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Thomas Murray

Tom serves as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, a Project of the Alliance for Excellent Education, located in Washington, D.C. He has testified before the United States Congress and works alongside that body and the US Senate, the White House, the US Department of Education and state departments of education, corporations, and school districts throughout the country to implement student-centered, personalized learning while helping to lead Future Ready Schools and Digital Learning Day. Murray serves as a regular conference keynote, was named the “2017 Education Thought Leader of the Year,” one of “20 to Watch” by NSBA, the “Education Policy Person of the Year” by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015. His best-selling book, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today, co-authored with Eric Sheninger and published by ASCD, was released in June 2017. His most recent book, Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime, was released in October of 2019.

Prior to moving to his role in Washington, D.C., Murray served as an elementary teacher, middle school teacher, middle school principal, elementary principal, and at the district level in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is most passionate about creating cultures of innovation where teachers are empowered to create the types of learning experiences today’s modern learners need to thrive. In addition to his role at Future Ready Schools®, Murray works directly with school and district leaders for administrative retreats, opening convocations, and professional learning days.

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  • Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime.

    In Personal & Authentic, Thomas C. Murray reveals the power of designing awe-inspiring experiences that are grounded in relationships and learner-centered by design. Inherently relevant and contextualized, it is this kind of learning that lasts a lifetime.

  • Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today

    Having no historical precedent, the current speed of technological breakthroughs has lead to the coming age of workplace automation, dramatically altering the world of work that our students will enter upon graduation. With the vast disparities of inequity that have existed for centuries, all that is known about how students learn, and the predictions regarding the world that our students will face tomorrow, utilizing a traditional, one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning is educational malpractice. Built upon the foundation of leadership and school culture, a redesigned learning experience fundamentally shifts the teaching and learning paradigm to one that is personal, while altering the use of authentic assessments, how technology is leveraged, the spaces in which the learning occurs, the way educators grow professionally, how schools collaborate with the community, and ultimately, the sustainability of the system as a whole. In this session, Murray will dissect these eight keys, which each serve as a puzzle piece for redesigning the learning experience, to unlock tomorrow’s schools so that today’s modern learners leave ready to create new industries, find new cures, and solve world problems. We must create tomorrow’s schools today and you are part of the solution.

  • Other common topics include

    *Leading with Purpose [Admin]
    * Leading with an Equity Lens [Admin]
    * We Went 1:1, Now What? [Admin]
    * From Research to Practice, Creating the Learning Spaces Kids Need [All]
    * Tech Tools for Student Engagement and Teacher Effectiveness [Teacher]
    * Digital Citizenship in Every Classroom [Teacher]

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Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences That Impact a Lifetime
Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences That Impact a Lifetime

In Personal & Authentic, Thomas C. Murray reveals the power of designing awe-inspiring experiences that are grounded in relationships and learner-centered by design. Inherently relevant and contextualized, it is this kind of learning that lasts a lifetime.

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Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today
Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today

With all that we know about how students learn, the nature of the world they will face after graduation, and the educational inequities that have existed for centuries, maintaining a traditional, one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning is tantamount to instructional malpractice. International security, the success of global economies, and sustainability as a global society all depend on the success of our education system in the years to come. It's our obligation to prepare our students for their future not our past.

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10 Perspectives on Innovation in Education
10 Perspectives on Innovation in Education

How do great educators bring about real change to make a difference in students’ lives? In this first volume of the Routledge Great Educators Series, 10 of education’s most inspiring thought-leaders come together to share their top suggestions you need right now to innovate in your school or classroom. You will gain fresh insights and practical strategies on these essential topics:

*Designing spaces that maximize learning (Thomas C. Murray)
*Personalizing professional learning (Jeffrey Zoul)
*Promoting a positive school culture (Todd Whitaker)
*Improving our hiring practices (Jimmy Casas)
*Empowering students in their learning and assessments (Starr Sackstein)
*Flipping the classroom to reach each student (Kirk Humphreys)
*Positioning libraries as learning hubs (Shannon McClintock Miller)
*Helping others embrace technology changes (Katrina Keene)
*Developing personal, not just professional, skills (Dwight Carter)
*Embracing each student's passions and strengths (LaVonna Roth)

Filled with inspiring stories throughout, the book will leave you feeling motivated to take risks and try new things in your own school or classroom. As the authors say, if we want to make a real difference, it’s not enough to do the things we do better; we must also do new and better things!

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Leading Professional Learning: Tools to Connect and Empower Teachers (Corwin Connected Educators Series)
Leading Professional Learning: Tools to Connect and Empower Teachers (Corwin Connected Educators Series)

Expert strategies for personalized, 21st Century professional learning! Empower teachers to take ownership of their own professional learning. Recognized EdTech leaders Murray and Zoul guide you step-by-step through the process. Confidently learn to build a values-driven school culture, personalized professional roadmaps, and a collaboration-minded staff. You’ll find concrete examples, leadership profiles, and a wealth of resources to help administrators and teachers: Take ownership of their professional growth; Design meaningful learning opportunities; Collaborate and learn using technology, blogs, and social media; Model and support professional learning for others. Transform teacher learning and see your student achievement soar!

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Modern EdTech Leadership: A practical guide to designing your team, serving your teachers, and adjusting your strategy for the 21st century
Modern EdTech Leadership: A practical guide to designing your team, serving your teachers, and adjusting your strategy for the 21st century

(Author of the foreward) This book, Modern EdTech Leadership, has been specifically written to support the transformation of school technology leaders and their teams. As designed, this book will push the thinking of these teams, while simultaneously providing insight into how to close key gaps, so that they can be the foundation of a dynamic digital conversion, working to better meet the needs of the students and staff that they serve. Throughout the book, Daugherty lays out a roadmap filled with both sound and practical advice on leading a technology team that supports high quality teaching and learning by providing students and staff with the tools, resources, and supports needed to better prepare students for their tomorrow.

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