Do We Want STUDENTS or LEARNERS? In Conversation with Jason Kennedy

JASON KENNEDY is a 23 year veteran educator with experience in classrooms from elementary through college. He has served as an instructional coach, school building administrator and district administrator. His passion lies in collaborating with others in designing highest quality learning for all learners.

Welcome to Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 9:00 Pacific and 12:00 Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:42 - Jason Kennedy's current context in education

1:14 - A story of adversity: dealing with binders and narrow vision

3:10 - How writing impacts his professional learning

5:26 - Quitting teaching and designing learning instead

8:04 - Why we should focus more of our efforts on Tier 1

13:32 - The science of reading and the science of learning

16:41 - What are students doing versus what are students learning

17:43 - A professional goal: publishing a book about instructional leaders

19:21 - Two daily questions for every building leader

20:41 - Should every building leader be an instructional leader?

23:00 - An area of personal passion and interest: AI

24:10 - A current productivity habit

25:56 - An account to follow on X

26:14 - An edtech tool to check out

26:34 - A book recommendation

26:57 - A podcast recommendation

27:21 - A recommendation for a future guest

27:38 - A YouTube channel pick

27:59 - What Jason's streaming right now

28:51 - The best ways to follow Jason online

29:36 - Final thoughts and goodbyes. Thank you for joining us, Teachers on Fire!

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