Podcasts about design39campus

In this episode of the podcast, your host Mirra and co-host Dylan will teach you all about dogs. We'll also interview each other and a student from our school, Design39Campus.

If you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you probably know that it started off as an extension of my dissertation, which was a deep dive into the work of Design39Campus. Design39Campus is a collaborative community focused on changing the way we do school. In this episode, I talk about how this idea started and why I chose podcasting as my medium.   Click here for the full episode! To complement the summer series I've created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

This week, Tom is speaking with Joe Erpelding, a passionate educator and leader who is in the business of transforming schools and students’ lives. Joe served as the Principal at the Poway Unified School District for a number of years before making his way to Design39Campus where he was able to create a magical, one-of-a-kind school experience for every learner. Now, he is transitioning to support the team at Thrively, a tool for helping learners understand their strengths, purpose, and passion. Listen in as Tom speaks with Joe about what makes Design39 a magical place to be, why design thinking matters, and what Thrively can do for education.   Key Takeaways: [:09] About today’s episode with Joe Erpelding. [:44] Tom Vander Ark welcomes Joe to the podcast! [:50] How long has Joe been with Design39? [1:05] What makes Design39 such a magic TK-8 campus. [2:46] How the Design39 building reflects the amazing program and culture. [3:15] How Joe and his colleagues describe what learners should know and be able to do at Design39. [4:53] How they express their learning goals at Design39. [5:53] What design thinking means to Joe and how they practice it at Design39. [7:02] Joe builds a picture of what you would see if you walked into the classrooms of the primary grades. [8:37] About the double classrooms, common spaces, and unique seating options at Design39. [9:58] Joe shares about the unique “learning parties” at Design39 for the intermediate grades. [11:10] The role of the teacher (or “learning experienced designers,” as they’re called at Design39). [13:19] How does Joe think about the role of a school head, now having almost two decades of school leadership? [14:37] Joe describes a difficult challenge that their community went through and how they approached it together, ultimately overcoming it. [16:46] How Joe leads his own learning as a school head. [19:04] How Joe and his colleagues led a new way forward in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. [21:51] About the Thrively app, how it is being used at Design39, and what Joe is hoping to accomplish by joining the team. [24:52] The age range Thrively covers. [25:25] How the feature “sparks” within the Thrively platform helps ignite students’ curiosity. [26:10] How Thrively helps promote social justice. [27:01] The various ways teachers can utilize Thrively. [29:16] Joe’s hopes for joining the Thrively team and what he hopes they can accomplish over the next two years. [30:21] Where to learn more about Thrively, Design39Campus, and connect with Joe online. [30:55] Tom thanks Joe for joining the podcast.   Mentioned in This Episode: Joe Erpelding Poway Unified School District Design39Campus Thrively Education Reimagined Stanford d.school Altitude Learning Big Picture Learning Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 95: “Leadership for School Progress in Poway Unified”   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!

Collision Points - the coming together of ideas from diverse perspectives. This is required if we are going to make educational impact during COVID-19.  We know when we are getting it right when Kindergarten learners are giving instructional feedback to their teachers during Distance Learning. Listen in - it's happening at Design39Campus.

When we create the space for the possibility of failure, we actually are creating the space for authentic learning. COVID-19 has turned the educational space up-side-down. Listen in on what can be learned from a campus that has spent the last six years reinventing  "school" and what it means to be a learner. Embrace ambiguity, embrace change, embrace the ones you love.

COVID-19 has closed school, changed the way we work, interact and connect. The impact on our social emotional well-being is taking a toll. In a sea of resources we can feel overwhelmed and confused where to start. The counselors at Design39Campus have a few ideas to keep you centered and filled with purpose.  Listen in! Use these resources freely: TK-2 SEL Support:  https://www.smore.com/pjd4y   Grades 3-5 SEL Support:  https://www.smore.com/e3gsa   Grades 6-8 SEL Support:  https://www.smore.com/wzd3p

School - where did it all go wrong? Point collecting, standardized tests, AP curriculum and a destination of college are just a few of the reasons why we have gone off the rails and away from  elevating humanity.  Listen in for insights from an atypical high school senior.

Gemma - a 4th grader shares how often teachers deny students the opportunity to learn and how Design39Campus is changing that paradigm. There's nothing more personal than learning.

Stacey Lamb, a Learning Experience Designer (teacher) at Design39Campus shares insights on how learning becomes personal when the end project is not defined. She allows the process of learning to lead the way forward through essential questions, daily professional collaboration and open-walled experiences.

In which Dan spends an afternoon at Design39Campus in San Diego to find how they're doing education differently. Dan explores the campus, talks to teachers and students, and discovers an impressive amount of flexibility, teacher and student autonomy, and community buy-in. As always, comments and questions are welcome on Twitter @BigIdeaEd.

