Why I'm Leaving the Classroom This Year (After 25 Years)
Choosing to leave the classroom and go all-in as an administrator wasn't an easy decision. Here were some of the factors I considered.
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UDL for Little Learners with Jeff Horwitz
→ What is Universal Design for Learning? → How does UDL look different in the early grades? → What is a first step that any educator can tak...
You're MORE Than A Teacher: Build Your Emotional Intelligence with Dr. Jen Rafferty
→ How can we learn to recognize our body’s stress signals as data? → What is a daily micro-move educators can practice to regulate themselve...
Rebuilding Teacher Resilience with Dr. Naomi Hall
→ How can we make this school year the best of our professional careers? → What is a Resilience Bank Account, and how can it support busy ed...
From Dropout to PhD: Learn the Craft of Teaching with Dr. Anthony Richiez
→ How did today’s guest go from high school dropout to PhD, and what can we learn from his story? → How can we shift our focus from merely m...
Unity Over Division: How Virginia Principal Derek Cantrell Merged Two Schools Into One
→ How did a Virginia school principal help to merge two rival schools into one? → How can we build positive school culture during times of c...
Unlock Student Motivation with Stephen de Groot
→ How do needs, values, goals, and strengths reframe how we motivate and engage learners? → What are the things that actually drain motivati...
Curiosity Sets Up Direct Instruction: OLIVIA ODILEKE
→ Why is curiosity foundational to everything that happens in the classroom? → How can simple micro-inquiry tasks at the beginning of a less...
Dr. BRAD JOHNSON: Build Your RQ, Build Your Learning Community
→ How can relational leadership transform your school community? → How can we encourage colleagues overwhelmed by fatigue, culture wars, or...
7 Steps to School Success - with Dr. James Lane, Former Superintendent of the Year
→ What are the seven steps to school success? → What are the most common distractions school leaders face? → How can we build schools that g...
AI Literacy and Design Thinking - with Alex Gray
→ How can education podcasting impact professional growth over time? → What is the single most dangerous misconception schools are making ab...
Better Questions, Deeper Learning - with Connie Hamilton
→ How can we improve the effectiveness of the questions we ask in the classroom? → What’s a better way to respond the next time we get the c...
Teach Internationally - with Greg Lemoine
→ What is the single most rewarding aspect of international teaching? → For educators considering an international leap in their teaching ca...
Competency-Based Assessment with Danielle Paloposki
→ How do traditional grading systems quietly undermine deep learning? → How can teachers shift assessment paradigms without burning out? → W...
Money and Financial Literacy in YOUR Classroom: Debra Kierstead
→ Which foundational money concepts do our students struggle with the most? → Why do states and districts continue to downplay the importanc...
Bringing the Everglades to Your Literacy Classroom: Jennifer Diaz
→ How can we build literacy skills and environmental stewardship at the same time? → What is the Everglades Foundation Literacy Program, and...
Differentiation for High-Ability Learners with Alicia Schroeder-Schock
How can teachers challenge their gifted learners without burning out? How we spot high-ability learners who might be masking their abilities...
Executive Functions in K-3 with Mitch Weathers and Sarah Oberle
→ What are executive functions, and why do they matter? → What are the differences between core and higher order executive functions? → How...
Retired but Podcasting: Martin Stuible and Roy Hunt from After the Bell
→ How can an education podcast impact personal growth and professional practice? → Is there still room for more education content creators t...
Brokers of Hope, Cultures of Joy - with DEAN SHARESKI
→ How can educators model healthy skepticism while also being brokers of hope regarding AI tools? → What practical boundaries can we set so...