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Meet, Act and PartMEET,ACT, AND PART-EPISODE 57-PROJECT DELTAWB Jon D. Hinthorne (Joined Masonry in 2015 & Past Master Delta Lodge 2019-2022) and WB Toby Reed (Joined Masonry in 1981 & Past Master of Palestine Lodge (Now Wm. Sutton Lodge) 1990, 2003, 2004.) from the Grand Jurisdiction of Massachusetts join Greg, Bill and Darin to discuss Project Delta. Project Delta has an objective of providing comfort kits (small bags containing stuffed animals) to first responders to give to children who may be dealing with trauma stemming from the crisis situation to which the first responders are responding to. All too often Police, Fire, and EMS respond to calls where children are in the middle of...
2023-08-0634 min
The Educator's MindsetTaking Time Off w/ Jon HinthorneHey there! Welcome back! In today’s episode I have one of my friends Jon Hinthorne join me to talk about a very important topic in the teacher world, taking time off. Jon is a high school Spanish teacher and host of the podcast show, An Unconventional Teacher. In this episode we share our experiences with taking time off and some things we’ve learned throughout our teaching journey that might help others who struggle with this.
If you enjoy this episode, you might also like our first episode together:
Episode # 60: Being an Unconv...
2022-02-0827 minThe Educator's MindsetBeing an Unconventional Teacher w/ Jon HinthorneHello my friend! I’m so pumped your here today because I’m sitting down with teacher and podcast host Jon Hinthorne. Jon has been in education for over a decade, he’s currently a high school Spanish teacher and also hosts a podcast called The Unconventional Teacher which is what we are focusing on in this episode. So, are you an unconventional teacher? Tune in to find out and let us know what you think!
Connect with Jon on Instagram (@anunconventionalteacher)
Connect with me on Instagram (@the.educators.mindset)
2021-08-3134 min
Class on Task8. Teaching Unconventionally with Jon HinthorneJoin us on this episode to hear teacher and podcaster, Jon Hinthorne share tips on how to be unconventional. It's easy to stick to the norm and do what has worked well in your past years of teaching. However, when you change your own behavior as a teacher and try new unconventional things in your classroom, it can have an amazing affect on your students. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! If you want to learn more from Jon, check out his instagram @unconventionalteacher and his podcast An Unconventional Teacher!
2021-06-2140 min
The Multipurpose RoomRekindling Your Passion for Teaching: Where to Start with Curriculum Change
As the school year comes to an end, you may be struggling to find your passion for teaching. Or maybe the pandemic has shown you a better way to teach your curriculum. This episode is all about how to overhaul your curriculum and get buy in to do so. Our guest has some radical ideas on how he threw away his textbook and became an unconventional middle school teacher.
About Our Guest: Jon Hinthorne, An Unconventional Teacher
Jon Hinthorne is fully committed to helping make our education system great, supporting young people to f...
2021-05-1437 min
Hey! I Want Your Job!S01E15: Jon Hinthorne - An uncommonly caring, unpretentious, unconventional teacherIn the past year teachers have been super-human heroes pivoting on a dime to continue to teach our children in the face of a global pandemic. In May of 2020 it seemed they were finally getting the respect and attention they deserved. By September of 2020 the pendulum had swung and teachers were the focus of controversy and derision.
Throughout all of that Jon Hinthorne has kept his focus on his students. Leading and supporting them with love, and doing his damndest to be a voice of calm rationality in a crazy world.
While he self-describes as "just...
2021-03-1555 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 20: Gahmya Drummond-Bey - "The World's Teacher""...we all learn better through a lens of joy." - Gahmya Drummond-Bey
Season 1 of An Unconventional Teacher comes to an incredible finish with this inspiring and motivating interview with Gahmya Drummond-Bey, "The World's Teacher".
Gahmya is an award-winning curriculum writer and learning expert who has taught in over 30 countries and helped to redesign curriculum in over 20 countries. She has been a nominee for the Global Teacher Prize three times, speaks 5 languages, and is an international selling author.
Oh, did we mention this is her 3rd pandemic in her career?
2021-03-0921 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 19: Nicole Butler-Hooton (2021 Oregon Teacher of the Year)"My mission is to create an environment where all students feel they belong. I will continue my efforts each day to be an educator who makes a difference for equity and social justice." Nicole Butler-Hooton
Episode 19 features one of the kindest, most selfless, talented, and foreword thinking educators in our country, Nicole Butler-Hooton.
In 2021 he earned the most prestigious award of Oregon Teacher of the Year. Nicole is a much-loved 2nd Grade Teacher at Irving Elementary School in Eugene, Oregon with over 14 years of experience in the classroom.
Nicole is doing...
2021-03-0222 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 18: Lynette Stant (2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year)"How am I ensuring that there is beauty in my classroom, and peace in my classroom, and balance in my classroom." - Lynette Stant
Lynette Stant, 2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year and the first indigenous woman to earn that extraordinary honor, is our extraordinary and unconventional guest of part 1 of our 3-part Season 1 Finale.
