Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

By Gretchen Bridgers | Education Podcast NetworkEducation

Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast episodes

February 05, 201786: What Is Really Going On?
In order to be an effective teacher we have to reach our kids. In order to reach our kids we have to be available and receptive to alter our instructional course to meet their needs- whether sung or unsung. Tune in to hear how to push past your comfort zone and really listen to student cues so you can make the best instructional decisions for your students to succeed in your classroom.
Quotables
Just because you are ready to take incoming signals doesn’t mean you know what to do when you get it
Remember when you’re available to receive the cue, you can make the best decisions in your classroom for kids.
We gotta reach them. And to reach them we have to know them. And to know them we have to be AVAILABLE and RESPONSIVE.

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Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
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Twitter: @gschultek
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Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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12 min
January 30, 201785: Put Your Wellbeing First with Clare Martin
Clare is an educator who has been learning and leading for quite some time now. Below is a quick list of some of her accomplishments.
Founder of the Positive Teacher Network
First class degree in Psychology
Qualified teacher (over 10 years)
Cognitive Behavioral Coach
NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
Teacher of Positive Psychology

She believes in the importance of looking after our wellbeing first so that we are able to give our all to our students. Her mission is to make people aware of simple ways they can use to increase their happiness, success and fulfillment. She says:
“Making small changes to build resilience and look after our wellbeing can be transformational as a teacher where there are pressures from every angle, not least ourselves. In order to stay motivated, healthy and happy we need to look after ourselves mentally as well as physically.”
Quotables
We have to focus on looking after ourselves as a priority not as something we pick up on later on
Prevention over cure
Being selfish is being selfless because if you don’t have the energy to look after others you can’t make a difference
The reactions to what you’re feeling is connected to what you’re thinking

Connect with Clare
Website: www.positiveteachernetwork.com
Twitter: @PosTeacherNet
Facebook: Positive Teacher Network

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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31 min
January 23, 201784: It’s Not What it Seems
Change is no stranger to the educational field. When change comes, we need to withhold judgment and emotion until enough time has passed for things to pan out. By this point, we now have perspective and more accurate information for our judgment or opinion to be based upon. At first glance, nothing is ever as it seems. Tune in to hear what you can do to ease frustration and disillusionment on the job.
Quotables
Let the smoke clear, the fog lift and then draw conclusions
It’s hard to build relationships overnight
Your attitude contributes to your outcome
Be patient as the new unravels
Momentum is more accurate of actual results than your first up to bat

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
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Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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How?
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16 min
January 16, 201783: Clear the Cache
We can’t be our amazing educator selves when we are thinking about too many things. We need to simplify our thoughts by clearing our mental cache. Tune in to hear 5 tips that help me remain present and working full throttle to be my best edu-self!
Quotables
Fix your focus
Be present in teaching as every moment counts
My negative thoughts became negative emotions
I can’t be great working on a dying battery
Close the filing cabinet
The power in being simple
Chunk your focus

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
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Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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How?
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20 min
January 09, 201782: Stand Under or Stand Out
When change needs to happen in our world, do you stand under the current system or do you stand out and make the change? We can no longer expect things to change by being frustrated and making noise… we have to take action- BIG action. Tune in to hear what you can do right now to make your situation and our world better. Go make history!
Quotables
Standing under in compliance never changes your predicament; it just prolongs your predicament.
Standing under is a waste of everyone’s time and just ensures problems remain problems.
You have to dare to dream and you have to be willing to do the work

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Instagram: Always.A.Lesson
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.
How?
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15 min
January 02, 201781: When in Doubt, Go to Base Camp
How do you go about helping a student or another teacher when you aren’t sure where to start or which aspect of instruction to hone in on? When you learn how to dig deep enough and focus solely on THE MAIN THING, you are sure to be successful. Tune in to hear how to go back to base camp in order to get a clear head and perspective before jumping to action!
Quotables
“Is this in my job description?” or “does this fall in line with my job duties purpose?”
We want quick solutions and we pull our talent to take care of the bleeding wound when the bigger picture is far more important.
Is this the MAIN THING?
You have to take a moment, back away from the mayhem and ensure you’re headed in the right direction.

