Replay: Asset-Based Learning with Devin Vodicka
Devin Vodicka has spent the past 20 years working towards high quality student outcomes. He has earned multiple prestigious awards in the education field, including 2015 California Superintendent of the Year by both ASCA and Pepperdine University. He is also a nine-time White House honoree in recognition for his achievements and to partner with the U.S. Department of Education’s office of Educational Technology and Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools.
Devin's years of experience in the education system have made one thing clear, school must have purpose and relevance. Listen as we discuss how schools can create connectedness with the outside world and why it is imperative to listen to students. He challenges us to review our definition of success and escape the perceived security of our current educational model.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why we need an asset-based perspective in schools
⁃ How a different definition of success can change education
⁃ Making progress within a rigid and resistant system
⁃ What can happen when we listen to learner’s on-going input
⁃ Devin’s experience establishing multi-aged, competency-based micro schools ⁃ Some practical advice for parents to help energize their children
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
⁃ Learner-Centered Leadership: A Blueprint for Transformational Change in Learning Communities
- Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
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More about the Rebel Educator podcast:
In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.
This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be. It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students. It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth.
Originally Aired: August 2, 2021
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