Tag: agile

  • ALC Network Annual Reports

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    I’ve been producing the ALC Network Annual Reports since 2018, and it’s interesting to see how the focus and key functions of the network have changed over time. The process of assembling the reports typically starts in the fall, when I put out a call for content and photo contributions from facilitators across the network.…

  • First 30 Days of School

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    It’s year… 13. And I’m grateful to have new staff in both schools prompting me to reflect and share more about the foundations of facilitation. For myself, I used to keep a notebook with checklists for each phase of the school year, but I upgraded to using Trello in 2016. I have a “Run [Org.…

  • On Change, pt 2

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    Sometimes, teams fail to account for change happening to them even when they have, as Agile Learning Centers do, explicit expectations and systems for responding supportively to changes in their students’ goals, clients’ visions, or the enveloping environment. In theory and practice, the team members embrace change, design for it, and may even be loud…

  • Agile E-Book References and Resource Recommendations

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    In posting the audio versions of each chapter of my Self-Directed Education and the Agile Learning Approach e-book, I realized there was no good way to make sure folks could find the people I was citing without literally spelling out each name and title…so I copied the recommendations at the end of each chapter here…

  • Agile E-Book: Update 1 (of 3)

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    Trying to run an independent school on sliding scale tuition through an experience of being the US epicenter of a pandemic was…really something. More trying than the initial transition were the few years that followed, where challenges and changes kept coming long after we had worn down our reserves of funding and energy. More to…