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The Cancer Assist PodcastGuiding Cancer Treatment with Evidence, Not OpinionIn this episode of the Cancer Assist Podcast, Dr. Bill Evans sits down with Dr. Jonathan Sussman, Professor and Chair, Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Scientific Director, Program in Evidence-Based Care (PEBC), McMaster University, and Carolyn Zwaal, Managing Director of Program in Evidence-Based Care (PEBC), to unpack how evidence-based guidelines in cancer care are developed. From defining what “evidence” truly means, to exploring how systematic reviews and analyses shape clinical decisions, the conversation shines a light on the process behind cancer treatment recommendations. Listeners will hear how Ontario’s PEBC has produced over 500 guidelines, the global reach of thi...
2025-09-1553 min
Pods + PANSRSV Vaccine Program Update with Tasha RamseyThe Chief Medical Officer of Health in Nova Scotia has expanded eligibility for publicly funded RSV immunization to adults 75+, infants under 8 months entering their first RSV season, and high-risk infants under 2. Starting this Fall, these groups can receive the vaccine or monoclonal antibodies free of charge with a valid NS health card. In this episode, PANS’ Suzanne Richards catches up with Dr. Tasha Ramsey, the Nova Scotia Health (NSH) Clinical Therapeutics and Prophylactics Lead for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections, to discuss the program update and the vaccine. They will discuss who is eligible for the immunization agents, why preventing RS...
2025-09-1018 min
Pods + PANSNova Scotia Vaccine Consult Service with Tasha RamseyIn this episode, PANS' Suzanne Richards-Aucoin catches up with Tasha Ramsey to talk about the Nova Scotia Vaccine Consult Service, just in time for vaccine season! Launched in 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the service began as a lifeline for immunizers navigating rapidly changing vaccine guidance. Today, it continues to provide trusted, real-time support on both publicly and privately funded vaccines. Tasha shares insights on who can access this service, what type of questions are appropriate and the different immunization history services the team offers and supports. Contact the Nova Scotia Vaccine Consult Service anytime...
2025-08-2818 min
Pods + PANSShingles Vaccine Program Update with Tasha RamseyThe Chief Medical Officer of Health in NS has announced that Nova Scotians over 65 years of age will now be offering the publicly funded vaccine for shingles at no charge if they have a valid NS health card. Booking for this service has opened via CanImmunize as of May 20th with administration beginning May 28th. In this episode, PANS’ Suzanne Richards meets with Dr Tasha Ramsey, the Nova Scotia Health (NSH) Clinical Therapeutics and Prophylactics Lead for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections to discuss the program and to chat about Shingles. They will discuss who is eligible for the vaccine, wh...
2025-05-2226 min
The Education Talk Show with Jeremy BrooksEp. 14 This Is What Real Leadership Looks LikeLeaders, educators, and changemakers—this is the episode you didn't know you needed. In this transformative episode of The Education Talk Show with Jeremy Brooks, we sit down with Scott Murphy, Director of Leadership at PEBC and the mind behind The Future Protocol, to uncover what's missing in leadership today. From fostering innovation to building humane school cultures, Scott draws on 33 years of global experience to challenge the status quo and inspire a new vision of education—one built on collaboration, courage, and care. #EducationLeadership #ScottMurphy #SchoolCulture #TheEducationTalkShow #FutureProtocol #InstructionalLeadership #TransformSchools
2025-05-1953 min
Pods + PANSSTI Care Now with Tasha RamseySTI Care Now is a confidential service, offered by Nova Scotia Health, to those seeking STI (sexually transmitted infection) testing and linkage to care. The goal is to help people 15 years and older get tested and treated for gonorrhea and chlamydia, and screened for HIV, through free self-testing kits and virtual care. In this episode, PANS' Lisa Woodill meets with Dr. Tasha Ramsey, the Nova Scotia Health (NSH) Clinical Therapeutics and Prophylactics Lead for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections to discuss the program, to chat more about the program and how a team of NSH pharmacists who are experts in...
2025-05-0922 min
Schoolutions: Teaching Strategies to Strengthen School Culture, Empower Educators, & Inspire Student GrowthFrom Polarization to Progress: How to Navigate Difficult Conversations with Dr. Katy AnthesIn this powerful conversation with former Colorado Commissioner of Education Dr. Katy Anthes, we explore her groundbreaking "Forward Framework" for navigating polarization and finding productive middle ground in education and beyond. Dr. Anthes shares research-backed strategies to move from destructive conflict to productive disagreement, explaining why curiosity and humanity are essential for progress. Learn practical skills to address divisive topics in your classroom, school, or community, and discover why 87% of Americans are tired of division and ready for a better way forward. Whether you're an educator dealing with polarizing issues or anyone seeking to have mo...
2025-03-3143 min
The Future Fox PodcastEP.037 Sue Sava - PEBC Sue Sava is the President of PEBC, a passionate leader dedicated to elevating teacher voices and shaping education policy. With over 28 years in education, Sue shares insights on teacher advocacy, residency models, and the future of education.Don’t miss this inspiring conversation! Subscribe to our channel for more insightful episodes. 🎧✨Links:https://www.pebc.org/https://www.facebook.com/pebcorg/https://www.instagram.com/pebcorg/
2025-03-1953 min
Main adeline.daubresse channelInterview M DulacLes éco-délégués ont interviewé François Dulac, spécialiste de la pollution atmosphérique.
Il a toujours été écologiste en herbe mais la COP21 de 2015 a été un véritable déclencheur dans sa mobilisation !
Son métier consiste à comprendre comment fonctionne la planète ! Il fait beaucoup de vulgarisation scientifique auprès du grand public et des collégiens pour sensibiliser au dérèglement climatique et ses conséquences.
Il a conseillé le PEBC dans lequel nous nous sommes engagés cette année pour calculer l'empreinte carbone du Collège, et a contribué à la créatio...
2025-02-0400 min
Colorado Leadership StoriesSue Sava: Every Hour MattersA fourth generation educator, Sue Sava is the president & CEO of the Public Education & Business Coalition, or PEBC. PEBC is a Denver-based nonprofit that works across the nation to train, sustain, and retain outstanding educators throughout their careers. In our conversation, Sue talks about the importance of elevating the teacher profession and why preparation, public policy, and ongoing learning are the formula for impact. Sue has seen PEBC through some of its most challenging times in its 40-year history – and bringing the organization to a place of financial stability, growth, and exceptionally high staff retention. Sue shares stories and in...
