GREAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR Pre K-16 EDUCATORS EVERY DAY
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Our Schedule for the week of September 26, 2016
DAILY INTERNET RADIO ABOUT EDUCATION
Averaging over 1700 listener downloads every day from educators nationwide.
Want to be a guest…..get in touch!
NO SHOWS MONDAY AND TUESDAY
I WILL BE AT THE EDNET INDUSTRY CONFERENCE IN DALLAS
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WEDNESDAY SEPT 28
1030A
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS OF GIFTED STUDENTS—
THE NAGC CONFERENCE 11/3-6 IN ORLANDO PLUS E LEARNING
Two guest join us from NAGC, M. Rene Islas, Executive Director … and Board member,
Director of Gifted and Advanced Academic Services for Round Rock TX ISD, Michelle Swain
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THURSDAY
9A
iNACOL : ONLINE LEARNING, PERSONALIZED LEARNING AND ESSA
plus a chat about the upcoming national conference with, Maria Worthen, VP for federal and State Policy
NOON
FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING,EMPATHY AND DIALOGUE IN YOUR STUDENTS
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair ‘s Foundation designed
to help students become global citizens through understanding.
The former PM’s Foundation supports our guests from GENERATION GLOBAL.
We have two American educators Jodi Ide and Cory Davis joined by GG Head of Education Dr. Ian Jamison
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FRIDAY
9a
TEACHING THE ELECTION K-12
WITH THE HELP OF A FUNNY, ENTERTAINING and AVAILABLE FOR YOU HALF-HOUR DOCUMENTARY CALLED
We have Producer/Director Bennett Singer who explores , from a Constitutional point of view, voting in America. So very informative, so very entertaining it is designed for everyone, but especially school children, complete with lesson plans. Hosted by Mo Rocca, comedian and a regular on NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” ….once you learn about it…you’ll want to know how to get it and use it…..it is so terrific!
1030a
A LOOK AT AUGMENTED REALITY
Thanks to Smartbrief and Smartblogs, we have Ed blogger extraordinaire and
fearless sixth grade teacher Mary Howard on her post, The Augmented Reality Sandbox
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THE CURRENT MONTH IS ON TOP
SEPTEMBER 2016
DYSLEXIA AND EARLY LEARNING
Pearson brings us global leader in dyslexia research, Yales’s Dr. Sally Shaywitz
to help identify students in kindergarten and first grade
THE CONSITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION on
THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING CIVICS
Marshall Croddy, Foundation President, on creating informed, skilled and educated citizens
USING TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSMENT
Our friends at Apperson bring us a special guest, technology using N.C. principal Aaron Barr
“DON’T BE MEAN”
THE ONLY CLASS RULE YOU’LL EVER NEED
Thanks to Smartbrief and Smartblogs, we have award winning education blogger,
author of the Digressive Discourse blog for the Center for Teaching Quality, AZ educator Sandy Merz
WHAT’S NEXT FOR FUTURE READY SCHOOLS
Tom Murray of The Alliance for Excellent Education, the Johnny Appleseed of “Future Ready” is our guest
CONTENT AND LEARNING PLATFORMS: EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN A NEW ERA
As educational publishing undergoes massive changes , teachers and publishers need to source content as needed. Industry and Education expert Myron Cizdyn , president of BLPS Content Connections and Gateway2Achieve, is our guest
THE SOUTHEAST EDUCATION NETWORK
The voice of the South in education (Editor in Chief of SEEN Magazine)and one of my favorite guests, Charles Sosnick returns with insights on Teacher Preparation, Global Education and the role of Community Colleges
ED TECH…MAKING CURRICULUM CREATION & INSTRUCTION SEAMLESS
Ogment makes curriculum creation easy for teachers. We have ELA Instructional Specialist
Bryan Sandala explaining how he has used technology to bring it together for his students
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COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM CREATION AND MANAGEMENT BY AND FOR TEACHERS
The creators of OGMENT are with us, Johanna Whetmore and Chris Robert.
I met them at ISTE and this is one cool product making it easy to create relevant,engaging lessons both school-wide and district-wide
TEACHING YOUR STUDENTS WITH DIVERSE YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
an NCTE show
Professor Jennifer Buehler of St. Louis University, author of the forthcoming NCTE book
“Teaching Reading with YA Literature” is our guest
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P21 EXEMPLAR SCHOOLS
What an honor it is for a school to be named an EXEMPLAR SCHOOL from The Partnership for 21st Century Learning
Learn about it from P21 leadership, Helen Soule and David Ross
COMMUNITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLEGE AND CAREER
KnowledgeWorks, the experts in building educational ecosystems, helps me host this show
showing how a community’s needs are reflected in K-12 and Community Colleges
INTEGRATING PRO-SOCIAL LEARNING WITH EDUCATION STANDARDS
Two favorite guests have co-edited a new book of the same title.
