Day 1: Tuesday, October 22
Southern Oregon 2030: Setting the Vision
Time: 9 am – 1 pm (doors open and continental breakfast served at 8:30 am)
Location: Stevenson Union, Rogue River Room – SOU Campus
Today’s first graders will be graduating from high school in 2030, and they are likely to face a landscape of learning, work, and life that is very different than that faced by previous generations.
In this session, education, community, government, and employment stakeholders will:
- consider how drivers of change are reshaping the future of learning, work, and talent and readiness;
- develop a future-informed vision of a learning ecosystem in southern Oregon that serves the region, its economy, and every resident well; and
- learn about successful models of personalized, competency-based learning and identify priorities for collaboration.
Who Should Attend:
- Deans, directors, system leaders and educational innovators from K-20 systems;
- Non-traditional educators including libraries and in-house employer training offices;
- business and non-profit community leaders interested in workforce development;
- legislators and governmental leaders interested in the role of education in healthy communities;
- STUDENTS of all ages and types.
The Day’s Agenda
8:30 – 9 am | Check-in opens; continental breakfast available
9 am | Welcome
Introduction of context, key themes, and presenters.
9:20 am | Drivers of Change
Identify drivers of change shaping the future of learning, the future of work, and the future of talent and readiness.
9:50 am | Making Sense of Possibilities for the Future
Consider implications, critical questions, and possible new realities based on the drivers of change.
10:25 am | Provocations for the Future of Learning
Explore how the drivers of change could be harnessed for positive outcomes.
10:45 am | Break and shuffle tables
11 am | Mapping a Signature Learning Ecosystem
Given the coming changes, consider what a signature learning ecosystem in Southern Oregon would look like: the structures (school, community organizations, employers, etc.) that would need to be in place; how various sectors and stakeholders would interact, contribute, and benefit from this type of approach.
12 pm | Break for Lunch Buffet
12:20 pm | Lunchtime Presentation: Innovations in Teaching and Learning
How states and learning communities are currently implementing personalized, competency-based learning.
12:50 pm | Closing Remarks
Day 2: Wednesday, October 23
Personalized Learning in Southern Oregon
Time: 8:30 am – 12 pm
Location: Stevenson Union, Rogue River Room – SOU Campus
Building upon cross-sector visions for the future and an introduction to personalized learning, this session will provide educators a deeper look into the why, how, and what of personalized, competency-based learning. Participants will understand the rationale behind this model of teaching and learning, its key features, and how it is being implemented across the country. They will consider how such shifts might serve learners and the region today and in the future, how personalized learning in K-12 and higher education can align with one another and with workforce goals and needs, and how they might begin to transform their own systems of learning.
Who Should Attend:
K-20 educators, both those already engaged in personalized learning and those unfamiliar with, or skeptical regarding, this approach to teaching and learning.
The Day’s Agenda
8:15 – 8:30 am | Check-in
8:30 am | Introduction & Connections
8:40 am | Personalized/Competency-Based Learning: What Do You Know Already
9 am | Aligning Seamless Learning Pathways
9:45 am | Conditions for High-Quality Personalized/Competency-Based Learning
10:05 am | Break
10:20 am | Community Profiles: What Works?
11:20 am | Now vs. Future: Developing Strategies
11:55 am | Closing Remarks
*Registration for both days opens on September 24.
*More information and event times TBA.
Questions? Contact Us
SOU Future-Ready Education Conference
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
Jeanne Stallman, AVP-Government Relations
stallman@sou.edu