Lynette, or Mrs. Stant as her 38 students lovingly call her, is Navajo (Diné) and believes one of her primary roles as an educator is to be a mirror for her students as they see themselves and their culture reflected i...
2021-02-2321 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 17: An Interview with Don DoehlaDon Doehla, our guest on Episode 17 of An Unconventional Teacher, is a king among kings when it comes to language teachers and a pioneer of the Project Based Language Learning methodology. His passion for making the subject of world language learning shines through everything he does and this episode is a window into that!
Don recently retired from being a classroom French teacher of 35+ years in northern California. His last school where he spent more than a decade was Vintage High School in Napa, CA. Early on in his life, he connected with his teachers who...
2021-02-1621 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 16: An Interview with Brian RiordanBrian Riordan is the featured unconventional educator on this exciting episode of An Unconventional Teacher. Brian is a high school Spanish teacher in Howell, Michigan, focused on engaging his students in comprehensible Spanish language experiences and having fun while doing so.
Partway through Brian's career as a teacher, he realized he needed to make a change and received empowering trainings from podcasts and online resources to move his class from grammar and worksheet-focused lessons to more engaging, "Comprehensible Input" strategies. These included using leveled reading for fun, music videos, and engaging brain breaks. Now, his...
2021-02-1114 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 15: An Interview with Kristen Wolf ("La Loba Lista") - 2019 MT World Language Teacher of the YearKristen Wolf, aka “La Loba Lista”, sits down with the host of An Unconventional Teacher to explore how she became such an unconventional educator and why it matters so much to ditch the traditional ways and usher in newer, more exciting, and enriching ways to learn and teach. Kristen teaches at an incredible school called the Bozeman Field School in Bozeman, Montana.
Kristen is a dynamic educator and presenter. Her background as a Montessori & Spanish teacher has led her to understand the process of language acquisition and human development in profound ways. Kris...
2021-02-0913 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 14: An Interview with Jamie CarotaThe host of An Unconventional Teacher, Jon Hinthorne, sits down with middle school science educator, curriculum writer, and department head, Jamie Carota. Jamie comes from a family of educators and teaches at the Don Callejon K-8 School in Santa Clara, CA. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience related to teaching science, assessment, and helping other educators think in more equitable terms in relation to their grading systems.
Jon and Jamie also discuss the exciting and innovative methods that make her an unconventional teacher.
>Jamie shares that she demands that each...
2021-02-0413 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 13: An Interview with Aquaus Kelley"Acknowledge and appreciate not only who we are, but also who we are capable of being." - Aquaus Kelley
Episode 13 of An Unconventional Teacher features an incredible educator, human, and entrepreneur, Aquaus (Uh Kway Us) Kelly. Instagram: @aquaus
Aquaus strives to create authentic and meaningful learning experiences with his 5th grade students and community at the Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Beyond teaching, Uh Kway Us is the Founder of A Lovers Ambition Lifestyle Group that focuses on brand development and social change agency as well as the...
2021-02-0214 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 12: An Interview with Rachel Freeman (SPED Teacher and Owner of Safe Space Teaching)"When I say flush the format, I really mean it's not just one teacher in a classroom on an island all day long. It's this constant flow of information and energy through all of the modalities that we teach. And I think that's really where the magic happens." - Rachel Freeman
Episode 12 of An Unconventional Teacher features a truly unconventional special education teacher and entrepreneur, Rachel Freemen. Rachel is a dual certified special education and elementary education teacher with a masters degree in curriculum and instruction. She also has a certificate in trauma informed practices for children...
2021-01-2816 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 11: An Interview with Patrick William James Lynch"I want them (students) to be good, empathetic, honest, and socially responsible individuals....Those are the skills that build a better society and maybe build a better person." - Patrick William James Lynch
Patrick William James Lynch is a dynamic and successful 3rd grade teacher at the Charter School of Morgan Hill in Morgan Hill, California. He leads with love and puts socio-emotional learning at the heart of his work as a teacher leader. This exciting episode highlights a bit of what makes Patrick an unconventional educator.
Patrick shares in this...
2021-01-2614 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 10: An Interview with CherylAnne Amendola: 2017 Gilder Lehrman New Jersey Teacher of the Year"Make sure every student in your class is seen in your class. Do your very best....The very best thing you can do is show up for every student every day." - CherylAnne Amendola
CherylAnne Amendola has been teaching American and World History for the last 15 years. She graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A. in Political Science and from Teachers College, Columbia University with an M.A. in Social Studies Education. Currently, she is working on an M.A. in American History from Pace University in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman...
2021-01-2115 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 9: An Interview with Kelsie Brook Eckert: 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher of the YearOur host of An Unconventional Teacher, Jon Hinthorne, interviews the 2015 National History Day Teacher of the Year as well as the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Teacher of the Year, Kelsie Brook Eckert.
Kelsie humbly offers to our listeners a window into what makes her an unapologetically unconventional teacher of history and how she incorporates the voices of all humans, especially women, from history and not just the typical voices we normally hear from.