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
Why?
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.
How?
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15 min
December 26, 201680: More than Teaching with Nicole Turner
Nicole is a strong educator from Indianapolis who has overcome obstacles only a crowd of people combined would encounter. You’ll learn that you can be a great teacher even if you didn’t originally major in education or you aren’t able to create a Pinterest worthy classroom environment due to financial constraints. Nicole embodies perseverance. Tune in as she shares her rollercoaster journey to education and how she continued to push through hard time such as: a house break in, being a single mom through broken relationships, holding down multiple jobs, failing certification exams, losing teaching jobs due to budget cuts and staying strong while caring for an ailing parent. But, with a little bit of luck and blessings, life experience in the Military, beauty school, and management at McDonald’s, teaching became her passion and truest talent. Nicole will empower you beyond measure.
Want to see her blog post about this episode? Click here!
Quotables
I was running away from being a teacher
Being a teacher is more than teaching the subject area, we teach social skills and values in which every single parent wants instilled in their children.
If I didn’t have those obstacles I couldn’t be the person I am today- I am a stronger educator
I stepped out in faith and went for the gusto
Find your niche and place in a building
Things can turn in your personal life and you still have to perform in your professional life
The children need you. You are putting your all into them. Its not an instant gratification piece.
Find out who you are as an educator so you can better serve children
What do I want my obituary to say about me?
My goal is to be MORE than effective

Connect with Nicole
Websites:
www.coachingcaravan.com
www.teacherscaravan.com
TpT and Instagram: Coaching Caravan
eBook: 10 Things I need to be Successful [for instructional coaches] Coming June 2017 + interactive journal/planner
Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
Why?
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.
How?
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51 min
December 26, 2016 80: Bonus Edition- Interview with Nicole Turner
Nicole is a strong educator from Indianapolis who has overcome obstacles only a crowd of people combined would encounter. You’ll learn that you can be a great teacher even if you didn’t originally major in education or you aren’t able to create a Pinterest worthy classroom environment due to financial constraints. Nicole embodies perseverance. Tune in as she shares her rollercoaster journey to education and how she continued to push through hard time such as: a house break in, being a single mom through broken relationships, holding down multiple jobs, failing certification exams, losing teaching jobs due to budget cuts and staying strong while caring for an ailing parent. But, with a little bit of luck and blessings, life experience in the Military, beauty school, and management at McDonald’s, teaching became her passion and truest talent. Nicole will empower you beyond measure.

Want to see her blog post about this episode? Click here!
Quotables

I was running away from being a teacher
Being a teacher is more than teaching the subject area, we teach social skills and values in which every single parent wants instilled in their children.
If I didn’t have those obstacles I couldn’t be the person I am today- I am a stronger educator
I stepped out in faith and went for the gusto
Find your niche and place in a building
Things can turn in your personal life and you still have to perform in your professional life
The children need you. You are putting your all into them. Its not an instant gratification piece.
Find out who you are as an educator so you can better serve children
What do I want my obituary to say about me?
My goal is to be MORE than effective

Connect with Nicole

Websites:

www.coachingcaravan.com
www.teacherscaravan.com

TpT and Instagram: Coaching Caravan
eBook: 10 Things I need to be Successful [for instructional coaches] Coming June 2017 + interactive journal/planner
Email:

[email protected]
[email protected]

Connect with Gretchen

Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
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51 min
December 19, 201679: Put Down Your Wallet and TEACH!
Being a teacher is about inspiring students to be their best by equipping them with the skills necessary to do so instead of buying stuff for them or a lesson that has little to no educational impact. The pressure to have a “pinterest-worthy” classroom and “Instagram- worthy” exciting lesson is taking our focus away from what we are supposed to be doing in the classroom each and every day. Tune in to hear how to still be a fun teacher and have a stunning classroom without going broke doing it.
Quotables
That [behavior] sends a message that “stuff” is more important than learning and its not
Keep our focus on kids instead of falling victim to our wallet
If you spend all of your time buying stuff you are missing out on the whole point of your job
You have experience working with kids so use that to your advantage to be the best at your job instead of leading the educational experience with THINGS.
Keep it simple and make the thinking in the lesson extraordinary
The more our kids get used to stuff the more they think they need it
Moderation moderation moderation

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
Why?
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.
How?
Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
Under ‘Customer Reviews,’ click on “Write a Review.”
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21 min
December 19, 2016 79: Put Down Your Wallet and TEACH!
Being a teacher is about inspiring students to be their best by equipping them with the skills necessary to do so instead of buying stuff for them or a lesson that has little to no educational impact. The pressure to have a “pinterest-worthy” classroom and “Instagram- worthy” exciting lesson is taking our focus away from what we are supposed to be doing in the classroom each and every day. Tune in to hear how to still be a fun teacher and have a stunning classroom without going broke doing it.

Quotables

That [behavior] sends a message that “stuff” is more important than learning and its not
Keep our focus on kids instead of falling victim to our wallet
If you spend all of your time buying stuff you are missing out on the whole point of your job
You have experience working with kids so use that to your advantage to be the best at your job instead of leading the educational experience with THINGS.
Keep it simple and make the thinking in the lesson extraordinary
The more our kids get used to stuff the more they think they need it
Moderation moderation moderation

Connect with Gretchen

Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
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21 min

About Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

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Educators, this podcast will leave you feeling empowered with actionable steps to implement into your role immediately. Gretchen shares stories, lessons learned and practical tips. Buckle up for a transformation unlike no other!