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Introduction & Housekeeping (0:00 - 1:20)

Parking Lot (1:20 - 8:30)

Flex grouping, role of parents, classrooms with no desks?

Focus Of The Week: Space (8:30 - 17:50)

Guest (17:50 - 41:30)

Jessie Boyce of Tyrone Middle School, in St. Petersburg FL. Follow her on Twitter at @jessXyo and her blog at https://whoneedsdesks.wordpress.com/ . Her recommendation for a book is Make Learning Personal. We edited the heck out of this conversation, as we had WAY too much fun talking to Jessie.

Terms and Phrases We Hate: (41:30 - 44:00)

Throw the baby out with the bathwater - what?

Resource Review Corner (44:00 - end)

The Third Teacher

Introduction & Housekeeping (0:00 - 1:23)

#PLearnMC

Parking Lot (1:23 - 7:00)

Summer Slump

Professional Magazines

Start Up Plan

Focus Of The Week: First Steps After Setting Culture (7:00 - 20:00)

Matt and Courtney talk through three first steps for personalizing the “curriculum”

Lay out the topics for the year

Lay out progressions for targets within topics

Make the map visible to students

Guest Interview: Matt Lunt (20:00 - 48:30)

Matt is a sixth grade teacher at Memorial Middle School in South Portland, ME. In his second year of teaching in a mainstream class after being an alternative ed teacher for many years, he shares with us what he has learned about bringing personalized methods and practices to “regular ed.”

Terms and Phrases We Hate: None! It is Summer!

Resource Review Corner (48:30 - end)

Courtney: How’s It Going: Carl Anderson

Matt: Brandon Busteed on Youtube, specifically the Iowa presentation

Introduction: Housekeeping Parking Lot (1:20) Focus Of The Week: Robo-teaching (14:45) Say what? What the heck does that mean? And why should I care? Guest Interview: Mike Muir (29:40) Find Mike’s blog at https://moreverbs.info/ and follow him on Twitter @mmuir. You won’t regret it. Teacher Rant (55:15): it’s all over. Death to rants. Terms and Phrases we hate (55:45): “They can’t…” Resource Review Corner (58:10): Matt - https://www.amazon.com/Tapping-Power-Personalized-Learning-Roadmap/dp/1416621571/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467385647&sr=8-1&keywords=rickabaugh Courtney - NPR!

Introduction: Housekeeping Parking Lot (2:30) Special Ed knows how to do it It is about the students, not the teachers Forget about state test prep What students have to say Focus Of The Week: Student Voice (16:30ish) Explanations, examples, and an unexpected side trip into the purpose of education Guest Interview: Grade 5 Students (25:00) A group of 5th grade students from Maine talk about what their learner-centered classroom is like, and how it works for them. Teacher Rant: Grammar Targets (48:00) Terms and Phrases we hate: “My Voice Isn’t Being Heard” (48:45) Courtney talks about what the real message is behind this commonly used complaint, and encourages us all to live authentically Resource Review Corner: (52:00) Matt - Twitter Courtney - http://www.edutopia.org/topic/student-voice

Introduction: Housekeeping Parking Lot (1:30) podcast differentiation and thinking about choice Focus Of The Week: (8:15) Culture Examples of SOPs and Flow Charts: RISC Pinterest Board Examples of SOPs and Flow Charts: Courtney's Pinterest Board Culture Comes First Guest Interview: (27:00) Chris Sturgis, Competency Works Chris Sturgis is Principal of MetisNet, a consulting firm based in Santa Fe, NM specializing in education, youth issues, and community engagement. Sturgis brings a commitment to drawing on local knowledge (metis) early in the design process. As the co-founder of CompetencyWorks she investigates how schools, districts and states are designing and implementing competency-based systems that ensures students are successfully reaching proficiency each and every step of the way. She is co-founder of the Youth Transition Funders Group, a philanthropic network building knowledge on how to ensure that vulnerable young people – those without a high school diploma, in child welfare, in juvenile justice or facing other huge challenges -- are Connected by 25. She has worked for philanthropy, state government, human service organizations, and campaigns. Teacher Rant: Courtney Rants about The Rant (43:30) Terms and Phrases we hate: “Developmentally Appropriate" Developmentally Appropriate Practice at Wikipedia Resource Review Corner: Matt - Other People! Courtney - Learners Rule

Show notes: Introduction: Housekeeping Parking Lot: (2:40) Lots of great questions responding to I can statements and engagement rant Focus Of The Week: (13:45) Engagement vs Compliance http://www.justintarte.com/2015/06/the-engaged-student-vs-compliant-student.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-k-miller/engagement-and-compliance-in-the-classroom_b_3033971.html http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/compliance-or-engagement-when-are-student-truly-engaged-in-the-classroom/education https://educationawesomeness.com/2013/11/22/engagement-vs-compliance-and-student-voice/ http://www.readinghorizons.com/blog/seven-ways-to-increase-student-engagement-in-the-classroom https://moreverbs.info/2016/03/02/motivating-students-focus-on-6-strategies/ http://www.schlechtycenter.org/ Guest Interview: (28:00) Matt Drewette-Card, curriculum coordinator at AOS #94 in Maine @DrewetteCard and Jon Pratt, Assistant Head of School for Academics at Foxcroft Academy. @jonpratt Teacher Rant: Readiness Levels (59:00) Terms and Phrases we hate: “What’s best for kids” (1:00:00) Resource Review Corner: (1:02:00) Matt - Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn Courtney - Learning Through Academic Choice

Parking Lot: “You Are Not Special” commencement speech. Focus Of The Week: A Few Examples of Simplified Models (seriously, google it, there are many): CPRE, MCCL, GSP, The Institute For Personalized Learning, Getting Smart. Guest Interview: Explanation of CPRE principles from Gerrit Jones-Rooy, Research Specialist with CPRE. The basic principle is that we need to teach people to take over for us, so we try to set up a few things. 1) Hub schools - a place to really dig deep with practice and PD. Other teachers can observe practices here. 2) Elevate successful teachers into Mentors and Master teachers who can take on PD responsibilities over time 3) Practice in a variety of contexts. We model it in schools, have teachers practice with each other with feedback in workshops, teach coaches PD structures that emphasize practice 4) RETURN. We get more work done when we prove that we care and come back. Just like with students, you set goals - remember where teachers are, and follow up with extra resources & advice. Learn More at http://www.cpre.org/ Resource Review Corner: Ed Leadership The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

A podcast dedicated to the do-do's and don't-do's of personalized learning. We are irreverent, yet unabashedly authentic. If you want to learn a little about personalized learning for your classroom/school/district, and are willing to challenge your assumptions, then Matt & Courtney can help. Agree with us, challenge us, debate with us. It's education. Personalized.