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This interactive workshop focuses on the ecological approach to teacher agency, emphasizing how teachers in international schools can shape and adapt their teaching practices within diverse and dynamic contexts. Participants will explore how factors such as relationships, professional autonomy, and school environment can either constrain or enhance teacher agency. The session will provide insights and tools for teachers to take small, intentional steps that lead to meaningful, long-term impacts in their classrooms and school communities

Outcomes:

1. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to understand the ecological approach to teacher agency and its relevance in international school settings.
2. Identify key factors that influence teacher agency within their unique school environments (context, relationships, and resources).
3. Develop strategies to nurture and enhance teacher agency through collaboration, professional growth, and contextual awareness.
   

We live in a world where students connect multiple sources of information, leverage skills in novel contexts, and pursue varied interests—all while navigating volatile and uncertain futures. We want rigor without anxiety and high standards for diverse students, yet our current secondary programs don’t always flex to support us. This workshop delves into competency-based assessment—and the teaching and learning systems undergirding it—as a viable solution for upper school levels. Bring your burning questions and get them answered by actual designers who have built such a system and evolved it over more than two decades. Walk away with sample practices, inspired tasks, and visions of reporting that honor individual growth trajectories. Join Catherine Saldutti & Trish Beck of EduChange for this engaging session.

Outcomes:

1. To debunk myths about competency-based assessment practices
2. To explore interconnections between task design, competencies, content & pedagogy
3. To gain an appreciation of how competency-based assessment marks the intersection of equity, well-being and rigor
4. To get your questions answered from experienced designers who have built a multi-year competency-based assessment system for Grades 8-12 science