Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

 Instead of dreading parent contact and interaction, embrace the challenge. It will step up your game to let parents in so they can become an empowering force for their child’s success in your classroom. Tune in to hear the 4 steps you can follow right this moment to turn things around.

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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.

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In order to effectively lead people we have to keep our MO in check. Success breeds when one uses empowerment through building capacity in others. Tune in to hear practical steps to invest others in common goals by keeping our MO in check.

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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.

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Being a teacher can be daunting as there are so many moving parts in one single day. Being overwhelmed is a common complaint of newer teachers. This anxiety turns to hesitancy and oftentimes cements a teacher’s feet in place. As a result, teachers stop improving and succeeding in the classroom because of their fears of failure and lack of clarity on what to focus on first. Tune in to hear how teachers can jump into the deep end even when they are overwhelmed so that they could be successful faster.

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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.

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Brad Zupp is an entertaining motivational speaker and memory improvement expert from New York. Since 2009, Brad has been dedicated to testing the limits of his own memory while helping others learn the benefits that come from memory improvement. Brad shows both adults and children how to supercharge their memories to improve grades, relationships, productivity, and peace of mind while remembering more of what they see, hear and read.

He has taught thousands of people how to access the power of their minds, the most incredible computers in the world.He is also a frequent memory sports competitor, and has won two bronze and one silver medal at memory competitions as well as twice setting an American record at the World Memory Championships. As the co-captain of Team USA he helped lead Team USA to a Silver Medal finish at the World Memory Championships in China in 2015.

• Doing it well and demonstrating you can do it well are two different things…teaching a subject is a different beast than knowing content
• Kids are bored and demoralized- If they are not getting it, present it in a new way
• Organize your mind:

1. Get it
2. Save it
3. Recall it

• How are you going to remember that?
• Do you not remember or do you not understand the concept?
• How can I teach my students to remember better?

Connect with Brad

• www.bradzupp.com
• www.exceptionalassemblies.com/featsofmemory
• Twitter: @BradZupp https://twitter.com/BradZupp
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FeatsOfMemory/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradzupp

Gifts from Brad

• Download the report: 10 Ways to Supercharge Your Memory at: http://www.bradzupp.com/freereport
• Download tips on how to help children improve focus and memory, plus two chapters of Brad’s book: www.exceptionalassemblies.com/tips-to-help-your-child-improve-focus-and-remember-better

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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Homework (The “H” Word) has become a hot button topic lately as teachers are deciding to eliminate homework altogether in their classrooms. This episode hears from various educators and parents on their opinions on the hassle of homework as well as shares the detrimental effects of taking such drastic measures. Listen in to hear the debate and formulate your own opinion on what is best for a child’s development physically and mentally.

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