Keep The Joy In Learning And Empower Your Learners By Co-design Learning With Jennifer Mercer And Jill Pearson-Keltner CEOs And Founders Of Learning Journeys Forum

Intro 

Jennifer Mercer, M.Ed Co-Founder of Learning Journeys Forum and she has been working with youth since she was 16 years old. She has spent the past 30 years developing and growing her skills in many different ways; as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, lead teacher, college instructor, tutor, Girl Scout leader, mentor, and group facilitator. Jennifer homeschooled her two daughters, experimenting with philosophies from “classical school-at-home” to radical Unschooling, to learner-centered co-designing.   

 

Jill Pearson-Keltner, M.Ed. Co-Founder of Learning Journeys Forum. She has taught students at each level from preschool through university and in impoverished to wealthy neighborhoods. She in taught in traditional programs and homeschooled her two children from kinder to 12th grade. She endeavors to dialogue with students and engage them in the creation of their own learning journey.  

 

In addition to the classes, workshops, and mentoring that she does through Learning Journeys Forum, Jennifer directs and facilitates middle school classes in The Home Learning Community at Innovations Academy. Jennifer strives to help learners capture and keep the "joy in learning" by supporting families in co‐design knowing that deep learning truly occurs when the student has an invested voice in the conversation. 

 

Top three takeaways 

1. Your kids are brilliant! Let them have some power over their learning journeys 
2. Learning Journeys Forum is focused on empowering learners by co-designing learning with their students.   
3. Their Co-design process helps all learners access their classes in a way that works best for them.  

 

Call to Action 

Learning Journeys Forum Official Website  

 

 

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