter class to a pump class. Come prepared to participate in the discussion about how your school can make this change and help lead a coding revolution.

Speakers

John McGowan

Founder, g(Math)

Wednesday August 10, 2016 2:20pm - 3:10pm PDT
E121

Equity

2:20pm PDT

The Art of the SAMRai: Administrator Workshop

Getting technology into the hands of students and teachers is one thing. But how can we engage in conversations with our staff about what good instructional technology use looks like? During this session, you will be introduced to the SAMR model which enables teachers to design, develop, and infuse digital learning experiences that utilize technology. We will collaboratively define the various levels and learn how administrators can support teacher's integration of technology in meaningful ways.

Session Resources

Speakers

Jesse Lubinsky

Director of Technology / Chief Information Officer, Irvington Union-Free School District

Wednesday August 10, 2016 2:20pm - 3:10pm PDT
E104

Excellence

2:20pm PDT

Digital Citizenship for School Administrators

What is Digital Citizenship and what does it mean to be a Digital Leader? This session will introduce the topic, allow some time for discussion and provide helpful resources.

Speakers

Cat Nostrand

Innovation Strategists, Beaverton School District

Learner, collaborator, tech integrator. Always curious and loves a whole lot. Passionate about serving kids and teachers. Public educator for the past 17 years. Currently working with an amazing team in Beaverton supporting innovative teaching practice.

Jenny Takeda

Wednesday August 10, 2016 2:20pm - 3:10pm PDT
E114

Innovation

2:20pm PDT

Metaliteracy is the New Black

The future belongs to those that can determine, access, locate, understand, produce, and use the information necessary to create, build and invent new things. But today's learners must build upon this antiquated notion of Information Literacy to now collaborate, communicate and share in global, participatory digital environments. This workshop will focus on the technological changes that have impacted the way we teach and the way they learn as well as the horizon technologies that will force an even greater shift in our jobs as educators.

Speakers

Brendan Brennan

Ground Control, The Moonshot Incubator

Wednesday August 10, 2016 2:20pm - 3:10pm PDT
E124

Innovation

3:10pm PDT

Wednesday August 10, 2016 3:10pm - 3:20pm PDT
Auditorium

Meet Up