Shows
Educators AmplifiedA Teacher’s COVID Experience (Zach)Hallie and Joanna amplify more results from the survey that educators have been responding to. Go to tinyurl.com/BeHeardEducators, to take the survey if you haven’t already.
Then, there is another educator on the podcast - Zach!
Zach highlights how teachers may have felt they were in a “Goldilocks district” until 2020 exaggerated and exposed the hierarchy system within education. He eloquently outlines how decisions are made from people with no 'skin in the game’ because there is a lack of communication between who makes the decisions in a school versus who’s working with student...2024-10-2434 min
Educators AmplifiedAmplifying a Teacher’s RallyThis episode we talk about all things rallying! There was a WEAC sponsored Rally on May 20th, 2023 to support Governor Evers Budget. So we have a play-by-play of the rally for you!
The best part: Listen to lots of different voices of educators and supporters at the rally. Hear their insight into what’s happening in education and the need for funding.
Additionally, check out the article that was written by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the Rally as well - See how Wisconsin teachers support the WI governor's education budget: https://www.jsonline.com/pict...2023-06-1437 min
Educators AmplifiedAll About the Teacher’s UnionIn this episode there is a lot covered! Being amplified is Ted Kraig, a WEAC Region 7 Uniserv Director. His experience working with the teacher’s union is to help frontline educators (teachers, paraprofessionals, school secretaries, guidance counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists) maintain professional level working conditions. He has a wealth of knowledge and understanding on what it is like to be a public school employee without actually being one.
Listen to this episode to learn more about how educators are treated within the workplace. Hear about how Ted helps educators in a range of situations: edu...2023-04-301h 03
Educators AmplifiedA Millennial Teacher’s Experience (Katerina)In this episode, it’s time to amplify Katerina - a teacher that Joanna and Hallie used to work with. Katerina is authentic, passionate, and gets right to the point. She shares her journey to becoming a teacher instead of pursuing her dreams of becoming an astronaut.
Hear what led Katerina to ‘make the move’ to leave one District and go to another, from Southeast Wisconsin to Chicago Public Schools. They discuss, in detail, the two top reasons for leaving education: #1 is salary and #2 is administration. And listen to how Katerina, Joanna, and Hallie all have th...2023-03-231h 03
Educators AmplifiedA Student’s School Experience (Xavier)Joanna and Hallie talk with a (past) student for the first time on the podcast! Xavier talks about his experience as a student and now as a parent in school. Hear an authentic and raw conversation about what it was like for him, a hyper student who was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age, to navigate the school system. He talks openly about the benefit of his meaningful relationships with three teachers that helped him manage his education experience.
Xavier’s bottom line is that it’s all about the approach and comes down to understanding. Plus...2023-02-2153 min
Educators AmplifiedTransformation within EducationIn this episode Joanna and Hallie are dreamin’ - they’ve got big ideas for how schools can transform in 2023 and beyond! And when they say “dreaming”... they actually can *see* this being a reality.
They work through what they see, hear, and are within education to chat about how schools can transform to spaces where children’s needs are met in developmentally meaningful ways. From the teenage mental health crisis to a concerted effort to privatize education - they cover it all. It all boils down to nervous system regulation y'all!
Take a listen and let us k...2023-01-2138 min
Educators AmplifiedA New Teacher’s Experience (Allie)Joanna and Hallie start by talking about the added stress in our lives right now, especially during the holiday season. It’s *insider info* and expertise that teachers understand from working with children that this time of year isn’t always “the most wonderful time of the year”.
Our guest today, Allie, is in her third year as a classroom teacher. She started her career during a global pandemic and teacher exodus. She is authentic about hardships and of questioning herself during the start of her career. She asks the question a lot of teachers identify with: are we e...2022-12-211h 06
BustED PencilsTwo forces for good put their heads togetherToday Tim and Johnny are joined by Joanne Rizzotto and Hallie Schmeling, founders of Educators Amplified - a podcast presenting real stories from experts in education who are driven to share what‘s really going on in our public schools. The fully leaded crew joins forces with EA to regulate, empower, and transform together!
Visit EducatorsAmplified.podbean.com to learn more and check out they're content!
Educated Educators, Talking Education. Guests: Joanne Rizzotto, Hallie Schmeling2022-11-3044 min
BustED PencilsTwo forces for good put their heads togetherToday Tim and Johnny are joined by Joanne Rizzotto and Hallie Schmeling, founders of Educators Amplified - a podcast presenting real stories from experts in education who are driven to share what‘s really going on in our public schools. The fully leaded crew joins forces with EA to regulate, empower, and transform together!
Visit EducatorsAmplified.podbean.com to learn more and check out they're content!
Educated Educators, Talking Education. Guests: Joanne Rizzotto, Hallie Schmeling2022-11-3044 min
Educators AmplifiedWe Made It Back to SchoolWe made it back, baby, and it’s a new school year! Have educators come back energized? How many new teachers are new at your school? What are you seeing and hearing at your public school?
In this episode, Joanna and Hallie talk about what they see and hear throughout multiple school districts across the state and nation now that we are back to school. They chat about what it’s like to be sitting in the ‘professional development’ meetings that educators have to come back early to school for. They identify the juxtaposition in schools between why teac...2022-11-1439 min
Educators AmplifiedConnection Rather Than Collaboration (Dr. Tim Slekar & Dr. Johnny Lupinacci)Joanna and Hallie from “Educators Amplified” have partnered with Dr. Tim Slekar and Dr. Johnny Lupinacci from “BustED Pencils” to create an Education Media Collaboration Extravaganza! They’ve come together to offer a K-12 teacher and higher education perspective, because when we hear from each other we can work towards solutions to problems.
The four of them talk through many layers within education. They discuss what’s not working in education: a lack of teacher autonomy, the profession being built on sacrifices, products overly purchased, the harm that occurs because of the hyper focus on academics, and how the conve...2022-06-0857 min
Educators AmplifiedOld Problems, New ViewsThis episode breaks it all down (not literally), Hallie and Joanna offer a different perspective on how to look at what’s going on in our school system.
To begin, they give the first update on the Educator Survey they’ve been encouraging educators to take… honestly, it looks exactly as they predicted – not so good. Hallie and Joanna discuss four main reasons people are either leaving or considering leaving the education profession. Go to: tinyurl.com/BeHeardEducators, to take the survey if you haven’t already.
Next, Hallie and Joanna discuss student behaviors - aggressive...2022-04-0830 min
Educators AmplifiedA Union Teacher Leader’s Experience (Stephanie)In this episode, Hallie and Joanna start out by discussing how they are doing - hey, educators, we are you - we are exhausted, too! Joanna shares how what we really need right now is stabilization in our schools: teaching about the foundation of sleep and the importance of water intake, nutrition, moving our body, and stress management. This leads them into discussing Adverse Childhood Experiences (things that prevent development and success) and Benevolent Childhood Experiences (protective factors that aid children when highly stressed). IMAGINE if the priority in education were in the benevolent childhood experience list … seriously imagine it...2022-02-0241 min
Educators AmplifiedWhat No One Talks AboutIn this episode, Joanna and Hallie talk about what no one else is talking about: what needs to change in our schools to make things better. So, BIG PICTURE, what needs to change? Leadership and the structure of how schools operate. There is a need to define the problems correctly, in order to come up with solutions because there is a full out effort to dismantle public education, which has caused fear and compliance within education and has led to exploitation within the profession. Hear them talk candidly about what educators are experiencing within the current school structure and...2022-01-1429 min