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Talking Technology with ATLISFrom Server Room to Boiler Room: Unifying IT and Facilities with Rafael CorderoRafael Cordero, Director of IT and Facilities at The Riviera Ridge School, joins the podcast to discuss his unique dual role. He shares how a background in project management and cybersecurity prepared him to manage everything from network infrastructure to campus operations, and how he aligns these efforts to create a future-ready learning environment.Riviera Ridge SchoolRafael’s LinkedIn profileNYSAIS Education, Information, and Technology (NEIT), conference produced by New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)JAMF, enterprise Apple product management and securityATLIS Leadership Institute (ALI), education and networking program designed to prepare and support technology leaders in in...
2025-09-3050 min
Articulating - An Independent School Podcast504 Fostering a love for reading in the digital era | Ramón Javier, George Jackson AcademyWhen was the last time you read for 30 minutes straight? Uninterrupted? Ramon Javier, Head of School at George Jackson Academy, joins Articulating to discuss the importance of literacy in academic success, developing empathy, and building critical thinking skills. Listen for strategies on how to foster a love for reading not only for your scholar but also yourself!
ABOUT RAMON
Ramón is a lifelong New Yorker, proud of his Afro-Latinx roots. A member of Prep for Prep, Ramón graduated from The Hackley School, Williams College, and received his Ed.M from Teachers College, Columbia Uni...
2024-11-1431 min
The Development Debrief124. Jan Abernathy: Building Your Personal BrandLast week, I went with several of my colleagues to the NYSAIS advancement conference at Mohonk Mountain House. NYSAIS stands for the New York State Association of Independent Schools. At the conference, I had the opportunity to speak about building your personal brand for career success with today’s guest, Jan Abernathy. Before we did our talk, we recorded it to share with all of you!
Jan Abernathy is the Chief Communications Officer at The Browning School, a K-12 boys’ school in New York City. Formerly the director of marketing and communications at The Elisabeth Morrow School in E...
2023-03-1535 min
Edventures in TechEpisode # 39 - Breaking the Blockbuster Model with Nate RidgwayThanks for listening to Episode #39 of the EDventUres in Tech Podcast. In this episode, Andrew & Dan interview Nate Ridgway, author of Breaking the Blockbuster Model.
In this episode, we discuss Nate's book, and discuss the future of Edtech in the classroom.
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2023-02-0857 min
The Powerful PedagogySocial Justice & Diversity Teaching in Early Childhood with Semeka Smith-WilliamsSemeka Smith-Williams is a member of the The Institute for Social and Emotional Learning (IFSEL) which empowers educators, young people, and parents to transform their schools into caring, inclusive communities. For the past six years she served as the Director of Diversity and Equity at the Packer Collegiate Institute, a Preschool through grade 12 independent school located in Brooklyn, New York. Over the last ten years, Semeka has collaborated with other school leaders and diversity practitioners through her work with New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Diversity Committee. Semeka has also facilitated curriculum investigations to broaden the anti...
2022-07-1830 min
Disrupt Education228 - Pushing Schools To EvolveThis is an incredible conversation regarding the push and pull of educational systems and tangible solutions that are currently in play. Peter Hostrawser hosts a conversation with Jessica Cavallaro and Simon Holzapfel in this episode of Disrupt Education.
Jessica Cavallaro is an innovator and change-maker in education. She co-founded The Agile Mind to build collaboration, connection, and communication in classrooms across the world. She has always been an early adopter of techniques that will bring more student agency and active learning in the classroom. Jessica is passionate about pushing education to evolve to meet the needs of tod...
2022-06-0144 min
Blue LemonadeSlam DunkTimothy Jenkins is an Assistant Athletic Director/Health Teacher/PE Teacher at Birch Wathen Lenox, where he has worked for the past 31 years. Tim's Achievements:2003 - Coached a Class B NYSAIS Independent High School Varsity Boys Championship2013 - Coached a Women's Junior College team (Westchester Community College) to a national ranking of #62014 - At age 45 hiked rim to rim in the Grand Canyon (24 miles) Hiked 50 National Parks/Monument by age 50Tim's quote to live by: "Be the change you want to see in the world."If you ha...
2022-04-1833 min
Disability INC.Disappearing Private Special Education SchoolsApproved, publicly funded special education schools are facing an existential threat.
Hear about their history, the challenges they face, and how one school stayed true to its mission by discontinuing public funding. Donna Kennedy guided the Gillen Brewer School, a NYC private school providing special education services in a private school in NYC since its inception in 1992, serving as Head of School since 2003. Donna serves as a Commissioner of Accreditation for NYSAIS and Treasurer of the Guild for Independent Schools. Donna received her Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College of Education and a...
2021-11-0254 min
Alex Beal PodcastDrew Casertano— A life in EducationDrew Casertano devoted his professional life to serving students and their families as an independent school educator and leader. Upon graduating from The Choate School, Drew earned his bachelor’s degree in American History from Amherst College and then returned to boarding school life to teach, coach, live and work in a dormitory, direct student activities, and work in admissions at The Loomis Chaffee School. He earned his Master of Education degree from Harvard University in 1982 and then spent two years at The Frederick Gunn School (formerly The Gunnery) as director of admission and financial aid, before returning to Lo...