2023-11-0927 min
FCS UnscriptedInnovative Education: An Engaging Dialogue with Scott Murphy on Leadership, Courage, and the 'Promise' in Our DistrictUnravel the complexities of educational leadership with us as we sit down with our seasoned guest, Scott Murphy from the Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC). A stalwart in the realm of education, Scott’s diverse experience, from being a middle school teacher to a director for English and professional development, brings a depth of understanding to the table. His insights into the growth of our educational leaders over the years provides a riveting backdrop to our conversation and highlights the gradual shift towards high-level performance across our district.Buckle up for an engaging dialogue on innovative ed...
2023-10-1313 min
Schoolutions: Teaching Strategies to Strengthen School Culture, Empower Educators, & Inspire Student GrowthS3 E2: The Literacy Studio: Redesigning the Workshop for Readers & Writers with Ellin Oliver KeeneRenowned literacy expert, Ellin Oliver Keene, welcomes us into her Literacy Studio - a new, integrated approach to reader’s and writer’s workshop. Her latest book, The Literacy Studio: Redesigning the Workshop for Readers and Writers, offers a practical step-by-step approach to providing more autonomy and choice to students while gaining back time by combining reading and writing instruction.Episode Mentions:Ellin Oliver KeenePEBCHeinemann & Heinemann Journal & Heinemann Fellows Init...
2023-09-2551 min
Phenomenal Teaching with PEBCReading & Writing Connections in the Literacy Studio with Ellin O. Keene & Dan FeigelsonHow might we integrate whole class lessons, small group work, and individual conferences to support students’ growth as readers and writers? Listen in as literacy leaders, Ellin O. Keene and Dan Feigelson join the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to discuss ways to enhance student engagement and agency by integrating reading and writing. When teachers make these connections apparent, students comprehend more deeply, write more meaningfully, and develop individual identities as readers and writers in the world. This episode connects to the Planning, Workshop and Assessment strands of the PEBC Teaching Framework.
On June 14th & 15th, PEBC is proud to h...
2023-02-231h 06Schoolutions: Teaching Strategies to Strengthen School Culture, Empower Educators, & Inspire Student GrowthS2 E23: Schoolutions & Shifting Schools Collaboration: What is the Role of the Educational Podcast? with Olivia Wahl & Co-hosts Jeff Utecht and Tricia FriedmanThis week is a special collaborative episode with the co-hosts of the Shifting Schools podcast, Jeff Utecht and Tricia Friedman. We reflect on our journeys as podcasters - offering up podcasts that have influenced us most, stand-out episodes from our own podcasts, and lessons learned from our guests. Listen to be inspired and hear what we value and believe to be true in order to do right by you, our listeners. Shifting Schools Podcast with Co-Hosts, Jeff Utecht and Tricia Friedmanfree guide on leveraging the power of podcasts free guide on backward chaining Episode 72: The 4 Shift ProtocolEpisode 207: John and...
2023-02-1330 min
Off the ScriptMinor Ailments Prescribing and Artificial IntelligenceMinor ailments prescribing has finally come to Ontario! What does this mean for pharmacist wages, and how does this relate to artificial intelligence??
Thanks to our sponsor, PharmaEpass. Use code "OTS" at checkout for $200 off PEBC and OSCE prep courses!
Intro song written by Shaan Singh. Intermission music: Takin' You For a Ride by Pandrezz and Hayride by anbuu and Florent Garcia End music: Takin' You For a Ride by Pandrezz, more music at: http://chillhop.com/listen
2023-02-061h 05Phenomenal Teaching with PEBCUnlearning the HUSH with Dr. Marlee Bunch & Brittany CollinsListen in as Dr. Marlee Bunch and Brittany Collins join PEBC’s Phenomenal Teaching Podcast with Michelle Morris Jones to discuss planning for ABAR and SEL pedagogy. Both Marlee and Brittany value the importance of telling and understanding one’s own story as well as the stories of others. Oftentimes the stories of history and our own students’ stories are “hushed” and not included in classroom curriculum, conversations, and experiences for a variety of reasons. Marlee and Brittany encourage educators to “unlearn the hush” and to more broadly incorporate stories of oppression and loss into the classroom so that all perspective...
2023-01-1249 minOff the ScriptThe Culture of Silence in Pharmacy, and Why It’s Holding Us BackWe have talked about pharmacists being passive before on Off the Script. But how does this impact our profession? And why is there a culture of silence in pharmacy? On this episode we discuss the idea of quality improvement, the difference between hospital and community practice, and the impact of silence on pharmacy practice.
Thanks to our sponsor, PharmaEpass. Use code "OTS" at checkout for $200 off PEBC and OSCE prep courses!
Intro song written by Shaan Singh. Intermission music: Takin' You For a Ride by Pandrezz and Hayride by anbuu and Florent Garcia End music...
2022-12-071h 12Phenomenal Teaching with PEBCGrow the Good via Asset Based Responses with Julie WrightWhat happens when we focus on assets rather than deficits? Listen in as Julie Wright shares strategies for “growing the good” with Michelle Morris Jones on PEBC's Phenomenal Teaching Podcast. Identifying and leveraging student and teacher assets allows us to, "Size up what students CAN do and use that to lift their learning." This episode of the Phenomenal Teaching podcast connects to both the community and assessment strands of the PEBC Teaching Framework as well as the culture strand of the PEBC Leadership Framework.
Julie Wright believes that autonomy and agency thrive for children and adults when respons...
2022-10-2642 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCCultivating Spaces That Promote Agency, Equity & Connection with Nicole Tucker-SmithNicole Tucker-Smith joins Michelle Morris Jones on PEBC’s Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to share ways teachers and school leaders can cultivate spaces that promote agency, equity and connection for all learners. Nicole encourages us to confront how and why school spaces encourage assimilation, compliance, and conformity and to envision how we might transform our classroom and school environments to promote agency, equity and connection.
Auditing our materials and use of time provide helpful insights into which values our spaces are reflecting. Sometimes one's space may not be reflecting the values that we believe in, and then it is t...
2022-10-1443 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTilting Classrooms Towards Love: Incorporating Social and Emotional Learning into our Everyday Practices with Lily Howard ScottLily Howard Scott joins Michelle Morris Jones on PEBC's Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to discuss how a focus on social and emotional learning (SEL) isn’t simply a nice-to-have, a perk, but a need-to-have, a prerequisite for meaningful learning. How children feel in the classroom is inextricably linked to how they do in the classroom. Emotionally literate children who know how to navigate their inner lives can persevere through challenging tasks with resilience, and students who feel deeply connected to their peers and teachers can take the risks that inspire the greatest cognitive growth. Best of all, prioritizing SEL doesn’t mea...
