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What if we started by listening to students? That’s the question that lives at the heart of our professional development. At the core of every school are the students. So we’re building a platform for educators, administrators, and families to connect with young people, breaking barriers toward learning and building engaging practices.
Saturday, November 19th - 12:00-1:00PM ET
Join Human Restoration Project (Nick Covington & Chris McNutt) as we talk about game design as classroom design. Rather than tacking on gamification to existing classroom practices, we examine how the actual systems of video games have direct applicability to planning our courses. Session will be held via Discord (instructions sent in invite!)
In this session with extensive Q&A, we’ll walk through...
Our PD starts with student focus groups, establishing a framework for systems-based change. We work with multiple groups of young people to learn about their hopes, dreams, and aspirations, connecting each to school. We learn about what they love and wish could be improved. Using our partners at Cortico/Local Voices Network, we can effectively record and analyze our results. Here's an example.
Human Restoration Project prepares a formal analysis of these focus group conversations. This enables us to build a multi-day interactive, hands-on professional development model that not only provides the latest in research-driven practice, but is directly built on the aspirations of young people.
Through a workshop model, educators make change through what we've learned. Educators are tasked with teacher action research: making a difference based on what we've learned together. We create lasting solutions, supporting and guiding educators in their journey. Our Human-Centered Schools process is aligned to graduate credit through Antioch University.
Human-Centered Schools Network time and rates are flexible, usually lasting between 1-2 days on-site with students, then 1-2 workshops (half- or full-day, virtual or on-site) with educators.
We’re former public school teachers and we understand that PD rarely feels worthwhile: only 29% of teachers say they are satisfied with their PD. We believe that the research-driven interactive, discussion-based model we are passionate about in our classrooms should also be how we learn with adults.
Together we create PD that...:
We offer tailored workshops that can be designed exactly to your needs. Here's what we specialize in:
We specialize in examining systems to improve educational outcomes. We love to partner with schools for ongoing projects:
We speak at conferences and events around the world to advocate for a human-centered education. Here's what we've presented before:
