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INNOVATION TEACHER FELLOWSHIP

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OAKLAND SCHOOL TRIPS OTHER SCHOOL VISITS

DESIGN DAY II BLUEPRINT SHOWCASE LEADERSHIP IN BLENDED LEARNING

LEARNING MAP 2015 NGLC in Oakland is an opportunity for schools to learn, tinker, and scale innovative ideas for personalized learning. The Bay Area and beyond are incredibly diverse leading to a wealth of innovative education models. This fall, we offer a deep discovery phase, during which school leaders, teachers, and others can participate in variety of learning events led by innovative educators. Events include seeing schools in action, engaging in workshops, personalized self-study, and collaborating with partners.

CREATIVITY LAB

2 | EXPERIENCE & ENGAGE

3 | PERSONALIZED STUDY KHAN ACADEMY RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL COURSE COURSERA COURSES MDC, ED ELEMENTS, ALVO

4 | COLLABORATE & LAUNCH

REGIONAL SCHOOL STUDY TOURS NGLC LAUNCH GRANT OUSD CALL FOR QUALITY SCHOOLS SILICON SCHOOLS FUND EDUCATE 78 Mountain View EDSURGE SUMMIT 4.0 SCHOOLS

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NATIONAL NGLC VISITS Chicago, DC, Philadelphia

KEY Black = See & Learn at schools Red = Experience & Engage workshops Orange = Personalized Study Blue = Collaborate & Launch partners

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SEE & LEARN AT SCHOOLS Please RSVP via Eventbrite to sign up for all events (please sign up for partner events through their website).

SCHOOL VISITS

REGIONAL SCHOOL STUDY TOURS

Oakland Schools

The purpose of the Regional School Study Trips is for visitors to see first-hand what peer schools in the area are implementing in terms of blended, personalized and Next Generation models and to ask questions.

Morning tours of Oakland schools are designed to give visitors a brief inside look into the school's intention around blended pedagogy, lessons learned to date and the school's hopes and plans for the near future. Visitors will hear from school leaders, visit classrooms and have an opportunity to ask questions. As schools confirm availability, we will confirm the dates and time. Please note schools may change depending on availability as well and check the sign up links to sign up and for additional details. • 9/15 Envision Schools – Sign Up • 10/12 Unity Middle School – Sign Up • 10/19 Ascend K-8 Elementary - Sign Up • 10/27 Redwood Heights Elementary School - Sign Up • 11/5 Roosevelt Middle School - Sign Up • 11/13 Urban Promise Academy – Sign Up • 12/8 Epic Middle School - Sign Up • 12/14 La Escuelita K-8 School - Sign Up • Garfield Elementary School - TBD

Summit Public Schools

Summit Public School's mission is to prepare a diverse student population for success in a four-year college, and to be thoughtful contributing members of society. Summit Public Schools operates seven schools in the Bay Area, enrolling 2,000 students. To date, 96% of Summit students have been accepted to one or more four-year colleges, and its graduates are completing college at double the national average. Sign Up (various dates Oct – Dec)

National NGLC Schools

• Chicago: NGLC will be visiting Chicago schools September 23-24, 2015, including CICS West Belden, Intrinsic, and Cesar Chavez. • DC: NGLC will be visiting DC schools March 10-11, 2016, including DCI, Two Rivers, Ingenuity Prep, CHEC, Cleveland. • Philadelphia: NGLC will be visiting Philadelphia schools June 8–9, 2016, including Workshop School, Building 21, Science Leadership Academy. Note this is an invite only event. Note these are invite only event.

Virtual School Tours

• NGLC Schools: virtually visit innovative schools in Milpitas USD, Match Education, Horry County Schools, and Merit Prep here • Alt Schools: virtually visit an innovative network of independent micro schools in San Francisco personalizing learning for children – see more on their website.

TU 9/29 | 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM Summit K2, Caliber Beta Academy, & Urban Montessori -- Regional Trip

Schedule overview: • 7:30am, meet in Jack London Square to board Bus • 8:15am, arrive at Summit K2 • 10:00am, arrive at Caliber Beta Academy • Lunch • 12:30pm, arrive at Urban Montessori Please sign up on Eventbrite and see the detailed itinerary, overview of the schools, and pre-work.

