Podcasts about expeditionary learning

Principal Tina Meglich shares the journey of Conway Academy of Expeditionary Learning to create an authentic learner-centered environment. Learn how they built a shared vision that honors student voice, cultivates learner agency, embraces an expeditionary learning model, and designs authentic assessments.

SHOW NOTES Ron Berger is Chief Program Officer for the non-profit school improvement network Expeditionary Learning, a national network of over 160 public project-based schools in 30 states in the US. Ron was as a public school teacher and carpenter in rural Massachusetts for 25 years. His writing and speaking centre on inspiring quality and character in students, specifically through project-based learning, original scientific and historical research, service learning, and the infusion of arts. He is the author of two books - An Ethic of Excellence and A Culture of Quality - the former of which is the focus of this podcast, in its 20th anniversary year This was a game-changing conversation in which Ron provides a way out of the trad-prog debate, and explains how to transform the culture of a school so that the students really start to care about their learning, and to consistently produce work to a staggeringly high standard. LINKS EL Education: https://eleducation.org/ An ethic of excellence: https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/berger/ethic-of-excellence/9780325005966 THE RETHINKING ED CONFERENCE 2023 Sat 23rd September, London Tickets: https://bit.ly/reconf23 Speakers, sessions, bios: https://www.rethinking-ed.org/rethinked23 Making Change Stick: makingchangestick.co The Rethinking Education podcast is hosted and produced by Dr James Mannion. You can contact him at www.rethinking-ed.org/contact, or via a social platform of your choosing: Twitter: www.twitter.com/RethinkingJames Insta: www.instagram.com/drjamesmannion LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/james-mannion/ SUPPORT THE RETHINKING ED PODCAST: Become a patron: www.patreon.com/repod Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/repod

A charter school focused on the future is coming soon to Brooklyn's historic Floyd Bennett Field: Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School will explore green jobs, solutions to climate change, food injustice, and systemic racism. Executive Director Geoffrey Roehm is our guest. For more, visit launchschool.org.

Bryn Lottig is the co-founder of Kikori, an app for educators that aligns experiential education activities with teaching and social-emotional standards. Bryn is a sought-after expert in experiential education and an Adventure Program Coordinator at Arbor Vitae-Woodruff, an Expeditionary Learning school. She received her Master's degree in Adventure Based Experiential Education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.   https://www.kikoriapp.com/

Kemi Akinsanya-Rose brings more than 20 years of consulting, operations, strategy, marketing, and education technology experience to Cambium. Kemi provides expertise in these areas to help Cambium develop leadership capabilities, scale business opportunities, and accelerate overall performance. Kemi is instrumental in leading Cambium's overall and business unit objectives in organizational and talent strategy, diversity efforts, program development, and financial operations to expand our nationwide impact on student achievement and teacher professional development.Kemi earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Northwestern University, her Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business, and a master's degree in education leadership from the Broad Center at the Yale School of Management. Prior to joining Cambium, Kemi managed a global portfolio of client relationships across various industries where she provided bespoke strategic consulting services, served as the Chief Operating Officer & Chief Diversity Officer of EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning), and was the Chief Information Officer at the nation's largest school district, New York City Department of Education. 

