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#29 of 60: Is there a place for self-directed learning in human-centered schooling? 🤔

By Randy Ziegenfuss

#29 of 60: Is there a place for self-directed learning in human-centered schooling? 🤔

Back in post #15 on redefining the role of teacher, group member Rachel Girman shared this article on heutagogy… The Definition of Heutagogy and Self-Determined Learning. Hoo-ta-what? Down the rabbit hole…..! 🐇🐇 I’ve heard the word previously, but can’t say I was all that familiar with it. AND it seems relevant to our work of […]

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#7 of 60: Enrollment. A new leadership skill? 🤔🤔🤔

By Randy Ziegenfuss

#7 of 60: Enrollment. A new leadership skill? 🤔🤔🤔

Welcome to Day #7 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —– A week ago the NY Times published an Op-ed from Wharton School organizational psychologist Adam Grant, The Science of Reasoning with Unreasonable People: Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help […]

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#6 of 60: Transformation is slow. How does this framework shed light on the leadership work? 🤔🤔🤔

By Randy Ziegenfuss

#6 of 60: Transformation is slow. How does this framework shed light on the leadership work? 🤔🤔🤔

Welcome to Day #6 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —– In a recent talk by futurist Andy Hines, he shared four types of values for the future he’s distilled from the World Values Survey. I haven’t dug into the validity of the […]

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

By Randy Ziegenfuss and Lynn Fuini-Hetten

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 […]

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About Working At The Edge:

My name is Randy Ziegenfuss, and I'm a retired public school superintendent and a life-long educator with over 34 years experience developing a passion for teaching, learning, leadership and technology. <read more...>

I first came across the phrase working at the edge while learning about the work of Marzano, et al. School Leadership That Works: From Research to Results. In this work, the researchers define 21 responsibilities of the school leader, one being change agent. A change agent is defined as one who is, "...willing to challenge school practices that have been in place for a long time and promoting the value of working at the edge of one's competence."

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