TH 10/22 | 6:45 AM – 3:30 PM DCP, Alpha & Khan Lab School in San Jose -- Regional Trip

Schedule overview: • 6:45am, meet in Jack London Square to board Bus • 8am, arrive at DCP Alum Rock • 9:45am, arrive at Alpha Public Schools • Lunch • 1:15pm, arrive at Khan Lab School Guests coming on this trip from around the country may prefer to arrange travel and hotel in San Jose, and meet as the first school using your own arrangements. From there, you can join us on the bus. Please sign up on Eventbrite and see the detailed itinerary, overview of the schools, and pre-work.

TH 10/29 | 7:15 AM – 3:45 PM Milpitas USD and San Jose USD -- Regional Trip

Schedule overview: • 7:15am, meet in Jack London Square to board Bus • 8:30am, arrive at Curtner ES in Milpitas USD • 9:50am, arrive at Russell MS in Milpitas USD • 11am, depart Russell for San Jose and Lunch • 12:45pm, arrive at Burnett MS in San Jose USD Please sign up on Eventbrite and see the detailed itinerary, overview of the schools, and pre-work.

TU 11/3 | 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM Summit K2, Caliber Beta Academy, & Epic MS -- Regional Trip

Schedule overview: • 7:30am, meet in Jack London Square to board Bus • 8:15am, arrive at Summit K2 • 10:00am, arrive at Caliber Beta Academy • Lunch • 1pm, arrive at Epic MS Please sign up on Eventbrite and see the detailed itinerary, overview of the schools, and pre-work.

TU 11/10 | 7:15 AM – 3:45 PM Milpitas USD and San Jose USD -- Regional Trip

Schedule overiew: • 7:15am, meet in Jack London Square to board Bus • 8:30am, arrive at Randall ES in Milpitas USD • 9:50am, arrive at Rancho Milpitas MS in Milpitas USD • 11am, depart Rancho Milpitas MS for San Jose and Lunch • 12:45pm, arrive at San Jose USD Please sign up on Eventbrite and see the detailed itinerary, overview of the schools, and pre-work.

TU 12/8 | 6:45 AM – 3:30 PM DCP, Alpha & Khan Lab School in San Jose -- Regional Trip

Schedule overview: • 6:45am, meet in Jack London Square to board Bus • 8am, arrive at DCP Alum Rock • 9:45am, arrive at Alpha Public Schools • Lunch • 1:15pm, arrive at Khan Lab School Guests coming on this trip from around the country may prefer to arrange travel and hotel in San Jose, and meet as the first school using your own arrangements. From there, you can join us on the bus. Please sign up on Eventbrite and see the detailed itinerary, overview of the schools, and pre-work.

TU 1/12 | 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM Summit K2, Caliber Beta Academy, & Epic MS -- Regional Trip

Schedule overview: • 7:30am, meet in Jack London Square to board Bus • 8:15am, arrive at Summit K2 • 10:00am, arrive at Caliber Beta Academy • Lunch • 1pm, arrive at Epic MS Please sign up on Eventbrite and see the detailed itinerary, overview of the schools, and pre-work.

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EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGE AT WORKSHOPS Please RSVP via Eventbrite to sign up for all events (please sign up for partner events through their website).

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

FELLOWSHIPS & PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORKS

OTHER MAKER ACTIVITIES

NGLC Design Day II (only open to NGLC cohort)

Maker Fellow Learning Arc

Lighthouse Creativity Lab

F 10/2 | 8:00 – 4:00 PM Participating schools will further develop and refine their blueprint for personalized learning. Please visit Mastery Design Collaborative or contact for more information.

2015 Common Sense Education Teacher Institute

The Rogers Family Foundation and Mirus Labs are pleased to welcome the first class of Oakland Maker Fellows. Over the next four months, there will be a learning expedition that will enable teachers to develop a maker mindset, understand the relevance of these skills in today's workplace and plan a year of making experiences for their own classrooms.

