44: It All Orbits Purpose feat. Kendall Cotton Bronk, John Cagle, Skylar Primm, and Elizabeth Martin

What this episode covers

Frankly, I'm astonished by how little school systems spend on covering purpose in students' lives. Where do they see themselves in 10, 20 years? We leave them to the "next step" (either lost and apathetic or in incredible amounts of debt) to figure it out for themselves. How do we go about creating a purposeful society? Is it possible for a teacher to actually make a change? And, in addition, what about our sense as educators in the classroom? What about our purpose? GUESTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Dr. Kendall Cotton Bronk, head of the Adolescent Morality Lab at Claremont Graduate School, Dr. Cotton Bronk is one of the founding/leading researchers surrounding youth purpose-finding. Dr. John Cagle, a 27-year public education educator who currently serves as Assistant Principal at Jefferson County High School in Tennessee. His dissertation focused on relationship building and academic success. Skylar Primm, an educator at High Marq Environmental Charter School [http://highmarq.org/] in Montello, Wisconsin*, a fascinating small public charter school centered on interdisciplinary experiential learning, with a focus on the environment. *This were mentioned incorrectly during the podcast, sorry! Elizabeth Martin, an English teacher who recently ventured to a county school after years spent at a large urban district. She has started to document this shift on Medium [https://medium.com/@lizmartinwriter/this-fall-began-my-seventh-year-teaching-and-my-first-year-at-a-new-school-fc28f6f6aa3a]. RESOURCES * Adolescent Morality Lab [https://amd-lab-dev.squarespace.com/] * Greater Good Magazine [https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/education] * Project Wayfinder [https://www.projectwayfinder.com/] * Linchpin by Seth Godin [https://www.amazon.com/Linchpin-Are-Indispensable-Seth-Godin/dp/1591844096] FURTHER LISTENING * S2: E26: Engaging Students with Meaningful Work and Partnerships w/ Zack Jones (Dual School) [https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/things-fall-apart/2018/11/11/s2-e26-engaging-students-with-meaningful-work-and-partnerships-w-zack-jones-dual-school] * S2: E22: Finding Purpose w/ Patrick Cook-Deegan (Project Wayfinder) [https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/things-fall-apart/2018/9/27/s2-e22-finding-purpose-w-patrick-cook-deegan-project-wayfinder]