THE DOWNLOAD

Your monthly curation of learner-centered insights, tools, & resources.

Dear Educator,

March has been a busy month at Learner-Centered Collaborative! From kicking off a new partnership with South San Francisco USD to celebrating a year of learning with our Innovation Cohorts in Pennsylvania, if school was in session, our team was supporting learner-centered transformation all over the country.

It is this on-the-ground work that keeps us deeply connected to the relevant needs and opportunities learning communities have right here and now. And, it is what enables us to tell the stories, create the resources, and offer experiences that can support anyone looking to begin or advance their personal or system-wide learner-centered journey, today.

Check out our latest resources below, and if you have any questions for us, be sure to send them are way so we can help you get exactly where you're looking to go!

Enjoy!
The Learner-Centered Collaborative Team

QUICK HITS

📖 Transforming High School: A Collaborative Journey with Alexandria City Public Schools (3-minute read)

"At the heart of ACPS’s redesign is the vision to create a learner-centered high school experience that crosses four campuses."

📖 Great Teachers Make Innovative Solutions Possible (2-minute read)

"Northern Cass School District acknowledged that despite traditional markers indicating things were “good”...they wanted “great”—a personalized, competency-based student learning experience that tended to whole learner-outcomes."

📖 Why is a Grading System Touted as More Accurate, Equitable So Hard to Implement? (11-minute read)

"While it’s important to understand what standards-based grading is, it’s also essential to debunk what it’s not. At its core, experts say, it’s purely a communication tool."

DEEP DIVES

🎙️ Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences (47-minute listen)

"AI is being used in every industry. The question in education is: What are the ways we can utilize and harness it for good?"

🎙️ From Reactive to Reflective: Cultivating Learner-Centered Literacy Through Student Voice (44-minute listen)

"If I'm truly going to honor who my students are...I learned how to really be aware and conscious of what my theory and philosophy of learning was and how it was being put into practice."

🎙️ Shattering Collective Illusions About Learning and Working (45-minute listen)

"It is objectively true that every human being is capable of excellence of some kind."

THE TOOLBOX

📚 Project-Based Learning Online Course (access here)

"Dive into the elements that make a great project-based learning experience and distinguish them from traditional projects."

🔎 Identify Your Learner-Centered Priorities (access here)

"Which elements of learner-centered experiences will you prioritize now? The key to
managing change is to use what you know about your community and its appetite for change to make decisions about what to do first, next, and later."

💼 Create Learner Jobs: A Learner-Centered Strategy (access here)

"There are so many ways that students can help! Learner jobs create a sense of ownership for the students and empower them to take on responsibilities that make the learning community function."

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH US

🤖 ASU+GSV AIR Show (register here)

April 13-15, 2024 | San Diego, CA

🏔️ District Administration Superintendents Summit (register here)

April 17-19, 2024 | Colorado Springs, CO

💻 Supercharging Passion: Evolving Educator Capacity (register here)

April 30, 2024 at 4pm ET | Virtual

💻 The Future of Assessment and Reporting: Examples of Competency-Based Approaches (register here)

May 21, 2024 at 4pm ET | Virtual

🔗 View all upcoming events here.

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