Edspiration

This week we celebrate the one-year anniversary of Edspiration. In appreciation, we share essential excerpts from some of this year’s popular interviews. Hear insights and tips in show highlights from Alfie Kohn, Jon Bergmann, Alec Couros, Eoin Lenihan, Allen Mendler, and Angela Maiers. You’re going to love these clips and thank you for an amazing year.

About today’s guest

These are highlights from previous episodes but you can hear the interviews in their entirety and find all these guests’ recommended resources in their show notes. This show featured clips from the shows below.

Show clips taken from the following Edspiration episodes:

“Homework: too much of a bad thing?“-- Alfie Kohn

“Flipping Classrooms without Flipping out” -- Jon Bergmann

“Digital Citizenship in a World that doesn’t forget” -- Alec Couros

“How Classroom Color, Décor and Design affect learning” -- Eoin Lenihan

“What to do when teaching gets tough” -- Allen Mendler

“Letting Your Passion Shine” –Angla Maiers

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

Send your questions now to be answered in a future episode of Edspiration to [email protected]

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EduCulture Immersion – if you are an educator interested in traveling for Free to Europe or Costa Rica this summer, ECI also has a teacher program in which you will accompany some of your students on a summer trip that you design in your country of choice. ECI will recruit students, meet with parents, and take care of all program logistics! For more information contact Sarah at [email protected] or visit www.educulture.com

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Failure can be valuable and, yes, even enjoyable. When we do things that don’t work, we learn. So how do we foster risk taking and innovation in our students? We can create the freedom to “fail forward” and develop a climate where everyone learns through questions, experience, fun, and failure. Guest Andrew Miller describes how adults can help young people grow and learn through constructive failures and proper feedback.

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

How you create your legacy every day in the lives of those you touch…

About today’s guest

Andrew currently serves on the National Faculty for the Buck Institute for Education and ASCD and is an Associate for Jay McTighe. He travels internationally, working with educators in his many areas of expertise. Andrew is an avid blogger and writer for a variety of organizations including ASCD and Edutopia.

Guest Links:

Web: www.andrewkmiller.com

Twitter: @betamiller

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Newsletter: Sign up on sidebar at www.Edspiration.org

Questions / comments for John in the Edspiration Inbox: [email protected]

Show Sponsors

EduCulture Immersion – if you are an educator interested in traveling for Free to Europe or Costa Rica this summer, ECI also has a teacher program in which you will accompany some of your students on a summer trip that you design in your country of choice. ECI will recruit students, meet with parents, and take care of all program logistics! For more information contact Sarah at [email protected] or visit www.educulture.com

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Having cultural adventures can shape and color or our life in unexpected and fantastic ways. But developing multicultural awareness isn’t just about an isolated experience; it requires observation, reflection and feedback before, during and after the event. Whether you go across the ocean, across town or across your neighborhood, guest Sarah Behm explains how you can help students grow their intercultural skills to be more capable and courageous citizens of an ever-changing world.

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

“Do you have ideas for how I can develop or use podcasting in the classroom with or for my students?” From Patricia in Bloomington, Indiana

About today’s guest

Sarah Behm has been designing and leading high school study abroad programs since 2007. Sarah also travels a lot herself conducting school trainings. After studying abroad in high school and college and later receiving an MBA in Spain, Sarah is passionate about introducing young students to travel and learning opportunities abroad to grow cultural awareness and understanding.

Guest Links:

www.educulture.com

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @educulture

Instagram: eci_studyabroad

Facebook: ECI / Edu-Culture Immersion

Pinterest: educulture

Sarah: www.sarahbehm.com

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Newsletter: Sign up on sidebar at www.Edspiration.org

Questions / comments for John in the Edspiration Inbox: [email protected]

Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Many schools do amazing things but don’t know how to share great news in engaging ways. Most schools use ineffective newsletters or other tools that get overlooked or even stuck in the bottom of a backpack. Author and guest Ryan McLane explains how schools can engage parents and the community by creatively sharing their positive student and school news in exciting ways.

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

“How to engage the ‘hard to reach’ or ‘tough’ student leaders in bullying, character development or other school improvement efforts.” From Nancy in Sacramento, CA

About today’s guest

Ryan McLane began his career as a high school social studies and business teacher and is now principal at Big Walnut Intermediate School in Sunbury, Ohio in the midst of his 17th year in education. He is the co-author of “Your School Rocks...So Tell People!”

Guest Links:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @mclane_ryan

Blog: ryanpatrickmclane.blogspot.com

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Connect with the show at www.Edspirationpodcast.com

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Questions / comments for John in the Edspiration Inbox: [email protected]

Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Educators get breaks this time of year to put a spring back in their step and in their instruction. Are you taking full advantage of your time away from the school or classroom? In this special episode, we want you to get your REI to recuperate, educate and invigorate. It critical that you take full advantage of your time away to refuel so you can continue to fuel others.