Imagine K12 Educator Day

Here are the dates for the gatherings: Day 1 - Day of Making (9/18/15) Day 2 - Making School Visits e.g., Epic, Brightworks (9/29/15) Day 3 - Learn about New Technologies - Advanced Manufacturing and Design (10/9/15) Day 4 - Internet of Things (10/23/15) Day 5 - Making Company Visits e.g., Pixar, Autodesk (11/3/15) Day 6 - Makerspace Outcomes and Planning (11/18/15) Day 7 - Prototype the Arc of the Year (12/9/15) Day 8 - Open lab day for working on individual projects or individual coaching Please contact Stacey Wang at [email protected] for more information.

W 9/30 | 8:00 – 4:00 PM Join Twitter and Common Sense Education for their first-ever Teacher Institute! Come learn how teacher resiliency, design thinking, and believing that your abilities can be developed through hard work can propel your teaching practice. You’ll hear from expert educators and Jane Breyer of HopeLab. There will also be an innovative mix of hands-on activities, Ignite sessions, and workshops. You’ll walkaway with practical and fun ideas for integrating engaging digital citizenship lessons and know-how you can implement in your classroom. Teachers from all subject areas and comfort levels with technology are encouraged to attend. It’s $25 to participate; breakfast and lunch included. Seating limited. W 9/30 | 3:30 – 6:30 PM You are invited to discover brand new edtech products at Educator Day! Mingle with innovative educators from all over the Bay Area while you check out the latest edtech products from Imagine K12. Free registration for educators.

EdSurge Tech for Schools Summit

Education Leaders Workshop F 10/23 | 8:00 – 4:00 PM Specifically for senior district and school leaders who select and implement instructional technology for districts or networks of schools, including: Superintendents, Chief Academic Officers, Curriculum & Instructional Directors and their district teams. Sign up for free on their website. All Educator Day SAT 10/24 | 8:00 – 4:00 PM Open to all teachers, schools leaders and administrators currently working in K12 schools, districts and central offices. Please use your school email address to RSVP for a ticket. You do not have to be from one of the sponsoring districts. Sign up for free on their website.

NGLC School Design Showcase

WED 1/20/16 | 5:30 – 7:30 PM Please join us for an evening to showcase the school design work of ten Oakland Public Schools as they seek to transform their academic models to better personalize education and accelerate learning for their students. The NGLC in Oakland planning cohort has worked hard for ten months to research, learn, pilot and test out innovative ideas as they design their innovative school model to be implemented over 2-3 years. Guests will have the opportunity to hear schools present their blueprints, ask questions and provide feedback to school design teams. Tickets here.

Leadership in Blended Learning

Ongoing for principals and select lead teachers only. This blended program will prepare principals to plan and implement blended learning in their schools. Our goal is to enable you to experience blended learning as learners and build practical plans to bring and lead blended back at your schools. Learning will occur in a cohort, one for elementary, one for secondary, of principals and will be facilitated by the network superintendents and trained facilitators from partner organizations. Please reach out to Stacey Wang for more information and see a detailed overview here. If interested in joining Cohort 2 for 2016, please reach out as well. Oct 20 - Session 3: Shifting Teaching and Learning Dec 15 - Session 4: Supporting Teachers through Professional Learning Jan 19 - Session 5: Implementing and Sustaining Blended Learning

Data & Technology Lead Professional Development

Ongoing for OUSD Data & Technology Leads Identified teacher leaders from every district run school connect and share lessons learned during a monthly meeting. Please find more information by contacting Manisha Patel at [email protected].

Innovative Teacher Fellowship

Late Fall 2015 TBD We are working with partners to create a pilot fellowship to support a small number of teacher innovators and accelerate their learning. Stay tuned!

