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Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Steven J. Simmons - Where Do Ocean Creatures Sleep at Night? - 672 Steven J. Simmons - Where Do Ocean Creatures Sleep at Night? This is episode 672 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Steven J. Simmons has been a professor of law and government, a White House aide on domestic policy, and a leader in the cable industry. Steven is the author of Where Do Creatures Sleep at Night? and the best-selling Alice and Greta: A Tale of Two Witches, and coauthor of Where Do Big Creatures Sleep at Night?  Clifford R. Simmons’ lifelong passion for writing and love for his nieces and...
2024-04-2230 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12I had Brain Surgery: Why, What Happened, and Recovery - Steve Miletto is Interviewed by Elizabeth Splaine - 630 On February 1st of 2022, I reported to a local hospital at 5:15AM for surgery to remove a tumor from my brain. The surgery took 10 hours. The two surgeons - a neurologist and an inner ear specialist worked together to remove the growing obstruction in my brain. The tumor was not cancer it is something known by multiple names - but was referred to as an acoustic neuroma or a vestibular schwannoma. After experiencing issues of sudden dizziness and a strange feeling of being off-balance as well as I thought that I had swimmer's...
2023-12-301h 28Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Sharon Seivert - CEO & Founder - CORE Coaching and consulting, LLC: Guiding Teachers, Administrators, Leaders, and Business Owners to Grow Without Burning Out - 620    Sharon Seivert - CEO & Founder - CORE Coaching and Consulting, LLC: Guiding Teachers, Administrators, Leaders, and Business Owners to Grow Without Burning Out. This is episode 620 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Today I’m talking with Sharon Seivert, CEO & Founder of CORE Coaching and Consulting, LLC. We guide business owners and leaders to grow their companies without burning out or losing their relationships & health in the process. Sharon Seivert is the leader of Core Coaching & Consulting (CCC). Prior to launching CCC...
2023-12-0452 minYour Brand Amplified
Your Brand AmplifiedNavigating the Future of Education: AI, Mentoring, and Building School Culture with Steven MilettoAs an educator with 37 years of experience under his belt, Steven Miletto breathes life into the discussion of his unique journey. His passion for learning sparked by his father's love of history, he has navigated the world of education with relentless determination. Listen in as we explore his career trajectory, the profound influence of mentors, and how his drive to create change has left a lasting imprint on the schools he's been affiliated with.In our digital age, the transformative potential of AI can't be overlooked. Steve and I tackle this intriguing topic, highlighting the many tools...
2023-09-1836 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Jeff Ikler & Steve Miletto Discuss the Memoir Rocket Boys in Terms of Student Agency in Schools - 586 Jeff Ikler & Steve Miletto Discuss the Memoir Rocket Boys in Terms of Student Agency in Schools. This is episode 586 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jeff is the Director of Quetico Leadership and Career Coaching. He works with leaders in all aspects of life to identify and overcome obstacles in their desired future. “Quetico” (KWEH-teh- co). He came to the field of coaching after a 35-year career in educational publishing, where he served as an editor, marketer, and eventually the head of all publishing disciplines. There, he was...
2023-08-0744 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Suzanne Sprague of Virtual Science Teachers Interviews Steve Miletto - Career Path, Assisting Others, and Podcasting -575   Suzanne Sprague of Virtual Science Teachers Interviews Steve Miletto, the host of Teaching Learning Leading K12, about his career path, assisting others, and podcasting. This is episode 575 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Suzanne Sprague of Virtual Science Teachers talked with me on episode 560. This time she is interviewing me. We talk about my career path in public education (after all I am in my 37th year now), assisting others and the many forms that it takes, and a little bit about learning to podcast a...
2023-06-2959 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Daniel Proffitt, Jason Clevinger, and Patrick Roberts - Teachers at Elizabethton High School, Tennessee - Explain to Jeff Ikler and Steve Miletto How They Are Helping Students to be Curious - 546 Daniel Proffitt, Jason Clevinger, and Patrick Roberts - Teachers at Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tennessee - Share with Jeff Ikler and Steve Miletto How They are Helping Students to be Curious. This is episode 546 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.   Daniel Proffitt -                I am a native of Elizabethton, where I have lived my entire life. I am married with two children and have spent 20 years as an educator.  I have never left this school system, having spent elementary through high school here, volunteering directly after h...
2023-03-121h 02Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Jaime Sowers and BlazerWorks - Hiring Solutions for School Districts - 543 Dr. Jaime Sowers and BlazerWorks - Hiring Solutions for School Districts. This is episode 543 of Teaching Learning Leading k12, an audio podcast. Jaime Sowers Ed.D. | Advisory Team Director Jaime earned his doctorate in innovation and leadership in 2018 from Wilmington University in Delaware. Prior to joining the BlazerWorks team, Jaime spent three years as the special education director for Santa Fe Public Schools in New Mexico. He is nearing the 20-year mark in education, spending time as a teacher, coordinator, and principal prior to becoming a director. He is an active member...
2023-03-0435 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Cory Camp & Dr. Kim Ramadan: Sibme, Instructional Coaching, and The Coach Replay Show Podcast - 542 Cory Camp & Dr. Kim Ramadan: Sibme, Instructional Coaching, and The Coach Replay Show podcast. This is episode 542 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Cory Camp is the Director of Professional Learning at Sibme. Cory is an educator passionate about inclusive education, instructional coaching, and designing meaningful learning and professional development experiences that maximize access and progress for all learners. She has professional experience designing, developing, and delivering evidence-based professional development in the areas of digital innovation, special education, and inclusive practices at district, regional, and...
2023-02-2753 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Col. Lee Ellis (USAF - Ret.) -Reflects on the Vietnam War, Being a POW, Leadership Lessons, and a Sneak Peek at His Latest Book - Captured By Love: True Romance Stories of POWs - 541   Col. Lee Ellis (USAF - Ret.) - Reflects on the Vietnam War, Being a POW, Leadership Lessons, and Gives Us a Sneak Peek of his latest book - Captured By Love: Inspiring True Romance Stories From Vietnam POWs. Jeff Ikler of Getting Unstuck - Cultivating Curiosity and I Talk with Lee Ellis. This is episode 541 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lee Ellis is president of Leading with Honor®, a leadership and team development training and coaching company. He serves Fortune 500 senior executives in the ar...
2023-02-241h 09Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Erin Osborn: Co-Founder of BetterLesson.com - Helping Teachers Be Successful - 540 Erin Osborn: Co-Founder of BetterLesson.com - Helping Teachers Be Successful. This is episode 540 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Erin Osborn, a former Cambridge Public Schools educator, is the co-founder of BetterLesson.com.  So much to think about. Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks!
