39. Creating Human-Centered Learning with Jenny O’Meara and Donnell Cannon

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this podcast, we have often discussed student-centered learning. But what about human-centered learning? They work hand in hand. Human-centered learning appreciates what makes each student their own person. It is about recognizing what makes up your kids’ identities and giving them the representation they need, empowering them to understand themselves and how they can address social injustices on their own.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in as this week’s guests discuss how they’ve been able to implement human-centered learning in their rural community and the positive impact it has had on their students.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">About Jenny O’Meara and Donnell Cannon:</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jenny O’Meara is a rural middle school principal in North Carolina and a co-leader at the Phillips Middle School of Innovation. Donnell Cannon is the high school principal for these same students. They have both graduated from North Carolina State’s NELA program and currently they serve just under 400 kids. With the help of</span> <a href= "https://www.transcendeducation.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Transcend Education</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, they have worked together to transform their students’ experience into one of identity, purpose, and passion.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jump Through the Conversation</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[2:55] Interrupting the system</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[9:57] Give students space to explore identity</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[12:24] Roses in Concrete curriculum: understanding and changing systems of oppression</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[16:30] Students as change agents, addressing