The Lighthouse Community Charter School Creativity Lab’s vision is to give people from all walks of life the opportunity to participate in designing and making. They are building a K-12 program on site both to serve our own students, but also to help others see how design-make can be integrated into an entire school program. They believe that all students are designers and makers and we want to give our students the choice to pursue their own passion by providing them with the opportunity to make at all ages.. Please RSVP for all events via Lighthouse’s Eventbrite page. Lighthouse Creativity Lab Tour: Middle/High School F 9/4 1:45 PM Lighthouse Creativity Lab Tour: Elementary F 10/9 9:30 AM Designing Making Experiences TH 10/29 9:00 AM Making Math! F 11/13 9:00 AM Designing Making Experiences TH 12/3 9:00 AM Lighthouse Creativity Lab Tour: Elementary F 12/11 9:30 AM

East Bay Mini Maker Faire

S 10/18 10:00-5:00 PM A family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of Maker movement. Tickets here.

Pixar in a Box

Pixar Studios and Khan Academy have joined forces to create free high-quality Common Core-aligned content for secondary school students. Pixar in a Box is designed to help students answer an age old question: "why do I need to learn this stuff?" Their answer to this question is a series of interactive lessons, each of which demonstrate how a concept introduced in school is used for creative benefit at Pixar. More info at https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS! Mills Teacher Scholars Gather

TH 10/8 5:30-7:30 PM Join Mills Teacher Scholars at Mills College on October 8th from 5:30-7:30pm for a gathering of current teacher scholars, Mills Teacher Scholars' alumni and teachers interested in our work. Enjoy dinner and wine while you learn, share, and connect with colleagues from around the Bay. We encourage you to invite friends and 3 colleagues. Please RSVP soon, there are a limited number of spaces.

PERSONALIZED STUDY FREE ARCHIVED WEBINARS

FREE MOOCS, LESSONS & STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS

ONLINE COHORTS & GROUPS

Oakland: A Public Ed Progress Report by Reads 2020 & Urban Strategies Council

Khan Academy Blended Learning 101

Mastery Design Collaborative: Reimagine Schools Collaborative 
 (open only to NGLC in Oakland schools)

In the past decade, Oakland’s public schools have made important gains in student achievement. Today, OUSD stands as California’s most improved urban school district. While our progress is unmistakable, we know that we can—and must—do better.

The Role of School Libraries in Personalized Learning

Friends of Public School Libraries and Teaching Books come together to share their leading ideas on how the school library can support personalized learning through strong curation of books and space design to enable choice and deeper engagement in the reading experience.

Branding Your School: Effectively Communicating Your School’s Story to the Community

This webinar--the third in the Alliance's back-to-school series on Project 24 leadership activities--will explore why branding schools is important. Branding is a way for leaders to make students’ learning visible to the entire education community in order to share best practices, celebrate achievements, and make sure that the education community is focused on the most important person: the student.

How Eight Innovative Schools Are Transforming Teaching & Learning




This webinar will explore how schools are transforming teaching and learning to enable all students to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they need for the 21st century.

Three Factors for Success in Using Techn to Support At-Risk Students

Stanford University Professor Linda Darling-Hammond explores three important variables for success in using digital learning strategies to better support at-risk students: interactive learning, use of technology to explore and create, and the right blend of teachers and technology.

Breaking Down Learning Barriers Through the Better Use of Time

This webinar will focus on how time can be used better in education to offer students a richer education and more personalized student-centric approach to learning

Personalized Learning - What it Takes to Get Started

On Wednesday, August 12, 2015, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) hosted a Leadership Webinar from 2:00-3:00pm ET. Presenters Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL, and Bryan Setser, Partner at 2Revolutions, discussed how to get started in the planning and design of personalized learning environments in K-12 education.

An overview, definition and introduction to several different models of blended learning. Learn more: https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/ssf-cci/ssccintro-blended-learning

Coursera | Blended Learning: Personalized Education for Students

Plenty of buzz exists about blended learning and its transformational potential. But what does blended learning really mean? In this course we will explore the different models of blended learning and dive into key issues that impact students, teachers, and schools. Specifically, we will look at these issues through the lens of three high-performing schools that each use a different type of blended learning. Sign up: https://www.coursera.org/learn/blended-learning

RELAY Graduate School

Blended Learning 101 (BL-101): Beginning to Blend Learn about the “why” & “how” of blended, how blended learning is changing the face of teaching & learning, blended mindsets, and leave with “recipes” that you can implement in your classroom immediately. Blended Learning 102 (BL-102): Rolling Out Blended Learn about the building blocks of blended: setting up your space, rolling out routines, and building a blended culture, and why they are so vital to a successful blended roll-out plan and your blended implementation as a whole.

