Podcasts about Hawken School

What if our education system prioritized deep learning over competition? In this episode of Grounded and Soaring, host Terry Dubow speaks with Scott Looney, Head of Hawken School and founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium, and Bill Sneed, Director of Marin Montessori's Junior High, to explore how Montessori and Mastery-based learning offer a compelling alternative to the traditional sorting machine of grades, GPAs, and standardized tests. Inspired by David Brooks' viral Atlantic article, How the Ivy League Broke America, this conversation dives into the flaws of traditional academic systems and highlights real-world, skills-based approaches that foster true intellectual growth.

For more than two decades, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship.rnrnEvery year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate at a Friday forum. This allows the debaters to compete-not only for the judges and audience in the room-but also for our radio and television audiences.rnrnThe debaters will be Max Zukerman of Solon High School, coached by Trina Castro and Matt Hill; and Brooke Gemechu of Hawken School, coached by Robert Shurtz and Eva Lamberson.rnrnThe finalists will debate the topic Resolved: The primary objective of the United States criminal justice system ought to be rehabilitation.rnrnJudging the debate are Corinne Lashley, Speech and Debate Coach at Chagrin Falls HS; Rich Kawolics, OSDA Hall of Fame Speech and Debate Coach at Laurel School; and Artis A. Arnold III, Managing Director at Huntington National Bank and City Club Board Member.rnrnOn behalf of BakerHostetler, we are honored to support this annual tradition in memory of Patrick Jordan--a lawyer, fierce protector of democracy and free speech, and a championship debater himself.

Since November 2022, when Chat GPT opened the floodgates of public use of AI (Artificial Intelligence), there has been a rapid and profound transformation taking place in the field of education. This technological revolution has ignited numerous discussions about its potential impact on the way students learn. The integration of AI into schools has become a topic of immense interest, mirroring the transformative shifts that the pandemic brought to the education system. As we venture into the realms of AI; educators, parents, and students are actively exploring how this innovative technology can reshape learning methods while also recognizing and addressing potential challenges and implications.rnrnMuch like how colleges and universities adjusted their admissions processes during the pandemic, AI's integration is also altering the traditional landscape of standardized testing. In some educational institutions, standardized tests like the SAT and ACT are becoming optional, or are being phased out altogether. Schools are considering new ways to assess student performance by tapping into the potential of AI for personalized assessments and feedback.rnrnWhile AI offers exciting possibilities for transforming education, its implementation requires careful examination of the potential advantages and shortcomings. Critics argue that standardized testing, like AI algorithms, can exacerbate educational disparities and socioeconomic disadvantages. The rise of AI-driven assessments sparks concerns about fairness, equity, and privacy.rnrnJoin us at the City Club as the Youth Forum Council welcomes John Panza, Associate English Professor at Tri-C and Rennie Greenfield, Librarian/Instruction Technologist at Hawken School to discuss the impact that AI is having on education.

For more than two decades, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship.rnrnEvery year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate at a Friday forum. This allows the debaters to compete-not only for the judges and audience in the room-but also for our radio and television audiences.rnrnThe debaters will be Kaitlyn Ernst of Laurel School, coached by Rachel Rothschild and Rich Kawolics; and Sam Bowen of Hawken School, coached by Robert Shurtz and Eva Lamberson.rnrnThe finalists will debate the topic Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration.

