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Devin Vodicka What is happening? Margaret Wheatley states that all leadership is dependent on our context and that the context is dependent on our relationships.  What is the state of our relationships and what is our context?  Many of us have been thinking deeply about these questions during the Coronavirus pandemic and as a resultContinue reading “What is happening? Bringing the team back for the new school year”

Devin Vodicka In Learner-Centered Leadership I wrote: “Even more bewildering is the way that we allocate time to these courses.  Just about every high school in the US awards five credits for a ninety-hour course, and I have found very few educators who understand how we came to organize ourselves into this model … WeContinue reading “The Ridiculousness of Seat Time Requirements”

Devin Vodicka “If we want learners to drive their own experience, the development, design, and implementation of a data model must be focused on how learners can optimally access, own, and influence their outcomes” Learner-Centered Leadership, p. 106 We are just weeks away from the beginning of the 2020-21 school year.  Given recent events andContinue reading “Start with Strengths: Developing Agency through Learner Profiles”

Devin Vodicka This was originally posted to https://learnercenteredleadership.blogspot.com/ on July 5, 2020. There are no shortage of challenges in our current context. COVID-19 positive tests are growing at a rapid clip and we are setting new records on a daily basis.  Experts are indicating that we are at least twelve months away from any typeContinue reading “Shifting from Challenge to Possibility”

Devin Vodicka The following is an excerpt from Learner-Centered Leadership At one point in my work at Vista, I had been wrestling with the question of what to do about an underperforming middle school that we were converting into a magnet school. Washington Middle School had for many years been in program improvement status. StudentContinue reading “Focus on Trust and Relationships – The Origins of VIDA”

Devin Vodicka This was originally posted to https://learnercenteredleadership.blogspot.com/ on June 14, 2020. My daughter graduated from high school last week.  Along with the other graduates of the Class of 2020, her senior year has been unique, remarkable, and challenging.  Her adaptability, resilience, and positivity has been impressive and inspiring.  And yet the sense of lossContinue reading “Reinvention of a Tradition: Drive-Thru Graduation and the Class of 2020”

It is a privilege to share the Foreword from my book, Learner-Centered Leadership, which is written by Colleen Broderick, the Director of Learning at the International School of Zug and Luzern.  I strongly recommend that you follow Colleen on twitter and also check out her insightful new website.   When asked to define learner-centered education, I look to my grandmother.Continue reading “Colleen Broderick: What is a Learner-Centered Education? And Why the Need for a Shift?”