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  • Loveland District Teaching and Learning team unveil the Portrait of a Tiger

    Loveland District Teaching and Learning team unveil the Portrait of a Tiger

    The community’s collective vision for the student experience at Loveland

    by Andrea Conner (Director of Teaching and Learning), Eric Dool (Director of Student Services) and David Knapp (Director of Technology and Innovation).

    What skills do children and young people need in today’s rapidly changing, interconnected and diverse world? Over the past school year, the Teaching and Learning team at Loveland City Schools has met with more than 800 students, staff and community members to pose the question of what skills and experiences we want our children to possess as they graduate from Loveland High School. From these meetings, the Portrait of a Tiger has evolved, identifying the collective vision that expresses the community’s aspirations for all our students.

    Andrea Conner

    We have systematically collected the feedback we received and diligently taken notes as we’ve shadowed our youngest students through their days at school. We’ve spoken to hundreds of elementary, intermediate, middle and high school students about what matters to them and how school can become more relevant in their lives.

    The Portrait of a Tiger encourages us to strive beyond the focus on high-stakes testing and grades, and comprehensively look at the skills students need to develop early to be successful in society and the workforce later. It is based on the “Portrait of a Graduate” – a concept developed by 21st century leader in education, Battelle for Kids – and is a first step toward transforming our school system so that it creates an all-embracing experience for students that allows them to develop the competencies that will make them thrive as effective, life-long learners.

    David Knapp

    The Portrait of a Tiger is a commitment to our students and will serve as a compass for the Loveland City School District, providing strategic direction for everyone involved in the education of our Tigers. It will continue to steer us in the right direction through professional learning for staff, our guaranteed and viable curriculum, and through Innovative Instructional Grants that will be awarded to trailblazing educators who embrace the challenge of change.

    Eric Dool

    To learn more about the Portrait of a Tiger, feel free to contact the Loveland City School District Teaching and Learning team. Email or phone (513) 683-5600 Phone.

    Andrea Conner, Director of Teaching and Learning
    Eric Dool, Director of Student Services
    David Knapp, Director of Technology and Innovation

     

  • LMS Student Evan Osgood on center stage at premier education conference

    LMS Student Evan Osgood on center stage at premier education conference

    Loveland Student Evan Osgood presented at the International Society for Technology in Education event June 24, 2018.

    Tiger educators also in attendance at International Society for Technology in Education event

    Chicago – It is a leading conference on innovation in education, and a Loveland Middle School (LMS) student was one of a select group of students there to teach.

    The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference in Chicago June 24 through June 27 will hosted more than 1,000 sessions for educators; LMS Student Evan Osgood was the Tiger student on the agenda.

    “What a great honor to represent my Tiger community.”

    “What a great honor to represent my Tiger community on an international stage,” Evan Osgood said about the experience. Osgood shared his learning as part of the LMS Tiger Tech Crew – a class-credit opportunity for students to serve as internal information technology experts for peers and staff in their building.

    “We are incredibly proud of Evan, and the way he represented Loveland’s strategic drive toward growing Tiger Innovation at all levels of our district – for students and staff,” said Loveland Director of Technology and Innovation David Knapp, who also attended the conference with other Loveland educators.

    “We are incredibly proud of Evan.”

    The ISTE Conference is one of the world’s largest educational events, with presentations and opportunities for educators to learn and explore new ways to further classroom innovation. The Loveland team of educators included teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators who used the opportunity to learn and collaborate with schools and educators across the globe on this national stage.



    “We are very excited that we had this opportunity to go and learn from some of the most innovative schools in the world about how they are changing education to continue to grow to meet the needs and demands of our students,” said Knapp. “We can’t wait to see how these ideas impact Tigers all across Loveland this fall!”

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  • Loveland School District announces Innovative Classroom Grant winners

    Loveland School District announces Innovative Classroom Grant winners

     

    Nine teacher-designed and student-inspired projects awarded to advance the goals of #TigerInnovation #TigerGrowth and #TigerCare across the district

    Loveland, Ohio – From the establishment of an Innovation Lab at Loveland Primary School (LPS) to encourage educational risk taking to the creation of Virtual Reality Environments at Loveland Middle School (LMS) to help students with special needs – the Loveland City School District is excited to announce the district will help fund nine projects for the 2018-19 school year as part of the annual Innovative Classroom Grant program. The selection of winners was presented to the Loveland Board of Education during the April 17 Board Business Meeting.

    “With this next iteration of the Innovative Classroom Grant, we have learned so much about what innovation truly means and looks like across our classrooms,” said Loveland Director of Technology and Innovation David Knapp. “Innovation is not about things. It’s about embracing the perspective of our students to think about teaching and learning differently.