Currently, Raj Aggarwal is with the Kent State University Foundation serving as a member of its Board of Directors. In addition to a mechanical engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MBA and a PhD in Business from Kent State University, Raj is also a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Dr. Aggarwal is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland, class of 2004 and is an experienced academic, executive, and board member. His career includes successful stints both in business and academia. He serves on or has served on business boards that include (until change of control) Manco/Henkle DIY Inc. (Duck, LePage, and Loctite brands) for a quarter century, Ancora Trust/Mutual Funds and Maxxus Investments, also for a quarter century. He has also served on the boards of the Flood Company (CWF and Penetrol Brands) and ERC Inc. He has worked at Dana Corporation (International Finance) and Owens-Illinois Inc. (International Strategy), and been a consultant to the UN, the World Bank, and Fortune 100 companies and Commercial Banks. His non-profit board service includes the Kent State University Foundation, Goodwill Industries, Financial Executives Research Foundation, Hawken School, and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. He has won many awards for his teaching and scholarly work.  He is included in the Nature/Stanford University list of the top 2% scientists globally in Finance and Economics and has been cited and quoted over 9000 times by other scholars (h index of 50). He is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and has been a Fulbright Research Scholar and the editor in chief of scholarly journals. He has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the SEC, and the Comptroller of the Currency. Aggarwal is also widely quoted in the local, national, and international print and broadcast media. He has been the business dean at the University of Akron and an Endowed Chaired Professor at three Universities, John Carroll University, the University of Akron, Kent State University. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Michigan, South Carolina, University of Hawaii, and overseas at Lund (Sweden), IUJ (Japan), Trinity College (Ireland), Griffith (Australia), and NUS (Singapore). He was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship and a Larosier Award for the best international finance essay at the World Bank/IMF annual meetings in Prague. He has been elected or appointed to many leadership positions serving as President or Vice President of the Eastern Finance Association, Financial Management Association, Academy of International Business, Financial Executives Research Foundation, and Financial Executives International's Northeast Ohio Chapter. He has served as the Editor in Chief for Corporate Finance Review, FMA's Financial Practice and Education, Journal of Teaching International Business, and the Finance and Accounting Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies. In addition, he serves or has served as Associate Editor for many scholarly journals. Visit https://www.aib.world/frontline-ib/raj-aggarwal/ for the original video interview.  

From motherhood to celebrating her work wives, Kathy Mitchell O'Neal chats with Janice Crampton and dives deep into her years of experience in admissions and enrollment management. Her years of experience in this profession have been filled with moments of success, lessons learned, and the journey to her current position at The Hawken School managing three campuses, staff, family, and a work life balance that is non negotiable. 

Teaching and learning in a pandemic has forced all of us out of our comfort zones and required us to be in a constant state of re-invention. Jodie Ricci knew a lot about living in that ambiguity even before Covid-19. As the Performing Arts Chair at Hawken School in Cleveland, a coach with Project Zero, a curriculum trainer, and a practitioner of Agency by Design research she has always been eager to disrupt traditional narratives of creativity to make the world a better place. When she shared her approach with Catlin Gabel faculty at a Forum sponsored event in February Rob and Matt knew they wanted to hear more about what she has been thinking about and doing to help move her school forward. In this episode of Elevate Rob, Matt and Jodie explore activating student voice, sharing curriculum design with students, asking big questions, the importance of play and the arts, and all the things we want to hold on to as schools consider life in a pandemic-changed-world. Jodie Ricci's Website: https://seedframework.com Project Zero Thinking Routines: https://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines She Leads Edu: http://www.sheleadsedu.com/ Jodie is reading Work Won't Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe and Taking Beautiful Risks by Ron Beghetto --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/elevatelearning/message

For more than 30 years, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship in which the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate. Despite the pandemic, we are moving forward with this tradition and presenting the championship virtually.rnThe two finalists, Sophia Avery, a junior at Chagrin Falls High School, and Soren Palencik, a senior at Hawken School, will be debating Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal child care.

And we're back.Here at ReDesigning School, we've had our collective heads down for the past months, and now we're ready to look up. As have many in schools across the world, the Hawken administration and faculty have had to redesign just about every facet of school while staying true to our purpose, which is to deliver "Forward-focused preparation for the real world through the development of character and intellect."No easy task, but we've learned a few things that we can share.In Episode One of Season Three, Scott Looney, Head of Hawken School, and Garet Libbey, Hawken’s Associate Head of School for Program, join to discuss the hows and whys of Hawken's decision to open in person in early September.This season of ReDesigning School features a few exciting shifts:Our aperture is widening. This year, we'll explore how and why schools Pre K-12 are reassessing their approaches and redesigning their programs.We have a new co-host: Garet Libbey will share co-hosting duties with Julia Griffin, who is quite busy being the Director of the Mastery School of Hawken, our brand new high school.We plan to use portions of this season to go behind the scenes of the Mastery School during its inaugural year. We also plan to hear from experts and practitioners in other schools about opportunities and pitfalls in this very unusual school year.Thanks for listening! Please share and review, and don't forget to go to redesigningschool.org for more content.

