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A Week off the Timetable: Powering up PBL and Transforming Culture at your school with project intensives w/ Zach Post
What would happen to learning if you collapsed the timetable, paired teachers, and co-designed community and passion driven projects?
This is what American International School does for one week each year with its "PBL intensives." It is now in iteration 3.0.
The results have been incredible...
Teachers have re-configured their classrooms to be more learner-centered.
Built partnerships for learning experiences with the community to make them more authentic.
Invited student voice and agency to ensure learning meets their needs.
In short, it's transformed the culture around teaching and learning.
Zachary Post, the Midddle School Principal was at the helm of these PBL intensives. I sat down with Zach to learn a bit more about them, and how we can use a week off the timetable to accelerate, onboard, and 'power up' PBL on our own campuses as well.
Connect w/ Zach: [email protected]
Watch the Trailer Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TFsBDSPXp0MJ1FlntvyLLdhwp1BM_7d0/view
EARCOS write-up around the PBL intensives: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zkkf9yYJkbeWefanyRh-D7iFKBnFgwlh/view
Zach's Bio: With 21 years of experience, including serving as a middle school principal at the American International School in Hong Kong since 2016, Zach has dedicated his career to building organizational capacity in support of project-based learning. In the early 2000s, Zach started his career at a progressive charter school in Portland, Oregon. Since 2009, he has worked internationally, including the Carol Morgan School in the Dominican Republic, Saigon South Intl. School in Vietnam, and the American Intl. School in Hong Kong. Zach has often presented at regional conferences and offered professional development on project-based learning. He is most interested in opening up pathways for teacher leadership and creating the conditions for innovation to take hold. Cognitive Coaching and Critical Friends Group work have been important components that have helped Zach to collectively establish a culture of trust, collaboration, and reflection amongst faculty and students. Zach is happy to exchange ideas and resource and can be reached at [email protected].
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What would happen to learning if you collapsed the timetable, paired teachers, and co-designed community and passion driven projects?
This is what American International School does for one week each year with its "PBL intensives." It is now in iteration 3.0.
The results have been incredible...
Teachers have re-configured their classrooms to be more learner-centered.
Built partnerships for learning experiences with the community to make them more authentic.
Invited student voice and agency to ensure learning meets their needs.
In short, it's transformed the culture around teaching and learning.
Zachary Post, the Midddle School Principal was at the helm of these PBL intensives. I sat down with Zach to learn a bit more about them, and how we can use a week off the timetable to accelerate, onboard, and 'power up' PBL on our own campuses as well.
Connect w/ Zach: [email protected]
Watch the Trailer Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TFsBDSPXp0MJ1FlntvyLLdhwp1BM_7d0/view
EARCOS write-up around the PBL intensives: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zkkf9yYJkbeWefanyRh-D7iFKBnFgwlh/view
Zach's Bio: With 21 years of experience, including serving as a middle school principal at the American International School in Hong Kong since 2016, Zach has dedicated his career to building organizational capacity in support of project-based learning. In the early 2000s, Zach started his career at a progressive charter school in Portland, Oregon. Since 2009, he has worked internationally, including the Carol Morgan School in the Dominican Republic, Saigon South Intl. School in Vietnam, and the American Intl. School in Hong Kong. Zach has often presented at regional conferences and offered professional development on project-based learning. He is most interested in opening up pathways for teacher leadership and creating the conditions for innovation to take hold. Cognitive Coaching and Critical Friends Group work have been important components that have helped Zach to collectively establish a culture of trust, collaboration, and reflection amongst faculty and students. Zach is happy to exchange ideas and resource and can be reached at [email protected].