Traditionally, curriculum has been organized in a linear path that promotes a one size fits all...
Katie Martin
6 Questions to Align Your Vision, Policies, and Practices
Establishing a shared vision amongst diverse stakeholders is critical when trying to implement...
Breaking the Cycle
It took me a while to recognize this dangerous cycle that existed in my school but it became so...
Are You Trying To Solve the Wrong Problem?
I’ll never forget listening to a room full of high school teachers after interviewing their...
Teachers Create What They Experience
Recently I had an opportunity to give a TEDx talk: Teachers Create What They Experience where I...
Why We Must Invest in Relationships First
It's been 15 year since I opened the doors to my first group of 7th graders and I can remember it...
5 Practices that Promote Sharing and Open Classroom Doors
It’s not uncommon to have teachers who teach next to one another for years yet have never seen...
The #InnovatorsMindsetMOOC (September 2016)
If you have have been wanting to read or reread The Innovator's Mindset by George Couros, now is...
Dr. Katie Martin
Dr. Katie Martin is the author of Learner-Centered Innovation and VP of Leadership and Learning at Altitude Learning. She teaches in the graduate school of Education at High Tech High and is on the board of Real World Scholars. Learn More.
LEARNER-CENTERED INNOVATION
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The Power of Shifting from Compliance to Agency
I was once told that for every class, you should spend two hours planning. As the saying goes, if...
Why an Authentic Audience Matters
I watched this video with my kids in one of their youtube compilations- it's pretty insane to look...
School Doesn't Have to Kill Creativity
This week was my son’s 3rd-grade exhibition of learning, where he presented his final project and...
Learner-Centered Innovation Book Study: Part 3 Recap
The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big...