This week, Ryan sits with Ayden Jent, a charter school alum and paralympic track and field athlete. Recently, Ayden was honored as a 30 Under 30 Changemaker by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. On this episode, Ayden talks about his experience attending the Herron High School Charter School and discusses their classical education model. Ayden also talks about his track and field achievements and his advocacy work for people with disabilities.

You can find out more about our guest by following him on Twitter @ajent20

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Victoria Galarraga, an alum of the Doral Academy Charter High School Doral, Florida and a recent graduate of Georgetown University. On this episode, Victoria reflects on her experience at Doral Academy and how this charter has influenced her pursuit to higher education. Victoria also talks about the law school application process and area of law that sparks her interest. Tune in!

You can find out more about her former school by visiting www.doralacademyprep.org

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Josh Ence, the Engineering Educational Technology Specialist at Vernier, and Douglas King, the Engineering and Robotics Teacher at Granada Hills Charter High School in California. On this episode, our guests talk about Vernier and the work that it does to put hands-on STEM education resources into classroom’s. Our guests also shares STEM initiatives and advice for teachers who are getting into CTE.

You can find out more about their work by visiting www.vernier.com and ghctk12.com.

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Adam Geller, the CEO of Edthena, a video-based teacher coaching platform. On this episode, Adam talks about the work that Edthena does and shares practical strategies for effective video-based coaching. Adam also talks about support services to prepare educators to combat pandemic-related learning loss in their students post COVID-19. Tune in!

You can check out his book “Evidence of Practice: Playbook for Video Powered Professional Learning” by visiting evidenceofpractice.com and you can find out more about his work by visiting www.edthena.com.

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Kristin Martinez, the Clinical Director for Presence Learning, a K12 Teletherapy company. On this episode, Kristin talks about how a typical teletherapy interaction takes place in the K12 setting and how her work has changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Kristin also provides advice on ways to improve school services provided to special education students.

You can find out more about our guest’s school by visiting www.presencelearning.com

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Frank Fernandez, the faculty Executive Producer of SLAM Radio. Located on the SLAM Miami charter school campus, SLAM Radio is the first SiriusXM radio station run by high school students. On this episode, Frank talks about his background in sports media and his experience working with charter school students as part of the SLAM Radio program. Frank also talks about the education process of teaching students while ensuring that they get good practical training.

You can find out more about our guest’s school by visiting www.slammiami.com

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Pamela McDonald, the head coach of the Doral Academy Charter School boy’s soccer team in Doral, Florida. On this episode, Pamela talks about her experience coaching the Doral Charter team for 13 years and challenges she faced in the process in becoming the first female coach in Florida to lead a team to a boys state soccer championship. Pamela also talks about her coaching philosophy and how she has helped grow their athletic program.
You can find out more about our guest school by visiting www.doralacademyprep.org

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Mike Teng, the CEO and Co-Founder of Swing Education, a staffing company that connects schools with high-quality substitute teachers. On this episode, Mike talks about what motivated him to start Swing Education and his experience as a school administrator having to navigate finding substitute teachers. Mike also talks about the different roles that substitute teachers can play in charter schools and how this has changed during the pandemic. Tune in!

You can find out more about our guest school by visiting www.swingeducation.com.

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with James Palcik, the Director of Education, Safety, and Compliance at Flinn Scientific. On this episode, James talks about his role at Flinn and goes over effective protocols, activities, and equipment that schools can use to help them re-open safely. James also talks how to keep school science labs safe.

You can find out more about our guest’s work (and more about the Flinn Professional Learning Series) by visiting www.flinnsci.com.

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, Ryan sits with Amanda Milian, a charter school graduate and current student at Florida International University studying digital broadcasting. On this episode, Amanda talks about her experience working with the SLAM Radio SiriusXM station and how this has contributed to the work that she does now. Amanda also talks about taking over as the new host of What Happens Next on Academica Media and provides advice for high school seniors in pursuing their future endeavors. Tune in!

Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse