Imagining September with Neema Avashia and Jal Mehta

<p>This week on TeachLab, host Justin Reich is joined in a live webinar by colleagues Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School Of Education, and Neema Avashia, a Civics teacher in the Boston Public Schools to discuss the Imagining September report; a joint research project to identify values and priorities for reopening schools.</p><p>“We have to get smarter about how we structure ourselves in ways that actually are in service of kids learning.” - Neema Avashia</p><ul><li>Managing uncertainty </li><li>What worked this spring and what did not work </li><li>Ideas brought by students </li><li>Imagining September <ul><li>What do you value most from school? </li><li>How could you start to imagine some of the things you value most from school appearing in a new hybrid remote format. </li><li>What can you leave behind? </li></ul></li><li> Getting smarter about school structure </li><li>Connecting with all kids </li><li>Being a teacher and a citizen in today’s climate </li><li>Being safe AND feeling safe in schools </li><li>Audience Questions</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Resources and Links</strong></p><p><a href="https://edarxiv.org/gqa2w" target="_blank">Check out Imagining September: Principles and Design Elements for Ambitious Schools During COVID-19</a></p><p><a href="https://edarxiv.org/ufr4q" target="_blank">Check out Imagining September: Online Design Charrettes for Fall 2020 Planning with Students and Stakeholders</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Search-Deeper-Learning-Remake-American/dp/0674988396" target="_blank">Check out Jal Mehta’s Book <i>In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School</i></a></p><p>Full webinar link coming soon!</p><p> </p><p><strong>Transcript</strong></p><p><a href="https://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/imagining-september/transcript" target="_blank">https://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/imagining-september/transcript</a></p><p> </p><p>Produced by Aimee Corrigan </p><p>Recorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley</p><p> </p><p>Follow Us