2022-09-2036 min
NHASCD Spotlight: A PodcastStudent-Centered Coaching with Diane SweeneyJoin us for this rich conversation with Diane Sweeney, instructional coach authority, on the particular focus of student-centered coaching.
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Diane Sweeney has been an author and educational consultant since 1999. She is the author of several books on student-centered coaching, published by Corwin, including her latest Moves for Launching a New Year of Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, 2022), Student-Centered Coaching from a Distance (Corwin, 2021), The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, 2020), Leading Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, 2018), Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves (Corwin, 2016), and more. Diane holds a longstanding interest in how adult learning translates to learning in...
2022-09-1532 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCUsing Diverse Texts to Build Understanding, Empathy & Joy with Gita VaradarajanGita Varadarajan joins Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to talk about the ways in which diverse texts allow students to develop empathy for others, explore challenging topics, find joy and deepen their comprehension skills. Gita brings years of classroom experience to spark conversation and scaffold opportunities that guide students toward a variety of texts to create a balanced diet of rich literature. As illustrated in the PEBC Teaching Framework, providing students with life worthy materials that mirror the real world, time to read and explore, and lively discourse create classroom communities that support agency, equity and u...
2022-09-0638 min
The Ednium PodcastEp. 48 Changing Financial Legacies W/ Tiffany AskinsTiffany Askins is an educator with over 13 years in education, 11 years proudly serving the community in Denver Public Schools. During her tenure, she has taught elementary through middle school, been a mentor to teachers in-training and opened her classroom to host PEBC Learning Labs to teacher residents throughout the Denver-Metro area. She is an educator that continuously works to deepen her knowledge around effective instruction that promotes student learning. She establishes high expectations for students and herself when it comes to being the best version of ourselves and she seeks opportunities to grow personally and professionally. Now that Tiffany has t...
2022-08-231h 03
Phenomenal Teaching with PEBCCultivating Confident & Engaged Writers Through Responsive Scaffolding with Crystal HughesListen in as Crystal Hughes shares how she developed scaffolds to support her 8th graders shift from passive online learners to engaged historians and writers on PEBC's Phenomenal Teaching Podcast with Michelle Morris Jones. When school began last year, Crystal’s students were quite reluctant to engage in writing, yet Crystal knew that her students were capable of being successful with argumentation. Tapping into the workshop model and formative assessment allowed Crystal to create a Writer’s Workshop within her social studies class. Specifically, throwing away writing fears, setting high expectations, planning for engagement with intriguing topics, leveraging formative asses...
2022-08-1635 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCSupporting Students in Their Journeys of Healing with Marlee Bunch & Brittany CollinsMarlee Bunch and Brittany Collins join the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to discuss the intersection of Grief-Responsive Teaching and Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist (ABAR) Teaching with Michelle Morris Jones. Developing our collective understanding of how to support students who have experienced trauma and loss increases our ability to develop classroom and school communities that support agency, equity and understanding as described in the PEBC Teaching Framework. Listen in as Marlee and Brittany share startling statistics, incredible resources, and practical strategies to support students in their healing journeys. Grief-Responsive Teaching and ABAR Teaching are distinctly different, yet have strong mutually supportive similarities. Marlee...
2022-08-0249 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCPEBC Teacher Residency: Professionalizing & Energizing the Teaching ProfessionHow might we support vibrant, diverse, passionate individuals to become teachers? Listen in as John Kearney, Director of Recruitment and Alumni Engagement for the PEBC Teacher Residency Program, shares the ways in which a career teaching is more accessible than ever before, and recent graduates, Nicole Herrera & Char Brock share their stories of their experiences of becoming educators.
John Kearney illustrates how the PEBC Teacher Residency is structured to meet a variety of incoming teachers’ needs, learning styles, and hopes. In addition, he shares ways in which the program supports all residents via coaching, mentoring, cohort collegiality, lab...
2022-07-1844 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCAdvocates... Fill Your Cups! with Dr. Kimberly MuñozWe can’t give what we don’t have! Educators more often than not play the role of advocate on behalf of their students, and this work can be equally rewarding and exhausting. Listen in as Dr. Kimberly Muñoz and Michelle Morris Jones dive into the realities of equitable education advocacy and suggestions for sustainable advocacy. Dr. Muñoz shares her perspectives on the importance of healing, and how in order to continue to move forward as individuals and as a group we must continue to heal. In addition, Dr. Muñoz offers the following invitations as ways for adv...
2022-07-0636 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCCultivating STEM Identity with Creative Problem Solving featuring Wendy Ward HofferOur students are the problem solvers of the future! Unfortunately, by 3rd grade 50% of kids have already decided if they are confident STEM learners or not. Let's disrupt this trend by creating learning experiences that shift mindsets from, "I don't like..." or "I've never been very good at..." to productive and positive STEM identities that foster joy, curiosity, and understanding of STEM related content. Listen in as Wendy Ward Hoffer shares the what, why and how of cultivating productive teacher and student STEM identities on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast. Wendy and Michelle Morris Jones discuss the connections between STEM ed...
2022-04-0642 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCReimagining MTSS: Interventions That Honor All StudentsKids helping other kids get unstuck! After recognizing that the “old ways” weren’t working for kids or teachers, the leadership team at Cherokee Trail High School embarked on developing an MTSS structure that was more about meeting the needs of kids and less about being convenient for adults. When asked, students reported that they wanted a place to go where they could get help from other students, and so the Cougar Resource Center was born. The Cougar Resource Center is a student-led tutoring center that supports all students, including those who are identified as in need of Tier 2 academi...
2022-03-1141 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCMuseums as Fuel for Igniting Lifeworthy Inquiry, Engagement & Joy with Ellen SpanglerStriving to increase student engagement, wondering what community resources exist to bring content to life, needing time to recharge with art, science or history? Listen in as Ellen Spangler, Museum Educator and Consultant, shares all the ways in which museums, art centers, and nonprofit organizations can provide unique and engaging learning opportunities, high quality resources, and inspiration to bolster student agency, equity, and understanding on PEBC's Phenomenal Teaching Podcast. Like all organizations, museums and nonprofits have had to shift and with that shift there is an abundance of new resources that can be accessed virtually or in-person. Ellen shares...
2022-02-1728 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCCreating the Conditions of Learning To Foster Engagement & Growth In Times of DisruptionThe “Conditions of Learning” work synergistically to support student engagement and understanding. But what happens when systems are stressed? What happens when deficit based language and practices start to creep into our work with children? What happens when teachers are not able to be responsive to the students before them? In this episode of the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast, Michelle Morris Jones reconnects with Dr. Brian Cambourne and author Debra Crouch to unpack the ways the “Conditions Of Learning” are more relevant today than ever before.
