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Learners at the Center – #FETC

By Randy Ziegenfuss

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 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Learning

Learner-centered leaders develop the resources, the people and the conditions necessary for transformation [#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. As we have … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Leadership, Learning, Shift Your Paradigm

Sustaining Change

By Randy Ziegenfuss

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 … [Continue reading]

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Sharing the Learner-Centered Message

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. As we have … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Leadership, Learning, Shift Your Paradigm

Learner-centered leaders create a learning culture that balances structure and freedom [#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 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Leadership, Shift Your Paradigm

Excerpts from #FETC 2018 Roundtable Discussion

By Randy Ziegenfuss

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 … [Continue reading]

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Learner-centered leaders design flexible opportunities where learning is the focus [#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 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Leadership, Learning, Shift Your Paradigm

Interrogating our beliefs about learning

By Randy Ziegenfuss

I have been at a number of workshops and conferences lately where I have been inwardly critical about the plane on which the conversation about transformation has been occurring. These conversations have more regularly focused first on teaching and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Learning

Learner-centered leaders listen to learners as they develop agency [#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 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Leadership, Learning, Shift Your Paradigm

Learner-centered leaders create the space and provide the supports for learners to solve their own problems [#ShiftYourParadigm]

By Randy Ziegenfuss

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. Episode 19 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Leadership, Shift Your Paradigm

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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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