SPEAKING THEME
Agents to Agency
Empowering Self-Determined Mastery Within Every Learner
SPEAKING THEME
Agents to Agency
Empowering Self-Determined Mastery Within Every Learner
From Compliance to Ownership—Build classrooms where engagement leads to autonomy, and learning becomes self-directed.
From Compliance to Ownership
The Agents to Agency session helps educators shift students from passive compliance to active ownership—transforming classrooms into environments where curiosity, autonomy, and purpose drive learning.
Many students move through school as passive participants, completing tasks without connection or intent. In this transformational session, Lee Crockett introduces the Agents to Agency framework—a scaffolded model that helps teachers gradually transfer responsibility to learners. Discover how to turn compliance into curiosity, build autonomy, and create classrooms where purpose drives performance.
Lee often reminds educators that agency isn’t an outcome—it’s a practice of trust, responsibility, and growth.
“Agency isn’t something we give to students.
It’s something we grow—through trust, reflection, and responsibility.”
Lee Crockett
Who It's For
This session is designed for school and system leaders, instructional coaches, and teaching teams who want to strengthen engagement and deepen learner ownership across classrooms and curriculum.
What You’ll Gain
- Uncover the barriers that prevent students from developing true agency—and why traditional approaches often fail.
- Define the core components of learner agency and how to embed them within curriculum, teaching, and assessment.
- Explore scaffolded learning models that progressively shift responsibility and confidence to the learner.
- Gain a research-backed roadmap for implementing agency-driven learning across classrooms and systems.
- Leave equipped with practical strategies to cultivate critical thinking, autonomy, and lifelong adaptability.
Why Leaders and Organisers Choose This Session
- Proven to transform learner engagement and ownership across diverse school contexts.
- Balances research, story, and practice—making agency both understandable and doable.
- Adaptable for leaders, teachers, and systems working to embed deep learning and authentic autonomy.
- Grounded in years of evidence from schools that have implemented the Agents to Agency framework with measurable impact.
- Designed for sustainable culture change — not a one-off motivational moment.
Formats & Fit
Available as a keynote, interactive workshop (live or virtual), or leadership professional learning day.
Perfect for conferences, system leadership events, or whole-school professional learning.