2023-02-201h 00Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Matthew Mugo Fields: Leading the Supplemental & Intervention and the Heinemann Divisions of HMH - 539 Matthew Mugo Fields: Leading the Supplemental & Intervention and Heinemann Divisions of HMH. This is episode 539 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Matthew Mugo Fields is a leader in the education sector committed to improving learning through technology and innovation. As a serial entrepreneur and senior executive, he has devoted his career to transforming education to ensure that academic success is attainable for students of all backgrounds. Today, Matthew leads the Supplemental and Intervention and the Heinemann divisions of HMH, the leading K-12 learning technology company.  Prior to H...
2023-02-1638 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Ge-Anne Bowdoin: Digital Learning Specialist and Media Liaison - Thoughts About Podcasting - 538 Ge-Anne Bowdoin - Digital Learning Specialist and Media Liaison - Talks with Me About Podcasting. This is episode 538 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Ge-Anne Bowdoin, Ed. S. has served as an educator since the mid-1990’s and has a passion for helping teachers, students, and families to harness the power of relationships, technology, and communication to make the world a better place. She currently works for Whitfield County Schools as a digital learning specialist and media specialist liaison and hosts their podcast, “What’s Up, Whitfield?”. You can find Ge-Anne on Twitter and Insta...
2023-02-0936 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Michelle B. Slater - Starving to Heal in Siberia: My Radical Recovery from Late-Stage Lyme Disease and How It Could Help Others - 537 Michelle B. Slater - Starving to Heal in Siberia: My Radical Recovery from Late-Stage Lyme Disease and How It Could Help Others. This is episode 537 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Michelle Slater is a scholar of comparative literature and president of the educational nonprofit Mayapple Center for the Arts and Humanities in Connecticut. She holds a Ph.D. in French literature from Johns Hopkins University. Her long battle with and recovery from late-stage neurological Lyme disease served as the genesis for this book. Debilitated by the disease to...
2023-02-0634 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Mickey Revenaugh - Co-Founder of Connections Academy: Providing Global K-12 Online Learning - 536 Mickey Revenaugh - Co-Founder of Connections Academy:  Providing Global K-12 Online Learning. This is episode 536 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast, Mickey Revenaugh is co-founder of Connections Academy, a pioneering global provider of K-12 online learning that was founded in 2001 and now serves more than 100,000 students around the world as part of Pearson.  Mickey’s current work at Pearson is focused on bringing innovative education opportunities -- including those harnessing big data, artificial intelligence, and immersive technologies -- to learners around the globe. Mickey is Board Vice Chair of iNAC...
2023-02-0246 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12David Adams: CEO of The Urban Assembly -535 David Adams: CEO of The Urban Assembly. This is episode 535 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. David Adams, is the Chief Executive Officer of The Urban Assembly. He started with the UA in 2014 as the Director of Social-Emotional Learning, where he created the Resilient Scholars Program (RSP), a unique approach to integrating SEL into curriculum and classroom practices across the UA network. RSP has grown into a national program, serving schools and districts in Los Angeles, Houston, Syracuse, and other cities. As the Senior Director of Strategy...
2023-01-2348 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Sandi White: Senior VP of Institutional Markets at Tutor.com - 534   Sandi White: Senior VP of Institutional Markets at Tutor.com. This is episode 534 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Sandi White joined the Tutor.com team in 2003. She currently serves as Senior Vice President of Institutional Markets at Tutor.com. She leads the Tutor.com Sales, Client Services and Marketing teams that support programs with colleges and universities, public libraries, the U.S. Department of Defense and the federal government, and corporations, as well as The Princeton Review Sales, Operations and Marketing teams that support K-12 school-based programs. In a...
2023-01-2035 minThe Healthier Tech Podcast
The Healthier Tech PodcastSteven Miletto Explains the Challenges of Managing Tech in the ClassroomWith a level of passion only surpassed by his nearly four decades of experience as an educator in Georgia, Dr. Steven Miletto has served his community well as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. As a content creator, you can see and hear Steven on his Teaching Learning Leading K-12 podcast. We have a great conversation today with Steven about the evolution of technology in education (and challenges that many of us don’t think about that educators are dealing with every day). Technology has become ubiquitous in our lives and we are always surrounded by it. There is va...
2023-01-1748 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Sarah Holman and Riverside Insights: Assisting Students in Succeeding at School - 533 Dr. Sarah Holman and Riverside Insights: Helping Teachers Assist Students in Succeeding at School. This is episode 533 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Sarah Holman, a former special education coordinator, diagnostician and bilingual teacher, who is now Clinical Product Marketing Director at Riverside Insights, can discuss why it’s crucial for teachers to create classrooms that are safe places for students to try, experiment and get meaningful feedback that allows them to make sense of what’s going on around them.   Lots to learn... Thanks for liste...
2023-01-1538 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Marnie Ginsberg: Reading Simplified - 532 Dr. Marnie Ginsberg: Reading Simplified. This is episode 532 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Dr. Marnie Ginsberg is the founder of Reading Simplified, whose mission is to support busy, overwhelmed teachers learn a research-based system of effective and efficient instruction that accelerates all students’ reading achievement. Marnie’s surprise at finding so many of the middle school students in her classroom reading well below their grade, spurred a passion for finding and disseminating solutions. What followed included private tutoring, university research, the creation of an evidence-based reading program, and ultimately the devel...
2023-01-1146 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Michael Lehan: Athletics, Scholarship, and the IMG Academy - 531 Michael Lehan: Athletics, Scholarship, and the IMG Academy. This is episode 531 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Michael Lehan is the current Head of School at IMG Academy. He competed for six years in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns before getting tapped to become a dean of students and assistant principal for the Osseo Area Schools, and then principal of Osseo Senior High School, which he guided to its first ranking as one of “The Best High Schools” in the nation by US News and World Report, an h...
2023-01-0735 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Amoneeta talks about his book Teaching Mindfulness: A Guidebook for Teachers, Parents, Counselors, and Caregivers - 530 Dr. Amoneeta talks with me about his book Teaching Mindfulness: A Guidebook for Teachers, Parents, Counselors, and Caregivers. This is episode 530 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Amoneeta is currently a psychology professor at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO, and adjunct faculty and clinical supervisor in the counseling psychology program at Assumption University in Thailand.  Jana York, MS, a children’s mindfulness educator, is the author of U is for Understanding: Claire’s Journey Toward Mindfulness. She is a resident of Utah. Today, we ar...
2023-01-0236 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Sarah Wirth: Talks about the Ecsell Institute, her book The Coaching Effect, and the Impact of Coaching on Leadership - 529 Sarah Wirth: Talks about the Ecsell Institute, her book The Coaching Effect, and the Impact of Coaching on Leadership. This is episode 529 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Sarah Wirth is the President of EcSell Institute, the world’s first and only organization to measure and quantify leadership effectiveness. She is considered one of the world’s foremost authorities in metric-based performance coaching and growth. Her book, The Coaching Effect, coauthored by EcSell Institute CEO Bill Eckstrom, helps leaders at all levels understand the necessity of challenging people out of their comfort zone...
