Tag: network

  • 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.…

  • Summer 2024 ALC Gathering Reflections!

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    In June, 23 people gathered for an 8 day learning lab at the Heartwood Agile Learning Center. The hosting team included adults from Heartwood and from ALC-NYC, as well as 3 kids from Heartwood. My pre-covid summer gatherings were designed as 3 training days + 5 practice days with local ALC kids joining to do…

  • 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…

  • Newsletters Sept-March

    Newsletters Sept-March

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    For the past few months, I’ve composed and sent out monthly newsletters to ALC Network members. Here are a few of them… 9.4.17 Hi everyone! Back in September of 2013, I could have updated the whole ALC Network by just walking into the back room of the East Harlem school and talking to the 4 men there.…

  • Questions on Repeat

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    One of the practices from my time in conventional classrooms that still serves me is that of listening for signs that I wasn’t clear enough in communicating. One such sign is when I’m getting the same questions repeatedly; sometimes it means our group isn’t practicing listening very well yet, but 98% of the time it…

  • Note on ALC Logos

    Note on ALC Logos

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    With new variations on our logos coming out (and start-up groups showcasing their creativity all the time), I remembered this email exchange where @tomis explained a bit about what the deal is with our branding guidelines and @spence suggested he put something together to share on the topic. In case it takes Tomis a while…

  • ALF Page Jan. 2018 Update

    ALF Page Jan. 2018 Update

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    How does someone even end up at alf.agilelearningcenters.org? I honestly am not quite sure. What I know is that the page used to essentially be a flyer for the ALF Summer super-programs in Charlotte, NC. As we started to see other ALCs hosting various retreats, trainings, and workshops starting in 2016, the page morphed into…

  • Network Membership Update

    Network Membership Update

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    “What does it mean to be a member of the ALC Network?”* This question has been following me a lot for the past few years. In the past 13 months, I’ve given it a bunch of intentional thought–often aloud and in dialogue with others similarly exploring it–and I’ve reached enough clarity that I finally edited…

  • ALC-NYC Summer Planning (list)

    ALC-NYC Summer Planning (list)

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    When it’s time: Explore why you’re interested in organizing a facilitator training. Re-read some anti-colonialism/anti-oppression texts. Reflect on your experiences facilitating and then as someone holding an ALC community. What roles and topics can you rock? Which ones do you need to find partners to take up? Set personal intentions and goals ASAP: Gather a team…

  • ALC-NYC Summer Planning (narrative)

    ALC-NYC Summer Planning (narrative)

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    This post started as my journaling the process @ryanshollenberger and I went through in planning the first ALF Summer program outside the Network program in Charlotte, NC in the 2015-2016 school year. It’s one of 3 posts I’m putting together from my experience planning the NYC programs so far.  While I didn’t write that we…

  • Making it official.

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    Growing up, I was often told that I should go to school to become a professor. Meanwhile, I read stories about and observed the lives of master teachers. And I started asking how they got to where they were. A pattern soon emerged, and it made a lot of sense to me: the master teachers–the…

  • Visions

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    There was a lot of talk at ALF Weekend about visioning. What is the ALC project? What kind of growth do we want? Where? How fast? Why? Who wants to be doing what? What would our mission statement for the network sound like (if it’s different from those of schools…but what are those)? The questions…

  • ALF Summer 2015: Week 1

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      I started this week super excited to be in Charlotte, North Carolina to meet new ALFs! I right away got a couple pieces of bad news about some friends, and I was worried about being able to hold a group’s energy while working through my sadness. But both because the group this year was…