A network of educational leaders changing the school experience.
Change School Cohort 9 begins September 23. Enrollment opens August 19.
A network of educational leaders changing the school experience.
Change School Cohort 9 begins September 23. Enrollment opens August 19.
Do you feel overwhelmed and alone?
Do you struggle with how to change culture, not just classrooms?
Do you struggle with how to inform and engage parents and the community of your progress towards a modern learning environment?
Do you struggle with how to embrace change and transparency?
Do you struggle with the isolation of the work?
And do you struggle with your ability to truly be a modern learner?
If you answered yes, to any of those questions, you need Change School.
You Are In The Right Place!
At Modern Learners, we have one goal: to help you gain a deep understanding of how you can make better decisions for your students and bring meaningful, relevant, lasting change to your schools given this moment of shift that we find ourselves in. We created Change School to meet that goal. Change School is a powerful community of passionate, global educational leaders and experienced, dedicated coaches that will introduce you to new ideas, new people, and new questions.
And, as you'll hear from our alumni, it's life-changing.
In this video, Nicole Bottomley, a Change School alum, shares how Change School "changed her perspective on everything."
Over the past 2 years, we have challenged nearly 500 people, like you, to see the world and their work differently. They've been pushed to open their minds to redesign the experience of school for kids in the modern world. Join Change School Cohort 9 now to learn alongside Nicole and other previous Change School leaders presently implementing the changes you seek to make.
Change School changes lives. Yours, your students’, and your community.
How does Change School Change Lives?
The Modern Learning Lens
At Modern Learners all of our work begins with the question, "How do children learn most powerfully and deeply?" We use our Modern Learners Lens as a framework to answer that question.
In this video, Will explains how your beliefs about learning and your understanding of the modern contexts combined with your classroom practices create a culture of learning.
By joining Change School now, you'll gain the opportunity to view your work through the Modern Learners Lens.
Benefits of Change School
A greater ability to communicate the context for change in your school community.
A long term compass for the work to change your school or district.
A foundational understanding of the key components necessary to create change.
Lifetime membership in a tribe of educational leaders who are creating change at a high level.
A deeper understanding to the emotional, social, and intellectual aspects of culture in schools.
An ability to implement innovative ideas.
Lifetime support for your work.
And much, much more...
The Change School Experience
An 8-week inquiry-driven, interactive experience that will push your thinking and your practice, and leave you with a unique plan to move your school forward.
It's about the Present and the Future
The Present
As a Change School member, you’ll participate in an intensive 8-week, online coaching experience that challenges traditional roles and beliefs about schooling and helps you build the personal foundation needed to lead relevant, sustainable change in your school community.
Through a combination of live interactive events, regularly-scheduled coaching sessions, and a variety of thought-provoking asynchronous explorations, you will build relationships with other members, pursue your own questions, and develop a new modern lens through which to see your work.
You will build a unique, personal playbook specifically for your school. And since everything in Change School is archived, you will always have access.
The Future
Once a member of Change School, always a member of Change School.
After the 8-week sprint, you will be equipped with your personal playbook to lead the change in your school. You will have lifetime access to our growing community of modern leaders, to the ongoing conversations and explorations, and to alumni-only special events. That means live coaching sessions, book studies, on and offline conferences, and much more. You can even go through Change School again from start to finish, anytime.
As you begin to implement change efforts in your schools, the community and coaches become your go-to sounding board, giving you feedback and suggestions with the unique perspective to support your success.
In other words, as you know, the learning and growing is constant.
What Our Participants Say
Lucio Padilla, Jr. Dir. of Instructional Technology, Calexico (CA)
Kim Moritz Superintendent, Springville-Griffith School District (NY)
Anthony Edwards Superintendent, Peel School Board, Toronto ON
Mark Heintz Divisional Technology Coach, Elk Grove (IL) High School
What's Inside? Explore the Modules
Defining "High-Bar" Change in Schools
Framing the Inquiry
Starting your Playbook
Exploring Dispositions for Change
How do kids learn most powerfully and deeply and what does real learning look like?
Identifying your own beliefs
Creating common language
Developing a culture of learning
Understanding Change
Building a Common Language for Change
Creating Change Cultures
Schools That Change
Why School?
Creating a Modern Mission and Vision
Building a Common Language
Creating Norms
Creating and Implementing Prototypes
Transparency in Practice
Finding Your Changemakers
Painting a Compelling Picture of Learning
Audiences for Change
Modern Marketing and Public Relations
Measuring Your Impact
Building Capacity for Ongoing Change
From "Playbook" to Process
Keys to Sustaining Change
Living and Learning in Perpetual Beta
Staying Focused on What Matters
Personal Growth
Growing Your Networks
Constant Learning
Change School Connections
Our team is uniquely positioned to lead your journey.
Bruce Dixon
Will Richardson
Missy Emler
We're uniquely positioned to lead your journey.
Bruce Dixon
Will Richardson
Missy Emler
First, we are educators. We have a combined 90+ years experience in the classroom and as principals, supervisors, and technology specialists.
Second, we are leaders when it comes to the intersection of learning, schooling, and technology. Collectively, we have published seven books and dozens of articles in leading journals and newspapers, and challenged hundreds of thousands of educators via our keynotes and presentations at hundreds of conferences around the globe.
We were among the very first in the world to implement 1-1 laptop programs in schools and use the Internet and social media in classrooms. Our whitepapers, podcasts, and posts at ModernLearners.com have been widely read and shared as provocations for deeper learning. In other words, we know our stuff.
And more than anything, we are learners too.
Enroll Today
Our fast growing community includes over 450 educational leaders from around the world who have participated in Change School, all of whom are presently putting a focus on the modern learning culture in their schools.
Change School Cohort 9 begins September 23. Enrollment opens August 19.
Change School is Time And Money Well Invested.
How much time does it take?
Our members tell us that to get the most out of Change School, expect to spend 3-6 hours a week during the 8-week sprint. Two hours in live, synchronous virtual video calls, and another two to three hours consuming and responding to the content in our online, asynchronous community. The more live sessions you attend, the more you will get out of Change School. However, if you have a vacation scheduled or a board meeting to attend, it's okay! All live sessions are recorded and shared in the community. There are no grades and no set time requirements.
Change School Cohort 9 begins September 23. Enrollment opens August 19.
Focus sessions (LIVE) are super important. We prepare for the learning of the coming week and reflect on what we have learned thus far. We offer the focus session twice on Mondays throughout the 8 weeks to accommodate as many participants live as possible. You can join us at 2PM EST or 8PM EST. We encourage you to put the focus sessions on your calendar and honor the investment you have made.
Group coaching sessions (LIVE) allow you to ask questions, share insights, and get to know your fellow Change Schoolers. We offer coaching calls at 2PM EST on Tuesday, 8PM EST on Thursdays, and 7AM EST on Fridays throughout the 8 weeks. We recommend you make time for one coaching call each week, and if your schedule allows, join us for more.
Change School "Graduation" is an opportunity to reflect on where you started and where you are now. It is super exciting to realize the transformation and your progress over the course of 8 weeks.
Christina Classen, Teacher, Colorado Springs District 11
We are so confident that your experience with us will be worth your time, and we appreciate your devotion to building your own change process so much. If, at the end of Change School, you participated and disagree, we will refund your money in full. All we ask is that you share your completed playbook with us, so we know that you gave it your best shot.
Hear from more alumni.
Matthew Delp, Principal, Seneca Valley (PA) Intermediate HS
Mary Jeanne Farris, Asst. Head of Middle School, Int'l School of Brussels
Michael Maloy, Head of Upper School, The Chapin School, NYC