2022-12-2224 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Judith Peck Talks About Art, the World of Art, and Her Novel: Naked Under the Lights - 528   Dr. Judith Peck talks about art, the world of art, and her novel: Naked Under the Lights. This is episode 528 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Judith Peck is Professor Emerita of Art, Ramapo College of New Jersey. She is author of several fiction and non-fiction works and a sculptor with work in eighty collections, including the Yale Gallery of Art, the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Israel, libraries, universities, and cultural and religious institutions here and abroad.  Dr. Peck holds a doctoral degree from New York University and tw...
2022-12-1944 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Francisco Cervantes: Director of Creative Learning of the Scratch Foundation -527 Francisco Cervantes: Director of Creative Learning of the Scratch Foundation. This is episode 527 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Francisco has extensive experience researching, designing, and implementing educational resources in K–12 computer science. Before joining the Scratch Foundation, Francisco served as the Director of HS/MS Computer Science Academics for NYC Department of Education’s CSforAll Team and earlier as a researcher with EDC's Center for Children and Technology.   Francisco worked closely with ScratchEd’s Creative Computing Curriculum Guide while in these roles where he investigated how teachers designed learning...
2022-12-1534 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Quintin Shepherd: The Secret to Transformational Leadership - 526 Dr. Quintin Shepherd: The Secret to Transformational Leadership. This is episode 526 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Dr. Quintin Shepherd, a true visionary for the future of education, is the Superintendent at Victoria Independent School District in Victoria, Texas. Sarah Williamson of SWPR Group works with leaders in education to create thoughtful public relations programs that promote growth, build momentum, and enhance learners’ academic success and overall well-being.  Today, we are focused on their book - The Secret to Transformational Leadership Even with the deluge of leadership books on...
2022-12-1245 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Jeff Ikler & Steven Miletto Discuss Knowing Your Purpose and Doing One More - 525 Jeff Ikler & Steven Miletto Discuss Knowing Your Purpose and Doing One More. This is episode 525 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jeff Ikler is Director of Quetico Career and Leadership Coaching, a firm dedicated to helping individuals overcome career issues, and leaders develop sustained changes in their leadership practices and organizations. He received his certificate in coaching from the Coach Training Institute, a firm recognized as one of the leading coach-training organizations in the world. His approach blends data-driven coaching, and consulting informed by working for more than 35 years in the...
2022-12-0834 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Laurel Schmidt talks about her book Gardening in the Minefield: A Survival Guide for School Administrators -524 Laurel Schmidt talks about her book Gardening in the Minefield: A Survival Guide for School Administrators. This is episode 524 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Laurel Schmidt is a lifelong educator (teacher, principal, district director), art lover, and writer. She's the author of a critically-acclaimed novel, How to Be Dead – A Love Story, and four non-fiction books on art, learning, and brain development. Today we will be focused on her book for school administrators - Gardening in the Minefield: A Survival Guide for School Administrators. She's a nationally recognized ex...
2022-12-051h 29Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Carol Anderheggen talks about her books - Writing Down Cancer and Born-Child - 523 Carol Anderheggen talks about her books - Writing Down Cancer & Born-Child. This is episode 523 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Carol Anderheggen has been a published poet and writer since the 1980s and is an active disaster relief volunteer with the American Red Cross. She has confronted many challenges in her life. Taken out of her home early in her life, removed from a mom with mental health issues, she floundered in foster care and then was adopted by a Navy couple. Her second mother became an alcoholic. Later i...
2022-12-0137 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Meg Flanagan - Helping Parents - Military & Civilian - Navigate Public School Requirements like 504 Plans, IEPs, and More - 522 Meg Flanagan - Helping Parents - Military & Civilian - Navigate Public School Requirements like 504 Plans, IEPs, and More. This is episode 522 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Meg Flanagan is an educator who is passionate about helping families find peaceful, practical solutions to school problems. After serving as a tutor, she noticed that many families were unsure about who to ask or what to do when it came to getting their child the best help at school. This is a concern that is universal! As a Mom...
2022-11-281h 03Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Miriam Plotinsky - Teach More, Hover Less: How to Stop Micromanaging Your Secondary Classroom - 521 Miriam Plotinsky - Teach More, Hover Less: How to Stop Micromanaging Your Secondary Classroom. This is episode 521 of Teaching Learning Leading K-12, an audio podcast. Miriam Plotinsky is an instructional specialist with Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland, and the author of Teach More, Hover Less: How to Stop Micromanaging Your Secondary Classroom and the upcoming Lead Like a Teacher: How to Elevate Expertise in Your School.  Miriam is a National Board Certified Teacher and certified administrator, she lives in Silver Spring, Maryland and can be reached via her website or o...
2022-11-2540 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Sheila Akbar - President & COO of Signet Education - Getting Into College - 520 Sheila Akbar - President & COO of Signet Education - Getting Into College. This is episode 520 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Sheila Akbar joined the Signet team in the summer of 2010, bringing with her a wealth of experience teaching SAT, ACT, GRE, literature, and composition in both one-on-one and classroom settings. Sheila loves both teaching and learning, and finds nothing more rewarding than working closely with students to overcome the challenges they face. After graduating from Harvard in 2002, Sheila spent two years working in financial services before continuing her...
2022-11-2157 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Harvey ”The College” Wizard - Helping Students Stand Out From the Crowd and Get Accepted into the College They Desire - 519 Harvey "The College" Wizard - Helping Students Stand Out from the Crowd and Get Accepted Into the College They Desire. This is episode 519 of the audio podcast - Teaching Learning Leading K12. The story of how Harvey Wizard became an internet multimillionaire in the early days of affiliate marketing is told in the New York Time Bestseller, “Get Rich Click.”  Harvey is a successful serial entrepreneur, the world’s winningest college admissions coach, an international bestselling author, award winning photographer, published songwriter and globetrotting standup comedian.  And today, Harvey will tell us not o...
2022-11-171h 10Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Omar Reda, MD - The Wounded Healer: The Pain and Joy of Caregiving - 518 Omar Reda, MD talks with me about his book The Wounded Healer: The Pain and Joy of Caregiving. This is episode 518 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. With us today is Dr. Omar Reda, world-renowned, Harvard-trained trauma expert, the author of several books, including his most recent book, “The Wounded Healer: The Pain and Joy of Caregiving”, and the founder of Untangled, a healing initiative that aims to break the cycles of trauma-related dysfunction through connection, support, education, empowerment, and the mastery of healthy coping skills. Today, we are focu...
2022-11-1426 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Tim Moss & Bill Wall - Complexities & Challenges: Clinical Perspectives in Combat Veteran Treatment and the Unique Needs of Military & Veteran Families - 517   Tim Moss & Bill Wall talk with me about their book - Complexities and Challenges: Clinical Perspectives in Combat Veteran Treatment and the Unique Needs of Military & Veteran Families. This is episode 517 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lt Col (retired) William Wall is a combat veteran and CEO for The Center for Life Stress and Psychotherapy. He is a 30-year veteran of the Air Force and Army and an internationally recognized leader in the field of disaster and military-related clinical traumatology. During his Air Force career, he s...