Our guest today is Anthony Kim, Founder and CEO of Education Elements. Anthony built virtual schools before anyone had heard of such a thing. He has worked with over 1000 schools and school districts on projects ranging from the adoption of personalized learning to project management and leadership capacity. Anthony works with a focus on seeking to achieve better student outcomes, higher student engagement, and increased teacher satisfaction. He is the co-author of The New School Rules, and co-author of The New Team Habits: a Guide to The New School Rules.In this episode, we talk about the patterns he sees after so many school visits, how educators can work better together, what changes he expects to see in education, and much more. This episode is jam-packed with tips from Anthony’s experience, so listen in. Here’s Anthony.Quotes: 3:10 “What is missing the most is (a consideration of) how anyone coming to visit the school experiences it within the first 5 - 10 minutes they are there.” 6:38 “In many of our day-to-day experiences, we expect a greater level of personalization, real-time interaction, and real-time feedback.”17:20 “As you get more data, can you make course corrections that help you get to the goal?”20:38 “We have to make the shift in the minds of the leaders of schools; if you want to become a learning organization, you have to embrace mistakes as a part of the process.”34:50 “How we deliver content and engage students matters a lot, and part of our job is to draw in those students so that they want to learn; that’s where personalized learning can come in.”Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion:Design39Campus http://design39campus.com/The Lean Startup by Eric Reis http://theleanstartup.com/Timeless Learning: How Imagination, Observation, and Zero-Based Thinking Change Schools by Pam Moran https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Learning-Imagination-Observation-Zero-Based/dp/1119461693Farnam Street: My Interview with Adam Robinson https://fs.blog/adam-robinson-pt1/Where to learn more about Anthony Kim:Education Elements https://www.edelements.com/anthony-kimTwitter - @EdElements or @anthonxAnthony on Linkedin linkedin.com/in/anthonykimWhere to learn more about Enrollhand:Website: www.enrollhand.comOur webinar: https://webinar-replay.enrollhand.comOur free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolgrowth/

Is it possible to create a different school experience? Given the chance to do things really differently in your school, what would you do? That's the opportunity that Peter Wieczorek has as the director of Northwest Passage High School in Coon Rapids, MN, a public charter school that is pushing the envelope when it comes to carving our new ways of preparing students for the world today. They are creating a different school experience! While a lot of schools are doing project-based learning, as you'll hear in this podcast Peter stresses that at Northwest Passage projects are chosen by students, based on their interests, and supported by a staff of educators that is adept at making sure students learn deeply and navigate all of the expectations of the state standards and assessments. But what might be most out of the box for the school is that they offer students over 20 "expeditions" which are overnight excursions of up to two weeks into the real world. The emphasis is on building relationships between students and adults and create learning opportunities that simply can't happen inside the four walls of the school. If you're looking for a story of school that is driven by student agency and autonomy, you'll enjoy this interview immensely. When you finish listening to this, please check out our podcast with Megan Power. She discusses Design39campus which is another public school doing great things.

Design39Campus Brief School Profile:  At Design39Campus, learning experiences are designed with the individual learner in mind. As a collaborative community, we nurture creative confidence, practice design thinking, learn through inquiry, connect globally, use technology and real world tools, and promote the courage and growth mindset necessary to change the world. Teachers are called “Learning Experience Designers"   Location: 17050 Del Sur Ridge Road San Diego, CA 92127 (858) 676-6639   Why are we visiting this school?   Alignment with our vision for K12 Magnet [x]Competency Based [x]Blended Learning [x]Diversity [x]Public School   Resources and Links: School Blog School Web Site   Contact: Joe Erpelding jerpelding@powayusd.com 858-382-4356   Notes from Visit: Everything speaks titles, furniture, etc. Open spaces, very flexible   Choices in topic, process, product Director of innovation Teachers collaborating every single day. Team (principal and 5 teachers) working together to design the school for a whole year. TK - kindergarten for kids that are 5 before december 1 (½ day) MIMS - PE teachers. When and why were they brought in? Collaboration Everyone is a leader. Teachers are out of the room easily. No more meetings - facilitated learning opportunities. Carts for teachers, instead No ownership of rooms. Design the space as needed. Reset the space at the end of each day/week/unit. Students didn’t have any physical books, were put in the classroom. Working agreements for student behavior not school rules. Large classrooms, 60-65 kids, 2 teachers. Kids without passes, not asking to use the bathroom. Every piece of furniture has dual purposes. Name design39 39th school and want kids to wonder first and foremost. Design Studio for the adults. Learning Experience Designers - We light the way. Be cognizant of what works well for kids. Do it. Activity for K12 sessions: Define what different things mean. Questions still to ask: Community agreements? Video about 1st graders collaborating. Clubs or activities Philosophy on homework? Literacy emphasis? Lottery process: 1st draw is to match free and reduced lunch. 2nd draw is to fill Special Education demographics. 3rd draw is for diversity. Fourth draw is to do everything.

This week, Matt reflects on his trip to the FutureNowEDU conference at Design39Campus in Poway, California. He talk with Courtney about his experiences, his discussion with kids, and an interview with Tanvi, a social-5th grade learner at D39.Some links to mentioned topics: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=grant+lichtman https://futurenowedu.net/ @Design39Campus @GrantLichtman @fourfiveD39C

This week, Matt reflects on his trip to the FutureNowEDU conference at Design39Campus in Poway, California. He talk with Courtney about his experiences, his discussion with kids, and an interview with Tanvi, a social-5th grade learner at D39.Some links to mentioned topics: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=grant+lichtman https://futurenowedu.net/ @Design39Campus @GrantLichtman @fourfiveD39C