Christian Deeper Learning Presents
CDL4: Virtual Gathering
What the World Needs Now
Friday, February 19, 2021
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Gathering to Celebrate the Learner.
The CDL4: Virtual Gathering is an online, virtual conference for CDL practitioners to come together and celebrate the learner, learn from experts and each other, and network around Christian teaching and learning.
At our Virtual Gathering on February 19th, 2021, all participants are invited come together to worship, share our good work during our PD Package time at our schools, learn from experts and one another, and experience what has been a highlight at our last two CDL conferences: a student presentation of learning.
Free tickets are included
in every PD Package
World-Class Keynotes
The experts behind the PD packages will join us for the Virtual Gathering to deliver keynotes and a live Q&A with the audience.
Special Presentations
Students will be presenting us with inspiring showcases displaying their Deeper Learning work “for real people that forms the self and shapes the world.”
Networking & Collaboration
Gather with fellow Christian Deeper Learning educators to share work from your school and collaborate with other schools.
World-Class Keynote Speakers
CDL4 Virtual Gathering is a continuation of the Professional Development conversation.
Our vision for CDL4: Virtual Gathering is that it will be a continuation of the professional development experience. We are thrilled to announce that our Professional Development speakers are joining us to lead our discussions on the Virtual Gathering day as well.
We encourage you to consider that the likelihood of truly implementing deeper learning practices is greatly enhanced with the participation of your whole school. If this is not possible, we hope that your key teaching and learning leaders will be able to participate in the Virtual Gathering.
Ron is responsible for leading EL Education‘s vision of teaching and learning, bringing with him 40 years of experience as a teacher and professional development designer, 28 of those years teaching public school.
Part of EL Education since its founding, Ron has authored two books: An Ethic of Excellence and A Culture of Quality, co-authored three more: Leaders of Their Own Learning, Transformational Literacy, and Management in the Active Classroom, and has ensured that quality and craftsmanship are reflected not only in the work that they encourage from students and teachers, but in their work as an organization as well. He is a sought-after keynote speaker nationally and internationally.
A graduate of Hampshire College, Ron holds a master’s of education from Harvard University, where he now teaches a course that uses exemplary student project work to illuminate academic standards.
Vernita Mayfield, PhD, hails originally from Los Angeles, California, where she began her career teaching elementary school. As a teacher, Mayfield found her first love serving and supporting students who have been historically marginalized. Since then, she has continued to do so through numerous positions of service, including secondary school principal, researcher and lecturer, and educational consultant at state and national levels.
In 2012, she founded Leadervation Learning to support organizations seeking to build leadership capacity, particularly in marginalized communities. The company evolved into a vehicle supporting leaders at all levels to understand and dismantle inequitable systems and organizations by building the cultural competency of staff.
Jon Eckert, Ed.D., is the Copple Professor of Educational Leadership at Baylor University. He taught and coached intermediate and middle school students outside of Chicago and Nashville for 12 years. He completed his doctorate at Vanderbilt University and served at U.S. Department of Education during both the Bush and Obama administrations. For ten years, he prepared teachers at Wheaton College.
He is the author of The Novice Advantage: Fearless Practice for Every Teacher (Corwin, 2016) and Leading Together: Teachers and Administrators Improving Student Outcomes (Corwin, 2018), book chapters, and numerous articles. He researches collective leadership, teaching quality, and school improvement and supports school leaders, particularly Christian leaders through Baylor’s Center for Christian Education, in their pursuit of deeper learning for students.
Schedule
Activity
Time/EST
Devotions
10:00am
Keynote
10:30am
Break
11:00am
Christian Deeper Learning work in schools
11:30am
Keynote and slideshow debrief in breakout rooms
11:50am
Break
12:45pm
Storytelling and action planning in breakout rooms
1:20pm
Reporting from all groups on shared platform
2:20pm
Break
2:30pm
Student Presentation
3:00pm
Closing comments, resources, feedback
3:45pm
Hard close
4:00pm
Cost
The price of CDL4: Virtual Gathering is included in all PD packages.
We’re excited to deliver a professional development curriculum that your whole school staff can experience together. We encourage you to SIGN UP AS A SCHOOL. The likelihood of truly implementing deeper learning practices is greatly enhanced with whole school participation.
Interested in Individual Tickets?
Individual tickets are included with the $99 individual PD package. You can access the individual PD package by visiting the Pricing page.