The past month has been a time filled with lots of opportunities to learn and reflect on the work we are doing in Salisbury Township School District. I’ve not only been kindling my curiosity through reading, but have attended Education Reimagined’s Pioneer Lab Training, the AASA Legislative Advocacy Conference, the AASA National Superintendent Certification Program, […]
Archives for July 2017
Learner-centered leaders create culture grounded in the community’s vision, mission and beliefs about learning [#ShiftYourParadigm]
This post is part of a series connected to the podcast Shift Your Paradigm: from school-centered to learner-centered. Lynn and I will be sharing our learning and thinking along the way and cross-posting to the Shift Your Paradigm site. Lynn Fuini-Hetten & Randy Ziegenfuss In Episode 8, we had a conversation with Dr. Suzanne Freeman, Superintendent […]
Transforming with an Eye to the Future
As we think about transformation of the education system, it’s important that we scan the current landscape but also “patrol the border between now and next” to best understand the changes that will ultimately disrupt our world as we know it, including the way we educate and learn. While I’ve previously written (and even put […]
Learner-centered leaders create conditions for learner agency in all stakeholders [#ShiftYourParadigm]
This post is part of a series connected to the podcast Shift Your Paradigm: from school-centered to learner-centered. Lynn and I will be sharing our learning and thinking along the way and cross-posting to the Shift Your Paradigm site. Lynn Fuini-Hetten & Randy Ziegenfuss In Episode 7, we had a conversation with Carrie Bakkan, Program Coordinator […]
Distinctions over definitions
Education is filled with its fair share of jargon: personalized learning, digital transformation, digital leadership, etc. As practitioners in the field, we will often seek out definitions when we need to quickly make sense of complex terminology. You’ve probably heard about a term like personalized learning, “We need a definition of that.” One of my […]