2022-11-102h 08Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Lesley Koplow - Popcorn Comes to School: The Story of a Kitten in Kindergarten - 516 Lesley Koplow - Popcorn Comes to School: The Story of a Kitten in Kindergarten. This is episode 516 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lesley Koplow is a clinical social worker, teacher and author who lives in New York City. She is the Director of Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College, founder of Networks for Schools That Heal and a psychotherapist in private practice.  Lesley is the author of several books including; Where Rag Dolls Hide Their Faces, The Way Home, Unsmiling Faces: How Preschools Can Heal, Creating Schools T...
2022-11-0732 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Eileen J. Donovan: A Lady Newspaperman’s Dilemma - 515 Eileen J. Donovan: A Lady Newspaperman's Dilemma. This is episode 515 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Today I am talking with Eileen J. Donovan. Although born in New York City, where she spent most of her life, she has lived in six states and has visited most of the others. She earned her MA in English at Northern Arizona University. In one way or another, she has been writing her entire life, whether it was imaginative stories for her friends, or advertising copy for industrial clients. She...
2022-11-0339 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Richard Owens & Anthony Cook: How can we make the college prep process equitable? - 514 Richard Owens & Anthony Cook: How can we make the college prep process more equitable? This is episode 514 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Today I’m talking with Anthony Cook and Richard Owens: Anthony is currently the Coordinator of College and Career Counseling at Osceola County School District in Kissimmee Florida. The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) recently named Cook one of 15 College and Career Readiness Fellows across the United States and the sole Fellow from Florida. Cook earned a Master of Science (M.S.) focused in Ma...
2022-10-311h 06Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Vicki Cody Talks About Her Books Army Wife and Fly Safe - 513 Vicki Cody talks about her books Army Wife: A Story of Love and Family in the Heart of the Army and Fly Safe: Letters From the Gulf War and Reflections from Back Home. This is episode 513 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Vicki Cody grew up in Burlington, Vermont and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1975, with a BS degree in education. For the next 33 years she was an Army wife, supporting her husband in his career. While raising their two sons and moving all over the United S...
2022-10-2650 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Barbara R. Blackburn: Rigor in the K-5 & 6-12 Math and Science Classroom - 512 Barbara R. Blackburn talks about her books Rigor in the K-5 Math and Science Classroom and Rigor in the 6-12 Math and Science Classroom. This is episode 512 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Barbara R. Blackburn, named a Top 30 Global Guru in Education, has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. What differentiates Barbara’s over 30 books are her easily executable concrete examples based on decades of experience as a teacher, professor and consultant.  Barbara’s dedication to ed...
2022-10-1743 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Walter Stephen Geeding shares his award winning novel - Endless Times - Volume One: The Path of Kokopelli - 511   Walter Stephen Geeding shares his award winning novel - Endless Times - Volume One: The Path of Kokopelli. This is episode 511 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Walter Stephen Geeding, ever since he ran away from home as a teen-ager to gallivant across North America with his best friend, has always been a curious man of adventure who has lived his life as wildly as the characters in his books.  In fact, it is hard to separate Walter from the exploits his characters unveil on th...
2022-10-1435 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Gisela Bengfort Shares Her Children’s Book Series: Wolfy’s Adventure - 510 Gisela Bengfort shares her children's book series: Wolfy's Adventure. This is episode 510 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Gisela Bengfort-Piatti frequently tells stories to her kids and grandkids about animals, empathy, making decisions, and unlimited possibilities. Camryn, one of her grandkids, inspired her to write down some of these family stories and true events from her past to the present.  Her children’s book series covers topics of trust, friendship, fortitude, overcoming challenges, resilience, and love. The stories show that it takes courage to live life fully, that we can...
2022-10-101h 03Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Jamie Weiner - The Quest for Legitimacy: How Children of Prominent Families Discover Their Unique Place in the World - 509 Dr. Jamie Weiner - The Quest for Legitimacy: How Children of Prominent Families Discover Their Unique Place in the World. This is episode 509 of the audio podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12. Jamie Weiner is a psychologist and co-founder of Inheriting Wisdom, a consultancy for high-net-worth families. Jamie works on all the problems that exist behind the money. Co-founder of Inheriting Wisdom with his wife, Dr. Carolyn Friend, he excels in activating families to become high performance families. Dr. Weiner is the co-author of The Legacy Conversation, a book designed to encourage...
2022-10-0654 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Jeremy S. Adams: The State of Education In the U.S. Today - 508 Jeremy S. Adams: The State of Education in the U.S. Today. This is episode 508 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jeremy S. Adams is a high school and University teacher living in Bakersfield, California. He and his writing have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, C-Span, The Sacramento Bee, and numerous national education podcasts.  Mr. Adams has won numerous accolades for his teaching and writing efforts including the 2014 California State Teacher of the Year Award (Daughters of the American Revolution), the 2012 Kern C...
2022-10-0650 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dan E. Hendrickson Discusses His Novel - The Living Legend: A Last Enemy Prequel, Writing Techniques, and Influences on His Writing - 507 Dan E. Hendrickson Discusses His Novel - The Living Legend: A Last Enemy Prequel, Writing Techniques, and Influences on His Writing. This is episode 507 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dan Hendrickson was born in Sheridan Wyoming in 1962 near the rustic Big Horn mountain range to Carl and Helen Hendrickson. He went to school in the Sheridan School District graduating from Sheridan High School in 1981. He was an avid participant in boxing, martial arts, wrestling, and track. His father owned a small eight lane bowling alley that he ran...
