East Coast Forum · Barrie School

​Barrie has been doing this kind of education since before most of us had a word for it. It was the first Montessori high school in the country, and it's one of the first US schools to adopt the Global Impact Diploma, with a Montessori-to-project-based throughline running from grade 6 up.

​Barrie also runs a Mastery Learning Record alongside traditional grades. Families still get the report card they expect, and they get a far fuller picture of what their child can do.

​If your version of this work grew out of a philosophy rather than a policy, you'll recognize the building.

​The first half of the day belongs to Barrie. You'll be in conversation with their students, teachers, and school leaders in the learning spaces where the model actually runs, with nobody steering it.

​The afternoon is yours. We break into smaller working sessions on the parts of the mastery journey you care about most, from assessment and credentialing to implementation and faculty adoption. Bring the problem you're stuck on and find the person who has already solved it.

​The date is deliberate: this lands the day before NAIS Thrive in Baltimore, an hour up the road.

​75 people, 9:00am to 3:30pm.

​Member schools get two free tickets, with the code in your invitation email. Everyone else pays $50, so bring a school that belongs in the Consortium.

​Questions about the program go to Jason Cummings, cummings@mastery.org.

​See you in Silver Spring,

​Matt