Exploration/

Prototype

Charge

Impact

Alternative School
Year Calendar (2012
- 2013)

Time is one of our most precious

and limited resources. Evaluate
the use of time in school.

Implemented a research-based calendar to

support student learning.
Created an Intersession prototype
http://www.asbintersessions.org
Researched and developed a new model of PD
for schools of the future.

Building a Maker
Culture (2013 present)

Explore the Maker Movement and

maker culture and how they may
support self-directed learning.

Developing insights into how to engage

parents and students in growing a maker
mindset
Developing making and tinkering spaces
across the school
Providing Professional learning support to
teachers as they explore integration of making
into their teaching.

Design Thinking
(2013 - present)

Elementary School
Day 9 Prototype
(2013 - 2014)

As a process for innovation,

creating, making, and problem
solving, how might Design Thinking
impact teaching and learning?

Created ASBs first student led Global Social

Entrepreneurship Summit

What if we created a new day of

school for Elementary School
Students? (The school has an
eight-day schedule; Day 9 was a
different day)

K-5 students experienced a high degree of

enthusiasm, engagement, and collaboration
during learning through day-long inquiry
projects.

Core component of Middle School Day 9

Prototype

Teachers developed professionally around:

project-based learning, teaching multi-age
groups of students, leveraging choice to
increase motivation for learning
Creation of a Middle School Day 9 Prototype
bit.ly/MSDay9

Middle School Day 9

Prototype or Studio
6 (2013 - present)

What if we created a new day of

school for Middle School
Students?

Middle School students ascribed high value to

knowledge and skills learned during week-long
inquiry projects
Middle School students reported high value of
learning through creating and making
Learning value resulted in increased duration
of prototype (from 2 days to 1 week)

Library 3.0 (2012)

There is an ongoing revolution in

the ways information is created,
shared, and stored. This has

Change in role of the librarian - from curator

of books to Information Literacy Coach

disrupted the conception of what

a library is. Re-design Library for
the future at ASB.

Design of library space - comfortable, flexible,

and adaptable venues for inviting sustained
learning engagement.
Moved from moderated access to open access
& greatly increased circulation

Mobile
Learning (2012 present)

Online/Blended
Learning (2011 2012)

The growth and potential of the

use of mobile devices (such as
tablets and smartphones) to
support learning cannot be
ignored. Study the potential for
mobile devices to impact teaching
and learning at ASB.

Educators actively and reflectively seeking

how best to use mobile devices to support
teaching and learning.

Offerings of online and blended

learning courses are increasing at a
rapid pace. Investigate how online
and blended learning might impact
student learning at ASB.

ASB High School Students can choose electives

from 40 online courses offered
http://www.asbacademy.org

Developing data visualization tools to better

understand impact of mobile devices

Students have access to courses they would

not otherwise have access to, e.g. forensic
science, entrepreneurship, American signlanguage
Students are gaining skills for learning
successfully online.

Parent R&D (2012 present)

Partnering with parents to R&D

catalyze relevant teaching and
learning approaches, practices,
and systems.

Parents are engaged as partners in sustained

innovation
Parents are engaged as hands-on catalysts for
innovative change initiatives
Creation of The Parent Learning Academy
(PLA) http://www.asbpla.org

Project-Based
Learning (2011 2014)

Study, prototype, research and

create a PBL Model for ASB.

Development of a PBL Model for ASB

Developed skill and capacity for teaching PBL
at ASB
Gathered insight into what catalyzes
successful PBL at ASB http://bit.ly/pblreport

R&D Book-sharing
(Ongoing)

Operating on the belief that books

change minds, lives, organizations,
and the world, R&D curates a vast
sharing library of texts to inform
and inspire.

Sharing hundreds of texts with hundreds of

community members based on their interests
and pursuits.
Contributing to a culture of learning, openness
to change, and questioning the status quo of
school.