Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

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Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast episodes

June 13, 201653: Always A Lesson’s Empowering Educators Podcast Turns 1 Year Old!
Tune in as we celebrate a year on the Always A Lesson’s Empowering Educators Podcast! We rewind to how it all began from a little ‘ol blog to now a world wide podcast, discuss my favorite parts of my journey this past year as a podcaster, share noteworthy milestones achieved, and celebrate your Top 5 Favorite Empowering Educators Podcast episodes thus far!
A BIG *Thank You* to you loyal listeners who make this podcast what it is- we are changing the world one kiddo at a time

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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23 min
June 13, 2016 53: Always A Lesson’s Empowering Educators Podcast Turns 1 Year Old!
Tune in as we celebrate a year on the Always A Lesson’s Empowering Educators Podcast! We rewind to how it all began from a little ‘ol blog to now a world wide podcast, discuss my favorite parts of my journey this past year as a podcaster, share noteworthy milestones achieved, and celebrate your Top 5 Favorite Empowering Educators Podcast episodes thus far!
A BIG *Thank You* to you loyal listeners who make this podcast what it is- we are changing the world one kiddo at a time :)

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&ls=1

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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Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
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23 min
June 06, 201652: Deposit Potential into the Future
Our jobs as educators is to create a better future. We do that by teaching children content, life skills and uncovering their potential. Often times we miss opportunities to deposit potential into the future because we fail to help children see beyond their circumstances so that they can change their mindset and surroundings. This episode is going to light a fire under you so that you no longer miss an opportunity to bless a child with the opportunity to see beyond their circumstances into their potential.
Quotables
“It all Is how you speak to a child and how you deposit pos words in them to give them the strength to change their environment to change the way they think.”
How do you just invent different circumstances?
Kids are capable. Undeniably capable. They are born with the ability to think, to be successful, to be good human beings. They are also born into situations and circumstances that they can’t control.
Teachers are the gateway. They bridge the gap from the current circumstance to the potential of the future.
Its on us as educators to plant seeds of success in our kiddos’ heads
Every child deserves a quality education and the opportunity to succeed.
They self sabotaged the opportunity because they didn’t upgrade their thinking to match their scenario.

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&ls=1
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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22 min
June 06, 2016 52: Deposit Potential into the Future
Our jobs as educators is to create a better future. We do that by teaching children content, life skills and uncovering their potential. Often times we miss opportunities to deposit potential into the future because we fail to help children see beyond their circumstances so that they can change their mindset and surroundings. This episode is going to light a fire under you so that you no longer miss an opportunity to bless a child with the opportunity to see beyond their circumstances into their potential.

Quotables

“It all Is how you speak to a child and how you deposit pos words in them to give them the strength to change their environment to change the way they think.”
How do you just invent different circumstances?
Kids are capable. Undeniably capable. They are born with the ability to think, to be successful, to be good human beings. They are also born into situations and circumstances that they can’t control.
Teachers are the gateway. They bridge the gap from the current circumstance to the potential of the future.
Its on us as educators to plant seeds of success in our kiddos’ heads
Every child deserves a quality education and the opportunity to succeed.
They self sabotaged the opportunity because they didn’t upgrade their thinking to match their scenario.

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&ls=1

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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22 min
May 30, 201651: Demote Yourself to Co-Captain
Students aren’t as successful as they could be because we don’t give them the opportunity to take ahold of the reigns and be the driving force in their own education. Don’t keep a lesson a secret, share the format, and all the nitty gritty details to keep kiddos on the right track and focused on the skills they are required to demonstrate throughout a learning experience.

Quotables
Why are WE doing all the work?
Why are we designing the experience and then in charge of all the work getting to the destination?
Kids have got to be in the driver’s seat
They need all the tools to be successful and that means knowing the plan
Kids need more ownership and accountability in this generation and to prepare for levels of education and career

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&ls=1
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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23 min
May 30, 2016 51: Demote Yourself to Co-Captain
Students aren’t as successful as they could be because we don’t give them the opportunity to take ahold of the reigns and be the driving force in their own education. Don’t keep a lesson a secret, share the format, and all the nitty gritty details to keep kiddos on the right track and focused on the skills they are required to demonstrate throughout a learning experience.

