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IN WICHITA FALLSTEXAS SCHOOLS
SCHOOL CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION IN MARTIN COUNTY KY
an AASA show
Listen Here
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
a CCSSO show
ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH A STATE EDUCATION LEADER
We welcome, from our glorious Midwest, Nebraska’s State Commissioner Matt Blomstedt
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
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
MATCHING BEGINNING READERS TO TEXT
EDUCATION ,JUSTICE & SOCIAL ACTION
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
OCTOBER 2017
founder of Greater Good Consultants
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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
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
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
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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.
which publishes the serious history research papers of secondary students, is our guest.
THE COACH APPROACH TO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
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.

7 Mindsets provides Social and emotional learning that empowering mindset-based programs that are proven to transform lives: This show features:
and
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EDWEB.NET PRESENTS PAJAMA P.D. WITH TECH EDUCATOR AND PD SPECIALIST RACHEL LANGENHORST
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
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

INSPIRING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION LEADERS
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.
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

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
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
This is Goldie’s wonderful educational foundation for a vastly under-met need
in K-12 eduCation Our guest is CEO Laurie Coots.
a great and neutral site for any teacher, particularly English and Social Studies