The Student-Centered Shift: Empowered International Schools and Classrooms Through Project-Based Learning
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The Student-Centered Shift: Empowered International Schools and Classrooms Through Project-Based Learning
Want to turn your classroom into a hub of curiosity, innovation, and real-world impact but don’t know where to start? The Student-Centered Shift with internationally acclaimed educator Kyle Wagner equips international school educators with the simple shifts to move from passive to active learning...
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Stuck Teaching in a Bubble? How Place Based Learning Brings the World to Your Students
Do you ever feel stuck trying to make learning relevant, but tied to the four walls of your classroom? What if the place students learn became the cur...
Sick of Managing Every Project? How Student Managers Boost Engagement and Accountability
Do you feel like every classroom activity depends on you to keep things running? What if one small shift could hand that responsibility to your studen...
Want to Empower Students and Staff? 3 Shifts That Actually Work
What does it really take to lead a student-centered shift, especially in exam-driven environments? In this conversation, I sit down with Rikke (pronou...
Why Most Student Teams Fail. Three Shifts to Foster Collaboration and Ownership
Why do most student teams fail, and what can you do to change it?
In this re-published episode, I sit down with Kristin Damburger, Associate Div...
Want more Curious Learners? Start with Yourself
Feel like curiosity is getting lost in content coverage, deadlines, or disengaged classrooms? What if our own vulnerability was the key to unlocking i...
Is Your Classroom Built for Student Thinking? 4 Design Shifts to Spark Shared Ownership
Is Your Classroom Built for Student Thinking? 4 Design Shifts to Spark Shared Ownership
Ever walk into a classroom and instantly feel the energy...
From Classroom to Co-Working Space: How to Design Learning Spaces That Invite Agency and Flow
Still stuck in the same classroom setup year after year? You’re not alone. Too many classrooms signal teacher control before a single word is spoken—a...
Looking to Deepen Student Agency? Tools to Support Inquiry, Independence, and the Shift to Facilitator
Even after shifting to student-centered learning, it’s easy to fall into familiar routines: sparking a project, guiding students along, and quietly do...
Essential Summer Reading List: 5 Books That will Transform Your Life as an Educator
What if a single book could transform your life as an educator this Summer?
Shifting burnout, boredom, and breakdown to BREAKTHROUGH.
Th...
Is Inquiry Still Teacher-Led in Your Classroom? How to Design for True Student Ownership
Is inquiry still too teacher-directed in your classroom, even when it’s framed as student-centered? You’re not alone. Many international educators fin...
Hiring for a Student-Centered School? 3 Shifts to Attract the Right Educators
Starting a student-centered school or program but not sure how to find educators who can thrive in it?
You’re not alone, and the answer isn’t ju...
No Time and Space for Project-Based Learning? How One Shift Changes Everything
Feel like project-based learning sounds powerful—but totally unrealistic in your packed curriculum and schedule? What if one small shift could open th...
Teacher Led vs Peer Led: What Sparks Real Student Action?
You want your students to take action but how do you actually empower them to lead real change?
In this episode, I speak with Arlian Ecker, a 19...
Shifting From Teacher to Project Coach? Simple Tools for Self-Directed Learning
You’ve handed over choice, but you’re still doing the heavy lifting.
Many well-intentioned student-led experiences fall flat—not because student...
Structure vs. Space: What Students Really Need to Thrive
What if creating a student-centered classroom wasn’t about adding more—but about holding space for what’s already there?
In this episode, I spea...
Is Your Schedule Working Against Student-Centered Learning? Here's How to Fix It
They say you can tell a lot about what a school values by looking at its timetable. What does yours say?
If you’re trying to create more time fo...
Voice and Choice vs. Curriculum Coverage? How One School is Making it Work
Trying to build more student agency—but feel boxed in by curriculum coverage? What if you didn’t have to choose between voice and academic rigor?
Planning Projects Across Subjects? Three Shifts to Make Them Work
Feeling stuck planning projects across subjects?
It's more common than you think.
Without the right structures, interdisciplinary projects...
Is your student data locked away? Use AI to put learning power in student's hands
What if the real reason students aren't owning their learning... is because the data about their progress stays locked in a teacher's spreadsheet?
