Podcast appearances and mentions of kathleen mcclaskey

I am joined by Kathleen McClaskey on the 170th episode of the Pixel Classroom Podcast. Kathleen McClaskey, M.Ed. (@khmmc) is CEO and Chief Learning Officer of Empower the Learner, LLC (empowerthelearner.com), Founder of Make Learning Personal (kathleenmcclaskey.com) and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. She is an innovative thought leader, international speaker, professional developer, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) consultant with over 30 years experience in creating learner-centered environments as a teacher, K-12 administrator and consultant. Kathleen is passionate in empowering ALL learners to thrive with tools, skills and practices so they become self-directed learners, learners with agency, who are future ready for college, career and life. You can connect with Kathleen at: Kathleenmcclaskey.com Empowerthelearner.com khmcclaskey@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pixelclassroom/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pixelclassroom/support

Topics:Who is Andrea Stewart?What is her origin story?What is Learning Couture and why is this work important?What is deeper learning and  why it's so important for teachers and students to tackle real-world situations?How can creating a Profile of a Graduate help schools and districts set the stage for deeper learning? How is a profile or portrait different from typical mission and vision statements?Teaching is pretty heavy right now. As districts shift to a focus on deeper learning competencies, how do they keep this movement from becoming “one more thing” for educators?What do listeners need to know about competency-based education–where did it come from and where is it going?A key point is how our education system was designed at a time and based on the needs of a factory model. Why doesn't this model fit for today's learners and today's economy?Undoing 150 years of how we do education seems daunting. How do districts and schools might start their journey? What do they need to be successful and what might be standing in their way?How do we see AI playing a role in helping bring about the changes you've described today? We discuss examples of how AI is already being used in education and how it might be used in the future?Key takeaways from this conversation include:Despite feeling like change isn't happening rapidly in education, there are growing movements and momentum picking up.COVID-19 has played a role in accelerating some changes within the education system.AI tools have the potential to help educators create more personalized lesson plans and experiences for their students.If you are interested in learning more about how to customize learning experiences for yourself or others, you don't want to miss this episode!About Our GuestAndrea Stewart has 12 years in personalized, competency-based learning and 25 years in education, both PK-12 and in teacher/administrator preparation. She leads transformational change with schools, districts, education service/state agencies, institutions of higher education, and via national conferences and cross-state partnerships/consultation. Andrea co-authored the Aurora Institute's 2022 report, Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education: Harnessing Mental Models, Motivations and Moves, and supports leaders with strategic planning for and implementation of these key levers for change. As Learning Couture, LLC's founder and CEO, she created the organization's methodology and tool set for learning redesign, and works closely with partner-clients to ensure they are supported in their learning journey. Part of this work includes leading districts in the design and implementation of a portrait/profile of a graduate, which then serves as the compass for school improvement, reimagining graduation outcomes, empowering learners, and transforming education systems.Andrea served on the Iowa Department of Education's CBE Task Force, CBE Collaborative, and Design Team where she led the state's competency design and assessment process. Andrea also served on the Midwest Comprehensive Center's Cross-state CBE Consortium, where she co-created micro-credential quality criteria/tools, and contributed to multiple technical advisory groups for the Aurora Institute's National 2017 Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education. Her work in competency-based education began in 2011 where she led pilot implementation of standards-based assessment and reporting and competency-based education in an Iowa district. Prior to this work, Andrea taught high school English for 12 years. She holds a BA in English Education from the University of Iowa, an MA in Teacher Leadership from Morningside College, and an EdS in Education Administration from Drake University.Connect with AndreaLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-stewart146Twitter: @ajs_stewartEmerging PatternsIn this episode, we also explore some of the emerging patterns that Andrea has observed in her work and research. These include:The need for more experiential learning opportunities within education systems.A shift towards focusing on learning instead of time spent in classrooms.The importance of starting with “why” when implementing changes in education.Building a network or community of experts and practitioners to support each other through these changes.Adopting an agile mindset to iterate quickly, fail forward, and build successes incrementally.Key MomentsHere are some of the key moments from this conversation that you don't want to miss:“I'm a change agent, and I help young and adult learners become agents of change too.”“In my heart of hearts, I'm a designer, I'm a builder, I'm a creator.”“We want our young learners to have [an experience] that's really empowering.”“The future of living learning and working is unpredictable.”“We can't predict the jobs that are going to be around in five and ten years from now.”“The momentum is really picking up and what often felt like these little, maybe tiny bright spots here and there were, you're starting to hear more and more stories of like the movements happening.”“Competency-based [education] is a disruptor in terms of its blowing up seat time.”"We need continuous improvement in school… we also need discontinuous improvement, which means there's been some disruptor put in place."Listener Challenge:We challenge you to think about how you can customize your own learning experiences or help others do the same. What are some of the competencies that you want to develop or improve? How can you design a learning pathway that suits your needs and interests? How can you involve other stakeholders in your learning journey? How can you measure your progress and celebrate your achievements?

