This 2-day learning experience brings together university faculty and staff, non-profit professionals, and other practitioners whose work focuses on Restorative Justice, improving the carceral system, or education with or related to system-impact individuals or families. If you have been invited directly or discovered us through your network, we hope you say yes to exploring what meaningful, powerful, creative, experiential learning can look like. We want you to apply the principles, tools, and ideas forward in whatever context you're working for the benefit of the students, professionals, or system-impacted individuals and families you're working with.


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Be a part of the Kaos!

Kaospilot, the Faith-Justice Institute and Law Alumni Endowment at St. Joe's University, PHENND (Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development) and Facilitator Drew Bonfiglio invite you to join us on St. Joe's campus as we co-host this 2-day Masterclass for educators, instructional designers, program managers, curriculum designers, non-profit leaders, and community leaders who want to create innovative, experiential, learner-centered programs, courses, and experiences.

With over 300,000 college students in the metropolitan area, nearly 250 public schools in the city limits, many large corporate employers, and the city's robust non-profit and impact sector, Philadelphia is the ideal place to bring together like-minds seeking to challenge traditional teaching methods and create more participatory, learner-centered experiences for learners of all ages.

And in this particular cohort, we expect the conversations and application of learning to center on significant number of incarcerated or otherwise system-impacted people in the region.

During this 2-day Masterclass, you can expect:

CONNECTION to (a) your purpose as an educator/professional and (b) likeminded rebels who are pushing the edges of what is possible in their chosen work

COLLABORATION through experiential, team-based learning that you can bring to your own learning design

CREATIVITY to challenge or work around perceived and real constraints in today's education landscape

CONTENT that you'll experience as facilitator, learner, or both and that you can apply to your work

Here is an overview of the 2 days

Day 1

Together we will focus on alternative learning methodologies and experiential learning: Participants will experience experiential learning themselves, reflect on how they and others learn, and begin to collaborate on new ideas leveraging learnings and strategies from the day.

Day 2

With the shared experience, tools, and strategies from Day 1 as a backdrop, we leverage Kaospilot's "Vision Backcasting" framework to build educational programs that deliver equally on skills, knowledge and mindset / attitudes.

Outcomes

The primary outcome of the two days is the framework of a curriculum or program design that can be taken forward into the real world. The framework breaks down learning component titles, aims, objectives, knowledge, skills and attitudes. marketing inspiration, keywords, basic costs and next steps.

You'll work in teams. Whether its your project or not, we promise you'll walk away with great ideas to apply immediately.


Why should I join other pilots of chaos at this session?

Even a global pandemic couldn't fundamentally change the way learning happens in most settings. Many classrooms, training sessions, and programs look the same as before the pandemic (which is basically the same as 50 years ago). You can be, and maybe already are, a changemaker. Together we can build more people positive, participatory, valuable, and straight up fun learning experiences.


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Meet Your Facilitator!

DREW BONFIGLIO Your Facilitator

Drew Bonfiglio is a facilitator, trainer, and learning designer who brings 15+ years of experience in these fields, a passion for experiential learning, and commitment to “business as a force for good.” He co-founded Emzingo, co-founded and is ex-chair of B Local Boston, currently teaches adaptive leadership as an adjunct professor at Boston College (virtual), and is a Kaospilot facilitator. Drew also supports several justice-focused initiatives including The League for Safer Streets, Defy Ventures, and the Decarceration Fund. Drew and his family have lived just outside of Philadelphia since 2020.

What else do I need to do and know before signing up?

Please confirm that you can fully participate the entire day on both days (NOTE: Day 1 will go late, until ~7:00pm ET). This is not the type of experience you can pop in and out of like a conference. We prefer that you express interest in a future session rather than sign up and not be able to fully participate.

Coffee and fruit will be served for breakfast and lunch will be provided on both days.

There will be about 30 minutes of pre-work and a request to bring a few small physical things with you.

This is an intimate setting.  The course will have between 14 - 24 participants.  Expect to make friends.

Finally, we want to again emphasize that this is a very interactive 2 days. If you have questions about what this means and your ability to participate fully, please contact [email protected]



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If you are interested in joining, but need tuition assistance, 

please fill out this form.

We have cut the cost in half from the typical course, but we'll do our best to reduce financial barriers to attending.

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