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Green Run High School Innovation Lab

MISSION: TO HELP OUR STUDENTS FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IN LIFE SHOULD BE

Who inspired us to “try” to innovate?

And let us not forget our former teachers, who never wrote any books but stayed in the classroom giving all they had with an audience of 5 or 12 or sometimes even 40…

How will we use our time together today?

Part 1 (40 minutes): We hope to share our iLab story with you… Vision, Structures, Practices, Successes and Strengths, Failures~ Areas in Need of Improvement, and Our Future Part 2 (10 minutes): BRAIN BREAK: We are big believers in FINNishing Strong (4o minutes on, 10 minutes off) Part 3 (20 minutes): Various Choice Stations~1. Speak with iLab Students 2. Go through a day to day visual account of the iLab through our Twitter feed 3. Analyze our data (discipline, attendance, academic progress)

What is the Green Run High School Innovation Lab (iLab)?

• It is an experiment in PUBLIC educational reform and democracy.
• We have no filters, no applications, no interviews…we take any

student zoned for our high school and we build our curriculum

• rganically each week around student and teacher passions.
• Green Run High School and the Innovation Lab classes are populated

with students from very diverse backgrounds. The demographics in the GRHS iLab reflect the overall demographics of the school. There is a large contingency of military families as well as a large percentage of African-American students. Of our iLab students, 19 % come from families connected to the U.S. Armed Services. 51% of the iLab students are African-Americans, 16% are Hispanic, 2% are Asian, 4% are Multiple Ethnicities, and 27% are Caucasian.

Core Values and Beliefs of the GRHS iLab (Created by Teachers and Students)

• We take students, the things they love, and

their natural abilities seriously and aim to build learning around student passions everyday.

• We believe in intrinsic motivation and

rigorous self-analysis.

• We believe learning should be as fun as

humanly possible.

Core Values and Beliefs of the GRHS iLab (Created by Teachers and Students)

• We believe in creating and maintaining a

positive and safe learning environment with uplifting peer and teacher relationships.

• We believe failure can be a crucial step on the

road to success and we aim to fail forward

• We believe social and emotional learning and

developing personal ethics are as important as academic training.

What do we REALLY believe in?

“If we aren’t having fun, we must be doing something wrong!”

GRHS iLab GRHS iLab Class of 2021

How It All Works in the GRHS iLab

• Get students out

into the community

• Bring the

community to school through Community Conversations

• Develop real –

world applications

• f content

knowledge

Expeditionary Learning

• Develop Non-

cognitive skills

• Practice and role-

play in Innovation Health and P.E. classes

• SEL is embedded in

all iLab classes

Social and Emotional Learning

• Blend

student/teacher passions with traditional curricula in Biology and English

• Build curricula

around current events and student passions in World Geography

Multidisciplinary Learning

EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING

“MUST WE ALWAYS TEACH OUR CHILDREN WITH BOOKS? LET THEM LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINS AND THE STARS UP ABOVE. LET THEM LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THE WATERS AND THE TREES AND FLOWERS ON

• EARTH. THEY WILL THEN BEGIN TO THINK, AND TO

THINK IS THE BEGINNING OF A REAL EDUCATION.” - DAVID POLIS

FIRST DAY of High School for our 9th graders

https://twitter.com/GRHSiLab/status/90519397778322 6369

iLab Learning Expeditions 2017-2018

Hiking The Blue Ridge Parkway Touring The University of Virginia The Adventure Park (on the first day of school!) Dolphin Watching at the Virginia Aquarium First Tee lessons at National Golf Course Identifying trees at Bayville Park Fishing at Stumpy Lake “Thrifting” at the Salvation Army Mentoring at Green Run Elementary School Washington, D.C. Kings Dominion Wright Brothers Memorial, North Carolina

Creating a Strong Sense of Belonging as We Explore the World

VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT DOLPHIN RUN AT THE VIRGINIA AQUARIUM

University of Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway

Community Conversations

Honorable Kevin Duffan, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Professor Michael Allen, Old Dominion University Amanda Gregory, Prosecuting Attorney Mark Brown, Author of Zen Pig

• Dr. Charles Corprew, Consultant/Business Owner

Ron Villanueva, Delegate in the General Assembly Chris and Aaron Johnson, Business Owners Jill Heinerth, Arctic Explorer Micki Sievers, World Traveler Jay Gates, Comedian and Corporate Film Director Jeff Jones, ODU Men’s Head Basketball Coach

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING/PERSONALIZED LEARNING

“THE PERSONALIZATION OF LEARNING IS NOT JUST PRETENDING KIDS HAVE CHOICES IN WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO LEARN. RATHER, IT IS BUILDING ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH TEACHERS HAVE THE TIME AND SKILL TO KNOW THEIR STUDENTS AND CAN ADJUST THE PACE, THE MATERIALS, AND THE SURROUNDINGS SO THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS.” - GEORGE WOOD

Social and Emotional Learning

Lessons in Life, Lessons from the Lives of Others, and Non- Cognitive Skills

• Calculated Risk Taking: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone!
• Goal Setting: Be Smart, Be Courageous (Specific, Measurable,

Attainable, Relevant, Timely)

• Digital Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Be Internet Awesome

(Google) and Share with Care!

