Our Innovation Pathways Solution OESIS Gold membership now includes do-it-yourself faculty professional development pathways in CBE, PBL and SEL on your school’s customized OESIS-XP portal on Canvas. Each pathway features milestones that include relevant videos, articles and other resources to introduce teachers to innovative pedagogy. Combining CBE, PBL and SEL strategies enhances student agency and outcomes. “Our Pathways can be done by teachers on their own or with a designated OESIS Network Leader to help them. Each Pathway takes eight to 10 hours of work and includes readings, videos, and assignments with lots of choice,” said OESIS President Sanje Ratnavale.
Register for June 2020 cohorts for unit feedback OESIS members who want to receive feedback from our national faculty on the CBE, PBL & SEL units they are developing may register for a summer cohort pathway ($100 intro; $150 Levels 1,2 or 3; or a Department PBL Cohort ($399 per person with a minimum of 5).
Ask about Portfolium Student Pilots OESIS Platinum members also have an assessment module where teachers can build customizable skill pathways based on performance requirements and milestones. Recognition of mastery, growth or excellence is based on school-defined rubrics, competencies, skills or standards and rewarded with badges or (mastery) credits towards pre-requisites. OESIS also offers its Platinum members student ePortfolios that document credentials earned in the mastery assessment platform. The ePortfolio is a student-controlled private lifelong collaborative repository of their learning journey (and for parents with children under age 13). Both the ePortfolio and the assessment/recognition solutions sync with many school’s student information and learning management systems.
OESIS-XP Video Library
OESIS members may watch trailers and entire videos in our OESIS-XP Professional Development & Collaboration portal. Below are a few samples of our trailer playlists.
Watch the following video trailer & read these testimonials to learn more about OESIS Faculty Professional Development Cohort Pathways.
What teachers are saying ... Gene Cassidy, a History teacher, at Miss Porter’s School (CT) who did a CBE Pathway: “Thanks to this Intro CBE Pathway, my thinking in terms of assessment has changed in the largest meta-sense by getting me to think hard about the “threshold concepts” in my discipline of history... Stripping down content to the most central pieces and then thinking hard about how my assessments relate to what I want my learning outcomes to be has resulted in me feeling far less guilty about the things that I am not teaching and far happier about the things that I am. Looking forward to the Level 1 CBE Pathway, I hope to gain more practical approaches toward shaping my curriculum to better suit the notion of competencies.” Jason Kern, Assistant Head of School for Innovation and Learning, at All Saint’s Episcopal School (TX), who has conducted Virtual PD Days: “This approach was so successful that the Last Friday Scrum Team (which is a team comprised of faculty and staff that plans All Saint’s professional learning time) conducted a Virtual Last Friday again in February. “Our goal is to show the value of online learning as a piece of our teachers’ overall professional learning. We have seen that dedicating one of our Last Fridays to virtual learning has led to further online experiences by the teachers to continue their learning,” Jason shared. “On our inservice day after spring break teachers will get together in their divisional meetings to reflect and share what they have learned through the OESIS-XP platform.” Sarrina Wood, Teacher, Flint Hill School (VA) “As someone who went to the Napa Buck Institute PBL conference, I feel like this Cohort helped me go from an introduction in PBL to a full dive. The Napa Conference was phenomenal in explaining PBL to me, and I got a crash course, but this course truly walked me through developing and implementing PBL. I have a full plan for a full unit now: exemplars, a calendar, a grading rubric— the whole nine yards. Additionally, I have colleagues who are doing the unit with me and are so excited to use the ready-to-use materials. This course has also given me the confidence to design more units on my own by following this format and mindset. This was truly a valuable experience.”
Pathways are the gateway to faculty and student competency-based assessment, credentialing, & ePortfolios Each OESIS Pathway has four different levels, each requiring a minimum of eight hours of work. The PD experience can be more immersive if the faculty member takes a deeper dive into the content. All Pathways have submissions and multiple reviewer options. Pathways leverage our significant subject level and division specific content in OESIS-XP.
I NTRODUCTORY LEVEL PATHWAY This Pathway provides a series of 6-8 milestones of readings, videos and reflections that are estimated to take 8-10 hours to complete. It will provide the educator with a good understanding of the pedagogical or curricular domain including exposure to content relevant to them in their specific department or division. EVEL 1 PATHWAY: PLANNING First Year with Master Mentor L This Pathway requires the Introductory level Badge as a pre-requisite or school senior admin approval. For the teacher(s) who is ready to do the planning and preparation, this pathway provides a series of tasks as well as deeper content exploration. Akin to a Cohort, this Level 1 is done as a group of teachers with group discussions and peer review expected. It also includes live check-ins with Pathway evaluators. LEVEL 2 PATHWAY: PRACTITIONER Post Year One This Pathway is for those who have generally completed Level 1 with at least 1 year’s experience. It will require a reflection and analysis of performance and plans for improvement and change. Again akin to a Cohort this level is done as a Group with peer feedback and includes live discussion with the Pathway evaluators.
LEVEL 3 PATHWAY: MASTER CREDENTIAL This Pathway is primarily a series of peer collaboration and review steps of a teacher who has two or three years experience in a domain. It includes presentation of their work, analysis and research behind practice and outcomes.
Faculty who successfully complete OESIS Network Verified Pathways will earn digital badges. Cost: $100 introductory pathway; and $150 for each Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 Pathway. Email joel.backon@oesisgroup.com to register.