Quotables

Why are WE doing all the work?
Why are we designing the experience and then in charge of all the work getting to the destination?
Kids have got to be in the driver’s seat
They need all the tools to be successful and that means knowing the plan
Kids need more ownership and accountability in this generation and to prepare for levels of education and career

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&ls=1

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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23 min
May 23, 201650: Art of Teaching with Jennifer Gonzalez
Jennifer Gonzalez is a National Board Certified teacher. Her twelve years of classroom experience include teaching English language arts in middle school and preparing pre-service teachers at the college level. In 2013 she started her blog, Cult of Pedagogy, where she shares effective teaching practices, curates top-notch educational resources, explores how race and culture intersect with education, and studies the effective use of technology in the classroom. She is the author of The Teacher’s Guide to Tech, co-author of Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School, and the host of The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.
Quotables
The Oprah of Education
Be consciously respectful of others’ experiences
Validate thinking behind mistakes
Mix high value information with my own personal take on things
No one should get their hands slapped for doing things the “old way,” because the “old way” was just a few years ago
Regular, systematic feedback
You have to find people to spend your time with who are the kinds of teachers you want to be …. you will become like the people you surround yourself with
Find a mentor- someone who I look up to, who has knowledge i dont have, and is willing to give me a little guidance every once in a while
[Teaching], its such a difficult job; its not meant to be easy, and people don’t go into it because its easy, but I want to thank teachers
Remember to stop and pay attention

Jennifer’s Stamp of Approval
Feedly– a feed reader for blogs and websites (simiar to Bloglovin)
The Marshall Memo– monthly digest of summaries of most significant educational research (monthly subscription)

Connect with Jennifer
http://www.cultofpedagogy.com
Twitter: @cultofpedagogy
Instagram: @cultofpedagogy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cult-of-Pedagogy-688223247861467/

Join elite educators everywhere in snagging tips, tricks and freebies right to your inbox every month!Become #empowered with the Always A Lesson newsletter: https://alwaysalesson.leadpages.co/newslettersignup/

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&ls=1
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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43 min
May 23, 2016 50: Bonus Edition- Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez
Jennifer Gonzalez is a National Board Certified teacher. Her twelve years of classroom experience include teaching English language arts in middle school and preparing pre-service teachers at the college level. In 2013 she started her blog, Cult of Pedagogy, where she shares effective teaching practices, curates top-notch educational resources, explores how race and culture intersect with education, and studies the effective use of technology in the classroom. She is the author of The Teacher’s Guide to Tech, co-author of Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School, and the host of The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

Quotables

The Oprah of Education
Be consciously respectful of others' experiences
Validate thinking behind mistakes
Mix high value information with my own personal take on things
No one should get their hands slapped for doing things the "old way," because the "old way" was just a few years ago
Regular, systematic feedback
You have to find people to spend your time with who are the kinds of teachers you want to be .... you will become like the people you surround yourself with
Find a mentor- someone who I look up to, who has knowledge i dont have, and is willing to give me a little guidance every once in a while
[Teaching], its such a difficult job; its not meant to be easy, and people don't go into it because its easy, but I want to thank teachers
Remember to stop and pay attention

Jennifer's Stamp of Approval

Feedly- a feed reader for blogs and websites (simiar to Bloglovin)
The Marshall Memo- monthly digest of summaries of most significant educational research (monthly subscription)

Connect with Jennifer

http://www.cultofpedagogy.com
Twitter: @cultofpedagogy
Instagram: @cultofpedagogy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cult-of-Pedagogy-688223247861467/

Join elite educators everywhere in snagging tips, tricks and freebies right to your inbox every month!
Become #empowered with the Always A Lesson newsletter: https://alwaysalesson.leadpages.co/newslettersignup/

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&ls=1

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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43 min
May 16, 201649: What Are You Doing?
Too often we ask kids “what are you doing?” instead of “what are you learning?” Because of that we as educators focus on designing lessons around tasks and compliance instead of learning content through impactful ways. We are doing a disservice by our current state of mind. Tune in to hear how we can change that today!

Quotables
Why was I so focused on the outcome instead of the process?
We have got to refocus and recalibrate our brains to focus on getting kids grappling with material to really learn it.
Stop asking WHAT ARE YOU DOING and ask WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING
Stop being mainstream
Every decision we make in the classroom puts our kids at risk or sets them up for success.

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&ls=1
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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22 min
May 16, 2016 49: What Are You Doing?
Too often we ask kids “what are you doing?” instead of “what are you learning?” Because of that we as educators focus on designing lessons around tasks and compliance instead of learning content through impactful ways. We are doing a disservice by our current state of mind. Tune in to hear how we can change that today!

Quotables

Why was I so focused on the outcome instead of the process?
We have got to refocus and recalibrate our brains to focus on getting kids grappling with material to really learn it.
Stop asking WHAT ARE YOU DOING and ask WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING
Stop being mainstream
Every decision we make in the classroom puts our kids at risk or sets them up for success.

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&ls=1

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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22 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!