Jessica Slusser
@Jess_Slusser
Passionate about innovations in learning that lift up EVERY learner.
Also a Wife | Mom | VP of Growth & Impact at @Getting_Smart | Book Nerd
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaslusser 18-06-2013 23:31:01
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“By building from the margins, or redesigning in deep consideration of the most underserved, we have the opportunity to create empowering schools that use the experiences of the most at-promised youth to enhance the overall school.” Getting Smart Da Vinci Schools XQ
“We have to help young people to anchor around their purpose. It needs to be their North Star guiding them.” - Yutaka Tamura, nXu Education
#asugsvsummit
.@Common discussing a newly-unveiled partnership with ASA for the #IAmFreeToDream campaign: “My dream only came about because I had access to certain things, to find what I was passionate about. This campaign is about creating those avenues for kids to pursue those dreams.”
“Teach [kids] who they are, who they’re not, and who they’re destined to become.” -Gholdy Muhammad #asugsvsummit #IAmFreeToDream
“We don’t have struggling students we have struggling systems.” Gholdy Muhammad
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#asugsvsummit
“You don’t have joy without justice.” Gholdy Muhammad American Student Assistance #asugsvsummit Getting Smart
“When we talk about students and their freedom to dream, we first have to talk about why they don’t feel free to dream in the first place.” Kara May, Art in Motion School #asugsvsummit
“We treat dreams as the frosting on the cake, but dreaming is the cake itself.” Byron Sanders, President/CEO of Big Thought
Love seeing local leader Joshua Garcia share the incredible work happening in Tacoma Schools #asugsvsummit
Discussing a new architecture for High School with XQ Carnegie Foundation Tom Vander Ark Getting Smart #ASUGSVSummit
“What’s most important for educators and leaders now is to advocate for a sense of possibility…we can create schools now that are alive with possibility.” Tom Vander Ark #ASUGSVAirshow Getting Smart
“Creating relationships either students and sustaining them overtime is more important than ever.” Tom Vander Ark on elements of teaching that could never be replaced by AI.
#ASUGSVairshow #ai #askaboutai
You will not want to miss Sabba Quidwai, EdD 🙌🏼 Designing Schools and Tom Vander Ark at the #ASUGSVAirshow !
See you in 40 min!
“By the time a child is 3 years old, they’re already identifying interests. Schools don’t pay attention to that; they focus on curriculum that’s very rigid.” -Elliot Washor, @BigPicLearning #asugsvsummit
Lifelong learning, needs to align with Lifelong earning..
thankfully the core discussion at #ASUGSVSummit is on how to adjust higher ed to provide better readiness for jobs.