Now Available – Aurora Institute Symposium 2022 Digital Content

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Symposium 2022 Digital Content Library Is Live At the Aurora Institute, we’re committed to making sure that our resources are accessible by school and district leaders, teachers, policymakers, nonprofits, and others engaged in designing and implementing new, innovative learning models to change the future of education. In that spirit of collaboration, we are excited to share with you digital content from the Aurora Institute Symposium 2022 – the field’s largest gathering of education innovators working to transform K-12 education. Symposium 2022 Digital Content Library This year’s Symposium was designed to build the capacity of the field to implement equitable, whole-child, personalized, competency-based systems. Attendees had access to keynotes and more than 70 sessions highlighting breakthrough practices and policies, equipping them with new knowledge and best practices from the field. And now, the Symposium  video recordings and slide decks from these keynotes and sessions are available to you. Digital Content Library Preview Culture, Identity, and Voice: Student Perspectives on Agency and Ownership of Learning Empowering and Elevating Student Voice in Policy Development and Discussions in a Post-COVID-19 System We’re Empowered! How Our Voices and Choices Are Leading to Student Ownership and Personalization From the State House to the Classroom: Competency-Centered System Design Catalyzes Equitable, Rigorous, and Engaged Learning Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fake-quity? Our District’s Journey Towards True Educational Equity Learner-Centered Leadership Lab: Insights From Learner-Centered Superintendents The Bridge From Policy to Practice: Empowering Districts to Take Advantage of State Policy Flexibilities Enacting Equity-Seeking Habits While Redesigning Assessment and Accountability From Local Communities Up to the SEA in Kentucky Exploring Flexible Learning and Future Policy Reform Through Colorado’s Blended Learning Initiative (BLI) Igniting a Vision for Education Systems Transformation: Future Directions in Policy and Practice with Susan Patrick, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Institute  Spotlighting Efforts to Transform Education Systems Toward Personalized, Competency-Based Learning with Dr. David Miyashiro, Cecily Schmidt, Dr. Randy Spaulding and moderated by Dr. Eliot Levine Unlocking the Student Perspective: Meeting the Needs of All Students Through Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Designs with Kalei Delovio, Riley Devine, Louisianny Martinez, Masho Primmer and moderated by Dr. Loretta Goodwin Future-Focused Promising Practices to Implement Personalized, Competency-Based Education with Ashley Ferrara, Jose Guzman Jr., Damarr Smith and moderated by Laurie Gagnon Advancing Policy & Advocacy Enacting Equity-Seeking Habits While Redesigning Assessment and Accountability From Local Communities Up to the SEA in Kentucky The Bridge From Policy to Practice: Empowering Districts to Take Advantage of State Policy Flexibilities Student-Centered Accountability and Assessment Coalition: Emerging Opportunities for Rethinking Federal Assessment and Accountability Design Aligning K-12, Higher Education, & Employment Pathways Building Motivating, Inclusive, and Equitable CTE Pathways Through Language Certification Achieving Diversity and Equity: Pathways to College Success and the Teaching Profession Designing New Learning Models/Redesign Reimagining School in Rural America: The Transcend Rural Schools Design Community Culture, Identity, and Voice: Student Perspectives on Agency and Ownership of Learning Sidestepping Barriers to Implementing Family Engagement in Your Classroom Elevating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Social Justice Awareness is Key: Why All Change Efforts Should Start Here Students as Agents in Their Learning: The What, Why, and How Avoiding the Pitfalls of Fake-quity? Our District’s Journey Towards True Educational Equity Enabling Anytime/Anywhere Learning  Creating Equitable, Community-Based, Learner-Centered Ecosystems: Where Learning Lives Everywhere Meet the Free Agent Learners: Changing School From the Outside In Making Learning Count Outside of School: Credit for Learning Opportunities in Afterschool Examining Research & Evaluation Designing a Process for Inclusive Innovation: A Radical Commitment to Equity Exploring the Role of Assessment in the Shift to Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Survey Says: Uncovering Student Perceptions to Deepen Teacher Understanding Modernizing Professional Learning  Personalized Teacher Development and Evaluation Using a Competency-Based Model The Lone Rangers: Teaching Multilingual Learners in Rural and Remote Schools A Personalized Approach to Professional Learning: Clear, Consistent, Cohesive, Not One More Thing! Shifting to Competency-Based Education From the State House to the Classroom: Competency-Centered System Design Catalyzes Equitable, Rigorous, and Engaged Learning International Big Picture Learning Credential (IBPLC): Putting the Person Back in Educational Assessment Building 21’s Studio Model: Designing Learning Experiences for Engagement and Impact Transforming Education Systems Learner-Centered Leadership Lab: Insights From Learner-Centered Superintendents Understanding the Quality Criteria for Systems of Performance Assessment Tool Using K-12 Performance Assessments and Competency-Based Transcripts in College Admissions View many more session recordings available on our Symposium Library. Save the Date: We hope to see you at next year’s Aurora Institute Symposium on October 15-17, 2023 in Palm Springs, California! For questions about next year’s Symposium, please contact the Aurora Institute Symposium team. View Content Library About The Aurora Institute The mission of the Aurora Institute is to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all. Contact Aurora Institute Communications