About today’s guest

We take a break in our traditional show format this week as host John Linney shares some advice he’s learned from educators on how adults can the most out of any vacations or breaks they get from education.

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Twitter: Follow us @schoolclimates

Newsletter: Sign up on sidebar at www.Edspiration.org

Questions / comments for John in the Edspiration Inbox: [email protected]

Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Are you carving out space for yourself somewhere in your busy life? If not, you need rethink the way you spend your time so you can refuel to educate others. Sit down to dinner with guest Mark French, the principal who cooks, as he serves up a gourmet list of great ideas to create white space and reenergize yourself.

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

“Ways to get over feeling guilty about taking time for yourself.”

About today’s guest

Mark French has 34 years experience as an educator with experiences in rural, suburban and urban; public and private; and K-8 schools,19 years as a principal, 2015 Minnesota National Distinguished Principal, President of MESPA (Minnesota Elementary School Principals Association

Guest Links:

Website- PrincipalFrench.com

Blog- PrincipalWhoCooks.wordpress.com

Twitter- @PrincipalFrench

Email- [email protected]

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Connect with the show at www.Edspirationpodcast.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/impactschoolclimate

Twitter: Follow us @schoolclimates

Newsletter: Sign up on sidebar at www.Edspiration.org

Questions / comments for John in the Edspiration Inbox: [email protected]

Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Most of us have seen an educator or presenter who wasn’t creative, interesting or fun. You may have even found yourself in a rut where you felt you weren’t tapping your own creativity and had even forgotten to have fun as you led a lesson or workshop. Award winning artist and educator Tim Needles outlines easy ways to put creativity and fun back into your class, your profession and your life.

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

“An opportunity to make new connections with an exciting challenge of the week.”

About today’s guest

Tim Needles has been teaching art and media for 17 years in public schools as well as working as an Adobe Education Leader and an adjunct college professor. His work has been featured on NPR as well as in The New York Times. He is also the recipient of the National Art Educators Association 2016 AET Outstanding Teaching Award and The Lab School’s Robert Rauschenberg Power of Art Award at The National Gallery of Art.

Guest Links:

Website- http://www.timneedles.com

Class blog- http://artroom161.blogspot.com/

Facebook- TimNeedlesArt

Twitter and Instagram- @timneedles

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Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Do you give everyone who walks into your school, class, or office a positive first impression? A positive or negative school environment is shaped by individual attitudes and attention to service. But being service focused is more than just meeting someone’s needs. In this special episode, learn about a powerful shift to help you, your school, and even your relationships reach a new level of connectedness, satisfaction, and productivity.

About today’s guest

In today’s special episode we take a break from our interviews with education leaders as host John Linney discusses a recent experiences with school service. John Linney has worked in over 400 schools and districts around the world to engage staff, students and parents to improve school climates.

Guest Links:

Twitter: @schoolclimates

Website: www.ImpactCoachingandSpeaking.org

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Connect with the show at www.Edspirationpodcast.com

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Twitter: Follow us @schoolclimates

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Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

If students can watch a video of your class and learn a topic then they don’t need to be in a class. But now educators are flipping classrooms and meetings around the world. You can spend less time making students remember information and more time on creation, learning and evaluation. Listen to Jon Bergmann’s strategies to make teaching more engaging by flipping learning while strengthening relationships.

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

“An opportunity to make new connections with an exciting challenge of the week.”

About today’s guest

Jon Bergmann is considered a pioneer in the Flipped Class Movement. He spent 24 years as a middle and HS science teacher and co-founded the Flipped Learning Network. Jon received the Presidential Award for Excellence for Math and Science Teaching and was one of Tech & Learning's 10 Most Influential of 2013.

Guest Links:

The Flip Side Radio Show

Website: JonBergmann.com

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Twitter: @schoolclimates

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Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

You might view something as a big problem but there is probably a simple, quick fix you don’t know about. You don’t need a 5 year plan or more deep training. Best selling author and educator Mark Barnes shares some easy, practical education hacks you can use tomorrow to overcome common barriers educators face.

The Edspiration Inbox Answers…

“Assumptions adults make about student bullying issues that everyone must overcome.”

About today’s guest

Mark Barnes is a longtime teacher, bestselling author and publisher of ten books, and creator of the “Hack Learning Series -- Right-now solutions for teaching and learning.” Mark has been a TEDx speaker and presents internationally on assessment, connected education, and student-centered learning.

Guest Links:

@markbarnes19 on Twitter

www.brilliant-insane.com

#HackLearning

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Show Sponsors

International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.