Matt Shea is the Matt portion of Personalized Learning with Matt and Courtney, a podcast about, well, personalized learning. It is one of my favorite new podcasts and you can find it at plearnmc.com or in your favorite podcast player of choice!
- Matt is a district administrator in Maine
- Courtney is an instructional coach in Maine
- Worked in Maine for his whole career
- 10 schools in five communities
- Goal: set up same systems in schools - it didn’t work
- tenets of learning: applied learning
- How do we design that culture so that there’s a balance between kids taking advantage of their own learning and teachers providing a range of options?
- What teachers can provide in their place
- What works for you?
- District administrator as more of a support role
- Talk about the tenets a lot.
- “Cultivating hope in all learners”
- Culture is a number 1 thing for all of us.
- Designing a culture that involves the learners in their learning
- Progression of learning
- Social grade levels not academic grade levels
- Place students on an academic progression where they are, and help them move forward.
- Continuous flexible grouping - School building and schedules create a challenge for them.
- Tried to do schedules in all the same way.
- 15:16 We are the problem. We are the ones that have all the issues!
- How do we get adults to be more like kids?
- What’s our ultimate goal?
- Guiding principles: They’ll find that information when they need it!
- Interview with Seth Godin
- You don’t really fail, you just are where you are.
- It’s not just about the 80% of our kids that will do well no matter what, but about all the students
- When she’s ready to take the next step, she’ll be ready for it.
- End College Career Readiness
- Many teachers have been teachers only.
- The “real world“ is something different to everyone.
- Provide kids with the skills and attitudes.
- How to be a transformative leader? Design a culture in your building where it is ok to fail in a positive way. Failing upward. Failing forward. Take away some of the negative aspects of what school is.
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