Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

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Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast episodes

November 16, 2015 23: What’s on the Menu and Why Do I Care?
Professional Development (PD) is needed in a school system to increase teacher effectiveness by providing relevant, timely knowledge, strategies and techniques to improve classroom practice. However, PD is not created and delivered in an engaging, efficient way. Nor is it having the impact on student achievement as intended. Develop an avenue to provide professional development in a differentiated, personalized way for teachers so it has the impact on students that is needed. Listen in on how to create a delicious menu of PD that teachers will truly care about.
Quotables

* Teachers don’t complain about PD because they don’t want to get better. They complain about PD because its not useful.
* Break up with the pain of past PD.
* You have the power to change the way Ts look at and feel about PD.

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Gretchen’s Stamp of Approval

* Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School by Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzales
* The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development Article by The New Teacher Project
* Leading Efficient and Effective PD Sessions Webinar
* #educoach Twitter Chat (Wednesday [10:00]-11:00 pm EST)

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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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24 min
November 16, 2015 23: What’s on the Menu and Why Do I Care?
Professional Development (PD) is needed in a school system to increase teacher effectiveness by providing relevant, timely knowledge, strategies and techniques to improve classroom practice. However, PD is not created and delivered in an engaging, efficient way. Nor is it having the impact on student achievement as intended. Develop an avenue to provide professional development…
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24 min
November 09, 2015 22: Sum of the Parts
Education is a community effort- we aren’t islands on our mission to educate our future. Our effectiveness is a collective sum of our each individual parts. When someone is not measuring up, its our job to help them get there with clear, actionable steps in a non-threatening environment of feedback. Take a listen to hear how we are failing ourselves and our students by remaining islands instead of seeing our mission’s success as the sum of our parts.

Quotables

* None of this was personal, it was tweaking my performance not my person
* You’re only as strong as your weakest link…That comes through feedback not ratings…face time not emails…coaching conversations not descriptive observation paragraphs
* Feedback doesn’t have to be harsh or personal. It can be purposeful, uplifting and game-changing
* Education is not a profession of islands; it’s a collaborative effort.
* No on should escape the blessing of feedback. But everyone should escape the burn of lack of feedback.

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Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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25 min
November 02, 2015 21: Stepping Back to Step Forward
Sometimes to get ahead in life and your career you have to step back to step forward. That special decision to pause allows knowledge and rejuvenation to prosper and spill over into your next step. Listen up as I speak directly to new teachers, teachers in distress or transition and teacher leaders!

Quotables

* Long hours at the office don’t equate to effectiveness
* Let yourself be lead
* If you are seeing a pattern, take yourself out of the game
* In the harshness, there is a nugget of truth
* Take time to pour into yourself so the next step you take, you flourish
* Do you want your platter of blessings to be raw and rushed or cooked to perfection?

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Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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33 min
November 02, 2015 21: Stepping Back to Step Forward
Sometimes to get ahead in life and your career you have to step back to step forward. That special decision to pause allows knowledge and rejuvenation to prosper and spill over into your next step. Listen up as I speak directly to new teachers, teachers in distress or transition and teacher leaders! Quotables Long hours…
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33 min
October 26, 2015 20: Bonus Edition- Interview with Melissa Emler

Melissa Emler, best known as Missy, is an elite educator. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education and a master’s in Educational Leadership. She has shared her vision and wisdom of 21st century learning at conferences such as SLATE and ISTE. Missy is currently the director of innovation at CESA 3, serving 31 Wisconsin districts on school improvement like innovation and design. She recently created the Connecting to Create Greatness blog and On the Vendor Floor podcast. On top of it all, she is a wife and fantastic mommy to 3 growing kiddos.
Quotables:

* Hug what you have and reach for what you don’t.
* The rabbit holes are where the real learning happens.
* Vote with your feet.
* #edtech1stdate

Missy’s Stamp of Approval (to name a few):

* Write about- https://www.writeabout.com/
* Class craft- http://www.classcraft.com/
* Imagine easy- http://www.imagineeasy.com/
* DocentEDU- http://docentedu.com/
* Kahoot- https://getkahoot.com/
* Classkick- http://www.classkick.com/

Connect with Missy:

* Website: melissaemler.com
* Email: [email protected]
* Twitter: @melissaemler
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnTheVendorFloor
* iTunes- https://itun.es/us/DrCk-.c
* Google+- https://plus.google.com/u/1/+MelissaEmlerConnectingtoCreateGreatness/posts

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Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College
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48 min
October 26, 2015 20: Bonus Edition- Interview with Melissa Emler
Melissa Emler, best known as Missy, is an elite educator. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education and a master’s in Educational Leadership. She has shared her vision and wisdom of 21st century learning at conferences such as SLATE and ISTE. Missy is currently the director of innovation at CESA 3, serving…
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48 min
October 21, 2015 18: Seeds that Sprout
Hear how a sprinkler watering the concrete inspired this episode. We need to water our initiatives with intention and follow through so that we have seeds that sprout. This requires a plan, constant monitoring, and flexibility to respond in the moment so that we align our input with our output. Tune in to get empowered to apply this theory to your own educational circumstance.

Quotables

* The intention is not showing the intended results
* What policies, procedures or processes are created with the best of intentions but when it comes down to it, its not resulting in progress?
* We are not allowing the process to take over, we are trying to control the process.

Gretchen’s Stamp of Approval

* Primer podcast with Troy Mooney and Herbert O’Neil- leadership podcast for school admin

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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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20 min
October 21, 2015 18: Seeds that Sprout
Hear how a sprinkler watering the concrete inspired this episode. We need to water our initiatives with intention and follow through so that we have seeds that sprout. This requires a plan, constant monitoring, and flexibility to respond in the moment so that we align our input with our output. Tune in to get empowered…
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20 min
October 19, 2015 19: Peak and Pit
Life is full of high’s and low’s, but how we respond to these obstacles can make all the difference in our success, personally and professionally. Learn to use a low moment, or a pit, to reach even higher and more satisfying peaks, or highs. Tune in to this episode to hear just how to do that!

Quotables

* Have your pit turn into a peak

* Use your pain to help someone else

* Peaks are worth celebrating and so are pits

* Pits formulate your character and humility

* Pits make the peak worthwhile

* Pits have the pain and peaks have the pleasure

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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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19 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!