Kelsie's Podcast: The Remedial Herstory Project
Kelsie's Free Curriculum: Lesson Plans Grades K-6 , Grades 7-12
Kelsie's Bio:
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2021-01-1920 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 8: An Interview with Kevin Dua: 2017 Massachusetts History Teacher of the YearKevin Dua is an unconventional teacher through and through. He invests so much energy in creating a culture of trust, mutual respect, and fairness in his classroom. In 2017, Kevin earned the prestigious honor of being the first African American History Teacher of the Year for the entire state of Massachusetts.
Since then, he has taken this humble honor and used it as a springboard to help support his students and fellow teachers of color enter and stay in education. This engaging and insightful episode illustrates what happens when a teacher truly demands high...
2021-01-1227 min
An Unconventional TeacherAn Unconventional Teacher - Season 1 TrailerIn November 2020, Jon Hinthorne (Spanish Teacher at Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo, California) launched Season 1 of this pay-if-forward project to unify and amplify the voices of unapologetically unconventional educators.
Project Mission: We at An Unconventional Teacher aim to uncover why it is that the unconventional ways of yesterday are now becoming the conventional ways of today. We encourage you to join our growing community on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well as on our blog and weekly podcast (new episodes every Tuesday).
Be Unconventional!
Notable guests...
2021-01-0801 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 7: An Interview with Mary KorteMary Korte is an incredible educator that uses fun, play, and experiential learning as her main tools in a 2nd/3rd grade combo class at the Jefferson County Open School in Lakewood, Colorado. This episode highlights her enormous talent to connect on a real level with each of her students and their families. This connection that she cherishes with each student guides her quest to learn through manipulating real objects in the world. She is the mother of two children currently enrolled at the Jefferson County Open School. She has an MA in Curriculum and Instruction...
2021-01-0517 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 6: Interview with Jennifer StillittanoJennifer Stillittano is known widely by her peers, students and others as a Project Based Learning (PBL) guru. Her knowledge about all things related to Project Based Learning is vast, and what is most impressive is how she implements that knowledge with her students each day.
She discusses her willingness to take risks in her teaching in this podcast in relation to her entrepreneurship class. This class actually started its own candle making business and is still in business four years later. Beyond this, Jennifer plans and facilitates the adult learning at the school where she...
2020-12-2919 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 5: Why This? Why Now?Our Podcast host, Jon Hinthorne, dives deeper into our Podcast Theme: How do we be unconventional teachers for the sake of our students?
He sheds light on this incredible pay-if-forward project in more depth so that all the listeners know where we are going and why. He also shares an awesome way to have the whole school explore their passions as he introduces Passion Projects to the Podcast discussion. More to come on passion projects in future episodes.
We hope you enjoy this engaging episode as much as we enjoyed making it...
2020-12-2210 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 4: An interview with Kim SorensonOur host, Jon Hinthorne, interviews a most wonderful and unconventional (yet still conventional too) teacher, Kim Sorenson. Kim is an 8th grade English Teacher at the Charter School of Morgan Hill in Morgan Hill, California. In this episode, Kim explores how she balances between both conventional and unconventional methods of teaching English. She shares with us a couple unconventional teachers moves such as asking her students to chose a goal for her to accomplish along side them as they set and achieve their goals. Beyond modeling what she expects from her students, she shares with them who she...
2020-12-1517 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 3: Virtual Learning 2020This intriguing episode explores the 4 main "ingredients" that Jon Hinthorne, host of An Unconventional Teacher, includes in his teaching while in this virtual learning setting: 1) Authentic Student Connection 2) Humor and Joy 3) Modeling Directions and Guidelines & 4) Physical Engagement.
COVID-19 has suddenly left our nation’s schools in a completely unprecedented situation of having to teach our students virtually. With little to no training and planning to do so, teachers are banding together to “build the road as we travel down it.” We have all had to figure out how to convert our curriculum to be either...
2020-12-0811 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 2: An Interview with Micah WolfeTeaching is very important. We don't always get the credit that we deserve from society and from politicians. Just look to the students...your students are what matter...and they will buoy you! - Micah Wolfe (excerpt from this episode)
This exciting episode illustrates what happens when teachers and parents dare to take risks...their students excel and take risks too! You don't want to miss out on this incredible interview full of gems and insights you might not have thought about yet!
Micah Wolfe is a 5th grade English and...
2020-12-0119 min
An Unconventional TeacherEpisode 1: An Introduction to an Unconventional TeacherThis first episode of this exciting series introduces your host, Jon Hinthorne. In this short episode, he explores three key details about his first few years of becoming an unconventional teacher. Jon describes a few pivotal moments for him as a young educator that helped him develop the courage to be unapologetically different from his other World Language colleagues.
Jon and his wife, Jenny, are both educators and live with his two young boys, Mason and Jacob, in Arroyo Grande, CA. They spend as much time out at parks, going for walks, and enjoying...
2020-11-2711 min