First and foremost learners must be the “doers” of what they are learning. Tod...
2022-01-2239 min
CCIRA Literacy ConversationsPam Minard: Excitement for the 2022 In-Person Conference!Pam Minard: Exciting Features of the 2022 Conference00:00:00 Molly RauhHello and welcome back to this CCIRAA Literacy Conversations podcast. I'm your host, Molly Rauh with my co-host...00:00:08 Jessica Rickert...Jessica Richert. Today's podcast features Pam Minard CCIRAs 2022 conference chair. We chatted a lot about the exciting opportunities, both learning and fun to get you rejuvenated. Join us on the journey to literacy and learning at the 2022 CCIRA conference, Feb 10, the 11th and 12th. All right, we have Pam Minard back on to talk about the conference. She had previously promoted the conference, but...
2022-01-2027 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCAddressing The Teacher Shortage... Causes & SolutionsAt PEBC we believe that each and every student deserves a great teacher! In many of today’s classrooms and schools, leaders are struggling to fill vacancies with high quality teachers who are well prepared for the rigorous yet rewarding work of teaching. We are also well aware of the shortage of substitute teachers and other school based professionals who serve students in many, many ways. So it is with this concern in mind, that Annette Konoske-Graf from TEACH Colorado and Jack Kronser from Douglas County Schools join Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to examine the reali...
2021-12-1238 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCGrade Less…Know More with Dr. Sarah Zerwin & Jenn BraunerDo you find yourself wondering how you will ever grade that giant stack of papers? Wondering if there might be other ways to support your students’ progress or monitor their understanding? What would happen if we eliminated the points for compliance exchange, students advocated for their own grades, and grade books essentially became “point-less”? Would student agency increase, would students’ reading and writing lives and habits reflect those needed to be successful communicators in the real world, could teachers grade less but know more about their students? Dr. Sarah Zerwin and PEBC Lab Host Jenn Brauner join Michelle Morris Jones on th...
2021-11-3043 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTexts in These Times with Cris TovaniWe don't want kids to leave school each day without reading 67 minutes or hating to read! So how do we get texts back into kids' hands, hearts, and minds? Cris Tovani joins the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to discuss her latest book, Why Do I Have to Read This? Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Readers, and research based strategies to get students re-engaged with reading. Cris cautions us to watch out for practices that do not to support student growth and to leverage the following:
Volume: Increase independent reading time across the day and across subject areas ~ aim...
2021-11-1238 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCCheck Your Landing: Planning Learning Experiences That are Worthy of Students’ Time & Attention with Gabrielle HovinenIf we want to create learning experiences that are worthy of students’ time and attention, we must be planful! PEBC Lab Host and 6th grade Advisor at Jefferson County Open School, Gabrielle Hovinen, joins Michelle Morris Jones on PEBC’s Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to share her process for cultivating a community of reflective, self-directed, and inquisitive students. Student centered, life-worthy and responsive planning promotes student empowerment and fosters the confidence, skills, and drive to engage in difficult work. Gabrielle pairs content standards with carefully scaffolded inquiry based learning experiences which helps her students not only gain critical literacy skills but al...
2021-10-2931 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCStrategies to Restore Peace & Sanity To Our Classrooms with Dr. Andra BrillEducators and students have been weathering the storm for quite some time now, and while the waves of uncertainty, stress and trauma are diminishing for many, the after effects of the storm are still present. Dr. Andra Brill joins PEBC's Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to talk about strategies teachers can implement to support students as they learn how to do school all over again. As many educators have witnessed the impacts of COVID, social unrest, chronic stress, and trauma can lead students to at times be dysregulated and unable to learn. In addition, many educators are also seeing disruptive student b...
2021-10-1333 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCPermission to Pump The Brakes: Suggestions on Slowing DownBrooke O”Drobinak and Beth Kelley join PEBC’s Phenomenal Teaching Podcast with Michelle Morris Jones to share perspectives and practices to help educators 'make it to Monday” during this incredibly challenging time. First and foremost, it is important to recognize that we are in the midst of a “mental health tsunami” and all of our feelings, reactions, and actions are NORMAL as we are all processing stress and trauma in different ways and at different times. Some days we might feel great and have tons of efficacy and energy to burn; while other days we might find ourselves quite low a...
2021-10-0132 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCThis Is What Comes With It... Stepping Into Real Classroom & School Leadership with Maggie RileySchool leadership takes on many forms from those who serve in formal leadership roles to those who stand before students each and every day. In order to step boldly into true service and leadership we must first know ourselves, our values, our why, and the habits and ways of thinking that hold us back. Maggie Riley, a certified Integrative Holistic Wellness Coach and Assistant Principal, shares her insights with Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast. Maggie believes that stepping into real leadership means knowing ourselves so we can be our best on behalf of those we serve. When...
2021-09-2239 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCCompelling Conversations with Jailyn JenkinsJailyn Jenkins believes that each and every learner deserves life-worthy conversations that promote community and deepen content understanding. Jailyn joined Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to unpack the PEBC Teaching Framework and specific ways in which teachers can promote student discourse that is meaningful, culturally responsive and sustaining, and inclusive of all voices. First and foremost, we must invest in building relationships with students and establishing rituals and routines that promote talk in our classrooms. This involves examining our internal biases and beliefs about who’s holding the power and knowledge and who gets to have a v...
2021-09-1034 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCHumanizing Schools with Samantha BennettAs we strive to create schools that are more phenomenal than ever before Michelle Morris Jones sits down with Sam Bennett to discuss Humanizing Leadership. Sam clearly spells out some of the ways in which schools systematically dehumanize teachers and students, and she suggests actions leaders can take to create schools that support the humanity of each and every teacher and student. Sam encourages us to "break the fake" and examine the ways in which we use or abuse time, how to foster thoughtful and productive collaboration, and the importance of engaging in authentic work that is worthy of ou...
2021-09-0132 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCWhat Do You Hope the Teachers Remember? Student Perspectives on Virtually Connected LearningAs we head into summer vacation, students Estella and Killian and their Virtual Advisor Karen Goodman share their reflections on their experiences as learners in their virtually connected classroom with Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast. It is informative and joyful to listen in on all the successes, challenges, and favorite memories as Estella and Killian share how they grew as a readers, writers, and thinkers! Both Estella and Killian highlight how they grew in terms of independence, time management, and self motivation. In addition, Killian shares how his writing took off this year via writers' workshop...
