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Glocal CitizensEpisode 284: Learning to Relearn with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah Part 2Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week on the podcast we have Part 1 of a two-part conversation centering a favorite topic of mine - education. The effectivenss of LinkedIn and it’s networkinng superpower facilitated our connection through common connects, Adja Maymouna Sakho and Laureen Adams.
My guest, fellow educator Kwame Sarfo-Mensah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from Temple University. For nine years, he served as a middle school math teacher. Currently, he is the founder of Identity Talk Consulting, a global educational consulting firm that specializes in dev...
2025-08-1228 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 283: Learning to Relearn with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah Part 1Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week on the podcast we have Part 1 of a two-part conversation centering a favorite topic of mine - education. The effectivenss of LinkedIn and it’s networkinng superpower facilitated our connection through common connects, Adja Maymouna Sakho and Laureen Adams.
My guest, fellow educator Kwame Sarfo-Mensah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from Temple University. For nine years, he served as a middle school math teacher. Currently, he is the founder of Identity Talk Consulting, a global educational consulting firm that specializes in dev...
2025-08-0547 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 278: Designing Love-centered Learning with Laureen AdamsRepublic Day Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week’s guest is another Glocal Citizens connection. In spring 2024, Amma Gyampo reached out to me me about connecting me with a like mind in education. That was the beginning of ongoing conversations with Laureen “Laury” Adams. With over 20 years of experience spanning both international and U.S. contexts as a classroom teacher, school leader, coach, designer, and professor, Dr. Laury possesses a unique skill set. This includes shaping innovative curricula, effectively supporting learning communities of all sizes, and coaching leaders to drive impactful change. Her design background informs her expertise in pro...
2025-06-3049 min
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Bob Lenz & Laureen Adams: PBLWorks, Project Based Learning, and Overcoming the COVID Slide - 321Bob Lenz & Laureen Adams talk with me about PBLWorks, Project Based Learning, and Overcoming the COVID Slide. This is episode 321 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.Bob Lenz:Bob became CEO of PBLWorks on June 1, 2015. Before taking the helm at PBLWorks, he was the co-founder of Envision Education and served as its CEO and Chief of Innovation until 2015. Under Bob’s leadership, Envision Education put into practice a highly successful redesign model that has opened a path to college and college retention for underserved urban students at Envision’s three Bay Area arts and technology high scho...
2020-10-2640 min
The Family Brain with Megan GipsonEpisode 89: This Teachable Moment During Covid-19 with Bob Lenz and Laureen Adams
This episode is the last official episode in this series of coping with Covid-19 and
these pandemic days. I think it is fitting that we end talking about school and how
kids learn best as that seems to be a huge place of concern for parents right now.
I know I worry that my kids are not getting what they need by being in a
traditional school setting but my conversation with Bob Lenz and Laureen Adams
who co author the free e book This Teachable Moment help mitigate those fears.
Both guests are educators who champion project-based learning and...
2020-08-0444 min
Charter School SuperstarsEp 84: Project based learning in the virtual landscape with Bob Lenz and Laureen Adams of PBL WorksThis week, Ryan sits down with Bob Lenz and Laureen Adams, the CEO and the Curriculum and Program Manager for PBL Works, an acclaimed provider of professional development and support services for K-12 project based learning. On this episode, Bob and Laureen talk about project based learning and what PBL Works does. Our guests give some terrific insight into how to transition PBL effectively into the virtual environment. They also talk about the power that PBL has to not only help students achieve learning gains, but also to strengthen families and communities. Their new e-book “This Teachable Moment: En...
2020-07-2219 min