2021-10-191h 23
Third Space with Jen CortSupporting LGBTQ Youth in times of COVID-19 with John Gentile and Becca MuiAbout our guests:John Gentile currently serves as the Co-Director of the Office for Identity, Culture and Institutional Equity at the Horace Mann School. July 1, he will be joining the Calhoun School community as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He is a principal consultant with the Glasgow Group, a faculty member of the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, and a committee member of the NYSAIS Diversity Committee. He is co-founder of (Re)Defining Power, a conference for white males in 6-12th grades exploring their role in equity work. He is a graduate of the School Leadership...
2020-06-1657 min
Roots and Wings- Voices of Independent SchoolsEpisode 024- Harry Bloom- Senior Vice President, Measuring SuccessImproving financial sustainability, recruitment and retention, and parent satisfaction using data is the goal of the company, Measuring Success. In his independent school work, Dr. Bloom has developed and implemented a number of marquee programs, including the Atidenu Recruitment and Retention program, the Recruitment and Retention Academy, the Governance & Fundraising Academy, and the Day School Financial Benchmarking and Reengineering program. These programs have helped well over 100 independent schools enhance revenue, increase efficiency and strengthen their financial vitality. Bloom has conducted and published independent school and nonprofit governance research that has identified practices that predict financial and educational...
2019-08-3144 min
NYSAIS-Now"Effective Skepticism" with Andrew WatsonIn this NYSAIS-Now Talk at the NYSAIS Brain Conference at Mohonk Mountain House in March 2019, Andrew Watson explains how teachers can think about new advice and research skeptically so that they can avoid getting pulled into the next "common myth."
2019-05-0300 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Surya MattuIn this NYSAIS-Now interview at the NYSAIS Education & Information Technology Conference in November 2018, Surya Mattu explains why the unintended consequences of decision making lead to the fact that technology is not neutral. Mr. Mattu also discusses why the "digital emissions" may not be worth the convenience of a smart device.
2019-04-1900 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Dr. Joanna ChristodoulouIn this NYSAIS-Now Interview at the NYSAIS Brain Conference at Mohonk Mountain House in March 2019, Dr. Joanna Christodoulou explains some common myths held by educators, including the dangers of believing in preferred learning styles and learning proficiencies. Dr. Christodoulou also discusses developmental difficulties in reading and how implicit bias impacts student outcomes.
2019-03-2100 min
NYSAIS-Now"Collaborating with Parents" - Lisa DamourIn this talk at the NYSAIS Assistant Heads, Division Heads, and After School Directors Conference at the Mohonk Mountain House in November 2018, clinical psychologist and author Lisa Damour addresses the dynamics at play when educators and parents come together to talk about a student. Ms. Damour provides an enlightening discussion on the often unarticulated assumptions that both parties bring to these meetings, overcoming barriers to successful collaboration, and effective strategies for giving feedback.
2019-03-0800 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Cory DoctorowIn this NYSAIS-Now Interview at the NYSAIS Education & Information Technology Conference at the Mohonk Mountain House in November 2018, Cory Doctorow discusses why loss prevention of one-to-one laptop programs, school safety, and John Deere tractors lead to anti-dystopian ed-tech.
2019-02-2200 min
NYSAIS-Now"The Person You Mean To Be" with Dolly ChughIn this talk at the NYSAIS Annual Conference for Heads of School at the Mohonk Mountain House in November 2018, Author Dolly Chugh discusses her new book, "The Person You Mean to Be." Exploring the science behind bias, this entertaining and thought-provoking presentation blends stories and science about why being a good person is overrated, what it means to be a “good-ish” person, and how to think of privilege as a positive.
2019-01-1800 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Dolly ChughIn this NYSAIS-Now interview at the NYSAIS Annual Conference for Heads of School in November 2018, Dolly Chugh discusses her new book, The Person You Mean To Be, and how implicit bias impacts us all. Ms. Chugh also discusses the implicit association test and how results can help show us all the associations that we have learned through the society around us and may or may not be what we consciously think about.
2019-01-0200 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Jennifer BryanIn this NYSAIS-Now interview at the NYSAIS Conference for Assistant and Division Heads in November 2018, Jennifer Bryan discusses how individuals can become better leaders by deepening relationships while supervising and evaluating staff. Ms. Bryan also talks about the challenges of giving effective feedback, both positive and negative, and the value in doing so.
2018-12-1500 min
NYSAIS-Now"Navigating the 'Big, Hairy Challenges' Facing Independent School Leaders" - Grant LichtmanIn this talk at the NYSAIS Business Affairs Conference at the Mohonk Mountain House in May 2018, author, education thought leader, and former independent school CFO Grant Lichtman discusses the new challenges facing independent schools and business offices in an ever-more VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world. Drawing on his new book, Moving the Rock, and data he has collected from over 250 independent schools, Mr. Lichtman presents what he believes are essential changes that schools need to make, including; different approach to traditional strategic planning; markedly greater inclusion of the broader school community at a strategic level; empowerment of distributed...
