Episode 4: Scaling Learner-Centered Schools
What is the Learner-Centered Collaborative, and what do they do?
- Devin Vodicka, CEO
- Katie Marting, Chief Impact Officer
- Ben Owens, Open Way Learning
Both Devin Vodicka and Katie Martin already have a storied history in doing what they can to reimagine what teaching, learning, and schooling can look like, in a variety of positions and contexts. Devin is former Superintendent of the Vista Unified Schools and author of Learner-Centered Leadership. Katie is a former classroom educator who has since taken on a number of leadership positions and subsequently written two incredibly valuable books distilling what she has learned, Learner-Centered Innovation and Evolving Education. Now they run the Learner-Centered Collaborative assisting and supporting districts, schools, and state education systems in the pursuit of learner-centered ecosystems building on what they have learned through their own experience and building on what they are learning through their work with others. In this podcast, Devin and Katie share who they are, why they do the work they do, and the insights they have gained in how to mobilize and support communities in pursuing their own transformation. Ben Owens, my good friend who also does this work leading Open Way Learning, offers his thoughts and and questions to the conversation as well. Rich and powerful. What is needed? Solutions from others? Or the opportunity to pursue one’s own visions of possibility?
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