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A Slice with 'Dice
A Slice with ’Dice is a weekly podcast exploring leadership, talent development, and the human side of high-performing systems. Drawing on decades of experience in gifted education and public leadership, host Corey Alderdice examines how institutions identify potential, navigate change, and create cultures where people can thrive. Each episode blends thoughtful reflection with practical insight for educators, leaders, and anyone interested in how talent and transformation intersect in real-world settings.
A Slice with 'Dice
Seeing the Whole School (Part 2): The Work Closest to Students
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Some truths about a school can only be learned through daily proximity to students. They live in the classroom, the hallway, the advising conversation, the residence hall, the practice space, and the quiet moment when an adult notices that something has changed.
Corey Alderdice, a national voice in talent and transformation, continues the Seeing the Whole School series by turning toward the work closest to students within the Proximity and Purpose Continuum. This episode honors the daily labor of teachers, counselors, advisors, coaches, mentors, and student support professionals whose proximity gives them insight that no report or dashboard can fully capture. Alderdice explores how student-proximate work gives schools their moral center, keeping institutional language grounded in lived experience.
At the same time, he considers the limits of proximity when immediate needs become disconnected from broader institutional purpose. The episode challenges schools to listen carefully to those closest to students while also helping that insight become part of a larger, sustainable vision for the whole institution.
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