An online community for the cohort of ten NGLC in Oakland planning grant schools. Schools leverage this online portal to stay organized and on track in the drafting their blueprints, to access resources, and discover additional webinars and materials. Please find more information on their website.

Education Elements Personalized Learning Community

The national community for EE Personalized Learning Leaders. Please join here.

Alvo Institute: Practitioners’ Circle

September 14 – November 8, 2015 The Alvo’s Institute’s Practitioners’ Circles bring together researchers and educators from across the country to form a virtual innovators’ roundtable. Alvo is excited to offer another session from The Blended Learning Practitioners’ Circle series. This session is titled “From Theory to Action: Planning for Blended Innovation ”. Join us for an eight-week exploration of blended learning with a focus on moving from theory to action as participants learn how to mobilize their teams, identify how blended can support clear, measurable goals, and develop detailed plans for a successful, on time and on budget blended learning launch. Find more information on their website, including fees, and register here.

Bay Area Maker Educators

Blended Learning 103 (BL-103): Teaching Each Student Learn about how to leverage technology to address your instructional challenges by looking at and using data with an informed eye and then transferring that knowledge to your planning in a meaningful manner. An optional session on piloting is also included.

A Google Plus group for Bay Area Maker Educators. Please ask to join here.

Sign up: https://learn.relay.edu/modules

Digital fabrication labs, maker spaces, innovation labs are popping up in K-12 schools all over the country (and the world!) but are still rare enough that many of us aren't living in close vicinity to many other similar labs. Let's build a virtual community of lab directors/administrators/coordinators/enthusiasts so we can share our best practices, tips, tricks, challenges of managing and running such labs. Consider this a forum for all things about digital fabrication in K-12 education - equipment reviews, conference/workshop announcements, rumors about new gadgets, troubleshooting problems, advice about vendors, cool resources for projects, etc. Please ask to join here.



BetterLesson Blended Master Teachers strategies

BetterLesson has chosen 11 of the highest-performing blended teachers in the country to capture and share their effective practices. All of the Blended Master Teachers have one thing in common: they use technology in strategic and innovative ways to personalize the learning of their students. The high-definition strategy videos and teacher-created artifacts you'll find here represent a unique body of practice by blended learning teachers for blended learning teachers. The number of strategies and artifacts from this project will grow every week for the next several months. Please enjoy, use, and share these fantastic resources! lended Learning 101 (BL-101): Beginning to Blend Learn about the “why” & “how” of blended, how blended learning is changing the face of teaching & learning, blended mindsets, and leave with “recipes” that you can implement in your classroom immediately.

East Bay Maker Educators

A Google Plus group for East Bay Maker Educators. Please ask to join here.

K-12 Fab Labs & Makerspaces

PERSONALIZED LEARNING LIBRARY Dissatisfied Yet Optimistic: Moving Faster toward New School Models 2015 Oakland Achieves Progress Report

NGLC in Oakland Curated Resources iNACOL Resources on Blended and Personalized Learning Measuring Impact of Blended Learning

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COLLABORATE AND LAUNCH NGLC Launch Application

The application for NGLC in Oakland Launch Grants is available at www.NGLCinOakland.org. Three or four schools will be selected to receive $300,000-$400,000 to support the implementation of their Next Gen learning model. Public schools in Oakland are eligible to apply, including schools not currently in the NGLC in Oakland Planning Cohort.

Silicon Schools Fund

The goals of the Fall Call for Quality Schools 2015-16 process are to: A. Provide opportunities for District-run schools to self-select to implement innovations in specific areas, to be supported through an intensive School Design process facilitated by central office collaborators and District design partners B. Increase District-run and charter school collaboration, as well as transparency and alignment to District priorities by strongly encouraging that charter school petitions submitted to the Oakland Unified School District occur during a specified window; highlight identified priorities; and demonstrate meaningful parent and community input.

