"Success is where preparation and opportunity meet."
Bobby Unser
After building a network of community leaders and professional partners, we continued our work to find opportunities to connect our students and educators with these leaders and professional partners. Ultimately, we would love educators to be welcoming professionals into their classrooms on a regular basis to increase authentic learning. In order to facilitate the work of teachers and professional partners, we designed and implemented two 21st Century Learning Conferences which exemplified a model for teachers to collaborate with professionals to design authentic learning opportunities while ensuring the involvement of the entire school community.