Principal Venus Jackson share how she, her teachers, parents and students have turned around the low achievement at Park K-8 with the help of Reading Plus--a comprehensive, adaptive and personalized intervention that improves comprehension, motivation, silent reading fluency, and reading stamina.

Resources:

Connect to Reading Plus

Erin McNeill is nationally recognized as an expert on policy related to media literacy. As founder and president of Media Literacy Now, Erin is helping to ensure that all K-12 schools are teaching a comprehensive set of media literacy and digital citizenship skills. Discover how both we, and our students, can become smarter about who and what to believe. 

Resources: 

Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart

Ad Fontes Summa News Literacy Curriculum

Media Literacy Now

Contact Erin McNeill:

                        [email protected]

                          Twitter: @erinmcnll

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Tech Director, Mike Nye, can't find enough great things to say about SAM Labs and the STEAM rollout in his school district in Redmond Oregon. Teachers and students are all in with this integrated STEAM curriculum and project kits--learn why.

Resources: 

Connect to SAM Labs

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Susan Santone, author of Reframing the Curriculum: Design for Social Justice and Sustainability, helps schools, districts and organizations of all kinds to design learning experiences that increase engagement, critical thinking, and rigor, while inviting activism, social justice and sustainable communities. 

Episode Notes:

Connect with SPEAK, vocal empowerment curriculum and workshops

Susan's Website

Susan's Ted Talk

Creative Change Educational Solutions  

Susan's book Reframing the Curriculum: Design for Social Justice and Sustainability (Routledge, 2018).

Twitter @SusanSantone

Instagram: SantoneSusan

Susan on LinkedIn

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College freshman and author, Malavika Eby, shares how the imSparked Social Emotional Learning Program by Vivensity changed the course of her education and her life. Her 2020 book, The Gift That Keeps on Giving, provides a personal and detailed framework for self-growth and wellness for students of all ages. 

Resources: 

Connect with Vivensity's imSparked

The Gift That Keeps on Giving book

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Charles Vogl, author of the award-winning, and international bestseller The Art of Community, and its sequel Building Brand Communities, shares principals for transforming classrooms and creating cathartic connections. Charles advises worldwide, top-tier organizations in leadership development and program design.

Resources:

Connect with the PATHS program

Dr. Charles Vogl 

Charles Vogl's Books

Charles Vogl's Old Wisdom New Era Podcast

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Phillip Lampron, recognized as a “Top 100 Visionary in Education” by the Global Forum for Education and Learning, shares how he helped bring Pre-AP & AP courses to an low achieving district, raising test scores, graduation rates, scholarship offerings, and the overall academic achievement and school climate. In 2020 Phillip and his wife Lauren launched Lampron Consulting LLC.

Resources:

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Phillip Lampron's Website

Phillip Lampron's  Blog,  where educators post their opinions about topics in education. 

Find Lampron Consulting on Facebook

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Veteran ESL teacher Jean Luppino, and her colleague, Kristina Signore, share how their English learners have made rapid progress, real-world connections and gained confidence through STORYWORLD's digital, story-based learning platform. STORYWORLD utilizes reading, writing, speaking and listening to engage students with over a dozen first languages, and is easily implemented by any teacher.

Resources: 

Connect to STORYWORLD for English Language Learners

Connect to STORYWORLD for World Language Learners

Laura Lee Smith is the MTSS/PBIS Behavior Coach for the Pioneer School District, as well as a Brain-Aligned Social Emotional Learning Consultant. She teaches the Applied Educational Neuroscience framework to help schools and districts best serve all students, including neurodiverse learners.

Resources:

Connect to Floreo, the Virtual Reality platform that delivers behavioral therapy and helps teach social skills for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Reach out to Laura Lee Smith at Laura Lee Smith Educational Consulting: Brain Aligned Behavior Response 

Discover Universal Design for Learning

The Out of Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz

What Happened to You? by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey

Mark Mathias, founder and president of Remarkable STEAM, tells how Connecticut's Makers Faire is elevating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, while boosting the economy, elevating STEAM in schools, and creating space for community and global connection and innovation.

Resources:

Unreal Engine from Epic Games

Mark Mathias on LinkedIn

The Great Duck Project

View the Great Duck & ducklings

The Connecticut Maker Faire