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Program at a Glance – Aurora Institute Symposium 2022

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Program at a Glance: Symposium 2022 The Aurora Institute Symposium 2022 is right around the corner, but it’s not too late to register! Take a sneak peek at our upcoming agenda below, and if you haven’t yet, reserve your spot today, or encourage a colleague to attend! The Aurora Institute Symposium  is the field’s largest gathering of education innovators working to transform K-12 education. You’ll find a big tent of attendees from across the education innovation space who are pushing for learning to happen outside of traditional school walls, and to be more personalized, competency-based, and future-focused. The Symposium is the premiere event for learning about next generation learning models, anytime, anywhere learning, the latest policy developments to enable the future, research and best practices around innovations, and trends around future-focused education transformation. View Symposium Agenda Quick Links:  Register to Attend About the Symposium Agenda Keynotes Sponsorship Opportunities FAQs Symposium 2021 Highlights Learn About Getting Graduate Credits for Attendance Learn About Getting CEU Credits for Attendance Share this Announcement on Social Media:  The @Aurora_Inst Symposium is the leading event for #EdLeaders in #PersonalizedLearning & #CompetencyEd. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium #Aurora22 Join @Aurora_Inst virtually at #Aurora22 on October 24-26. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium Attend the leading conference for transforming #K12 #edu. Registration for #Aurora22 is now open, held virtually on October 24-26 https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium @Aurora_Inst Download the full social media toolkit for sharing news about Symposium! For questions, please contact the Aurora Institute Symposium team.  We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium. About the Aurora Institute The mission of the Aurora Institute is to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all. Contact Aurora Institute Communications

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Aurora Institute Symposium Closing Keynote Announcement

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Future-Focused Promising Practices to Implement Personalized, Competency-Based Education Register Education leaders across the country are implementing personalized, competency-based learning models to enable each child to flourish. Join this Aurora Institute Symposium keynote to hear reflections and insights on strategies to transform traditional education toward competency-based systems. Gain insights into the journey toward learner-centered education for building capacity for competency-based education, and be inspired by the story of how multi-year transitions turned educators from skeptics to devoted practitioners of competency-based learning. This keynote highlights groundbreaking community-led designs guided by local wisdom. These leaders will shine a light on levers for systems change and promising emerging innovations. See how equity is intentionally centered in the creation and design of new learning models. Walk away with resources, strategies, and insights to change systems and give students new equity-driven, competency-based, and student-centered learning experiences. The Aurora Institute Symposium is the field’s largest gathering of education innovators working to transform K-12 education. You’ll find a big tent of attendees from across the education innovation space who are pushing for learning to happen outside of traditional school walls, and to be more personalized, competency-based, and future-focused. The 70+ sessions and five keynotes will showcase the field’s brightest ideas and provide an inside look at cutting-edge approaches, strategies, and guidance. The Symposium inspires attendees, equips them with new knowledge and best practices, and sparks action by inspiring leaders to implement new learning designs. Session strands include: Shifting to Competency-Based Education; Modernizing Professional Learning; Enabling Anytime/Anywhere Learning; Transforming Education Systems; Whole Child Personalized Learning; Elevating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism; Redesigning/Creating New Learning Models; and more. Attendee registration is now open for the Aurora Institute Symposium, held virtually on October 24-26, 2022. Aurora Institute members can attend the Symposium free of charge. Become an Aurora Institute member today, then register to attend the Symposium here. Register Why join the Aurora Institute Symposium? Hear from our past attendees! Quick Links:  Register to Attend About the Symposium Agenda Keynotes Sponsorship Opportunities FAQs Symposium 2021 Highlights Learn About Getting Graduate Credits for Attendance Share this Announcement on Social Media:  Learn about future-focused promising practices to implement personalized, competency-based #education at #Aurora22 with @LaurieGagnon98, Ashely Ferrera, and @DamarrSalahudin:  https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium The @Aurora_Inst Symposium is the leading event for #EdLeaders in #PersonalizedLearning & #CompetencyEd. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium #Aurora22 Join @Aurora_Inst virtually at #Aurora22 on October 24-26. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium Attend the leading conference for transforming #K12 #edu. Registration for #Aurora22 is now open, held virtually on October 24-26 https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium @Aurora_Inst Download the full social media toolkit for sharing news about Symposium! For questions, please contact the Aurora Institute Symposium team.  We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium. About the Aurora Institute The mission of the Aurora Institute is to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all. Contact Aurora Institute Communications

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Aurora Institute Symposium Day 3 Student Keynote Announcement

