Living On The Edge Of Chaos

Topics:Who is Andrea Stewart?What is her origin story?What is Learning Coutoure and why is this work important?What is deeper learning and  why it's so important for teachers and students to tackle real-world situations?How can creating a Profile of a Graduate help schools and districts set the stage for deeper learning? How is a profile or portrait different from typical mission and vision statements?Teaching is pretty heavy right now. As districts shift to a focus on deeper learning competencies, how do they keep this movement from becoming “one more thing” for educators?What do listeners need to know about competency-based education–where did it come from and where is it going?A key point is how our education system was designed at a time and based on the needs of a factory model. Why doesn't this model fit for today’s learners and today’s economy?Undoing 150 years of how we do education seems daunting. How do districts and schools might start their journey? What do they need to be successful and what migh