Podcast appearances and mentions of scott looney

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.

When Boise resident Scott Looney found himself divorced after 16 years of marriage, he was adrift spiritually and emotionally and through spontaneous travel and unexpected friendships he was able to reset his life.

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

A few days before schools closed and social distancing began, we spoke with Stacy Caldwell, CEO of the Mastery Transcript Consortium. She shared a lot of good news about how quickly and successfully colleges have accepted the Mastery Transcript. She also spoke about how the Mastery Transcript meets the moment when high schools are shifting approaches to focus on enduring skills, habits, and content knowledge.

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...

Dave Monaco speaks with Scott Looney of the Mastery Transcript Consortium about creating a high school transcript that reflects the unique skills, strengths, and interests of each learner. http://mastery.org/about/about-us/

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!

  The Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC) is a group of over 150 private schools that have coalesced around an idea that our current model of grading students is not only outdated, but harmful to their development.... The post Episode 21: Scott Looney on the Mastery Transcript appeared first on The Crush.

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.