Experienced teacher, professional developer and Chief Learning Officer of Empower the Learner, Kathleen McClaskey, shares the importance of teachers asking and listening to guide students exploration with these three key questions. She stress the role of identity for empowered learning. Visit the Empower the Learner website.  Email Kathleen: kathleen@empowerthelearner.com Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Parent, educator, and CEO of Empower the Learner, Kathleen McClaskey, shares the need for parents to empower learners with knowing their strengths and challenges in order to take actions that lead to their hopes and dreams. She highlights her personal parenting and educating experiences that provide clear understanding of our important role. Visit the Empower the Learner website.   Email Kathleen: kathleen@empowerthelearner.com Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

We know that learning is challenging for many kids, especially when schools rely on a prescribed curriculum that's voted on from the top--not with individual kids' needs in mind. Seeing all the gaps in the education system has led many to taking action to support our colorful, mismatched learners. I'm one of those, and so are this week's guests. This week we're talking to three amazing powerhouses in educational change, Kathleen McClaskey, CEO and chief learning officer of Empower the Learner; Julie Hartman, chief mindfulness officer; and Dr. Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles, Chief Accessibility and Technology consultant rounds out the team.. In this episode, we talk about the roadblocks to assistive technology, teaching kids mindfulness and how to empower them, being more compassionate parents and teachers, preconceived notions about learning, and so much more. This is such an eye-opening and thought-provoking conversation. Be sure to tune in! About Kathleen McClaskey Kathleen McClaskey, M.Ed. is CEO and Chief Learning Officer of Empower the Learner, LLC, founder of Make Learning Personal, and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning, and contributing author to 100 No-Nonsense Things that ALL Teachers Should STOP Doing. She is an innovative thought leader, international speaker, professional developer, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) consultant with over 35 years of experience in creating learner-centered environments as a teacher, K-12 technology administrator, and consultant. Kathleen is passionate about empowering ALL learners to thrive with tools, skills, and practices so they become self-directed learners, learners with agency, who are future-ready for college, career, and life. About Julie Hartman Julie Hartman, Chief Mindfulness Officer for Empower the Learner, is the founder of The Mindful Learner Program, and is also a Life and Mindfulness Coach with over 20 years of experience coaching, mentoring, and teaching. Julie is an eternal optimist dedicated to helping others realize their own inherent worth and empowerment. She designs, leads, and teaches individual and group coaching programs, classes and workshops, meditation groups, and coaching intensives. She is committed to bringing the best of what she is living and learning to her work and continually strives to be a positive leader in the fields of personal growth, mindfulness, and transformation. About Dr. Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles, ATP Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles is an accessibility accomplice specializing in assistive and inclusive technology, universal design for learning, and accessible educational materials. She has been in the field of education for 26 years, as a special education teacher and as an assistive technology specialist. She is also an adjunct faculty member, course designer, and subject matter expert at the University of New England and the University of Maine at Farmington. She is a firm believer that educators have been prepared backward to teach in education, which excludes children who do not "fit the mold," and recognizes the intentionality of this harmful design. She serves as the Chief Accessibility and Technology Consultant for ETL. Home is where her heart is in Saco, Maine with her husband, son, and stepson (who have both left the nest) and cats. Jump in the Conversation: [2:28] - What is Empower the Learner (ETL) [3:04] - How ETL was formed [4:29] - ETL process for getting kids to understand who they are and how they learn [6:53] - It's wrong to teach one way [7:32] - If we come at it from a place of love, we can help kids be seen and heard [8:49] - Most commonly recommended tools [10:33] - We need to presume confidence for all kids [11:39] - Mindfulness in personal development [15:15] - Using mindfulness for self-regulation [16:35] - Examples of how to apply this learning [20:22] - Preconceived notions in learning and labels [21:27] - Goal is the same; means to get to that goal is flexible [24:52] - We're creating more kids with mental health challenges than we ever have before [26:30] If we're not empowering teachers, how can they empower kids [27:29] Turbo Time [30:25] What people need to know about UDL [32:51] Magic Wand Moment   Links & Resources Empower the Learner Register for the Book Creator webinar  Book Creator Empower the Learner template and book Follow Kathleen on LinkedIn Follow Hillary on LinkedIn Follow Julie on LinkedIn Mia Mingus's Disability Justice  Alice Wong on Identity, Disability Justice, and Her New Anthology Joy Zabala and Tools to Task Limitless by Jim Kwik Judy Heumann: Washington Post article on the “badass mother of disability rights” Crip Camp 2020 film on Netflix Being Human book by Judy Heumman Haben Girma, first deaf/blind graduate of Harvard Law School Email Maureen Maureen's TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools The Education Evolution Facebook: Follow Education Evolution Twitter: Follow Education Evolution LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution EdActive Collective Maureen's book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids Micro-school feature on Good Morning America The Micro-School Coalition Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition LEADPrep

No one likes to be judged, especially our students. Join us for our #100StopSeries episode with Kathleen McClaskey for more about judging students, personalized learning, UDL and so much more! #PodcastandChill #UDL #podcastinterview #podcastrecommendation #bookrecommendation #CoachingYouThroughAllThingsEducationPodcast Buy the book: https://amzn.to/2Uduxke 100 No-Nonsense Things that ALL TEACHERS should STOP Doing Contact information for Kathleen McClaskey: Twitter: https://twitter.com/khmmc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenmcclaskey/ Website(s): empowerthelearner.com kathleenmcclaskey.com Contact information for Host: Email: coachingallthingsedu@gmail.com Website: https://www.acunlimited.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annhlabanganaclay/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AandCUnlimited4You Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annolivia.life.work.balance/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/AnnHC_Champ4All --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachingallthingsedu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coachingallthingsedu/support

Barbara Bray is a creative learning strategist who has been on a journey to transform teaching and learning. Her story goes down multiple paths that helped her find what she is passionate about and been fighting for. Through her work as a teacher, adjunct professor, instructional designer, speaker, coach, and writer, Barbara has been exploring ways she can make a difference in children's lives. Starting in 1997, Barbara wrote a professional development column for CUE for 17 years, created her platform, My eCoach, and posted often on her website Rethinking Learning. In 2012, she co-founded Personalize Learning, LLC, and co-authored Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning with Kathleen McClaskey. Barbara realized that she was focusing on how to change teaching but the rationale for teachers to want to change was missing. In 2017, Barbara started her Rethinking Learning podcast and the #rethink_learning Twitter chat with her co-host, Shelly Vohra. It was the stories all along that impacted her. She wasn't living her life on purpose until she told her story and listened to the stories from inspirational thought leaders. She has been an advocate for educators for years through coaching and providing resources. Now she takes the stories deeper. This is why she wrote Define Your WHY: to help anyone who is searching to discover or rediscover their WHY so they can live and learn on purpose. #DefineYourWhy Contact Information Email: barbara.bray@gmail.com Website/Blog: Rethinking Learning Podcast: Rethinking Learning Podcast Founder/Owner, My eCoach Co-author: Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning New Book "Define Your Why" #DefineYourWhy @EduMatchPublishing Twitter: @bbray27 #rethink_learning LinkedIn: barbarabray Google+: +Barbara Bray Facebook: barbara.bray Pinterest: bbray27 Skype: barbarabray48 Voxer: barbarabray48 Instagram: bbray27 TeachSDGs Ambassador Cohort 3 Wakelet webinar: https://youtu.be/j8N9iOAB-8g

For our Season 2 finale, we feature Barbara Bray, who recently released her new book, Define Your WHY. From Barbara's website (barbarabray.net): About Barbara Barbara is a Creative Learning Strategist who believes that anyone at any age can learn and that everyone has a WHY. She works with schools, districts, individuals, businesses, and non-profit agencies around the world. Her dream has been to create an online place that was safe and secure with all the tools and resources all in one place. She did it with My eCoach as early as 1999 — way before there were blogs, wikis, Twitter or Facebook. Barbara is what you call a “Digital Pioneer.” She coined and trademarked the phrase “Making Learning Personal” in 2000 and trademarked it in 2002. Barbara founded Personalize Learning in 2012 with Kathleen McClaskey. After several years and two books later, they decided to do what they do best. Barbara is now doing keynotes, strategic planning, presentations, playshops, webinars, interviews all over the world along with hosting her podcast, and is writing her new book, Define Your WHY to expand on her keynotes and presentations about the WHY. Barbara is a teacher, writer, disruptor, risk-taker, instructional designer, connector, and visionary. People call her a “change-maker.” Whenever anyone told Barbara she couldn’t do something, she took it more like a challenge. Barbara co-authored two books on personalized learning: Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. She wrote a regular column on professional development for OnCUE (CUE) for over 17 years and continues to blog on this site and writes chapters in books, articles, and as guest posts on other blogs. She works tirelessly to find and research new tools and methods that help educators create learner-centered environments and to find their purpose. Now with multiple opportunities to network using social media and join various online communities, teachers and learners are confused. Barbara makes it her job to determine what is authentic, valid, cost-effective, safe, user-friendly, and relevant for her clients. She is relentlessly researching how to personalize the learning so learners of all ages can develop their passions so they discover their WHY so they can live and learn on purpose. Follow Barbara Facebook (barbara.bray) Twitter (bbray27) Linked In (barbarabray) Google+ (barbarabray) Pinterest Boards (bbray27) Skype (barbarabray48) Voxer (barbarabray48) Instagram (bbray27) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edumatch-tweet-talk/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/edumatch-tweet-talk/support

In this episode, Kathleen McClaskey and I have a chance to chat about the purpose behind personalized learning: learner agency and empowerment. We delve into Kathleen's recent ponderings related to learners setting, owning, and pursuing their dreams, which is a topic she plans to explore as a portion of one... Read More

In this episode, we are speaking with  Kathleen McClaskey about a recent article – The UDL Lens: Empower Teacher and Learners to Transform Education. Kathleen is also the co-author of the best sellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. Kathleen is founder of Make Learning Personal. She is an innovative leader, education technologist, international speaker, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) consultant with…Read more

Talks about personalized learning, the start of the concept and its evolution.

Our guest offers a practical three-step roadmap that sets up the conditions to reach every student in your classes every day. Follow: @jonbergmann @khmmc @bamradionetwork #edchat #flipclass #teachers Kathleen McClaskey is Founder of Make Learning Personal and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. She empowers learners with tools, skills and learning strategies so they become independent self-directed learners, learners with agency, who are future ready for college, career and life, kathleenmcclaskey.com.