2021-05-2533 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCPlanning for Culturally Nourishing Learning with Nawal Q. CasianoBy centering humanity we can plan for cultural sustainability and implement equitable practices that are not bandaid solutions or simply performative activities. Nawal Q. Casiano of NQC Literacy joins Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast and shares her beliefs and practical ideas for teaching literacy for agency, equity and understanding.
Nawal and Michelle dive into the elements of the planning strand of the PEBC Teaching Framework and discuss how we must think outside of the box so that students can build their criticality muscles across contexts. Choice and flexibility are hallmarks of a culturally responsive l...
2021-05-1730 min
The Lab ReportWhat is Project Socrates and who is it for?TLR 008 The Lab Report S01 E08 008: What is Project Socrates? In this episode, Kelly and Scott interview their colleague at the Lab, Tim Hanauer, about Project Socrates. Project Socrates will allow students to earn academic credit while connecting with considering how to make a different in their communities. Links from the episode Futures Lab Poudre School District Futures Lab on Twitter Futures Lab on Instagram FRHS PEBC HTH The Apollo School Iowa BIG RidgeWRX PEEPs (our Essential Skills) UN SDGs Tim’s email Co-hosts: Kelly Williams Scott Elias ...
2021-05-1431 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCGetting Unstuck: One teacher's story of how she found her greatest successes by tackling her greatest challenges with Kirsten Myers BlakeTeaching first grade for the first time is tricky! And teaching first grade virtually for the first time is even trickier!! Listen in as PEBC Lab Host Kirsten Myers Blake shares how she got “unstuck” when times got tough by leaning into her beliefs, determining importance, and loving hard. As a fierce believer in the workshop model Kirsten knew she had to provide opportunities for her young students to read and write everyday and to provide the “just right” amount of support. Challenges like supporting students during composing time, conferring consistently, managing virtual book bags, providing opportunities for collaboration, and learnin...
2021-05-0633 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCFinding the Brilliance in Every Student… Asset Based Assessment with Katherine Bomer.In this episode Katherine Bomer and Michelle Morris Jones discuss the importance of asset based assessment practices and the ways in which adopting an appreciative mindset leads to student growth, efficacy and joy as Katherine's work aligns closely with the Assessment strand of the PEBC Teaching Framework as illustrated in Phenomenal Teaching by Wendy Ward Hoffer. In Hidden Gems Katherine wrote about the importance of naming AND teaching from students’ brilliance. She invited us to expand our vision of quality, identify student strengths, and to respond to student writing in ways that honored those strengths. On the podcast Katherine shar...
2021-04-2739 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCPlanning Lifeworthy Writer’s Workshops… Ensuring the Work Our Students Do is Worthy of Their Time with Kelly BoswellIn this episode Kelly Boswell joins Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to discuss how to plan and implement lifeworthy writer’s workshops. In the PEBC Teaching Framework, "lifeworthy learning" means engaging with classroom content in a way that has meaning beyond the classroom. Lifeworthy learning sees and supports students as scholars, citizens and humans and helps them to see connections between the learning in the classroom and life outside of it. Kelly strives to create learning opportunities that are worthy of students’ time and asks herself four questions:
Is this meaningful?
Is this purposeful?
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2021-04-1433 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCFinding Humanity in Hybrid Learning: How do we support students who are beside us and learning from home? with Jenn Brauner & Jennifer EngbretsenIn this episode, PEBC Lab Hosts Jenn Brauner and Jennifer Engbretsen join Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to discuss the ways in which hybrid learning is playing out for them and their students. We dive into how the various strands of the PEBC Teaching Framework support student community and learning. Intentional planning and formative assessment strategies have been crucial to student success and ensuring that students have a reason to keep showing up socially and intellectually. Jenn shares the ways in which she plans mini units that are life-worthy and engaging for students, how she confers wi...
2021-04-0635 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCArgument Matters: Fostering Student Power, Wisdom & Empathy with Annie Patterson, Stevi Quate, and Alisa Wills-KeelyIn this episode of the PEBC Phenomenal Teaching Podcast Michelle Morris Jones dives into the art of argument writing and the craft of teaching argumentation with PEBC Staff Developers Annie Patterson & Stevi Quate, along with PEBC Lab Host Alisa Wills-Keely. This trio brings a wealth of experience to their work with students and adults. Their conversation highlights the importance of planning for purpose, people, and process along with the workshop model as described in the PEBC Teaching Framework within Wendy Ward Hoffer’s Phenomenal Teaching. Annie, Stevi and Alisa lay out a compelling argument that argumentation, when taught well, fost...
2021-03-2538 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCMaking Up for Lost Time with Joy, Inquiry & Community with Jana DurbinIn this episode PEBC Lab Host Jana Durbin and Michelle Morris Jones unpack the fear of “learning loss” and how joy, inquiry, and community come together to create opportunities for supporting student wellness and academic achievement. In the fall when Jana’s students returned to the classroom she quickly realized the importance of helping her students feel safe and the need for personal connection. The rituals and routines of the workshop model, extended time to play, and art helped her young learners come together as a strong community of inquirers.
In November, Jana and her students returned to a remo...
2021-03-1734 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCThe Heart, Head & Hands of Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Teaching with Lorena GermánListen in as Lorena Germán, co-founder of #DistruptTexts, joins Michelle Morris Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to unpack the Heart, Head, and Hands of Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist (ABAR) Teaching. At the heart of ABAR teaching lies Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (Paris & Alim, 2017) and the importance of exploring one's own identity, implicit biases, and instructional practices. Lorena encourages all educators in an invitational yet firm way to consider, "Whose values are we holding onto tightly and how are those values impacting young people? and In what ways can our teaching be more inclusive of others?" The what of ABAR teac...
2021-03-0941 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCMade For Learning: An Exploration of Cambourne’s Conditions for Learning with Brian Cambourne & Debra CrouchLearners must be the “doers” of what they are learning! Being a doer is supported by engagement, immersion, demonstration, employment, expectation, approximation, responsibility and response ~ these conditions are commonly known as the “Conditions of Learning” or “Cambourne’s Conditions” and are an essential component of “Cambourne’s Model of Learning”theory. This theory was originally published in Cambourne’s The Whole Story: Natural Learning and the Acquisition of Literacy in the Classroom in 1988. In this episode, Dr. Brian Cambourne and Debra Crouch join Michelle Jones on the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to explore the art and science of teaching. The “Conditions of Learning” are...
