Dear Centroids, Inspired by our latest podcast, I have put together a pitch for a new Radical Centrist institution. Would love to hear your questions and critiques!
Dr. Ernie PS Billy, can you read this OK? https://theswanfactory.com/2017/05/27/announcing-the-swan-factory-incubator-montessori-for-startups/ Montessori for Startups: Announcing The Swan Factory Incubator by The Swan Factory on May 27, 2017 in News • 0 Comments May 27, 2016 – Santa Clara, CA. The Swan Factory is excited to pre-announce a radical reimagining of school and work for the 21st century: The Swan Factory Incubator (TSFI). TSFI is a multi-generational micro-school for entrepreneurs, built on the Triversity model. TSFI extends the self-directed Montessori education to subsume both secondary and tertiary education by incorporating Challenge-Based Learning and Lean Startup methodologies. Our goals is to prepare learners of all ages (pre-schoolers to retirees) to launch — not just startups — but the business, non-profit, project, or career of their dreams. As Seth Godin points out in Stop Stealing Dreams, our current industrial-era schooling obsesses over three skills that are becoming less and less valuable over time: Knowing facts (vs. knowing how to ask the right questions) Doing your own work (vs. doing the work necessary to become a high-performance team) Following instructions (vs. following your passion to do work that matters) In a world filled with technology and information, we believe the primary job of education is to provide learners with the role models, social capital, and skills necessary to succeed at all of life. That is why we want to takes both students and teachers out of a hierarchical bureaucracy and embed them inside an entrepreneurial network, where everyone is not merely allowed but expected to explore better ways to ensure lifelong success. In particular, TSFI is designed from the ground up to enable 21st-century learning outcomes by continually modeling and nurturing the four holistic “A.C.E.S.” competences: Agency: I choose to take responsibility for what happens in my world Curiosity: What I do not yet know is more important than what I already know Empathy: I value other people’s reality as I value my own Stamina: I must embrace healthy pain to avoid destructive pain We intend to develop TSFI into a full-fledged school replacement via a phased rollout over the next eighteen months: August 5, 2017: Live public announcement at Passion Talks International Winter, 2018: Once-a-week after school pilot program Easter, 2018: Week-long Spring Break day camp Spring, 2018: Daily after school program Memorial Day, 2018: Week-long residential family camp Summer, 2018: Full-time day camp Fall, 2018: First full-time cohort of learners and entrepreneurs We are currently seeking investors, Montessori teachers, and education partners to help us make this a reality. In particular, we intend to enable cross-registration with local universities and private schools, to give their students, teachers, and administrators the chance to experience this exciting new approach first-hand. We would also love to hear from interested students, parents, and entrepreneurs about what you are looking for from TSFI. You can learn about the history and motivation of TSFI from Dr. Ernie’s pitch on the Mediating Trump podcast. To get involved or find out more, please contact us at (408) 657-9267 [408-65-SWANS] or [email protected]. Sent from my iPhone -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
