Pandemic issues with engagement (and attendance) simply exposed almost universal crises where up to three-quarters of our secondary students say they are either “not engaged” or are “actively disengaged” with school every day, and where so many children, of every age, are ‘checked out,’ whether they physically attend school, or not. (Gallup Student Poll)

Pandemic issues with inequality of broadband and inequality of home resources exposed long-standing problems with everything from homework, to grade-level standards, to after school activities. Pandemic issues with students choosing work (and assisting their families) over daily attendance exposed the ongoing problems with secondary scheduling.

And when children were asked to return to in-person instruction the refusal to do so by a large contingent of our students exposed the long-denied problems with our school cultures.  (“7% of LAUSD high school students return”)

We Can and Must Do Better

In this engaging, interactive 4-hour workshop over two days, internationally recognized educators and authors Pam Moran and Ira Socol will facilitate participants through a series of provocations and design exercises designed to help any school begin to solve these underlying challenges that sabotage our best efforts.

• What do you want your children to be?
• What experiences would your children need to become people who thrive in life?  
• What must change to realize your hopes and dreams?
• How will your policies, practices, and professionalism change to make this transformation possible?

Pam and Ira, authors of the book Timeless Learning: How Imagination, Observation, and Zero-Based Thinking Change School and veteran education change leaders in real schools, will share strategies - many with zero fiscal costs - that can redefine your spaces, your uses of time, and your school culture.

The provocations will change the way you see things, and the exercises will begin the process of creating transformational change that moves us toward success for every child.