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Caroline Vander Ark @cvanderark

Passionate innovations in learning and leadership. Foodie at heart. President @Getting_Smart.

Joined November 2008
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📷 We're thrilled to announce our session proposals for #SXSWEDU 2025! Support our ideas on arts, humanistic values, and microschools by voting here: Help Us Shape the Future of Education #GettingSmart #EducationInnovation #SXSW
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Help shape the #SXSWEDU program by voting on your favorite #PanelPicker ideas! sxsw.is/1jv3N2K
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Getting Smart@Getting_Smart
9 Apr 2024
In a world where smartphones play an integral role in daily life, how can schools navigate their impact on childhood development? A new #GettingSmartBlog explores this question and advocates for a "hard reset" on the phone-based childhood experience: gettingsmart.com/2024/04/09/…

Beyond Bans: Schools’ Role in a Hard Reset on the ‘Phone-Based Childhood’

Responding to Jonathan Haidt’s recent claims about phone-based childhood, Julia Freeland Fisher argues that schools must play a core leadership role in phone use and artificial intelligence.

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Exceptional educators, we celebrate you! If you're championing inclusive practices for students with disabilities, connecting them to career opportunities, we want to hear your story. @AVID4College & @Getting_Smart info.avid.org/amplifying-exc…
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Both communities and education leaders know that it's time for a change! Check out #ThePortraitModel for insights on building coherence, alignment and momentum in schools and systems. #PortaitOfAGraduate #SchoolLeadership gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/…

The Portrait Model

A “Portrait” framework helps leaders implement a new collective re-design vision. This publication highlights the Portrait of a Learner, the Portrait of a System, the Portrait of a Leader, the...

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28 Sep 2023
Congratulations to the newest #edtech vendors to earn the @projunicorn Interoperability Certification! @lightspeedsys, @AeriesSIS, @MyEdPower, @AvantAssessment, @ClassLink, and @WavioEd. Read more: ow.ly/GtUm50PQUYP
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14 Sep 2023
So excited to start the day with over 40 principals from the Kansas and Missouri area focused on how to continue to support #RealWorldLearning this year. @KauffmanFDN
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📢Attention #SmallSchool Innovators! Unlock the potential of your visionary ideas with the Learning Innovation Fund. Funding that fuels innovation and impact is within reach. Discover more: bit.ly/3swOVxj #EducationTransformation #GrantOpportunity
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27 Jul 2023
How might we build a green and sustainable society? Check out our new #GreenPathways resource! gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/…

Green Pathways

This publication shows school leaders, learning stakeholders and industry the importance of embedding green pathways in the K12 experience.

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23 Apr 2023
“Improvement must be about the pursuit of economic and racial justice. Don’t take gradual for inconsequential. Transformation takes time.” Powerful words from @TimothyKnowles_ #CarnegieSummit2023 @Getting_Smart
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8 Feb 2023
One day left to submit an application to our Education Innovation Showcase! 10 finalists will receive complimentary registration & hotel at the '23 ASU GSV Summit, with over $50k in cash prizes up for grabs. @leapinchicago @classineeo asugsvsummit.com/education-i…

Education Innovation Showcase

Meet the Top 10 Finalists for the Education Innovation Showcase at ASU GSV Summit, where K-12 leaders pitch groundbreaking solutions for a chance to win the grand prize and support from top education...

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What does #UnbundledLearning look like? Check out our new resource: bit.ly/3V3cpmS

Unbundled Learning

This publication from Getting Smart highlights unbundling and rebundling learning experiences for powerful, community driven learning.

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Curious about K12 school system capabilities for leveraging education data? Check out the 2022 Project Unicorn State of the Sector Report! projectunicorn.org/state-of-… #edtech #edtechchat #eddata

The State of Privacy and Interoperability in K-12 Education — Project Unicorn

The Project Unicorn State of the Sector report is the first of its kind analysis of K-12 school system capabilities and infrastructure for leveraging education data.

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14 Oct 2022
When the Getting Smart team spends a whole week together in the same space, you know it’s filled with endless #joy, #laughter and #learning! Our group is recharged, refocused and ready to dive even deeper into greater work together. #TeamGS
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Planning my trip to the Willows Lodge in Washington. For friends traveling soon: flip.to/r/4ixw6 @willowslodge
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Getting Smart@Getting_Smart
15 Aug 2022
LAST CHANCE! #GIVEAWAY Thanks to LibroFm, we have 2 copies of The Sleep-Deprived Teen to giveaway! 1. Like this post 2. Follow @Getting_Smart & @LewisLisaL 3. Tag a friend ⬇️ You'll both be entered. Giveaway ends 8/16. Winner will be notified by DM. bit.ly/3dnWzlZ
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We're happy to share the next @educateall_org  New Champions Fund judge - @AKASMOM from @KauffmanFDN! Learn more about the judges and how you can earn a $35k grant at bit.ly/eala-champions

The Educating All Learners Alliance 2025 New Champions Fund

The EALA New Champions Fund is an annual unrestricted competitive sub-grant and year-long mentorship to support leaders of color, or allies of the equity in education movement, who are actively...

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22 Apr 2022
Happy #EarthDay! Enjoy this new episode of the #GSPodcast, where @nmcclenn is joined by @MaggieFavretti and Benjamin Freud, Ph.D., authors, consultants and advocates for the environment, for people and for a more sustainable future. Listen in: gettingsmart.com/podcast/mag…
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22 Apr 2022
"Self-sustenance, community relationship, cultural connection—these are some of the principles we aim to pass onto the next generation, as we create caretakers of our future, leaders of our island." #EarthDay #MaKaHanaKaIke #PlaceBasedLearning bit.ly/3L6smnr

Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke: In Working, One Learns

Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke is a youth-focused vocational training, educational, and community-based nonprofit in Hāna, Maui. Through core programs and initiatives, Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke empowers and nurtures...

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20 Apr 2022
What on Earth is a #Metaverse? Let's discuss: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… #GSTownHall
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