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After School Enrichment programs

Satya GunampalliJan 25, 2013

Jan 25, 2013Learning redefined for knowledge age

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About Us

Learning2Innovate is an education startup to promote inquiry and project based learning in teams. Our programs aim to enable young minds to apply their knowledge to solve complex problems and innovate to succeed in life.

Our coaching methods foster kids to communicate, collaborate, think critically and create the new world they wish to live in. Knowledge age requires knowledge workers. What our schools teach today is no longer enough. Many repeatable & mundane jobs are being automated. Kids who learn to generate new ideas, work in teams and innovate will thrive in 21st century and solve complex global challenges.

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Key lessons from education and Brain research

Education research tells us schools need to be smaller, with more parent involvement and more personalized curricula. Brain research shows people learn by making sense of information, by connecting things, and by learning in a real context.

Learning theory asserts the value of hands-on experiences.

Developmental psychology says kids are fragile and must be nurtured by adult mentors to thrive. • - Source: http://metcenter.org/about-us/our-history/

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Natural curiosity drives Inquiry Based Learning (IBL)

Engagement & motivation to learn is driven by our own natural curiosity. Our coaching methods are designed to ignite young minds with questions that are interesting and motivating. This process connects information more meaningful way compared to teaching facts and processes in traditional class room. Research shows that when a learner is involved and engaged, they retain 80% of what they learn.

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From Foundations Book on IBL National Science Foundation

Children need to be nurtured to fully develop their abilities to become real thinkers—to puzzle through problems, to see multiple ways of finding solutions, to gather and weigh evidence, and to apply and test scientific ideas.

They need opportunities to experience the joy of discovery and develop scientific attitudes such as perseverance, risk taking, curiosity, and inventiveness. These skills of inquiry can ultimately equip children with the ability to function effectively as adults, both at work and in the everyday world.

- http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf99148/pdf/nsf99148.pdf

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Essential skills for 21st century

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CommunicationCollaboration and team workCritical thinking and problem solving

Creativity and innovation

Computational thinking

Cross cultural understanding


Question puzzling all of us

How can kids learn 21st century skills with 19th century education systems?


Challenges with public school systems

Designed for industrialized economy and assembly line model to “Process kids in batches”. Quote from Sir Ken Robinson –Source TED video.Over the years, we got obsessed with testing, which results in many teachers focusing on teach for the tests and not real learning.

Hands-on experiences and 1:1 personalized time are hard to implement with 25+ students in a class.

Capitalist competition attracts best talent away from low-paid teaching profession.

Public schools in US where 90% of the students attend provide no choice to parents and have no competition.

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Class room size is main challenge for a teacher to engage kids in smaller groups or at 1:1 level. It is not practical even for best teachers to personalize teaching. We all know that everyone’s learning style and pace is different.

School resources are dedicated to prove each class room is meeting standards and maximum possible students “PASS” the test.

As a society, we all are obsessed with GRADES and measuring performance of students through standardized tests, which are not designed to measure “True learning or application of knowledge.”

What public school teachers CANNOT do effectively?

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US education outcomes are pathetic.

70% graduate from High school, but few have really learnt much.

Only 1/3 of our high school students are truly college ready.

5% end up taking engineering in college compared to 20% in china.

Many students, even from best high schools struggle to meet expectations in college.


USA PISA ranking (OECD)17, 31, 23 (Reading, Math, Science)


Team based approach to promote 4C skills.

Our afterschool enrichment program works with kids in small teams (max 7) and focus on...• Inquiry and Project Based learning (IBL & PBL).• Real life examples and projects for relevance.• Learning by experimenting and observation in

teams.• Continuous research to support students &

teacher/coach.• Promoting Out-of-the-box thinking.• Cross Connecting information across the

disciplines.


Project Based Learning (PBL) done in teams enforces 21st century skills

Projects enable engagement & motivation. When done in small teams, it forces the kids to communicate, build on each other ideas and work together on a common task.

Teams using PBL are very interactive and learn to apply the knowledge and seek answers to many questions that arise during the project.

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Activities of mind that help create pathways for an innovative person


Enroll Elementary, middle school and high school students. Per month fee is ~$100. Same as Kumon or any other tutoring services.Each Team will have maximum of 7 students. Most learning will be team oriented using IBL & PBL best practices.Living room learning is preferred location. Small team size makes this possible and observation easier for coach (teacher)• Comfortable for all kids. • Cheaper for everyone and less travel needed.

Afterschool enrichment programs

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Why Afterschool programs are used by parents?

On average typical suburban family spends about $5k-8k on after school programs.

Hard to dedicate time for parents to teach and manage jobs.

Not all parents can teach well and understand online content.

Schools are not equipped to handle 21st century learning challenges.


Team activities every week (90 min)

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Reflect on how everyone did since last meeting and discuss ways to improve. Everything must be student centric. - 15 minutes.

Work on quarterly project – 45 minutes. Identify issues, plan and discuss . Assign tasks to be worked offline by everyone. Record the sessions to be used for final video on the project. Plan next week activities and offline work to be done by everyone.

In session challenge – 15 minutes. Discuss a topic that team will research and learn about at home

– 15 minutes.


Expected student engagement every week (about 2-3 hours, at Home)

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Think and research on project tasks that came up in team meetings. • Form different questions and reframe them.• Write down ideas for project to discuss with

the team.• Email the group for clarifications and

questions. • Sketch, draw or build any prototypes that will

help communicate ideas to team better.


Bloom’s Taxonomy


Bloom learning levels

Bloom identified six levels within the cognitive domain. He effectively broke thinking down into different levels, each building on the previous one, from the most simple to the more abstract. Within this structure learning at the higher levels is dependent on having attained essential knowledge and skills at lower levels.

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Bloom Taxonomy explained

Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information? define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state

Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts? classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase

Applying: can the student use the information in a new way? choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.

Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts?appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.

Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision? appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate

Creating: can the student create new product or point of view? assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write.


Building right skills is easy when interest and passion is involved.

Our goal is to enable every kid reach all levels of Bloom Taxonomy on everything they are interested in and passionate about.


Inquiry learning process – 5E’s

Engage

Explore

Explain

Elaborate

Evaluate


Expectations from each teacher/coach

Manage about 10 teams ~ 60-70 students. Weekly hours on coaching = 10 * 1.5 = 15 hours.• Emails/Phone to answer questions = 2

hours• Customize the content for each team = 5

hours• collaborating with other teachers = 2

hoursTotal Time per week = 24 hours.


Break down by academic year

Fall semester. 4 months. Sep-Dec.Winter Semester, Jan – May 5 months

Summer Programs - June – Aug


Team and individual competitions held twice a year.

All Day events to promote healthy competition and cross learning. • Project demos by teams.• Scientific challenges – team based.• Public speaking. - individual• Essay writing. – Individual.

Dec 15 – Dec 21 Saturday.

May 15 – June 1 Saturday.


Phase -1 promotionTowns to focus

Flower Mound/Lewisville Coppell/Irving Frisco Plano Richardson Highland Village

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