2022-10-0237 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Mike Schloff - Maplewoodshop.com: Woodworking to Help Kids Learn Engineering Concepts, Design Thinking, and Life Skills - 506 Mike Schloff - Maplewoodshop.com: Woodworking to Help Kids Learn Engineering Concepts, Design Thinking, and Life Skills. This is episode 506 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Mike Schloff created Maplewoodshop in 2016 to help all children develop life skills through woodworking. The company achieves this mission by providing a safe, portable and easy-to-implement woodworking program to schools, out-of-school time programs and camps nationwide. Nothing like the aroma of fresh cut wood.... So much to learn... But wait... By the way, the...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Monte Schulz discusses his novel Metropolis, writing techniques, reading other writers and influences on his writing - 505 Monte Schulz discusses his novel Metropolis, writing techniques, reading other writers, and influences on his writing. This is episode 505 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Monte Schulz received his M.A. in American Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara. He published his first novel, Down by the River, in 1990, and spent the next twelve years writing a novel about the Jazz Age. Monte is endlessly curious and well versed in world history and theology. He is fascinated by the style and use of innovative language, and can be caught engaging...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Ari Mittleman - Paths of the Righteous: Stories of Humanity, Heroism, and Hope - 504 Ari Mittleman talks with me about his book Paths of the Righteous: Stories of Humanity, Heroism, and Hope. This is episode 504 of Teaching Learning Leading K12 an audio podcast. As a native Pennsylvanian deeply involved in the pro-Israel community, the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh deeply affected him. That tragic event spurred Mittleman to write his book, with the hope of it helping to showcase the good in the world that is done for others by those outside their religion, race, or nationality. He works at the...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Doreen Gehry Nelson - Cultivating Curiosity: Teaching and Learning Reimagined - 503 Doreen Gehry Nelson talks with me about her book Cultivating Curiosity: Teaching and Learning Redesigned. This is episode 503 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Doreen Gehry Nelson is Professor Emerita of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, School of Education and Integrative Studies; Adjunct Professor in the Cal Poly College of Environmental  Design; was Professor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, from 2002-present; and in 2019 was named Founding Director of the Design-Based Learning Project by the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies–Center X.  An award-winning, 50-year vete...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Samuel DePaul - Perspectives and Reflections for the Superintendent: What Can Be Learned From Experience? - 502 Samuel DePaul, PhD talks with me about his book Perspectives & Reflections for the Superintendent: What Can Be Learned From Experience? This is episode 502 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Sam  DePaul, PhD  was a school district superintendent for thirty-one years leading five school districts, serving in three states; and he recently completed his sixth year as the executive director of the North GA RESA in Ellijay, GA, and retired effective June 1, 2022.  DePaul began his career as a biology and chemistry teacher, moved into building-level administration, and his first position as...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Sabrina J. Ellis - Wife Life: Securing Your Future - 501 Dr. Sabrina J. Ellis talks with me about her book Wife Life: Securing Your Future. This is episode 501 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. After receiving the prestigious 2016 President Barack Obama’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Sabrina J. Ellis became the Chief Visionary Officer of Free to Thrive, which was developed to “challenge the leader within for positive transformations without.”   Free to Thrive focuses on guiding organizations through meaningful change for the greatest impact to employee satisfaction, improved leadership, better resource, and financial management, and heightened awareness for the best cus...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Ed Davis Talks About Riding Freight Cars Across the US & Canada and his book - The Last Professional - 500 Ed Davis Talks About Riding Freight Cars Across the US & Canada and his book - The Last Professional. This is episode 500 of the audio podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12. Ed Davis began his writing career over forty years ago, pausing in boxcars, under street lamps, and in hobo jungles to capture the beats and rhythms of the road as he caught freight trains and vagabonded around the Pacific Northwest and Canada.  As Ed illustrates in Forty Years from Boxcar to Book Launch - The Last Professional was born on t...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Danielle Nuhfer - The Path of the Mindful Teacher: How to Choose Calm Over Chaos and Serenity Over Stress, One Step at a Time - 499 Danielle Nuhfer - The Path of the Mindful Teacher: How to Choose Calm Over Chaos and Serenity Over Stress, One Step at a Time. This is episode 499 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Danielle Nuhfer is a teacher wellness coach (and a fellow teacher!) and she helps time-crunched teachers find time for self-care. She works with teachers who love what they do (most of the time) but don’t love how they feel (some of the time): teachers who want to find balance in all areas of their lives without leaving a pr...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Stephen Furlich - Sex Talk: How Biological Sex Influences Gender Communication Differences Throughout Life’s Stages - 498  Stephen Furlich shares his book Sex Talk: How Biological Sex Influences Gender Communication Differences Throughout Life's Stages. This is Episode 498 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.   Dr. Stephen Furlich is the author of a breakthrough book, Sex Talk: How Biological Sex Influences Gender Communication Differences Throughout Life’s Stages.  He has taught and researched communication at the university level for over 20 years. He has taught a variety of communication courses with the main focus of better understanding oneself and others. Often, his research projects and the c...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Kieran O’Mahony - The Brain-Based Classroom: Accessing Every Child’s Potential Through Educational Neuroscience - 497   Kieran O'Mahony - The Brain-Based Classroom: Accessing Every Child's Potential Through Educational Neuroscience. This is episode 497 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. After a long career in education, Dr. Kieran O’Mahony consistently found himself questioning the status quo. While in the faculty room we spoke in forward-looking platitudes and used phrases like “equality of educational opportunity, but he realized that neither “equality” nor “opportunity” were associated with the education they were doling out. He couldn’t help but wonder why our school systems were driving our children into b...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Laurel Schmidt - How to Be Dead: A Love Story - 496 Laurel Schmidt talks about her novel How to Be Dead: A Love Story. This is episode 496 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Laurel Schmidt is a lifelong educator (teacher, principal, district director), art lover, and writer. She's the author of a critically-acclaimed novel, How to Be Dead – A Love Story, and four non-fiction books on art, learning, and brain development.  She's a nationally recognized expert who has helped thousands of docents and museum educators master the art of leading dynamic inquiry-based conversations that have museum visitors and students longing for...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12N.L. Holmes talks about her latest in the Lord Hani series: Pilot Who Knows the Waters - 495 N.L. Holmes talks about her latest in the Lord Hani series: Pilot Who Knows the Waters. This is episode 495 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. N.L. Holmes is a prolific novelist embarking on another significant career phase. Prior to taking up the power of writing and using this pen name, she was an accomplished archaeologist and teacher for 25 years. Early in her career she served as a nun for two decades. In between she was an artist and antiques dealer. Yes, she has lived an interesting life and the...
2022-08-1528 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Nicole Asherah - A Life Cycle: A Guide to Healing and Rediscovering Yourself - 494  Nicole Asherah - A Life Cycle: A Guide to Healing and Rediscovering Yourself. This is episode 494 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Nicole Asherah is an artist whose main mediums are poetry, film photography, and oil painting but she has a habit of dabbling in whatever sparks her creative juices. Switching between mediums of expression, Nicole tries to connect readers to intimate moments, feelings, and relationships experienced throughout life. She wants to break your heart with the raw emotion that her pieces evoke. She hopes you find joy in t...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Bryan Dean: UDL Innovation Specialist with CAST - 493 Bryan Dean: UDL Innovation Specialist with CAST. This is episode 493 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. CAST's mission is to transform education design and practice until learning has no limits. Located near Boston, CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that created the Universal Design for Learning framework and UDL Guidelines, now used the world over to make learning more inclusive. The acronym "CAST" derives from the original name of our organization, Center for Applied Special Technology. Now we're simply CAST. Our CAST...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Irmgarde Brown talks about her novel: Sister Jane - 492 Irmgarde Brown talks about her novel: Sister Jane. This is episode 492 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Irmgarde Brown knows a good book when she sees one. For 28 years she had stacked shelves as a librarian. She also recognizes a good theatrical story, having written, produced, and acted in a one-woman play that toured for two years.  Now she has broken into book publishing with a character-driven, plot-twisting novel that examines how society reacts to people who make major life changes and discover their true talents later in life. I...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Christine Marie Eberle Discusses Her Latest Book - Finding God Abiding - 491 Christine Marie Eberle discusses her latest book Finding God Abiding. This is episode 490 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Christine Marie Eberle passionately connects spirituality, Scripture, and everyday life.  After the 2018 publication of her first book, Finding God in Ordinary Time, Christine concluded her 26-year career as a college campus minister to devote her time to writing, public speaking, and retreat facilitation.  In person and on the page, she resists pious platitudes while inviting us to encounter a God who has infinite compassion for people in pain. With a co...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Emily Amick - PowerMyLearning: Building Teacher and Family Capacity to Accelerate Learning - 490  Emily Amick - PowerMyLearning: Building Teacher & Family Capacity to Accelerate  Learning. This is episode 490 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Emily Amick is an experienced teacher, coach, and professional developer. In her role as Managing Director of Programs at PowerMyLearning she leads the strategic planning and development of capacity-building programming for educators and families.  Emily is committed to advancing equitable educational outcomes by elevating family voice and helping teachers and leaders leverage the strengths of their students’ families. She has a BA in Mathe...