• Get Unstuck: Your Past and Your Family’s Past Don’t Have to

be Your Future

• Empathy: Put Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes
• Curiosity: There’s No Place Like Home, But Sometimes You

“Gotta” Roam!

MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND BLENDED LEARNING

“TECHNOLOGIES, COMBINED WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS OF TEACHERS, PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION.” - SIR KEN ROBINSON

“A” Day in the GRHS iLab

1A 7:20 a.m.-8:50 a.m. MATH 2A 8:55 a.m-10:25 a.m. ENGLISH 3A 10:25 a.m.-12:35 p.m. BIOLOGY 4A 12:40 p.m.-2:10 p.m. WORLD GEOGRAPHY

With this flexible schedule GRHS iLab Class of 2021 can mentor Green Run Elementary School Colts and go out into the Community for job shadowing opportunities and other learning expeditions

“B” Day in the GRHS iLab

1A 7:20 a.m.-8:50 a.m. ELECTIVE 2A 8:55 a.m-10:25 a.m. ACADEMIC STUDY BLOCK/ELECTIVE 3B 10:25 a.m.-12:35 p.m. INNOVATION/ ENTREPRENEURSHIP 4B 12:40 p.m.-2:10 p.m. HEALTH AND P.E.

Green Run iLab students testing out Virtual Reality

GRHS iLab 2018-2019

ILAB CLASS OF 2022 (YEAR 1)

“A” Day Math (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2) Honors English 9, Biology(Environmental Science), and World Geography (3 blocks of blended learning) “B” Day Electives Health and P.E. and Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2 blocks of blended learning)

ILAB CLASS OF 2021 (YEAR 2) “A” Day Math (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2) English 10, Oceanography, and Virginia and U.S. Government (3 blocks of blended learning) “B” Day Electives Health and P.E., Economics and Finance (2 blocks of blended learning)

GRHS iLab 2019-2020, 2020-2021

ILAB CLASS OF 2021 (YEAR 3) “A” Day Math (Geometry, Algebra 2, Math Analysis) Honors English 11 and Virginia and U.S. History (2 blocks of blended learning) “B” Day Electives Opportunities to explore internships, job shadowing, Dual Enrollment courses at TCC, ATC, and Tech Center ILAB CLASS OF 2021 (YEAR 4) “A” Day Math (Algebra 2, Math Analysis, AP Calculus) Leadership Course (1 block) and other required courses for graduation “B” Day Electives Opportunities to explore internships, job shadowing, Dual Enrollment courses at TCC, ATC, and Tech Center

TOP 10 SUCCESSES (Ws) and STRENGTHS

• f the iLab Learning Experiences

• 1. Cohort of students, teachers, and families from

9th grade-12th grade matriculating together through high school

• 2. Social and Emotional Gains

• 3. Family Atmosphere

• 4. Learning Expeditions

Learning Expeditions

• 5. Community Conversations

• 6. Passion Projects

• 7. Brain Breaks

• 8. Personalized Learning

• 9. Teacher Freedom and Purpose!

• 10. Grades, Attendance, and Discipline

TOP 5 FAILURES (Ls) and SETBACKS of the iLab Learning Experiences

• 1. Problem Based Learning-Too much freedom

too quickly, not a lot of intrinsic motivation…yet.

• 2. Collaborative Student Teams~BIG L

• 3. Curation of Student Work~Google Classroom,

Schoology, Schoolnet, Binders…oh my! Too much work in ISOLATION.

• 4. Communication with Parents-Email? Not
• eally. Phone? Maybe. Text? Yep.

• 5. Fool on a Stool vs. Sage on the Stage vs. Guide
• n the Side~The Struggle is Still REAL.

BRAIN BREAK TIME

10 MINUTES to… THROW THE BALL TALK TO COLLEAGUES CHECK YOUR PHONE BREATHE DO WHAT YOU WANT CRY, STRETCH, WALK GO TO YOUR HAPPY PLACE

iLab Sessions

• 1. Visually Oriented? Go check out our day to day Twitter feed with
• Mrs. Kerri Sabo~Innovation and Entrepreneurship Teacher
• 2. Data-Driven? Go check out our numbers with Mrs. Megan Bishop~

Gifted Resource Teacher

• 3. Want a student’s perspective? Hangout with Kaleigh, George,

David, or Ariela

• 4. Want a teacher’s perspective? Find Mrs. Bridgette Berthold~ Health

and P.E. instructor

• 5. Want all the reasons why you should or should not try this? Find
• Mr. Jacobs~LeadTeacher and Coordinator

For a day to day account

• f the Green Run High

School Innovation Lab from 2017-2018 follow us

• n TWITTER at

GRHSiLab