In this episode, Dr. Scott Looney, Head of Hawken School in Cleveland, Ohio, talks about his passion for reinventing the industrialized school model as the founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MCT) that takes a new and innovative approach to the high school transcript. Looney also reflects on the growth of MTC that has now expanded to more than 300 schools in 24 countries, winning the prestigious Reimagine Education K-12 Gold Award in 2019 as presented annually by the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business for innovation, uniqueness and scalability. Looney also talks about the development of a brand new high school (The Mastery School of Hawken) that will open in the Fall of 2020 in downtown Cleveland with an innovative model of “micro” and “macro” course offerings, replacing traditional curriculum and archaic grading practices, with a new focus on apprenticeship and solving real-world problems. Twitter: @slooney. Website: www.mastery.org. About Dr. Greg Goins As the Founder/Host of the Reimagine Schools Podcast, Dr. Greg Goins has emerged as one of the nation's leading voices on visionary leadership and the path to transforming our schools. He currently serves as the Director of the Educational Leadership Program at Georgetown College (KY) and previously spent 15 years as a school district superintendent in Illinois. Dr. Goins is a passionate keynote speaker and is available to speak at your next education conference or school PD day. To book Dr. Goins, please send inquiries to drgreggoins@gmail.com. Twitter: @DrGregGoins. Website: www.reimagineschools.net. Become A Supporter: You can now help keep the conversation going by supporting the Reimagine Schools Podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Thanks for your support! anchor.fm/greg-goins/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/greg-goins/support

As humanity takes measures to slow the spread and effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19, businesses, schools, and many public gathering places are shutting down or being restricted. This is very worrisome for all of us, and as of now, there are many unknowns. Educators of all types are facing the many challenges of online and distance learning. In this ongoing series, we will be talking to educators each week about the difficulties, surprises, and discoveries they are meeting as they continue to teach during this unprecedented world event. • Our guest today is Anna Delia, Director of the Innovation Lab at Hawken School. • Resources Anna referenced in our conversation are sites.google.com/view/fabplayhome/home and instagram.com/hawkenfabplay• If you are an educator and would like to take part in a future conversation, please email us at info@depthandlight.com

Today the team is speaking with Scott Looney, the Head of School at Hawken as well as the founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (better known as MTC). MTC is made up of 150 schools that are working together to change the high school system of assessment, crediting, and transcripting.   Recently, MTC has had the super exciting announcement that in 2020, the Mastery School of Hawken will open and be run and operated by Hawken School! The two high school campuses will be 12 miles apart and will have very different programs, but, will share some co-curricular programming. The Mastery School will be organized around three things: students solving real-world problems, mastery-and-apprentice-style instruction, and mastery crediting.   Listen in as Emily and Scott talk about building the ideal high school, exploring new grading systems, collaborative teams, and student-led projects — all which will be taking place at the Mastery School of Hawken!   Key Takeaways: [:15] About today’s episode with Scoot Looney. [1:21] Scott speaks about their recent exciting announcement about the Mastery School of Hawken. He touches on their plans for the school, details of the programs within the school, and the differences between it and a traditional school. [13:25] Scott further elaborates on how the Mastery School of Hawken is being developed. [17:17] How they’re sharing the journey of MTC and the Mastery School through ReDesigning High School. [20:16] Scott shares some more information about the future Mastery School curriculum and why they believe it will be successful. [21:37] The problem with modern assessment in traditional schools. [26:26] All kids are capable and interested in learning — here’s how MTC and the Mastery School can support this immensely. [29:19] Jessica closes out the podcast and thanks Scott for joining!   Mentioned in This Episode: Mastery Transcript Consortium Hawken School ReDesigning High School   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include ‘Podcast’ in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!

Private school marketers hear the warning signs loud and clear. If private schools want to thrive, not merely survive, they need to innovate and become something so great that parents can’t ignore them. They need to be so outstanding, parents will be standing in line with their children to get in. Enter The Mastery School of Hawken as one road to innovation that has great promise. Scott Looney joined Hawken School as its 10th head of school in July 2006. Since that time he’s worked to advance the school with a variety of forward-focused initiatives that have earned national recognition. His belief in student-centered and authentic learning has fueled each effort including the founding of the Mastery Transcript Consortium in 2017 and the new Mastery School of Hawken, which will welcome its students in August 2020.  Terry Dubow has served as Hawken’s Director of Special Projects since 2015, a role that has allowed him to develop strategic messaging and positioning for the launch of the Mastery Transcript Consortium, and now the development of the Mastery School of Hawken. He’s also served as the Associate Head of School at Westtown School, the Director of Strategic Projects and the Director of Communications and Marketing at Hathaway Brown as well as an English teacher.