Dave, Justys, and Jacob trade tales of transformational wilderness experiences, and discuss the origins and importance of expeditionary learning as a field.Dave Puig has been a wilderness instructor for fourteen years, leading expeditions in the desert, the Arctic, the wondrous Northwoods, and into the minds of authors, social critics, and high school students. He developed the expedition-based Land Ethics Curriculum at Youth Initiative High School which challenges students to see their own growth in reciprocity with their peers, those they see as different from themselves, and the earth. He also builds houses and lives on his wife's family farm where they are embarking on the incredible journey of parenthood!Justys Grenier is a Viroqua native, alumni of Youth Initiative High School, experiential educator and outdoor enthusiast. I grew up in the Driftless area and enjoyed a community supported upbringing while exploring the creeks and hills of our unique landscape. After a few years of traveling overseas, learning and growing into myself, I found a calling in outdoor education. For the last three years I have been working as an instructor at Voyageur Outward Bound School, leading trips with small groups of young people through the wilderness of the Boundary Waters, and through the Chihuahua desert of Big Bend, Texas. My desire for a change of pace and time to explore other interests has led me back to the Driftless area for the foreseeable future. Here I am learning carpentry and finding ways to engage with my community and give back with the knowledge and experience I have gained over the past few years.Outward Bound: https://www.outwardbound.org/National Outdoor Leadership School: https://www.nols.edu/en/Voyageur Outward Bound School: https://www.vobs.org/Learn more about Thoreau College and the microcollege movement: http://thoreaucollege.org/Driftless Folk School: https://www.driftlessfolkschool.org/

Keren Aspen Wallace was a student at the Doulos Discovery School and now teaches 7th and 8th grade math at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning in Denver, CO. Learn more about EL Education schools.

Ollie Lovell · ERRR 069 Andy Sprakes on Expeditionary Learning, Crew, and Beautiful Work Andy Sprakes was the Head Teacher… The post ERRR #069. Andy Sprakes on Expeditionary Learning, Crew, and Beautiful Work appeared first on Ollie Lovell.

Today I am delighted to be able to share with you my recent conversation with Andy Sprakes, the co-founder of XP school in Doncaster. I also had the opportunity to speak with two students from the school, Declan and Guraaj, who were absolutely lovely and insightful as you will soon discover. There has been a lot of interest in XP school in recent months, partly following a very complementary profile of the school that was published in the Sunday Times magazine, entitled: ‘Is XP the school of the future?' The article is below - paywalled unfortunately. In case you haven't heard of XP school before, it's a free school that was set up in 2014 by two teachers - Andy Sprakes and Gwyn Ap Harri - who were inspired following a visit to some innovative schools in the US - notably, High Tech High in San Diego, and Ron Berger's Expeditionary Learning schools. They do things very differently at XP. The curriculum is organised into cross-curricular ‘expeditions'. Their pastoral system is second to none. And their results are astonishing. And they are rated by Ofsted as being outstanding in every category. LINKS: Article: Is XP the school of the future? (£) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-uniforms-no-detentions-no-maths-lessons-is-xp-in-doncaster-the-school-of-the-future-jnc6n80kq Free e-book - How we XP: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yJy4-nn0cVaxFNaqBRMnoDemA3v3RvwH/view RETHINKING EDUCATION CONFERENCE - TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rethinking-education-conference-2022-tickets-226415834857 RETHINKING EDUCATION CONFERENCE - SPEAKER APPLICATIONS: https://rethinking-ed.org/conference/ RETHINKING EDUCATION MIGHTY NETWORK: www.rethinking-education.mn.co/feed BECOME A PATRON: www.patreon.com/repod BUY ME A COFFEE: www.buymeacoffee.com/repod The Rethinking Education podcast is hosted and produced by Dr James Mannion. You can contact him at www.rethinking-ed.org/contact, or via @RethinkingJames on Twitter.

In this episode, I connect with Jeneille Branen and Erin Corwine, the powerhouses behind the Palouse Prairie Charter School in Moscow, Idaho. As a credited EL institute, it's exemplary in executing the EL Education philosophy (formally known as  Expeditionary Learning).  We discuss what makes the Palouse community and curriculum unique, the intentionality behind their rigorous hiring process, integrating natural learning environments, and how they pivoted their practices during the pandemic.  To learn more, visit: http://pastfoundation.org/ (pastfoundation.org) Resources: Website: https://palouseprairieschool.org/ (palouseprairieschool.org) Learning Unboxed is produced in part by http://crate.media (Crate Media) Recorded by Eric French at http://wosu.org (WOSU Studios) in Columbus, Ohio

