Nikki’s Q/C Presentation
S301 and ESR Connection
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR)
• ESR is a national non-profit organization founded in 1982. ESR works directly with educators to implement systemic practices that create safe, caring, and equitable schools so that all young people succeed in school and life, and help shape a safe, democratic, and just world.
3.12.08 Holly’s Q/C Share• Stress and the idea
that a protective adult role can help prevent toxic stress from developing
• Relationships are key
• Advisor?
The History of Advisory• Turning Points 1989 suggests, “Every student
should be well known by at least one adult”• Turning Points 2000 states, “Among youth at
risk…the most important school factor for fostering resilience… may be the availability of at least one caring responsible adult who can function as a mentor”
-- The Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development
The Advisory Puzzle• Goals and Outcomes• Grouping• Content,Themes,
Formats• Schedule• Advisor’s role &
expectations• PD• Accountability• Linking Advisory• Materials & Resources
Safety• Adolescents learn best when they have
a sense of community and connection, when they feel heard and known, when they feel safe enough to take risks (Lieber)
• In this safe space, couldn’t students’ imaginations thrive?
3.17.08
• Arts + Advisory = ARTVISORY
3.17.08 Michael Armstrong• What would a school look like if imagination
were placed at its center?• Curriculum should be non-prescriptive, open-
ended, interdisciplinary• A teacher should follow the imaginative lead
of his students• Assessment would come from documentation
(analyzing, examining)• Imaginative work needs a public space
3.17.08 Michael Armstrong“School is a place where values and
knowledge are developed and exchanged”
• Students create the school culture• Students should be able to participate in
the development of knowledge• Students should be able to participate in
the construction of values
Artvisory• Small groups of students would be assigned an
“artvisor” • Teachers, administrators, school staff would all
be responsible for an artvisory• Students would be able to decide** what
artvisories study• Artvisors would specifically address imagination• Artvisories would produce and share
imaginative work all over the school building and in the community, helping to shape culture
???• How much training/coaxing would artvisors
need to feel comfortable and safe themselves?• Would this impact school culture effectively?• How could we ensure buy-in? From
stakeholders? Students?• In the age of assessment, does documentation
fly at the HS level?• Would I want to be an artvisor? Would You?• Would I want to be an artvisee? You?