Private school marketers hear the warning signs loud and clear. If private schools want to thrive, not merely survive, they need to innovate and become something so great that parents can’t ignore them. They need to be so outstanding, parents will be standing in line with their children to get in. Enter The Mastery School of Hawken as one road to innovation that has great promise. Scott Looney joined Hawken School as its 10th head of school in July 2006. Since that time he’s worked to advance the school with a variety of forward-focused initiatives that have earned national recognition. His belief in student-centered and authentic learning has fueled each effort including the founding of the Mastery Transcript Consortium in 2017 and the new Mastery School of Hawken, which will welcome its students in August 2020.  Terry Dubow has served as Hawken’s Director of Special Projects since 2015, a role that has allowed him to develop strategic messaging and positioning for the launch of the Mastery Transcript Consortium, and now the development of the Mastery School of Hawken. He’s also served as the Associate Head of School at Westtown School, the Director of Strategic Projects and the Director of Communications and Marketing at Hathaway Brown as well as an English teacher.

If you haven't heard, we're designing a new school. The Mastery School of Hawken is a new high school in Cleveland’s University Circle designed with students and the future in mind. We’ll welcome our founding class in August 2020. In this episode, Julia Griffin changed hats and sat down for an interview in her new role of the Director of the Mastery School of Hawken. Scott Looney, Head of Hawken School, joined Terry Dubow to dig into the why and the what and the how of this new venture. If you're at all interested in what the future of school might look like, you'll want to download this one...

Does your school feel like it should rebrand itself as Suffering Academy? When kids are young, play is an essential part of learning, but then something happens that converts play and its black sheep cousin fun with something antithetical to the real work of a rigorous and challenging education. Why though?In this episode of Redesigning School, teachers and co-hosts Terry Dubow and Julia Griffin invite three of their colleagues at Hawken School to discuss the benefits of making school joyful again.Special thanks to Becca Marks, Lauren Coil-Sherck and Steve Weiskopf for joining the pod. And as always, thanks to Rennie Greenfield and Nick Fletcher for their production help!If you're interested to read some of the pieces mentioned in this episode, click away!Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students -- Denise Pope Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World -- Steven JohnsonThe Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human -- Jonathan GottschallFlow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

If you could start all over, how would you design high school? Hawken School asked a group of seniors precisely that. Actually, Julia Griffin and Head of School Scott Looney taught a three-week Intensive course in which students got a blank sheet of paper, a thorough download of current research, and a trip to the Bay Area so they could draw up a school designed with them and the future in mind. On this episode of Redesigning School, teachers and co-hosts Terry Dubow and Julia Griffin interview Scott and discuss the trip to California, the class, and what inspired it all. Special thanks to Rennie Greenfield and Nick Fletcher for their production help!

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There is ZERO research in the world that supports letter grading. NONE.Click To Tweet Scott Looney talks to us about grades Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash We are thinking outside the box today about the foundational elements of grades and high school transcripts in the US educational system. Scott Looney is the Headmaster at the Hawken School in Cleveland, Ohio, and the founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC). He discusses his attempt to get schools together and on board with a totally different way of assessing what kids do in school and how they achieve. He uses a transcript that has no numbers, but is all about competency-based achievements. The grading model was a terrible idea when it began, and it’s only become more corrupted. --@slooney #modernlearners #clclearns #changeschoolClick To Tweet Mastery Transcript Consortium Goal Scott explains what MTC is all about and how it came to be. The goal is the mastery of real-world problem-solving skills and the development of assessments based on competency and proficiency, all driven by the interests, abilities, and individual strengths of each student. Scott calls the traditional high school transcript model “a broken instrument that’s only grown more corrupt.” Colleges are realizing the inherent flaws in their system and standards of student selection, as evidenced by the quality of students they are enrolling. Scott is facing this problem head-on, and has created a transcript prototype that is opening the eyes of college admissions personnel, and there are now 160 schools in 15 countries that are part of MTC, using this new model. I think you'll find Scott to be knowledgeable and passionate about this topic of our grading system and the need for change! Kids often come to the conclusion that the system is rigged against them . . . . and they QUIT. #modernlearners #clclearns #changeschoolClick To Tweet Resources: The Future of Education: Why Hawken has to Lead www.mastery.org www.change.school Find out about Change School 4, beginning soon! www.changeleaders.community  Find out about the FREE 30-day trial! Imagine if the educational system allowed kids to persist to MASTERY. #modernlearners #clclearns #changeschoolClick To Tweet

