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This podcast features an interview with two educators from Grandview Prep in Boca Raton, FL. Aileen Palmer and Susan Rose have been working with the Scrum Alliance, John Miller and Mike Vizdos to help the school implement Scrum for both the students and school administration. The interview explains how Scrum got started at Grandview, the impact it has had on the students, as well as the benefits and challenges they\u2019ve experienced along the way.\n\nShow Notes\n01:16 Interview Begins\n02:01 How Grandview Prep got interested in Scrum\n04:59 Agile can be a lot easier for kids than adults\n05:52 How Scrum has changed the way the students at Grandview collaborate\n06:32 How the kids self-organize to make sure everyone is participating in the work\n06:59 How teaching Scrum to a junior in high school impacts their ability to get work done and prepare for college\n07:54 How visualizing the work is helping the students understand how to break work down into manageable pieces\n08:35 Teaching students and teachers about how to break down the work and plan things out\n10:20 Differences between how 1st graders and older kids are using Scrum at Grandview\n11:17 The hardest parts of getting started with Scrum in school\n13:17 Sometimes the transparency and seeing how much you have to do is overwhelming for adults\n14:03 The struggle between Trello and Post-its\n14:59 Student rankings and grading at Grandview - and how it has been impacted by Scrum\n17:14 How using Scrum has improved the students and teachers ability to give and receive feedback\n17:45 The reaction from parents/stakeholders to the introduction of Scrum at Grandview Prep\n20:28 What Scrum means for the quiet kids who like to sit back and let others lead and drive the work\n21:30 How will Grandview measure success to determine if/how Scrum is helping\n22:33 The support Grandview Prep received from the Scrum Alliance \n23:14 Advice for educators who are interested in learning more or trying to implement it at their school \n24:39 How to get in touch with Susan and Aileen to learn more about Scrum at Grandview Prep\n26:10 Wrap up\n26:48 Podcast End\n\nFor more information:\n\nGrandview Prep Info and Contacts\nhttp://Grandviewprep.net\n\nAileen Palmer apalmer@Grandviewprep.net \n\nSusan Rose srose@Grandviewprep.net\n\nScrum Alliance Info and Contacts\nScrum Alliance\nhttps://www.scrumalliance.org/\n\nJohn Miller\nagileclassrooms@gmail.com\n\nMike Vizdos\nhttp://www.michaelvizdos.com/\n\nHeather Leigh\nhleigh@scrumalliance.org