Learning Summit 2023
Designing for Agency
How do we empower students and adults with the relevant skills needed to learn and thrive, now and into the future? From AI developments to global crises, what prepares learners and educators to respond to a rapidly changing world is agency. We know from research that students and adults learn deeply when learning experiences are designed to foster agency. How do we ensure agency is at the heart of our work? The GOA Learning Summit offers both classroom educators and school leaders the chance to address recent developments in AI, to learn key research and practice related to agency, and most of all -- to apply, plan, and design for taking action in schools.

Schedule of Events
Throughout the Learning Summit, there will be a variety of learning experiences. Each participant will have a coach and will spend some time with a small group of colleagues in advisory. Participants will also have a menu of workshops to choose from. None of these sessions are required: you may also use the time to meet with your coach, collaborate with colleagues, or move forward on your personal project.
While the Summit is a place where you can expect to get work done, you’ll also have ample opportunity to unwind and enjoy all that the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area has to offer. Throughout the day, you’ll have access to the fitness center, pools, and tennis courts at Episcopal High School. GOA will host a happy hour and dinner each evening, as well as optional evening activities, including a night at the monuments in Washington, D.C.

Tentative Agenda
Monday, June 26, 2023
3pm: Check-In Opens
5pm-7:30pm: Opening reception and dinner
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
7:30-8:30am: Breakfast
8:30-10am: Keynote Session (Keynote speaker will be announced in March) 10-10:30am: Break
10:30-12pm: Breakout Sessions
12pm-1pm: Lunch
1pm-4pm: Breakout Sessions and Independent Work Time with coaching 3:30-5pm: Break
5pm-7pm: Social Hour and Dinner
7pm-9pm: Game Night (optional)
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
7:30-8:30am: Breakfast
8:30-10am: Whole Group Learning Experience
10-10:30am: Break
10:30-12pm: Breakout Sessions
12pm-1pm: Lunch
1pm-4pm: Breakout Sessions and Independent Work Time with coaching
3:30-5pm: Break
5pm-7pm: Social Hour and Dinner
7pm-9pm: Night at the Washington, D.C. monuments (optional)
Thursday, June 29, 2023
7:30-8:30am: Breakfast
8:30-10am: Closing Session
10am-12pm: Presentations of Learning and Summit Closing
12pm: Lunch and Departure

Workshops
Workshops are explorations into topics important to the design of student and educator learning experiences. Whether you are a teacher or school leader, there is something here for you. Each workshop is interactive and intentionally designed to be relevant and practical.
Teaching and Learning Track
Belonging Moves that Matter: Laying the Groundwork for Student Agency
Competency-Based Learning in the Age of AI: What Skills Matter?
Redesigning Assessments with AI and Agency in Mind
Fostering Student-Led Learning: Facilitation and Design Skills for Agency-Rich Classrooms
Leadership Track
Prioritizing Psychological Safety to Build Collaborative Adult Communities
Educator Competencies: A Framework for Shifting Teacher Practice
AI and the Future of Schools: Leading Communities through Change
Polarity Mapping: A Both/And Approach to Making Decisions
Design Track
As pre-work, participants should identify a unit or lesson that contains multiple learning resources to actively redesign through the design sessions – this might be an online module, a series of digital handouts and presentations for face-to-face facilitation, or a combination of both “offline” digital resources and online material. Participants will opt into one design strategy session from the two options. Attendance of Day 1 is required for participation in Day 2.
Visual Design: Removing Barriers to Student Engagement
Inclusive Design: Creating Learning Environments for Belonging
Centering Learners through User Journey Mapping
Co-Designing with Learners through User Focus Groups

Save Your Spot and Join Us
This in-person conference event is designed for school-based teams, with learning pathways for classroom educators and school leaders. It will run from June 26-29, 2023, at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Pricing includes three nights in a single-occupancy room at Episcopal High School and all meals.
Early Bird Deadline April 12, 2023 | Early Bird Cost for Members $1,200 | Early Bird Cost for Non-Member Schools $1,500 |
Cost for Members $1,400 | Cost for Non-Members $1,800 |
- I really think GOA is a model — not just for distance learning, but the possibilities of how we might rethink school in moving forward. Aaron Alcodray The American School in Japan
- GOA is a leader in its field. Superb staff, intentional planning, well-thought out and executed. GOA is a role model for education. Clyfe Beckwith Phillips Academy Andover
- Our cohort of teachers found their GOA coaching experience transformative — they rethought their teaching in profound ways and then were given exemplars and tools to realize their new vision. Most exciting were the ways that our faculty bonded with their colleagues. Stephanie Lipkowitz Albuquerque Academy
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