2022-07-0531 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Roberta Seret - The Transylvanian Trilogy: Gift of Diamonds, Love Odyssey, and Treasure Seekers - 489 Roberta Seret - The Transylvanian Trilogy: Gift of Diamonds, Love Odyssey, and Treasure Seekers. This is episode 489 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Roberta Seret holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature and Masters in French from New York University. She is President and Founder of the NGO at the United Nations, International Cinema Education, the Director of Advanced English and Film at the United Nations for the Hospitality Committee where she teaches English language, world affairs and film to diplomats, additionally she created and implemented at the United Nations...
2022-06-2945 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Colin Kersey: Swimming with the Angels - 488 Colin Kersey: Swimming with the Angels. This is episode 488 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Colin Kersey's writing combines hair-raising stories and vivid prose with colorful characters.  His first novel, Soul Catcher, was published by St. Martin’s Press. A former Washingtonian and self- described rainophobe, Colin now lives on a sunny island in Southern California where he is employed as Global PR Manager for a Japanese company.  He is a graduate of the University of Washington, Western Washington University, and the novel writing program at Stanford Unive...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Rev. Dr. Gordon Postill - Called: A Longshot’s Story - 487 Rev. Dr. Gordon Postill - Called: A Longshot's Story. This is episode 487 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Rev. Dr. Gordon Postill is an author and retired minister who has helped thousands of people. He was ordained by the United Church of Canada in May 1980 and served congregations in Nova Scotia and Ontario before spending the last 24 years of his ministry providing spiritual care to hospice patients and their families in FL and MA. He retired in 2015 to care for his beloved, now late wife Robin who had become...
2022-06-1445 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Donna Rhodes: How the Woman at the Well Became the Well Woman - 486 Donna Rhodes: How the Woman at the Well Became the Well Woman. This is episode 486 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. By the age of 28, Donna Rhodes was divorced three times and raising four kids in poverty. A high school dropout with a dark past and a cloudy future, she found her way through a life of suffering and challenges. This memoir is the story of an extraordinary woman, one who battled so many setbacks, from growing up in an abusive foster care household to surviving cancer, and from suffering a...
2022-06-1128 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Susie Wise - Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Community - 485 Dr. Susie Wise - Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Community. This is episode 485 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Susie Wise is the founder and former director of the K12 Lab at the Stanford University d.school--also known as the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design and  co-created Liberatory Design.  Dr. Wise is a design leader with experience in the education, tech, and the social sectors. She coaches leaders in equity design and innovation practices. She teaches at the d.school at Stanford an...
2022-06-0641 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12John Willis: Sibme - Training From the Ground Up, Not From the Top Down - 484 John Willis: Sibme - Training From the Ground Up, Not From the Top Down. This is episode 484 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. John Willis is a veteran educator turned virtual coach. He has been in the education industry for 27-years. John served as a high school teacher for 17 years before becoming a district coach, then coordinator. Now, John is a consultant and master coach for Sibme, a professional learning and coaching platform.   As a learning and organizational development professional, John helps leaders and teams increase their ability to ca...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Clayvon C. Harris: SUB - Inside the Notorious School District of Philadelphia - 483 Clayvon C. Harris talks with us about her book  SUB - Inside the Notorious School District of Philadelphia. This is episode 483 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Writer and advocate for fair and equal education, Clayvon C. Harris earned an MFA in Cinema-TV/Screenwriting from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts and a BA in English literature from Swarthmore College where students are taught they have the ability to change the world.  Harris lives and writes in the Philadelphia area where she specializes in messaging stra...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Shaunak Roy - Founder & CEO - Yellowdig: A Community Driven Active Learning Platform - 482 Shaunak Roy - Founder & CEO - Yellowdig: A Community Driven Active Learning Platform. This is episode 482 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Shaunak is the founder and CEO of Yellowdig. Yellowdig is a community-driven active learning platform adopted by over 130 colleges and universities, K12 schools, and corporate training clients. Yellowdig’s mission is to transform every classroom into an active, social, and experiential learning community. Shaunak graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay and completed his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
2022-05-2639 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12John Schembari - Improvement Coach - Best Practices & Supporting Teachers - 481 John Schembari, EdD - improvement coach - talks with me about using best practices in the classroom and supporting teachers. This is episode 481 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. John Schembari is an Improvement coach supporting teachers and school leaders in the implementation of best- in-class curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices.  Currently, he works with the Center for Educational Innovation, FACTS Education Solutions, Fordham University, and NWEA. He also has advised the Ministries of Education of the U.A.E. and East Timor. Today, we are f...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Kristin Martinez - Clinical Director for PresenceLearning - Teletherapy: Providing Services Nationwide - 480 Kristin Martinez - Clinical Director for PresenceLearning - Teletherapy: Providing Services Nationwide. This is episode 480 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kristin Martinez received her M.A. in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and has been a speech-language pathologist for over 20 years.  Kristin provided speech-language services to children in her local school district and in private practice before starting as a teletherapist with PresenceLearning in 2013.  Kristin has supported teletherapy services for hundreds of school districts and has presented on the to...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Michael Paolucci - Slooh:The Online Telescope - 479 Michael Paolucci - Slooh: The Online Telescope. This is episode 479 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Michael Paolucci is an internet entrepreneur and a pioneer of online advertising, as well as online video editing, online labor marketplaces, and social astronomy.  Michael is currently the founder and CEO of Slooh, a digital education platform teaching students to explore space via a network of online telescopes. He holds a patent for live astronomy.  Michael founded one of the first advertising network companies called Interactive Imaginations, Inc., which became 24/7 Real Me...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Frances Valintine - Founder & CEO of the MindLab and the Tech Futures Lab - Impact of Emerging Technologies and Embracing Change - 478 Frances Valintine - Founder & CEO of the MindLab and the Tech Futures Lab - Impact of Emerging Technologies and Embracing Change. This is episode 478 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Frances Valintine Founder and CEO of The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab A well regarded and recognised technologist and educator, Frances has been focused on the future of work and the development of human capability for the duration of her career. She has a life mission to uncover the potential in anyone she meets...