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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?
Resources:
- Shift Your Paradigm Episode 52: Springpoint
- Urban Assembly Maker Academy website
- The Keys to Teacher Success at Innovative Schools – article written by Amanda Delaney
- Check out Amanda’s StorySlam story about learning how to take risks and iteration on her work!
- The Five Lessons My Opportunity by Design School Taught Me – article written by Amanda Delaney
- Designing Advisory Systems: Innovative Approaches from High School – including a case study written by Amanda Delaney
- Springpoint website
- How Students Thrive: Positive Youth Development in Practice