Building on Bruce's post earlier this week,  in our latest podcast we dive a little deeper into the expectations we bring to keynotes and presentations at large (or small) conferences. Do we want to be affirmed? Challenged? Both? Our feeling is that it's incumbent upon those with a platform to use it to provoke a different conversation about education and schooling at a moment where so many of the contexts for teaching and learning are shifting profoundly and quickly. While there is no question that the teaching profession is under assault from all sides, and we need to support and affirm the profession every chance we get, we also have to come to terms with the fact that the value of the school and teacher is changing and that now is the time to discuss what "the right thing to do" is in a modern context. Don't forget to head on over to iTunes to give us a review, and tell your friends. Next week, look for a Facebook Live Podcast session with Scott Looney, the head of the Hawken School and the founder and board chair of the Mastery Transcript Consortium, a new effort to reimagine assessment in schools. Mark your calendars! When: Wednesday, December 19th at 3 pm Eastern. Where: Modern Learners Facebook Page And we've got some big plans for 2018! Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Doris interviews Sarah Swain, former Science and Entrepreneurship teacher at St. Anne's Belfield School in Virginia and the incoming Assistant Director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Hawken School. Sarah describes the integration of environmental science into her entrepreneurship course and entrepreneurial skills into her core science courses. They discuss the importance of students learning to identify problems, reflect and collaborate. 

In this episode, Doris speaks with Rachel Mullen, Upper School Spanish Teacher at Hawken School. Rachel shares how her students advanced their Spanish communications, cultural awareness, and collaboration skills by working on a creative project for a multicultural marketing agency.

Can a group of independent schools get colleges to accept a new kind of transcript without grades? In this episode, Doris speaks with Scott Looney, Founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium and Head of Hawken School. Scott discusses an initiative to bring important change to the college admissions process.

Doris speaks with Anna Delia. She is the Middle School Asst. Director and Science Teacher at Hawken School, a K12 independent school in Cleveland, Ohio. Anna shares how her middle school science students gain skills and knowledge by creating Biomimcry solutions to real problems. She also shares how her students are developing character and leadership skills by solving problems in their school community. 

I really enjoy speaking to people about the changes and shifts taking place in education today.  There are a host of early adopters out there trying and succeeding at bringing contemporary learning ideas more suitable for today's world.Doris Korda is one of them.Doris is the associate head at Hawken School in Ohio, USA. She leads the Hawken Entrepreneurial Studies program designed to change how students think, solve problems  and learn.After a quick overview, we start out talking a lot about a tea shop and how it becomes a teachable and scaffolding moment for students. It makes more sense once you hear about it.Doris also shares her incredible outreach efforts as she continues to share and spread how to develop entrepreneurial studies in any school.Doris is a featured speaker at the Global Education Leadership Summit in Bangkok this coming April.  For more information, head to the summit website: GELS.AsiaBioPrior to her 20 years as an educator, Doris spent 15 years in the software industry building out products and businesses from raw technology. Doris left business to become an educator, and is currently number two at Hawken School, where Doris designed and directs Hawken's Entrepreneurial Studies programConnect @DorisKorda

Doris talks with Renee Bischoff, Director of College Counseling at the Hawken School. Renee shares insights on the impact the entrepreneurship program has had on students, including their personal and academic growth as well as their readiness for college.

Alison Tanker explains the path that led her to the Assistant Director position at the Miller Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at Hawken School. She explains how she discovered that entrepreneurship can be empowering while working with social enterprises in the United States, the U.K., Latin America and the Caribbean.

Tim Desmond explains the path that led him to the Assistant Director position at the Miller Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at Hawken School. He explains how being a risk-taker and divergent thinker led to his epiphany of “learning by doing.” Tim discusses the role of writing in the class and how he strives to improve students’ communication skills in a changed world.

Doris describes the Entrepreneurial Studies class offered at Hawken School. She explains the role of real business problems in addition to the “final project” and how this highly developed curriculum fosters real-world skills in students.