Why Student-Centered Change Fails—and How Leaders Can Make It Stick
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What if your efforts as a leader to shift classroom practice were falling flat, not because of teacher resistance, but because of how change...
Overwhelmed by Student-Centered Program Design? Start with Story and Stakeholders
Ever been handed a blank sheet of paper to design your dream school—but felt totally overwhelmed by where to begin?
You're not alone.
This...
Stuck in Classroom-Based Learning? How Community Connections Boost Engagement and Real-World Learning
Struggling to make learning feel relevant and real for your students? What if shifting from classroom-based instruction to community-connected learnin...
Too many projects to manage? Shift to Mentor Mode for easier PBL and Less Overwhelm
What if you didn’t have to manage every student project—but guided students to lead their own?
Too often, teachers in project-based learning fee...
Why Students Struggle with Problem-Solving: Build Entrepreneurial Mindsets Without the Chaos
If you've ever watched our students struggle with real-world problem-solving, you're not alone. Many are used to following directions—not thinking lik...
Why Traditional Assessment Fails—And How Co-Creation Drives Ownership and Better Work
What if assessment wasn’t just about measuring learning—but actually deepened it?
Traditional assessment often fails because it's something done...
Using AI to Simplify Project-Based Learning w/ Thom and Phil
Does Project-Based Learning Feel Overwhelming? AI Might Be the Key to Making It Work.
For busy educators like us, it's been a struggle to effect...
Are Students Just Memorizing Standards? How PEER Teaching Unlocks Deeper Engagement and Understanding"
🎙️ What if your students didn’t just study academic standards—but took ownership of teaching them to peers?
Too often, students see academic sta...
Stuck in Teacher-Led Projects? How Student-Initiated Projects Boost Engagement and Deeper Learning.
🎙️ Is “letting go” the secret to student empowerment?
For years, teachers have been told that structure, control, and direct instruction drive s...
Why Traditional Classroom Setups Fail International Learners (And How to Create Spaces Where Students Thrive)
Is your classroom setup holding your international learners back?
Traditional, teacher-centered layouts often stifle the creativity, collaborati...
How to build 100% learner agency: Where Students Run the School w/ Peter Hutton
What do you think of when you hear the term 'learner agency?'
You might envisage students having some "voice" and "choice" around what...
Ditch Resolutions: Build your 2025 Student-Centered Classroom Vision
Do you still set New Year’s Resolutions?
I used to—until I realized I broke nearly all of them by February. And I’m not alone. Research shows th...
Running Your First Project: From Teacher Led to Student-Led Environments
"Feeling Overwhelmed by Running Your First Project with Learners?" 🎙️
You aren't alone.
Moving from a teacher-centered to student-led env...
The Brain Museum: Unlocking Student Agency in Secondary Classrooms
How do you develop a student-centered secondary classroom with a packed curriculum, strict assessment guidelines, and an exam based culture?
Th...
From Classroom to Creative Studio: Empowering Students to Design a Better World
What happens to the classroom environment when you give students a real problem to address?
That's what Dave Strudwick, former Teacher/Principal...
From Isolated Classroom to IMPACT in the Community
What learning opportunities exist beyond our classroom doors?
That's the question that led school founder and student-centered educator Dr. Jan...
From Grades to Documenting Learning Journeys
What do grades tell students about their learning? Are they even helpful?
Even though evidence suggests grades are a poor motivator for student...
How to Help Kids Create Work that MATTERS with Matt Neylon
With AI able to fill out worksheets, write five paragraph essays, craft short stories, or pen reports in seconds, the impetus for inspiring original,...
From Teacher to Facilitator of Learning Environments
What happens to student empowerment when we move from the the front of the classroom to a gentle facilitator on the side?
We get more self-dire...
From Isolated to Collaborative Learning Environments (Shift #8)
If I walked into your classroom, would I find students seated neatly in rows facing the front, or in small interdependent table teams?
One of t...
From Worksheets to Real World Work (Shift #5/6)
In a world with advancing AI, personalized chatbots, and ready made content at student's fingerprints, how do we engage them in work that they find pe...