Hi! My name is Royce Conner, and I recently joined the team as ELP’s Executive Director. In many ways, I feel like I have returned home. While I am new to Envision, my education career began by learning about progressive education from leaders in the field such as Ted Sizer and the Coalition of Essential […]
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Vinci Daro is Making Moves
What did you most enjoy about working at ELP? What I enjoyed most was the inspiration and hope that comes from working alongside people dedicated to changing not just the experience students have with assessment, but the role that assessment plays in adults’ understanding of what school is for. Working at ELP over the past […]
Partner Profile: ConnectED
ConnectED has worked to change public education and improve student outcomes for over 15 years. The organization was founded with the belief that every student deserves a great education – especially those furthest from opportunity. ConnectED works with school districts, colleges, and employers to create learning opportunities for students that help prepare them for success […]
Guest Blog: Inclusive Education: Shifting The Narrative by Roilyn Graves
My career began volunteering at an elementary school in Washington, DC in 2001. As a staff member walked me to my assigned classroom, I noticed a room tucked away in the corner. There were only a few students in the space. Some students were wandering around, some were disengaged, some sleeping, and others were sitting at tables coloring or tracing the alphabet. […]
Deeper Learning 2023
Tuesday, March 28th, 4:30 – 6:00pm PT Disrupting the Transference of STEM Trauma with Josette Neal-De-Stanton This workshop will explore the often problematic relationship many students and educators have with STEM education emerging from traumatic experiences we simply never address. This workshop particularly focuses on the roots of STEM as it relates to white […]
Assessment Beyond the Pandemic
The pandemic has thrust assessment into the spotlight. Everyone is talking about testing and grading. In the history of education, this is an opportune time to make things better. School Administrator magazine has focused its May issue on “Grading Beyond the Pandemic,” and I appreciated the opportunity to contribute an article arguing for portfolio-defense: “Reliable […]
RESOURCE CORNER: Hosting an Empowering Kiva Panel
This resource is one that ELP has adapted from the School Reform Initiative Colorado Center of Activity and has been previously used in a Deeper Learning Leadership Forum (DLLF) session. Holding a Kiva Panel allows a larger group of listeners to highlight and learn from the voices of the selected panelists and can be adjusted […]
March 2021 Upcoming Events & Announcements
April Graduate Profile Workshop Series Join us for the next round of our three-part workshop series, led by Deeper Learning Coach, Abby Benedetto. Participants will explore the value of having a Graduate Profile, develop and define a draft, and then learn how to implement and measure it once they take it back to their school, […]
Guest Blog: What’s Next? By Suzanne Malek
What’s next? Enforcing “time served” is for prison guards, not stewards of genius. Vinci Daro and Theresa Morris are two razor-sharp colleagues of mine. Among other qualities, they are math curriculum and assessment designers; they also help teachers shift the focus of learning to center students. The teacher works to guide, encourage, and create conditions […]
Listening to Black Women: What Conditions Enable Black Women Deeper Learning Leaders to Thrive?
ELP is excited to share our Den Talk for this year’s Deeper Learning Conference- Listening to Black Women: What Conditions Enable Black Women Deeper Learning Leaders to Thrive? Deeper Learning Coach, Alcine Mumby, will be hosting and spotlighting the wisdom of 3 Black women leaders: LaShawnna Harris, Sabrina Moore, and Kai Mathews. All three are […]
