Activate Agency

Thursday Schedule:

Welcome to Atlanta! We’re glad you’re here. The conference will get started at The Mount Vernon School Upper Campus. Thursdays schedule will run from 6 – 8 pm and include registration, food, music, and a message from some of our speakers.

The Mount Vernon School – Upper Campus

510 Mount Vernon Highway
Atlanta, GA 30328
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Interested in a Pre-Conference Workshop?

The recent acceleration of artificial intelligence has profound implications for an organization’s people, as well as for its protection, and for the practices and programs that shape an organization’s mission and purpose.

As leaders, how might we take inventory of the myriad implications we should anticipate in order to steward and support our schools in a moment when there are no prefigurative frameworks to fall back on?

Mount Vernon Ventures is pleased to offer a pre-conference workshop, “Are You AI Ready?” Secure your tickets below or find out more information here.

Friday Schedule:

SPARK – The Friday Opening Session of Activate Agency will start with a Spark, as all conference attendees will gather together to hear an energizing and stimulating message. Following the conference opening, attendees will choose to either Wonder & Wander or Innovate & Impact.

WONDER & WANDER – During a three-hour morning block, attendees choosing the Wonder & Wander pathway will be able to opt into three different 45-minute workshops. These workshops will cover topics such as:

• Equitable Assessment Practice: How deep is it?
• Using Depth of Knowledge to Measure Proficiency and Give Feedback
• Explore Your Story: Building Cultural Proficiency School-Wide
• Using Visible Thinking to Balance Inquiry and Foundational Skills
• I Hear You: Empathy Mapping for Learning
• Stay: Coaching and Care to Maximize Faculty Retention

INNOVATE & IMPACT – Attendees choosing the Innovate & Impact pathway will spend the entire day taking a deep dive into the mindsets, tools, and strategies found in Activate Agency: A School within a School Model. Attendees in this pathway will learn alongside our expert Innovation Diploma faculty and students. Each participant will be able to learn how the program is structured, will engage with the tools in Activate Agency, and will focus on the benefits and challenges of a school within a school model.

LUNCH – Provided by Ventures, attendees will break bread together to take a breath, get some nourishment, and maybe even share a story from the morning sessions. Following lunch, attendees will choose the Lead & Let Go pathway or the Inquire & Investigate pathway. Note: Innovate and Impact attendees will continue their day-long session with iD experts.

LEAD & LET GO – Facilitated by the CEO & Head of School at Mount Vernon, the Lead & Let Go afternoon pathway is geared towards administrators and aspiring leaders. In the afternoon block, attendees will activate agency through building leadership capabilities, managing polarities, and designing systems & strategies. Also, the session will provide time for attendees to explore questions of empowerment, transformation and implementation.

INQUIRE & INVESTIGATE – Facilitated by Innovation Diploma experts and students, the Inquire & Investigate pathway is geared for teachers and leaders. This is a low risk, accessible entry point to become familiar with how to activate agency at scale, exploring how innovation can start as a learning unit, a club, or class. Participants in this workshop will explore Activate Agency as well as the mindsets, tools, and strategies for building inquiry and agency in an interactive, hands-on experience.

HUDDLE – Corporately, attendees in both pathways will wrap up the conference with a group reflection on big ideas and takeaways from their learning experiences. Afterward, there will be time to connect with conference attendees and the MV Ventures team. Light food and beverages will be provided.