Professor of Educational Policy, Leadership, and Innovation in the School of Education
Reimagining Educational Innovation
What You'll Learn
- Explore leading methods of educational innovation.
- Analyze educational innovations across national contexts.
- Build local innovation teams to pursue new visions for educational access, quality, and equity.
8 Modules
32 Hours
4 hrs per module (approx.)
Rating
About Reimagining Educational Innovation
Reimagining Educational Innovation introduces local change agents to collaborative, continuous improvement – a locally grounded approach to innovation that empowers teachers, leaders, families, and community members to advance new ambitions for educational access, quality, and equity. Learners disrupt common conceptions of educational innovation as the exclusive province of policy, academic, and market actors, and explore how collaborative, continuous improvement empowers local innovators to address local educational opportunities, needs, and problems. Participate in a “virtual world tour” of collaborative, continuous improvement as enacted in diverse national contexts by teachers, family and community members, and school and system leaders, with guidance from leading researchers and support partners. Throughout, learners work systematically to construct a new, inclusive image of educational innovation in their local contexts anchored in norms of mutual respect, relational trust, and collective empowerment.
Skills You'll Gain
- Collaboration
- Community Advocacy
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
- Leadership
- Policy Analysis
What You'll Earn
- Certificate of Completion:
- Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Welcome Message
Welcome to Reimagining Educational Innovation, part of the Transforming Education in an Interconnected World series. This course invites learners to rethink educational roles, routines, and leadership while designing innovative approaches that advance access, equity, and quality in education.
This abbreviated syllabus description was created with the help of AI tools and reviewed by staff. The full syllabus is available to those who enroll in the course.
Course Schedule
Module 1: Course Kickoff
- Reading: 1.1. Welcome to the Course Kickoff!
- Reading: 2.1. Course Overview
- Reading: 2.2. Meet Your Instructor
- Video: 2.3. A Personal Welcome
- Reading: 3.1. Join the Course Community
- Reading: 3.2. Join the Transforming Education Community
- Reading: 4.1. Download the Study Guide
- Reading: 4.2. What’s New in Course 2
- Reading: 4.3. Complete the CAI Pre-Course Survey
- Reading: 5.1. We’re Here for You!
- Video: 5.2. A Friendly Visit with Prof. Peurach
- Reading: 6.1. Our Colleagues in Transforming Education
Module 2: 1. Foundation Principles
- Reading: 1.1. Overview
- Reading: 1.2. Objective and Pre-Lesson Reflection
- Reading: 2.1. Presentation Overview
- Video: 2.2. Innovation as Revered in Broader Culture
- Video: 2.3. Innovation as Experienced in Education
- Video: 2.4. An "Innovation in Innovation"
- Video: 2.5. Collaborative, Continuous Improvement
- Reading: 3.1. Enrichment Overview
- Reading: 3.2. Research Perspectives: Prof. Louis Gomez
- Video: 3.3. A Conversation with Prof. Gomez
- Reading: 3.4. The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research
- Reading: 4.1. Reflection Overview
- Reading: 4.2. Revisiting and Reviewing
- Reading: 4.3. Clarifying and Contributing
- Reading: 4.4. Reconsidering
- Reading: 5.1. Community Engagement Overview
- App Item: 5.2 Gallery Walk - Introductions and Welcome
- Reading: 5.3. Join the Community Forum
- Reading: 6.1. Summarizing and Synthesizing Overview
- Reading: 6.2. Consolidating Your Learning
- Reading: 6.3. Building Local Community
- Reading: 6.4. Thank you!
