The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
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Agency in Action: Inside and Outside the Classroom: Session Two
Agency in Action:
Inside and Outside the Classroom
Facilitated by
Adam Marcotte
Central Lakes College
2016 Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educator of the Year
This NED Excellence in Teaching Series installment will investigate the core elements of agency for us and for our students, and it will look for ways to bring capacity-building into our spaces more often. The first session will focus on defining and identifying the various elements of agency, and the second session will be about brainstorming and refining practical ideas for educators, administrators, and staff. Participants will want to attend both days.
Workshop experiences will be participatory and rely on our collective experiences and knowledge. Additionally, we’ll use writing, art, show and share exercises, and breakout rooms to ensure everyone gets a voice and we can—together—develop activities and actions to take home with us. All educators are invited.
Outcomes
By the end of the two 90-minute sessions participants will be able to:
- Define “agency” and discuss its various components
- Share examples from personal and professional experiences that grow agency
- Identify methods to assess agency for ourselves and our students
- Share and identify the principles of agency in the contemporary classroom
- Discuss how agency can be used to meet course objectives, certifications, licensures, etc.
- Invent new lessons, initiatives, and conversations for future activities
Agency in Action: Inside and Outside the Classroom
Session Two
February 18, 2025 @ 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
During the second session, we will start our discussion with the assignment from the first day. Then, we will translate “agency” from a concept to a possible educational standard. We’ll need to address questions like:
- How do we create lessons focused on developing “agency?”
- How do we assess it?
- How will it manifest in discipline-specific classrooms, especially when we have so many other things to accomplish?
- What role can it play in institutional documents (e.g. mission statements, department reviews, budget allocations, strategic plans) in order to support our work in the classroom?
Ultimately, if we decide that “agency” matters, then it requires that we tap into our professional skills and find ways to imbed it into our students’ experiences. This final session will end with tangible outcomes for our classrooms and, hopefully, a better experience for our students.
RSVP Required
Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent Enrollment instructors are also welcome to join.
After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to your calendar.
Accommodations: If you require accommodations (live captioning, etc.) to participate in this event, please send an email to the person at the bottom of this page.
Questions?
Contact facilitator Adam Marcotte.
