The Shift Your Paradigm: from school-centered to learner-centered podcast is a collaboration between TLTalkRadio and Education Reimagined.
Education Reimagined is committed to accelerating the growth and impact of the learner-centered education movement in the United States. Acting on this commitment, their team is discovering, encouraging, and bringing together learner-centered leaders already at work within local and national communities. Through this engagement, a once disconnected community of transformational leaders are coming together—sharing the possibility of learner-centered education for all children, regardless of background or circumstance. For more information on the learner-centered movement and Education Reimagined’s work, visit their website. When you land, be sure to read their vision, A Transformational Vision for Education in the US, and sign up for their publication, Voyager. You can also catch Education Reimagined on Twitter: @EdReimagined and their Facebook Page, where there’s a new topic of discussion every week.
TLTalkRadio is a regular podcast with Lynn Fuini-Hetten and Randy Ziegenfuss. The podcast is designed to engage you in learning, motivate you to share your work and inspire you to lead for the change we need in schools for the digital age. Regardless of role, we all face many of the same leadership challenges every day. To be the most effective educational leaders, we need to design a balance between managing the operational side of our roles and the creativity and vision needed to challenge the status quo. To do that, reflecting on what we have done in the past, why we have done it, and whether or not it still meets the needs of our organization is essential. Join hosts Lynn and Randy as they share leadership stories and feature guest interviews. Find TLTalkRadio on the web, on Twitter @TLTalkRadio, and on Facebook.
Lynn Fuini-Hetten is the Associate Superintendent in the Salisbury Township School District. Prior to her work in this position, Lynn served as Supervisor of Instructional Practice, middle school teacher, instructional coach, instructional support teacher and assistant principal in the district. In her current role, Lynn is responsible for professional learning for all staff, supporting curriculum development, supervising the district’s virtual learning academy (VAST), and managing federal programs. Lynn has been an integral part in the success of Salisbury’s 1:1 teaching and learning initiative – Teaching and Learning 2020 (TL2020). As a result of her work in the area of professional development, Salisbury Township School District was recently recognized nationally as a Project RED Signature District and an Apple Distinguished Program. Lynn was recognized in 2013-14 with a mini-grant from LearningForward PA to provide professional development focused on leading the implementation of PA Core Standards for the administrative team. Lynn received a BS and an MS in elementary education from Kutztown University, principal certification from Penn State University, instructional technology certification from Kutztown University and completed the Letter of Eligibility from Wilkes University. Lynn is currently an adjunct at Moravian College’s undergraduate and graduate programs and Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit’s principal certification program. In May 2014 Lynn received the Wanda McDaniel Award from the Women’s Caucus of PASA (Pennsylvania’s Association of School Administrators.)
Randy Ziegenfuss currently serves as Superintendent in the Salisbury Township School District. Prior to his current position, Randy was a classroom teacher, Department Chair, Technology Integration Specialist, Director of Technology and Assistant Superintendent. Randy is also Clinical Adjunct Professor of Education at Moravian College, teaching courses in inquiry, assessment and technology in the undergraduate, graduate and principal certification programs. He graduated from Moravian College with a B.Mus. degree, earned his M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University in technology leadership, and an Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in educational and organizational leadership. In 2014, the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) recognized Randy as the Outstanding District Administrator for the state of Pennsylvania. In 2015, Randy was recognized by the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology (PAECT) as the Outstanding Leader of the Year. Read Randy’s blog WorkingAtTheEdge.org and listen to the podcast co-hosted with @lfuinihetten at TLTalkRadio.org.