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NESA 2025 LEARNING FUTURES SUMMIT, ACS ATHENS, GREECE

April 5 - 6, 2025

VIEW ADVANCED ADAPTIVE SCHOOLS SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 5

8:00-9:00	PICK UP LFS25 MATERIALS – American Community Schools of Athens campus
9:00-10:30	PLENARY SESSION Sponsored by iSAMS Welcome & Introductions Engagement Keynote: ELLEN MAHONEY, "Civic Spaces, Social Capital, and the Future of Democracy: The Role of Schools"
10:30-11:00	COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by Wilkes University
11:00-1:00	2-HOUR SPECIALIST WORKSHOPS #1 Choice of four specialist workshops Schools Where I Belong – Raising academic achievement (repeated on Day 2): DIMITRY ANSELME & JOCELYN STANTON From Classroom to Catalyst – Educators reimagined: COLLEEN BRODERICK (Colleen will present a different workshop on Day 2) Rehumanizing Assessment – Gathering evidence of learning through storytelling (repeated at 2:00pm): TOM SCHIMMER & NATALIE VARDABASSO Media in the Wild: Where Ecology Meets Media (repeated at 2:00pm): IVY YAN, JOHN PAPADAKIS & ABRIL SOEWARSO-RIVERA
1:00-2:00	LUNCH Sponsored by SUNY Buffalo State
2:00-3:00	2-HOUR SPECIALIST WORKSHOPS #2 Choice of four specialist workshops (two repeated from the morning; two repeated on Day 2) Empowering Hope – How to teach climate change and other global crises in ways that heal student—and teacher—eco-anxiety (repeated Day 2): ELIN KELSEY AI Literacy – Getting ahead of the hype (repeated Day 2): FIONA REYNOLDS Rehumanizing Assessment – Gathering evidence of learning through storytelling (repeated from morning): TOM SCHIMMER & NATALIE VARDABASSO Media in the Wild: Where Ecology Meets Media (repeated from morning): IVY YAN, JOHN PAPADAKIS & ABRIL SOEWARSO-RIVERA
3:00-3:30	COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by Endicott International
3:30-4:30	SPECIALIST WORKSHOPS #2, continued …
6:30	SOCIAL SOIREE Sponsored by i-Ready by Curriculum Associates Royal Olympic Hotel – refreshments & heavy hors d'oeuvres/appetizers.

Sunday, April 6

8:30-9:30	INTERACTIVE PLENARY SESSION – Premier of NESA film on Regenerative Schools
9:30-10:30	INNOVATION & LEARNING SESSION [learn more] Grab a coffee and snack, then build connections and share insights from the field with our NESA Exhibitor Learning Partners.
10:30-12:30	2-HOUR SPECIALIST WORKSHOPS #3 Choice of four specialist workshops, repeated from Day 1 Schools Where I Belong – Raising academic achievement: DIMITRY ANSELME & JOCELYN STANTON Leadership on the Edge: Mapping Your Growth: COLLEEN BRODERICK Empowering Hope – How to teach climate change and other global crises in ways that heal student—and teacher—eco-anxiety: ELIN KELSEY AI Literacy – Getting ahead of the hype: FIONA REYNOLDS
12:30-1:30	LUNCH – provided by NESA
1:30-2:30	SHARE THE JOURNEY WORKSHOPS – Explore the workshops Presented by NESA School Educators Future-Ready Teaching – Leveraging AI for Holistic Education (all grades): RAAZIA ALI Fostering Student Agency with Real-World PBL Projects (Gr. 3-12): TASNEEM FEROZ BABRAWALA Building Conscious Citizens – SEL Strategies to Teach Life Skills (Gr. K-5): VICKI KLIMOU, ILIANA ELEFTHERIOU, ATHENA STAVROPOULOS Igniting Conscious Citizenship – Empowering Students Through Positive Psychology (all grades): EIMEAR McDAID Building Digital Classroom Communities Rooted in Empathy (Gr. K-5): VICTORIA MORRILL Empowering the Minds – Cultivating Critical Thinkers for a Better World (Gr. 6-12): TONYA PAUL
2:30-2:45	– transition time –
2:45-3:30	CLOSING PLENARY – Keynote: ELLEN MAHONEY, "Sharing our Learning; Reflection and Takeaways"

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