In this podcast episode, Leadership+Design's Tara Curry-Jahn interviews friend and colleague Gretchen Morgan about her over 20 year journey through education, the lessons and insights collected in her varied roles and some projections on how we can inspire greater equity and impact in the delivery of educational services. They also discuss possible steps to counter the compliance culture of education to make room for more learning for all students and communities.  Gretchen leads the Center for Innovation in Education.Gretchen Morgan has spent the past 20 years as an innovative educator; as an elementary teacher, middle and high school principal, K-12 program developer for Expeditionary Learning, and now Executive Director of Choice and Innovation for the Colorado Department of Education.  Her best job, however, is being a mom to two wonderful kids who fill her up with imaginary friends, lacrosse, stories, bikes, ideas for businesses, and THE best hugs.  She has also authored, Innovative Educator, an Action Plan for Teachers. The Center for Innovation in Education works to advance systems that seek greater equity in how children develop the identity, community, agency, and competency that pave the way for greater equity in our larger society.At C!E we believe a new approach to public education governance is emerging - an approach in which leadership of the system is neither top down, nor bottom up, but something more collaborative and complex that engages the public’s trust.  We act on this aspiration by forming learning communities of leaders who are committed to striving for the kind of extraordinary leadership that builds, sustains and repairs relationships across traditional lines of difference to reshape systems so that they are, by design, always seeking greater equity.Learn more: https://www.leadingwithlearning.org/who-we-areSupport the show (https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001qgI9GeY_mqToEV7UgRCwMymNBYIpS6RTjG1bVZu6TbUnlLbp1lELhuI6gvjg-by6_5hpextPmSu4XcNmhRjAf82q6VB-9Ap9P4ImLXQDHML6j3yAzNine7Jo3AgOmu1G56v0xycE7vXu2fCY_V4wBKLkoMaol7LtcFHjF6iKPr9s48OanvbFjE0YzKADCOjN)

The Special Sauce of PBL with Mike Kaechele, PBL & SEL Teacher, Coach, & PBLWorks National Faculty Mike Kaechele: Twitter @mikekaechele http://michaelkaechele.com/ Facebook Page: SEL in PBL Resources Mentioned: PBLWorks: https://www.pblworks.org/ High Tech High: https://www.hightechhigh.org/ Expeditionary Learning: https://eleducation.org/ Ron Berger: https://eleducation.org/about/staff/ron-berger Suzie Boss: http://www.ascd.org/Publications/ascd-authors/suzie-boss.aspx New Tech Network of Schools: https://newtechnetwork.org/ EdTech Classroom https://edtech-class.com/ Instagram @edtechclass Twitter @edtech_class

Benjamin Dancer, a teacher at the Jefferson County Open School (JCOS) and a 24 year veteran, shares his huge passion for fostering curiosity and connection through authentic relationship and experience. JCOS is a life changing alternative to conventional schooling.   Resources: Connect to Jefferson County Open School

On this episode we talk with Judy Demo, Team Leader of the Kitchen at King Middle School , Kirsten Platt, social studies teacher at Deering High School and Xavier Botana, superintendent of Portland Public Schools. We will also hear a a new music video preformed by Expeditionary Learning students from across the country while sheltering in place.

On this episode we talk with Judy Demo, Team Leader of the Kitchen at King Middle School , Kirsten Platt, social studies teacher at Deering High School and Xavier Botana, superintendent of Portland Public Schools. We will also hear a a new music video preformed by Expeditionary Learning students from across the country while sheltering in place.

In this episode, Escondido Union Superintendent Luis Ibarra talks with Tina Meglich, Principal at Conway Elementary, and students Adrian and Lillian about Expeditionary Learning, EPIC Conway, and being a part of the Conway Crew.