2018-11-1500 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Grant LichtmanIn this NYSAIS-Now interview at the NYSAIS Business Affairs Conference in May 2018, Grant Lichtman talks about his new book, Moving the Rock, and how schools can help evolve knowledge in an ever-more VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world. Mr. Lichtman also discusses the inevitable paths he believes that schools will face over the next 25 years, the facilities arms race that schools participate in, and what independent schools leaders should learn.
2018-11-0100 min
NYSAIS-Now"Preventing & Responding To Educator Sexual Misconduct" - ESeminar With Debra WilsonIn this eSeminar, Debra Wilson, General Counsel for the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), discusses the many practices that schools will want to consider implementing to prevent abuse of students. Drawing on the NAIS/TABS task force report, as well as referencing other school's experiences, Ms. Wilson also prepares schools for potential reports made by current or former students.
2018-10-1900 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Kimberly BryantIn this NYSAIS-Now interview at the NYSAIS Education & Information Technology conference in January of 2018, Kimberly Bryant discusses the success of her non-profit, Black Girls CODE, and how she grew it from an afterschool program for her daughter into an international organization that has served over 3,000 students. Ms. Bryant also offers advice to schools on child wellness, connecting with students across demographics to get them interested and keep them coming back to programs they would not normally seek out, as well as how partnerships have helped Black Girls CODE throughout their history.
2018-03-1300 min
NYSAIS-Now"So What Do We Tell Our Students?" with Dr. David OrrIn this talk at the 2015 NYSAIS Head Conference, Oberlin College Professor David Orr explores the growing gap between the hopes, dreams, and expectations of young people and the declining vital signs of the Earth, the most important of which is rapid climate change. Orr argues that between optimism and despair there is a third possibility: Hope and hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up. But how do we engender hope and ecological competence? This talk focuses on the work of the Oberlin Project.
2018-01-3000 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Derreck KayongoIn this NYSAIS-Now interview with George Swain, Derreck Kayongo discusses The Global Soap Project, which he created and now manages. Derreck also describes several essential steps that independent schools and other non-profit organizations should take to build enthusiasm around their missions and market their programs.
2018-01-1600 min
NYSAIS-Now"Participatory Culture In A Networked Era" - Danah BoydIn this talk at the NYSAIS Assistant and Division Heads Conference at the Mohonk Mountain House, danah boyd examines the ways in which our personal and professional lives are shaped by experiences interacting with and around emerging media. boyd describes the process of diversification and mainstreaming that has transformed participatory culture. She advocates a move beyond individualized personal expression and argues for the benefit of “doing it together”.
2018-01-0300 min
NYSAIS-Now"Far From the Tree" - Andrew SolomonIn this talk from the NYSAIS Advancement and Placement Directors Conference at the Mohonk Mountain House, Andrew Solomon, a writer of remarkable talent and intellect, discusses his latest work, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children & the Search for Identity. This riveting talk is an examination of the means by which families accommodate children with physical, mental and social disabilities and how these unusual situations can be invested with love.
2017-12-2000 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Charles VoglIn this NYSAIS-Now interview with George Swain at the 2017 Tri-State Annual Conference for Heads of School, Charles Vogl describes the inspiration behind his recent book, The Art of Community. Drawing from thousands of years of religious studies and his own work training leaders, Vogl discusses how to build communities, become a role model for children, and effectively create change.
2017-12-0500 min
NYSAIS-Now"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" - Timothy SnyderIn this talk at the Tri-State Conference for Heads of School at the Mohonk Mountain House, Timothy Snyder discusses his new book, "On Tyranny." “The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.”
2017-11-2100 min
NYSAIS-Now"What White Children Need to Know about Race" - Dr. Ali MichaelIn her talk at the 2016 Annual Conference for Heads of School, Dr. Ali Michael, University of Pennsylvania researcher and the Director of the Race Institute for K-12 Educators, discusses white racial socialization and how white families teach (or do not) their children how to talk about race. Drawing from both her own life experiences and those of numerous research subjects, Dr. Ali Michael presents her research team's recommendations for helping white children to grow up with anti-racist, positive racial identities.
2017-11-0100 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Schuyler BailarIn this NYSAIS-Now interview with Dr. Judith Sheridan at the 2017 NYSAIS Athletic Directors Conference, Schuyler Bailar describes his own journey of self-discovery in becoming the first transgender man to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division I men's team. Mr. Bailar also discusses strategies that he believes schools and families can take to support their students, whether they know them to be transgender or not.
2017-09-1700 min
NYSAIS-NowInterview with Dr Edward HallowellIn this NYSAIS-Now interview with George Swain, Dr. Ned Hallowell discusses his new book Driven to Distraction at Work and the growing prevalence of distraction in our daily lives. Hallowell also outlines steps schools may take to prepare children for the world ahead.
2017-09-1700 min
Watchers PodcastEpisode 3: "Live" from MohonkRecorded at the NYSAIS NEIT Conference at the Mohonk Mountain House and featuring a panel of fabulous technologists.
2014-01-3050 min