From Summative to Showcase: Increase Engagement with Simple Adaptations In this interactive session, unpack simple ways to adapt any summative assessment in Investigating History to increase task authenticity, engage all students, and support the development of crucial collaboration skills. Cor Creative Partners will share straightforward protocols for adapting assessments as well as models of task adaptations drawn from our fieldwork with Massachusetts educators. Participants will walk away with specific ideas for building showcase-ready products students are proud to present.

Are you hoping to increase interactivity and group work in your class but finding that students don’t yet have the leadership skills needed to effectively communicate and collaborate? In these two interactive sessions, you will apply the principles of leadership development to your academic teaching, exploring tools for teaching the communication and collaboration skills needed for success in your classroom. You will leave prepared and inspired to empower students to lead through interactive and collaborative academic assignments. Takeaways: Structures for supporting equitable participation Tools to help students effectively contribute to discussions Peer-to-peer feedback protocols and tips Student resources for appropriately advocating for oneself and others A replicable framework for groupwork to ensure each student has meaningful roles, responsibilities, and scaffolds

Activating Leadership: Reach More Students Through Collaborative Inquiry Join Maureen Chapman and James Simons together with collaborator Theresa Hirschauer, the Middle School Head of Cincinnati Country Day for their session at Learning Forward! Analyze a three-phase collaborative inquiry-based model initiative, a faculty-led project focused on teaching and assessing students’ leadership skills across all school classrooms. Participants will: Assess opportunities to drive forward key mission-aligned, student-centered initiatives in their own school settings; Define the skills of leadership, collecting and analyzing student data, and piloting instructional moves to support students’ opportunities to develop the defined skills;  Make a plan for utilizing collaborative inquiry to improve key student competencies; and  Become an active member of an educator network that centers around essential, mission-aligned