{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Book Love Foundation Podcast","title":"Moves Leaders Make - Season 1, Episode 7: Designing a School Around Values, Ritual, and Student Agency","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1389,"description":"In this episode of Moves Leaders Make, hosts Penny Kittle and Elaine Millen talk with Katy Inman, a school leader at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Founded by Nancie Atwell, the school is known for its deep commitment to reading, writing, and student-centered learning.\nKaty shares how intentional rituals, shared faculty values, extended work time, and student-led portfolio conferences shape a culture where children feel seen, capable, and motivated. From daily morning meetings to goal-setting conferences beginning in kindergarten, this conversation explores how small structural moves create a school environment grounded in purpose, agency, and joy.\nGUEST\nKaty Inman — School leader at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.\nKEY TAKEAWAYS\n• How daily morning meetings create belonging and shared purpose.\n• Why faculty-selected annual values anchor school culture.\n• The importance of long, uninterrupted work blocks for meaningful learning.\n• How student goal-setting and portfolio conferences build ownership from kindergarten on.\n• Moving away from grades toward narrative feedback and growth reflection.\n• Designing a school intentionally small to function as a learning laboratory.\n• Creating systems that welcome visiting educators to learn from practice.\nBOOKS & REFERENCE\n• Stoner by John Williams\n• Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty\nMoves Leaders Make — A Book Love Foundation Podcast; Hosted by Penny Kittle and Elaine Millen; Produced by Testwood Creative Studio; Music by ryanancona, licensed from Pond5; Learn more at booklovefoundation.org","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tIs0J9SYP9dhn1JlleKvXwE8KQZ8FeZJbyNYRnvZ8J0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMGQ0/ZTVlMDAxZDdmZjNl/NTQ4ODNlYTYxM2Mx/ZDY1Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}