We've all made mistakes in our teaching practice and most of us are eager to learn from them and move on. We know school administrators also miss the mark at times. In this episode, we look at leadership mistakes and how to avoid them. Anne Vilen is Senior Writer and Project Manager for EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) and co-author (with Ron Berger & Libby Woodfin) of Learning that Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction. Previously, she served as Associate Director of an EL Education mentor school in Asheville, North Carolina. Marcy Webb is a Spanish teacher, middle and high school, at an independent day school in CT. Dr. Jason Kotch is the Principal of Garnet Valley Elementary School in Glen Mills, PA. Jason is the co-author of the Routledge Eye on Education series book 7 Steps to Sharing Your School's Story on Social Media.

Mary Nichols and Sue Chandler have both experienced the benefits of taking part in Littleton Public School’s school board candidate orientation program. Orientation programs prepare candidates for the position by filling in the blanks and sharing the realities of what it means to be a school board member. The great thing about orienting board candidates is that any district can do this! Mary and Sue were elected to their boards and their experiences frame the work of a school board member.   Music: Sine de Cobre by Cholate   Interview with: Mary Nichols, Littleton Public Schools board member 2007-2015, CASB Board of Directors 2011-2014, CASB McGuffey Award recipient 2015 and CASB All State Board Award 2010 Sue Chandler, Littleton Public Schools board member 2005 – 2013, CASB McGuffey Award recipient 2011, CASB All State Board Award 2010, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning board liaison and National Peer Leader Committee for Health and Wellness in Education co-chair and chair. Host: Leslie Bogar, CASB Director of Professional Learning

Sierra Expeditionary Learning School Truckee, CA In 2008, in a small town in northern California, a dozen or so parents of preschoolers started dreaming about a different kind of elementary school and chartered SELS—the Sierra Expeditionary Learning School, in Truckee, California in March 2010. This podcast features Kim Bradley, a founding parent and current board… Continue Reading An Expeditionary Learning School Takes Off in California’s Mountains