Sean Slade of ASCD and Jonathan Cohen of The National School Climate Center report in.
ELEMENTARY MUSIC AND BAND EDUCATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE :
THE PENNYWHISTLE BAND PROJECT
Enjoy listening to Don Castellow, Music educator and creator of the project
SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS AND YOUR EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY
Rich Bagin of NSPRA is joined by ESA Ass’t Superintendent Ron Koehler of ESA, Kent (MI) ISU
Presented by IMPERO SOFTWARE
TEACHING BOTH SIDES OF CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS; ENGLISH, SOCIAL STUDIES, ETC
Kamy Akhavan of PROCON.ORG returns…reminding educators of one of the best teaching websites out there.
Presented by KNOWLEDGE WORKS
TEACHING MORE ENGINEERING IN STEM
Ann Kaiser of ‘Project Engin”, a STEM Education consulting firm is our guest,
bringing Engineering process of thinking into education K-12.
FYI, THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW
CULTIVATING OUTDOOR EXPLORATION…CONNECTING YOUNG CHILDREN TO NATURE
Gryphon House author Ruth Wilson “Learning is in Bloom” is our guest
TEACHER VOICE AND THE HOPE STREET GROUP
Brian Bishop of Hope Street Group on the impact of their teacher fellows in their respective states and districts
A THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICAN EDUCATION 1P
We’re excited to have as our guest the CEO of Istation, Dick Collins whom I met
through the good graces of former Mooresville, NC superintendent Dr. Mark Edwards,
now VP of Digital Education at Discovery Education.
EFFECTIVE AND RESPECTFUL DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOL…NEW IDEAS IN P.D.
Award -winning Teacher, author and education consultant Mike Anderson is our guest
Presented by Solution Tree
PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE IN MATH
with Florence ,AL math educator Michelle Russell, award-winning blogger for her post on the subject.
Presented by Smartbrief and Smartblogs
EDWEB.NET PRESENTS
HOW TO SUPPORT DYSLEXIC STUDENTS IN YOUR SCHOOL
Our guest is Terrie Noland bringing 22 years of experience in training to the subject along
with the one and only founder of Edeweb, Lisa Schmucki
A HUGE CHANGE IN THE ED TECH INDUSTRY
FAREWELL KAREN BILLINGS,LEAVING SIIA’S ETIN. HELLO CHRIS LOHSE
The education industry is going to really miss Dr. Karen who has been the
incredible leader of the Education Technology Industry Network
Chris is replacing her as Director. Both visit.
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AUGUST 2016
BACK TO SCHOOL: THE ROLE OF TODAY’S SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Assistant Director of ASCA, Jill Cook on collaboration and challenges affecting counseling in our schools.
SCHOOLS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS LANDMARK NIH STUDY
THE ABCD STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Preparing for The ABCD Study to be the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. Learn what is planned and how you might participate from Drs. Terry Jernigan and Sandra Brown
VIRTUAL REALITY IN EDUCATION
Pearson Director of Learning and Innovation, Mark Christian is our guest. Great stuff on a global scale.
NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION…ACROSS THE NATION
NBPTS brings Debbie Kasperski , NBCT, of The National Board Resource Center in IL
and Betsy Giles, NBCT, Director of National Board Certification of the Clark County Educational Association
THE ‘STUDENTS ON STEM’ SURVEY’
COO and Director of Research, Claus Von Zastrow at CHANGE THE EQUATION is joined by East Boston HS Science teacher who uses AMGEN’s BioTech Experience in her classroom to talk about the survey results
AGRICULTURE AND STEM EDUCATION
This is a favorite topic of mine and we have James Brown from The StemEd Coalition and Julie Tesch, Executive Director of The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
PREPARING STUDENTS FOR A PROJECT BASED WORLD
Author Bonnie Lathram of Director at GETTING SMART with best practices on PBL
based on their new report written by Bonnie, Tom VanderArk and Bob Lenz.
CHILDREN AND TECHNOLOGY:THINGS TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW…PARENTS TOO.
We have the expert, Gryphon House author and the editor of The Children’s Tech Review, Warren Buckleitner
IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES OF LEARNING SPACES
Award winning Principal Ben Gilpin takes a look at schools as he asks himself and you
ON SEPT 9 FOR GRADES 6-12
A 9/11 DISTANCE LEARNING EVENT :
THE FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
The Chief of Interpretation at the memorial Mary Jane Hartman is our guest as we all prepare for the 15th anniversary
and make it a learning experience
ASSESSING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
SEL is key to today’s educational landscape . To discuss assessing students in need of such we have Dave Aadams, SEL Director at Urban Assembly, Paul LeBuffe, Director of the Devereaux Center for Resilient Children and Pat Cozens of Apperson.
AT-HOME KINDERGARTEN READINESS
The Waterford Institute’s UPSTART Program
Diane Weaver of Waterford andClaudia Miner, Waterford’s VP of Development and UPSTART Program Director, talking about UPSTART, Waterford’s at-home kindergarten readiness program. Recent research was released that shows students have long-term positive effects from the program, and it was recently expanded in Utah to include as many as 10,000 kids this coming year.
ELEMENTARY STEM AND A TOUCH OF ASTRONOMY
Professor Emeritus Billy Hix of Motlow State returns.Billy is the Johnny Appleseed of STEM and works with teachers to overcome obstacles In TN and AL to bring easy and learnable STEM into the elementary classroom
CIVICS EDUCATION IN AN ELECTION YEAR
The one and only Michelle Herczog returns, past president of NCSS and currently History-Social Science Consultant at Los Angeles County Office of Education on the C3 Framework and its importance in this election year.
AT RISK STUDENTS AND INTERVENTION ACADEMIES
Our guest is expert Reggie Underwood. Chief Academic Officer at Advance Path Academics
LINKING ASSESSMENT TO INSTRUCTION
At ISTE 2016 Pearson unveiled enhancements to Schoolnet, the company’s award-winning, instructional improvement system (IIS), making it an even more powerful tool for linking assessment to instruction.Lisa Sieker, Vice President at Pearson, and she’s here to talk about Schoolnet 18.
TEACHER LEADERS WORKING ON PROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION & TEACHER CAREER PATHWAYS ISSUES
Three North Carolina teachers worked together as a team via The Center for Teaching Quality contemplating these issues. Educators Karyn Dickerson, Joanna Schimizzi and Ben Owens are our guests.
SURVEY RESULTS: THE ED TECH GAP TEACHER LEADERS WORKING ON PROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION & TEACHER CAREER PATHWAYS ISSUES
Edgenuity , experts in K-12 digital curriculum, recently did this survey and to go over the results we have invited their VP Leslie Sobon and their Curriculum Solutions Supervisor, Kristen Pittman
A NEW BOOK FROM ASCD
‘YOU’RE THE PRINCIPAL. NOW WHAT?
STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR NEW SCHOOL LEADERS’
Now what?? Easy to answer when we have the author, Dublin OH Principal Jennifer Schwanke
URBAN EDUCATION…THE SUPERINTENDENTS SUMMIT
Urban school leadership is the topic for AASA’s 2nd Urban Supt’s meeting in Alexandira VA.
Our guests are Supts.Thomas Parker and Rod Thompson. Jessica Huizenga and Principal Andrae Townsel..all from ‘M’ states..Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts.
AN ISTE STANDARDS REFRESH
ISTE , Sr. Director of Standards, Carolyn Sykora on how ISTE standards
have evolved considering the changing environment of educatio
MAKING SCIENCE LAB SAFER
Returning guest, NSTA’s Chief Safety Compliance Officer
Dr. Ken Roy , Chief Safety officer of Glastonbury (CT) Public Schools. Always great info from Ken!
NCTE AUTHORS ON ‘SPORTS AND LITERACY’…BREAK DOWN SILOS AND ENGAGE KIDS
Great topic with Professor Alan Brown of Wake Forest and
Professor Luke Rodesiler of Indiana U…all about sports literacy,,middle school on!
THE GROWING IMPACT OF TEACHER LEADERSHIP
We welcome first time guest Celine Coggins, founder and CEO of TeachPlus
K-12 ED TECH and THE 2016 ELECTION
COSN brings us a great panel…. their Policy Chair & CTO of Calcasieu Paris Public Schools Sheryl Abshire, Reg Leighty, COSN Policy Consultant and Jean Tower, Director of Media and Digital Learning in Needham (MA) schools.
DIVERSE STRATEGIES FOR ELL/DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Gryphon House author Dr. Jennifer Chen, author of “Connecting Right from the Start:
Fostering Effective Communications with Dual Language Learners”
TEACHER RECRUITMENT and ALTERNATIVE CREDENTIALING
Our guest is Shawn Arevalo McCollough, President and CEO of The American Board is our guest. The Board is a non-profit organization established by the U.S. Department of Education and dedicated to building strong communities through preparing, certifying, and supporting teachers
REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE CREDENTIALING IN A NEW ERA OF WORK AND EDUCATION
with Pearson Acclaim’s Peter Janzow give us the scoop
STUDENT SELF MANAGEMENT, EFFECTIVE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Dr Howie Knoff of Project ACHIEVE is our guest
TEACHERS AND STATEWIDE EDUCATION POLICIES
TEACHER VOICE and THE HOPE STREET GROUP
Hope Street Group, agents of change for educators, bring us two great North Carolina teachers, Courtney Sears of Chapel Hiil-Carrboro Public Schools and Trey Ferguson, a high school math teacher from Wake County,NC on the North Carolina TEACHER VOICE NETWORK
A HEALTH LITERACY CURRICULUM
THE HIP HOP HEALTHY HEART PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
Superstar Superintendent of Coachella Valley California, Dr. Darryl Adams
is joined by a very healthy Executive Director, Jyl Steinback of Shape Up US
on the importance of children’s health to learning.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND REMEDIATION
JACKSON COLLEGE’S ACCELERATED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING
Community College professors Clarinda Flannery
and our good buddy Professor Amelia Gamel are our guests on an innovative program helping CC students succeed
AMERICAN INNOVATION, STEM AND THE MAKER MOVEMENT
Glen Bull,Hossein Haj-Hariri and Alan Grier and Matt Hoffman of the Smithsonian. Glen is an Education Professor at UVA, Hossein is Engineering Dean at The University of of South carolina and Alan Grier is the Coordinator of The Machine Tool Technology program at Midlands Technical College
TEACHING THE ELECTION
Guess what, there’s a Presidential election this November. There are resources to teach with.
Returning guest,Tony Pennay, Director of The Annenberg Presidential Learning Center
at The Reagan Presidential Library, gives us a game plan
COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Fred Bramante of The National Center for Competency Based Learning is our guest.
MORE ON COMPTENCY BASED LEARNING, + DATA USAGE AND THE FUTURE OF ED TECH
EDUCATION OVERVIEW FROM CHARLES SOSNICK
You’ll love listening to Charles, a returning guest and Editor in Chief of The Southeast Education Network
FREE AND TERRIFIC FOR NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION
THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTER KIT
Roxanna Eldon returns. Author of “See me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers”
and starter kit creator for new teachers.
SOCIAL JUSTICE PROJECTS IN THE CLASSROOM
Cinema and Broadcast Journalism teacher & Smartbrief/Smartblogs award winning educational blogger,
Mira Costa (CA) HS Mike Hernandez is our guest
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JULY 2016
This is Goldie’s wonderful educational foundation for a vastly under-met need
in K-12 eduCation Our guest is CEO Laurie Coots.
PRESENTED BY APPERSON EVO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
GREAT INSIGHTS ON HOW THE INDUSTRY REACHES EDUCATORS
A PREVIEW OF EDNET 2016
Yes, I will even forgive Dallas the Cowboys because it’s the host city of EDNET this year,
the industry networking/informational conference.Guests are the one and only Vicki Bigham, Conference Director plus Steve Wakefield from Discovery Education and Nicole Neal of Noodle Markets
SCHOOL CLIMATE, DISCRIMINATORY DISCIPLINE AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE
The National School Climate Center returns with their Policy and Legal Director Jessica Savage
THE MYTHS AND REALITIES OF SCHOOL SUMMER VACATION
SUMMER BREAK…THE SUMMER SLIDE… WHY?
Educational Demographer/Futurist Dr Kari Arfstrom is our guest
THE END OF WORK AS WE KNOW IT..PREPARING FOR THE WORKPLACE
IT’S A DIFFERENT WORLD OF WORK FOR THE STUDENTS WE TEACH
K-12 and Higher Education from the point of view of the workplace Ann Parker , senior community practice manager for Association for Talent Development is joined by special guest Ray Williams of Ray Williams Associates. Important show as we are the ones responsible for teaching the future workforce.
A 2 DAY EVENT
DIGITAL EDUCATION and
THE MOORESVILLE, NC ‘SUMMER CONNECTION’
TWO SHOWS
10-11:30 A
TO LISTEN TO THIS SHOW FEATURING VARIOUS COMPANIES THAT
PARTNER WITH MOORESVILLE GRADED SCHOOLS, A LEADER IN DIGITAL EDUCATION
2-330 PM
GREAT STUFF ON MOORESVILLE GRADED AND THE HILL CENTER FOR READING INTERVENTION, AND THE DIGITAL CONVERSION GOING ON VIRGINIA BEACH AND ADDISON NY SCHOOLS
LIVE FROM THE MOORESVILLE .NC.
DIGITAL EDUCATION ‘SUMMER CONNECTION’
DAY 2
10-11:30 A
THREE SUPERINTENDENTS ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE TALK
ABOUT DIGITAL CONVERSION IN THEIR DISTRICTS
RURAL GREENWOOD, SC DISTRICT 51
WHITTIER CITY, CALIFORNIA
ANACORTES,WASHINGTON
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LOCAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT IN EDUCATION
Rich Long, Executive Director of Learning First is our guest
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PRESENTING THE NEW PRESIDENT OF AASA
Texas Superintendent Alton Frailey, superintendent of Katy Independent School District in Katy Texas, was just installed (July 13) as president of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, for 2016-17. Frailey succeeds Illinois Superintendent David Schuler, who will serve as immediate past president of AASA.
Presented by KnowledgeWorks
INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
The author of “Liberty and Learning:Academic Freedom for Teachers and Students”, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor, David Moshman, returns to the show
AASA past-president Supt. David Schuler on
Re-Defining Ready
a new metric-based research model that emphasizes the simple fact
that students are more than a test score
Presented by KnowledgeWorks
LIVE BIG. CHANGE LIVES. URBAN TEACHERS EXPANDS TO TEXAS
Executive Director for DFW metroplex , Emily Nolen
is our guest. Great teacher Training!!!
Edweb.net bring us former Supt. and founder of “Sup d’jour” Gabe Soumakian on
WHY DISTRICTS NEED A CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER
A NEW REPORT ON TEACHER DIVERSITY RECRUITING
NCTQ‘s President Kate Walsh on school districts bring
in more people of color , etc into their schools …how, why, is it working?
Our good friend , IL. educator Chris Bronke gives us a new acronym.
Thanks Chris!
ALL ABOUT “CLEAR”
Collaborative Learning through Empathetic,Authentic Relationships
He’ll be joined by H.S English Teacher and writing coach for
the National Blogging Collaborative , Robyn Corelitz
USE MOVIES TO TEACH LITERACY
John is an English teacher in Portland OR
SUCCESS IN TACOMA SCHOOLS
Jim Harvey of the Nat’l Superintendents Roundtable
and his special guest Tacoma, WA Superintendent Carla Santorno
Presented by EVO SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL by APPERSON
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ONLINE LEARNING
ADJUNCT FACULTY CHALLENGES
CC expert, adjunct professor and former NISOD Executive Director Larry Miller is our guest.
TAPPING THE POTENTIAL OF TECHNOLOGY FOR CHILDREN
Early Childhood Technology Expert Warren Buckleitner , a Gryphon House author , brings his expertise to our show including 5 tech products every preschool or elementary teacher should know and use.
E RATE FUNDING 2016-17
An update with the expert, John Harrington of FUNDS FOR LEARNING
BOTH SIDES OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES and HOW TO TEACH THEM
Procon.org ‘s President Kamy Akhaven joins us for a look at
a great and neutral site for any teacher, particularly English and Social Studies
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOL LEADERS
Jim Pavlacka, NCEA Director of Leadership Development &
Annette Jones, Ass’t Director are our guests
TAKE A WALK DOWN HOPE STREET WITH THE A GREAT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
“ON DECK:PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS”
with AZ Kindergarten Teacher Danielle Brown and Delaware High School teacher Robyn Howton
Presented by SOLUTION TREE
PROMOTING TEACHING AS A CAREER
Our guests are from South Carolina, the SC Teacher of the Year Jennifer Wise and Professor Ed Dickey of the The University of South Carolina (Go GAMECOCKS)
EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AROUND THE US.
A NEW IDEA FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
: ISTE authors Chris Carnahan and Kim Crowley
BOTH SIDES OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES and HOW TO TEACH THEM
Procon.org ‘s President Kamy Akhaven joins us for a look at a great and neutral site
for any teacher, especially Social Studies
AUTHENTIC WRITING FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
SMARTBRIEF award winning education blogger Dylan Fenton, an English Teacher from New Joisey is our guest
The co-founder of Flipped Learning Jon Bergmann is our guest about the new
THE CURRENT MONTH IS ON TOP
JUNE 2016
LIVE FROM ISTE
Conversations with various exhibitors at the conference
Each of these shows will be 1 hour to 90 minutes long.
Guests will include Pearson, Promethean, MyON Reader, Exo U , Impero Software, Fuel Ed, Epson, Vernier and many others
LIVE FROM ISTE …OUR 10 AM SHOW
Lisa Wolfe Communications presents various products of Pearson Education plus School Specialty, and TCI
LIVE FROM ISTE ..OUR 2PM SHOW
PR with Panache presents EXOU,Capstone, Pivot Ed, My Reader, Lifeliqe, Promethean, Lightspeed Technologies and ABC Mouse for Schools
LIVE FROM ISTE…OUR 4 PM SHOW
KEH Communications brings us Impero Software, Fuel Education, Vernier Science and Epson Projectors
LIVE FROM ISTE ON TUESDAY
Jennifer Harrison PR brings us Schoology, GetOgment.com and Turnitin Revision Assistant
Harvard Education Press author Michael Sadowski
“SAFE IS NOT ENOUGH”
BETTER SCHOOLS FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS
Considering the events in Orlando 2 weeks ago, this is an important show
COSN‘S “TRUSTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT’ SEAL
HOT TOPIC: DATA PRIVACY FOR YOUR SCHOOLS
We have the experts : Linnette Attai of Playwell LLC, Bob Moore of Dallas TX ISD and Melissa Tebbenkamp of Raytown (MO), Schools
Presented by FUNDS FOR LEARNING
MOVING YOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO NEXT GENERATION LEARNING
Learn how Head of School at University Prep (WA) Matt Levinson made it happen. Matt was recently honored as a top education blogger by Smartbrief
“ZERO TO THREE” NATIONAL PARENTING SURVEY REPORT
The importance of ‘fathering’ to early education and later success for children with Zero to Three‘s Patty Cole and Claire Lerner
ELL ASSESSMENT…plus
starring returning guest Sue Ann Towle…they’ll be at ISTE with their TELL assessment …plus
‘PRE SCHOOL TEACHER ‘ PREP
Continuing a show with NCTQ’s Hannah Putman…..on the challenges of training teachers for work in pre-school , based on a new NCTQ report
THE POWER OF EDUCATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Futurist and demographer Dr Kari Arfstrom on “The Playdate Generation”…what’s coming down the pike for schools
INTERVENTION SUCCESS IN KINDERGARTEN
Faced with serious challenges with a large group of incoming kindergarten kids , Amphitheater Public Schools in Tucson made it work for student success. Chief Academic Officer Dr Roseanne Lopez is our guest.
ED INDUSTRY: DIVERSITY INITIATIVE FROM ETIN
SIIA/ETIN has taken a look at diversity leadership in the industry with a need to reflect the schools they serve
The inaugural conference is in July in Boston and we have Kathy Hurley and Deb DeVries of Girls Thinking Global, organizers of the event as our guests
1030a
TWO SUPERINTENDENTS ON DISTRICT DIGITAL CONVERSION
Dr. Mark Edwards of Mooreseville, NC and Mark’s special guest, Dr. Damian LaCroix, Of Howard-Suamico School District in Wisconsin
Presented by Solution Tree
WELCOME TO EDNET 2016
The director of the industry’s most important networking event, Vicki Smith Bigham, is our guest.
LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY
ILA , conference in Boston in July,brings us educator Kip Glazer . She writes “Purposeful Tech” for ILA at Literacyworldwide.com”
TEACHER LEADERS SPEAK ABOUT TEACHER LEADERSHIP
From The Center For Teaching Quality, our guests are teacher leaders Jozette Martinez, Paul Barnwell and Val Brown
NOON
From NCSS leadership, the History/Social Science Coordinator of LA County’s Office of Education, the one and only Michelle Herczog
SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION and BUILDING DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
AASA brings us returning guest Mike Lubelfeld, superintendent, Deerfield Public Schools District 109, Deerfield, Illinois and from a little south of Deerfield,Nick Polyak, superintendent, Leyden High School District 212, Franklin Park, Illinois
“TECH OUT YOUR CLASS”
ISTE author Amy Prosser with 6 projects to meet Common Core and ISTE standards
Presented by Waterford Institute
SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
CASE Executive Director Luann Case joins us for a look at Professional Development though the summer and into the Fall
TUESDAY
BOARD CERTIFICATION AND THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Kristin Hamilton and Michelle Accardi from The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards; their work with Native American education, the Atlas Resource, etc
SOCIAL STUDIES
A visit with novelist Pat Leonard on teaching history through the eyes of the people who lived it…regarding Colonial history ..
in his novel “The Man My Father Was”
THE NATIONAL EARLY CHILDHOOD SUMMER INSTITUTE
Taking place June 27-30 in Atlanta, we have Pearson’s VP of Language and Early Childhood Development Cheryl MacDougald
GLOBAL WORKFORCE READINESS & 21st CENTURY SKILLS
Dr. Helen Soule, Executive Director of P21 , The Partnership for 21st Century Learning, is joined by her colleague Chief Strategy Officer David Ross
SUMMER LEARNING FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS WITH AASL
OFFICERS LESLIE PREDDY AND AUDREY CHURCH plus EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SYLVIA KNIGHT NORTON
TECHNOLOGY, LEARNING MANAGEMENT AND STUDENT VOICE
WITH TECHNOLOGY EDUCATOR AND ELIZABETH FERRY OF AVON CT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU HAPARA.
GIFTED EDUCATION
WITH NAGC ‘s JONATHAN PLUCKER ON SUMMER LEARNING
STUDENT CHOICE: THE KEY TO MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT
with ASCD author, educator and consultant Mike Anderson
COMMON CORE AND READING
Solution Tree authors and Trainers Drs. Diane Lapp, Maria Grant & Kelly Johnson on CLOSE READING AND SCAFFOLDING and COMMON CORE STANDARDS
PERSONALIZED, ONLINE LEARNING ; iNACOL’S Maria Worthern on the new report,
SOCIAL STUDIES , CIVICS AND THE REAGAN LIBRARY
A real treat.. Learn about THE ANNENBERG PRESIDENTIAL LEARNING CENTER
of THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION from The Reagan Library with Director and former teacher Tony Pennay.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES THE COLLEGE PROMISE TOOLKIT with
J. Noah Brown, President of The Association of Community College Trustees
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING STUDENTS
with Impero Software’s Marketing Manager Felicia Rateliff and IKeepSafe Safety and Privacy Officer Holly Hawkins
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CREATING AND SUPPORTING STUDENT CENTERED PERSONALIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
in Meriden CT schools. Learn to replicate a good thing from Supt Mark Benigni and Meriden educators Dan Corsetti and Mark Thornton
NCTE: THE ‘WHOLE LANGUAGE UMBRELLA’ CONFERENCE , JULY IN ST. LOUIS
LITERACY THAT MATTERS: CURRICULUM, CREATIVITY & ACTION
Let a smile be your “WHOLE LANGUAGE UMBRELLA CONFERENCE”. NCTE brings us Caryl Crowell, President of WLU. program chair of the summer conference, Co-Ordinator at Borton Magnet School in Tucson and co-author of “Inventing a Classroom.
ECONOMICS EDUCATION
with the Education Director of American Institute for Economic Research
Dr. Natalia Smirnova about their “Economics Across The Curriculum” program
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MAY 2016
URBAN EDUCATION AND BEYOND…THE RIGHT METRIC TO MEASURE STUDENT SUCCESS
Dr. Phil (not that one) Lanoue, National Supt of the Year 2015, the Superintendent of Clarke County School District (GA) asks “ARE WE HAVING THE RIGHT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STUDENT SUCCESS?”
.THE MOORESVILLE NC ‘SUMMER CONNECTION’ FOR SUPERINTENDENTS & STAFF. Mooresville Graded Supt. Mark Edwards and CTO Scott Smith with a look at district Ed tech and a preview of the conference.
Ron Rice, of The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools with CEO Emilio Pack of CrownPrep Academy (MD) and Lagra Newman, Head of School at Purpose Prep in Tennessee on DESIGNING AND OPERATING A CHARTER SCHOOL.
EMBRACING THE CHALLENGE OF DIGITAL EDUCATION . A re-scheduled show that was cut short last week..Longview TX ISD’s IT Director Brian Pitts with Impero Software CEO Sam Pemberton. A tech glitch nailed us last week…we’re baaaack!
Meriden CT. Supt. Dr. Mark Benigni and Director of Curriculum Barb Haeffner with actual students, the consumers, on STUDENT CENTERED PERSONALIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (PLE’s)
FFA …AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND SERVICE LEARNING a favorite topic of mine with so many career opps for student d and in teaching. ..with their “Living to Serve” senior manager Michele Sullivan …CREATING A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR SERVICEPresented by iCEV Online
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THE INTERNATIONAL LITERACY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE . The old “IRA” has their conference in July in Boston.We’ll preview it for you with ILA’s Marcie Craig-Post and #NYEdChat co-moderator and ELA consultant Carol Varsalona,Wonder Lead Ambassador for Wonderopolis.
The subject is PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER PREP starring The National Council on Teacher Quality’s Director of Research Hannah Putman…considering a new report fort from NCTQ on that very subject…with an upcoming webinar to boot.
( FYI, SKYPE crashed on us 25 minutes in.
We have re-scheduled it to continue the conversation on June 20 at 130 p)
Miranda Beard , president of The National School Board Association and John Tuttle , past president join us for a discussion on the value of supporting Public Education
A COMPETENCY- BASED APPROACH TO TEACHER EDUCATION… Learn about the evolution of an excellent ONLINE program at Granite State College offering Masters degrees in School Leadership for Principals and School Librarians.
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A great program for MENTORING AND COACHING NEW TEACHERS
from the New Teacher Center with NTC founder Ellen Moir.
OCM BOCES in New York presents Making Learning Happen, a summer conference on
PROJECT BASED LEARNING/MAKER MOVEMENT and you’re invited.
Learn about it from Joanne Keim and Jeff Craig
ENGAGING STUDENT WITH STATISTICS ACROSS DISCIPLINES
DATAFEST was April 29-May 1
We’re always talking about data in education. This is a competition revealing insights on using it.
Julie Conover and Pearson Data Stats author Rob Gould, Datafest founder are our guests.
Learning Platforms and Differentiation/Student Voice /Personalized Learning with, from The Ottawa Catholic School Board ,Stephanie Meyers .. and from Richland (SC) School District 2 , Nikki Allman….with a big thank you to Hapara
The AASA Urban Superintendents Academy...participant Angelica Ramsay from Pleasant Valley School District (CA), Maria Ott of USC’s Rossier School and the one and only Jimmy Minichello from AASA
Thank you KnowledgeWorks for sponsoring
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Speaking of urban, Urban Teachers brings us educator Kyair Butts, a 3rd year teacher in Baltimore City. UTC creates great urban teachers, now working in Baltimore and Dallas/FortWorth
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Embracing the Challenge of Digital Learning.
Thank you Impero for bringing us Brian Pitts, Director of IT at Longview TX ISD
DUE TO A TECH GLITCH, THIS SHOW STOPPED AFTER 15 MINUTES.
WE ARE RE DOING IT MONDAY MAY 23 AT 1PM ET
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As recently featured on the PBS NewsHour and CBS, Superintendent Extrodinaire Dr. Darryl Adams returns to our show with a further report on new initiatives that this nationally-recognized Superintendent is bringing about in Coachella Valley (CA) schools.
Today we will talk about PERSONALIZED LEARNING and WALL TO WALL ACADEMIES working n Coachella.
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The DC Public Education Fund does great work in our nation’s capital .
Jessica Rauch, President and Jason Kamras, DC’s Chief of Instructional Practice join us.
1030
James Brown, the Executive Director of The STEM Education Coalition
talks about the new ESSA law and how it affects STEM education.
NOON
JUST ADDED
ISKME’S Lisa Petrides and school librarian Pam Harland on OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES.
NCEA is the voice of Catholic education nationwide. Learn about their Summer Professional Development:
the STREAM 2.0 Symposium scheduled for Philly in June and their LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE in July in Omaha.
HMH sponsors
KNOWWLEDGE WORKS Jason Swanson on THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION in an ever-changing world.
ISTE authors Ginger Carlson and Raphael Raphael “Let’s Get Social:THE EDUCATORS GUIDE TO EDMODO
SMARTBRIEF/SMARTBLOGS award winning educator ASHLEY LAMB SINCLAIR, The 2016 KY Teacher of the Year, Teacher in Residence at KY DOE on TEACHER LEADERSHIP
The editors of the NCTE Journal join us for a look at how they they develop content for English teachers for the publication
Welcome to a preview of the AAP “CONTENT IN CONTEXT‘ conference in Philly June 6-8; the must meeting for educational publishers.
WHAT DOES COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS REALLY MEAN with BU Counseling Professor V.Scott Solberg.
Thank U AdvancePath
IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPLETION RATE
New survey information on the power and impact of Phi Theta Kappa , the CC Honor Society
Presented by Pearson
Learn why you must have a well-trained School Resource Officer from the Executive Director of NASRO,
Mo Canady. Their convention is coming in July and school administrators should attend.
ITS ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY
iPADpalooza is coming and we have, from Eanes ISD in Texas , their director of Technology
Carl Hooker, a thought leader of the year and Chris Piehler, editorial director of PR with Panache
Quite simply, it ain’t your daddy’s classroom anymore.
We’ll be talking classroom management in the 21st century with authors Tom Whitby and Steve Anderson, all about their new book
We’ll be talking classroom management in the 21st century with authors Tom Whitby and Steve Anderson, all about their new book