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Unlocking the Student Perspective: Meeting the Needs of All Students Through Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Designs Register At the Aurora Institute, we believe that learning environments should begin and end with the learners in mind, empowering them to participate in shaping their learning experiences. When creating personalized, competency-based learning designs, we must center students’ perspectives and co-create learning experiences to ensure that each child has what they need to develop their full academic, social, and personal capacity. Join this Aurora Institute Symposium keynote where students will take the virtual stage to share their unfiltered ideas, first-hand accounts, and reflections on what the future of education could and should look like. The Aurora Institute Symposium is the field’s largest gathering of education innovators working to transform K-12 education. You’ll find a big tent of attendees from across the education innovation space who are pushing for learning to happen outside of traditional school walls, and to be more personalized, competency-based, and future-focused. The 70+ sessions and five keynotes will showcase the field’s brightest ideas and provide an inside look at cutting-edge approaches, strategies, and guidance. The Symposium inspires attendees, equips them with new knowledge and best practices, and sparks action by inspiring leaders to implement new learning designs. Session strands include: Shifting to Competency-Based Education; Modernizing Professional Learning; Enabling Anytime/Anywhere Learning; Transforming Education Systems; Whole Child Personalized Learning; Elevating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism; Redesigning/Creating New Learning Models; and more. Attendee registration is now open for the Aurora Institute Symposium, held virtually on October 24-26, 2022. Aurora Institute members can attend the Symposium free of charge. Become an Aurora Institute member today, then register to attend the Symposium here. Register Why join the Aurora Institute Symposium? Hear from our past attendees! Quick Links:  Register to Attend About the Symposium Agenda Keynotes Sponsorship Opportunities FAQs Symposium 2021 Highlights Learn About Getting Graduate Credits for Attendance Share this Announcement on Social Media:  At #Aurora22, students will take the virtual stage to share their unfiltered ideas and reflections on what the future of education can look like:  https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium The @Aurora_Inst Symposium is the leading event for #EdLeaders in #PersonalizedLearning & #CompetencyEd. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium #Aurora22 Join @Aurora_Inst virtually at #Aurora22 on October 24-26. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium Attend the leading conference for transforming #K12 #edu. Registration for #Aurora22 is now open, held virtually on October 24-26 https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium @Aurora_Inst Download the full social media toolkit for sharing news about Symposium! For questions, please contact the Aurora Institute Symposium team.  We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium. About the Aurora Institute The mission of the Aurora Institute is to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all. Contact Aurora Institute Communications

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Day 2 Keynote Announcement

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Spotlighting Efforts to Transform Education Systems Toward Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Register Join this Aurora Institute Symposium keynote to explore bold, new ideas from four innovators who are leading systems-change efforts to create competency-based pathways and powerful, personalized learning experiences for every student. Gain insights into ways to accelerate these changes in your own school, district, state, or other learning community. Learn how leaders in Washington State have created a Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative state-wide to support the transformation to mastery-based learning (MBL) and culturally responsive-sustaining education. The Superintendent from Cajon Valley Unified School District will share their vision, a roadmap, best practices, lessons learned, and implementation strategies toward high-quality education innovations through personalized, competency-based education. The Aurora Institute Symposium is the field’s largest gathering of education innovators working to transform K-12 education. You’ll find a big tent of attendees from across the education innovation space who are pushing for learning to happen outside of traditional school walls, and to be more personalized, competency-based, and future-focused. The 70+ sessions and five keynotes will showcase the field’s brightest ideas and provide an inside look at cutting-edge approaches, strategies, and guidance. The Symposium inspires attendees, equips them with new knowledge and best practices, and sparks action by inspiring leaders to implement new learning designs. Session strands include: Shifting to Competency-Based Education; Modernizing Professional Learning; Enabling Anytime/Anywhere Learning; Transforming Education Systems; Whole Child Personalized Learning; Elevating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism; Redesigning/Creating New Learning Models; and more. Attendee registration is now open for the Aurora Institute Symposium, held virtually on October 24-26, 2022. Aurora Institute members can attend the Symposium free of charge. Become an Aurora Institute member today, then register to attend the Symposium here. Register Why join the Aurora Institute Symposium? Hear from our past attendees! Quick Links:  Register to Attend About the Symposium Agenda Keynotes Sponsorship Opportunities FAQs Symposium 2021 Highlights Learn About Getting Graduate Credits for Attendance Share this Announcement on Social Media:  Attend #Aurora22 to explore transforming systems toward personalized, competency-based edu with @Eliot_Levine, @davidmiyashiro, @olympiaschools, and @WA_SBE The @Aurora_Inst Symposium is the leading event for #EdLeaders in #PersonalizedLearning & #CompetencyEd. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium #Aurora22 Join @Aurora_Inst virtually at #Aurora22 on October 24-26. Register to attend: https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium Attend the leading conference for transforming #K12 #edu. Registration for #Aurora22 is now open, held virtually on October 24-26 https://bit.ly/AttendSymposium @Aurora_Inst Download the full social media toolkit for sharing news about Symposium! For questions, please contact the Aurora Institute Symposium team.  We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium. About the Aurora Institute The mission of the Aurora Institute is to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all. Contact Aurora Institute Communications

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