Judith co-founded the Harvard Coaching Institute as well as her own consulting and coaching firms -- Benchmark Communications and Creating WE -- through which she has worked with culture-setting companies such as Apple, Burberry, and Donna Karan. She's written seven books. She's on the board of Expeditionary Learning. And more, so if credentials are important to you, she has them. Yet she's almost counter-cultural in her way of going against the mainstream grain when it holds her or her clients back. Yet she's friendly and approachable. Since she lives a subway ride away from me, I met her in person, which made our conversation more friendly and behind-the scenes. I'm nerdy and look at the world more conventionally than she does, so we'll see a different way of looking at the environment, science, and nature than my usual way. She talks about her big breaks, making mistakes and rolling with them. She walks through how to use her books and materials. You can see how she's gotten great clients and speaks to such prominent organizations See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shane Walton (@OrganizationsInTraining) of Organizations In Training Website: http://coopsbbq.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoopsBBQ/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/coopsbbq/ Ole Hickory Pits: www.olehickorypits.com/ Weber Grills: www.weber.com/US/en/grills Del Mar BBQ Championship: http://arlie-que.com/event_detail.php?event=10200 Shane Walton Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Walton A Name That Hits You Right in the Nostalgia: Shane Walton - https://www.onefootdown.com/2017/6/6/15746836/favorite-player-in-the-tyrone-willingham-era-shane-walton-soccer-football-2002-all-american Notre Dame's Shane Walton Has No Regrets: http://www.ndinsider.com/football/kicking-around-the-past-notre-dame-s-shane-walton-has/article_a8e9bc26-3eff-11e6-a83a-a766c712e244.html - Shane Walton, President of Organizations In Training (OIT) in San Diego - Shawn met Shane at Bishops High School in La Jolla - Shane was an amazing soccer player and then went to college to walk on and play football at Notre Dame - Dr. Charlie Marshall helped give Shane Walton some $ to get in to the school (first year tuition) - Shane had to learn how to be a hardcore student at Bishops, coming from public school (wasn’t easy adjusting) - Bishops school year's tuition is estimated to range from $22,000 to $23,500, with an annual enrollment fee of $1,700 to $2,200. This includes most field trips, comprehensive college placement counseling and academic, athletic and arts programming, as well as the Expeditionary Learning program. - 100 people in senior class - Shane worked his ass off in school because he wanted to make a good living for his family and be able to support his family without troubles - Bishops Football team was small and had only had 30 players - Derek went to Kansas State to play football http://247sports.com/player/derek-marso-70853 - Derek wrestled, played baseball, and football - Shane got a scholarship opportunity from Fresno State but turned it down - San Diego breeds amazing athletes - San Diego needs something to rally around SDSU - Shane went to Notre Dame because of their head soccer coach and how real he was - Shane was asked to come play 2 years of soccer at Notre Dame and then after his second year he was offered to play football - Shane played soccer his first year and was All-American his freshman year - He was just 5’9 165lbs freshman year - Shane learned a big life lesson at Notre Dame that helped shape him to who he is now - OIT: http://www.organizations-in-training.org/ - Shane learned a lot of great life lessons by doing so many hours of community service in school - "It’s so important to always give back" - In 2015, Shane with OIT, helped save Spring Valley BBQ Fest by stepping up to be the sponsor - OIT - parent training - teacher training - OIT teaches to go to the “need” look through the behavior - OIT works with students to really dive into self-awareness - OIT - started as Family in Training - The Monarch School downtown SD - training, leadership skills, going on 6th year: http://monarchschools.org/ - OIT 8/13 Karl Strauss event center - OIT trying to raise $100K - Cali Comfort BBQ wouldn’t be anything without charity - Gene Goycochea - Shane Walton Foundation - Golf Tournament - Nike commercial with LT -Gates Merman Rivers - Shane (motion man #18) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCEmWXZxLUc - Notre Dame highlight reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLA95wGRgBk - In Notre Dame, it wasn't easy to get scheduled for a hair cut. No calling for appts, waiting 3 hrs to get your cut, so Shane grew his hair out! - August 13th 3-6pm fundraiser event - come and learn about OIT - Cali Comfort BBQ catering OIT fundraiser - DONATIONS available on OIT website - BBQ brings people together, always - Giving back is so important to Cali Comfort BBQ , VFM , OIT - OIT charity for Del Mar BBQ State Championship Get in Touch