- Reading: 7.1. Overview – Course Participants & Leaders
- Reading: 7*.1. Overview – Course Leaders
- Graded: 7.2. Lesson 1 Assignment – Course Participants & Leaders
- Graded: 7.*2. Lesson 1 Assignment – Course Leaders
Module 3: 2. Fundamental Routine
- Reading: 1.1. Overview
- Reading: 1.2. Objective and Pre-Lesson Reflection
- Reading: 2.1. Presentation Overview
- Video: 2.2. Conceptualizing "Routines"
- Video: 2.3. Innovation as Routine: Common Conceptions
- Video: 2.4. Innovation as Routine: The PDSA Cycle
- Video: 2.5. Empowerment through Routine
- Reading: 3.1.Enrichment Overview
- Reading: 3.2. Research Perspectives: Prof. Joshua Glazer
- Video: 3.3 A Conversation with Prof. Glazer
- Reading: 3.4. Additional References
- Reading: 4.1. Reflection Overview
- Reading: 4.2. Reviewing and Revisitng
- Reading: 4.3. Clarifying and Contributing
- Reading: 4.4 Reconsidering
- Reading: 5.1. Community Engagement Overview
- Reading: 5.2. Collegial Learning Challenge – Connecting
- App Item: 5.3. Gallery Walk
- Reading: 5.4. A Community Forum
- Reading: 6.1. Summarizing and Synthesizing Overview
- Reading: 6.2. Consolidating Your Learning
- Reading: 6.3. Building Local Community
- Reading: 6.4. Taking Stock
- Reading: 7.1. Overview – Course Participants & Leaders
- Reading: 7*.1 Overview - Course Leaders
- Graded: 7.2. Lesson 2 Assignment – Course Participants & Leaders
- Graded: 7*.2. Lesson 2 Assignment – Course Leaders
Module 4: 3. Reimagining Teachers
- Reading: 1.1. Overview
- Reading: 1.2. Objective and Pre-Lesson Reflection
- Reading: 2.1. Presentation Overview
- Video: 2.2. Preparations – Assuming the Identity of an Ambassador
- Video: 2.3. Foundations – Mutual Awareness and Relational Trust
- Video: 2.4. Orienting: Instruction
- Reading: 2.5. The Lesson Study Group
- Reading: 2.6. Research Perspectives: Dr. Catherine Lewis
- Video: 2.7. A Conversation with Dr. Catherine Lewis
- Reading: 3.1. Enrichment Overview
- Reading: 3.2. Un Buen Comienzo
- Reading: 3.3. Continuing to Reimagine Teachers as Innovators
- Reading: 4.1. Reflection Overview
- Reading: 4.2. Revisiting and Reviewing
- Reading: 4.3. Clarifying and Contributing
- Reading: 4.4. Reconsidering
- Reading: 5.1. Community Engagement Overview
- Reading: 5.2. Collegial Learning Challenge
- App Item: 5.3 Gallery Walk
- Reading: 5.4. Community Forum
- Reading: 6.1. Summarizing and Synthesizing Overview
- Reading: 6.2. Consolidating Your Learning
- Reading: 6.3. Building Local Community
- Reading: 6.4. Taking Stock
- Reading: 7.1. Overview – Course Participants & Leaders
- Reading: 7*.1. Overview – Course Leaders
- Graded: 7.2. Lesson 3 Assignment – Course Participants & Leaders
- Graded: 7*.2. Lesson 3 Assignment – Course Leaders
Module 5: 4. Reimagining Families
- Reading: 1.1. Overview
- Reading: 1.2. Objective and Pre-Lesson Reflection
- Reading: 2.1. Presentation Overview
- Video: 2.2. Orienting: Symbiotic Relationships
- Video: 2.3. Orienting: Challenging Relationships
- Reading: 2.4. Collaborative, Continuous Improvement in the Family Leadership Design Collaborative
- Reading: 2.5. Research Perspectives: Prof. Ann Ishimaru
- Video: 2.6. A Conversation with Prof. Ann Ishimaru
- Reading: 3.1. Enrichment Overview
- Reading: 3.2. Collaborative, Continuous Improvement in British Columbia, Canada
- Reading: 3.3. Continuing to Reimagine Families and Communities as Innovators
- Reading: 4.1. Reflection Overview
- Reading: 4.2. Revisiting and Reviewing
- Reading: 4.3. Clarifying and Contributing
- Reading: 4.4. Reconsidering
- Reading: 5.1. Community Engagement Overview
- Reading: 5.2. Collegial Learning Challenge
- App Item: 5.3. Gallery Walk
- Reading: 5.4. Community Forum
- Reading: 6.1. Summarizing and Synthesizing Overview
