April 18

Experience how The Mount Vernon School designs relevant, transformational curricular and learning competencies from Preschool through Upper School, explored through an inquiry-based approach and assessed on levels of proficiency.

Each participant will travel with an MV expert on a learning walk, receive instruction and guidance about respective instructional strategies, and debrief with faculty members during lunch. Topics will include Inquiry-based Learning; Learner Agency; Design Thinking; Inter/Multi/Transdisciplinary Learning; Innovative and Flexible Spaces; Personalized and Differentiated Learning; Competency-based Assessment; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and more.

• Lower Campus (Grades PS-5): How might we optimize full engagement and facilitate deep learning for our youngest learners? Participants will explore pathways for differentiating, customizing, and personalizing learning experiences and ways that MV faculty make young learners active participants in their learning.
• Upper Campus (Grades 6-12): How might we give learners greater ownership of their learning and the agency to design a better world? Participants will explore pathways for differentiating, customizing, and personalizing learning experiences and ways that learners apply knowledge to make an impact.
• Innovation Leadership: How might we implement practices and systems to fuel innovation within PK-12 schools? We’ll share our Mount Vernon School innovation story and highlight elements of our school culture that fuel and sustain innovation including systems for collaborative planning, professional development, implementation of innovative learning models, learning walks, instructional rounds, and faculty professional goals, evaluations, and reflection.