Meet the Change Leaders
The Team leading the movement!
NPDL Purpose Statement
Aglobal movement dedicated to transforming learning by identifying new pedagogies that foster deep learning competencies and ways to measure progress.
Now is the time to challenge current assumptions so that we empower all teachers and students to flourish. Digital is changing the role of teachers to that of activators of learning who design learning experiences that build on learner strengths and needs, create new knowledge using real-life relevant problem solving and help all students identify their talents, purpose and passion.
We are joined by families, teachers, school leaders and policy makers worldwide who are seeking ways to transform pedagogies and adapt to provide the conditions that will facilitate deep learning.
Students want to take action, make a positive impact and grasp opportunities that will lead to success in life.
We invite you to join the transformation!
Our Journey
In 2012, thought leaders Michael Fullan, Greg Butler, Joanne Quinn and representatives from Intel, Microsoft, OECD and Promethean convened in Toronto and laid out a vision for a Global Partnership that would seek to collaboratively build knowledge and practice in new pedagogies for deep learning and support whole system transformation. Invitations to join this movement were sent out to all levels of the system from education ministries to school districts to stake holder organizations. From the first official NPDL event held in Hong Kong in November 2013, we have been joined by 7 countries, new global partners, thousands of schools and NPDL has become a global movement!
Meet the Clusters
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United States – Idaho Cluster
Started the journey in: December 2013
Cluster Lead: Idaho Leads Project, Boise State University
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Canada
Started the journey in: May 2014
Twitter: @NPDL_Canada
School Districts: Avon Maitland, Evergreen School Divison, Hamilton Wentworth, Kawartha Pine Ridge, Lambton Kent, Louis Riel School Division, Near North, Ottawa Catholic, Ottawa Carleton, Peterborough Northumberland, Simcoe County, St. Clair Catholic, St. James-Assiniboia School Division
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Uruguay
Started the journey in: November 2013
Cluster Lead: Red Global de Aprendizajes
Twitter: @RedAprendizajes
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Netherlands
Started the journey in: June 2014
Cluster Lead: Turning Learning
Twitter: @NPDLNL
Districts: Schools from regions all across the Netherlands
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Finland
Started the journey in: June 2014
Cluster Lead: Microsoft Oy
Cities: Espoo, Helsinki, Oulu, Raumankari, Salo, Tampere, Turku, Vantaa
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Australia
Started the journey in: October 2013
States: Victoria and Tasmania
Cluster Leads: Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood & Tasmania Department of Education
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New Zealand
Started the journey in: December 2014
Cluster Leads: CORE Ed
Seven country clusters have joined the global movement bringing with them hundreds of schools, thousands of teachers and hundreds of thousands of students from around the world. Together, the partnership is working to transform education for every learner by fostering the deep learning competencies within each individual, linking learning to real life, and utilizing the power of digital to enable students to explore their own interests, talents, and strengthens.
Meet the Global Directors
Joanne Quinn
Global Capacity Building Director
Joanne leads the capacity building component of the global partnership including professional learning and digital resources. She consults internationally in the field of whole system change, capacity building, leadership and professional learning.
She has led the design of strategic whole system change projects at global, national and district levels in Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and United States.
Joanne has provided leadership at all levels of the education system as; Superintendent; Principal; Implementation Advisor on education reform to the Ontario Ministry of Education; and Director of Continuing Education at the University of Toronto. Her extensive experience as a consultant, presenter, author and innovative leader combine with her passion for improving learning for all children and give her a unique perspective on influencing positive change.
Michael Fullan
Global Leadership Director
Michael Fullan, OC is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Recognized as a worldwide authority on educational reform, he advises policymakers and local leaders around the world in helping to achieve the moral purpose of all children learning. Fullan is a prolific, award-winning author whose best-selling books have been published in many languages. He bases his work on research and practice drawn from both the public and private sectors, finding an increasing convergence.
From 2004-2013 Michael Fullan served as Special Adviser in Education to the Premier of Ontario. He received the Order of Canada in December 2012 and holds honorary doctorates from Duquesne University, Pennsylvania; University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Newman University College, University of Leicester; and Nipissing University in Canada.
Joanne McEachen
Global New Measures Director
Joanne is an internationally recognized educational leader, a New Zealander now based in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Joanne has an outstanding history working at multiple levels in the education system – as a teacher, a school principal and as a Regional Manager (Superintendent). In addition, she has led and managed countrywide education change initiatives as a national leader for the Ministry of Education in New Zealand and now in the USA, with her international consultancy, The Learner First.
Drawing on her extensive expertise in creating change at every level of the K-12 system, Joanne has delivered numerous keynote addresses and professional learning experiences for educators internationally from USA, UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Uruguay, Australia and New Zealand, on topics such as, Whole System Change, Educational Leadership, Authentic Mixed Method Assessment, and Leveraging Digital.