2021-02-1744 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCQuit Telling Me To Take Care of Myself: Practical Self Care Practices for Educators with Beth KelleyHow can educators build practical self care practices that go beyond chocolate, walks, and bubble baths? Beth Kelley is a wellness consultant who works with educators, entrepreneurs, and organizations to build resiliency and to promote wellness practices that are achievable. She recently joined Michelle Morris Jones on PEBC's Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to get to the bottom of "self care" movement and how teachers can care for themselves.
As educators everywhere are managing the heavy lift of teaching and leading schools during this time, Beth recognizes that educators are both hopeful and exhausted. Beth digs into her experience as...
2021-02-0433 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCWhat If Reading Aloud Was the Front Porch? with Lester LaminackWhat if reading aloud was the front porch or the threshold that welcomed students into learning? As students, teachers and families prepare to return to their classrooms, Lester Laminack joins Michelle Morris Jones to unpack how reading aloud to students has the power to bring communities of learners back together with purpose and meaning. For all of us, young and old, listening to others read aloud is generally a pleasurable experience as it can take us to other places, help us understand our paths and the paths of others, build background knowledge about topics of interest, foster emotional engagement, a...
2021-01-2537 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCImpact over Intention: Actions To Foster Positive Student Behavior with Brad RileyHow can we be proactive in supporting positive student behavior? Student behavior is a form of communication that students use to tell us what they are feeling, experiencing, and need. Listen in as Brad Riley, Behavior Technician for Denver Public Schools, shares suggestions for teachers and school leaders to support positive student behavior as we all navigate learning under extreme stress and trauma. As we strive to teach for agency, equity, and understanding we must slow down and focus on our relationships with all of our students, families, and colleagues. By slowing down, we can create classrooms that are emot...
2021-01-1249 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCRemoving the Masks of Disengagement with Cris TovaniEvery teacher dreads the question, "Why do I have to read this?" Listen in as Cris Tovani shares her CYA ~ Curriculum You Anticipate ~ planning structure. When planning for student engagement we must consider how Topic, Tasks, Time, Targets, Texts, and Tending all come together to create authentic learning experiences for students and teachers. Cris shares her insights into the importance of connecting standards and objectives to relevant topics and texts so that our targets and tasks are engaging and meaningful for all students. She also shares how we must tend to students' needs and consider how we structure our time...
2021-01-0131 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTalking About Talk During Distance Learning with Sathya Wandzek & Sarah Littmann-BergerIn this episode PEBC Staff Developers Sathya Wandzek and Dr. Sarah Littmann-Berger join Michelle Morris Jones to talk about talk! The PEBC Teaching Framework highlights Discourse as an instructional strategy that supports student agency, equity, and understanding. John Hattie’s meta analyses indicate that student discourse has an effect size of .82 on student achievement. Distance or Remote learning presents new challenges for fostering meaningful student discourse; however, for Sathya and Sarah the key to success lies in the elements of the PEBC Teaching Framework. They remind us of the importance of establishing classroom communities that promote risk taking and relat...
2020-12-1031 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCReading Aloud in the Age of Distance Learning with Patrick AllenTypically, Patrick Allen's classroom brims with over 3,000 children's books and his students pour over them tucked into nooks and crannies all around the room. This year Patrick is teaching remotely and most of his collection is in storage; yet he is still bringing the gift of high quality literature to his students each and every day by reading aloud. Patrick and Michelle discuss how reading aloud must remain a core practice and can't be tossed away during distance learning as it allows teachers to get to know their students, builds community, provides a reason for students to "show up," fos...
2020-12-0332 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCLeveraging Community & Workshop to Develop Mathematical Agency & Understanding with Wendy Ward HofferWhy is math important? Why do so many people hate math? How can we promote positive STEM identity for all learners? Wendy Ward Hoffer and Michelle Morris Jones dive into these questions and more as they discuss ways to "turn over the mathematical gymnastics to the students" by developing Math Workshops that value community, problem solving, and student discourse. As many schools return to or remain in Virtual Learning, it is important to consider how the strands of the PEBC Teaching Framework can transfer to a virtual environment so that all students can continue to grow their independence and conf...
2020-11-2026 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCFacilitating Phenomenal Virtual Engagements: Connect Purpose, People, and Tools to Elevate the Impact of Our Virtual Meetings with Scott MurphyAs school leaders grapple with the many challenges related to leading schools during this time, the need for staff meetings, PLC's, and professional learning remains constant. PEBC's Director of Leadership, Scott Murphy, joins us to talk about the importance of facilitation and crafting high quality virtual engagements that are rooted in purpose while promoting human connection. After months of facilitating virtual meetings, PLC's, and professional learning engagements Scott has discovered that many of the facilitation moves that support strong in-person group development can be applied or adapted for the virtual setting. And just like in classrooms, the elements of the...
2020-11-1228 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCLess is More: Mitigating Trauma so Teachers and Students Can Engage with Beth O’Brobinak & Beth KelleyEducators are heart centered individuals who can be caught up in the “more is more” culture, however, at this time it is crucial to embrace a “less is more” attitude so that we can support students and colleagues who have experienced trauma. Trauma is like a wound and takes time and attention to heal; however, many individuals are currently experiencing prolonged and complex trauma which is causing their nervous systems to over or under react. Without mitigating the trauma response students can’t learn and teachers can’t teach!
Educators are amazing, creative, and innovative, they lead with their hearts and know how to...
2020-11-0534 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCElevating Teacher Voice: Education Policy Should Be All About People and Perspectives with Evan KennedyWhen it comes to education policy, practicing educators need a voice at the table! Listen in as Evan Kennedy, PEBC Director of Strategic Initiatives and Policy, joins the Phenomenal Teaching podcast to share how PEBC works with local, state, and national leaders to inform the development of sound education policy. Policy work is all about people and gathering multiple perspectives so that education policies can benefit all students. Evan shares how the PEBC strives to elevate teacher voice so that lawmakers have the information they need to make informed decisions. This work includes inspirational initiatives such as, holding a convening for t...
2020-10-2930 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeacher Feature: Possibilities & Pitfalls of Virtual Learning with Patrick Allen, Jenn Brauner & Carrie HalbaschPEBC Lab Hosts Patrick Allen, Jenn Brauner, and Carrie Halbasch get real in a round table conversation about the possibilities and pitfalls of virtual teaching. All three of these Phenomenal Teachers are experienced educators whose classrooms exemplify the strands of the PEBC Teaching Framework, so what happened when they shifted to virtual learning? During our conversation they all agreed that relationships, the workshop model, and simplification are key to facilitating virtual learning and that some of the rituals and routines that they implemented in their classrooms are essential to teaching virtually. They also opened their hearts and minds and shared some...