The school structures we present to teachers can sometimes resemble two extremes. In the first set of circumstances, teachers have enormous autonomy over what they teach, when they teach it, and how they teach it. In the second, they have almost no choices whatsoever. The texts are all provided, along with the objectives, the script, and the pacing guide. I am not sure that either of these working conditions are sustainable longterm. Obviously, no one enjoys being told exactly what to do. It conveys a lack of trust and respect. But it is an awesome responsibility to be told that everything is up to you. When we live in a culture that continually reinforces the idea that the longterm success of every student is tied to a single teacher’s priorities, words, and actions, this is a recipe for burnout. Are there practices that provide room for creativity without placing an unreasonable burden on individual teachers? How might teachers’ aims inform their choices? How can all teachers facilitate deeper learning in a sustainable way? In Learning That Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction (Jossey-Bass, 2016) Ron Berger and co-authors, Libby Woodfin and Anne Vilen, outline instructional moves, lesson structures, and discussion protocols that ask more from students and work in a variety of teaching contexts. Woodfin joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about her work with Expeditionary Learning on its website. Trevor Mattea is an educational consultant and speaker. His areas of expertise include deeper learning, parent involvement, project-based learning, and technology integration. He can be reached by email at info@trevormattea.com or on Twitter @tsmattea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The school structures we present to teachers can sometimes resemble two extremes. In the first set of circumstances, teachers have enormous autonomy over what they teach, when they teach it, and how they teach it. In the second, they have almost no choices whatsoever. The texts are all provided, along with the objectives, the script, and the pacing guide. I am not sure that either of these working conditions are sustainable longterm. Obviously, no one enjoys being told exactly what to do. It conveys a lack of trust and respect. But it is an awesome responsibility to be told that everything is up to you. When we live in a culture that continually reinforces the idea that the longterm success of every student is tied to a single teacher’s priorities, words, and actions, this is a recipe for burnout. Are there practices that provide room for creativity without placing an unreasonable burden on individual teachers? How might teachers’ aims inform their choices? How can all teachers facilitate deeper learning in a sustainable way? In Learning That Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction (Jossey-Bass, 2016) Ron Berger and co-authors, Libby Woodfin and Anne Vilen, outline instructional moves, lesson structures, and discussion protocols that ask more from students and work in a variety of teaching contexts. Woodfin joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about her work with Expeditionary Learning on its website. Trevor Mattea is an educational consultant and speaker. His areas of expertise include deeper learning, parent involvement, project-based learning, and technology integration. He can be reached by email at info@trevormattea.com or on Twitter @tsmattea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The school structures we present to teachers can sometimes resemble two extremes. In the first set of circumstances, teachers have enormous autonomy over what they teach, when they teach it, and how they teach it. In the second, they have almost no choices whatsoever. The texts are all provided, along with the objectives, the script, and the pacing guide. I am not sure that either of these working conditions are sustainable longterm. Obviously, no one enjoys being told exactly what to do. It conveys a lack of trust and respect. But it is an awesome responsibility to be told that everything is up to you. When we live in a culture that continually reinforces the idea that the longterm success of every student is tied to a single teacher’s priorities, words, and actions, this is a recipe for burnout. Are there practices that provide room for creativity without placing an unreasonable burden on individual teachers? How might teachers’ aims inform their choices? How can all teachers facilitate deeper learning in a sustainable way? In Learning That Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction (Jossey-Bass, 2016) Ron Berger and co-authors, Libby Woodfin and Anne Vilen, outline instructional moves, lesson structures, and discussion protocols that ask more from students and work in a variety of teaching contexts. Woodfin joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about her work with Expeditionary Learning on its website. Trevor Mattea is an educational consultant and speaker. His areas of expertise include deeper learning, parent involvement, project-based learning, and technology integration. He can be reached by email at info@trevormattea.com or on Twitter @tsmattea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this segment we go in search of better ways to assess student learning. Follow: @larryferlazzo @suzieboss @riordan_meg @betamiller @Bamradionetwork #edchat #teachers #edtech Andrew Miller is on the faculty for the Buck Institute for Education and ASCD. He is a regular blogger for Edutopia and ASCD and is the author of the book Freedom to Fail. Suzie Boss, education writer and consultant, is the author of several books, including Bringing Innovation to School. Meg Riordan, Ph.D. is the Director of External Research at EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) and co-author of Going to Scale with New School Designs: reinventing high school.