Making Learning Personal A Conversation with Kathleen McClaskey All of our students have stories to tell.  Learning more about our learners’ stories is the focus of our discussion with personalized learning expert Kathleen McClaskey.    What are their challenges? Their interests? Their dreams?  Kathleen shares the benefits of personalized learning and valuable tools of implementation, such as using learning profiles and gathering student voice.  Look for critical connections between Universal Design for Learning and personalized learning.  Kathleen brings next-day ideas to making learning personal.  Because, after all, it’s their learning, right?  Kathleen has graciously shared 2 urgently resourceful documents: One clarifies the differences between personalization, differentiation and individualization.  The other is stages of personalization.  Must haves and free downloads! Kathleen’s personal definition she uses in the podcast: “Personalized learning is not what is done to the learner or about tailoring the learning.  It is about helping each learner to identify and develop the skills they need to support and enhance their own learning so that agency and self-advocacy can be realized.”   • Kathleen’s website with valuable resources & contact • Twitter:  @khmmc    

Kathleen McClaskey talks about the research on learning styles and the alternatives for teaching and reaching every child. Today’s show will help you think about the research many of us have used for years to design lessons. www.coolcatteacher.com/e229 Xplorlabs is today’s sponsor. Middle School Science teachers should get the FREE Xplorlabs Fire Forensics kit. Solve a mystery. Meet Next Generation Science Standards. Have fun! Go to http://www.coolcatteacher.com/firelab today to get your Free Fire Forensics Kit.

Description: “Let learners construct the learning… and they will wow you every time.” Kathleen was coding with young learners in the 1980’s, and her passion for education continues to inspire. She has a goal to impact 1,000,000 learners and I believe this is within her reach! Her expertise in how …

Kathleen McClaskey co-author of How to Personalize Learning, joins me to discuss personalized learning through the UDL lens of access, engage and express and how personalized learning connects to and inspires innovation. Kathleen, inspired by the work of Chris Watkins built numerous frameworks to help educators learn to personalize learning in the classroom. Her books, co-authored with Barbara Bray, provide easy-to-follow steps for educators and leaders. In this episode, Kathleen inspires us to promise agency to every learner in the classroom. She talks to me about how students achieve learner agency and the importance of changing our vernacular to use the word learner instead of the word student.  Kathleen and I cover: How schools and teachers can start personalizing learning in their classrooms. Understanding the UDL lens and how learners Access, Engage and Express information in the classroom to achieve agency. How students achieve learner agency. How personalized learning increases and connects to innovation.    

I chat with Barbara Bray and Kathleen McCluskey about the stages of personalized learning.

Bianca Hewe’s post - 10 questions every educator should take the time to answer: http://goo.gl/UBWbwh Personalized Learning with Kathleen McClaskey and Barbara Bray: Personalized Learning http://www.personalizelearning.com/p/home.html Elliot Washor, Ed.D.: What do you mean by Personalization? http://www.personalizelearning.com/2014/04/what-do-you-mean-by-personalization.html Focus on the Learner Not Technology: http://www.personalizelearning.com/2015/06/focus-on-learner-not-technology.html Kathleen McClaskey @khmmc Barbara Bray @bbray27 http://www.personalizelearning.com/p/about.html

Devyn Pryor, of The Rhode Island Educators' Guide to Personalized Learning podcast team, reviews Barbara Bray and Kathleen Mcclaskey's 2014 book, "Making Learning Personal: The What, Who, WOW, Where and Why."

The Inclusive Class Podcast proudly presents this special roundtable event! This 60 minute program features 7 highly esteemed guests who are experts on the topic of inclusive education. Facilitated by parent advocate, Lauri Hunt, you can listen to panel members, Tom Mihail, Paula Kluth, Frances Stetson, Kathleen McClaskey, Mary Ulrich, Lisa Jo Rudy and Torrie Dunlap discuss ways in which parents can respond to schools when they say 'NO' to inclusion. You won't want to miss this opportunity to listen to The Inclusive Class Podcast on Friday, October 26, 2012 @ 9 AM EST! For more information, go to www.theinclusiveclass.com.