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Getting Smart Podcast | Leadership for School Progress in Poway Unified

Emily Liebtag

May 9, 2017

Poway Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Marian Kim-Phelps and Joseph Erpelding, Principal of Design39 discuss leading for progress, empowering students and families to succeed and how to spread great ideas within a district.

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A Maine School District’s Approach To Personalized Learning

Guest Author

May 5, 2017

When districts are considering personalized learning, it's important for them to reflect on their own vision, culture and transparency. I asked RSU-2 Superintendent Bill Zima to share his insight on these three themes for his district's personalized learning journey.

Leadership

10 Tips For EdLeaders Feeling Overwhelmed And Insufficient

Tom Vander Ark

May 3, 2017

As a school or system leader, it’s hard not to be overwhelmed and feel insufficient while navigating complex work and decisions that can affect hundreds of students. Here are 10 tips to help you overcome these feelings.

Innov8

Innov8: Human-Centered Design

Getting Smart Staff

May 3, 2017

This week’s top news stories celebrate human-centered design with everything from a new collection of social-emotional learning resources to the launch of a cohort for teachers looking to transform education from the ground up.

Leadership

Your Fans Want You To Be Better, Not Different

Tom Vander Ark

May 2, 2017

From studying the new book Superfandom, EdLeaders can learn three ways to best work with school and district 'fans' in order to shape a successful future.

Future of Learning

Building Innovation Ecosystems to Reinvent School

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 30, 2017

By: Rosie Clayton. Last autumn, I had the chance to tour the United States to learn about the various ways in which new education innovation ecosystems were taking form. I recently published a report on the experience, the highlights of which I share in this post.

Ed Policy

Why I’m Post Policy and Pro-Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 27, 2017

Personalized pathways of learning can be far more powerful than the way we have historically organized schools--we just need to invent the tools to do it well and at scale. This will be the direction of education policy in the coming decades.

Leadership

Bringing Mentoring Models into the 21st Century

Guest Author

Apr 27, 2017

By: Benjamin Castleman. While we know mentors can have a profound impact on young people, millions of kids across the country grow up without one. Here's how we can leverage new forms of technology to change that.

Innov8

Innov8: Teacher Resources

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 26, 2017

We know that one thing teachers appreciate is a tool that makes their lives easier, so this week’s top eight news stories highlight new teacher resources that can help them save time or improve their practice.

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Teachers ARE Innovators

Juan

Apr 25, 2017

One may think that innovation in education always entails using fancy new tech to make a new product or a radically divergent idea, but I think at times we miss a driving force at the heart of innovation – engaging teachers.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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