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dave Koetje: Leading By Design, Leading, and Addressing Challenges - 477 Dave Koetje: Leading By Design, Leading, and Addressing Challenges. This is episode 477 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dave Koetje served as superintendent of Grand Rapids Christian Schools and president of Christian Schools International over his 40-year career in education leadership. Dave was among K-12 and private sector business executives who completed a yearlong journey during the COVID pandemic in which they immersed themselves in one another’s leadership roles. Rodger Price – founder of Leading by DESIGN in Grand Rapids, Mich. – offered the framework that led to the creation of the...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Anita Newman: Clark the Colorblind Chameleon - 476 Anita Newman talks with me about her children's book - Clark the Colorblind Chameleon. This is episode 476 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Anita Newman has taught in Massachusetts and Rome, as a Kindergarten, First Grade, Bilingual and all-levels Vocal Music teacher.  As a teacher of young children she had the opportunity to closely observe students with special needs struggle to come to terms with physical and academic limitations. She understands learning disabilities and how they are overcome (not eradicated).  As a School Psychologist she has tested for disabilities, wr...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Kathryn Brewster Haueisen - Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures - 475 Kathryn Brewster Haueisen - Mayflower Chronicles: The Tale of Two Cultures. Episode 475 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kathryn Brewster Haueisen is a professional journalist. She is the author of fiction and non-fiction books as well as articles in faith-based & popular culture magazines (print & online).  Kathryn is a church capital campaign consultant and a former executive director of a non-profit. She also is a retired Lutheran pastor. She notes that in her childhood her brothers nicknamed her “Chatty Kathy.” She likes to talk and this has done well...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Adam Geller - Founder & CEO of Edthena - AI Coach Platform: Coaching Teachers to Coach Themselves - 474 Adam Geller - Founder & CEO of Edthena - AI Coach Platform: Coaching Teachers to Coach Themselves. This is episode 474 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Adam Geller is the founder and CEO of Edthena.  He started his career in education as a science teacher in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2011, Adam has overseen the evolution of Edthena from a paper-based prototype into a research-informed and patented platform used by schools, districts, teacher training programs, and professional development providers. Adam has written on education technology topics for various publications i...
2022-04-2846 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dawna Mosburg - Being an Elementary School Principal, Changing School Cultures, and Addressing the Needs of ”At-Risk” Students - 473 Dawna Mosburg - Being an Elementary School Principal, Changing School Cultures, and Addressing the needs of "At-Risk" Students. This is episode 473 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dawna Mosburg joined Broken Arrow Public Schools in 2007. She has held the positions of Ex. Director of Professional Development, Ex. Director of Ancillary Instructional services and the principal at Rhoades Elementary School. Ms. Mosburg is a graduate of the University of Houston earning a bachelor’s degree in elementary education with a minor in special education and a master’s degree in administration from Sout...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Udit Agarwal: NextWaveSTEM - Powering STEM Education Through Emerging Technologies - 472 Udit Agarwal: NextWaveSTEM - Powering STEM Education Through Emerging Technologies. This is episode 472 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Udit Agarwal has brought an innovative idea to life for the future of education! With a background in working with Public Schools, Udit quickly recognized a gap in learning elements, STEM education.  Leveraging his network in the education space and partnering with accredited curriculum developers, Udit developed a hands-on STEM education curriculum to bring to students, both in-school and after-school.  Recognizing the concern about teaching shortages, Udit took hi...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr. Hanine Salem: Equipping Students to be Leaders in Cyber Citizenship - 471 Dr. Hanine Salem: Equipping Students to be Leaders in Cyber Citizenship. This is episode 471 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Hanine Salem of Novus Consulting Group has spent the past 25 years working with education systems worldwide to help school districts prepare their students for life after graduation. She has shifted her focus to cybersecurity due to the ever-growing globalized society and economy. She is now making it her mission to ensure that districts equip students to be leaders in Cyber Citizenship.  Dr. Salem has over 20 years of executive l...
2022-04-2043 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Sheila Thelen: Spinning to Improve the Brain’s Ability to Balance and Improve Cognitive Processes - 470 Sheila Thelen talks about Spinning to Improve the Brain's Ability to Balance and Improve Cognitive Processes. This is episode 470 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Sheila Thelen, President of Vestibular Training Services and Master Rated Figure Skating Coach applies world-class vestibular training tools (patent pending) to improve the brain’s ability to balance and improve cognitive processes. In addition, Sheila speaks worldwide about using world-class athletic training tools to the general population.  Lots to learn today! Sheila is an awesome interview! You will love her ene...
2022-04-1642 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Daniel Jackson - Work Less Teach More: How to be an effective teacher and live a life you love - 469 Daniel Jackson - Work Less Teach More: How to be an effective teacher and live a life you love. This is episode 469 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dan has been teaching since 2006 in Sydney, Australia. He has had many different roles including: classroom teacher, stage advisor, headteacher, deputy principal, and acting principal. He is currently an education consultant and presenter. Dan is the founder of TeachersPD, host of the Effective Teaching podcast, author of the number 1 best seller on Amazon - Work Less Teach More, a husband, and...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Zander Sprague - EPIC Begins With 1 Step Forward: How To Plan, Achieve, and Enjoy The Journey - 468 Zander Sprague - EPIC Begins With 1 Step Forward: How To Plan, Achieve, and Enjoy The Journey. This is episode 468 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Zander Sprague is the author of three books, including his most recent, EPIC Begins With 1 Step Forward: Plan, Achieve and Enjoy the Journey.  He has a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Psychology from Pitzer College. He is a member of the National Speakers Association, American Counseling Association, and the Cal...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Scott Novis - Founder of Bravous - Helping Businesses Increase Retention By Facilitating Highly Dynamic Live & Virtual Video Game Events - 467 Scott Novis - the founder of Bravous - Helping Businesses Increase Retention By Facilitating Highly Dynamic Live & Virtual Video Game Events. This is episode 467 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. After spending decades in the video game industry, even working with Disney for a time, Scott is an expert on all things gaming and the best way to harness their power for good.  Awesome conversation! Great energy! Cool topic! Thanks for listening. But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to m...
2022-04-0350 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Ran D. Anbar, MD - Changing Children’s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center - 466 Ran D. Anbar, MD, FAAP, is board certified in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics, offering hypnosis and counseling services at Center Point Medicine in La Jolla, California, and Syracuse, New York. Dr. Anbar is also a past president, fellow and approved consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.  Dr. Anbar is a leader in clinical hypnosis, and his 25 years of experience have allowed him to successfully treat over 7,000 children. He also served as a professor of pediatrics and medicine and the director of pediatric pulmonology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in S...
