10 Oregon High Schools Launch FUTURE YOU: Nike School Innovation Fund Initiative Designed to Fuel Innovation in Education, & ...
November 15 2016 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Pioneering, future-thinking pilot program to be
shared with schools nationwide
Today, more than 20 Nike leaders hosted students and educators
from ten Portland, Parkrose, Beaverton, Hillsboro and Salem-Keizer
high schools at the Nike World Headquarters for a one-day “FUTURE
YOU” workshop designed to inspire students and high school
educators to envision their futures.
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Ken Black, NIKE, Inc. Vice President of
Digital Design Transformation, addresses the Future You education
workshop at Nike's World Headquarters. (Photo: Business Wire)
FUTURE YOU is a two-part program aimed at further fueling
innovative, future-thinking in education. The first part is a
process that school teams go through to find their
authentic voice and vision to serve their specific students.
The second part is an implementation strategy to bring staff,
students, parents and the community along on the journey
to make school more student-centered and better engage kids in
their own future.
“Schools are the key to kids’ futures; that’s why we’re creating
resources to help them—so students can find a unique view of who
they are and what they can be,” said Ken Black, Nike Vice
President, Digital Design Transformation, who has been instrumental
in creating FUTURE YOU. “The cool thing is, it’s also relevant to a
teacher or families or communities that want to find and own their
own vision. The brilliance of every kid has a home somewhere. We
want to help prepare them for whatever that will be.”
These ten Oregon high schools are piloting FUTURE YOU, with the
goal of making the framework and toolkit available to others next
year, so schools across the country can apply it:
- Beaverton, Southridge and Sunset from
Beaverton School District;
- Century and Liberty from Hillsboro
School District;
- Parkrose from the Parkrose School
District;
- Lincoln, Madison and Roosevelt from
Portland Public Schools;
- McNary from Salem-Keizer School
District.
Dan Goods, who leads the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory team to
develop creative ways of communicating and transform complex
concepts into meaningful stories that can be universally
understood, helped kick-off the day-long workshop. Representatives
from AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), EPIC
(Educational Policy Improvement Center), and Nike School Innovation
Fund partners also attended the session. AVID’s research-based
strategies and curriculum provide educators with training to better
prepare students for success in high school, college or a career.
EPIC is a nonprofit consulting group that strives to help educators
better equip students for success.
FUTURE YOU Inspired by Beaverton High School
FUTURE YOU was inspired by Innovation Schools work at Beaverton
High School supported by the Nike School Innovation Fund that
helped the school kick-start the concept that has now evolved into
the ten-school pilot. Members of the school administration and
faculty, along with Nike leaders, have used FUTURE YOU to create a
visioning framework to focus and align student and faculty efforts,
so all students graduate prepared for and excited about the futures
they choose.
FUTURE YOU will also help Beaverton High School Principal Anne
Erwin and her staff respond to shifting realities—economic and
technical: “Every space in our school needs to be a 21st century
learning site—the library, choir room, weight room and every
classroom,” she said.
Nike talent development experts shared “design thinking”
strategies with Beaverton High School to help shape FUTURE YOU,
focusing on staff and students needs first and foremost. “FUTURE
YOU is not what I or other administrators have decided is the way
to solve a particular problem,” says Erwin. “This process helps us
think about how we will work collaboratively toward effective
change.”
Said Nike’s Ken Black, “I hope this goes wherever there’s a kid
who needs a glimpse of what their life could be.”
About NIKE, Inc.
NIKE, Inc., based near Beaverton, Oregon, is the world’s leading
designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear,
apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and
fitness activities. Wholly-owned NIKE, Inc. subsidiary brands
include Converse, which designs, distributes and licenses casual
sneakers, apparel and accessories; and Hurley, which designs and
distributes a line of action sports and youth lifestyle apparel and
accessories. For more information, NIKE, Inc.’s earnings releases
and other financial information are available on the Internet at
http://investors.nike.com and individuals can follow @Nike.
About the Nike School Innovation Fund
Since 2007, the Nike School Innovation Fund has partnered with
school leaders in Oregon, investing over $12 million to date to
support public schools. The Fund provides resources to support key
program innovations in schools with the goal of increasing the
number of students who graduate on time and preparing them to
succeed after graduation, as well as personal involvement from Nike
leaders and partners.
Nike School Innovation Fund has also paired Nike leaders with
ten schools for its Innovation Schools program.
As a part of this program, each principal and Nike Leader team
works independently on innovative programs that address specific
and unique needs of their students and school. Nike is working to
make sure the results are sustainable, scalable and transformative
across the state, so students can walk into any classroom, and
expect a rigorous and relevant education.
http://about.nike.com/pages/nike-school-innovation-fund
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