Below is a screenshot of an OESIS-XP Video Library index page.
Below are screenshots from the OESIS-XP Video Library index pages.
Faculty PD Pathway Leadership A teacher since 1991, Tara Quigley has been serving as the Director of Miss Fine’s Center for Interdisciplinary Studies since 2014. She is dedicated to educating and empowering teachers to try new pedagogical practices and strategies, including: design thinking, PBL, inquiry research,Visible Thinking, and teaching towards mastery of skills and competencies. She is also a co-chair of the Academic Affairs Committee at Princeton Day School where she has been for 18 years. As an OESIS Network Leader and PBL cohort facilitator, Tara frequently shares her process and experiences with her colleagues at peer schools and at national conferences.
Joel Backon joined OESIS July 2019 as Vice President. He partners with progressive independent schools in our network to develop programs and resources to foster school academic and co-curricular achievements, as well as faculty professional development.
Joel Backon Vice President OESIS Group
Joel comes from Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) where he has held key roles in Information Technology, Academic Technology, as classroom teacher, curriculum designer, and in academic and student life advising for 27 years. He has been an OESIS Network Leader since 2015.
Tara Quigley Director of Miss Fine’s Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and 6th Grade Humanities Teacher, Princeton Day School (NJ)
OESIS Network Leaders: Designing, Advising & Assessing Pathways History
Modeling & Science
Debbie Ayers Upper School Asst. Director, Academic Dean & History Teacher Flint Hill School (VA)
Megan Bartley, formerly Science Department Chair, Milken School (CA); now Science Teacher in Michigan Public Schools
STEM
SEL
Simon Huss STEAM Director Windward School (CA)
Cherilyn Leet Assistant Director of Education Six Seconds 6seconds.org
Graig Marx Science Department Chair Winchester Thurston School (PA)
Andrew Miller Instructional Coach Shanghai American School (China)
Marcus Muster Pre-Calculus Teacher Kiski School (PA)
Elementary
Science
CBE & Mastery
CBE & Mastery
Elementary
Erin Nordlund K-6 Curriculum Lead Chadwick School (CA)
Kevin Quick Science Teacher The Webb Schools (CA)
Sanje Ratnavale President OESIS Group
Ray Ravaglia Chief Learning Officer Opportunity Education Foundation (NE)
World Languages
SEL & Wellness
World Languages
Jon Shee World Languages Department Chair St. Luke’s School (CT)
Priya Singhvi Director of Health & Wellness Rye Country Day School (NY)
Guy Vandenbrouke World Languages Crossroads School (CA)
Math
Yasmin Saban Math Department Chair St. Andrew’s Priory School (HI)
Wellness
Sheila Bauer Founder Imago Dei Foundation
Science
World Languages
Matt Bavone U.S. Classics Teacher and Technology Integrator St. Luke’s School (CT)
PBL & History
English
Jared Colley English Department Chair Oakridge School (TX)
Math
Ashley Read Learn21 Specialist & 4th Grade Teacher Oakridge School (TX)
Elementary
Tedd Wakeman Founder Sycamore School (CA)
English
PBL & History
Nick Dressler English Teacher De Smet Jesuit High School (MO)
Mike Gwaltney Head of Upper School Rocky Hill School (RI)
Computer Science
Global Education
David Nassar Computer Science Chair Winchester Thurston School (PA)
Matt Nink, Executive Director, Global Youth Leadership & Stuart Center, Lake Forest Academy (IL)
PBL & Art
Art
Jeff Robin Founding Faculty Member High Tech High (CA)
Jude Ross Coordinator of Performing and Visual Arts, The Alexander Dawson School (NV)
STEM
Eric Walters Director of STEM Education Marymount School of New York
Math
Jim Wysocki Math Department Chair Catlin Gabel School (OR)
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OESIS Membership Levels 2020 Membership Levels
SILVER
GOLD
PLATINUM
Benefits
Network Partner Membership
Faculty Membership
Faculty & Students Membership
$1,000 for calendar year 2020
• $2,500 for schools with
Enrollment Bases
<100 Faculty
• $3,500 for schools with
• Starting at $5,750
minimum per school
• Pilots available
100-200 Faculty
• 12 months from activation
• Upgrade any time
from Network Partner membership
OESIS Conferences
25% Discount
35% Discount
35% Discount
OESIS Cohort Pathways managed by Network Leaders in PBL, SEL, CBE and more
$399 per OESIS Pathway per teacher
$100-150 per OESIS Pathway per teacher
$100-150 per OESIS Pathway per teacher
Introductory Level, Level 1 (Planning Unit Developer), Level 2 (Practitioner) and Level 3 (Master Credential) Faculty Professional Development Cohort Pathways start every two months in January, March, June, September and November. Faculty who successfully complete each level with feedback from an OESIS Network Leader will earn a digital badge. Included
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Academic Faculty PD
Academic Faculty PD
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OESIS Career Confidential Teacher Recruitment Platform
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Portfolium Mastery Assessment Platform/ E-Portfolio for Students
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Included for all enrolled students up to maximum of 1,250
Research Surveys & Reports XP Innovation Content Repository Faculty PD Portfolium Mastery Assessment Platform & linked Portfolio for Faculty to set up their own Pathways, Rubrics, Learning Outcomes
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