30 min

Do We Want STUDENTS or LEARNERS? In Conversation with Jason Kennedy Teachers on Fire

    • Education

JASON KENNEDY is a 23 year veteran educator with experience in classrooms from elementary through college. He has served as an instructional coach, school building administrator and district administrator. His passion lies in collaborating with others in designing highest quality learning for all learners.

Welcome to Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 9:00 Pacific and 12:00 Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:42 - Jason Kennedy's current context in education
1:14 - A story of adversity: dealing with binders and narrow vision
3:10 - How writing impacts his professional learning
5:26 - Quitting teaching and designing learning instead
8:04 - Why we should focus more of our efforts on Tier 1
13:32 - The science of reading and the science of learning
16:41 - What are students doing versus what are students learning
17:43 - A professional goal: publishing a book about instructional leaders
19:21 - Two daily questions for every building leader
20:41 - Should every building leader be an instructional leader?
23:00 - An area of personal passion and interest: AI
24:10 - A current productivity habit
25:56 - An account to follow on X
26:14 - An edtech tool to check out
26:34 - A book recommendation
26:57 - A podcast recommendation
27:21 - A recommendation for a future guest
27:38 - A YouTube channel pick
27:59 - What Jason's streaming right now
28:51 - The best ways to follow Jason online
29:36 - Final thoughts and goodbyes. Thank you for joining us, Teachers on Fire!

CONNECT with ME

On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire)

On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/)

On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire)

On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/

Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

SONG TRACK CREDIT

Fast and Run by Nico Staf*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachersonfire/message
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachersonfire/support

JASON KENNEDY is a 23 year veteran educator with experience in classrooms from elementary through college. He has served as an instructional coach, school building administrator and district administrator. His passion lies in collaborating with others in designing highest quality learning for all learners.

Welcome to Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 9:00 Pacific and 12:00 Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:42 - Jason Kennedy's current context in education
1:14 - A story of adversity: dealing with binders and narrow vision
3:10 - How writing impacts his professional learning
5:26 - Quitting teaching and designing learning instead
8:04 - Why we should focus more of our efforts on Tier 1
13:32 - The science of reading and the science of learning
16:41 - What are students doing versus what are students learning
17:43 - A professional goal: publishing a book about instructional leaders
19:21 - Two daily questions for every building leader
20:41 - Should every building leader be an instructional leader?
23:00 - An area of personal passion and interest: AI
24:10 - A current productivity habit
25:56 - An account to follow on X
26:14 - An edtech tool to check out
26:34 - A book recommendation
26:57 - A podcast recommendation
27:21 - A recommendation for a future guest
27:38 - A YouTube channel pick
27:59 - What Jason's streaming right now
28:51 - The best ways to follow Jason online
29:36 - Final thoughts and goodbyes. Thank you for joining us, Teachers on Fire!

CONNECT with ME

On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire)

On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/)

On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire)

On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/

Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

SONG TRACK CREDIT

Fast and Run by Nico Staf*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachersonfire/message
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachersonfire/support

30 min

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