Catalyst Collection

Catalyst is a monthly newsletter from Devin Vodicka featuring learner-centered insights and resources for educators, leadership teams, and change-makers. In each edition of Catalyst, Devin shares insights, learnings, and resources about the learner-centered education movement. Browse this collection to read past editions of Catalyst and explore what you missed!

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November 2024: Cultivating Local Partnerships to Generate Real-World Learning Opportunities

October 2024: How to Cultivate Homegrown Talent in Your District

September 2024: What Mixed Messages Show Up in Your District?

August 2024: 3 Key Elements of a Learner-Centered Culture

July 2024: Creating Coherence Within Your District

June 2024: Accelerating the Pace of Change

May 2024: Telling a New Story Through Tiers of Data

April 2024: Policies that Enable Learner-Centered Transformation

March 2024: Creating Coherence and Alignment

February 2024: The Many Benefits of Getting Outside

January 2024: Optimistic Predictions for 2024

December 2023: Centering Learners By Design

November 2023: Seeing is Believing

October 2023: How do we keep track of progress in a dynamic environment?

September 2023: The Power of Community

August 2023: When does learning happen?

July 2023: The power of a shared learning model for professional and student learning

June 2023: The importance of teams

May 2023: The promise of a Both/And approach in education

April 2023: Let’s build upon what we’ve started TOGETHER

Winter 2023: A Framework to Come back To Time and Time Again

Back to School 2022: Looking Ahead to a Learner-Centered School Year

Spring 2022: Spring into a Learner-Centered Summer

Winter 2022: Strategies for Learner-Centered Leaders Right Now

Fall 2021: We Can Do Hard Things Together

Summer 2021: Possibilities Abound in Learner-Centered Education

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Tools
Community Asset Map Tool
The Community Asset Map is a tool that helps educators identify and leverage local resources, skills, and networks to enhance their teaching practice. By mapping out community assets – from businesses to cultural organizations – educators can create more meaningful learning experiences that connect classroom content with the real-world. Through a step-by-step process, this…
Blog
Building Community Partnerships: A Strategy for Sustaining Learner-Centered Education
  Written by Danielle Delrosario Danielle DelRosario is a Community Schools/MTSS Specialist in Escondido Union School District and member of our inaugural LC Innovator cohort, where learner-centered educators come together to share bright spots and ideas around innovative practices The current research on community partnerships in education indicates tremendous benefits for students, namely: enhanced…
Blog
A Spotlight on the First UCSD + LCC Research Convening of the 24-25 School Year
In July of 2023, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Learner-Centered Collaborative (LCC) announced a groundbreaking partnership to unite researchers, practitioners from LCC, and regional districts in advancing learner-centered practices. A group of Southern California districts kicked off this school year with the new name SoCal Link. In the spirit of sharing and…