The Cure for the Common PD: How to Hold an EdCamp
Want to hold a PD that's entirely participant-driven, relevant, and potentially life-changing? Kate and Dave explore the EdCamp model, inclu...
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The Level Up Learning Podcast is designed for teachers and aims to explain, dispel, or clear up misconceptions about Curriculum & Instruction, Climate & Culture, and Leadership in Educationa...
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Get Smart With More Art!
Kate and Dave talk to Kelly Dee, music teacher specialist, about ways that every teacher can incorporate more arts into their classroom, bot...
No Child Left Behind vs. Every Student Succeeds Act: What do we need to know?
Whether you loved or hated NCLB, certain changes are coming as we move into teaching and learning under the Every Students Succeeds Act. Kat...
Do you have to be bitten by radioactive curriculum to have Power Standards?
There is a finite amount of time we have with students, and yet an ever-increasing expanse of curriculum. Dave and Kate look at how we can u...
Is it time to ditch the classroom desk?
Sitting all day isn't good for anyone--and it can have serious impacts for our students. Dave and Kate explore the consequences of too much...
What's formative assessment for, anyway?
Join us as Kate and Dave explore what makes formative assessment a powerful strategy, how we involve students in their own formative assessm...
The Best Test: How do we define a "good" assessment?
We worry about our students failing their assessments--but are our assessments failing our students? Kate and Dave discuss the importance of...
PD That Works: Guskey's 5 Levels of PD Evaluation
There are so many factors to professional development...how do we know if it's been successful? Happy participants? More knowledgeable parti...
PD that WORKS, Part I: Principles of Andragogy
Tired of professional development that doesn't seem to make a difference in instruction? Join Kate and Dave as they discuss how the principl...
Save the Bacon! Teach More Math!
If you're on social media at all, then you probably saw news summaries claiming that a recent World Health Organization reports says bacon a...
The Myths about STEM...and Why We ACTUALLY Need It
You hear a lot about shortages of workers to fill science, technology, engineering, and mathematics jobs...but is there actually a shortage?...
Happy Cold and Flu Season: The Research on How to Stay Healthy
It's that time of year again, when educators and students find themselves down for the count. What's the difference between a cold and the f...
The Four C's and the Big G(oogle)
Google Apps for Education, or GAFE, is growing in popularity across the country. In this episode, Kate and Dave explore the connection betwe...
4 Reasons to Be Wary of Educational Research
Tired of hearing that a method is "research-based" and therefore you need to incorporate it into your classroom? Kate and Dave look at 4 rea...
Understanding Understanding by Design Myths
Using Understanding by Design to plan a curriculum can be a powerful process--when done correctly. Kate and Dave explore the three stages of...
6 Reasons New Teachers Leave the Profession
Quality teachers matter, but to get quality teachers, we need to retain teachers. In this podcast, Kate and Dave look at 6 things that cause...
Can a Growth Mindset Revolutionize Education?
Kate and Dave look at a growth mindset, unpacking the definition, examining how it's used in schools, and looking at why it's maybe not as e...
Are Essential Questions worth the effort?
Kate and Dave use the work of Grant Wiggins and Denise Wilbur to explore Essential Questions in detail. What are the most common mistakes--a...
Not all EdTech is Created Equal: Understanding the SAMR Model
The SAMR model was developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura in the late 1980s, early 1990s, and it's original point was to help educators understan...
What is PBIS?
PBIS--Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports--is about more than just rewarding good behavior. Kate and Dave interview Katie Barbosa, Cli...