Through a non-profit investment fund, Silicon Schools provides seed funding for innovative new schools that increase student achievement and drive efficiencies that make a quality education sustainable on public funding. They approach investments in grantees with a rigorous diligence process and invest in schools that are operationally and financially sustainable while demonstrating significant potential to serve as proof points for education innovation. They seek to: • Fund up to 25 new schools by 2017 • Enable these new personalized learning schools to serve as national proof points of technology-rich education and personalization • Invest in a diverse portfolio of charter, district, and independent schools • Target a mix of existing, successful school organizations as well as new entrepreneurial ventures • Target a diverse mix of school demographics • Support an R&D approach to innovation – encouraging thoughtful testing of hypotheses and rapid-prototyping of new school structures and systems

Please find more information on their website.

Please find more information on their website.

OUSD Fall Call for Quality Schools

OTX West: FREE HOME COMPUTER + LOW-PRICE INTERNET

OTX West provides a free home computer and connection to low-price internet for any and all Oakland families who are in need. You can email Seth Hubbert, [email protected], to learn more how your families can sign up, all their options, and how your school can purchase high quality full computer labs of Windows 7 computers at the lowest prices available anywhere. Please find more information on their website.

Film Screening: Most Likely to Succeed

F 11/6 | 6:15 – 8:30 PM Most Likely To Succeed is the best film ever done on the topic of school — both its past and its future. The film inspires its audiences with a sense of purpose and possibility, and is bringing school communities together in re-imagining what our students and teachers are capable of doing. After seeing this film, you’ll never look at school the same way again. Learn more about the film at http:// mltsfilm.org/. Get your free tickets to the movie here.



Summit Basecamp

When students harness the power within themselves, there’s no limit to what they can achieve. Summit Basecamp provides teachers and schools across the US with the resources they need to bring personalized learning into the classroom. When teachers have the opportunity to customize instruction to meet students’ individual needs and interests, students engage, becoming active participants in their own education. And engaged students become self-directed learners, ready to succeed at college, work and beyond. Please find more information and the application on their website.

Educate 78

Through informed giving and strategic initiatives, they accelerate the development of new high quality schools, cultivate local education leaders, and engage families and community to champion policies that will produce more world-class public schools in Oakland. They seek collaboration and diverse perspectives to find creative solutions to the historically intractable challenges facing Oakland students and schools. Please find more information on their website.

4.0 Schools

4.0 Schools offers a platform for teachers, technologists and entrepreneurs to create bold solutions for the real problems in America’s schools. These new ventures serve as the core of the future of education – schools, products and services that reimagine the way we teach and learn. Their rigorous process gives aspiring entrepreneurs a pathway from their initial hunch to the launch of their new product or school. For four years they have been building a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs willing to challenge the status quo in schooling. The 4.0 platform provides: • Access to the people doing the most innovative work in education; • World-class training and hard-hitting feedback from 4.0 staff, mentors and alums; and • Financial support to run small-scale tests with teachers, parents and kids that reveal breakthrough solutions to acute problems they face every day. Please find more information on their website.

NewSchools Catapult

Catapult’s goal over the next several years is to propel successive waves of education entrepreneurs to launch new schools – the kinds of audacious, lifealtering schools that can truly prepare our students to pursue their most ambitious dreams. In keeping with their mission and core values, their focus is on schools that serve significant numbers of underserved students in grades PreK-12 and will be operated by (a) early-stage charter networks for which this would be their first or second school or (b) district-operated schools with sufficient autonomy and support to realize their vision. Please find more information on their website.

XQ: The Super School Project

The Super School Project is an open call to reimagine and design the next American high school. In towns and cities far and wide, teams will unite and take on this important work of our time: Rethinking and building schools that deeply prepare our students for the rigorous challenges of college, jobs, and life. This is a challenge to empower all of America to change high school. Together, we can transform communities and build schools that inspire new possibilities.

AN ECOSYSTEM OF PARTNERS

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