Vision of the Graduate (schools in the US)
Starting in the fall of 2024, NEASC will facilitate personalized, school-specific coaching plus a collaborative cohort experience throughout the 2024-25 school year that will help school communities learn how to take the idea of the vision of a graduate from idea to action.
Based on interests, needs, and proximity, cohorts will be created of up to six school/district teams. Each school/district team can include up to six participants. Space in each cohort is limited to ensure personalized professional development and coaching. Sessions will be scheduled throughout the school year based on participant availability.
What will be explored
Working collaboratively, teams of educators and leaders will be able to practice and learn how to implement strategies that provide on ramps to school or district-wide implementation. Each session will provide participants with the chance to practice the strategies and plan how to adapt them for success in their own school community.
Who should participate
These workshops and coaching sessions are ideal for collaborative groups of educators, students, and leaders from schools/districts interested in implementing the vision of the graduate. Each school/district team can include up to six participants.
How to sign up
To save your team's spot in the cohort, email Alyson Geary, Director, NEASC Commission on Public Schools as soon as possible at ageary@neasc.org
As we left the Vision of a Graduate workshop, one member of our team said, "That was the best professional development I've had." This sentiment was shared by the whole team. Our workshop gave us the tools, resources, and capacity to execute our unique vision of a graduate. In Newburyport, we were able to mimic the journey of the Nipmuc Regional High School--bringing such activities as the "Powerful Learning Moments," "I Can Statements," and "Sticker Activity" to our staff across the district. In addition, the workshop helped us see how to leverage our teacher leaders across the district to help promote teacher buy-in. Perhaps most importantly, it gave us the capacity to bring to life the District Strategic Plan which we had just completed. Our presenters were dynamic, interactive, and a wonderful resource to help us realize our portrait of a graduate.Tom Abrams, Ed.D. |
Schedule / Format / Fees
In-person Professional Development Workshops
- Workshop 1 - October 17-18, 2024
- Workshop 2 - March 20-21, 2025
Specific dates are based on participant availability.
Location: NEASC offices, 1115 Westford Street, Third Floor, Lowell, MA
Format: 2-days sessions, in-person
- Day 1, Thursday, 4:00-7:00 p.m. (dinner provided)
- Day 2, Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (lunch provided)
Personalized Virtual Coaching Sessions
Each coaching session will provide opportunities to share successes, identify problems of practice, and gain feedback on the next steps for implementation.
- Each team will have access to one 45-minute Zoom session
- Date/time convenient to both parties will be scheduled between November 2024 to March 2025.
Fee
The total cost is $4995.00 for a maximum six team members from one school or district.
Fee includes the cohort sessions and one virtual coaching session.
Facilitators
Mary Anne Moran is Co-Principal of Nipmuc Regional High School. She began her career as an elementary educator and quickly made her way to the secondary level. She has been a member of the Nipmuc community for the last 20 years transitioning to the role of assistant principal 13 years ago and then co-principal 6 years ago. In 2016, Mary Anne was named Massachusetts Assistant Principal of the Year. With a passion for what is possible and an endless curiosity about our educational system, she spends much of her time reading, leading, and learning about reimagining and redesigning our schools for the modern world.
John Clements is Co-Principal of Nipmuc Regional High School. He began his career at Nipmuc 25 years ago as an English teacher and has been an administrator at Nipmuc for 20 years, the past 13 as principal. John is a believer in the capacity of students, teachers, and school communities to reimagine school for the modern world. He is a board member and past president of the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation. He has worked closely with NEASC including chairing the committee to design the 2020 Standards for Accreditation for its 600+ schools and serving 6 years as a Commissioner. He is the recipient of NEASC’s 2020 Jacob Ludes III Leadership Award. John is the 2017 Massachusetts Principal of the Year.