2020-10-2253 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCThe Day in the Life of a Virtual Learner with Mary KorteMary Korte is a PEBC Lab Host and primary teacher who has historically co-taught a multi-age primary class at the Jefferson County Open School. In years past Mary could be found sitting eye to eye with her young learners and discussing the ways in which words can create beautiful images for readers or how the natural world unfolds right before us each and every day. This year Mary is teaching a group of second and third graders who have named themselves the "dragonflies." Mary has found that after 27 years in the classroom, she feels more like a novice than ever befo...
2020-10-1543 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCWhat is Critical Multicultural Education? with Ashlee SadlerAshlee Saddler and Michelle Morris Jones discuss how the definition of "multicultural education" has evolved beyond recognition and celebration of different cultures to deepening our collective understanding of critical multicultural education and the concept of hegemony. In order to serve each and every student we must build meaningful relationships with students, assess how our materials and curriculum are or are not reflecting cultural, linguistic, gender, socioeconomic, and exceptional diversity, and be willing to ask why certain systems and structures exist. As designers of student learning experiences, teachers and curriculum directors can take the following steps to increase their multicultural competence in...
2020-10-0840 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCLeading a Complex System During a Time of Great Complexity with Scott BainMichelle Morris Jones caught up with Scott Bain to unpack how he and his staff are taking on the challenges associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic and its impact on the "Open School." Scott, a PEBC Leadership Lab Host, is the principal of the Jefferson County Open School which is a P-12 progressive school of choice in Jefferson County, Colorado. Supporting the whole child, believing that every learner is inherently curious, and fostering self-direction are keystones of the Open School experience. In addition, the Open School embraces and implements the instructional practices of Planning, Community, Workshop, Thinking Strategies, Discourse, and Assessment as des...
2020-10-0146 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCCombatting Quarantine Fatigue for Teachers & Students: Slowing Down, Prioritization, and Wellness with Dr. Andra BrillIn this episode Dr. Andra Brill joins the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast for a follow-up conversation on tending to the well being of students, families, and educators as the COVID 19 Pandemic continues to impact our everyday lives. We are now faced with the impact of chronic stress and quarantine fatigue and there are some steps we can take to mitigate the negative effects of managing this challenging time. Tending to human connections, creating a self-care plan that is manageable, making the best decisions with the information we have, recognizing our locus of control, and prioritization of content and routines are a...
2020-09-2437 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeacher Feature: Monitoring and Supporting Progress During Remote Learning with Jennifer EngbretsonEach and every day Jennifer Engbretson, a PEBC Lab Host in Denver, Colorado crafts math workshops that prioritize student thinking and understanding while also considering the importance of assessment and feedback. In this episode Jennifer and Michelle Morris Jones discuss ways to monitor and support progress while teaching remotely that can be applied to any grade level or content area. They specifically think through the Assessment strand of the PEBC Teaching Framework from Phenomenal Teaching by Wendy Ward Hoffer and discuss ways to encourage self-monitoring, design formative assessments, collect data in real time, utilize data to guide instruction, and pro...
2020-09-1733 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCFrom Corporate America to ECE... The PEBC Teacher Residency Fosters Phenomenal Teaching For All EducatorsWhat does it mean to be a pre-service teacher in the midst of a global pandemic? If you are PEBC Teacher Residency it means learning alongside mentor teachers from day one, establishing connections with colleagues, and deep study of the PEBC Teaching Framework just like you would in any year. In this episode Tyler Hansen shares his journey from corporate America to Early Childhood Education via his experience as a PEBC Teacher Resident, and John Kearny, Director of Recruitment and Alumni Engagement for the PEBC Residency Program, shares his role as a teacher educator who cares deeply about ensuring th...
2020-09-1034 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeacher Feature: Promoting Joy AND Understanding By Tending to Thinking, Content & Habits During Virtual and Hybrid Learning with Tracey ShawIn this episode, PEBC Lab Host, Tracey Shaw shares how she and her students have found their "happy place" as they navigate their collective journey through hybrid and virtual learning. As a high school math teacher, Tracey knows the importance of building a community of learners who can think and act like mathematicians and in the past has crafted daily math workshops to build both mathematical content understanding and process skills. As she plans for hybrid and virtual instruction Tracey has created a model for planning that will foster joy and understanding. This model relies on the importance of crafting lea...
2020-09-0329 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCStorytelling in the Age of Remote Learning with Antonio SacreIn this episode Antonio Sacre and Michelle Jones discuss the history of storytelling, the art of storytelling, ways to bring stories to your classroom, and how to encourage students to tell their stories. Antonio encourages teachers of all age groups and content areas to share their stories with their students because stories bring people together, expand perspectives, develop oral language, support literacy development, and teach lessons about our world. Antonio and Michelle discuss how the craft of teaching writers involves finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, recognizing process preferences, and modeling our own writing struggles and triumphs. As many sc...
2020-08-2737 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeacher Feature: What's Worth Showing Up For? Planning for Remote Learning with Jamie Salturelli & Jeff LewisIn this episode Jamie and Jeff dive into what matters most when planning for in-person and remote learning. The question, "What's worth showing up for?" drives their planning process. They are intentionally planning with people, purpose and process in mind as they craft their remote math and literacy workshops. This focus allows them to prioritize content objectives, foster virtual classroom community, and leverage resources (both digital and traditional) as they move forward despite the many unknowns associated with launching remote learning. Listen in as they discuss how they will use the workshop model and thinking strategies in their remote inst...
2020-08-1336 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCSupporting the Social and Emotional Well Being of Students, Teachers & Leaders Dr. Andra BrillIn this episode Dr. Andra Brill joins Michelle Morris Jones to talk about the importance of fostering school and classroom communities that support the social and emotional needs of students, teachers, and school leaders as we all return to school. There is fear, uncertainty, and elevated levels of stress for students, teachers, leaders, and families, yet there are steps we can take to care for ourselves, others and our environment. Asking questions like, "How are you doing?" and "What do you need?" are great ways to foster self-care and communication. In addition, tapping into what we know about establishing str...
2020-08-0638 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeacher Feature: Establishing Virtual Classroom Communities & Workshops with Kirsten Myers BlakeIn this episode Kirsten Myers Blake shares ways to build virtual classroom communities and workshops. After jumping into virtual instruction last spring, Kirsten realized that what her students needed the most was for her to "love hard" and to maintain the rituals and routines of her brick n' mortar classroom. This year Kirsten will be a teacher in her district's Virtual Learning Academy and will be teaching virtually for the entire school year. Her and Michelle Morris Jones discuss concrete ways to build classroom community that fosters agency, equity and understanding in a virtual environment. Kirsten shares her best idea...
