Agents of Impact

Empower students to take charge of their learning and make a meaningful impact. This resource emphasizes the importance of student agency, highlighting how schools can help students recognize their potential, set goals, and create lasting change in their lives and communities. It advocates for education reform that focuses on student-centered learning and purpose in an ever-evolving world.Readers will:Validate students potential and capability with increased autonomy in their own learningBuild networks between schools and families to support student learning and belongingEncourage active pursuit or creation of opportunities to nurture student interests and aimsTrain students in ethical considerations and applications of AI technologyEmpower students with greater self-confidence in their search for purpose and belongingContents:IntroductionChapter 1: Scale of ImpactInterlude I: Time, Energy, and the Promissory Note of SchoolChapter 2: What Students Need to Make an ImpactInterlude II: Impact, Motivation, and the Illusion of Deferred ImpactChapter 3: The Exercise of AgencyInterlude III: Impact, Agency, and PurposeChapter 4: Schools, Families, and Policy as Contexts for Student AgencyInterlude IV: Freedom From Systemic LimitsChapter 5: Opportunity FindingInterlude V: Risk Taking, Opportunity Finding, Agency, and CreativityChapter 6: Promising Approaches to Prepare Students to Make an ImpactInterlude VI: Uncertainty and Struggle as Catalysts for Curiosity and CreativityChapter 7: Impact in the Age of AIInterlude VII: Conformity, Technology, and Ethical ConsiderationsEpilogueReferences and ResourcesIndex