Learning to Change
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsChange is hard. It’s hard enough when you’re trying to break a bad habit or work toward a new goal. But leading change in your organization? That can feel impossible. Learning to Change is a show that’s about making change easier—for individuals and organizations—through learning. Bringing 20 years of education experience to leaders, managers, and executives, host Melissa Emler talks with people who have led change through learning in their organizations. Each episode is a tool for helping you and your organization create a culture of learning so that you can get unstuck, move forward with confidence, and achieve your goals. Learning to Change will help you break down barriers to learning and make learning the cultural DNA of your team.
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Episodes
Getting Parents Ready for New Context of School
May 11, 2017 13:48 - 32 minutes - 31.2 MBBruce and Will talk about the challenge of helping parents understand the new context for school and work. After debating for a bit about how much responsibility the school should take for this work, they agree that school's must play a role in educating parents and communities about the changing contexts. Parents need reference points for the new context: This show starts out discussing three articles from Pew Research, The New Yorker, and The New York Times that help us to see and define th...
Voice, Choice and Mastery with Rodney Bowler
April 04, 2017 19:46 - 49 minutes - 49.2 MBIn this episode, Will Richardson talks with Rodney Bowler and Aaryn Schmuhl from Henry County Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. Rodney is District Superintendent for Henry County Schools, while Aaryn is Assistant Superintendent for Learning and Leadership. Highlights of their conversation include: Why being intentional by being courageous at the same time are really important dispositions for the leadership of a change movement. Why we have to change our metrics of success and start thinkin...
The Realities of Deep Change with Lawrence DeMaeyer
March 20, 2017 11:34 - 44 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode, Will Richardson talks with Lawrence DeMaeyer about the realities of deep change at Peel School Board outside of Toronto, Ontario. Lawrence received his Masters in Education from the University of Toronto, and in recent times has lead much of the development of many of the elements of the Peel School Board’s Empowering Modern Learners initiative. As such he is now Peel Board's coordinating Principal of Modern Learning and guiding the implementation of the new vision for mod...
Change.School is Ready for You. Are You Ready for Change.School?
March 16, 2017 14:11 - 22 minutes - 23.6 MBIn our newest podcast, Will and Bruce discuss the new Change.School learning community, and they talk about the history of Modern Learners and how it's led to this new push to raise the bar on reimagining schools. It's a little bit of backstory, but it's a lot of how we got to the "How?" Change.School has its genesis in the thousands of conversations that Will and Bruce have had with leaders from around the world who are guiding change projects in their schools. In fact, it's built on the id...
How Community Voice Can Drive Change in Schools with John Jungmann
March 13, 2017 13:15 - 49 minutes - 43.6 MBHow often have you thought of your school community as a driver for change? And if you have, how do you manage that? How can we establish better connections between what happens inside our schools and the everyday experiences of people in the wider community? In this episode, Will Richardson talks with John Jungmann, who is the superintendent of the largest school district in Missouri which you might be surprised to hear is Springfield not Saint Louis. John and his team are as good as you’...
Diversity in a Complex World with Rafranz Davis
March 07, 2017 01:09 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MBWhat’s required to build support for change in a diverse community? How do you tackle the big issues around change, when so many small ones are gathering momentum? What does it take to ensure that the day-to-day distractions that every school leader has to address don’t distract you from maintaining a focus on long-term sustainable change? In this episode of the Modern Learners Podcast, Will, talks with Rafranz Davis who is the Executive Director of Professional and Digital Learning for Luf...
Confirmation Bias and Literacy – The ML Podcast
February 27, 2017 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week Will and Bruce dive into a deep conversation about literacy and confirmation bias. The conversation was triggered by the New Yorker article Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds by Elizabeth Kolbert. What Should Schools Be Doing? Will points out that he feels literacy is a moving target, and to some extent creators are preying on our ignorance. It is easy to get caught in the echo chamber which is now referred to as confirmation bias in research. Reading what we already believe to be tru...
Developing a Culture of Yes with Pam Moran
February 20, 2017 16:45 - 55 minutes - 47.8 MBWhat does it take for a vision to become a reality, when you are able to build a change culture across a school or District? Specifically, what does it take for that culture to reflect a move away from the teaching toward learning and away from consuming to making. In this episode Will talks with Pam Moran, Superintendent who is an outspoken advocate for change that goes beyond labels and technology. They discuss a wide range of topics including what a Twitter culture means, making yes ...
Learning is Personal not Personalized
February 11, 2017 02:37 - 26 minutes - 41.1 MBPersonal learning Will and Bruce talk deeply about one of the biggest buzz words in education: Personalized Learning. They riff on this article from Wired. Will is a long time advocate for personal learning and not personalized learning. You can read his blogs about it here and here. So, you might be wondering if there is really a difference between personalized and personal, and trust me, if you talk with Will enough, you will be convinced that there is definitely a difference. According to...
How Transparency Can Lead Change
February 11, 2017 00:46 - 41 minutes - 37.3 MBDr. Art Fessler on How Transparency Can Lead Change What's one of the hardest moving targets for leaders to hit when it comes to change? Why would you want to create a branding guide for your district? Why is the common language so important when articulating what change means in your school? In this episode Will Richardson talks with Dr Art Fessler, who’s the superintendent of the CCSD59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, which is a district Will has visited on a number of occasions over th...
Modern Learners Podcast
February 05, 2017 22:34 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBModern Learners Podcast Welcome to the Modern Learners podcast. We are excited to be launching this podcast as a way of connecting with our community. We'll use this medium to give you a glimpse into the discussions we have at Modern Learners with each other and others in the education space doing interesting work. We are always willing to continue the conversations inside our private Facebook group. Please join us there and let us know what you think...especially if you disagree. We want to...