1. Whole Education 4th Annual Conference
Transformational Learning in the New York City iZone
Jonathan de Sausmarez
Executive Headteacher The Romsey School
Queens Collegiate Secondary School New York
Principal Jaime Anne Dubei

2. Meet the team
David Crossley
Andy Fitzgibbon
Alan Yellup
Jonathan de Sausmarez
Cathie Bates
Evelyn Hicks
Denise Knight

3. Transition Schools New York

4. New York iZone
The NYC iZone is the Development and Research (D & R) hub for
New York City schools. It constitutes a community of innovative
NYC schools committed to personalizing learning to the needs,
motivations, and strengths of individual students. Within it are
incubated new school components, platforms and models of 21st
Century learning, developed in service of the entire school
system. NYC’s innovation strategy will support schools to move
from a traditional classroom-centered model to student-centered
mastery learning. The iZone includes school specific innovations,
innovation between groups of schools and 360 whole school
redesign with 26 laboratory schools.

5. This is now four schools into one!
Four specialisms:
Community Leadership
Arts and Letters
Sciences
International
Affairs

8. Project based learning
Willy Wonka, the Musical

9. Project presentations in 6th grade science
Presenting to an expert in the field

10. Spanish III project based learning
Presenting their books to native Spanish speakers
in a kindergarten entirely in Spanish

16. Independent Self Study
“OK in some subjects, but this is
French!”

17. Key thoughts at end of visit?
Fundamental purpose of education
Do all our staff have a clear pedagogy of learning?
Specialism? Have is it worked in the UK?
Teachings schools – leading on transformation?
Changes to KS4/5 even more restrictive
Block planning every day....... Surely we must try!
Not a one size fits all
Can schools be trusted and do we actively seek trust?
UK pedagogy based on Ofsted?
CBI report ‘First steps’ 14% employers want to be
involved -

18. The future of
our learning?
Can we take control?
What is right for our
students?
If it doesn’t fit with Mr
Gove, what can we do
to influence?
Focus on 11-18, or
wider?
Are we prepared to
look beyond the UK
for the right
qualifications?