Learning in a Post-Pandemic World: What’s Changed (and Is Changing) About Education and Schools
CAIS
Details
When : March 4th, 2021
Where : Online
Topics : schools, education, post pandemic
Cost : CAIS Members: $50 per person / Non-Members: $60 per person (register 4 or more and receive a 10% discount)
Description
For Heads, Trustees and Senior Administration
12 pm – 2 pm
As much as the last year brought unexpected and difficult challenges, this moment shows signs of opportunity for real renewal and rejuvenation when it comes to how we imagine and practice this thing we call “school.” This session takes a look back at the powerful learning journey that we’ve all been on of late, brings coherence to the deep learning we’ve already done, and clarifies the emerging story of school and larger narrative of education. We’ll look at how those leading from the edge of disruption are designing and creating new experiences for learning with children that are more relevant, equitable, and just, and how these new practices map more closely to the needs of students (and teachers) in a “no-normal” world and increasingly uncertain future.
Will Richardson
A former public school educator of 22 years, Will has spent the last 15 years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks, education, and systemic change. Most recently, Will is a co-founder of The Big Questions Institute which was created to help educators use “fearless inquiry” to make sense of this complex moment and an uncertain future.
In 2017, Will was named one of 100 global “Changemakers in Education” by the Finnish site HundrED, and was named one of the Top 5 “Edupreneurs to Follow” by Forbes. He has given keynote speeches, lead breakout sessions, and provided coaching services in over 30 countries on 6 continents. (Come on Antarctica!) He has also authored six books that have sold over 200,000 copies worldwide, and given TEDx Talks in New York, Melbourne, and most recently Vancouver.
Will has two adult children, Tess and Tucker, and lives in rural New Jersey with his wife Wendy.
Homa Tavangar
For over three decades, Homa Sabet Tavangar’s work has addressed themes of culture, innovation, leadership, global citizenship and global competence, and deep diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion. She connects timely topics of the moment with the timeless desire to work with purpose and make a difference – whatever one’s circumstances.
Homa’s clients range from Fortune 50 corporations to public, international and independent K-12 schools around the world; from an Ivy League university to Disney Channel and numerous not-for-profit public and multilateral organizations and professional associations. Co-founding the Big Questions Institute represents a natural extension of her work, especially during a time of unprecedented global challenges.
Homa is the author of widely-acclaimed Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World (Random House, 2009), Global Kids (Barefoot, 2019); The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners (Sage/Corwin, 2014), contributor to Mastering Global Literacy, Heidi Hayes-Jacobs, ed. (Solution Tree, Nov. 2013) and the 3-book Take-Action Guide to World-Class Learners (Corwin, 2016) series with Professor Yong Zhao. Growing Up Global was the inspiration behind NBC-Universal’s animated series Nina’s World, starring Rita Moreno, and has been hailed by international education and business leaders and media ranging from Dr. Jane Goodall to the BBC, NPR, NBC, ABC, Washington Post.com, Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, Boston Globe, PBS, Scholastic, Parents Magazine, Rodale, and many more.
Homa has lived on four continents, has heritage in four world religions, and is the mother of three daughters. She and her husband live just outside Philadelphia.
