Arizona State University announced REMOTE K12: The Connected Teacher Summit, a free virtual event, to help K-12 teachers nationwide deliver better online and blended learning experiences.
REMOTE K12 will be held on January 9, 2021 and will bring outstanding educators from across the country together to share effective and efficient virtual learning techniques offering insights on pedagogy, course design, equity, wellness, accessibility, assessment, collaboration, engagement and more. Go here to register to attend for free.
ASU Learning Enterprise and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College will provide an “ASU K12 Remote Teaching Skills Certificate” for qualifying teachers who attend and complete post-event coursework and verification. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards will utilize educator expertise to partner on content development and speaker selection.
The K-12 focused virtual summit will replicate the format this past July’s successful REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit for Higher Ed. More than 25,000 faculty members from 2,000 institutions attended that event, which included 84 interactive presentations on best practices for distance learning and pedagogy, and moderated discussions in 30 live chat rooms.
“Following our REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit, we were overwhelmed with positive feedback, and hundreds of K-12 teachers asked us to extend the REMOTE event format to school teachers across the US,” said David Levin, executive producer of REMOTE, in a prepared statement. “Today, with online and blended learning fast becoming an essential part of every educator’s toolkit, we are thrilled to announce REMOTE K12. It will provide an essential source of intelligence on how to teach in schools across the country in our new world.”
Peggy Brookins, NBCT and CEO/President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards added: "Our experience makes it clear that teachers everywhere are demanding high-quality professional development to help guide them through this unique school year. Events such as REMOTE K12: The Connected Teacher Summit share best practices, through which teachers can enhance their skill set and enable them to provide what their students need most – engaging, effective, high quality instruction."
The upcoming REMOTE K12 summit will feature 140 sessions during six hours of programming spread over 15 content tracks. Attendees will be able to ask direct questions to speakers and receive answers in real-time. Sessions will be divided into three categories:
- Discipline will focus on tips and pedagogy by content area.
- Topic will focus on common subjects across all disciplines, including assessment, engagement, equity and wellness.
- Surgery will give participants a real time 30-minute Q&A environment with experts on selected topics and disciplines.
REMOTE K12 will also feature more than 30 moderated chat rooms with a mix of environments, inviting structured discussions around disciplines and topics and grade bands. In addition, it will offer sessions to support principals, superintendents and EdTech professionals.
Registration for REMOTE K12 is free for those involved in K-12 education. Click here to register to attend. Video recordings of the sessions will be available free online through the end of June 2021.
Partners
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is a founding partner and will engage accomplished educators to deliver an experience that elevates the instructional capacity of all participants.
Partner organizations at launch include The School Superintendent Association (AASA), Digital Learning Collaborative, Curriki, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), KIPP Foundation, National Math and Science Initiative, Next Generation Learning Challenges and TED-Ed. We expect to expand the network of partner organizations in the coming months.
ASU is the host of REMOTE K12: The Connected Teacher Summit. The University will provide moderators, subject experts, and continuing education certificates. REMOTE is organized by the ASU Foundation, a 501 (c) (3). ASU’s Prep Digital team and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College are contributing content and planning and insights about their innovation experience.
Sponsors include Pearson, Verizon, Microsoft, D2L, Academic Partnerships, Aramark, Respondus and Twig Education. Stanford GSB’87 also provided generous seed funding supporting the organization of this event.
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