Chat w/Cat

Catina Hancock

I want to spend time and energy elevating the good that is happening in our schools, despite the challenges we are facing as a community. Let’s learn from one another, cheer each other on and build capacity to create an educational system that enables all children to achieve their full potential!!

Episodes

  1. 23/01/2021

    Reporting in from Oceanside, CA, CEO of Altitude Learning and good friend, Devin Vodicka

    Over the past 20 years, Devin’s vision for how to drive high-quality student outcomes enabled him to quickly ascend the roles of educator, school principal, district administrator, and superintendent. During his tenure serving Vista Unified’s more than 25,000 students, Devin earned some of the education industry’s most prestigious awards. In 2015, he was named “California Superintendent of the Year” by both the ACSA and Pepperdine University. In 2014, he received Classroom of the Future Foundation's "Innovative Superintendent of the Year" award. After joining Vista in 2012, he was invited to the White House nine times; both in recognition for district-wide achievements and to partner on national efforts with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology and the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. As Altitude Learning’s Chief Impact Officer Devin guided design and strategy of the organization's learner-centered technology platform and services as it expanded into a growing community of private, charter, and public schools. As Chief Executive Officer, he will lead the organization in extending its impact on the learner-centered ecosystem. Tune in to hear Devin's perspective on systems, collaboration and connectedness. You can follow Devin on Twitter @dvodicka and if you need a good book to read, check out "Learner-Centered Leadership: A Blueprint for Transformational Change in Learning Communities." And as mentioned in our chat, you can access some of our great work, including a great OER library, with the Texas Learning Exchange here.

    20 min

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I want to spend time and energy elevating the good that is happening in our schools, despite the challenges we are facing as a community. Let’s learn from one another, cheer each other on and build capacity to create an educational system that enables all children to achieve their full potential!!