As learning has taken a turn to a more personalized, individualized nature, we must make the necessary adjustments to continue to provide the most dynamic, learning environments for the whole learner. AASA’s Learning 2025: Student-Centered, Equity-Focused Education is an initiative that calls us to redesign our public schools. It calls for a holistic design with schools meeting the needs of the whole learner. 

The AASA IDEAL Cohort, focuses on the principles behind Innovative Districts Empowering All Learners. The IDEAL Cohort seeks to provide a deeper understanding of what learners need to create the most dynamic learning environment possible. Members of the AASA IDEAL Cohort work collaboratively to research, inspire, empower, and amplify educators’ work to realize this new vision for empowering all learners.

 The IDEAL Cohort will share examples of the most outstanding practices for personalizing and individualizing learning throughout the nation. Members of the IDEAL Cohort are interested in how learning is moving toward a more personalized learning platform, geared to ensure a student-centered, equity-focused education for ALL.

 

Who Should Participate?

Any district leader who is interested in furthering the early learning initiative and mission, particularly superintendents, assistant superintendents, directors of curriculum and program/building leaders developing a student-centered approach.

What Will I Learn?

By joining AASA's IDEAL Cohort, you will:
 

Discover the power of equity- focused, student-centered education. Explore best practices in personalization and engage in research to determine what will transform the learning environment in our nation’s public districts.  The Cohort will work to overcome organizational barriers and to create a sustainable network supporting ownership of learning for all members of the learning community.

As a Cohort member have the opportunity to work collaboratively with innovative educators from across the nation, including superintendents, district administrators and topic experts, to research, inspire, empower, and amplify the work to transform education.  Participants also gain a network of colleagues who are embracing building student-centered environments utilizing a personalized approach to learning in their district.

Programs Dates & Details

Program Duration: July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022

Registrations are accepted on a rolling basis.

Monthly cohort convenings will be held virtually on the second Wednesday of each month from 1–2pm ET. Additionally, we will host a Twitter Chat on the fourth Wednesday of each month from from 8-9pm ET.

Face-to-Face Meeting: Spring 2022 (subject to change based on the current pandemic situation)

Lead Faculty

Gail Pletnick, AASA Lead Superintendent and Past President 
Mike Brophy, Superintendent West Valley School District, WA
 
  

Program Fees

 The program fee is $2,000 and includes access to all cohort meetings, materials, discussions and more.
 
 

 Questions?

Contact AASA program director Debbie Magee at dmagee@aasa.org.