Over 200 youth and adults engaged as educational change agents throughout Vermont gathered on April 27th at Lake Morey Inn and Resort for the second annual POWER2: Youth and Adults Shaping Vermont Education Together summit.
Students presented alongside adults in small sharing sessions throughout the morning, exploring twelve themes about education in Vermont with youth and adult partnership at the center of driving that transformation (see the bottom of this post for links to resources around each of those themes).
Our guiding questions for the summit that helped to inform, inspire and move participants to authentic dialogue for action included:
- What does it look and sound like when young people partner with adults as they shape their educational experience?
- How can we learn from other schools engaged in similar work to elevate student voice?
- What are our next steps to address the youth-adult relationship in our school, ensuring that both power and responsibility in learning and education are shared?
Participant Packet: includes agenda, agreements, workshop descriptions and more!
Click here to view the resources from Power2 2015
Resources from Youth-Adult Presentation Teams
End-of-Year Studies
Burlington High School:
Gretchen Muller: [email protected]
Blue Mountain Union School:
Tracey Puffer: [email protected]
Senior Capstone Course Description (page 12)
M3: Mindset, Metacognition and Motivation goes LIVE
Hazen Union High School:
Chris Miller: [email protected]
Helen Beattie: [email protected]
Get Personal, Get Political, Get Meta, Get to Work at Randolph Union School
Randolph Union School:
Elijah Hawkes: [email protected]
Students as Partners in Community Initiatives
Northfield High School:
Luke Foley: [email protected]
School Website
UVM Extension Teen and Leadership Program:
Lauren Traister: [email protected]
Presentation Slides
Handout
From Passive to Active: Self-Directed Learning in Science Classrooms
Proctor High School:
Adam Rosenberg, Principal: [email protected]
To Suspend or Restore? That is the Question
Essex Middle School:
Lindsey Halman: [email protected]
School Website
Burlington School District
Henri Sparks, BSD Director of Equity: [email protected]
The Limes: Arts Infused Project Based Learning at Cabot High School
Cabot High School:
Brian Boyes: [email protected]
Personalized Learning: What does that mean?
Big Picture Learning
Elliott Washor: [email protected]
Youth Shaping Their World: The Young Writers Project
The Young Writers Project
Geoffrey Gevalt: [email protected]
Proficiency-Based Learhing: Shifting to “Yet”
Champlain Valley Union
Emily Rinkema: [email protected]
Standards Based Learning at CVU website
Students as Partners in School Improvement:
Williamstown Middle/High School
April Wortmann: [email protected]
Presentation Slides
Feedback Form
Green Mountain Union:
Allyson Oswald:  [email protected]
The Power of Advisories
Burlington High School
Nadya Bech-Conger:  [email protected]
Advisories and Personalized Learning at BHS website
Harwood Union High School
Ellen Berrings: [email protected]
The Personalization of Learning Video
Sound Check!: Shaping Our Future Together “Our Time”
Shaping Our Future Together website
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