[2.3] How can we elevate our PBL unit with community partners?

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When researching the components of a quality project-based learning unit, you will find several frameworks stating what PBL should look sound, and feel like. Depending on the source, the actual vocabulary may vary, but they all share the same concepts. In Adria Steinberg's Connected Learning Communities: A Toolkit for Reinventing High School, written in 2001, she shares the 6 A's of instructional or project design.

 One instructional design component is to include adult connections/relationships when designing learning experiences. Integrating adult connections or relationships means providing students with adult mentors and coaches from the wider community. This episode will explore how incorporating community partners can positively impact your students' project-based learning experience and ways to prepare adult partners for collaboration.

Tune in to...

• [0:45]  Discover the 6 A’s of instructional design 
• [2:14]  Analyze the benefits of incorporating community partners
• [3:30]  Identify the various roles that community partners can hold
• [5:34]  Hear why it’s important to have a real community partner
• [6:08]  Explore how to prepare community partners to support your PBL unit

Resource: Read the accompanying article for this episode. 

P.S. Have you taken the Impactful PBL Readiness Assessment yet? It's a great resource for instructional leaders like you who want to make informed decisions about implementing or strengthening PBL in their schools.
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