Anchored in Education

This podcast was recorded from the Anchored in Education Live Show hosted on Sunday, April 19. Our topic was seven factors leading to increased anxiety and stress as well as seven science-backed strategies to reduce stress. Our guest was Julie Adams and she takes us through a journey of neuroscience.

Ever notice how some are quick to point out when it's not their fault? Or how quick someone will distance themselves from a failure—refusing to accept that they more than likely are part of the problem? In today's brief episode we're going to explore this a little more.

This podcast was recorded from the Anchored in Education Live Show hosted on Sunday, April 5. Guests this episode were Jodi England, art teacher; Nixie Hnetkovsky, higher education instructor; and Ben Landers, elementary PE teacher.

This podcast was recorded from the Anchored in Education Live Show hosted on Sunday, March 29. This recording has been edited, but all interviews were left in their entirety.

This podcast was recorded from the Anchored in Education Live Show hosted on Sunday, March 22. This recording has been edited, but all interviews and calls were left in their entirety.

On December 4, 2019, Dr. Drew Gitomer and three colleagues published an article in the American Educational Research Journal. It was titled "Assessing the Assessment: Evidence of Reliability and Validity in the edTPA." By December 5, the article had nearly gone viral on Twitter by opponents of edTPA.

Drew joins us today on Anchored in Education to talk more about this article and why we should be concerned with edTPA being used as a tool to decide if teacher candidates should receive a teaching license. Drew and his colleagues make valid arguments for why a moratorium should be issued on the high-stakes use of edTPA.

After listening, head over to www.escottengland.com to read more about Drew. You will also find a link to his article in the resource section.

Prior to this episode there has been 52 brand new Anchored in Education episodes every Monday. What began as just solo episodes where I briefly shared thoughts and reflections quickly blossomed into an exciting and fresh look into a different area of education each week. And it would never have been possible without the amazing guests who agreed to join me.

Forty-five out of the 52 episodes in year one featured one or more guests with 10 guests joining me for multiple episodes. To help celebrate a complete year of Anchored in Education, I have decided to put together an anniversary episode featuring a little snippet from every guest who has joined us. Of course this is great for those who are new to the podcast, but I quickly realized as I was going through past shows that there is a lot of good content. I promise this episode will be worth the listen.

Thanks for joining me on this journey. I'm looking forward to what Year 2 will bring. We already have a good line-up of guests and continue to add more every week. Don't forget to visit www.escottengland.com to find all the episodes with resources and links for every show. And don't forget to subscribe to Anchored in Education on whatever platform you get your podcasts.

You don't have to be in education for long to see many ideas and suggestions for improving schools. Most of the ideas promoted a flashy, borderline gimmicky, and come with a hefty price tag. Now, I'm not arguing that all of these ideas don't work, but what if instead of investing in yet one more thing, we could turn a school around with what we have, investing in our already established resources?

That is what Dr. Josh Martin proposes in his book Turning a School Around: Key Considerations for Real Success. Those key considerations are finding good principals, instruction, formative assessment, getting into classrooms, and becoming data storytellers. Josh navigates our way through the book providing insight into each chapter showing just how attainable higher achievement truly is.

After listening, head over to www.escottengland.com to read more about Josh. You will also find a link to his book in the resource section.

Educator burnout. It's a real thing. There has been countless studies on burnout. There are a wide variety of books detailing burnout including why we should avoid burnout because we're needed in this profession. Duh.

If avoiding burnout was as easy as saying, Today I will choose not to get burned out, then we don't really have a conversation on our hands. And a good bet would be that an educator already knows how valuable they are to students, so reading another book about being there for students and not letting stress burn us out isn't going to help.

So why are we talking about the book The Burnout Cure today? Because it is not a book of fluff detailing why we need to stay. No, this is a book that author Chase Mielke wrote to help struggling educators understand how to leverage positive psychology to help find their way out of the dark areas we sometimes find ourselves.

Chase joins Anchored in Education today to talk more about his book. He shares with us where he was at during one point in his career and how he used some of the very things he wrote about to help he through the days.

After listening, head over to www.escottengland.com to find the show resources and read more about Chase. You will also find a link to his website, his book, and some of his hit videos he has created for education.

What is your reaction when someone calls you biased? If you are like most people, including myself, you probably immediately go on the defensive exclaiming how you are in no way a biased person. Don't worry, you are not alone.

In fact, that is exactly how I felt when I watched a TEDx of the same title of today's episode. The speaker was Megan Fuciarelli, and she said, "All of us in this room are biased." I thought it was a bold statement, but as I continued listening to Megan's talk, I realized just how important her topic was. Not only did I begin understanding that biases were normal, I also began to understand how letting my implicit bias become explicit could have a negative impact on those I serve.

Megan Fuciarelli has graciously agreed to come onto Anchored in Education to feature an episode on bias. She allowed the use of her TEDx title to be featured on today's episode because it has such a profound message. Megan is leading the way in creating a more united society by promoting understanding, knowledge, and awareness in social justice issues.

After listening, head over to www.escottengland.com to find the show resources and read more about Megan. You will also find a link to her website and her TEDx talk that made this episode possible.