Working At The Edge

Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation

Learner-centered leaders believe in the power of students to take ownership of the learning [#ShiftYourParadigm]

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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. In Episode 29, we chatted with Chad Carlson, a coach at One Stone, a high school […]

Learner-centered leaders hold learner agency and student voice at the core of their work [#ShiftYourParadigm]

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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. In Episode 28, we spoke with Dr. Pam Moran, superintendent in Albemarle County Public Schools in […]

Learner-centered leaders place learner passions at the center of learning in core academics and social-emotional learning [#ShiftYourParadigm]

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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. In Episode 27 we spoke with Jon Hanover, Founder and Executive Director of Roots Elementary School in Colorado. We […]

Learner-centered leaders invest time in developing deep connected relationships [#ShiftYourParadigm]

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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. In Episode 26 we are revisiting Springhouse Community School located in Floyd, VA. You may recall […]

Learner-centered leaders explicitly redefine the role of teacher [#ShiftYourParadigm]

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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. In this episode, we focus on leadership and a conversation with Big Picture Learning Co-Executive Directors, […]

Learners at the Center – #FETC

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I had the opportunity to be a Featured Presenter at FETC, the Future of Education Technology Conference in FLA. I prepared a series of five presentations and two panels. The “learner” was a thread that carried throughout all of the presentations and conversations. I had a great time sharing Salisbury’s story and connecting with other […]

Learner-centered leaders develop the resources, the people and the conditions necessary for transformation [#ShiftYourParadigm]

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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. As we have become more proficient in the learner-centered paradigm through our work in the Salisbury […]

Sustaining Change

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I attended a session at Educon 2018 titled Sustaining Change in Schools and Systems. The session was facilitated by Zac Chase and Diana Laufenberg, both previously teachers at Science Leadership Academy. Besides the content of the session, the most powerful aspect for me was that these were practitioners – practitioners who have reflected on years of […]