An Educator's Legacy

In this episode, Amanda Lund and a I talk about how education has changed and the challenges faced by the teachers of today. She provides insight into the struggles of the modern day educator. Amanda is a fifth grade science teacher that is taking her DI team to the STATE competition this year! Get in touch with Amanda Lund on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-lund-37a81a122/ 

This week's guest is Dr. Patty Mooney. Dr. Mooney is currently an adjunct professor at Lone Star College and a consultant at Leading School Learning. She began her educational career teaching kindergarten and first grade before stepping into the administrative roles of assistant principal and principal. She has led both elementary and middle school campuses to success by supporting teachers in her mission to always put kids first. 

If you'd like to get in touch with Patty, you can email her at [email protected] or call her at 281-380-5970. She is available as a curriculum instruction coach or consultant. 

Ana began her career as a first and fifth grade bilingual teacher before moving on to supervise bilingual teachers at the district level. She would move on to become the bilingual liaison between the district and campuses before becoming an assistant principal and then principal. She then took over the role of District Textbook Coordinator before becoming the Assistant Director of Special Programs for Bilingual/ESL Education. She stepped into the role of Federal Program Director before becoming an independent consultant through various bilingual advocate groups. 

She recently made the decision to leave education to watch her grandson full time, only 2 years out from retirement. Talk about commitment to family! Hear Ana's story and why she made this decision!

Jodi Barber-Harris began her educational career as a middle and high school science teacher. She soon became an instructional coach for science before moving on to become the campus improvement specialist. Her most recent public school experience was as a district secondary science coordinator. Currently she is the Area Implementation Manager for Midwest for Explore Learning. 

Jodi is available to coach, speak or train your organization on a variety of topics. You may reach her at [email protected], tweet her @BarberHarris, or message her through Facebook by searching Jodi Barber-Harris. Her strength lies in keeping kids first and supporting the educational professionals who are on the front lines. 

Juan Lira is a Bilingual Licensed Vocational Counselor with 16 years experience behind him and a Board-Approved Supervisor. He was a teacher before he became a school counselor. Currently he is practicing at Positive Soul Holistic Therapy in San Antonio Texas.  His experience includes working with anxiety, relationship problems, depression as well as working with those families that are going through difficult periods, such as the loss of a love one, trauma, divorce and separation. Additionally, I work with individuals struggling with self-image, self-harm and dealing with life changes.

He specializes using proven methods based on theoretical practices which includes REBT- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Reality Therapy and Brief Solution Focus Therapy. He counsels individuals, families, and groups and has written a blog post on Anxiety. You can read it here.

If you would like to schedule time to talk with Juan, or you would like to learn more about Juan, visit https://positivesoultherapy.com/ to schedule an appointment or to learn more about his practice. 

Dr. Jenny Severson is a speaker, author and educational consultant with a doctorate in educational psychology. Her latest work, "Thrive" is a book that is due out mid February where she talks about self care and trauma. 

You can find her at www.jennyseverson.com, on twitter- @severson_j; or by phone at 608-347-7325.

What an amazing woman Donna Clark-Love is! Not only is she out to save us from those bully's out there in the world, but also to save us from our own internal bullying! Donna is also a co-author in my next book coming out next month and has a chapter on addiction and her second chapter gives strategies on dealing with workplace bullying!

Such a great episode! Tune in to hear her words of wisdom!

Join me for my interview with Dr. Tami West! She is so much fun y'all! You are going to absolutely love her! She does amazing work in supporting educators and has a chapter in our new book on anxiety and another on managing your emotions! Powerful stuff!

Using her education and experiences, Dr. Tami West has been helping others improve their lives for over 25 years. Her publications include "The Stress Club" and "Life Without the Monsters."  She has spoken for groups in 48 states in the US, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Pete Hall is an education icon! He is truly an amazing educator and man! I am so fortunate to be able to call him friend AND coauthor! He, Alisa Simeral and I have a new book coming out early this year titled: Reflective Impact Journal: Pursuing Greatness Every Day. It's a journal to empower and encourage educators to pursue their greatness! If you are interested in the book, click here!

Pete is the Executive Director of EducationHall, an educational professional-development organization he began with his wife, Mindy, in 2004. You can check it out at www.EducationHall.com.

If you’re interested in his work on trauma-informed practice, you can visit that website at www.FosteringResilientLearners.org

We’ve all had a class that is just difficult to handle. Sometimes, it’s the students that are off, sometimes it’s the mix of students that creates the chaos, and then there’s the combination of the two: The students are off AND it’s a bad mix of kids.