excellence in experiential education peer group - brochure
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The Wallace McCain Institute at University of New Brunswick’s philosophy is to enhance entrepreneurship in the province of New Brunswick and the surrounding region. To ensure our entrepreneurs are successful, they need a strong workforce. To better equip our youth, E3 believes we need to focus on better equipping our educators. Experiential learning engages youth in learning through personally-relevant contexts, and involves active participation, community involvement and ownership. In this context, educators are leaders who are facilitating rigorous and meaningful experiential learning. E3’s mission is to develop a resilient network of NB educators who lead experiential, entrepreneurial learning in their schools and communities. E3 fosters better communication among this small group of educators so that they can work together to face common challenges and share ideas to grow this method of teaching and learning within a traditional model.
Implementation
Initiative Educate
Culture shift New
Integrate
Organization
Management Execute
Knowledge sharing creative
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Engagement
Initiative Community
Team Dynamics New Organization
Experiential Execute
People Tactical Invention
Efficiency
E3™
Excellence in Experiential Education Peer Group
Pioneering a movement in public education where experiential learning develops empowered citizens
Who are we looking for? Participants in the E3 program are teachers within New Brunswick dedicated to the growth of experiential learning within the public system. They face hurdles at their schools, districts and provincially, as they implement experiential learning that is project-management based. The 2014/2015 cohort will be targeted to middle/high school educators. Sessions involve peer coaching, goal setting, invited speakers and internal discussion. Each session is targeted to the needs of the individuals in the cohort. Although sessions are run primarily in English, we strongly encourage both Anglophone and Francophone educators to apply.
Common Challenges for Discussion
• Meeting curriculum demands • Managing student team dynamics • Engaging community, DEC, parents, peers • Change management • Removing roadblocks, dealing with red tape • Project continuity
Cohort Feedback “E3 has been, without a doubt, the most empowering professional development opportunity of my teaching career thus far”.
- Shannon Lavigne “Cette experience permet de m’épanouir sur le plan professionnel tout en préservant l’authenticité de mes practiques pédegogiques et en demeurant integré envers les autres”.
- Monique Poirier
Implementation
Initiative Educate
Culture shift New
Integrate
Organization
Management Execute
Knowledge sharing creative
Environment
How do I join? Please contact one of the moderators listed below and we will connect you with a member of the current E3 cohort and discuss plans for our upcoming cohort. We will be making our decision on the members of the 2014-2015 E3 cohort by Friday, June 13th.
E3 Contact Information E-mail: [email protected] or (506) 643-1947
E-mail: [email protected] or (506) 471-5566
How much will this cost me? The Wallace McCain Institute at UNB is sponsoring the full cost of running the program. Participants are responsible for their time and travel. The program includes six sessions. Sessions are designed to include 50% external content from speakers and 50% internal contributions from participants.
Engagement
Initiative Community
Team Dynamics New Organization
Experiential Execute
People Tactical Invention
Efficiency
Typical Schedule for Sessions
Friday 6 – 9: Dinner and Forum
Saturday • 8AM – 9AM Breakfast • 9AM – 12PM Deep Dives from Forum or Speaker • 12PM – 1PM Lunch • 1PM – 3PM Speaker on Theme • 3PM – 5PM Deep Dives, goal setting, wrap-up
2014-2015 Tentative Schedule (can be modified with participant feedback)
Aug 21-22th Thursday afternoon/evening &
Friday morning for program launch. Meet with current cohort
Nov 7-8th Friday evening and all day Saturday Jan 9-10th Friday evening and all day Saturday Mar 12-13th Trip to United Technologies Centre May 1-2th Friday evening and all day Saturday Aug 19-20th Final Session & Intro to new cohort
E3™
Excellence in Experiential Education Peer Group
Pioneering a movement in public education where experiential learning develops empowered citizens
Location The sessions will all be held at On the Pond Country Retreat in Mactaquac, where the group will have exclusive use of the facility. All meals & meetings will occur on-site.