    “We could not be more excited to see the growth and development of these teacher-generated and student-inspired ideas that resulted from this year’s grant opportunity. As we plan and eventually implement these new ideas that will impact so many of our students immediately, we are also piloting experiences that could impact our students for years to come in thinking about the next phase of our Loveland classrooms and learning experiences.”

    The district established Innovative Classroom Grants during the 2016-17 school year to fund innovative teacher ideas that would enhance the district’s three key goals of providing Tiger academic Growth, Innovation and Care. In the program’s debut year, the district funded 11 projects, including flexible learning spaces, MakerSpace and digital microscopes. This year, projects will continue to impact Tigers at all age levels, with continued focus on Growth, Innovation and Care.

    “Loveland Middle School plans to design a space with social and emotional learning supports for our students who struggle with anxiety and anger,” said LMS Counselor Kim Shafer – who was part of a winning grant team. “We will have tools and programs to help our students take a minute away from class to reset emotionally – with the goal to rejoin the class. This will be a powerful way for the district to provide Tiger Care.”

    “Our grant idea was inspired by watching our students at Loveland Primary School work with MakerSpace – which was part of the grant selection last year,” said Innovative Instructional Coach Traci Stubenrauch – who was a part of a winning grant team. “Our hope for the LPS Innovation Lab is that it will be a place for students and teachers to be able to take educational risks, try new things, collaborate, share and give each other feedback.”

    “This is an important investment to continue to make as we develop a world-class student experience for our Tigers that is unlike any other,” said Loveland Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. “This opportunity puts our rock star educators in a position to game-change the traditional classroom for their students. We appreciate the support of our Board of Education as we take opportunities like these to enhance our core business – preparing students for tomorrow, today – in unique ways.” 

    The winning projects included (by building):

    Loveland Primary School

    LPS Innovation Lab – Cristin Kiefer and Traci Stubenrauch

    Loveland Elementary School

    iPods for Personalized Learning – Heidi Weber

    Loveland Intermediate School

    Team Model for Flexible Learning – Kelly Coldiron and John Waple

    Flexible Space for Collaborative Learning – Natasha Young

    Loveland Middle School

    Virtual Reality Environments – Rachael Angel

    Social and Emotional Learning Supports – Lauren Cripe, Kim Shafer and Anita Winning

    Student Designed Flexible Learning Space – Chloe Jackson

    Digital Art Creation – Kacey Watkins

    Loveland High School

    Gamified Flexible Learning Space – Chris Herbert

  • Loveland High School Biotech class unique opportunity for Tiger Innovation

    Loveland High School Biotech class unique opportunity for Tiger Innovation

    Loveland Seniors Brandon Bishop, Sophia Sperry and Zach Garner celebrated after successfully completing their capstone project

    Senior capstone captures college-level results

    Loveland, Ohio – It’s called Biotech, and at Loveland High School (LHS) it is a two-year course commitment that all students have the option to apply for. The pinnacle for coursework in this class is the biotechnology capstone – a student-selected research project that Biotech students complete their senior year.

    “Every year I’m captivated by the advances to high school science our students have the ability to make – they just never cease to amaze me,” said LHS Biotech Teacher Jamie Allison.

    “Every year I’m captivated by the advances to high school science our students have the ability to make – they just never cease to amaze me,” said LHS Biotech Teacher Jamie Allison.

    This year, three students used high school research to achieve college-level results. LHS seniors Sophia Sperry, Zach Garner and Brandon Bishop conducted an experiment which successfully proved the ability for solid lipid nanoparticles to be used as vehicles for medicine, reducing side effects that are typical as pharmaceutical drugs travel through the body.

    “It was just kind of a surreal moment for me,” said LHS Senior Brandon Bishop. “None of us really thought it worked at first – we were skeptical, but Mr. Allison confirmed what we were seeing.”

    The successful experiment – conducted in March 2018, which confirmed studies they had seen produced by college-level students, was the final chapter in a research project the trio had been working on since September 2017. The students selected the capstone project based on a motivation to conduct research that could help others.

    “We just wanted to find something that could really change the world and help give people better chances of surviving disease,” said LHS Senior Zach Garner.

    “We just wanted to find something that could really change the world and help give people better chances of surviving disease,” said LHS Senior Zach Garner.

    “This is our Tiger Innovation goal at its finest,” said Loveland Director of Technology and Innovation David Knapp. “What our LHS Biotech class allowed Sophia, Zach and Brandon to experience in the lab is part of our strategic plan for innovative learning for all of our students – to allow them to work collaboratively with peers, teachers and professionals in the field to tackle real-world problems. We are very proud of what they achieved.”

    “Many students sadly don’t have the chance to get involved in this type of research,” said LHS Senior Sophia Sperry. “This class really opens up the opportunity for students to get a taste of what happens in the real research world.”

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