MICROSOCIETY’s 18th Annual National Conference for Real World Learning: Early Connections to College and Career Readiness

Location:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida with special interactive sessions at Lyons Creek Middle School

Who Should Attend?
School and after school administrators, district administrators, policymakers and practitioners who seek real world contexts for applied learning as a strategy to prepare career and college ready students.

Why Attend?
High achieving nations increasingly emphasize that students should be able to demonstrate learning through application in authentic contexts. This is the core of MicroSociety learning environments.

“MicroSociety is an example of applying real learning theory – that we understand to work in the real world – to kid’s lives. It’s authentic. It’s real…That’s what we want.”

Through large and small group workshops, you will learn the latest cutting edge best practices including:

• Providing real world opportunities for students to innovate, problem solve and work cooperatively
• Accelerating college and career readiness by connecting the world of work to learning
• Engaging after school and extended day strategies that align with school curriculum
• Embedding 21st century skills into daily teaching and learning practices
• Creating a school climate where teachers teach less and students learn more
• Fashioning essential questions that encourage students to apply what they’ve learned to new problems and new situations
• Assessing demonstrations of learning applied in authentic contexts
• Emphasizing interdisciplinary student work that requires research, analysis, application, production and self assessment
• Powerful structures for working together as professionals in a 21st Century learning community

Where are Events?
Interactive conference sessions will be held on the campus of Lyons Creek Middle School, in Coconut Creek.  With a population of 2,200 students, and larger than some towns, this school holds the record for the largest MicroSociety site.

The George Awards Gala will be held at 5:30 Tuesday evening, June 29th at the Boca Dunes Country Club, Boca Raton.  Bring your party attire and come celebrate your successes.

The Conference Site
This year’s conference site is The Coral Springs Marriott, just 10-15 minutes from Lyons Creek Middle School. 

REGISTER TODAY!
After April 15:  $475.

New to Micro?
If you are new to MicroSociety, you may qualify for a major price reduction! Please click here to inquire and find out how.