Educate Everyone

In this episode of Educate Everyone, we talk with Dee Hankins, a nationally acclaimed inspirational speaker renowned for his compelling message: "Resilience is Everything." Having spent 18 years in foster care and faced numerous personal challenges, including his daughter's battle with brain cancer, Dee draws from his life experiences to empower others to overcome adversity. Dee and Dr. Joseph Atman explore how to teach young people to be resilient in the face of education and life in generals, challenges.  There's a message in this episode for all of us!

You can find out more about Dee Hankins on his website, https://www.deehankins.com/

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

On this episode of Educate Everyone, we continue our conversation with Joshua Faden, the founder of Community of Teachers, an education consultancy focused on building student confidence through strong relationships and personalized support. He is also a former teacher and youth worker and the author of The Confidence Project, which outlines his model for fostering engaged, lifelong learners. In this discussion, he and Dr. Joe Atman talk about how we can instill confidence in our students and the benefit of focusing not always on getting the correct results but instead on being willing to try and even fail on the way to learning success. 

If you would like to find out more about Josh and the programs that he has created, please check out his website.

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

On this episode of Education Everyone, Dr Joseph Atman talks with Joshua Faden, the founder of Community of Teachers, an education consultancy focused on building student confidence through strong relationships and personalized support. Josh is a former teacher and youth worker and he is also the author of The Confidence Project, which outlines his model for fostering engaged, lifelong learners. Josh's ideas not only work with children but really with anyone who is facing challenging tasks and looking for a way to succeed. 

If you would like to find out more about Josh and the programs that he has created, please check out his website.

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, we continue our conversation with Marybeth Gasman, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. She's a leading scholar on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and equity in higher education.  She and Dr Joseph Atman talk about whether progress is really being made on equality for students of color at the nation's colleges and what it is going to take to really make it work.  

You can find out more about Marybeth Gasman on her LinkedIn page.  

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

Our guest this week on Educate Everyone is Marybeth Gasman. She's the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. She also serves as Associate Dean for Research in the Graduate School of Education and Executive Director of both the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice and the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. A leading scholar on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and equity in higher education, Gasman has authored or edited over 35 books and written hundreds of scholarly and public articles. She is also recognized as one of the most influential education scholars in the U.S.

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, it's Part 2 of our conversation with Jason Tavarez. He's the Director of Institutional Resilience at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA, where he oversees risk management and emergency preparedness. He also serves as Secretary of the Board for Middle Tree, supporting educational equity and access through community-focused programs. Jason and Joe Atman go back a long way - all the way back to college - and in this episode, they compare the college towns of Santa Barbara, CA - where Jason is now - and Claremont, CA where they both went to college.  The conversation centers around what makes a college town so special and so challenging to live in at the same time. The two also look at how Middle Tree has grown from basically a tutoring program for students to an enrichment program that is a valuable asset to many school districts in California.

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, we talk with Jason Tavarez. He's the Director of Institutional Resilience at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA, where he oversees risk management and emergency preparedness. He also serves as Secretary of the Board for Middle Tree, supporting educational equity and access through community-focused programs. Jason and Joe Atman go back a long way - all the way back to college - and in this episode, they raucously look back at their time in the often overlooked college town of Claremont, CA.  It's a fun look back with some important insights into how two college buddies got started on a journey to change education as we know it today.

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

On this episode of Educate Everyone, we continue our discussion  Deanna Alsdorf, the Community Development Coordinator at Foothill Family Shelter in Upland, CA. In this role, she manages all social media and communication platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Constant Contact. She is also responsible for networking, content creation, marketing fund development campaigns, planning special events, and representing Foothill Family Shelter at community and networking meetings.  She and Dr. Joseph Atman talk about how the work done by those in the non-profit sector often goes unnoticed despite it's life-changing effects.  

For more information about the Foothill Family Shelter and Deanna Alsdorf:  https://teamreferralnetwork.com/members/deanna-alsdorf

Follow Middle Tree on social media.  Find us on Facebook.

Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

On this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Joseph Atman's guest is Deanna Alsdorf,  the Community Development Coordinator at Foothill Family Shelter in Upland, CA. In this role, she manages all social media and communication platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Constant Contact. She is also responsible for networking, content creation, marketing fund development campaigns, planning special events, and representing Foothill Family Shelter at community and networking meetings. Alsdorf talks with Dr. Atman about how the programs at Foothill Family Shelter don't just solve the immediate problem of homelessness but instead teach parents the financial skills they need to create stable home situations for themselves and their children.

For more information about the Foothill Family Shelter and Deanna Alsdorf:  https://teamreferralnetwork.com/members/deanna-alsdorf

Follow Middle Tree on social media.  Find us on Facebook.

Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Atman talks with Mike Morales, the Enrollment Services Manager at Middle Tree Claremont.  At Middle Tree, Mike leads efforts to drive enrollment growth and strengthen community relationships. He brings with him a decade of experience in higher education and talks with Dr Atman about some of the reasons that today's students have a disconnect from the material that is being presented in class.  In a discussion about Common Core, Mike and Dr Atman look at the dilemma it often presents for parents when they try to help their children with homework only to realize that the methods they were taught in their youth are very different from what their children are learning in the classroom today. The episode also provides an overview of the unique programs that Middle Tree offers to take that burden away from parents rather than teachers and give them back valuable time to simply be parents and enjoy their children.

Follow Middle Tree on social media.  Find us on Facebook.

Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music.