Working At The Edge

Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation

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 […]

Excerpts from #FETC 2018 Roundtable Discussion

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The following originally appeared on EdCirucuit as part of a roundtable discussion series including the voices of various FETC presenters – Part 2 and Part 3.  What does a student-centered learning environment look like? My colleague, Lynn Fuin-Hetten, and I have been exploring this very question on the Shift Your Paradigm podcast, interviewing leaders and learners […]

Learner-centered leaders design flexible opportunities where learning is the focus [#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 22, we learn about learner-centered education in the Fraser Public Schools. Superintendent, David Richards, […]

Learner-centered leaders listen to learners as they develop agency [#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 21,  we return to Maine and a second visit with RSU 2 (Regional School […]

The Future of Education

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The Edvocate recently reached out to educators and industry experts around the country to gauge their thoughts on the future of education: 106 Experts Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Education. Here are the thoughts I had the opportunity to shared: It is a very exciting time to be in K12 education! It’s also a […]