What are the six capacities of a contemporary teacher? What does it feel like to be an educator today? How can a refreshed job description affect our learners? Prizing viable classical proficiencies and articulating new capacities vital for today's educators, we will consider a combination of knowledge, skills, and dispositions that correspond directly to the changing roles of all learners. In an information-saturated world, today's children must think for themselves and be professional learners who know how to make high-quality decisions, challenge media, design innovative solutions, and contribute locally and globally. In this session based on her recent book Bold Moves for Schools, Marie will explore how these responsibilities are shared between teacher and student openly and actively. Identifying the six capacities and their corresponding provocative questions and action steps will lead to reconsideration, if not renegotiation, of a learning institution's job description and professional development services.
As president of Learning Systems Associates, Dr. Marie Alcock serves as a national and international education consultant. Her work focuses on the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment design. She has spent the last twenty years working in public and private education as... Read More →
