November 29th, 2021

Welcome to the December edition of the PL Lighthouse!
This monthly email blast and webpage has been designed to serve much like a lighthouse, to serve as a way forward and help in navigating through the busy school year. Nothing else speaks of safety in the face of adversity and challenge quite like the lighthouse. ​

Design Excursion Exhibition Thursday, December 9th from 4:00-5:30 PM
The PL Design Excursion Exhibition is the culminating event for this fall's PL Design Excursions and meant to be a time to recognize and celebrate campus design teams.​

This virtual event will provide campus teams an opportunity to share how they used design thinking to make progress towards one of their campus priorities (from the PL Readiness Continuum) for the year. Audience members will have the chance to learn from three design teams during team presentations to and will have a chance to ask questions and provide feedback to teams. The evening will conclude with parting inspiration from the Stanford d.school's  K-12 Lab.

[Action Item] Invite your support network to attend the exhibition using this link: https://www.thepltoolbox.com/winterdesignexhibition.  Click here for a sample email you can use to send.

Reminder to design teams that your final presentation slide deck and recording of team presentation are due Monday, December 6th. 

Social Media Take-Over
Do you want to spotlight your campus to a new audience? We're handing over the password to our Instagram and Twitter accounts to those interested in taking over our social media for a day! [ACTION ITEM] Click here if you're interested in participating. We'll be in contact soon after you fill out the form to confirm your date and send details for the takeover.

SAVE THE DATE
We are so excited to announce we will be hosting a Google Virtual Summit on Saturday, April 23rd. This virtual summit will be from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM with sessions (45-60 minutes) throughout the day.

Interested or know someone who may be interested in leading a session? Fill out or share this form. 

PERSONALIZED LEARNING SPRING 2022 CONFERENCES
Interested in attending a conference related to Personalized Learning? Check out the list here our team has curated based on past cohort favorites. All quarterbacks who are and remain in good standing (and with principal approval) are eligible to attend one conference during the 2021-2022 school year at no cost to campus. 

Quarterbacks, if you're interested in attending a conference, share your interest by submitting this form here at least 60 days before the conference begins. This will let the PL team know we need to begin getting you registered. A member of the PL team will follow up to confirm after your submission. Questions? Reach out to your PL Coach or Kristen.

GRANT SPECIFIC UPDATES

Please review the following items related to campuses in the Raising Blended Learners cohort.  See all items + links in the Master Calendar.

Office Hours | December 1st
Join with any questions + support for your benchmarking + software/BL model implementations.

[REQUIRED FOR PRINCIPALS] RBL Annual Leadership Convening | December 6th + 7th 
This is the annual convening for leaders in the Raising Blended Learners Cohort. A calendar invite has been sent with the Zoom information included. Your attendance is required for both mornings.

Monday, December 6th, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Purpose: To explore the Innovative Leadership Competencies and come to a shared understanding of current individual and collective team competencies.

Tuesday, December 7th, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Purpose: To analyze the sustainability of blended learning in your district. 

• Please complete the prework located on the prework section of the Google Site before the workshop.
• The Leadership Convening will take place via Zoom and is designed for each participant to join the session individually from their own device. Please ensure you are running the most current available version of Zoom and Google Chrome (browser) and have access to your Google login.

Pilot Teacher Party | December 14
Pilot teachers will meet in person Tuesday, December 14th from 4:30-6:00 at IDEA High School. This is a required support for all pilot teachers, if there is a campus-wide conflict with this date, please let us know as soon as possible.

2nd 9 Weeks Benchmark Due | December 17
Please complete your RBL Student Agency Progress Monitoring document.  Feel free to join the office hours on December 1st to help with any questions you might have.

January Reminders
QB Huddle #3 | January 13

Please review the following items related to campuses in the Math Innovation Zones cohort.  See all items + links in the Master Calendar.

Office Hours | December 1st
Join with any questions + support for your benchmarking + software/BL model implementations.

2nd 9 Weeks Benchmark Due | December 17
Please complete your MIZ goals progress benchmark + reflection document.  Feel free to join the office hours on December 1st to help with any questions you might have.

January Reminders
QB Huddle #3 | January 13
Middle School BL Progression Walk at Comstock | January 18 | 10am-12pm (optional for elementary QB's)

Reminder | BL Artifacts
As you begin to observe classrooms, please consider encouraging your teachers to submit artifacts “from the field” to build out inspiration for BL model progression.