A key component of the Northeastern vision is a cohesive ecosystem that supports a wide range of learners with diverse needs throughout their journey. In this session, cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams of educators will leverage the SAIL framework to design creative responses to persona-based scenarios. Through this work, participants will generate knowledge that can be adapted by colleagues throughout the University.

1. Supporting Learners With a
Collaborative Network of Educators
Please find a table with a
challenge that interests you.
sail.northeastern.edu
sail@northeastern.edu
#LearningEverywhere
#SAILatNU
Facilitators
• Adam Coppola
• Mary English
• Alexia Ferracuti
• Yevgeniya V. Zastavker

2. Session Goal
Discover how the SAIL framework and
concepts can be leveraged to facilitate
educator collaboration in support of
learners.

3. Session Outline
• Icebreaker
• Persona-challenge scenarios
- Individual work
- Group work
- Sharing
• Reflections

4. ICEBREAKER
Introduce Yourselves at Your Tables
• Name, role, unit
• Experience with SAIL (if any)
• Number of years as educator
• Celebrity sighting
Be prepared to share with the whole group:
• Total number of years as educator for your entire
table
• Best celebrity sighting

5. Challenges – Individual Work
• Review the persona-challenge scenario.
• Work individually to complete the
worksheet.
• Prepare to share at your table.

6. Share Your Process
• Each person shares at the table.
• Compare and contrast interpretations
and approaches.

7. SAIL Tools
• Concepts
- Learning happens everywhere
- NU as a collaborative network of
educators
• Framework
- Shared language
- 5 dimensions, each with a set of
characteristics and skills

8. CAREER DEVELOPMENT
CAPSTONE
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONSRESEARCH
ACADEMIC ADVISINGCO-OP
LIBRARY GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
ATHLETICSCOURSEWORK
RECREATION SERVICE-LEARNING
LEARNER
From a unidirectional offering of experiences…

9. …into a connected, dynamic ecosystem
CAREER ADVISOR
CAPSTONE FACULTY
PEERSRESEARCH MENTOR
ACADEMIC ADVISORCO-OP FACULTY
LIBRARIAN GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
COORDINATOR
COACHACADEMIC FACULTY
RECREATION STAFF SERVICE-LEARNING COMMUNITY
PARTNER
LEARNER

10. INTELLECTUAL AGILITY
Learners develop the ability to use knowledge,
behaviors, skills, and experiences flexibly in new and
unique situations to innovatively contribute to their
field.
GLOBAL MINDSET
Learners develop knowledge, skills and behaviors to live,
work and communicate with people whose background,
experience and perspectives are different from their own as
well as to consider the global impact of their decisions.
SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS &
COMMITMENT
Learners develop the confidence, skills and values to
effectively recognize the needs of individuals,
communities, and societies and make a commitment
to constructively engage in social action.
PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Learners develop the confidence, skills, behaviors and values to effectively discern
life goals, form relationships and shape their personal and professional identities to
achieve fulfillment.
WELL-BEING
Learners develop knowledge, skills and behaviors
necessary to live balanced and fulfilling lives.
SAIL Framework

11. Class
Class
Class
Class
Club
Club
Sport
Team
Job
Event Many Different
Experiences

12. Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Advocacy
Entrepreneurship
Computational Thinking
Networking
Empathy
Humility
Civic-Mindedness
Integrity
Inclusivity
Organization
Aesthetic Appreciation
Negotiation
Communication
Educational
Transparency

13. Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Advocacy
Entrepreneurship
Computational Thinking
Networking
Empathy
Humility
Civic-Mindedness
Communication
Integrity
Inclusivity
Organization
Aesthetic Appreciation
Negotiation
Integrating
Across Contexts

14. Through the SAIL Lens - Individual
• Given the educators at your table, how might
you collaboratively respond to the challenge?
• Respond to the questions on the worksheet
and prepare to discuss at your table.

15. Through the SAIL Lens - Team
Work together as a team to develop a collaborative response
to the challenge:
1. As a group, how (if at all) would you re-interpret the challenge?
2. Decide how your group would approach the challenge
collaboratively, including What, Who, and How.
3. Write or draw your answers on flipchart - What, Who, and How.
4. Write your reflections on separate flipchart – Consider: What
approach did the SAIL tools enable? How did the SAIL framework
change your narrative?
5. Prepare to present in the whole group
(2 min per group).

16. Thank You!
Discover how the SAIL framework and
concepts can be leveraged to facilitate
educator collaboration in support of
learners.
#LearningEverywhere
#SAILatNU