- Reading: 6.2. Consolidating Your Learning
- Reading: 6.3. Building Local Community
- Reading: 6.4. Taking Stock
- Reading: 7.1. Overview – Course Participants & Leaders
- Reading: 7*.1. Overview – Course Leaders
- Graded: 7.2. Lesson 4 Assignment – Course Participants & Leaders
- Graded: 7*.2. Lesson 4 Assignment – Course Leaders
Module 6: 5. Reimagining Leaders
- Reading: 1.1. Overview
- Reading: 1.2. Objective and Pre-Lesson Reflection
- Reading: 2.1. Presentation Overview
- Video: 2.2. Orienting: Leadership in Broader Culture
- Video: 2.3. Orienting: Leadership in Local Educational Contexts
- Reading: 2.4. Collaborative, Continuous Improvement in CVNIC
- Reading: 2.5. Leadership Perspectives: Mrs. Stephanie Verners
- Video: 2.6. A Conversation with Mrs. Stephanie Verners
- Reading: 3.1. Enrichment Overview
- Video: 3.2. Research Perspectives: Prof. Freda Woflenden
- Video: 3.3. Research Perspectives: Prof. Hunada Kanbar
- Video: 3.4. Research Perspectives: Dr. Pauline Taylor-Guy
- Video: 3.5. Research Perspectives: Prof. Toby Greany
- Reading: 3.6. Continuing to Reimagine School and System Leaders as Innovators
- Reading: 4.1. Reflection Overview
- Reading: 4.2. Revisiting and Reviewing
- Reading: 4.3. Clarifying and Contributing
- Reading: 4.4. Reconsidering
- Reading: 5.1. Community Engagement Overview
- Reading: 5.2. Collegial Learning Challenge
- App Item: 5.3. Gallery Walk
- Reading: 5.4. Community Forum
- Reading: 6.1. Summarizing and Synthesizing Overview
- Reading: 6.2. Consolidating Your Learning
- Reading: 6.3. Building Local Community
- Reading: 6.4. Taking Stock
- Reading: 7.1. Overview – Course Participants & Leaders
- Reading: 7*.1. Overview – Course Leaders
- Graded: 7.2. Lesson 5 Assignment – Course Participants & Leaders
- Graded: 7*.2. Lesson 5 Assignment – Course Leaders
Module 7: 6. Reimagining Yourself
- Reading: 1.1. Overview
- Reading: 1.2. Objective and Pre-Lesson Reflection
- Reading: 2.1. Presentation Overview
- Video: 2.2. Appreciating Yourself
- Video: 2.3. Others, Appreciating You
- Reading: 2.4. The Reflected Best Self Exercise
- Reading: 2.5. Research Perspectives: Prof. Gretchen Spreitzer
- Video: 2.6. A Conversation with Prof. Gretchen Spreitzer
- Reading: 3.1. Enrichment Overview
- Reading: 3.2. Reflections on the Reflected Best Self Exercise
- Reading: 3.3. Continuing to Reimagine Yourself as an Innovator
- Reading: 4.1. Reflection Overview
- Reading: 4.2. Revisiting and Reviewing
- Reading: 4.3. Clarifying and Contributing
- Reading: 4.4. Enacting and Summarizing
- Reading: 4.5. Reflecting and Reconsidering
- Reading: 5.1. Community Engagement Overview
- Reading: 5.2. Collegial Learning Challenge
- App Item: 5.3. Gallery Walk
- Reading: 5.4. Community Forum
- Reading: 6.1. Summarizing and Synthesizing Overview
- Reading: 6.2. Consolidating Your Learning
- Reading: 6.3. Appreciating Your Learning
- Reading: 6.4. Building Local Community
- Reading: 6.5. Taking Stock
- Reading: 7.1. Overview – Course Participants & Leaders
- Reading: 7*.1. Overview – Course Leaders
- Graded: 7.2. Lesson 6 Assignment – Course Participants & Leaders
- Graded: 7*.2. Lesson 6 Assignment – Course Leaders
Module 8. Course Wrap Up
- Reading: 1.1. Congratulations!
- App Item: 1.2. Celebrate Your Success!
- Video: 1.3. An Informal "Thank You" from Prof. Peurach
- Reading: 1.4. An Official "Thank You" from Our Entire Team!
- Reading: 1.5. CAI End-of-Course Survey
Grading Policy
Learners must complete all graded lesson assignments, with each of the assessments worth approximately 16% of their final grade. There are also a number of Honors Assignments that are optional for earning an honors distinction in the course.
Beginner Level
No prior experience required
