Posts by Lisa Sitkins

Katie Martin is the author of the book Evolving Education: Shifting to a Learner-Centered Paradigm and is also the Chief Impact Officer at Learner-Centered Collaborative. In this MiCoOp webinar, Katie shares four key shifts that can help us serve all learners and educators and that lead to stronger relationships, connection, purpose, flexibility, agency, and authentic…

The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute completed a study titled Student-Centered Learning In Michigan K-12 Schools: Factors that Impact Successful Implementation. During this panel discussion, researchers shared the findings of the report and MiCoOp superintendents who participated in the study talked about their vision for, challenges of, and advice on student-centered learning.

Dr. Oliver Grenham, Chief Education Officer for Westminster Public Schools in Colorado, shared the WPS Learning Model that encompasses Shared Vision, Leadership, Competency Based Design, and Continuous Improvement to create Student Centered Classrooms. Listen to the lessons they’ve learned and resources they’ve created to help you in your CBE journey.

Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium, and Keweenaw (CLK) share their journey to be a trauma informed district. After going through the Capturing Kids Hearts program, they began to make changes that focused on the students. Watch to see how this district puts students first.