It is the quality and impact of our conversations that produces the results we see in students and in the world. . We have to notice when we slip into judgment and positional authority and instead do things “with” rather than teach “over” students. Best selling author Judith Glaser offers brilliant advice for altering our own chemical state to increase bonding and even help students increase their IQ through connectedness. The Edspiration Inbox Answers… “I am teaching my students about not being a bystander to bullying. What’s important for them to know in your experience as they think about helping others out?”  - Regina, New Hampshire About today’s guest Judith E. Glaser is a best selling author of 7 books including Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results. She is an Organizational Anthropologist and CEO of Benchmark Communications & Chairman of The Creating WE Institute. She’s a pioneer, consultant and executive coach and is the world’s leading authority on Conversational Intelligence®, WE-centric Leadership, and Neuro-Innovation applying transformational approaches using neuroscience and anthropology.    Guest Links: www.conversationalintelligence.com  (articles, videos, resources) www.creatingwe.com  (articles, videos, resources) Expeditionary Learning: http://elschools.org Austin’s Butterfly:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqh1MRWZjms http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED077587.pdf Some original write ups of kids outperforming their peers   Connect with Us Connect with the show at www.Edspirationpodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/impactschoolclimate Twitter: Follow us @schoolclimates Newsletter: Sign up on sidebar at www.Edspiration.org   Questions / comments for John in the Edspiration Inbox: Edspirationpodcast@gmail.com   Show Sponsors International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Many of us went through school not fully knowing what we were supposed to be learning or how our teachers were measuring our progress. These priorities and processes were largely hidden to us as students because they were assumed to be irrelevant or uninteresting. How much learning can happen under these conditions? What if teachers translated standards into student-friendly language and worked with students to develop personalized goals? What if teachers asked students to examine their work and articulate their growth to their parents and classmates? How might increasing ownership and changing accountability allow for greater learning? In Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment(Jossey-Bass, 2014), Ron Berger and co-authors, Leah Rugen and Libby Woodfin, outline a series of practices designed to make students more active participants in their school experience, including student-led conferences, celebrations of learning, and passage presentations. Berger joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work with Expeditionary Learning on its website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @RonBergerEL. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us went through school not fully knowing what we were supposed to be learning or how our teachers were measuring our progress. These priorities and processes were largely hidden to us as students because they were assumed to be irrelevant or uninteresting. How much learning can happen under these conditions? What if teachers translated standards into student-friendly language and worked with students to develop personalized goals? What if teachers asked students to examine their work and articulate their growth to their parents and classmates? How might increasing ownership and changing accountability allow for greater learning? In Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment(Jossey-Bass, 2014), Ron Berger and co-authors, Leah Rugen and Libby Woodfin, outline a series of practices designed to make students more active participants in their school experience, including student-led conferences, celebrations of learning, and passage presentations. Berger joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work with Expeditionary Learning on its website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @RonBergerEL. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us went through school not fully knowing what we were supposed to be learning or how our teachers were measuring our progress. These priorities and processes were largely hidden to us as students because they were assumed to be irrelevant or uninteresting. How much learning can happen under these conditions? What if teachers translated standards into student-friendly language and worked with students to develop personalized goals? What if teachers asked students to examine their work and articulate their growth to their parents and classmates? How might increasing ownership and changing accountability allow for greater learning? In Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment(Jossey-Bass, 2014), Ron Berger and co-authors, Leah Rugen and Libby Woodfin, outline a series of practices designed to make students more active participants in their school experience, including student-led conferences, celebrations of learning, and passage presentations. Berger joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work with Expeditionary Learning on its website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @RonBergerEL. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us went through school not fully knowing what we were supposed to be learning or how our teachers were measuring our progress. These priorities and processes were largely hidden to us as students because they were assumed to be irrelevant or uninteresting. How much learning can happen under these conditions? What if teachers translated standards into student-friendly language and worked with students to develop personalized goals? What if teachers asked students to examine their work and articulate their growth to their parents and classmates? How might increasing ownership and changing accountability allow for greater learning? In Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment(Jossey-Bass, 2014), Ron Berger and co-authors, Leah Rugen and Libby Woodfin, outline a series of practices designed to make students more active participants in their school experience, including student-led conferences, celebrations of learning, and passage presentations. Berger joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work with Expeditionary Learning on its website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @RonBergerEL. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This documentary explores the "Expeditionary Learning" approach, traces the history of ideas that led to its inception, and investigates what American schools could learn from its success.

This documentary explores the "Expeditionary Learning" approach, traces the history of ideas that led to its inception, and investigates what American schools could learn from its success.

This documentary explores the "Expeditionary Learning" approach, traces the history of ideas that led to its inception, and investigates what American schools could learn from its success.

Student critiques, prototype loops, feedback sessions...  featuring our in house study with middle school teacher Caitline Kingsley's classroom where students use peer feedback forms and Google Docs to facilitate online and face to face collaboration.  Dr. Ron Berger of Expeditionary Learning challenges us to contemplate the importance of feedback, rigor, products of excellence, and celebrations.  Dr. Lisa Palmieri of the Ellis School explains some of the incredible work being done through Active Learning, Design Thinking, Maker Space, and space as collaborative tool.

