Bonus Episode 17 – Interview with Tom VanderArk – Power of Place

Shift Your Paradigm: From School-Centered to Learner-Centered

In this bonus episode, we are speaking with Tom VanderArk, co-author of Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education.

Tom is an advocate for innovations in learning. As CEO of Getting Smart, Tom advises impact organizations and learning institutions on the path forward. A prolific writer and speaker, Tom has co-authored more than 50 books, chapters, and white papers and has published thousands of articles. He writes regularly on GettingSmart.com, LinkedIn, and contributes to Forbes.

Tom served as the first Executive Director of Education for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and was a public school superintendent in Washington state. Tom is a board member for Education Board Partners, Director for 4.0 Schools, Digital Learning Institute, Latinx Education Collaborative, and eduInnovation and Advisor for One Stone and Teton Science Schools and Whittle School & Studios.

Resources

• Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks for Smarter Personalized and Project-Based Learning
• Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning
• Smart Cities That Work for Everyone: 7 Keys to Education & Employment
• Getting Smart: How Digital Learning is Changing the World
• Teaching with Fire: Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Teach
• Teaching with Heart: Poetry that Speaks to the Courage to Teach
• Navigating the Digital Shift: Implementation Strategies for Blended and Online Learning
• Architecture for Achievement: Building Patterns for Small School Learning
• Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools
• College Now! What Needs to Be Done to Give Urban Students a Real Path to Success
• Making the Grade: Reinventing America’s Schools
• High Schools on a Human Scale: How Small Schools Can Transform American Education
• College Now! What Needs to Be Done to Give Urban Students a Real Path to Success
• For papers authored by Tom, check out the publications page.
• For blogs written by Tom, check out his authored blogs.
• Google Expedition
• Tetonscience.org
• PlaceSchools Network – Placeschools.org
• A New You: Faster and Cheaper Alternatives to College
• Education Reimagined
• 100 podcasts you should check out
• Difference Making – The Case for Contribution: Why Schools Should Empower Difference Making
• Podcast: Emily Liebtag and Nate McClennen on the Power of Place
• Book report: How Faster + Cheaper Alternatives Will Replace Most of HigherEd
• Podcast: Ryan Craig on Last-Mile Training as an Alternative to Higher Ed
• Power of Place Microsite
• Podcast: Emily Liebtag and Nate McClennen on the Power of Place
• How Faster + Cheaper Alternatives Will Replace Most of HigherEd
• Ryan Craig on Last-Mile Training as an Alternative to Higher Ed

Here is what we are thinking about:

• How might place-based education act as an accelerant for your school transformation efforts?