Dismissed with Jeremy Williams

As a former NFL player, Jedidiah Collins translates the mindset he learned on the field to other professions, whether it’s technology, sales, or start-

ups. He has shared his Rookie to Veteran workshop with groups at Amazon, F5, Glasko Smith Kline, Sotheby's, and the Seattle Seahawks,

among others. In his role as director of financial education at Brighton Jones, Jed leads courses in a variety of personal finance topics, including 

budgeting, investments, tax and estate planning, and risk management.

Jed is also the creator of Teach Me Money!, Brighton Jones’ financial education program for teens and young adults. The curriculum empowers 

young people with the foundational principles of personal finance and the knowledge that everyone can own their future.  Jed is a passionate 

advocate for greater financial awareness and has worked closely with countless students, professionals, and athletes. In addition to his work at 

Brighton Jones, Jed is an author, speaker, and—most importantly—a husband and father.

For more info on Jedidiah-

Linked – Jedidiah collins

IG – Jed.Collins45

Twitter – JedCollins45

Pran Patel has 14+ years of teaching experience working recently as an assistant principal. He has an interesting career in leadership; leading standards; behaviour management; professional development and curriculum. His NPQSL project was to lead whole-school coaching and as a mental health and BAME advocate, he recently featured in a documentary ‘Why teaching is making me ill’  and ‘Black teachers are leaving the profession due to racism’. He is a self-professed, ‘outward-facing leader’ and is in the process of writing a book with John Catt Publishers by the same title.

Check out Pran's website

Check out Pran's Article on Decolonizing the Curriculum

Check out Pran's Article on Anti-Racism vs. Representation

Abby French is a 6th grade teacher and NOHEA Kindred. She is deeply passionate about student-centered learning.  We discuss her path to taking control of her own professional development, what she wants for her students, and balancing the excitement of all of the projects she's working on.  I also briefly discuss the Adrian Peterson story and financial literacy. We also discuss a video Abby posted where she was picking up snakes which made me and several other members of the PLN lose our mind.

Check out Abby:

Twitter

NOHEA Kindreds

Ira Cross is a fifth grade teacher from the great state of Ohio. He has had unique experiences teaching in the public, private, and charter sector during a three year span.  Ira is an advocate for positivity and energy and has started his own youtube channel - That Energetic Teacher.  

Learn more about Ira

Ira's Twitter

Ira's Instagram

Ira's Youtube

Other links-

Jeremy's episode with Brad from ChooseFI

ChooseFI Episode on International Teaching

Ira's episode from Maire Cervenak's Faculty Room Podcast

Ryan Cowden is the host of the School of Thought Podcast. He spent 7 years teaching public school in public schools in Southern California. He has also trained educators and leaders as an AVID Staff Developer and independent presenter. Ryan’s early struggles as a teacher caused him to reflect on the nature of teaching, and inspired a search for self-improvement. These conversations, readings, and reflections led to the creation of the School of Thought Podcast, and a focus on bringing insights from the fields of leadership and communication into education.

As a podcaster and speaker, Ryan is passionate about sharing his story and connecting with leaders and educators in a mutual effort to learn, improve, and grow. 

Find Ryan at www.schoolofthoughtproductions.com

Sue Jamback is a veteran K-12 public school teacher, principal. charter school founder, national charter school network leader, and educational consultant. She has served students, families, and communities in under-resourced urban environments with intent to level the playing field, eradicate the achievement gap, and turn off the tap of the school-to-prison pipeline. Her work with restorative approach has eliminated counter-productive and ineffective out-of-school suspensions while increasing academic achievement in struggling urban communities of New York City; Gary and Indianapolis, Indiana; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Little Rock, Arkansas. She imagines a day when all students, regardless of their starting place in life, successfully persevere and triumph to lead productive, fulfilling, and purposeful lives.

Links:

The Restorative Playbook on Amazon.com

Sue's Blog

Dr. Kiko Suarez is the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for the American College of Education.  Kiko has various experiences in different industries as an executive and has lived all over the world. We discuss the ACE business model, for-profit education, the future of higher education, and much more.

Check out Dr. Kiko:

On Twitter 

On LinkedIn 

Dr. Pam Moran is a nationally recognized Superintendent from the great state of Virginia and co-authored the progressive education must-read Timeless Learning.

During Dr. Moran’s tenure, Albemarle County Public Schools has become one of the top performing school divisions for students in the state with an on-time graduation rate of 95 percent.  Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions.  In 2014, Albemarle County students had the second highest SAT scores among 133 school divisions in Virginia in critical reading and the third highest SAT scores for writing and math.

In 2017, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top three of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county.

Pam is a world class educator and a tremendous advocate for children.  

Show Resources

Pam Moran on Twitter

Pam Moran’s Blog

Steve Sostak and Aaron Moniz co-founded Inspire Citizens.

Inspire Citizens is a teacher-created collective that empowers all students and educators to co-create globally-minded, holistic, and customized project-based learning towards a more sustainable future. They work deeply with schools on implementing school wide visioning, strategic planning, and the building of internal capacity for sustainable education, service learning, and impactful action.

They aim to collaboratively design high-impact action opportunities, rooted in an Empathy to Impact cycle infused with community partnerships, media literacy, and wellness -- all linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Targets, curricular standards, and OECD global competence frameworks.

Show Resources

Out of the Blocks Episode with Inspire Citizens

Jeremy Williams Article on Purpose

Inspire Citizen Steve’s Twitter

Inspire Citizen Aaron’s Twitter

Inspire Citizens Website

Mike Washburn is the host of the On Education Podcast and is the Curriculum and Training Manager for Logics Academy, the largest STEM Education provider in Canada.  We discuss Mike's recent keynote entitled "What's your backflip?" , photoshopping skills, and our mutual friend Don Wettrick.

He's become an incredibly inspiring member of my PLN and is a super follow on Twitter.

Check out Mike:

On twitter

On his blog 

His keynote "What's your backflip?"