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Episode 053: Interview with Amanda Delaney – Graduate of Urban Assembly Maker Academy

Lynn Fuini-Hetten

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In this episode we are learning with Amanda Delaney, a 2018 graduate of a learner-centered learning environment, Urban Assembly Maker Academy. Upon graduating, Amanda earned an advanced Regents diploma and Career-Technical Education distinctions. As a founding student, Amanda acted as a key voice in the school’s design and iteration process. Amanda has worked with Springpoint—a nonprofit that supports innovative school design—as an intern, a writer, and a speaker, sharing her experiences as a student in a Springpoint partner school. Amanda also served as student council president and a student representative, traveling across the city and the country to talk about her experience in a student-centered, innovative school. She attends Hunter College as of fall 2018, majoring in Elementary Education.

As a result of our conversation, here is a question we are thinking about:

  • How can you involve students in the design and continuous improvement process at your school or district?

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Bonus Episode 15 – d.tech Intern Final Reflection Interview with Jemma Schroder and Monica Shannon

Randy Ziegenfuss, Ed.D.

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In this bonus episode of Shift Your Paradigm, we talked with Jemma Schroder and Monica Shannon, interns from Design Tech High School. We designed an internship in which our learners had the opportunity to learn the inner workings of podcast production by working to support our TLTalkRadio and Shift Your Paradigm podcasts. Our two participants—Jemma and Monica—worked with us for two weeks. During this episode, we reflected on this unique learning opportunity.

Here’s what we talked about:

  1. How has this experience been?
  2. What did you learn over the course of these two weeks?
  3. What were some key takeaways from this experience? How can you apply these takeaways to your future?
  4. What were some challenges you faced during this internship and how did you overcome them? 
  5. Did anything surprise you during this internship?
  6. Do you think you’ll create your own podcast sometime in the future?

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Episode 052 – Springpoint–Building a future where high schools prepare every student to succeed.

Randy Ziegenfuss, Ed.D.

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In this episode we are learning with Elina Alayeva and Suzette Dyer. Both from Springpoint, a national nonprofit that partners with schools, districts, charters, networks, and foundations to create innovative school models designed for and responsive to the communities they serve. 

We learned about the mission of Springpoint and the problem they are working to solve with reimagining high schools. The principal is a key leader in school transformation to learner-centered models and we learned how Springpoint builds the capacity of principals. Elina and Suzette also provide some insight to leaders and learners making the shift to learner-centered education.

As a result of our conversation, here is a question we are thinking about:

  • What opportunities exist in your school or district for stakeholders to contribute to continuous improvement efforts? Where could more of these opportunities be created?

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