Students are capable of excellent work. Some schools insist on it. Guest: Ron Berger, chief academic officer at Expeditionary Learning

This is the third episode discussing the 10 part video series "A Year at Mission Hill" hosted by Sam Chaltain. In this segment we look at question of authentic assessment. What are we doing right? What needs to change? Follow: @samchaltain @bamradionetwork Scott Hartl is President and CEO for Expeditionary Learning. He has played in integral role in EL since its inception. In prior work, Scott founded Boston’s Harbor School, and mentored aspiring principals from Harvard, Northeastern University and the Principal’s Residency Network. Ron Berger is Chief Academic Officer for Expeditionary Learning, and teaches at Harvard Graduate School of Education and his writing and speaking center on building a culture of quality and craftsmanship in schools.

Students are capable of excellent work. Some schools insist on it. Guest: Ron Berger, chief academic officer at Expeditionary Learning

Jokes You Can Use: Eileen Award: Allen D. for the web site recommendation. Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Part 2 on the relationship between the core standards for ELA and literacy in Science. I look at the three reading standards that relate to science in grades 6 - 8 in the area of craft and structure. From the TwittervISTE: Don’t forget to join the conversation on MiddleTalk and Twitter at #midleved this Friday at 8:00 pm EST. News: The 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/07/the-seven-golden-rules-of-using-technology-in-schools/ Resources: Be a Great Learner: Take Notes by Jeff Cobb Establishing a consistent habit of writing things down can be very powerful. A significant body of research supports the idea that simply writing something down contributes greatly to the process of moving it into long-term memory. http://www.missiontolearn.com/2011/06/note-taking/ Leveling the Playing Field: How to Make Standardized Test Preparation Accessible to All Students By Andrea Alexander http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-to-make-standardized-test-prep-available-to-all-students Desmos http://desmos.com/calculator/ http://desmos.com/ One Teacher's Three-Tiered Intervention Strategy Jean Laurance and Michael Laurance I had no sooner returned from Rick Wormeli's seminar on differentiated assessment and grading than my administrator walked into my office. Her face showed apprehension and a bit of weariness. My class sizes would be pushed to a staggering 37 students! "We don't have enough students to run separate classes, so they will be mixed, but about 10 percent are repeating the class." Having the tools required for differentiated instruction is one thing, but here I was faced with the task of truly implementing it. More than that, I would need to adjust differentiation to my teaching style, a diverse group of students, and a bulging class size. I quickly realized that manageability would be just as important as the instruction itself. http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol6/620-laurance.aspx Web Spotlight: What Does Successful Project Based Learning Looks Like? by Bob Lenz Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching approach, a mindset, and a framework for teaching skills and content. (Both our working definition and criteria are derived from our own work, as well as the work of, Adria Steinberg’s 6 A’s of PBL, The Buck Institute for Education, and Expeditionary Learning.) http://www.edutopia.org/blog/project-based-learning-definition-bob-lenz Stencil: http://stencil.sourceforge.net/ Make games. No need to understand programming. Can make iPhone Apps from this program. Allegedly Angry Birds was made using this program. Summer Reading List: Troy: The Watchman’s Rattle ( just finished) by Rebecca D. Costa What the Dog Saw by Malcom Gladwell Shawn: Toys to Tools, Safe Practice for Life Online & Web 2.0 How to for teachers The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood ✔ Our Listeners: @mthman: The Classroom of Choice, First Days of School (4th Ed), Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites, & Great Ways to Diff Math Instr (I & II), Leading & Managing a Diff Class, Learning to Love Math, PBL Starter Kit (via Buck Institute), UbD Guide 2 HQ Units #midleved: @Waukeestudent: I plan on reading @johntspencer 's new book and maybe his two older books two. http://www.missiontolearn.com/2011/06/recommended-reading/ Events & Happenings: Calendar of Events: