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SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 18TH
Monday June 18th
1030aET
THE ILA STANDARDS FOR THE PREPARATION OF
LITERACY PROFESSIONALS
Professors Diane Kern & Autumn Dodge on how the
updated standards reflect equity and diversity, etc
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TUESDAY
1030a
EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A GREAT COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
I couldn’t agree more in a computer age. The Computer Science Teachers Association brings us CT-based computer science educator/advocate Chinma Uche. She comes to us with an unbelievable science & computer education background
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WEDS
9A
MAGNET SCHOOLS: THE VISION
Thanks to Magnet Schools of America, we have theirExecutive Director Todd Mann &
the Supt of Mt Airy (NC) schools, Dr. Kim Morrison.
1030a
EDUCATION PLUS:
90 YEARS OF EMPOWERING EDUCATORS IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA
Dr.Paul Ziegler, Executive Director of Ed Plus… in a digital transition working with Discovery Ed
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THURSDAY
1030A
THE TEACHER POWER OF BOARD CERTIFICATION
Board certified Wisconsin Educator Lyman Elliott on teacher activism in Wisconsin and the
growing need to certify more educators as a marker of true professionalism
WE’RE OFF TO ISTE IN CHICAGO.
WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE SHOWS JULY 2.
IN THE MEANTIME, ENJOY OUR ARCHIVES.
and from last week
SCHOOL-COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
& ASSESSMENT
Listen to nationally recognized expert & founder of Test Sense,John Tanner.
Learn about the unintended consequences & how to fix them.Thank you, Fresh Grade
“CTE ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP:
10 THINGS TO KNOW IN YOUR FIRST YEAR
GIFTED TEACHING
You’re gonna’ love this show with NAGC as their guest is Jake Allen, teacher in Huntsville AL
and a recent contestant in this year’s Jeopardy Teacher Tournament.
HOW TO BUILD GREAT EDUCATORS
A real treat, we have SNHU Dean of Education Ray McNulty on their programs and partnerships
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES TO EXPLORE STEM
Dr. Greg Firn is my guest. Greg, a former Superintendent is now COO of RoboKind ,
a company devoted to all children with a special expertise that helps challenged students
A DEEP LOOK AT TITLE l
Thank you Waterford for bringing us Federal Policy expert Charles Blaschke
A VISIT WITH LANDMARK COLLEGE
Landmark College is exclusively for students who learn differently including Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, Aspergers, etc. President Peter Eden is my guest.
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JUNE 2018
Five Roles and Mindsets that ignite Positive Change in Schools with
ASCD authors Alissa Gallagher and Kami Thordarson
TEACHER TRAVEL PROGRAMS: A TRIP TO QATAR…..and more
The Qatar Foundation has teamed up with GEEO, The Global Exploration for Educators Organization .
They’re planning a trip to Qatar for educators…and we’ll talk about all their work during the show.
ALL ABOUT READING & LITERACY WORLDWIDE
Rick Smith, CEO and Jule McCombes-Tollis, Chief Academic Officer are my guests.
IDA is a first time guest..and there will be many more shows.
We have the author and the leading expert on compliance, Linette Attai.
A must listen for school district leaders.
NORTH DAKOTA: CREATING AN EQUITABLE SYSTEM FOR ALL STUDENTS
Thank you ,CCSSO for bringing N.D.’s State Superintendent Kristen Baesler
SCHOOL COUNSELORS
PREVIEW THE 2018 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Find out why LA in July will be a great experience with ASCA’s Director of Education and Training Jen Walsh
ASCD: THE PATHWAYS TO EQUITY CONFERENCE
Learn about the June conference with Emily Davis, ASCD’s Director of Educator Engagement
WHOLE CHILD EDUCATION:
SAVING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Returning guest Mike Hynes, Superintendent of Patchogue-Medford schools in NY is a great thought leader on Potential Based and Whole Child education
CREATING A VIBRANT CULTURE OF STEM
We’re heading over to Richardson TX and speaking to Supt. Dr. Tabitha Branum to
discover all the great thing she and her team are doing in the district.
AN EXPLORATION OF MICRO CREDENTIALING, ACCESS AND EQUITY
HAPPENING JUST BEFORE ISTE IN CHICAGO:
Our good friends Bruce Umpstead and Wayne Skipper join conference organizer Noah Geisel.
Badges are cool and important…a very worthwhile listen
THE STATE OF SOCIAL STUDIES 2018
NCSS Executive Director Larry Paska with Board member Mary Ellen Daneels
and Utah Social Studies educator Robert Austin
BOZEMAN , MT SCHOOLS & PROTECTING STUDENT PRIVACY
Linnette Attai of Playwell LLC, Tech expert Tom Unwin join Bozeman’s Tech Director Brad Somers
Thank you ,CoSN
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MAY 2018
HOW LIVE, ONLINE TEACHERS FULFILL CRITICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSIONS
Academic service needs grow and districts need even more qualified educators.
Find out how East Moriches NY school superintendent Dr. Charles Russo handled the challenge with help from iTutor….iTutor’s COO Steve Pines will be joining the conversation.
THE CROSS CURRICULAR ‘CSI FORENSIC ‘ UNIT IN DRIGGS, IDAHO SCHOOLS
I learned about this at ASCD where the teaching team presented. Breaking down the silos,
getting the community involved and getting the kids engaged….who could ask for anything more. We’ve got the teaching team as our guests
THE AASA URBAN ACADEMY
with Morcease Beasley, Superintendent Clayton County (Ga.) Public Schools & Rupak Gandhi, Superintendent, Fargo (N.D.) Public Schools. AASA, The School Superintendents Association, has launched distinct partnerships with Howard University and the University of Southern California to bolster the effectiveness of school district leadership in our nation’s urban areas.The leadership program is designed to prepare individuals for certification and success in urban and increasingly diverse suburban settings. Two of the latest graduates from the program include our guests.
INTERVENTION ! REACHING STRUGGLING READERS
Thanks to our friends at Waterford Institute, we have with us Dr. Gayle White-Wallace, the Director of Pre-K and The Standards Administrator of ELA/Literacy, Reading & Social Studies at NY’s Mount Vernon School District
The UTEACH INSTITUTE
MAKING GREAT STEM TEACHERS
There’s a national UTEACH consortium of colleges making great STEM educators.
Represented today are The University of Houston, University of Kansas and The University of Texas in Austin
Board certification is so important for all educators and NBPTS is the group that does the certifying. Today we’ll be talking with Rich Klein, NBPTS Communications Director and his special guest Sabrina Gates, Executive Director of The Center for Technology and Education in Hillsborough County, FL.
A VERY SPECIAL SHOW
EDUCATORS FROM PUERTO RICO UNIVERSITIES
CREATING A ‘ DISASTER PEDAGOGY’ CURRICULUM
How do we teach our children after a disaster like the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico, tornadoes everywhere, floods in Houston, etc. We have Professors Ricia Anne Chansky and Edward G. Contreras Santiago and award winning author Marci Densiuk on dealing with these terrible situations and creating a way to teach children about how to deal with it all
From USAD, National Director Joyce Swanson and our good friend from AESA, Executive Director Joan Wade
ENSURING EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS
From Cedar Hill ISD in Texas , we have Superintendent Billy Snow,
a former Elementary school Principal of the Year. Thank you Fresh Grade for this introduction
THE NEW DAILY MATH FLUENCY PROGRAM
From our old friends at ETA Hand2Mind, we have Golden Apple award winning educator,
Lindsey Petlak to explain this exciting new product
LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL RURAL COLLEGE ACCESS & SUCCESS SEMINAR
Thank yoU , Executive Director Allen Pratt of NREA for this show on rural workforce development aligning with K-12 to end the skills gap.
THE ED-FI ALLIANCE & SETDA
Ed-FI is a non-profit that empowers educators with comprehensive data
that is secure, accurate and actionable
SOME GREAT THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
We have leading expert and author Vicki Gibson and from Newmark Learning,
VP Eileen Hillebrand
HELPING ENGLISH TEACHERS PERSEVERE!
Great show title from NCTE with guests, authors Professors Leila Christenbury
and Ken Lindblom on “Continuing the Journey” for seasoned professionals
INCLUSION !
MAINSTREAMING SPECIAL ED IN THE CLASSROOM
THE AACTE SPECIAL EDUCATION TASKFORCE
AACTE brings us Dr Renee Roselle from UCONN, Dr Deborah Reed from U North Florida with
AACTE’s Amanda Lester & Dr Jane West
GIFTED EDUCATION: THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AT ADVANCED LEVELS
From Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, we have Dr . Jonathan Plucker.
Dr. Plucker is also President-Elect of The National Association for Gifted Children
IDENTIFYING SCHOOL SUPPORT NEEDS AND THE ‘GET GO’ PROCESS
Returning guest Dr. Howie Knoff on identifying MTSS “Multi-Tiered School Support” Needs.
SCHOOL FACILITIES:
MANAGING THE BALANCE BETWEEN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY USE
I always love doing shows with my friends at Facilitron. This is a subject too long overlooked.
This time Jeff Benjamin brings with him former AASA Supt of the Year
Phil Lanoue who is a great guest whenever he comes on.
They’ll talk about their new “White Paper” on the subject.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
We have one of the experts with us, Dr. Fraser Shein of Quillsoft on Universal Design for Learning
and how AT has grown
“ILA Choices” Reading List
Putting Quality Lit into the Hands of All
Paying increased attention to diversity: Race, Culture, Abilities, Gender with
Terrilynn Lebel Cheney from Maine’s Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing & Julie Scullen of Anoka-Henderson MN schools, former member of ILA’s Board of Directors and former Pres of MN Reading Association
DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE
GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS
TEACH NOW is an amazing company I met at the AACTE Conference.
Founder Dr. Emily Feitstritzer has been revolutionizing teacher education for over 40 years is our guest.
MAKING DIGITAL CONTENT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL
with special guests NWEA’s Director of Accessibility Brian Tosky and Dr. Elizabeth Barker, their Accessibility Lead . We’ll talk on the importance of Universal Design and much much more
PREPARING TEACHERS FOR IMPORTANT &
CHALLENGING LEADERSHIP ROLES IN SCHOOLS
From “The Witch City” in Massachusetts, Salem State U Professors Jacy Ippolito
and Megin Charner-Laird on their new certificate program
Dr. Robert McLaughlin , Executive Director, is our guest.The Collaborative works
with communities to close the digital divide for low income learners.
THE CONVERGENCE OF CONSUMER &
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS
with Dr. Tracy Gray of The American Institutes for Research & The Center on Technology and Disability on integrating technology with the best strategies for educating students
COSN’S ‘EMPOWERED SUPERINTENDENT INITIATIVE”
Supt. Ann Linson of East Noble School Corporation in Indiana and
Supt Mike Winstead of Maryville, TN join Ann McMullan representing COSN
Educator Voice from Smartbrief
with Smartbrief Editor’s Choice Content Award Winner
Matt Miller, Indiana Educator, blogger and author
EMPOWERING NEW TEACHERS THROUGH
CONNECTIONS AND COLLABORATION
Another Smartbrief winner, California’s Lisa Michelle Dabbs, founder
of the New Teacher Chat and Professor at University of La Verne
EXPLORING THE PUBLIC ROLE OF THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL
NAESP’s Ass’t Executive Director,Danny Carlson is our guest
A LOOK AT SPECIAL EDUCATION TODAY
with The Council of Administrators of Special Education, Dr Luann Purcell
and Laurie VanderPloeg, the President of The Council for Exceptional Children
CATHOLIC EDUCATION : SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
There’s a great schedule for Catholic School educators from NCEA.
Learn all about it
ED TECH AND THE FULL LEARNING CYCLE
Waterford Institute’s COO Andy Myers join us on engaging the
entirety of education; students, family, teachers and administration
THE “NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS” PROGRAM OF
with Brian Dulay Executive Director of The Roundtable. Work with your business community!!
A CULTURE OF S.T.E.A.M. EDUCATION IN JANESVILLE WI SCHOOLS
Always promoting equitable education for every student through “Janesville Promises”,we have Stephen Pophal, Janesville Supt. and Josh Truman from Discovery Education who is working with the district to explain it all
INTEGRATING GROWTH MINDSET IN K-6
Thank you Newmark Learning for bringing author and professor Dr. Rosanne Kurstedt,
Assoc. Director of READ East Harlem/Hunter College
Authors Bill Sommers and Diana Zimmerman join us on having the right conversation at the right time.
Creating a partnership of the entire community to bring about STEM Education in an organized manner
ED TECH ,EQUITY AND THE POWER OF USER EXPERIENCE
Ed Tech expert Sean Oakes of The Backpack Interactive
and SOS Brooklyn is our guest
A LOOK AT MANAGING AND CREATING INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
Teachers working together to build better learning. Who’s in charge and how
is it done successfully with educator, blogger and thought leader Starr Sackstein
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APRIL 2018
ED TECH WITH SETDA
QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS YOU CAN USE
SETDA Deputy Executive Director Christine Fox is joined by Utah educator
Alan Griffin, currently Curriculum Content Specialist at the Utah Sate DOE
BRING THE SKY INTO YOUR CLASSROOM
STEM expert Professor Billy Hix returns with tips on science curriculum and using astronomy in your class , even in daylight hours. Every show with Billy Hix is a great one! Treat yourself and listen.
HOW HIGH THE BAR?
TRULY MEASURING U.S. EDUCATION AGAINST OTHER NATIONS
Two great guests…Jim Harvey from The National Supt’s Roundtable and the
Supt of Patchogue Medford (NY) Schools , Michael Hynes
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
PORTFOLIOS AND AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS
Thank you Fresh Grade for bringing us the wisdom and experience of
Dr. Sean Scott, Ass’t Supt. of Medford TX ISD
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM OF TODAY
A real treat calling from The American School of Tegucigalpa Honduras, we have educator Michelle Lagos…thanks to our friends at The Computer Science Teachers Association where she was the first person of Latin American heritage to serve on the board
EMPOWER STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
Our good friend Bruce Umpstead of ScaleUp Education Partners is joined by Eric Butash of The Highlander Institute.The Highlander Institute is an education non-profit organization focused on researching, developing, and disseminating innovative methods to improve outcomes for all learners
LEARN ABOUT THE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATORS
A terrific conference coming to Lake Buena Vista Florida June 13-15.
Explaining it all is LSI’s CEO Michael Toth. Its all about THE POWER OF YOU”
ISTE on IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Ed Tech expert Jaime Donally , author of “Learning Transported, is my guest
EDUCATOR VOICE FROM SMARTBRIEF
Teacher Christina Torres, an 8th Grade English Teacher at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. She has worked with Teach For America, Hope Street Group, the Center for Teacher Quality, and Teaching Tolerance. on her award winning post
CONNECTING THE DOTS
IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES WITH GREAT INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Two Instructional Technologists from Ozarks Technical Community College join us , They use a product called COURSETUNE which is getting rave reviews nationwide , allowing K-20 educators to design proper learning. It is very very cool and your district needs to know about it..
an AASA show
THE AASA DIGITAL CONSORTIUM..APRIL 19-21 IN ST. LOUIS
AASA’s Digital Consortium is co-chaired by
IL Superintendents Mike Lubelfeld and Nick Polyak.
We’ll focus on the critical importance of digital learning and mobilizing school supts
in creating E Leaning environments
A HALLMARK OF PROFESSIONALISM IN SCHOOL COMMUNICATION:
EARNING ACCREDITATION
Every district needs a professional communications officer in an age of family engagement and financial pressures. We have ring Rich Bagin and Karen Kleinz and Jennifer Landes of NSPRA, The National School Public Relations Association, to explain it all.
IT’S POETRY MONTH
Thank you NCTE for bringing us Huntersville, NC AP Lit educator Melissa Smith and her students.Melissa is the creator of the #TeachLivingPoets hashtag
Poetry’s cool. Have no fear. Enjoy the show and
EDUCATOR VOICE
FINDING SUCCESS THE FIRST YEAR:
A SURVIVORS GUIDE FOR NEW TEACHERS
Ann Arbor, MI educator Matt Johnson, a Smartbrief award winning blogger ….
an expert on new teacher trials and tribulation and
an expert on improving writing instruction is my guest
an ASCD show
Developing Educator Capacity within Schools and Systems with author Eleanor Drago-Severson
RETHINKING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
ASCD authors Dr. Brent Duckor and Dr. Carrie Holmberg of the new book,
7 High Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning
GLOBAL EDUCATION, THE QATAR FOUNDATION
AND STUDENTS WORKING WORLDWIDE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Students from the US and Qatari students met in Doha for a sustainability conference called YALLAH C2A. The kids loved it.
We’ve got students involved to talk about their sustainability proposals and ideas.
The Mathical Book Prize aims to share books which inspire a love of math in the everyday world. Each year’s winners and honor books join a selective and ever-growing list of fiction and non-fiction titles for kids of all ages Math professor from the University of Wisconsin in Madison Dr Jordan Ellenberg and Kirsten Bohl of The Mathematical Sciences Outreach Institute join us to discuss the winning titles
MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE
Patti Beltram and ACTE’s Steve DeWitt
PROPER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LEADS TO
NEW FUNDING IN SAN JOSE SCHOOLS
How they’re doing it is explained by ESUHSD. org Assistant Supt of Business Services Marcus Battle. Thank you Facilitron for the introduction
THE ASCA FINALISTS FOR
SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to my guests
Colorado’s Cassie Poncelow of Fort Collins ,
Crystal Brewer from Pinola, MS
and Geoff heckman from Platte City, MO
ALL ABOUT MAGNET SCHOOLS
Todd Mann, the Executive Director of Magnet Schools of America, joins us.
starring the Founder and Chief Academic Officer of the Flipped Learning Global Initiative, the one and only Jon Bergman
NURTURING THE QUIET KIDS IN YOUR CLASSROOM
Returning guest , whole child , connected educator Chrissy Romano, on balancing social emotional learning and advocating for those quiet kids, lessons learned after 25 years in the classroom.
PROTECTING STUDENT DATA PRIVACY
Huge topic as ed tech expands. Thanks to guest Bruce Umpstead,
we have my good pal Lynnette Attai, the renowned expert from Playwell LLC
and Education Daily reporter Emily Brown
PBS: HELPING TO CREATE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS K-12 IN GEORGIA
Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Director of Education Laura Evans is joined by
Discovery Education’s Kelly Hines, the Senior Manager of Community Engagement,
talking about their very unique partnership.
GET TO KNOW DISRUPT ED TV
Champions for students have started a new service for educators. Guests are the founder ,
longtime NJ educator Rich Allen and Michele Hill, World Language and
Special ed educator, consulting to Disrupt ED.
ITS SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH
The gang from AASL is here to help your school celebrate….including Library Month Chair Jillian Ehlers from Queens, NY, Steve Yates , AASL prez, the one and only Sylvia Knight Norton, AASL Exec. Director and AASL Prez-elect Kathryn Root Lewis
LITERACY COACHING: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ILA brings us Dr. Jacy Ippolito from Salem MA State University, Chair of the Secondary and Higher Ed Department and Dr. Rita Bean, Professor Emerita from the U of Pittsburgh on the specialized role of Literacy Coach
E SPORTS IN EDUCATION…STEM
In addition to Friday Night Lights, you need to know about E sports for your school , focusing on what Orange County CA has done with UC-Irvine Professor of Informatics Constance Steinkueler , Gerald Solomon of the Samueli Foundation and also Head of School at Samueli Academy , Anthony Saba are my guests.
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MARCH 2018
ACCESSIBILITY IN EDUCATION
Guest Steve Nordmark works with The National Center
on Accessible Educational Materials at CASTand is an expert on this topic
which is affecting every school and company in education.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES TO MAKE YOUR SCHOOL SITES WORK FOR YOU
Thank you FACILITRON for setting us up with Los Gatos CA SchooL Superintendent Diana Abbati who just presented at The Coalition for Affordable School Housing conference . Diana is an expert in facilities management,
this show is a ‘must listen” for district administrators.
A SUPERINTENDENT’S VIEWS ON TEACHER EVALUATION
My special guest is Superintendent /author Dr. PJ Caposey
of Meridian CUSD 223 in IL.
HOW SUPERINTENDENTS LEAD EARLY LEARNING
Thank you Waterford Institute for bringing back a favorite guest from AASA, Mort Sherman
along with Anne Brown, VP of the Waterford’s Education Division
SHARING STORIES OF HOPE AND HEROISM FOR STUDENTS K-12
Going to be an interesting show with a group called MY HERO being used by K-12 educators worldwide.
GIFTED EDUCATION
20 years in and going strong…advancing education for gifted children,
President Betsy Jones is our guest
EDUCATOR VOICE …Presented by SMARTBRIEF
Editor’s Choice Content Award Winner from New Jersey, educator Mike Dunlea visits
to discuss his post (higlighted above) on changing jobs, positions in education.
PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
& TECHNOLOGIES K-12
More on accessibility with The Director of
Cynthia Curry..focusing on the definition of accessibility and
how educational producers and school districts need to react
GROWTH OR PROFICIENCY…IN K-12
starring the curriculum director of Snake River, Idaho schools and current Commissioner on the state’s Public/charter schools commission, Sharilynn Bair;
an expert on aligning curriculum and assessment to improve student learning.
Co-starring Ms Bair’s guest, Kelly Tolman, “2nd grade teacher extraordinaire”.
DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS AND PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT
Meet the large and successful ISTE award winning Surrey School District of British Columbia and their Curriculum and Innovation Specialist Karen Fadum and their District Principal of Communicating Student Learning Antonio Vendramin.
Thanks for setting this up, Fresh Grade
LIVE FROM COSN
FIRST OF TWO SHOWS LIVE FROM THE CONFERENCE
This one with Board members Tom Vander Ark and Valerie Truesdales who is the CTO of Charlotte- Mecklenberg Schools in NC. Tom run “Getting Smart…..and , of course, Keith Krueger of COSN will be with us
A CCSSO SHOW
HOW STATES ARE REACTING TO ESSA
Looking forward to having Carissa Miller , the interim Executive Director of CCSSO on to discuss states leading in ESSA, Equity Issues and a new effort to spotlight best practices nationwide
LIVE FROM COSN : PART DEAUX
with COSN/ Networking experts Project Director Paula Maylahn, CTO for Bartholomew Schools in IN Mike Jamerson and Cosn Board Chair , CIO Sante FE NM schools, Tom Ryan
SCHOOL DISTRICT DATA ANALYSIS AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
Dr. Michael Lance of “ExceLance Data” is joined by his colleague Chris Brown
on their findings, research and methods for you to reduce error, gain time
and establish practices that work. Smart guys, great ideas.
LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE IN K-12 EDUCATION
Renowned author , educator and consultant Jimmy Casas is my guest
SUPPORTING ARTS EDUCATION
Jane Best of The Arts Education Partnership is my guest……extremely important topic for schools today
THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORING ELA EDUCATORS
An NCTE show with Anna J Roseboro on NCTE efforts in mentoring
EARLY LITERACY AND THE NEWLY LAUNCHED MAP
READING FLUENCY ASSESSMENT
From NWEA, we have Dr Cindy Jiban and Jennifer Knestrick on how it was created and how it works.
EDWEB.NET NOW APPROVED FOR PD CREDIT IN SEVERAL STATES
It’s Edweb’s 10th anniversary, we wanted to let you know about your opps for PD credits…and what the process is for Lisa Schmucki and educator Melissa Hodgson to make it happen.
THE RURAL RESEARCH AGENDA AND FROM LAST WEEK
with the co-chairs of the agenda team Drs. Greg Montalvo and
Victoria Schafer plus NREA Executive Director Dr. Allen Pratt
RESOURCES FOR LEADERS
AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER LEARNING
NAESP’s Honor Fede on the completion of their new resource report.
HOW BRITISH COLUMBIA’S SURREY SCHOOLS
ARE LEADING CANADA’S DIGITAL TRANSITION
Superintendent Jordan Tinney joins Discovery’s VP of Ed Partnerships Andy Schaefer
for a lively conversation on digital conversion. Learn by example, eh?
ENHANCING MATH TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TACOMA SCHOOLS
Tacoma Superintendent Carla Santorno and Math Instruction Facilitator Laura Bower
with Math Consultant, former NCTM Prez , Professor Dr Mike Shaughnessy
MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION
Two great and enjoyable experts return, Dr. Faith Rogow and Cynthia Scheibe,
both founding members and officers at NAMLE.
SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPAL PIPELINE
Assistant Superintendents Glenn Pethel of Gwinnett Cty, GA and Tricia Mcmanus
of Hillsborough County, FL along with The Wallace Group’s Director of Ed Leadership, Jody Spiro
GETTING HOMES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNTIES INVOLVED
THE PRACTICES FRAMEWORK FOR GIFTED CHILDREN
Dr. Brian Housand of East Carolina University and M. Rene Islas, the Executive Director of NAGC
on strategies and resources
THE EDUCATOR WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL
SMARTBRIEF EDITOR’S CHOICE CONTENT AWARD
I not only have the winners Kerry Gallagher , an educator from Danvers, MA and Brian Sztabnik, a lead English Teacher from Long Island NY , we also have the editor herself,
the one and only, Melissa Greenwood.
CAMPUS EQUITY COHORTS
A favorite guest returns , Professor Amelia Gamel on working with First Gen college students
Two terrific thought leaders, old friends of Edutalk and ASCD authors
Drs.Bill Parrett and Kathleen Budge, professors at Boise State on their newest book
“THIS WE BELIEVE”
The Officers of AASL are here again. School libraries are more important than ever
and these new standards will make a great difference in their effectiveness.
A must listen for Superintendents/school boards and librarians
CATHOLIC EDUCATION
THE NCEA 2018 CONVENTION
I love that it occurs Easter Week. They didn’t mention an Easter Egg hunt but we’ll talk about the great things
that NCEA has planned for the conference; exhibitors, PD, and Keynotes, etc.
ADMINISTRATORS AS LITERACY LEADERS
An ILA show all about the ILA West 2018 conference with Jenna Shumsky
Exec Director of the Middle School Quality Initiative in NYC schools
and Ass’t Supt of Allendale MI schools, Dr. Julia Reynolds
LIVE SHOWS FROM THE AACTE CONFERENCE
That’s the American Association of Colleges in Teacher Ed and I’ll be in Baltimore doing live shows from the event. Teacher Prep , undergrad and graduate, is so darn important these days as our education world keeps changing.
Hear what’s going on from the Deans and Professors attending
SHOW #1 LISTEN HERE
SHOW #2 LISTEN HERE
SHOW #3 LISTEN HERE
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FEBRUARY 2018
ED TECH OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING…ARE WE LISTENING
South Portland ME schools Ed Tech Director and Treasurer of ACTEM , Maine’s ISTE affiliate, faculty member at Maine’s Graduate College of Education
and former school librarian,Andy Wallace.
Its the first time CSTA has visted. Our guest is their new Executive Director
Jake Baskin on the organizations goals and opportunities
THE UPCOMING ED TECH ADVOCACY AND POLICY SUMMIT
the Ed Tech Advocacy and Policy Summit March 14 and 15. Thanks to SETDA for setting up this show.
BUILDING A SUITE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES
IN WICHITA FALLSTEXAS SCHOOLS
We’re joined by a terrific Superintendent Mike Kuhrt,, named “Tech Savvy Supt of the Year”
by The Texas Chief Technology Officers Council. A shoutout to Waterford Institute for introducing me to Mike.
an ISTE show
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
Dr. Kristen Mattson, ISTE author of ‘DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP IN ACTION, and
High School Library Media Specialist is my guest.
SCHOOL VIOLENCE: THE NEVER ENDING CONVERSATION
Yeah, I know, bad week last week. We’ll talk about Broward and school violence with two experts Drs. Jared Sherz and Dr Jane Bluestein
an NCTE show
BUILDING CONVERSATIONS AROUND RACE AND EQUITY
Tonya Perry on The African American Read In and Cultural Pedagogy.
SCHOOL CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION IN MARTIN COUNTY KY
Project Achieve’s Howie Knoff on the work being done at the school district…the continuing story…with Martin Co. school psychologist Paul Baker
CELEBRATING TEACHER PREP AT THE AACTE CONFERENCE
Want to understand what’s really going on in teacher prep. Rod Lucero and Matt Wales of The American Association of Colleges in Teacher Education on the upcoming Baltimore conference where, FYI, I will be doing live shows.
AMERICA’S SCHOOLS AND “OPERATION PREVENTION” FROM THE US DEA
The Opioid epidemic and the program DEA has started with the help of the team at Discovery Ed. Sean Fearns from DEA, their pretty amazing Chief of Community Outreach is my guest. This is important and its the 2nd show we’ve done to help get the word out
CIVICS: TEACHERS IMPROVING DEMOCRACY
The Constitutional Rights Foundation: Thoughts and materials for your classroom with CRF’s President Marshall Croddy
EDUCATOR VOICE
USING TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT FAMILIES TO YOUR CLASSROOM
North Carolina based, Board Certified Educator Cristie Watson, a 5th grade teacher, on her EdWeek post on family engagement
EDUCATOR VOICE
A SHIFTING PARADIGM AT A LONG ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
We’re joined by a terrific principal, Lori Koerner ,
a real agent of change for her school and district
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL STUDENTS
HOW ASSISTIVE ED TECH ENHANCES TEACHING AND LEARNING
Tracy Gray, an expert on the subject as Managing Director of the American Institutes for Research section on Tech Integration is my guest …about breaking down the silos.
ALL LEARNERS MUST BENEFIT FROM ED TECH…
THE ROLE OF DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS IN THE SCHEME OF ED TECH
Distinguished Texas educator, Superintendent Mike Cardonas of San Marcos CISD with Fresh Grade’s Steve Wandler on
continuing evaluation working to the benefit of all while improving text score district wide.
CULTIVATING AND GROWING YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK
EDWEB. NET ‘s Lisa Schmucki with very well Connected Educators Steve Anderson and Shaelynn Farnsworth
an NCSS show
THE NEW STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS
My good friend, NCSS Executive Director Larry Paska brings with him Dr. Brandie Benton , Admissions (Associate) Provost at Henderson State
and Dr Alex Cuenca of Indiana U, chair of the NCSS Task Force on Teacher Ed
1030a
LAUNCHING THE ARABIC HONOR SOCIETY
Arabic is one of the hot choices out there for cultural and foreign language course work K-12.
Hence Qatar Foundation International has established the Arabic Honor Society, all explained by QFI’s Connor Seidenschwarz.
THE SALISBURY TOWNSHIP (PA) SCHOOL DISTRICT
& THEIR “SHIFT YOUR PARADIGM’ PODCAST
Superintendent (and returning guest) Dr. Randy Ziegenfuss and Assistant Supt Lynn Fuini-Hetten
on what they’ve learned from their podcast and being part of the “Profile of a Graduate” program
LIVE FROM TCEA
We’ve gathered a group of companies at the conference in the PR with Panache suite for a
look at what’s happening with new products an services at the event
A SIMPLER WAY TOWARDS INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Co-founders of COURSETUNE Diane Weaver and Dr. Maria Anderson on this exciting
new software that is creating waves K-20
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE RECRUITING OF EDUCATORS
My special guest, visiting the US from his International school in Shenzhen, China , is Principal Darin Carney on the difference in teaching at an international school, the excitement of doing so, recruiting a diverse student body and how educators can get involved
9a
‘COLLECTIVE EFFICACY’ : BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL CULTURE
Our guests are thought leaders and retired administrators Bill Sommers and Diane Zimmerman from LearningOmnivores.com
on the changing face of rebuilding school culture and communication for all involved.
a CCSSO show
A VISIT WITH MINNESOTA’S COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION..
EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE SUPER BOWL STATE
Education Chief Dr. Brenda Casellius is my guest on
leading purposeful, collaborative change grounded in effective strategies.
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA SCHOOLS :
BOOSTING S.T.E.M. AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING
Assistant Superintendent of Elementary education Get Nichols is joined by
Discovery’s Director of Education Partnerships, Kelly Hoce on the district’s new initiative.
an ASCA SHOW
THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR
Congratulations Kirsten Perry of Lawndale Academy in Chicago.
Counselors are more important these days than ever and are sometimes
the unsung heroes in saving kids and keeping them on track. This’ll be a good and important listen
a LEARNING FIRST/AASA show
A LOOK AT SUPERINTENDENTS WORK NATIONWIDE
Learning First Alliance Executive Director Rich Long and his guest Dan Domenech, ED of AASA.
SPEAKING OF GREAT COUNSELORS
THE NATIONAL WINNER OF THE 2018 CAREER/TECH GUIDANCE AWARD
Matthew Gambill of the Georgia ACTE branch and his very special guest,
National Winner Sharon Barrow of the Ware County School System in Waycross, GA,
on the importance of great counseling for CTE students.
JANUARY 2018
an ASCD show
GIFTED EDUCATION
REACHING FULL POTENTIAL
Renowned expert Jim Delisle on his new book
USING SEL LEARNING TO MEASURE
PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
We welcome Julie Brock, school psychologist in Brockton MA schools
( an urban district next to Boston) and Aperture Ed’s Lisa -Anne Williams,
both experts in the real uses of social-emotional learning.
SUPPORTING A COLLABORATIVE DIGITAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
We welcome Extreme Network‘s Bob Nilsson and Jill Pierce
for a look at wireless networking in K-12 schools.
HOW AND WHY YOUNGSTOWN OH SCHOOLS EXPANDED
THEIR WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Youngstown school CEO Krish Mohip is joined by Rosetta Stone‘s
Vicky Robl, the Sr. Director of Education Sales.
SPECIAL ED SUCCESS IN TRENTON NJ SCHOOLS
Good old Trenton, capital of New Jersey and as every Amtrak rider knows, “Trenton Makes, The World Takes. You’re part of the world, so take great info from this show.Thank you Waterford Institute for setting us up with the Chief Academic Officer at Trenton schools,
Elizabeth DeJesus
We have the authors, three great superintendents PJ Caposey, Nick Polyak and Mike Lubelfeld on the importance of involving ,..and listening to… the ‘customers’
EDUCATOR VOICE
with educator/administrator STARR SACKSTEIN on SHARING
Nobody’s better than my old friend Starr, a top flight connected educator, author of 8 books and well known blogger who just was recognized as an Editor’s Choice winner for her post on “Sharing”with colleagues and the community.
an AASA show
SCHOOL SAFETY
An educator’s worst nightmare is an act of violence in school. CrisisGo founder Bill Reynolds and AASA Executive Committee member Joe Erardi are my AASA guests.
A cutting edge interdisciplinary K-8 resource designed to enhance core curriculum and bring STEM to life in your classrooms. Discovery Education’s Bob Onsi and Camsie McAdams explain it all.
Listen Here
Listen Here
K-12 EDUCATORS & DIGITAL BADGES
Concentric Sky’s Wayne Skipper returns with some great insights on
how badges affect lifelong learning and the new open software called BADGR.
a CIVICS EDUCATION show
CULTIVATING INFORMED CITIZENS AND LEADERS
Such an important topic because the title of this show is the whole reason we created Public Education..and we have to teach it. Two great Guests: Kamy Akhavan, CEO of the great website, Procon.org and Tony Pennay the Chief Learning officer at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
an EDWEB.NET show
LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY: HELPING ALL READERS
Edweb brings us school principal, ISTE author , blogger and speaker
Dr. Rob Furman on his new edition of Technology, Reading & Digital Literacy
TEACHER VOICE ON AUTHENTIC LEARNING
AWARD WINNING NJ EDUCATOR CHRISSY ROMANO
Chrissy’s terrific post on Edsurge, linked above, won this
month’s editorial award from Smartbrief.com.
NBPTS AND THEIR WORK WITH
THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Being a Certified Educator is one of the best things any educator can do for themselves or the profession. NBPTS’s Michelle Accardi on the work they are doing with the talented and dedicated educators nationwide in Indian Ed, a too often overlooked part of American Education.
an NSPRA show
SCHOOL PR
COMBATING NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS,
1 #TWEETCHER AT A TIME
Rich Bagin, Executive Director and special guest Greg Curchetta of Collier County FL schools.
We’ll learn together what in heck a ‘tweetcher’ is !!!
a COSN show
ARE YOU READY FOR 2018?
Listen to COSN CEO Keith Krueger and our favorite New Mexican Chairman of the COSN Board Tom Ryan on privacy, networking, infrastructure and professional development for tech leaders.
A PLAYBOOK FOR VIDEO POWERED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Edthena ‘s CEO Adam Geller on his new book
an ILA show
A CLOSE LOOK AT ILA’s “WHAT’S HOT IN LITERACY” REPORT
Great guests give us a deeper look: Marcie Craig Post, Executive Director and
ILA’s Board VP Bernadette Dwyer.
THE NEW MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION REPORT ON EL EDUCATION
A subject dear to my heart as my wife was an ELL educator. The fastest growing population in education is so important and we’ve got MHE’s Heath Morrison and Jana Echevarria of Cal State, Long Beach to explain what’s happening out there.
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND THEIR ‘EXCELLENCE FOR ALL’ INITIATIVE
They’re radically trying to change education in Boston and
we’ve got Dr. Regine Phillippeaux-Pierre to explain it in detail
OPEN BADGING AND
THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
My opening guest for the year is Wayne Skipper, the founder of Concentric Sky
on the future of education credentials and assessment
Just above, click through to an award winning post on Edutopia. We’ll talk about it with its author Andrea Marshbank, a 2nd year teacher of English and already a consultant for The National Writing Project. Thank you Smartbrief for this great selection as this month’s winning blogger
LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR ASPIRING AND EMERGING LEADERS
Returning guest Jennifer Abrams on ‘swimming in the deep end’ .
an NAESP show
K-8 AFTERSCHOOL AND…YES…SUMMER LEARNING
We have NAESP President Brian K. Partin, middles school Principal from Kingston TN and Brian, veen in our recent deep freeze, looks at being prepared for Summer Learning….and making your current afternoon programs work even better.
an AASL show
THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARY STANDARDS
Librarians, Principals, Superintendents, Teachers….with the library being the hub of media literacy and all literacy in your school, learn about the new standards with the officers of AASL.
DECEMBER 2017
THE ‘LOVE IN A BIG WORLD’ K-8 CURRICULUM
Basically SEL and Character Ed in a Big World with Curriculum creator Tamara Fyke
a LEARNING FIRST ALLIANCE show
THE NEW REPORT
“10 million speak: Schools where Learning is the Core
13 Educational organizations on their combined vision
for schools today with Dr. Rich Long, Executive Director
MICROSOFT’S COMMITMENT TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
EDUCATION & DIGITAL SKILLS FOR ALL
Jane Broom, Senior Director of Microsoft’s Philanthropies is my guest.
K-12 SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
COLLEGE RECOMMENDED TO CREATE COLLEGE READY STUDENTS
Evolution Labs Peter Kraft on how this works for K-12 SEL and Character Education
an AACTE show
A PROFESSIONAL CONSISTENT LEXICON FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
AS ED STUDENTS DO MORE AND MORE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
You depend on Higher Ed to train your future teachers correctly and they’re doing it. Learn about the new report with AACTE’s Rod Lucero and two George Mason U Education professors
NET NEUTRALITY CHANGES AND THEIR EFFECT ON SCHOOLS
Oh, the times might be a’changing.
I’ve got FCC expert , president of Funds for Learning, John Harrington on what K-12 needs to know.
an NCEA show
THE DAY OF GIVING IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION
Perfectly timed for the week before Xmas, we’ve got Matt Russell and Gaby Gallagher from The National Catholic Educational Association.
FREE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP RESOURCES
Brainpop’s new free collection for educators with their Director of Engagement Jessica Millstone.
a CCSSO show
ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH A STATE EDUCATION LEADER
We welcome, from our glorious Midwest, Nebraska’s State Commissioner Matt Blomstedt
an AASA Show
THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST INITIATIVE
Last week, AASA, The School Superintendents Association, announced its latest school breakfast initiative, Feeding Hungry Minds: Superintendent Leadership for Alternative School Breakfast Programs. This program will reach more than 90,000 students in eight school districts around the country with guests Kenneth Eastwood, Superintendent, Enlarged City School District of Middletown; Middletown, N.Y. and Kayla Jackson, Project Director, AASA
Authors of the “Quick Reference Guide on Media Literacy’,
Faith Rogow and Cyndy Scheibe are my guests
FEEDBACK FROM LEADERS THAT CHANGES TEACHER PRACTICE
From “The Principal Center”, Director Justin Baeder,
an ACTE show
GREAT EDUCATORS IN CTE
From ACTE’s recent ‘VISION” conference , their two National Award winners ,
Teacher of the Year NY’s Linda Romano and Admin of the Year, TX’s Donna McKethan
an NCTE show
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND BILINGUAL STUDENTS.
Steve Alvarez, St. John’s College Prof ,Teacher at
The University of KY and author of a book on the subject is my guest
a COSN show
THE ‘CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITY’ TOOLKIT
Tracy Gray , nationally recognized leader in ed tech
and assistive technology, is joined by Mike Jamerson, Tech Director at Batholomew (IN) schools & Holly Doe, Tech Director, Pelhams NH schools my guest
A PRESENTERS VIEW OF FETC 2018: WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
with Randy Ziegenfuss , Superintendent of the Salisbury Township School District in Pennsylvania. He will be presenting or co-presenting 6 sessions at the 2018 Future of Education Technology Conference and presenter from LA area, Assistive Technology/Program Specialist Jennifer Park.
LIBRARIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON LEARNING
From the Boston Public Library, we have Director of Library Services,Deb Froggatt, a former school librarian and two current school librarians, elementary librarian Morgan Van Clief and Fenway High’s Bonnie Mcbride all focusing on helping neediest students
WE WELCOME THE 2017 NATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES
TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
Three great educators K thru 12, the NCSS award winners:
NY’s Kate Hunter, TN’s Erin Glenn and KY’s Ryan New.
Co-hosting with me is NCSS Executive Director Larry Paska
CIVICS EDUCATION IN A NEW POLITICAL AGE
Curriculum and ideas from returning Guest Marshall Croddy
K-5 LEARNERS & DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS
FOR PARENT/EDUCATOR TRANSPARENCY
The early years are the most important.
Fresh Grade CEO Chris Besse offers his insights.
THE RIGHT STUFF
SCHOOL PR IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
Director Communications Nicole Kirby of Park Hill Schools in MO
is joined by Rich Bagin of NSPRA.
Science teacher Meg Richard of Olathe KS wrote an award winning blog post (linked above) and was named Smartbrief‘s Editor’s Choice Content Award winner for this month. Here what she’s doing
SCHOOL BOARDS AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY
NSBA president Kevin Ciak returns.
He’ll give us the national update on this crucial issue.
MATCHING BEGINNING READERS TO TEXT
Meet Kindergarten teacher Elizabeth Faulkner and Metametrics founder/CEO Malbert Smith III as they speak on building reading skills for young children
FINALLY A ‘CTE’ CURRICULUM FOR FUTURE TEACHERS
Meet Whitney Wilson, a Family and Consumer Science HS teacher in Texas and Megan O’Quinn of ICEV about the new curriculum available
BE PREPARED FOR THE NEW E RATE FILING WINDOW
Get every dime you deserve. Listen to Funds For Learning expert Micah Rigon
an NCTE show
POLICE REPORT WRITERS AND READERS
IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
MIssouri State prof Dr. Leslie Seawright on a very cool topic.
RURAL EDUCATION
INNOVATION IN APPLACHIA
Featuring The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative,
getting rural students college and career ready.
E RATES and the HOMEWORK GAP ON THE BRINK
My guest Jon Bernstein is an expert in Federal Policy
and is President of The Bernstein Group , an advisory group on Education policy
PLACE BASED INSTRUCTION?
PLACED BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COMES FIRST
Smartbrief Award winning educational blogger, Crista Anderson
Principal/Superintendent of a K-8 school in rural Montana is my honored guest
DIGITAL TRANSITION IN A
LARGE SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
We’ll spend some time wit Dr Kevin Maxwell, Supt. of Prince George’s County MD and check out the good things happening there with Matt Monjan , Discovery Ed’s VP of Educational Partnerships
SUPPORTING ELL’S THROUGH BLENDED LEARNING
Goals, Practice and Evaluation with guest Dr. Lisa Frumkes of Rosetta Stone.
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NOVEMBER 2017
EDUCATION ,JUSTICE & SOCIAL ACTION
IN MIAMI DADE SCHOOLS
Students and activists are concerned that there is a ‘school to prison” pipeline and we have a group of students and researchers who recently put out a report on this. A group called “The Advancement Project” offers alternatives
AASA SUPERINTENDENTS ON THE NATIONWIDE IMPACT OF ‘PERSONALIZED LEARNING’
Valerie Truesdale, Ass’t Supt. at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Jeff Thake, the Superintendent in Amboy, IL
SIX ARGUMENTS WHY SCHOOLS SHOULD BE DIFFERENT
Smartbrief brings us award winning blogger
Dr Scott McLeod from the University of Colorado (Denver),
AUTHOR JOHN ARTHUR LONG ON HIS NOVEL
“The Mean”, an incredibly well-reviewed novel combines a thriller plot with a public high school background and explores the nature of true learning against the best and worse of public education
SCIENCE EDUCATION
LEARN ABOUT ” THE MOLECULARIUM”
AND THE NEW APP
Dr Richard Siegal from Rensselaer’s Nanotechnology Center has been with us before. Have your students enter the world of molecules, fun and easier than ever with the new app.
CODING AND CHILDRENS TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Krishna Vedati, founder of Tynker.com on the importance of STEM Learning at an early age with an emphasis on “language instruction, i.e., the language of coding.
THE EVER CHANGING WORLD OF
SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS
with Tim Carroll, CIO of Allen (TX) ISD & Rich Bagin of NSPRA
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN HIGH LEVEL THINKING
ASCD author Erik Francis on ‘Depth of Learning”
STATE ESSA PLANS AND
THE EDUCATOR EQUITY ISSUE
with NCTQ’s Elizabeth Ross.
Listen and Learn from the group that represents teacher quality
THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNER AGENCY
AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN TODAY’S SCHOOLS
NC State’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is back. Always a terrific show with Professors Nancy Mangum and Mary Ann Wolf who work with schools and leaders all over the country
DIGITAL ASSESSMENT
SUPPORTING STUDENTS & PARENTS FOR
EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Learn how the educational community can teach parents to fully understand and monitor their child’s progress. Andrea Keith of Fresh Grade is my guest!
LIVE
FROM THE W.I.S.E WORLDWIDE EDUCATION CONFERENCE
IN DOHA, QATAR
Thanks to my friends at The Qatar Foundation International,, we have three international education entrepreneurs as my guests:
Christine Renaud, CEO e180
Arnold Fu, Founder and CEO of Hujiand EdTech and
Nathan Martin of Matterfund
THE LEARNING AND SOCIAL INNOVATIONS
AT WEST VALLEY (WA) SCHOOL DISTRICT
Join Superintendent Mike Brophy and some of his faculty and administrators as they talk about some great things going on in rural Washington state.
LITERACY AS A PATHWAY TO EQUITY
Board President Dr. Douglas Miller of The International Literacy Association is my guest…and a look at their new event, ILA West
TRANSFORMING TEACHER PREP
AACTE guests from various universities explain the Teacher Quality Grant Program
a CCSSO SHOW
PRESENTING WYOMING’S STATE SUPERINTENDENT JILLIAN BALOW
on MANAGING A RURAL STATES EDUCATION
COSN’s ANNUAL INFRASTRUCTURE SURVEY
with IL District 214 Chief of Tech Keith Bockwoldt and
COSN Project Director Paula Maylahn
WHAT SCHOOL LEADERS , TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CAN LEARN
FROM THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
An ASCD show with the authors of
Harvey Alvy and Pam Robbins
The IGNITE MY FUTURE IN SCHOOL Initiative
Tata Consultant Services is sponsoring this initiative in a partnership with Discovery Education, Lina Klebanov, Corporate Social Responsibility at Tata and Charmion Kinder from Discovery join me
January 23-26 in Orlando Make your plans to attend.
We’ll give you the reasons why!
FOR THE INDUSTRY
THE EDUCATION BUSINESS FORUM FROM ETIN
Bridget Foster, Managing Director of ETIN is my guest.
HOW ONLINE PROGRAMS ARE FILLING THE GAP IN PRE-K
Quantifiable success is available now .
We’ll have Waterford’s Rich Stombres to explain it all.
an NAGC show
A REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR GIFTED EDUCATION
Executive Director M. Rene Islas with Board Member
Angela Housand on their Whole Child initiative and the goings on at the Charlotte conference.
CHARACTER EDUCATION and
EDWEB.NET bring us Jason Robbins, 12th Grade Government and Economics teacher at Steele Canyon HS in San Diego on teaching the value of Sacrifice and Courage. Joining us, of course, Lisa Schmucki, EDWEB Founder
THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY AND
ITS RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS
Rich Long of Learning First is my guest on how education
has been impacted and how it is reacting.
a CIVICS show
CIVICS : AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MISSION AT
LEYDEN HIGH SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS
Listen to Superintendent Nick Polyak, teachers and students.
A LOOK AT CANADIAN EDUCATION AND
THE UPCOMING ED TECH CONFERENCE
Robert Martelacci of Mindshare Learning , the Guru of Canadian Ed, is my guest
a S.T.E.M. SHOW
THE AMGEN FOUNDATION …
GRANTS FOR THE AMGEN BIOTECH
EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
From the Amgen team, we have Rebecca Lewis
and from WestEd research, she is joined by Andrew Grillo-Hall
THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION
IN THIS COMMUNICATIONS AGE
Language Magazine joins us in the persona of Publisher Dan Ward.
OCTOBER 2017
A CCSSO show
GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN EDUCATION IN MISSSISSIPPI
with the boss, Dr. Carey Wright, Mississippi’s State Superintendent.
PRESENTING AN EXPERT IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
What could be more timely! Thanks a lot, Mr. Weinstein, you jerk! Expert and a wonderful returning guest, Attorney Kathleen Conn on
“Dear Colleague letters and Sexual Misconduct”
1030 a
FOR STRUGGLING READERS…FOR ESL
ALL ABOUT NOAH TEXT
Company founder Sarah Blodgett is my guest
COLLEGES OF EDUCATION’S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PRODUCE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS
AACTE Vice President Rodrick Lucero introduces the framework for the national effort that colleges of education are undertaking to advance special education with
Brian R. Barber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Special Education Kent State University Valeisha Ellis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & edTPA Coordinator, Spelman College Education Department and Karmen Kelly, Business Officer, School of Social Work, Colorado State University
A Collaborative Guide
The expert, The Guru…The Sultan of Science and School Safety Dr. Ken Roy returns to talk about his newest book, co-written by Dr. Tyler S.Love. I promise you’ll learn a lot. Ken is the safety Compliance Office in Glastonbury CT schools…Listen to this one
SCHOOLS FOR RIGOR..
How Learning Sciences International works with schools
to promote Student Learning and Growth
SOCIAL STUDIES
with NCSS President Terry Cherry and Executive Director Larry Paska
FUNDS FOR LEARNING presents
COSN on
IT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Considering the hurricanes, the fires etc, please listen to returning guests Lenny Schad, Chief Technology Officer, Houston ISD, Dustin Hardin, Executive Director of Technology Services, Humble ISD and Keith Krueger, CEO, CoSN
WRITING A WINNING GRANT PROPOSAL
Learn all about it from our resident expert Ashley Pereira,
founder of Greater Good Consultants
founder of Greater Good Consultants
THE THICK OF THIN THINGS
How social media use by educators is changing education.
Has it played out? Is is too shallow? Listen to Steve Hargadon of Learning Revolution Project
EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN EARLY EDUCATION
Prince George’s County MD is doing it right . It’s the Terri and Meri show….Listen to PGC educators Teri Jefferson and Meri Robinson.
Thanks Waterford Institute for this introduction
A LOOK AT MENTOR TEACHING
Oregon Educator Doug Robertson on the creative aspect of mentoring new teachers
an AASA show
EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
When it comes to equity and justice in education, superintendents have a major role to play. Wendy Robinson, superintendent, Ft. Wayne Community Schools, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Bryan Joffe, project director, AASA
an NCTE SHOW
THE NATIONAL DAY OF WRITING
UWisconsin Professor Holly Hassel and author of “How to Host a Write-In”, is our guest …about hosting a Write-In for this NCTE celebration
RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPALS
We welcome NAESP Executive director Dr L.Earl Franks as we celebrate the beginning of National Principals Month.
an ISTE SHOW
LEADING PERSONALIZED AND DIGITAL LEARNING
with superstar educators from The Friday Institute for Education Innovation at NC State.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
A PREVIEW OF THE NATIONAL FFA CONFERENCE
an NCTE SHOW
A PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING CONFERENCE
starring NCTE president and Mark Twain Scholar Jocelyn A. Chadwick
PROMOTING PROJECT BASED ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING
My guest is Richard Kincaid, Chief Innovation Officer at ECORISE
RURAL EDUCATION
NREA’s CENTENNIAL RURAL FORUM AND RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Listen to Dr Allen Pratt Executive Director on this important segment of education
an ASCD show
HOW TO AVOID FADS AND FOCUS ON LEARNING
ASCD author of FIGHTING FOR CHANGE IN YOUR SCHOOLS, Harvey Alvy is my guest
MEDICAID IN EDUCATION…so freaking important
We’ll preview the upcoming conference of The National Alliance with Executive Director John Hill and Wayne Cty MI’s Diector of Medicaid Reimbursement Kathleen Merry
EDWEB.NET brings us DIGITAL PROMISE
SUPPORTING EDUCATORS WITH ONLINE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
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SEPTEMBER 2017
MAKING STUDENT LEARNING VISIBLE AT ARLINGTON ,TEXAS ISD
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THE VALUE OF MID-LEVEL EDUCATION and
A PREVIEW OF THE AMLE CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 6-8
NSBA on THE IMPORTANT INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS , PARENTS AND SCHOOL BOARDS
NASP: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS re: SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF DISASTERS; NATURAL OR MAN MADE
TEACHING CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
Don’t be scared…use Procon.org. Both sides of Every Issue. Learn about it
THE ASCD/BOSTON COLLEGE WHOLE CHILD, WHOLE PERSON SUMMIT
ASCD‘S Sean Slade and BC professor Dennis Shirley on Changing the Message in Schools of Education to bring about classroom change.
SUPPORTING ARABIC AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN US SCHOOLS
The benefits and challenges of an Arabic language program from , QFI‘s Kelly Doffing and Washington DC based teacher Alexander Porcelli are my guests
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER QUALITY:
A look at the national teacher shortage with Hannah Putnam
NOON
AASA, THE SUPERINTENDENT’S ASSOCIATION,
SCHOOL SECURITY AND CODE COMPLIANCE WITH AN AMAZING QUARTET OF SCHOOL SAFETY EXPERTS
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NCTE : BANNED BOOKS WEEK
S.T.E.A.M. EDUCATION IN FORT MILLS .S.C. SCHOOLS
We welcome Superintendent Dr.Chuck Epps Jr and from Discovery Education, VP of Educational Partnerships,Rob Warren.
SCHOOLS CREATING THE TALENT PIPELINE IN AGRICULTURE
FFA CEO Mark Poeschl is my guest to prove that
there’s great opportunity for your students in an Ag career.
VISIT CUTTING EDGE DISTRICTS
VIA NSBA SCHOOL DISTRICT SITE VISITS
NSBA’s Ann Flynn and her host districts of E.Irondequoit NY’s &
Greenville County NC are my guests
FOR THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY..AND ALL EDUCATORS
A PREVIEW OF THE EDNET CONFERENCE , SEPT 2017
Vicki Bigham, EDNET Conference Director is joined by old friend Robert Iskander of School Messenger and my new best friend Megan Harney, CEO of MIDAS Education
CCSSO’S TEACHERS OF THE YEAR VISIT SPACE CAMP
The out of this world adventures of MA’s Sydney Chafee, NY’s Amy Hysick and AZ’s Michelle Doherty
FOR THE INDUSTRY
THE IMPORTANCE OF USING QUALITY DATA IN YOUR MARKETING
MCH Data’s Larry Buchweitz is my guest with some great tips and information
CHARACTER EDUCATION AND SEL
Both important, the President of Project Achieve, Dr. Howie Knoff is my guest
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AUGUST 2017
TRANSFORMING TEACHING AND LEARNING
IN MAURY CTY TN SCHOOLS
A visit with their new Chief Digital Officer , our old friend, John Carver
who is building a Future Ready District with a new team led by Supt Chris Marczak
Presented by Discovery Education
AN UPDATE ON EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Returning guest from The Heritage Foundation Jonathan Butcher is back with us…re some some changes in the law.
EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN IN AN AN INDEPENDENT READING PROGRAM
and how to add technology to it ……………..with Waterford Institute‘s Anne Brown
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ASCD on BULLYING
Author and Attorney Dr. Kathleen Conn on the issue which has fallen to the background lately. Its good we’re bringing it into focus again as school begins.
DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS THROUGH THE EYES OF A TEACHER
Hillsborough Texas English Teacher Gaila Sanders uses Fresh Grade Digital Portfolios for better parent engagement and student assessment. Listen to how she does it
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THE NEW ” K-12 DIGITALLY RICH TEACHING” CERTIFICATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER & E.IRONDEQUOIT NY SCHOOLS
Dean Borasi of the University and Supt. of East Irondequoit NY schools, Susan Allen join me along with Joe Sutorius, Chief Digital Officer of the district and Professor Dave Miller
RURAL EDUCATION :
ON BOARD CONNECTED BUSING IN HOWE OK.
Superintendent (my guest today) Scott Parks and his team are working wonders in a small rural district
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ARE CHANGES IN WASHINGTON GOING TO
AFFECT E-RATES FOR YOUR SCHOOL
John Harrington of Funds for Learning has the answers
THE STEM ED COALITION…ESSA AND STEM EDUCATION
Jame Brown, Executive Director of the Coalition is my guest.
The Coalition unites business and education….
Lord knows, we need a STEM workforce
CREATING HIGH QUALITY , COST EFFICIENT SPECIAL ED
Meriden CT schools are doing a great job. District Physical Therapist Heather McDaniel and Director of Pupil Personnel Patricia Sullivan Kowalski are my guests
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS
Talk about transparency k-12 while keeping goals in mind for parents and students, Steve Wandler of FRESH GRADE is my guest
CHINESE IMMERSION AT SCHOOL
My good friends at ACTFL are bringing to us Amy Quinn of The Yu Ying Public Charter School in DC. Amy has been involved in dualla and mono lingual schools for over 30 years.
This show is presented by The Qatar Foundation International
LET’S REMEMBER TO TEACH CIVICS THIS SCHOOL YEAR
This is so important and we have the incredible
Executive Director of I-Civics Louise Dube as our guest
An NCTE show:
TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE IN ENGLISH CLASS
Professors Richard Beach, Jeff Share and Allen Webb on their new NCTE book “Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents”
ED LEADER 21…AND THEIR PROFILE OF A GRADUATE PROGRAM
Ken Kay of Ed Leader 21 , Dr. Gail Pletnick ( Supt of Dysart Unified in Surprise AZ and new AASA president) and parent Jeanine Jerkovic on the why and how well it works.
“HOW TO BE HEARD: TEN LESSONS TEACHERS NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND PROFESSION”
The founder of TEACH PLUS, Celine Coggins on her new book of the same title
WE WELCOME THE NEW PRESIDENT
AND PRESIDENT-ELECT OF AASA
Gail Pletnick, Sup’t of Dysart Unifed District 89 in Surprise AZ & Chris Gaines, Supt of Mehlville Public Schools, St. Louis, MO
LITERACY DRIVING SOCIAL CHANGE
From ILA, Our good friend Stephen Sye returns with Monita Bell, Senior Editor for Teaching Tolerance at The Southern Poverty Law Center
THE NEWLY RELEASED ISTE STANDARDS
Sarah Stoeckl , Sr Project manager at the ISTE Standards Dept. joins me.
an EDUCATION IN AMERICA podcast
Lani Harac , Director of Content at PTO Today, is my guest
AACTE AND THE ONGOING EFFORT
TO BRING MEN OF COLOR INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION
Program Directors and Educational Leaders from Fairfax Cty, VA,
University of South Carolina, Cal State-Northridge, Clemson and Boston University
WHAT’S THE REAL PURPOSE OF A
COLLEGE EDUCATION IN THE 21st CENTURY
Understanding that helps students get in, graduate and get jobs.
We have retired Dean of Marquette U, Dr. Bob Neuman
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE IS COMING
My resident Astronomy expert and the Stem Outreach Director
at Motlow College, Billy Hix, returns
EXPERT MIKE ANDERSON ON HOMEWORK
Where was he when I was in school? A chat about current research and policies.
AUTHOR LEILANI CAUTHEN ON
“THE CONSUMERIZATION OF LEARNING”
The educational continuum she developed as a
philosophic path for education leadership
THE NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Rural Ed matters in all 50 states and it is too often overlooked. Allen Pratt Exec Director of NREA and Dr Jason Bell, Chair of the National Rural Teacher of the Year Award
HISTORY SIMULATIONS
Iowa based History Teacher Dave Harms, founder of
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JULY 2017
KIDS AT RISK!!
THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION…DELAYED?
with Canadian author/educator Mike Maloney
Thanks Aperture Education
Qatar Foundation International presents
A MOVEMENT TO MAKE LEARNING A LANGUAGE A NATIONAL PRIORITY
with ACTFL Executive Director Marty Abbott
SMARTBRIEF /SMARTBLOGS presents TEACHER VOICE…
SCHOOLS AND PARENTS WORKING
TOGETHER TO HELP ‘OUTSIDE THE BOX’ LEARNERS
with educator/award winning blogger for this post Amanda Morin
DIGITAL TRANSITION AT SPRING BRANCH ISD IN TEXAS
Our ongoing series. Thanks again for sponsoring, Discovery Education
DISTRICTS, TELL YOUR STORY
LEARNING FIRST’S BACK TO SCHOOL TOOLKIT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RICH LONG IS MY GUEST
ENHANCING PARENT ENGAGEMENT
WITH DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS
Expert Chris Besse of Fresh Grade is my guest
NCTQ on ESSA EDUCATOR EQUITY
RURAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA
TWO GREAT GUESTS:
Dr. Jeff Hawkins of The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative
and John White, Deputy Ass’t Secretary for Rural Outreach at the US Department of Education
SCHOOL BOARDS AND EDUCATION
NSBA President Kevin Ciak is my guest
THE COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS
DELIVERING AN EQUITABLE EDUCATION
CCSSO Executive Director, the one and only Chris Minnich is my guest
presents
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN READING AND WRITING
Sheridan Blau and Howard Tinberg, , authors of
” Deep Reading:Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom
presents
THE WRITING AND READING IN CLASS WORKSHOPS OF CT TEACHER & AWARD WINNING BLOGGER LANNY BALL
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY & FOSTERING A LOVE OF
READING AND LEARNING
Learn how the Mission School District of Texas and MyON Reader have worked together for literacy and community engagement.
presents author DR.MICHELE HAIKEN ON
GAMIFYING LITERACY
“TECH BUDDIES” AT MERIDEN CT. SCHOOLS
A GREAT NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM IN A TERRIFIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOON
featuring a wonderful parent engagement tool BLOOMZ
working with Parents and Students via POWER MY LEARNING
HACK LEARNING: A SIMPLE APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING
with Publisher Mark Barnes
FLIPPED LEARNING K-20 AND INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD
We’re re-doing last weeks show on INTERNATIONAL FLIPPED LEARNING with Jon Bergmann and joining Jon is the most well know educator in Iceland , my friend Hjalmar Arason about the difference Flipped Learning has made in his Technical Post -Secondary School, Keilar in Keflavik
SMARTBRIEF presents
NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Ms. SYDNEY CHAFFEE
“TAKE RISKS AND IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING”
Sydney is CCSSO Teacher of the Year and also Smartbrief’s Editor’s Choice Content Award
winner this month for this important post
FOR THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY
A PREVIEW OF EDNET 2017
This important industry even is scheduled for Scottsdale AZ in Sept.
Be there or be Square…with EDNET Conference Director Vicki Bigham
SUPPORTING THE MOST CHALLENGING KIDS
TEACHER VOICE , thanks to Smartbrief..the voice of Vermont teacher Alex Shevrin , THEIR Editor’s Choice Content Award winner this month for the blog post :A mindset shift to continue supporting the most frustrating kids.
A TEACHERS UNION CONTROVERSY IN CALIFORNIA
Michelle Raley is my guest.
She’s part of a lawsuit that challenges the requirement
that even non-union member teachers must pay fees that some consider politically motivated.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCHOOLS AND MEDICAID
with Executive Director of NAME, National Association of Medicaid in Education John Hill and Kathy Merry Director of of Medicaid Reimbursement for a large Michigan County. Any Medicaid cuts truly affect education
FREE RESOURCES TO HELP AND SUPPORT TEACHERS
. Listen to this one!!
NEA’s Carson Helsper and Big Deal Media’s Marilyn Schutz are my guests
IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
WITH FIDELITY…& TANGIBLE RESULTS
7Mindsets co-founder Jeff Waller and
- Elementary Principal Tracey Smith are my guests
TEACHER VOICE AFFECTING TEACHER PREP
TEACH PLUS Texas Teaching Policy Fellow Christopher Green
on the value of solid mentor-ship and teacher prep
LISTEN HERE
LIVE FROM ISTE : 3 DIFFERENT SHOWS FOR YOU
RICH LONG , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEARNING FIRST
WITH GREAT INSIGHTS ON EDUCATION NATIONALLY
TEACHER VOICE FROM SMARTBRIEF WITH TEACHER LAUREN POROSOFF:
Another Editor’s Choice Content Award winner this month
for her blog post Teaching students to see each other.
ZOO EDUCATION AND ASHBORO NC SCHOOLS
The Ashboro City Zoo School; with Supt. Terry Worrell and
Pat Simmons.Director of The North Carolina Zoological Park
CHANNEL ONE NEWS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
Dave Drucker, VP at ChannelOne on getting the news
to kids in class in the age of Fake news
ASSESSING YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DIGITAL LEAP
CoSN’s new Matrix & Peer Review
BEING GENERATIONALLY SAVVY IN YOUR COMMUNICATION
Working Effectively Across the Generations:Collaborating, supervising and working with colleagues who aren’t your age and how you modify your communication to be most effective with renowned education Consultant Jennifer Abrams .
Presnted by EdCircuit.com
JUNE 2017
SETDA on
DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR LEARNING
From the State Association of Ed Tech Directors, Christine Fox on supporting the shift to digital materials
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
So parents and communities can see the good going on
and what’s needed in education nationwide
USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE PARENT/SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
Learn all about Bloomz, the tool that allows educators and parents
to connect, communicate and coordinate activities and learning.
HOW PRINCIPALS ARE DEALING WITH THE TEACHER SHORTAGE
NASSP’s President Jayne Ellsperman is my guest
Presented by Aperture Education
THE RONALD REAGAN LIBRARY AND CIVICS EDUCATION
Tony Pennay , Chief Learning Officer of The Reagan Foundation and Institute and the California Social Studies Teachers of the Year, Brian Dennart & John Downey
PHILLY SCHOOLS, ACCESS FOR STUDENTS AND E RATES
John Harrington of Funds for Learning brings with him Jennifer Gardner of Philadelphia Public Schools ( where I went K-12) for a look at connectivity for all.
CREATING A DIVERSE TEACHING WORKFORCE
AACTE brings us Rowan University Dean Dr. Monika Shealy and Holmes program scholars; a program supporting doctoral students from historically under-represented backgrounds pursuing education at AACTE institutions
TEACH TO LEAD from ASCD
Inspiring and Advancing Teacher Leadership
with Emily Davis,Director of Educator Engagement at ASCD
Rather timely topic , eh? Peter Adams, VP of Education Programs for the Project is my guest on
Teaching News Literacy in the Classroom
WHY EVERY DISTRICT NEEDS A
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Rich Bagin of NSPRA is back with
Jason Gaston , the Public and Media Relations Coordinator for the Hoover, AL school district.
Find out what the role truly entails on a daily basis
Presented by FUNDS FOR LEARNING
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
So parents and communities can see the good going on
and what’s needed in education nationwide
THE ‘READ TO THEM’ PROGRAM :CREATING FAMILY LITERACY
Schools and communities work and read together as they all read the same book. This porgram works in many districts all over the country…why not yours. Great way to get the community involved with and working with the schools.
AASA’S DIGITAL CONSORTIUM :
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
CASE STUDY : VIRGINIA BEACH, VA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Superintendent Aaron Spence is my guest with great information for every school district in America on building a successful digital model for 21st century student engagement
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION WITH FFA:
CARGILL’S VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP FOR YOUR STUDENTS
It’s part of their “AgExplorer” program (with Discovery Education)
with FFA’s Ambra Tennery
Presented by iCEV ONLINE
STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING &
COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING IN PITTSFIELD, NH
Superintendent John Freeman on the great things
happening for students in this small New Hampshire district
SCHOOL SAFETY:
SUMMER TRAINING UPDATE FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS
NASRO Executive Director Mo Canady is my guest
BUILDING AUTHENTIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
FOR YOUR STUDENTS
Dr Candace Singh, the Superintendent of California’s Fallbrook Union Elementary School District joins yours truly and my co-host for today’s show, Dr. Mark Edwards of Discovery Education. Candy is terrific, great educator and you’ll really enjoy this show.
THE BANNING OF THE MEXICAN
AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM IN TUCSON,ARIZONA
NCTE brings us Curtis Acosta, Assistant Professor in Language and Cultural in Education at the University of Arizona South and speaker for the NCTE WLU Institute, July 20-22, in Tucson.
THE EDUCATION IN AMERICA PODCAST
So all parents and communities can see the good going on
and what’s needed in education nationwide
FEATURING WASHINGTON STATE’S HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT
and their GLEA BABY ACADEMY,
A PRE-SCHOOL PARENT EFFORT FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS
GLEA is a partnership program between King County Housing Authority and Highline School District. It is funded through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the program is to educate and connect the families of infants and toddlers to community and district programs that support kindergarten readiness skills and academic success. The program includes 9 weeks of classes for parents and academy babies along with home visits. During each session academy babies go to our preschool classrooms with early learning teachers and staff where they have their first classroom learning experiences. Parents attend a series of group learning sessions with speakers from a variety of outside agencies. The GLEA Program started in the Fall of 2015. Since then we have served 40 Greenbridge families, more than 50 GLEA Academy babies ages 0-4years, 44 or more siblings ages 5 and up. Parents who attended all the sessions earned 3 credits from Highline Community College.
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THE EDUCATION IN AMERICA PODCAST
So all parents and communities can see the good going on
and what’s needed in education nationwide
PARENT AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKS TO INCREASE BILINGUAL EDUCATION
Working with grants from the Qatar Foundation,[1] more and more US parents are encouraging their children to take Arabic. We’ll find out their rationale and how it has worked out for their children in K-12 and College.
THE EDUCATION IN AMERICA PODCAST
So all parents and communities can see the good going on
and what’s needed in education nationwide
DUAL HIGH SCHOOL /COLLEGE ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS
We’ll hear how award winning Superintendent Chris Downing of LA Unified’s South District works with local colleges for student course credit …including 8th graders.
POWERING AND PERSONALIZING LEARNING
IN HIGH NEED K-12
Personalizing learning in low income schools and districts,
meet Elisabeth Stock of “Power My Learning”
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
BEST PRACTICES FOR CONNECTING YOUR
CLASSROOM TO THE WORLD IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Renowned Global Educator Steve Hargadon, Portland OR HS Principal Peyton Chapman
and Qatar Foundation International Executive Director Maggie Salem are my guests
A VISIT WITH A PRE-SERVICE TEACHER
Bloomsburg (PA) University student Chris Rozelle with his thoughts
on teacher prep, student teaching and the future of education
RACIAL DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY
IDENTIFICATION IN US SCHOOLS
Penn State professor Paul Morgan on a serious and controversial issue
CREATING AND UNDERSTANDING POLICIES
THAT SUPPORT GIFTED EDUCATION
From NAGC, Executive Director M. Rene Islas and
Director of Government Relations Bill Knudson are my guests
Presented by 7 MINDSETS
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ARIZONA;IMPACT AND PRACTICE REGARDING EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
School choice advocate, Education Director of The Goldwater Institute Jonathan Butcher returns to the show with a look at the expanded new law
Presented by NCEA
A LOOK AT RURAL EDUCATION
From Mississippi State, we have Devon Brenner and Professor Anastasia Elder on what’s happening K-12 in rural education,an area of US education too often overlooked.
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
So all parents and communities can see the good going on
and what’s needed in education nationwide
PRE K-2 EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES NATIONWIDE
MAY 2017
EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF DROPOUTS
Co-Founder of Diplomas Now, Dr Robert Balfanz is our guest along Rene Patten Director of Early Warning Systems for Boston Public Schools
Presented by KNOWLEDGEWORKS
NASSP: THE ASS’T PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR
The new 2017 NASSP National AP of the Year Brad Currie,
who you might also know as the founder of #satchat.
Presented by NCTQ
NOON
TEACHING SUSTAINABILITY : THE RIGHT CURRICULUM AND PD
Learn about EcoRise, a curriculum designed for K-12 students
to create the next generation of real world problem solvers that fits right in with what you are already doing in the classroom
Presented by EdCircuit.com
SPECIAL ED AT THE END OF THE YEAR
CASE Executive Director Luann Purcell with an end of year update on the federal budget and events from CASE
Presented by Aperture Education
TEACHING AND ASSESSING THE 4 C’s
David Ross of P21 with his guest educatorss from the
Joseph R Pye School in South Carolina , a P21 Exemplar
Presented by Waterford Institute
PROJECT BASED LEARNING
A visit with the renowned expert on PBL Thom Markham an
d his guest, Principal Connie McCarley of Tice Creek School in Walnut Creek ,CA
THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND ITS AFFECT ON LITERACY EDUCATION
Professional Development and Teacher Prep etc though the eyes of ILA and their Associate Executive Director Stephen Sye as well as a Conference Preview
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
our GET TO KNOW A DISTRICT series continues
So all parents and communities can see the good going on in education nationwide
HIGHLIGHTING UTAH’S WASATCH SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS WEEK
PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TODAY
NCTQ’S Rob Rickenbrode on their new report on Teacher Education
for Secondary School educators. Always great stuff when NCTQ is here
EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES
OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND SCHOOL CLIMATE
The Man who knows, Dr Jonathan Cohen of THE SCHOOL CLIMATE CENTER is our guest.
USING DIGITAL CONTENT TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Listen to the experience of Brunswick City OH schools with Supt Michael Mayell
and Discovery Ed’s VP of Digital Learning, my co-host for the show, Dr Mark Edwards
STUDENT VOICE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
Dr. Larry Paska , President of NCSS is our guest on building student engagement thru student voice
SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATORS
FROM NCEA
Lots of good programs this year, like every summer , from NCEA for all those terrific educators
who work in America’s Catholic Schools. We’ll go over them all .
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
PAY ATTENTION TO LOUISIANA COMPUTER USING EDUCATORS
One of the best Ed Tech Directors out there, LaShona Dickerson of Lafayette,LA schools
on what’s happening at the upcoming LACUE meeting. Great ideas for everyone nationwide.
LITERACY ALERT
ARKANSAS READS ONE BOOK
IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THIS…YOU SHOULD!
Schools and Communities nationwide focus on Family Literacy with the help of the READ TO THEM program.
This show is features on the efforts of Little Rock AR and other districts in Arkansas with Supt. Mike Poore and Economics Arkansas’ Marsha Masters
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS & PARENTS TO END UNDERAGE DRINKING
Ralph Blackman of ASK LISTEN LEARN returns
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
NCTE : WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LITERACY TEACHER EDUCATION
The title says it all. That’s what schools are supposed to do.
How’s the training to do it?.. with Dr Louann Reid from Colorado State and Dr.Victoria Risko of Vanderbilt
ANOTHER LOOK AT TEACHER EDUCATION ADDRESSING THE TEACHER SHORTAGE
WITH OUR FRIENDS AT AACTE
HISTORY TEACHERS AND EVERY EDUCATOR OUT THERE:
LEARN ABOUT
THE AMAZING “CONCORD REVIEW”
Will Fitzhugh , publisher for 30 years of this amazing and unique journal
which publishes the serious history research papers of secondary students, is our guest.
ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR SCHOOLS AND LEARNING
AASL’s President Audrey Church with Deb Levitov, editor of Teacher Librarian
magazine and Michelle Folk school librarian from Ft. Atkinson WI
EDUCATION TALK RADIO NOW GETS OVER 44,000 LISTENS EVERY MONTH
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APRIL 2017
MAKING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING A DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVE
Assessing and then using the proper curriculum is making a
difference in Buncombe County,North Carolina schools
THE COACH APPROACH TO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
ASCD presents the authors of the book of the same title,, Kathy Perret
and Jessica Johnson on leading teachers to higher levels of effectiveness
EQUITABLE SCHOOL FUNDING: FOCUSING ON ILLINOIS
We’ll talk about education by zip code with Teach Plus Illinois Teaching Fellow Kali Skiles
THE MANY ROLES OF TODAY’S SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR
Internal and External communications are key to school and district success.
Learn the value and intricacies of professional school communications with NSPRA’s Rich Bagin and MN’s Bob Noyed
WHEN ORDINARY IS EXTRAORDINARY; A PASSION FOR KINDNESS
Smartbrief brings us winning blogger VA. Teacher Tamara Letter on teaching kindness in the classroom
TEACHING CTE… 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
AACTE authors on their new book on becoming a great CTE educator..and staying great!
Presented by iCEVonline
DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS FOR STUDENTS AND ASSESSMENT
Chris Besse, President of FRESH GRADE is my guest on how portfolios are changing education and assessment
Presented by EdCircuit
STEM IDEAS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Professor Billy Hix of Motlow College and The STEM Outreach Foundation returns
, not only with great STEM ideas for teachers ,but also a look at teaching
astronomy and the upcoming solar eclipse
THE ED TECH ADVOCACY AND POLICY SUMMIT , NEXT MONTH
SETDA, P21 and ISTE have created this meeting to educate policymakers on Ed Tech. So important. Guests from all 3 organizations will join me and hopefully get you involved!!
THE NEWEST MARKET RESEARCH ON ED TECH
FutureSource’s Ben Davis reports on the latest finding in the US and UK
regarding Ed tech usage for school administration and students.
Presented by MCH Strategic Data
“DRUMBEAT” IN SCHOOLS:
DISCOVERING AND BUILDING SCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC
Principal Beth Nave from Florida on how well its working in her school and
Jessica Frederick, Drumbeat facilitator in Polk County Florida schools
DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING PRINCIPAL PIPELINES
with Jody Spiro of The Wallace Foundation and her guests,
Prince George’s County Schools Associate Supt Douglas Anthony and
Professor Dr. Annette Campbell Anderson of Johns Hopkins
THE IMPACT OF…AND TEACHING ABOUT…FAKE NEWS
School Library “Mover and Shaker” Michele Luhtala of New Canaan,CT
and a superstar talks about the role of the librarian…
and all educators in combating fake news and teaching news literacy.
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CELEBRATING SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. Bill Lane, an expert on working with parents and schools on IEP’s
and Deerfield IL School District Superintendent Mike Lubelfeld & his Special Guest
Parent Mrs. Patty O’Machel, Creator of DISABILITY AWARENESS WEEK
ED TECH MEETINGS AND AWARDS WITH SIIA
SIIA’s Ed Tech Industry Network (ETIN) ha the May Ed Tech Policy Seminar,
then has an industry conference in July in San Francisco. Learn about the plans,
The CODIE awards and the role of education thought leaders.
Bridget Foster and Michael Jay guide us along
Presented by MCH Strategic Data
PARENTS AND 21ST CENTURY SKILLS LEARNING
Learn about Ed Leader 21’s “PROFILE OF A GRADUATE” process to energize communities of educators, students and parents around envisioning the essential competencies for success and provides tools and resources that support schools and districts in this process. The campaign’s goal is to have 1,000 schools and districts create and adopt a Profile of a Graduate by the end 2019.EdLeader21 has developed a free, online PoG Toolkit that helps education stakeholders define what student success looks like in their own school or district.
A SERIOUS LOOK AT CLINCIAL PRACTICE TEACHER PREPARATION
AACTE’S Dr Rodrick Lucero with, Monmouth U Dean John Henning, Ball State U Dean of Education John Jacobson and Loyola Marymount’s Director of Clinical Practice Diane Fogarty.
Presented by EdCircuit.com
COLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT
Rick Dalton, CEO, & Leroy Nesbitt (a CEFS Program Director and former Howard U Law professor) of “College For Every Student” helping rural and
low income students be College and Career ready
Presented by 7 MINDSETS
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
CULTIVATING EMPATHY FOR BETTER STUDENTS
& BETTER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Dr. Michele Borba renowned educational author (her latest being “Unselfie“)returns.
Presented by Aperture Education
SCHOOL SAFETY IN MAKER SPACES, FAB LABS AND STEM LABS
We ain’t kidding. Save your district a lawsuit. Protect your students.
The renowned National Maven of School Safety, Dr Ken Roy,
Director of Environmental Health and Safety in Glastonbury CT schools
FULL S.T.E.A.M AHEAD
First time guest Dr. Leah Haines of the “Two Bit Circus Foundation” on cultivating invention and preparing children for the jobs of the future, whatever they will be.
SATURDAY APRIL 22nd IS EARTH DAY
THE ‘LIFE OF A CAN” CURRICULUM PROGRAMS
FROM DISCOVERY EDUCATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NOVELIS
You all know Discovery Education.
Novelis is the world leader in rolled aluminum products and recycling,
and the largest global producer of automotive and beverage can sheet.
Treat your students to this wonderful “Life of a Can” project in environmental education
HE IS THE ‘EDU-TAINER”…DR.DARRYL ADDAMS VISITS
One of my favorite folks, former nationaly recognized Superintendent of Coachella Valley in
California, Dr. Adams shares his vision for Effective 21st Century School/District Leadership in the Digital Age
A CONTINUING SERIES FOR PARENTS NATIONWIDE
GET TO KNOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT
April 19 at Noon ET or anytime after:
A look at Leyden High SchoolDistrict in IL with Superintendent Nick Polyak & guests
So parents and community understand what’s going on in other districts around the country…
so they learn what educators outside their district are doing to improve their own.
“EDUCATION IN AMERICA”
GET TO KNOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT
So parents and community understand what’s going on in other districts around the country…
so they learn what educators outside their district are doing to improve their own.
April 13 at Noon ET or anytime after:
A look at Fall Creek WI with Superintendent Joe Sanfelippo & guests
Friday April 14 9aET or anytime after:
‘ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS OF EDUCATORS‘
Many parents , particularly those from different cultures or high poverty areas feel uncomfortable when meeting with their children’s educators. We have guests from “rightquestion.org” to help them understand how to deal with the situations.
SIIA’s ETIN with an update on FEDERAL EDUCATION POLICY
Brendan Desetti, Director of Education Policy at SIIA joins yours truly.
This should be lively considering the state of The Feds these days.
Presented by MCH STRATEGIC DATA
TEACHERS WORKING TO IMPROVE TEACHER ED &
FILL THE TEACHER PIPELINE
Hope Street Group presents teacher fellows, Utah educator Meghan Everette
and California’s Lauren Stuart on their mighty efforts engaging with stakeholders
INNOVATOR GRANTS, STUDENT SCHOLARSHPS AND REASEARCH FROM
Foundation grant winner Peter Srervideo Distance Learning Co-ordinator at
Saint Dominic Academy , John Watson of the Evergreen Education Group
and Foundation director Amy Valentine
PARTNERING FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING
Elisabeth Stock, CEO of the organization “Power My Learning”
on their innovative programs.
NCTE ADVOCACY DAY IS APRIL 27
&
Oklahoma State University Professor Shelbie Wittee and
Antero Garcia, Stanford U Professor, on their work and NCTE’s work in advocacy
TEACHING EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SKILLS
Smartbrief winning educator/blogger Todd Clinton : his post on TWEET TUESDAY AND THE TWEET BOX
and thoughts on his work in his school’s TRAC’s Program
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION & FFA
Student Service activities are well supported and well funded by FFA.
“Living to Serve” Senior Team Leader Michele Sullivan is my guest.
Presented by iCEVOnline
THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL EDUCATION CUTS
From NASSP ‘s Advocacy Team, Amanda Karhuse and Zachary Scott, focusing on Title II
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
A VISIT WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Frank Edelblut was named to his position in February. He is a businessman and former NH House member who brings a business eye to education. Strong on competency based education and 21st Century workforce skills, it will be a very interesting excellent interview
Presented by iCEV
THE AASA NATIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
We welcome with congratulations Matthew Utterback of Clackamas OR to speak about EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS. Joining Matt will be AASA’s Bryan Joffe,Project Director, Children’s programs
Presented by KNOWLEDGEWORKS
CREATING AND BUILDING YOUR SCHOOL’S BRAND
PR with Panache Editorial Director Chris Piehler
is joined by Brianna Hodges, Director of Digital Learning at Stephenville TX ISD.
This topic came up during a show last week with DC Public Schools as a real challenge.
Anxious to hear Brianna’s thoughts.
Presented by The National School Public Relations Association
MEASURING SUCCESS IN DIGITAL TRANSITION
North Carolina’s Asheboro City schools have a team join Mark Edwards and I:
Supt Terry Worrell, Principal Julie Brady , Teacher Laura King
Presented by Discovery Education
MAKING TIME A VARIABLE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Former Principal of the Year and now NASSP President Jayne Ellspermann
explains how use time in school to power learning
GIFTED EDUCATION:
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW FILM “GIFTED”
Director Marc Webb will be joined by NAGC Executive Director Rene Islas
to discuss the learning needs of gifted children and the struggles they encounter .
The film stars Octavia Spencer, Chris Evans and Jenny Slate and opens in late April
USING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO EXTEND
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING INTO THE COMMUNITY
7 Mindsets provides Social and emotional learning that empowering mindset-based programs that are proven to transform lives: This show features:
Dawn Huffman is the Assistant Principal at Cactus Middle School in Casa Grande, Arizona. She’s been the AP there for 5 years, where she coordinates the 7 Mindsets program in her school. Last year Dawn attended her first 7 Mindsets Universityand afterwards returned to Casa Grande with some very big ideas for how to take the Mindsets deeper into her school and community framework for social emotional learning
and
Jennifer Murietta, the Principal at Casa Grande Middle School, just down the street! Last year Principal Murietta was recognized as the Arizona School Administrators (ASA) Distinguished Administrator for the Middle Level Division, in addition to numerous other awards and honors in recent years. Also a 7 Mindsets leader in her community, this year Jennifer will be a speaker at 7 Mindsets University in San Antonio July 11-12th.
ITS SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH
We’ve got the top officers of AASL and Suzanne Dix ,an Upper School Librarian in OH,
who is the Chair of The School Library Month Committee
Authors Marceta Riley and Simon T. Bailey on their new book for school and districts leaders
FINDING GRANT FUNDING
with the founder of Greater Good Consultants, Ashley Pereira,
working to fund the work of educators and non profits globally
Edweb.net presents
BALANCED LITERACY K-5
Lisa Schmucki and her guest Tina Posner of Abrams Learning Trends
LISTEN HERE
1030a
for Parents and Community Stakeholders
THE CURRENT MONTH IS ON TOP
MARCH 2017
SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION: SPRING UPDATE
with Dr. Luann Purcell of C.A.S.E on the upcoming events at CEC in Boston, etc
Presented by 7Mindsets
DEADLINE IS APRIL 30TH TO
END THE HOMEWORK GAP FOR YOUR LOWER INCOME STUDENTS
PROVIDING DIGITAL EQUITY IN RHODE ISLAND
With a deadline for schools to apply upcoming, learn about the impact of THE SPRINT 1 MILLION PROJECT on lower income high school students with Sprint’s Jim Spillane and Rhode Island educators
“From Cybersecurity to Cloud Computing and
other news at CoSN’s 2017 Conference”
Joining COSN CEO Keith Krueger will COSN chair Tom Ryan of Santa Fe Public Schools
and Wayne Township Indiana’s Pete Just
Presented by FUNDS FOR LEARNING
PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKILLS FOR TODAY
P21 CEO David Ross brings with him Maggie Salem, Executive Director of
The Qatar Foundation International and Ken Lockette, Assistant Supt of PA’s Avonsworth School District
where the high school is a P21 Exemplar School.
COMBINING EFFORTS FOR BETTER SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Guest Roberto Rivera gave a closing keynote at the recent SXSW conference. His company “The Good Life, an educator and parent training company just recently merged with 7 Mindsets. Some insights on better SEL learning and teaching from Roberto and Ian Bryan.
BLENDED LEARNING IN D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Discovery Education’s VP of Digital learning Mark Edwards and I welcome
John Rice, Director of Ed Tech in DC Public Schools for a look at digital learning in our nation’s capital.
CHANGING WORLDWIDE EDUCATION THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING
A leading voice in PBL, Thom Markham of PBL Global joins us for a discussion
of the impact on student learning and the training of teachers.
Presented by WATERFORD INSTITUTE
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT …AND TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Monica Burns , author and consultant on technology, student voice and assessment
ENSURING EQUITY IN STEM EDUCATION
Former Superintendent and Leader of McGraw Hill Urban Markets initiative,
Dr.A. Katrise Perera is my guest on what equity really means to every student and how teaching practices in STEM can make a difference.
FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY
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CLASSROOM GAMIFICATION
with a special look at ‘Escape Rooms” from expert educator Jon Cassie
and contributing editor to “Game Level Learn, science educator Tracy Wazenegger
LOOKING AT MID-LEVEL EDUCATION
with Associate Supt at Princeton City OH schools and middle school expert, Tom Burton
Presented by KNOWLEDGEWORKS
ENGAGING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN MEDIA LITERACY
Renowned thought leader in the field, Frank Baker, is our guest
LEARNING TRANSFORMED; 8 KEYS TO DESIGNING TOMORROWS SCHOOLS
Author of the new ASCD book and Director of Innovation , Future Ready Schools Tom Murray is our guest. His co-author Eric Sheninger may join us as well about their new book, coming out in May.
Presented by NCTQ
EDUCATOR VOICE
Meet the man behind the voice, Smartbrief award winning blogger Bryan Christopher
EDUCATOR VOICE FROM HAWAII
TEACHER RETENTION : A TEACHER SUMMIT
There’s a terrible teacher shortage in the Aloha State. Hope Street Group organized a summit of NBCT certified teachers in Hawaii and here are their thoughts and ideas for solutions from HI-based NBCT educator Loretta Labrador.
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
SCIENCE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
Last week our guest Larry Plank of NSELA was testifying before Congress.
Today he’s with us.
FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY
LOOKING AT SUPERINTENDENTS FROM EDCIRCUIT.COM
Charles Sosnick, EdCircuit Editor in Chief, reports of the happenings at last week’s AASA Conference
Presented by KNOWLEDGEWORKS
THE “GREAT DISTRICTS FOR GREAT TEACHERS” INITIATIVE
Sarah Heaton of NCTQ on this new initiative launched at SXSW
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES/EDUCATIONAL PURCHASING AGENCIES
Learn about that layer of education that lies outside school districts for assistance in curriculum, technology and purchasing with Joan Wade of AESA and George Wilson of AEPA
Presented by MCH Strategic Data
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Learn about the nationwide wide non profit that provides SEL in after school programs, Wings For Kids.
Presented by Aperture Education
CREATING DIGITAL EQUITY: THE SPRINT 1 MILLION PROJECT
Sprint’s Jim Spillane and Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC Tech Facilitator Kevin Poirer
on how this project, designed to to high-schoolers in lower income schools is making a HUGE difference
PREVIEWING THE NCEA CONFERENCE
If you’re involved in Catholic Education or thinking about getting involved,
Dr. Tom Burnford will be giving us some planning guidelines looking at presentations,
exhibit floor etc for the mid-April St.Louis conference.
Presented by DISCOVERY EDUCATION
MENTAL HEALTH AS A FUNCTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
The National Association of School Psychologists presents editor and author
Dr David Shriberg, Professor at Chicago’s Loyola U
Presented by 7 Mindsets
The National Principals Conference will be help July 9-11, 2017, and our good friend NASSP Public Affairs Director Bob Farrace insisted—practically demanded—that the conference be held in his home town (and mine) of Philadelphia, PA. For a discussion of what’s planned in “The City of Brotherly Shove” , we have Dr. Beverly Hutton, Deputy Executive Director for Programs and Services at the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Bobby Dodd, principal of Gahanna Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio (just outside Columbus) Bobby is also an NASSP Digital Principal of the Year.
SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS:
MAKE YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL A SCHOOL OF CHOICE
NSPRA Executive Director and winner of this years Horace Mann League Award for being a great friend to Public Education,Rich Bagin, is our guest on
“Why district PR matters more NOW than ever!”
TEACHER RETENTION : A TEACHER SUMMIT
No not ‘detention”, ‘RETENTION”. Hope Street Group organized a summit of NBCT certified teachers
in Hawaii and here are their thoughts and ideas for solutions
Presented by SMARTBRIEF
HANDLING BULLYING AND OTHER HARMFUL BEHAVIORS K-12
My guests are Jonathan Cohen of The School Climate Center
and Asst Supt of the Monroe Woodbury School District in NY, Eric Hassler
Presented by 7Mindsets
E RATES AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
A change in Washington, digital equity and filing windows.
Listen to John Harrington of Funds for Learning
Presented by CoSN
CRITICAL SKILLS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Author of “The Missing Link; Teaching and Learning Critical Success Skills”,
from Rutgers University, Steve Heisler
Presented by Aperture Education
“NOW THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION”
PROMOTING COGNITIVE RIGOR THROUGH CLASSROOM QUESTIONING
ASCD author Erik Francis ( book of the same title as the show is my guest) on creating
a culture of inquiry for your classroom
Presented by EdCircuit.com
NCTE presents
sj Miller, Deputy Director of Educational Equity Supports and Services. NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, New York University, and his topic is Teaching, Affirming, and Recognizing Trans*+ and Gender-Dynamic Youth
CREATING GREAT MATH TEACHERS
New standards for math educator education from AMTE leaders,
Professors Christine Thomas and Randall Phillipp and maybe even Mike Shaughnessy
RE-DESIGNING PRINCIPAL EDUCATION
We want principals to meet the needs of the districts that hire them.
School and District Leadership expert Jody Spiro is my guest
Presented by Hapara
CTE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION
ACTE brings us Kristen Law from The Horatio Alger Foundation, a great supporter of Career Technical Education
Presented by iCEV Online
EDWEB.NET presents CULTIVATING EMPATHY
as an antidote to bullying
Edweb’s Lisa Schmucki and her guests Judy Galbraith of Free Spirit Publishing and renowned expert on the bullying challenge, Educational Psychologist/author Dr. Michele Borba
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FEBRUARY 2017
SOCIAL STUDIES AND A WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION
Larry Paska, Executive Director of NCSS is our guest
Presented by HAPARA
NEW SURVEY RESULTS ON K-12 PRINCIPALS
Great information on what school principals need re Technology and standards from the industry as they make product decisions.
From the data company MCH STRATEGIC DATA ,VP Angela Ridpath is our guest
Executive Director of the Foundation Amy Valentine
( so wonderful she had a day named after her last week)
is our guest
Presented by COSN, the consortium for school networking
EDUCATION FOR FUTURE MANUFACTURING
RECRUITING A NATION OF MAKERS
Rich Long of Learning First brings with him
Glenn Marshall of The Association for Manufacturing Excellence
EDUCATOR VOICE 2017
&
THE SMARTBRIEF EDITOR’S CHOICE EDUCATOR/WINNERS
Melissa Greenwood, SMARTBRIEF Director of Editorial Content with
winning educator/bloggers Barbara Blackburn and Mary Tarashuk
THE CHANGING GLOBAL FACE OF FLIPPED LEARNING
Flipped Learning pioneer Jon Bergmann of Flipped Learning Global
with an update on the global reach of Flipped learning
Presented by FUNDS FOR LEARNING
P21 on CLOSING THE SKILLS GAP
P21 Executive Director David Ross brings with him
,Exemplar School Principal Aaron Brengard from San Jose’s Katherine Smith School
Presented by WATERFORD INSTITUTE
VITAL INSIGHTS ON DATA USAGE FOR LEARNING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
Where are the gaps? What’s really working? Are you ESSA compliant?
Acumen Partners brings us Drs. Bruce Hayes and Phil Esbrandt
DIGITAL TRANSITION IN YAKIMA WASHINGTON’S
Dr. Michael Brophy, Superintendent with my co-host for the show,
Discovery Education’s VP of Digital Learning Dr. Mark Edwards
NBPTS on WHAT TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO
Kim O’Neil, NBCT, on the new revised edition of the book in the title
IT’S NATIONAL FFA WEEK
I do love the prospects for students in Ag Ed. Great careers abound…
To celebrate , we have FFA‘s Kristy Meyer
Presented by iCEV Online
1030a
HOW SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AFFECTS ACADEMICS
Marc Kirsch of Aperture Education is joined by Professor Dr. Cynthia Waltman
of Plymouth State University
THE AT-HOME KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM
IN NEW ALBANY ,IN
Waterford Institute’s UPSTART program is highlighted
by two district educators, Tony Duffy and Barbara Hoover
AASA’s NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR SUPERINTENDENTS
March 2-4 in New Orleans. If you’re a Superintendent, don’t miss out…
and to tell you why we have AASA’s Jimmy Minicello and Bernadine Futrell
Presented by KnowledgeWorks
THE GREAT VALUE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NASSP President Jayne Ellsperman is back with
her thoughts on public schools, school choice , vouchers, etc
Presented by IMPERO SOFTWARE
SPECIAL ED
THE C.A.S.E HYBRID CONFERENCE
with CASE’s Dr. Luann Purcell
A LOOK AT SOUTH CAROLINA’S SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCILS
The community gets involved in a very organized approach led by our guest Tom Hudson,Executive Director of the SC School Improvement Council at U. of South Carolina Center for Ed Partnerships
Presented by APERTURE EDUCATION
THE BROADBAND IMPERATIVE:
GET YOUR STUDENTS CONNECTED AT HOME
SETDA‘s Executive Director Dr Tracey Weeks
joins us with Jim Spillane, Director of Public Policy at SPRINT
Presented by Funds For Learning
MAKING LEARNING VISIBLE,SAFE AND SECURE
Hapara’s Lee Becker on the need to adopt technology
and the why …while putting data to work for student learning
EDWEB.NET PRESENTS PAJAMA P.D. WITH TECH EDUCATOR AND PD SPECIALIST RACHEL LANGENHORST
NOON:
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING: KINDNESS IN THE CLASSROOM
Learn about Random Acts of Kindness week and all the wonderful free curriculum activities
TALKING CIVICS EDUCATION WITH LOUISE DUBE OF I-CIVICS
ITS CTE MONTH
ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH GAME BASED LEARNING
Jon Cassie returns. His last show with me was terrific so he has to be even better this time. Jon is a Director of Innovation and Learning in California
A VISIT WITH HOPE STREET GROUP
Teachers on teaching and working with central admin with TN Hope Street Fellows
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE EDUCATION WITH
President and Past President Ellen Ebert and Peter McLaren respectively
on K-12 science education
A NEW REPORT ON TEACHER EVALUATIONS
Elizabeth Ross of NCTQ on their new report about administrative support to produce the best educators.
DESIGN THINKING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FAILURE
Smartbrief brings us KY teacher Kristi Hodges on ‘design thinking” and learning by failing from her award winning post!
MENTORING WOMEN TO LEADERSHIP
THEE EDUCATOR’S ROLE
Two of the very best superintendents in the country join us,
Supt. Kristine Gilmore from WI and Supt Susan Enfield from WA
SCHOOL SAFETY K-12
Mo Canady, director of NASRO on the upcoming School Safety Leadership Summit
THE UNLEARNING LEADER
Thoughts on Superintendency and School Leadership from
IL Supt’s Nick Polyak and Mike Lubelfeld about their new book
EDUCATION TODAY
Editor in Chief of EdCircuit.com, returning guest Charles Sosnik…well, returns.
Always a great show
DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS
Discovery’s S.V.P Bob Onsi on the creation and development of “Techbooks”
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JANUARY 2017
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR TECH SCHOOLS
Rich Bagin of NSPRA is our guest along with Shane Haggerty,NSPRA Board member
and Communications Director at Tolles Career and Technology Center in Plain City, OH
ADDRESSING SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY SHORTAGES
Dr. Kelly Vaillancourt-Strobach and Dr Eric Rossen from the
TEACHING THE WHOLE TEEN
Practices that Promote Success and Resilience in School and Life to be discussed with
authors Jeff Benson and Rachel Polliner
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND A NEW ADMINISTRATION
Returning Guest Nina Rees, CEO of The National Alliance for Public Charter schools on what we can expect regarding charters under ESSA, The Trump Administration and School Choice
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK with a chat on SCHOOL CHOICE
Always a good show with NCEA…with guests CEO Tom Burnford and our old buddy Heather Gossart. Hear what’s happening via NCEA.
PUBLIC SCHOOL INNOVATIONS NATIONWIDE
The man in the catbird seat joins us, Executive Director of the association of Educational Associations,Learning First Alliance, Rich Long with special guest NASSP‘s Executive Director JoAnn Bartoletti
THE TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION :
CREATING COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STUDENTS
Thanks to Discovery Education, we have Dr Katherine Bihr of Tiger’s Foundation with a curriculum available with interactive resources, designed for grades 6-12, to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills with real-world applications in college access and STEM learning.
SCIENCE SAFETY Pre K-12
The expert, returning guest Ken Roy, Chief Safety Compliance Office at NSTA and
Environmental Health Director/Chemical Safety at Glastonbury CT schools
A HOW-TO ON DIFFICULT DIALOG and
GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE CLASSROOM
Great resources and ideas for teachers from Generation Global
AASA presents a show on
THE ROLE OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
With February being African-American History Month, we have
Dr Joyce Payne of The Thurgood Marshall College Fund and
John Feming, CEO of Black Educational Events. Cool show, indeed
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN READ IN
Hosted by the Black Caucus of NCTE and NCTE
Thanks NCTE… Black History Month approaches and we have Michelle Rankins, Assistant Professor, English, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio and ELA teacher/adjunct professor Jeanette Toomer speak on the important subject of your participation
SCHOOL BOARDS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CHANGING TIMES
National School Boards Association president Miranda Beard for a chat on equity in education, the role of school boards in public education … and the new Presidential administration
CREATING MODERN DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Discovery Education’s VP of Digital Learning, Dr Mark Edwards bring with him
two Canadian Ass’t Superintendents, Tim Cusack and Corine Gannon
from the Edmonton Catholic School System
ENGLISH TEACHER to TECH COACH to ASPIRING ADMINISTRATOR
Let’s take the journey with SMARTBRIEF award winning educator Adam Schoenbart
THE MASTERPIECE COLLECTION FOR EDUCATORS FROM PBS
Returning guest Cyrisse Jaffe from WGBH‘s Education Department on The Masterpiece Collection on PBS Learning Media ( Masterpiece is produced by Boston’s WGBH) with a look at the new series VICTORIA.
MEDIA LITERACY IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM
Learn how to use the Oscars and The Super Bowl as teaching tools for literacy,
how to address fake news ..and more
TEACHING THE SCIENCE AND DANGERS OF UNDERAGE DRINKING
Learn about the new digital tools, geared toward middle school from
Responsibilty.org and their CEO Ralph Blackman
CIVICS EDUCATION , SOCIAL STUDIES AND A CHANGING PRESIDENCY 2017
My favorite Civics/SocialStudies triad returns…
Michelle Herczog , from L.A. County Office of Education,
Tony Pennay Director of The Presidential Learning Center at The Ronald Reagan Library
and Kamy Akhavan, CEO of Procon.org
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES
The Unsung Heroes of Educational Purchasing
Joan Wade , AESA Executive Director and Association President Jerry Maze join me for a great discussion
E RATES WORK
USE THEM AND GET WHAT YOUR DISTRICT DESERVES
starring Cathy Cruzan, President of Funds for Learning and
LaShona Dickerson, Tech Director at Lafayette (LA) Parish School System
CLOSING THE POVERTY/LEARNING GAP WITH A GREAT PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH
From beautiful St. George, Utah, right by Zion National park,, Kathy Peterson,Title 1 Director joins us.
LETS STOP ALL KIDS FROM FAILING
Author/Educator Mike Maloney (Canadian National Literacy Educator award winner)
is our guest on conquering the failure rate of 30-35% of our students
THE ARTISAN TEACHING MODEL FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LITERACY
ASCD author Dave Krulwich on working together to improve your teaching and the results thereof by using an artisan model for teacher development
SUPTS…SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS IN EDUCATION IN THE NEW YEAR
Two great IL Superintendents, Mike Lubelfeld of Deerfield and Nick Polyak of Leyden HS District 212, two of the founding members of AASA’s Digital Consortium on best practices for districts using digital media.
CERTIFICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
Agricultural education offers many great STEM careers to students. Dusty Moore of CEV Multimedia, Erin Gorter of The South Coast Region Ag Ed Program and teacher Lauren Peterson from King CityHS in CA are our guests.
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Pete Janhunen, a Principal of The Fratelli Group, an award winning communications firm based in DC providing strategic guidance and training for education groups and leaders.
IF I HAD OGMENT ,I’D STILL BE IN THE CLASSROOM
PERSPECTIVES FROM A FORMER EDUCATOR ON A BREAKTHROUGH CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
OGMENT makes teacher’s work easier and makes learning better. Proving it, we have Meg Jackson, former high school history teacher and current Ogment Lead Trainer, Johanna Wetmore, co-founder of EvoText and Ogment
A NEW APP FOR TEACHERS TO CURATE AND COLLABORATE
Former KY Teacher of the Year and returning guest Ashley Lamb-Sinclair , about CURIO LEARNING
GREAT TO GREATER SCHOOLS
Dr. Doug Reeves and his research on “Great to Greater Schools
MAKE 2017 YOUR TEACHER POWERED YEAR
Educators Rebekah King and Liz Seubert on THE TEACHER POWERED SCHOOLS initiative from The Center for Teaching Quality & Education Evolving and their upcoming conference
STEM ENRICHMENT IN AFRICA
Cool show with Mark Gelfand , founder of STEM SYNERGY, introducing and teaching young ladies and boys in Ethiopia, South Sudan and other East African nations
THE STATE OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN 2017
Dr. Lawrence Paska, the new Executive Director of NCSS , is our guest…
opportunities and strategies for the new year.
WE WELCOME THE NEW ASCA SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR
Congrats to our guest , Michigan’s Terri Tchorzynski, on the counselor’s
role in career and college readiness
LEADING SCHOOL CHANGE IN CHANGING TIMES
Former Ed Tech Director in Klein, TX…Educator/author Ann McMullan , author of
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Returning guest, Dr. B. Grace Bullock, CEO and Founder of The Internat’l Science and Education Alliance, on the role of mindfulness in education and in our schools.Her new book is ‘Mindful Relationships: Seven Skills for Success’
DECEMBER 2016
NCTQ AND THEIR NEW ELEMENTARY TEACHER PREP REVIEW
My favorite gadflies are back with us….
Sr. Director of Evaluation at The National Council on Teacher Quality, Rob Rickenbrode, is our guest
FIVE SUCCESS SKILLS FOR YOUR STUDENTS
ASCD author and returning guest Tom Hoerr on his new book on THE FORMATIVE FIVE
TEACH PLUS on THE RE-SEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS
Good topic and we can all ask ourselves how the heck did this happen. Helping us find the answer is Andrew Pillow, a 5th grade social studies teacher at KIPP in Indianapolis and a TeachPlus Fellowship alum
USE VIDEO FOR CURRICULUM, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
& COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Returning guest Brandon Wilmarth, Technology Integration Specialist
at Moore OK, public schools on how it’s working in Moore.
TEACHING CULTURAL GENOCIDE
Returning guest The Upstander Project on their documentary film-making and where you can get the resources.
watch a 3-minute video about the Upstander Academy: http://upstanderproject.org/academy/
PRE K-2 LEARNING THROUGH GRADE 12 AND BEYOND
TEACHING A LOVE OF READING
Waterford Institute brings us their VP Anne Brown on the new acquisition CURRICULET.
THE IMPORTANCE OF READING THIS TIME OF YEAR
AASLPresident Audrey Church, President Elect Stephen Yates and
Immediate Past president Leslie Preddy are my guests
THE M.A. IN ENGLISH
A visit with NCTE authorS Margaret Strain and Rebecca Potter on the changes in …and the how and especially the why of getting the MA In English
P21 EXEMPLAR SCHOOLS
Learn why these schools were selected as examples for us all with P21’s CEO David Ross and two P21 Exemplar Schools , O.A Thorp Scholastic Academy
and Visalia Tech Early College
CREATING A SCHOOL/COMMUNITY CULTURE OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
The Digital Citizenship Institute and Impero Software recently authored a whitepaper together called “Digital Citizenship, a Holistic Primer.Learn about from both groups .
MEASURING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BEYOND DATA
From the great state of North Dakota,
Travis Jordan , Supt of Beulah ND on Looking Beyond Data
THE TEACHER SHORTAGE LOOMS
AACTE President Sharon Robinson is our guest with what’s going on at teacher training institutions nationwide
Taking on Drug Use Head On
OPERATION PREVENTION
Discovery Education’s Mary Rollins, S.V.P. of Corporate Education Programs & DEA’s Sean Fearns, DEA Chief of Community Outreach . Learn about the curriculum resources available to you.
HOMEWORK: WHY AND WHY NOT?
Teacher, author, consultant Mike Anderson @BalancedTeacher
brings his expertise to the subject. Always a good , enlightening show!
PRESENTED BY EVO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE ROWAN -SALISBURY (NC) SCHOOL DISTRICT
My co-host Dr Mark Edwards, VP at Discovery Education and his special guest, Dr.Lynn Moody, Superintendent in Rowan-Salisbury on the shift, the students and professional development.
KEY TRENDS AND NEW RESOURCES FOR ED TECH LEADERS
COSN’s CEO Keith Krueger and the CTO of
Wayne Township (Indianapolis, IN) Pete Just
INSPIRING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION LEADERS
Gryphon House author of “Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership”,
Susan MacDonald is our guest.
BUILDING A CORPS OF EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERS
Principal training and Evaluation with The Wallace Foundation’s Jody Spiro
Presented by OGMENT
NCTE: TEACHING GRAMMAR TODAY
Its’ important. Learn why and how from the NCTE authors of GRAMMAR TO GET THINGS DONE: A Practical Guide, to Real World Usage ,Darren Crovitz and Michelle Devereaux
Presented by SMARTBRIEF
THE TIMES…THEY ARE A’CHANGING…..
STRATEGIES FOR SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING .
Always good knowledge from KnowledgeWorks. Katherine Prince and Jason Swanson join us
CAREER READINESS IN CANTON OHIO SCHOOLS
GIVING STUDENTS AN ADVANTAGE FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT
Learn about the CAMP program in Canton OH from
Principal Ken Bruner and Tom Venturella, Director of the program
21ST CENTURY GLOBAL SKILL BUILDING FOR YOUR SCHOOL
GENERATION GLOBAL RETURNS .
Dr Ian Jamison from England and Sandhya Gupta calling in from India
on creating tolerance, dialog and learning from your classroom to the world
THE ELECTION IS OVER…..TEACHING CIVICS ISN’T
Educator Shawn Healy of the IL Civic Mission Coalition is our guest
A PROVEN AND COMPLETE EDUCATION LEARNING SYSTEM FOR YOUR SCHOOL
Marc Guerrasio, CTO of Connections Education , a new learning and collaboration system
by Pearson is our guest
INCORPORATING ENGINEERING INTO STEM CLASSROOMS
Project Engin’s Ann Kaiser with two teachers : Middle school educator RI’s Mike Martel
and High School educator NJ”s Joanne Cavera
SCHOOL EFECTIVENESS AND ESSA
Acumen Partner’s Steve Rowley and Julie Carter Founder of FilterED, an adaptive tool for districts
which provides evidence and data on a school districts for a school district’s technology initiatives
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NOVEMBER 2016
AASA’s NATIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
Dr. Thomas Tucker of Princeton City, OH returns with a different show from last week on engaging superintendents and educators at all levels…and the community as well. We’ll also talk about school discipline and the role of AASA
Presented by KnowledgeWorks
EASY WAYS TO IMPLEMENT ELEMENTARY STEM
The expert…Professor Billy Hix is back with great tips on the subject.Always a great show
Presented by Waterford Institute
ACCESSING BOOKS FOR STUDENTS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES
Betsy Beaumon, President of Benetech and Bookshare for kids with dyslexia, blindness, etc
Presented by Evo Social Emotional Learning
CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THE NEW CONGRESS/ADMINISTRATION
ACTE’s Alisha Hyslop ,Director of Public Policy, is our guest and she will
recap the current Congress and the prospects for the new one regarding Career/Tech Ed.
Presented by ICEV Online
THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP
or The Tom and Tom Show
Superintendent of Princeton City OH schools Dr Thomas Tucker and Associate Supt. Tom Burton, both of who were guests at Ednet are our guests
SHIFTING MATH CURRICULUM IN A DIGITAL TRANSITION
Discovery Education brings us returning guest and Superintendent-extraordinaire of DC Everest School District in Wisconsin Dr. Kristine Gilmore and math curriculum coordinator Mark Shrommer…along with my favorite co-host, Dr Mark Edwards, Sr. VP at Discovery
BENCH-MARKING SUCCESS IN THE OPPORTUNITY GAP
Learn about EdGE, the program that is bridging the opportunity gap that exists nationally between children of privilege and children with less….focusing on my home state of Maine where it works on the Coastal communities and island population of Downeast Maine
CONTENT AND METADATA FOR EDUCATORS
Myron Cisdyn content expert, good friend and a really smart guy on his recent
international conference “E Learning Journeys” and how content is assessed and measured.
SCHOOLS AND BUSINESS WORKING TOGETHER IN MICHIGAN
FOR INTEGRATED TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Ed Service Agency Kent ISD Ass’t Supt Ron Koehler and Kevin Stotts of Talent 2025
CURRICULUM ECONOMICS : A PATH TO A SOLUTION
with LaJuana Coleman of Secondary Curriculum Director at The Rio Rancho School District ,New Mexico and returning guest Johanna Whetmore , founder of EvoText and Ogment
PERSONALIZED LEARNING Pre-K- 2
Dr. Sean Alford , Superintendent of Aiken County Schools in South Carolina on the
implementation of Waterford Institute’s Early Learning and SmartStart programs.
SETDA ON THE DIGITAL AGE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
We happily welcome Tracy Weeks, Executive Director and Candice Dodson,
Director of E Learning at the Indiana Department of Education.
ADULT LEARNING.SURPRISING NEWS
Pearson COO Todd Hitchcock with the results of a new survey on the subject.
EDUCATORS MUST COLLABORATE AT ALL LEVELS
Learning First‘s Executive Director Rich Long and Principal Jayne Ellspermann, President of NASSP
NATURAL PLAY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
exploring his philosophy that natural play environments create new opportunities for children to explore and grow.
A CALL TO ACTION
COSN’s ANNUAL SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SURVEY
COSN did the survey in partnership with AASA. To get a full picture of school infrastructure nationwide we have Keith Krueger COSN CEO, Rachel Jones, Project Lead and the CTO of Houston ISD Lenny Schad
ASCD ON GAMIFYING YOUR LESSONS FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT , NOT JUST ELECTRONICALLY
Jonathan Cassie, author ofLevel Up Your Classroom: The Quest to Gamify Your Lessons and Engage Your Students (ASCD, 2016) on gamified instruction strategies that are proven to engage your learners.
BIG CHANGES AT AND NEW DIRECTIONS AT
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR 21st CENTURY LEARNING
David Ross (no, not the one who astoundingly at age 39 hit that homer for the Cubbies in game 7 after that wild throw to first),but rather our good friend who is now the CEO of P21 on his vision for the organization and 21st Century Learning
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YOUR STATE AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING UNDER ESSA
ESSA and a new report from iNACOL with Dale Frost and Susan Gentz
1030a
PLACE BASED EDUCATION
Carri Schneider of Getting Smart, the education consulting and media company is our guest
QUALITY FEEDBACK FOR TEACHERS
Teachers want feedback from their school leaders…only 30% say they get it.
Insight Advance has a solution that works for teachers and pre-service teachers PreK -12.
Learn about it from Rebekah Ralph of LaGrange College and Dr. Mike Moody
EDUCATION AND THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
Timely Topic from KnowledgeWorks with Matt Williams and Lillian Pace on what to expect from the new administration
GREAT STRATEGIES FOR PARTNERING WITH PARENTS
Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, authors of Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions: A Powerful Strategy for Strengthening School-Family Partnerships (ASCD, 2016). Topic: How educators can use the Right Question Strategy to strengthen school-family partnerships.
CIVICS EDUCATION MUST CONTINUE POST ELECTION
Returning Guest Marshall Croddy of The Constitutional Rights Foundation
on teaching Civics every year.
WHY TRAVEL IS ESSENTIAL TO A COMPLETE EDUCATION
Lisa Schmucki, CEO of Edweb.net and her guest
Carylann Assante, Director of The Student and Youth Travel Association
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCILS THAT WORK
My industry friend Jessica Adamson also has a small part time job as an involved Mom. She is chair of a local school Improvement Council at Ebinport Elementary where her kids go in Rock Hill SC. With her will be the Director of the South Carolina School Improvement Council, Tom Hudson, who works at the Center for Educational Partnerships at The University of South Carolina.
INCREASING ENGAGEMENT WITH DIGITAL TOOLS
Walnut Valley Unified School District teacher Alice Chen is one of this month’s
Editors Choice Content Award winners from Smartbrief for her post How to Inspire a New Generation of Writers Through Blogging
NCTQ ON TEACHER SHORTAGES
The Manager of Teacher Trends at The National Council on Teacher Quality
Kency Nittler is our guest with the challenges and ideas for solutions
K-12 IMPACT ON HIGHER ED…
HIGHER ED AND DIGITAL LEARNING
What we’re doing in K-12 is making a difference. Great information from a new survey as presented by Tom Malek, Pearson’s Sr. VP of Partnerships.
CREATING “MASTERPIECE” RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
PBS’ Masterpiece offers tremendous resources for educators through the incredible work of education experts like our guest Cyrisse Jaffee, an editorial Project Manager at WGBH in Boston which produces Masterpiece. Learn all about it
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
HELPING THE CHILDREN OF FLINT MICHIGAN
Hawn Foundation CEO Laurie Coots explains how “Mindfulness Training ” through the Foundation’s MindUP program is working in Flint . Laurie may be bringing guests from Flint schools with her.
MASS MEDIA AND MEDIA LITERACY IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM
Media Education Consultant Frank Baker , our guest, is the author of this new edition from ISTE.Important Topic !!!
A VISIT WITH THE COUNCIL OF STATE SCIENCE SUPERVISORS
STEM and Standards withDr Ellen Ebert , President of the Council, is joined by Tiffany Neill, OK State Science Supervisor and President Elect of CSSS on the new framework for K-12 Science Education
STUDENT COLLABORATION IN CHEMISTRY CLASS AND BEYOND
The author of CRUSH SCHOOL: Every Students Guide to Killing it in The Classroom…and one of this month’s Editors Choice Content Award winners from Smartbrief for his post ” Google it! Collaborative classroom activity” is our guest.
LONG TERM MATH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN TACOMA SCHOOLS
It’s working. We have Tacoma Superintendent Dr. Carla Santorno and former NCTM president , Professor Dr. Mike Shaughnessy who consulted to the school district
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OCTOBER 2016
STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD
Listen to what they’re doing at Leyden212. district in IL.
We have their Superintendent, their President of the Board and two student board members
DIGITAL TRANSITION IN ROCK HILL, SC SCHOOLS
Dr. Mark Edwards, now S.V.P at Discovery Education brings with him
Dr. Harriet Jaworowski, Assoc. Supt for Instruction and Accountability in Rock Hill
INSIDE THE MIND OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS
Dr. Peter Langman , psychologist and author of “School Shooters” and “Why Kids Kill”
on a very serious subject on which he is THE expert
SOLVING THE TEACHER SHORTAGE
A new guest, The Learning Policy Institute, a non-partisan organization that conducts and communicates independent, high quality research to improve education policy. Leib Sutcher and Anne Podolsky of the Institute on their reports “Understanding Teacher Shortages” and “A Coming Crisis in Teaching”
A VISIT WITH iCIVICS.ORG
TEACHING CIVICS ISN’T JUST THE ELECTION
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s group
Executive Director Louis Dube on teaching this election, engaging students with their game “Win The White House”
and why teaching Civics is important every year…have we learned that yet?
SEVEN KEYS TO A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR CLASSROOM
Solution Tree author of the book of the same name Tom Hierck is our guest.
TRAUMA INFORMED EDUCATION
Jamie Redford and Karen Pritzker own KPJR films… and they have made an incredible film on how adverse childhood experiences and trauma affect a child’s education. Their film “PAPER TIGERS” looks at the high school in Walla Walla, Washington, the 1st school to implement a complete trauma informed education system and their other film RESILIENCE looks at the effects of toxic stress. You’ll learn how to host a screening as well
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, STEM AND 21st CENTURY LEARNING
Returning guest Julie Tesch…and Angela Mayfield…, Executive Director and Education Director respectively at The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. They have some very unique resources for classrooms everywhere.
AASL ON SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND ESSA
AASL Executive Director Sylvia Knight Norton , President Audrey Church and President Elect Steve Yates are our guests
USE DATA TO MEASURE WHAT MATTERS IN YOUR STUDENTS PERFORMANCE
Suzanne Wendt, Resource Consultant at Pearson for AIMSWEB, a student assessment product
is our guest….on understanding and using data.
LITERACY: TEXAS READS ONE BOOK
AASA brings us three Superintendents whose districts (Irving ISD, Corsicana ISD and Mission ISD) are involved in the excellent
“Read To Them” program, boosting both community and student engagement
STIMULATE INTEREST IN SCIENCE 5TH GRADE SCIENCE AND NGSS
Develop great supplemental classroom learning experiences to stimulate student’s interest in science.
Our guests from Mentoring Minds are Karen Lane and LaDona Cook.
ARE YOUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY ONE LEVEL ABOVE THEIR GRADE?
The results of a new study suggest that the number may be larger than you think. We’ll be discussing that topic and how to close excellence gaps with Jonathan Plucker, the Julian C. Stanley Professor of Talent Development at Johns Hopkins University, where he works at the Center for Talented Youth.
THE CONTENT CONTINUUM…FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD TO CAREER
Finding E Learning content that learners will use as a contimuum ofleaning, returning guest ,
thought leader Myron Cizdyn, President of BLPS gives us all a game plan.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS IN THE AGE OF ESSA
Returning guest Dr. Howie Knoff of Project Achieve is our guest on what ESSA really says about all this.
Presented by APPERSON SEL
TEACHER PREP AND CREATING A UNIFIED TEACHING PROFESSION
A favorite guest, Dr Robinson of AACTE returns with insights on what’s going on in Education
programs at the College and University level and how that affects K-12 everywhere as learn to collaborate at levels .
TEACHING CIVICS K-12 DURING THIS ELECTION CYCLE
The boys are back in town….two terrific guests, Tony Pennay, Education Director at
Kamy Akhaven of the the great web site Procon.org are my guests.
CAREER/TECHNICAL EDUCATION: The ACTE VISION CONFERENCE
Las Vegas beckons and since what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, we want to get the word out now about the upcoming national conference prior to the event…with Steve DeWitt of ACTE and Jerry Ellner, Nat’l Director of High School Education at UTI
LISTEN HERE
Two writing experts …NCTE President and University of Denver professor Doug Hesse
and former Prez Kathleen Blake Yancey of Florida State are our guests
THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE ON EDUCATION
Returning good guy Jonathan Butcher of The Goldwater Institute
brings his expertise to the subjects of Native American education and Education Savings accounts.
A TEACHER COMPENSATION MODEL BASED ON
INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Superintendent Dr Kristine Gilmore of DC Everest district in Wisconsin and
the district Director of Technology Emmett McBride on how they built and use this system
BRINGING TEACHER VOICE TO THE TABLE
Thanks to TeachPlus , we have Board Certified educator Bootsie Battle-Holt
(I love the name name Bootsie, btw) .
Bootsie is a 2016 LA County and LAUSD ‘Teacher of the Year
and a Fellowship Alumna of TeachPlus
THE LASTING IMPACT THAT
INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE HAS ON STUDENTS
Listen to this one from Generation Global on just how important this is. We have two students, one in Jordan and another in Singapore, plus Dr. Ian Jamison and Claire Lorentzen of Generation Global returning
INVITING YOU TO THE NCTE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Susan Hauser , NCTE President-Elect, invites you personally and will speak about the theme of “Faces of Advocacy” and the sessions…scheduled for Atlanta, November 17-20.
WHAT’S NEW AND EFFECTIVE IN
CRISIS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS
Rich Bagin of NSPRA is joined by Bloominton MN schools Director of Community Relations
and Emergency Management Rick Kaufman on the recent released 4th edition of NSPRA’s Crisis Mgmt. Manual.
THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY AND EDNET 2016
The undusrty just met and her’es a review of the EDNET , the industry conference,
ICEV presents
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IS STEM EDUCATION
THE FFA NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS COMING
There’s a zillion great STEM careers in Agriculture available to your students.
I love doing Ag ed shows. We have Kristy Meyer of FFA as our guest to preview this 65,000 student attendee conference
CHARACTER EDUCATION AND A FREE CURRICULUM K-12
Want to incorporate character and values into your K-12 program.
The values of heroes make a difference to kids.Cathy Metcalf , VP of Education
returns with Tiffany Kovaleski, Chief of Staff for the Twin Cities Medal of Honor Convention,
the person who pushed character education legislation through MN
CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME
HoF Executive Director Carol Strickland is our guest…always elevating the profession
with a special emphasis on the Memorial to Fallen Educators
TEACHER POWER: MAKING THE LEAP FROM TEXTBOOKS TO DIGITAL
Brandon Wilmarth, Tech Integration Specialist from Moore (OK) schools where the
digital initiative includes paying teachers to create digital content. He is joined by Ogment‘s Co-founder
Johanna Whetmore which is the platform they’re using for content creation.
SPECIAL ED ADMINISTRATION IN THE AGE OF ESSA
Dr. Luann Purcell , Executive Director of CASE is our guest
STEM Play in Early Childhood Education
Gryphon House brings us University of Central Florida lecturer and co author Kelly Jennings-Towle
for a look at STEM without forgetting literacy and the arts .
OCTOBER IS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS MONTH
Past AASA president and Supt of District 214 in IL, Dave Schuler is joined by
Wheeling High School (IL) senior senorita Hannah DeGraff for a look at
‘Redefining Ready” and the month’s activities.
THE SHIFTING PARADIGM OF TEACHING
PERSONALIZED LEARNING THRU THE EYES OF TEACHERS
Previewing an Oct 11 webinar and research paper from our friends at KnowledgeWorks
with Jesse Moyer, Director of State Policy, Sarah Jenkins , Senior Mgr of Research & Advocacy and Elizabeth Foster VP of Strategic Initiatives at The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future
P21’s PD ONLINE MODULES and the 4C’s
David Ross, Chief Strategy Officer at P21 on this new initiative which opens for your learning next week
PROMOTING A GROWTH MINDSET IN YOUR CLASSROOM
Smartbrief and Smartblogs bring us Jennifer Guido, a 3rd grade teacher from Lewes, DE
on her award winning blog post
WHY GO OPEN? USING OPEN ED RESOURCES IN YOUR DISTRICTS
Edweb.net ‘s Lisa Schmucki and her guests Andrew Marcinek, former Open Ed advisor
to the Department of Education and Kevin Hogan, Content Director for Tech & Learning
THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION VISITS THE
COACHELLA VALLEY CA. SCHOOL DISTRICT
Coachella Valley Superintendent , rock star and frequent guest,Dr Darryl Adams and
NSBA’s Ann Flynn on Innovative Strategies & Practices to prepare students for life
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SEPTEMBER 2016
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
iNACOL : ONLINE LEARNING, PERSONALIZED LEARNING AND ESSA
plus a chat about the upcoming national conference with, Maria Worthen, VP for federal and State Policy
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 and US manager, Claire Lorentzen
TEACHING THE ELECTION
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!
A LOOK AT AUGMENTED REALITY AND ED TECH
Thanks to Smartbrief and Smartblogs, we have Ed blogger extraordinaire and
fearless sixth grade teacher Mary Howard on her post, The Augmented Reality Sandbox
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
