Design Institute Level 2

As we look ahead, it has become abundantly clear that educators will need to be prepared for anytime, anywhere learning, whether it manifests itself as online, hybrid, blended, in-person, or something else entirely. Educators need continued support to enhance their practice by exploring how to design flexible, sustainable, and equitable systems and structures.

Individual teachers and school-based teams are both welcome to register. The Design Institute, Level 2 is ideal for educators who are familiar with and have experience implementing GOA’s Five Norms and Rubrics for High-Quality Online Learning. We recommend that you review the rubrics and self-assess your proficiency or that you’ve completed the Design Institute Level 1 or the 2020 Design Bootcamp ahead of enrolling in this experience. For those who attended the 2020 Design Bootcamp, this program will feature a new framework, new resources, and new design challenges.

The Design Institute, Level 2 is intended for high school, middle school, and elementary school teachers across all disciplines. During registration, we’ll ask you to identify your role/department. Please specify which discipline/affinity area you want to be grouped in during registration so GOA can create a cohort based learning experience for participants. You can learn more about the content and schedule of the Institute in the syllabus here.

The central purpose of GOA’s Design Institute Level 2 experience is to empower educators to identify which practices are transferable across contexts and build systems and structures to support those practices. In doing so, we’ll explore what it means to design with an eye towards sustainability, flexibility, and equity. This program will prepare teachers to do the following:

• Identify which teaching and learning practices acquired in response to COVID-19 are transferable across contexts.

• Build adaptable structures that promote learning anytime, anywhere

• Create enduring systems that mitigate the need for constant reinvention with an eye towards educator and student wellness

• Design systems and structures that empower and support all students to meet high expectations