2020-07-3133 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeacher Feature: Fostering Agency and Independence Through Discourse in the Primary Grades with Jana DurbinJana Durbin, PEBC Lab Host, believes that all students need to be in control of their own learning, and that her role as a primary teacher is provide opportunities for curiosity, discourse, literacy, and independence to flourish. In this episode, Michelle and Jana discuss the how primary teachers can develop rituals and routines for discourse that elevate student understanding, language skills, and literacy development. Jana's first and second graders spend time each day diving into non-fiction books of their choice, recording their findings, and sharing their insights with their "think tanks." Jana serves as facilitator, participant, and process observer as...
2020-07-2126 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeacher Feature: Creating Equitable Access & Outcomes for All Secondary Social Scientists with Ryan McKillopIn her classroom Ryan McKillop, PEBC Lab Host, leverages the workshop model, thinking strategies, and discourse to foster the thinking skills that all social scientists need to understand history, the world and its people from multiple perspectives. Ryan has found that simply "covering content" is not enough, she must create a learning environment that fosters behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement that is built upon relevancy. She teaches AP World Geography at an urban high school in Denver, Colorado and helped create the school's "AP for All" program. When it comes to supporting agency and understanding, Ryan believes that each and...
2020-07-1421 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCLeadership Opportunities & Obstacles in a Time of Ambiguity with Scott MurphyScott Murphy and Michelle Jones discuss the opportunities and obstacles that all school leaders are facing as the 20-21 school year begins to take shape. Scott shares his thoughts about critical core dispositions for leaders to hold during a time of crisis, ways to create community and purpose for school teams, and instructional practices that will support all learners as we navigate a time of great ambiguity. Scott believes in the capacity of school leaders, teachers, students and families, and those beliefs are evident as he shares practical ways to lead and support with the heads, hearts, and hands of in...
2020-07-0732 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCSupporting Rich Talk for Young Learners with Sue KemptonIn this episode, Sue Kempton and Michelle Jones discuss the importance of promoting rich talk for young learners. Sue shares how to establish rituals and routines for promoting discourse in a primary classroom, the connections between community, planning and discourse, and the ways in which a classroom with rich discourse promotes literacy development for each and every student. Sue Kempton is an expert in early childhood literacy, creating classroom culture, promoting opportunities for rich talk, and play-based learning environments. Sue was a kindergarten teacher in the Denver Public Schools for thirty years and served as a PEBC Lab Host an...
2020-06-3021 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCPlanning for Opportunity, Engagement & Understanding with Cris TovaniIn this episode, Cris Tovani and Michelle Jones explore the opportunity gap and the intricacies of remote learning as we discuss how the elements of the PEBC Teaching Framework support student engagement, equity, and understanding for each and every student. Cris shares valuable insights into the importance of planning with time, text, targets, tasks and tending in mind, the ways the thinking strategies support all students, and significance of building communities of learners that are emotionally and cognitively engaged. A portion of the podcast features a planning conversation in which Cris shares her ideas for an upcoming remote credit re...
2020-06-2330 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCPlanning for Agency and Understanding with Lori ConradIn this episode Lori Conrad paints a vivid picture of how we might plan for student agency and understanding. We discuss the relationship between beliefs and planning, the importance of planning authentic tasks for students, ways to shape unit plans, and the importance of creating daily plans that are both intentional and responsive to students. Lori connects years of classroom teaching and professional development experience to help change instructional practice in Colorado and across the nation. Lori has served the PEBC as a Director, Staff Developer, and Lab Host. She is author of numerous articles and papers, as well as a...
2020-06-2225 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCWhat is Conferring? And Why Does it Matter? with Patrick AllenIn this podcast, Patrick Allen shares why conferring matters for teachers and students, ways to hone your conferring skills, and ideas to get started with conferring. He also discusses how conferring connects to planning, classroom community, application of the Thinking Strategies, practicing discourse, and assessment. Patrick is classroom teacher, PEBC Lab Host, well known speaker and blogger, the author of Conferring: The Keystone of Reader’s Workshop, and a contributing author to Put Thinking to the Test. He has also produced two video series entitled "Fact Finders" and "What are You Thinking?" through Stenhouse.
2020-06-1622 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCWhy Workshop? with Samantha BennettSamantha Bennett joins us to talk about the nuances of the workshop model, the importance of planning for juicy tasks that promote thinking, and the ways in which planning shifts when implementing the workshop model. Sam is the author of Why Workshop, and a contributing author to Comprehension Going Forward and The Right To Literacy. Sam serves educators as an instructional coach and education consultant. She is an expert in curriculum design and day to day instruction. Sam works with districts and schools around the country to nurture Professional Capital. She has worked for the PEBC and continues to be a d...
2020-06-0922 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCExploring the Connection Between Agency & Community with Stevi QuateIn this episode Stevi shares how her definition of agency has evolved and the connection between agency and community. In addition, we discuss what positive classroom community looks like and sounds like, and even more importantly actions teachers can take to foster a classroom community that cultivates student agency. Stevi Quate, PhD is the co-author of Clockwatchers and The Just Right Challenge, a Senior Staff Developer at the PEBC, and an international consultant in the area of literacy workshop.
2020-05-2623 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCWhat is the PEBC Teaching Framework? An introduction with Wendy Ward HofferWelcome to Episode One of the PEBC Phenomenal Teaching Podcast, Wendy Ward Hoffer shares the history and purpose of the PEBC Teaching Framework. We dive into an overview of the various strands of the framework, as well as how the framework can be utilized by teachers, school leaders, and systems today. Wendy is the author of the new Phenomenal Teaching, as well as Cultivating STEM Identities, Minds on Mathematics and Science as Thinking, all published by Heinemann. She is also the author of Developing Literate Mathematicians. Wendy serves as Senior Director of Content Development and Publications for the Denver-based Pub...
2020-05-1618 minPhenomenal Teaching with PEBCTeaching For Agency & Understanding with Ellin KeeneIn this episode Ellin Oliver Keene discusses agency, understanding, and the evolution of the Thinking Strategies. Ellin is the co-author of Mosaic of Thought and one of the founders of the PEBC. Ellin is also the author of To Understand, Assessing Comprehension, Talk About Understanding, and Engaging Children, contributor to Comprehension Going Forward and Adolescent Literacy, and editor of The Teacher You Really Want to Be and the This, Not That series from Heinemann. Ellin has been a classroom teacher, staff developer, non-profit director and adjunct professor of reading and writing. In addition to her role as Senior Consultant, Pro...
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