Going from Point A to Point B
A panel discussion of educators pushing the envelope ... and what they think you need to consider to pursue the same.  A panel at the most recent summer convening of our Northeastern University NExT (Network of Experiential Teaching) initiative.

The Panelists

Chad Carlson – One Stone
Director of Research and Design & former Director of the High School

Ben Owens – Open Way Learning
Co-founder of Open Way Learning & former teacher at Tri-County Early College

Paula Dillon – Barrington Public Schools
Assistant Superintendent

Andrew Anderson – Barrington Public Schools
Principal fo Barrington Middle School

Cath Fraise – Workspace Education
Founder and Executive Director

Conveners
Chris Unger & Lindsay Portnoy
Northeastern University Graduate School of Education

About these recordings
We video and audio recorded the NExT Summer Convening ’19 panel discussion of “Going from Point A to Point B” and are making the available here.
The presentation is broken up into 7 parts (videos below).  The first 4 parts is the actual video recording of the 1st half of the session.  Parts 5-7 were created from the audio of the 2nd half of the panel but enhanced with pictures from the session as well as images from the participants' websites and other resources.  We hope you find these useful to have!

Short snippets of session can be viewed here.

​Part 1 – Chris & Lindsay Introduce the session and Chad and Ben Introduce themselves

Part 2 – Cath Fraise on why she started Workspace Education

Part 3 – Paula & Andy Introductions, then jumped right into what they are doing to get stuff “off the ground” in Barrington

Part 4 – Paula & Andy continue their story and how they are pursuing ExL, Deeper Learning, and SEL through PBL, and the inclusion of all stakeholders

Part 5 – Chad continues with importance of keeping the “why” at center; Paula continues with the Barrington story, starting small and going big; Chris talks about importance of pursuing something that is meaningful to you!

Part 6 – Ben speaks to how “culture” is everything

Part 7 – Wrapping-up: Need to look for solutions; Need to move at a pace others can accept; gather evidence of outcomes; jump out of the plane! 

Short synopsis of each clip can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KU_EnKrmKkt7p5UHB7b77TQ4h24VSon3O-pI60Wcezg
Full transcript here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vpC3VmHLGEwEsCJVYpFsbKzs3WNd1vre1YjoisMV7qk

More about the panelists (with links and email) here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xbmx61bqWjg-03nqM6hop61PrAyPVkwuGke6RO5kPXg