10 episodes
Shift Your Paradigm: From School-Centered to Learner-Centered Podcasts – Shift your paradigm
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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Explore what it means to be learner-centered and the leadership necessary to lead in a learner-centered environment.
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Episode 061: Exploration High School Interview with Nathan Strenge & Sam Neisen on Founding a Learner-Centered Learning Environment
Today we are speaking with Nathan Strenge and Sam Neisen. Nathan and Sam will be launching Exploration High School in the fall of 2021 – a learner-centered environment designed to empower youth to contribute to a healthier, more equitable society. Nathan’s drive to transform education and open Exploration High School comes through his belief that…
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Episode 060: The QUESTion Class Interview with members of the Youth Advisory Council
In this episode, we are speaking with students who took the QUESTion Class when they were in high school and have formed a Youth Advisory Council to support the creation of a new subject field in education. The QUESTion class is a semester-long course designed by the Open Future Institute to support learners in the…
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Bonus Episode 18 – Outdoor Learning Interview with Adam Aronson, Founding Lead Teacher at Chelsea Opportunity Academy
In this bonus episode, we are speaking with Adam Aronson, founding lead teacher at the Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA) in Chelsea, MA, about the academy’s outdoor experience course. The Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA) is a competency based, alternative high school in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Chelsea Opportunity Academy offers an engaging and supportive learning environment for young adults…
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Episode 059: Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) Interview with Corey Mohn, Executive Director & Erin Jacobson, learner
In this episode, we’re learning with Corey Mohn and Erin Jacobson. Corey is the Executive Director of the Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), a nationally recognized, innovative high school program. Students fast forward into their future and are fully immersed in a professional culture, solving real world problems, using industry standard tools and…
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Episode 058: Voyagers’ Community School Interview with Karen Giuffre’, Founding Director
In this episode we are learning with Karen Giuffre’ from Voyagers’ Community School in New Jersey. Karen began her teaching career in Harvard, Massachusetts where she taught 5th, 6th, and 8th-grade social studies. Karen developed an elementary interdisciplinary curriculum as a researcher and writer and then as a trainer and promoter of the national physical education program,…
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Episode 057: Sweetland School Interview with Lindsay Pinchbeck and learners
In this episode, wee are learning with Lindsay Pinchbeck, Director of Sweet Tree Arts and Founder of Sweetland School in Hope, ME, and learners. Sweetland School is an Arts Integrated, Project Based elementary school. Lindsay has been teaching in the arts and alternative education settings for the past 20 years. Cooper McBride is 13 years old…