Unlocking Learning Potential through Personalized PD

How do you know if the time you've asked thousands or tens of thousands of employees to spend on mandatory training, like the compliance program, taught them anything? How do you understand efficacy or find out what gaps and hidden risks remain? Is your online training leading to real-world application so that employees can go beyond theory?

How can we build a curriculum that teaches creativity and critical thinking alongside academic standards? How can we track and measure communication and collaboration skills? Superintendents Michael Nagler and Terrence Clark are solving these tough questions by bringing student choice to the forefront of public education. During this session, Dr. Nagler and Mr. Clark explain how choice can prepare students to thrive in a rapidly changing world and explore the following topics: Increasing students’ motivation and quality of work. Using classroom technology to reimagine research projects. Celebrating students’ unique ways of thinking and creating.

1 in 6 school-aged children has a mental health problem, and there are escalating concerns nationwide around issues such as anxiety, self-harm and panic attacks. In this video, Lauren Pinney, Head of PSHE and Student Wellbeing at Hove Park School discusses how a whole school approach to mental health has benefitted both staff and student wellbeing.

In this session Joe Weiss from Cisco Meraki shared how the simple and secure evolution of CCTV is changing the way schools think about video surveillance. We also heared from Rob Carter at Ark, who shared their story on how deploying a smarter security network helped protect students, staff and the school’s reputation.