S2 EPISODE 3 Barnett Berry - Rethinking Teachers' Roles in a Changing World

PODCAST Season 2 EPISODE 3 Barnett BerrySenior Advisor, What School Could BeSenior Research Fellow, Learning Policy InstituteQuote of the Podcast – “Getting to scale with deeper, student-led learning requires teachers who “increasingly to think of themselves as operating in a web of professional relations that influence their daily decisions, rather than as solo practitioners.”  Dick Elmore (1996)Introduction of Guest BIO – Barnett Berry currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute and a Senior Advisor for What School Could Be while also supporting efforts to ignite student-led learning. He especially supports the empowerment of the teaching profession required for it. Barnett’s work with the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future led to his founding of the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) in 2000, and for 19 years, the nonprofit focused on igniting a bold brand of teacher leadership essential for an effective and equitable system of public education. His two books, TEACHING 2030 and Teacherpreneurs: Innovative Teachers Who Lead But Don't Leave, frame a bold vision for the profession's future. In 2021, Barnett was honored by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards with the James A. Kelly Award for Advancing Accomplished Teaching. He currently serves on several advisory boards dedicated to transforming education systems, including the University of Kansas’ Center for Reimagining Education, the Digital Promise Global Cities Education Network, and Next Education Workforce Initiative of Arizona State University.InterviewAgents of Change: Leaders/Innovators 30,000 Ft. View – Why so we, as a society invest in education?What drew you to education?What do you love about what you do?Tell us about Why schools have be do difficult to change; and how they can do so now! Teacher roles: When it comes to school "reform" teachers have never been the problem; they have always been the solution.Tell us a story or favorite memory about your work in educationWhat are the biggest challenges to you?What would you like decision makers to know?Podcast/book shoutoutsTEACHING 2030 Teacherpreneurs: Innovative Teachers Who Lead But Don't LeaveLearning Policy Institute for applying science of learning and development to school design Ted Dintersmith and Kapono Ciotti for advancing teacher-led innovation for student-led learning; Carole Basile and Brent Madden of ASU and their growing efforts to redesign the job of the teacher.Support the showEducation Perspectives is edited by Shashank P athttps://www.fiverr.com/saiinovation?source=inboxIntro and Outro by Dynamix Productions