Tonya Gilchrist International Education Consultant and Learning Strategist
When: Tuesday 13th May 2025 - 5pm AEST
Environment is a Third Teacher: How to Cultivate Agentic Ecologies
What if your learning environment could speak? What would it say about student agency, belonging, and possibility?
In this dynamic one-hour session, we’ll move beyond the physical space and aesthetics of classroom design to explore how rituals, routines, and frameworks can serve as active co-teachers—shaping how learners see themselves, each other, and their world.
In just one hour, you will:
develop a clear understanding of what agency truly is—and what it isn’t
examine the vital impact of self-regulation and how it supports a sense of agency
identify design principles for cultivating learning environments that nurture autonomy, self-regulation, collaboration, and inquiry
explore practical strategies, rituals, and routines to transform existing spaces into agentic ecosystems and communities of belonging, being, and becoming.
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Join Tonya Gilchrist as she invites you to rethink your environments as living systems that can empower student voice, foster autonomy, and nurture deep inquiry. Whether you are a full-time classroom teacher, a single-subject specialist, or a casual teacher, discover how to create agentic ecologies where learners flourish—not by accident or happenstance, but by intentional design.
Learning outcomes
Understand what agency is—as well as what it is not—and the importance of self-regulation in supporting agency.
Identify design principles for cultivating learning environments that nurture autonomy, self-regulation, collaboration, and inquiry across age groups.
Explore practical strategies, rituals, and routines to transform existing spaces into agentic ecosystems that align with learners’ needs and aspirations.
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