Transformative Learning… By Design
All of our youth deserve experiences that spark their curiosity, expand their perspectives, and prepare them for college, career, and community life. What if our schools, districts and other youth-serving programs provided all youth, by design, with a path for transformative experiences and deeper learning? Let Erik bring his 30+ years of experience to your organization to design (or redesign!) a path forward.
Erik’s approach focuses on:
- Aspirational Design: Rallying around a bold vision for deeper learning and transformative experiences
- Structural Work: Addressing the deeper structures and conditions necessary for teachers and other adults to realize a bold vision for their youth
- Centering Every Student: Involving students (particularly those at the margins) in the process and building on their assets, passions and curiosities
- The Power of Collaboration: Leveraging expertise and experiences of others as part of a collaborative learning and design process
- Building Shared Understanding and Capacity: Providing models and facilitating professional development around school design, deeper learning practices and structural change
Areas of Expertise
School
Redesign
Reimagining the structures, schedules, and systems that make deeper learning possible school-wide.
Examples
Visioning for Deeper Learning
Essential Structures & Conditions (e.g. schedules, space, adult collaboration models)
Integrating major events/benchmarks into a program of study
Stakeholder Engagement
Deeper Learning Practices
Classroom-level strategies that engage students in rigorous, relevant, real-world work.
Examples
Project-Based Learning
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Linked Learning/Career Pathways
Work/Community-Based Learning
Performance-Based Assessment
Professional Development
Building the collective skill and capacity adults need to sustain deeper learning over time.
Examples
Large Group Collaborative Learning
Team Coaching/Capacity Building
Model School Learning Journeys