2019 SC Midlands Summit

Having no historical precedent, the current speed of technological breakthroughs has lead to the coming age of workplace automation, dramatically altering the world of work that our students will enter upon graduation. With the vast disparities of inequity that have existed for centuries, all that is known about how students learn, and the predictions regarding the world that our students will face tomorrow, utilizing a traditional, one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning is educational malpractice. Built upon the foundation of leadership and school culture, a redesigned learning experience fundamentally shifts the teaching and learning paradigm to one that is personal, while altering the use of authentic assessments, how technology is leveraged, the spaces in which the learning occurs. The way educators grow professionally, how schools collaborate with the community, and ultimately, the sustainability of the system as a whole. In this interactive workshop, Murray will dissect some of these eight keys, which each serve as a puzzle piece for redesigning the learning experience, to unlock tomorrow's schools so that today's modem reamers leave ready to create new industries, find new cures, and solve world problems. We must create tomorrow's schools today and you are part of the solution.

What separates “leaders” from those who lead? As a school leader, are you walking in and towards your purpose? This session will help leaders explore their own personal WHY, connect their passion to their work, and empower those around them to rise up and lead. Participants will take part in a handful of culture building activities that they can back to those they serve to impact their schools and classrooms. Today’s modern learners need bold leaders who model the way, and create a culture of innovation, and you are part of the solution.

Come join Stephanie Jacobs, Kristy Mitchell and Nick LaFave for a fun and fast-paced session that exposes the audience to cutting-edge tools and devices in education technology! Boost your enthusiasm for the possibilities of technology to radically transform education.

n 2019 teachers and students are hyper focused on the “what” of teaching and learning. What course are you taking? What scores are you achieving? What college will you try to attend? We often impose responsibility upon students at the expense of curiosity and wonder. What is forgotten is the all-important Why? Teachers and students crave purpose for learning content, for numeracy and for literacy. In this session participants will crystallize purpose for their STEM lessons in order to teach and learn with purpose and effectiveness.

Come join your conference hosts for a fast-paced, interactive lip-sync battle that will provide audience members with tech tools for student engagement and creativity. Audience members will be invited to become a part of the battle as your hosts compete to present the best ed-tech lesson ideas. Following each lesson idea, the loser will entertain the audience in a lip sync song performance.