2022-03-3144 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dr.Roger Parrott - President, Belhaven University - A Christian Education, The College Debt Myth, And His Latest Book - Opportunity Leadership - 465 Dr. Roger Parrot - President - Belhaven University - A Christian Education, The College Debt Myth, And His Latest Book - Opportunity Leadership. This is episode 465 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. With me today is Dr. Roger Parrott, the president of Belhaven University - Jackson, Mississippi. He was named among the 10 Most Visionary Education Leaders of 2021 by The Education Magazine. As one of the longest serving college presidents in America, Dr. Parrott is a fountain of knowledge for Christian parents and business leaders alike. He is the author of The...
2022-03-2953 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Tyce Miller, CEO of MobileMind, The Modern Professional Learning Hub for Schools - 464 Tyce Miller, CEO of MobileMind, The Modern Professional Learning Hub for Schools. This is episode 464 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Awesome conversation! With over twenty years of experience in the software industry, Tyce Miller’s career spans sales and sales leadership roles with companies such as SAS, IBM, and AirWatch(VMware).  While at AirWatch, he led the Education Division, where he discovered traditional professional development for teachers was falling short with the pace of change and complexity of new mobile and cloud technologies.  This led to the...
2022-03-2544 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Lee Matthew Goldberg Shares His Thriller - Stalker Stalked - 463 Lee Matthew Goldberg shares his thriller - Stalker Stalked. Awesome book! Incredible conversation! This is episode 463 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of the novels THE ANCESTOR which you can hear us talk about on episode 325 of this podcast,  SLOW DOWN, THE MENTOR, THE DESIRE CARD, ORANGE CITY which you can hear us talk about on episode 363 and the Young Adult series RUNAWAY TRAIN and GRENADE BOUQUETS. His books are in various stages of development for film/TV. He has been published in m...
2022-03-2348 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12James Palcik - Director of Education, Safety, and Compliance at Flinn Scientific - Shares Science & STEM Safety Trends and Best Practices- 462 James Palcik - Director of Education, Safety, and Compliance at Flinn Scientific - Shares Science and STEM Safety Trends and Best Practices. This is episode 462 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Flinn Scientific, Inc., based in Batavia, Illinois, is a comprehensive multi-line supplier of manufactured and purchased science education products and curricula. Since its founding in 1977, as a laboratory chemicals supplier to high school science teachers, Flinn has continuously expanded its product lines and markets and has developed an intensely loyal, growing base of science teacher customers across all 50 states.
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Elizabeth B. Splaine, Author, Shares Her World War II Historical Fiction Novel: Swan Song - 461 Elizabeth B. Splaine, author, shares her World War II historical fiction novel: Swan Song. This is episode 461 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Elizabeth B. Splaine is a retired opera singer who enjoys reading and writing WWII stories that focus on tenacity, hope and the indomitable human spirit.  Prior to writing, Elizabeth earned an AB in Psychology from Duke University and an MHA from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  She spent eleven years working in health care before switching careers to become a professional opera singer an...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Lesley Koplow - Wilson’s Wishes: A Story for Children in the Time of COVID - 460 Lesley Koplow - Wilson's Wishes: A Story for Children in the Time of COVID. This is episode 460 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Lesley Koplow is a clinical social worker, teacher and author who lives in New York City. She is the Director of Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College, founder of Networks for Schools That Heal and a psychotherapist in private practice.  Lesley is the author of several books including; Where Rag Dolls Hide Their Faces, The Way Home, Unsmiling Faces: How Preschools Can Heal, Creating Schools That Heal, Bears, B...
2022-03-1539 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Jennifer Robitaille, Director of Research and Development for Aperture Education, Talks About Social & Emotional Learning for Educators - 459 Jennifer Robitaille, Director of Research and Development for Aperture Education, talks about social & emotional learning for educators. This is episode 459 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jennifer Robitaille is Director of Research and Development for Aperture Education and an author of the Educator Social-Emotional Reflection & Training (EdSERT) program.  She is also a co-author of the DESSA High School Edition (DESSA HSE) and provides training to schools and educators on these programs.  In her career, she has focused on applied research and evaluation and she has trained in sc...
2022-03-1033 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Kristen Walter, Director - U.S. Programs, Worldreader - 458 Kristen Walter is the Director of U.S. Programs for Worldreader. This is episode 458 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Joining me here today is Kristen Walter, Director, U.S. Programs at Worldreader. Kristen has more than twenty years of educational experience and was most recently the Director of Education and Partnerships for Reading In Motion and before that the Teaching and Learning Manager for Crayola Education. She also worked for over 15 years as a certified art and music instructor in North Carolina. Kristen helped her school...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Matt Fitzpatrick, Author, Talks About His Thriller: Demon Tide - 457 Matt Fitzpatrick, author, talks about his newest thriller - Demon Tide. This is episode 457 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Matt is a former investment management professional who jettisoned Wall Street to pursue his dream as a novelist. He is the proud father of two daughters and enjoys every minute of watching them thrive and excel. A licensed Coast Guard captain, Matt cherishes life by the ocean and time boating on Nantucket Sound. With a deep media background mostly steeped in radio and print, he considers it a gift to be...
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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Renee Manning - Best - The Ultimate Journal for Beginners: The Journal You Will Actually Use - 456 Renee Manning - Founder of Vacation Yoga - talks with me about her book Best - The Ultimate Journal for Beginners: The Journal You Will Actually Use. This is episode 456 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Renee Manning is the Founder of Vacation Yoga®, a fitness company founded on her love for wellness, mindfulness, nutrition and fitness and and a global trainer/facilitator for entrepreneurs and CEOs.  Her first book, a gratitude journal, is also now available on Amazon.com. "Best: The Ultimate Journal for Beginners" provides inspiration and a...
2022-02-0547 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Dale Alexander: The Million Dollar Wagon, Saving for Retirement, and Helping Your Children Learn About Money - 455 Dale Alexander - Founder & President of Alexander & Company - talks about the Million Dollar Wagon, Saving for Retirement, and Helping Your Children Learn About Money. This is episode 455 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dale Alexander is a blessed man, having married way out of his league and being a father of three.  Born and raised in South Georgia, he is also the son of former educators. His father, Warren, was a 22-year superintendent and his mother was a teacher for 26 years.  Dale is the President and founder of Al...
2022-02-0358 minTeaching Learning Leading K-12
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Renee Hobbs - Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age - 454 Renee Hobbs - Mind Over Media: Propaganda for a Digital Age. This is episode 454 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Renee Hobbs is an internationally-recognized authority on digital and media literacy education. She founded the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island and is Director of its Media Education Lab.  Renee co-founded the NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education), and is creator of the first national teacher education program in media literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  She won th...
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