Redesign Discussions: May

How might we redesign discussions to empower all students to meaningfully engage? How can discussions offer all students access points for conversation and learning? In this short, fully asynchronous experience, you’ll examine your discussion practice and take steps for more active and learning-focused participation. Designed to move you from understanding to implementation in just a few hours, this two-day course provides highly curated resources, examples, and action steps for redesigning how you create and facilitate discussions. GOA coaches will be facilitating online spaces where you can discuss ideas and share work in progress. You’ll leave with a student-centered protocol for your next discussion that empowers students to join, lead, engage, and reflect.

• Educators across all grades and content areas

• Educators prioritizing student-led learning

• Educators needing high-impact, low-time-commitment learning experiences

• School teams seeking to establish common language and approaches to student-centered learning

Redesigning discussions is not starting from scratch. It’s taking what you’re already doing and redesigning and revising for more intentional, student-centered impact.

In this course you will learn:

• Protocols that encourage all students to engage

• Strategies for student-led discussions

• Shifts in discussion design that offer more access and student voice

• Discussion frameworks for group feedback, reflection, and learning