Oklahoma Innovation in Education Round Table by Erin Starkey https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv Please share your current visions/goals/initiatives by clicking on the plus sign under the appropriate column. en-us 2022-01-06 20:09:12 UTC 2023-04-18 06:39:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Podcast to provide information to others interested in educational entrepreneurship. estarkey79 https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979492635 https://edupreneuracademy.org/resources/interviews-links/]]> 2022-01-06 20:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979492635 Erin Starkey- Edupreneur Academy estarkey79 https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979536993 After completing her bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, Erin began her career as a public school teacher in Norman Public Schools. Over the past 20 years she has served in a variety of roles across the educational field including piloting a national instructional coaching program, as a middle school principal, and as the head of learning design for an Ed Tech. company. Upon completing her masters of education in instructional technology and educational leadership, she started her own business called Bloom Online Design that focuses on helping others create engaging and effective learning environments. Erin is the director of the Edupreneur Academy, a grant funded initiative that provides support for school start-up models and current schools interested in innovating. https://edupreneuracademy.org/]]> 2022-01-06 20:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979536993 Shifting mindsets around systematic change estarkey79 https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979630161 I believe that we cannot accomplish meaningful change unless we first address the core mindsets that keep influencers fighting against each other instead of working together. The best example of this barrier is between the perceived threat between traditional public school models and alternative school options. ]]> 2022-01-06 22:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979630161 Increasing opportunities in our teacher preparation programs that include entrepreneurship in education. estarkey79 https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979634571 We have traditionally only prepared teachers for one pathway which is to teach in a traditional school setting and move up through administration. I believe we are missing out on the value of teaching entrepreneurship in this field. Preparing educators who may want to start their own school models or create solutions that improve existing school models. ]]> 2022-01-06 22:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/1979634571 Brent Bushey https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014399645 Brent serves as the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Public School Resource Center (OPSRC).  The OPSRC provides technical services and professional development to public schools across the state of Oklahoma. The OPSRC’s mission is to improve educational outcomes for students across the state of Oklahoma.  The OPSRC currently serves over 45% of all public school districts in the state.  
 
Prior to founding the OPSRC, Brent spent over 10 years in Washington DC working as a program manager first at the Department of Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security. He began his career as a teacher at Walter L Cohen High School in Orleans Parish as part of Teach for America. 
 
Brent holds an MA in Public Administration from George Washington University and a BA in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy from Michigan State University. 


]]> 2022-01-26 19:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014399645 Brent Bushey https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014404256 We've established the School Design Center to work with individuals interested in starting new schools in the state. This could be in a district in the state or as a new charter school. ]]> 2022-01-26 19:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014404256 Michael with Loveworks Leadership https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014427021 Michael Hirsch carries a passion for leadership and helping the next generation discover their potential. 
 
He is the Executive Director of Loveworksleadership.org – a non-profit based out of Norman with a mission that believes a person is never too young to be a leader.
 
Since it’s inception, Loveworks has worked with over 15,000 students and has helped them launch two start-up companies, Real Kitchen and Real Tech, that can now be found in over 100 stores across the Metro OKC area and now sold in 17 countries. In 2021, Loveworks newest program, Business Boot-Up has helped launch 31 new kid businesses and counting.
 
In his spare time, you’ll find him training for his next triathlon, his 14th full Ironman race this spring in St. George, Utah. 
 
Michael has been married to Selah Hirsch for 16 years, they have three zany, adorable children: Nya, Tinsley and Anchor. 
]]> 2022-01-26 19:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014427021 Future of Learning- Nick Hathaway https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014896254 We need to embrace the future and usher in a new tapestry of learning. The future ecosystem reflects a transformation away from disconnected, episodic learning and toward a curated continuum of lifelong learning, tailored to individuals, and delivered across diverse locations, media, and periods of time. Our forerunners were relegated to structures like grades and transcripts, in part, because of the technology available to them. Emerging technologies allow us to embrace concepts of mastery and competency-based models. We need to introduce new types of credentials including competency badges and micro-credentials to communicate individuals' talents, skills, knowledge, preferences and experience.]]> 2022-01-27 02:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2014896254 Rob Reynolds -- Education Technology robreynolds1 https://padlet.com/estarkey79/r5i6gt2jgpnhh6dv/wish/2021619344 After earning my Ph.D. in Spanish at the University of Texas at Austin, I began my career as a university faculty member teaching languages and literature. I have also served in university administration, as a textbook publishing executive, and as a successful co-founder and executive for multiple educational technology startups. I have additional experience as a textbook author and have been an active researcher and blogger in the learning technology space since 2003. Over the past decade, my work has focused increasingly on how to provide equitable access to college-level learning for everyone in the U.S.

After much trial and error, I find myself relying more and more on the following philosophies:

  • In education, low tech beats high tech pretty much every time when it comes to achieving improved, universal learning efficacy;
  • There is a natural order of progression for becoming an effective leader. You must first be an effective decision-maker and then evolve into a strong community-builder before you can hope to become an effective vision-crafter;
  • It’s impossible to edit a blank page;
  • Done really is better than perfect, if for no other reason than the fact that you never achieve anything near perfection in your initial iterations of a product or program;
  • The best way to begin anything is simply to begin.

My Website: https://learningdesignchallenge.com/
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