Schedule

Proposed Schedule Subject to Change 

 

 

*All times are Eastern Daylight Time*

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Thursday, June 25th

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• 10:30 am-12:00pm – Welcome, open session

• 12:00 pm-1:30 pm – Lunch 

• 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm -  Mini Talks A

• 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm - Workshops Group B

• 3:45 pm - 4:15 - Break 

• 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm  - Workshops or 

• 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Dinner 

• 7:00pm - 8:30 pm Keynote  - Peter Gray 

• 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Documentary 

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Friday June 26th

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• 8:30 am - 10:30 pm – Open Planning Session Networking

• 10:30 am - 11:30am – Workshops  

• 11:30am - 1:00pm – Lunch 

• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm –  Workshops Group D 

• 2:00pm - 3:30 pm –  Keynote - Joe Nathan & Wayne Jennings

• 3:00pm - 5:00pm – Strand Workshops/Trainings

• 5:00pm - 6:30pm – Dinner

• 7:00pm-8:30 pm – Keynote 

• 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Documentary 

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Saturday, June 27th

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• 8:00am-9:30am –  Open Planning Session, Networking,

• 9:30am-10:30am – Workshop Group D

• 10:30am-10:45am – Break 

• 10:45am-12:15pm – Workshop Group E

• 12:15pm-1:45pm – Lunch

• 1:45pm-3:00 pm – 

• 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm - Open Time

• 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm - Workshops 

• 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Dinner

• 7:00pm - 8:30 pm Keynote 

• 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Documentary 

 

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Sunday, June 28th

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• 8:00am-9:30am –  Open Planning Session, Networking, T

• 9:30am-10:45pm – Workshop Group H

• 10:45:pm-12:00pm – Workshops or panel

• 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – Lunch 

• 1:00pm-2:30pm – Closing & Evaluating Session

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*More Details Below

 

Thursday, June 25th 

 

• 9:00 am-12:00pm – School visits & registration, Welcome from AERO, Networking, open planning session in main Zoom room 

 

• 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – Lunch, Networking 

Mini - Talks 

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Group A: Thursday, 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm 

 

• 1:00 - 1:20 pm - Homeschooling and Unschooling Research: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever - Gina Riley, Ph.D. 

• 1:25 - 1:45 pm - Business Strategies to Crisis-proof Your School - Mara Linaberger, EDD

• 1:50 - 2:10 pm -  Education Through the Lens of Adventure - Zoe Greenhouse 

• 2:15 - 2:35 pm - Principles of Motivation -  Andrew Pudewa

 

Workshops

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Group B: Thursday, 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm 

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• Community Connections  -  Julie Schiffman, M.Ed. 

• Healing Through Unschooling - Debbie Michaud & Carlo Ricci

• Leaping the Gap Between Paradigms: From Conventional Schooling to Self-Directed Education - Peter Gray & Kevin Currie-Knight

• ReFraming Education: Putting the Pieces Together - Tracy Hanson 

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3:45 pm - 4:15 - Break 

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• 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm  -   Panel / Or Open Sessions / Networking 
   

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5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Dinner / Networking 

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• 7:00pm - 8:30 pm -  Keynote - Peter Gray

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• 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Documentary 

 

 

Friday, June 26th 

 

• 8:30 am - 10:30 am:  Open Planning Session Yoga, Breakfast, Networking, Tabling, Bookstore, Registration

 

Workshops

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Group C: Friday , 10:30 am - 11:30 am

 

• Motivation in Education - Je’anna L Clements 

• What Teens Say about Mentoring - Allison Snieckus & Teens from LL & PLC 

• Going to New Places...12 to be Exact! - Sarah Tavernetti 

• Partnering with a Nature Center to Form a Learning Community - Carl Rust 

• Practicing SDL in the context of Exam-Oriented-Mentality in Malaysia  - Dr. Putri Afzan Maria Zulkifli, Kristy Cheng, Najmi Haniffah

 

11:30am-1:00pm – Lunch, Networking 

 

Workshops

 

Group D: Friday , 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

 

• Youth Liberation and Democratic Education - Starri Hedges and Gaia Students 

• What If You Knew You Had the Wind At Your Back?  - Jan Quiett

• Transforming the World into your Classroom - Lainie Liberti  &  Miro Siegel

• What Has Happened to This Child?: Using Neuroscience to Develop a More Compassionate Understanding of Behavior  - Monica Cochran and Kathy Magnusson

• Exploring a Career in Self-Directed Education: Ken’s mentoring towards an unaccredited, self-directed certification in being an expert in our field - Ken Danford 

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• 2:00pm-3:30 pm – Keynote - Joe Nathan & Wayne Jennings 

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• 3:30pm-5:00pm – Networking - Open Sessions

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5:00pm - 7:00pm – Dinner, Networking 

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• 7:00pm-8:30 pm – Special Panel 

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• 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Documentary 

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Saturday, June 27th 

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• 8:30am-10:30am –  Open Planning Session, Yoga, Breakfast, Networking

 

 

Workshops

 

Group E: Saturday , 10:30 am - 11:30 am 

 

• Taking Children to New Places with Math Games - Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D.

• Stairway to Freedom - Artemi Irina

• How is anxiety changing the learning landscape? - Ashley Nielsen

• What Has Happened to This Child?: Using Neuroscience to Develop a More Compassionate Understanding of Behavior  - Monica Cochran and Kathy Magnusson

• A WORLD WORTH IMAGINING - Sue Holloway 

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11:30 am- 1:00:pm - Lunch, Networking 

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Workshops

 

Group F: Saturday , 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

 

• Antioch University and Graduate Institute for Transformative Learning - Ashley Nielsen & Laurel Tien

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• Transitioning from Traditional Education to Colearning: Child and Parent Perceptions of First Year Colearning  Community Experiences - Christina Agvent, ABD

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• Recess Revolution - Kristin Shepherd 

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• Gateless Writing - Write Without Fear! - Alex Muck (she/her)

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• Interactive Remote Learning with Virtual Science Labs - Jackie Lee 

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Open time 

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• 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm -  Keynote - Amir Nathoo 

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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Dinner, Networking 

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• 7:00pm - 8:30 pm  - Keynote  - Cath Fraise 

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• 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Documentary 

 

Sunday, June 28th

 

• 8:30am-9:30am –  Open Planning Session, Yoga, Breakfast, Networking. 

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Workshops

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Group G: Sunday , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 

 

• Center “School as an Educational Park - Olga Leontyeva & Tamas Gergely

• Public High School Concealed Democratization - Kirk Cunningham

• You Can't See New Things from Old Places - Sharyl Allen

• Self-Directed Education:  How Unschooling fits with brain development learning stages - Judy Arnall

 

• 10:30:am-12:00am – Panel 

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12:00 pm-1:00 pm – Lunch 

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• 1:00pm-2:30pm – Keynote - Yong Zhao 

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• 2:30 - 3:30 pm - Closing and evaluation. 

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