{"id":29606,"date":"2021-05-27T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=29606"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:04:12","slug":"up-for-changes-to-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/up-for-changes-to-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"UP for (Changes to) Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When schools closed to in-person learning in March of 2020, <a href=\"http:\/\/upforlearning.org\">UP for Learning&#8217;s<\/a> Youth Advisory Council (YAC) continued to meet regularly. We wanted to check-in and dialogue about their experiences and the experiences of their peers. Through these conversations, it became clear that it was important to understand how youth across Vermont were experiencing their new reality of the pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The YAC put out a survey in Spring of 2020. In it, we asked Vermont middle and high school youth what support they needed during full remote learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What was the purpose of the survey?<\/h4>\n<h5>Why did we want to gather this data?<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What rose to the top were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social connections<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">academic support and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">access to resources and information. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We then connected with youth across the state to support their needs throughout the remainder of the academic year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he YAC also wanted to revisit Vermont\u2019s youth needs as we moved from full remote to hybrid to full in-person learning and sent a new survey out in winter of 2021. The main purpose of this survey was to gather data about what was learned during the 2020-2021 academic year and what opportunities arose for change. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth responded from 14 different communities across Vermont, as well as youth who were engaged in the Virtual Learning Academy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Findings from the Survey<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tRtVChRu8MomAsD9w2NTL2_g4TG4Y6G-\/view\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29666\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/YAC-learningduringcovid-spring2021_pdf_-_Google_Drive-1024x946.jpg\" alt=\"UP for Learning\" width=\"800\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/YAC-learningduringcovid-spring2021_pdf_-_Google_Drive-1024x946.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/YAC-learningduringcovid-spring2021_pdf_-_Google_Drive-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/YAC-learningduringcovid-spring2021_pdf_-_Google_Drive-768x709.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/YAC-learningduringcovid-spring2021_pdf_-_Google_Drive-1536x1419.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/YAC-learningduringcovid-spring2021_pdf_-_Google_Drive.jpg 1598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29606 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery1-300x238.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UP for Learning Youth Advisory Council survey 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery1-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery1-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery1.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery2-300x216.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery2-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery2-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery2-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery2.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery3-300x221.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery3-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery3-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery3-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UP_gallery3.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tRtVChRu8MomAsD9w2NTL2_g4TG4Y6G-\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link to the full .pdf in Google Drive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>What are our initial reactions to the data?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Evelyn:<\/strong> My initial reaction was that it was interesting to see how my reality and understanding and adaptation to learning during the pandemic mirrored the experience of many other youth across the state. More specifically, I have been struggling with my sense of engagement and mental health; hearing that other youth are identifying these as opportunities as well makes me believe that we can begin to create real, systemic change as we re-enter full in-person learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Lindsey:<\/strong> My initial reaction to the data was that what was already known about what does not work for ALL youth in the educational system became even more abundantly clear. It really just put an exclamation point on it.\u00a0 Youth want an education that is built on deep relationships, engaging learning opportunities and time to care for all of their developmental needs: social\/emotional, physical and cognitive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What stood out as a major takeaway?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For both of us, what stood out was the lack of knowledge about, or experience with, social emotional learning.\u00a0 In our minds, this was the opportune time to create opportunities for more in depth community-building, prioritizing young people&#8217;s social emotional needs during such an uncertain year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The potential for changing school schedules in particular, struck YAC student member Galen. He put it this way:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love how tactile that feels? It feels like something we can do, like, right now. Get it done, and make change. I think sometimes we almost get lost in like, the systems thinking. I think people often talk about making change but it&#8217;s hard to find concrete ways to do it sometimes? And I love that we&#8217;ve kind of put a name to that. Like, here&#8217;s something we can do to make change&#8230; right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Harnessing the power of community<\/h4>\n<p>The YAC also gathered with community members to look at this data. And from there, we worked together in small, deeply connecting groups to draw conclusions from it as to how best to move forward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_14579\"  width=\"525\" height=\"295\"  data-origwidth=\"525\" data-origheight=\"295\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8vSo8AehTc4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"UP for Learning: Where do we go from here?\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8vSo8AehTc4\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5>How do we make sure we take these lessons and move them forward instead of going back to the status-quo?<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a quote that resonates with us from adrienne maree brown, author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/29633913-emergent-strategy?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=HfrFsTg0DZ&amp;rank=1\">Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Shaping Worlds<\/a>. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writes that &#8220;How we live and grow and stay purposeful in the face of constant change actually does determine both the quality of our lives, and the impact that we can have when we move into action together.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purpose. Trust. Relationships. What if we designed our work around our values? What would we need to change individually and collectively?<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Where do we go from here?<\/h4>\n<p>To end our community session, we created a Jamboard, and asked attendees to fill it out. To guide them, we asked simply, &#8220;How do we make sure we take these lessons and move them forward instead of going back to the status quo?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These are their responses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tRtVChRu8MomAsD9w2NTL2_g4TG4Y6G-\/view\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29671\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jamboard-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"Where do we go from here? (Jamboard)\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jamboard-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jamboard-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jamboard-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jamboard-1536x873.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jamboard-2048x1163.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We have to listen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Later start to the day.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Continue to provide the community connections and build on them.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Listen to students! Make change with them, not to them.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Were students able to do more self-designed learning? If yes, can this continue?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Feels like VT AOE and legislators need to continue to hear from VT youth!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we ask you the same question.<\/p>\n<p>Educators, students, and community members,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;How do we make sure we take these lessons and move them forward instead of going back to the status quo?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We would love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When schools closed to in-person learning in March of 2020, UP for Learning&#8217;s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) continued to meet regularly. We wanted to check-in and dialogue about their experiences and the experiences of their peers. 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