Bonus Episode 01 – Panel Reflection on Episodes 1-11

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In this special Bonus Episode, we are processing some of the ideas from our first eleven episodes – a sort of opportunity to rest along the way and think about the conversations we’ve had on the podcast. Our panel had a free form conversation to share takeaways and ask questions to better understand what it means to lead a learner-centered environment.

The episode’s panel had two guests:

Kelly Young is Education Reimagined’s Executive Director. We had the pleasure of speaking with Kelly on the TLTalkRadio podcast – Season 2 Episode 29 and also on our very first episode of the Shift Your Paradigm podcast. Education Reimagined was launched out of an 18-month Convergence dialogue that Kelly led among 28 ideologically diverse education practitioners and leaders to reimagine education. Kelly was also a founding Vice President of Convergence. Previously, Kelly served as the Interim Chief of the Office of Family and Public Engagement for the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). She is the mother of two young children. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Virginia.

Chad Evans is a Curriculum Supervisor in the Quakertown Community School District. Previously he served Quakertown as a middle school Social Studies teacher for 15 years and an instructional coach with a focus on technology and learning for 7 years. In recent times, Chad has grown fascinated by what it means to be learner centered and the impact of learner centered leadership on the decision making and realities of learning in education.

As a result of this panel conversation, we hope you will think about these and other questions:

If agency is the linchpin for learning in the classroom, is it the linchpin for how we lead our schools?
How do we release the agency of stakeholders to participate in the future of the learning environment?

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