ESSDACK EDventure Cast

On this episode of ESSDACK's EDventure Cast; hosts Jaime and Glen catch up with the host of the STEM Everyday podcast Chris Woods. They discuss a wide range of topics from education to his grandpa's connection to the Moon rover.

How can you connect with Chris Woods?

http://dailystem.com/

https://twitter.com/dailystem

https://www.instagram.com/dailystem/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2qR4oqWdhIKgA6a3ByJ_Q

Connect with the hosts of EDventure Cast:

Jaime Howard

https://essdk.me/jaimehoward

https://twitter.com/CalamityJaimeH

Poor little Pup

https://twitter.com/CalamityJaimeH/status/1021929471400665089

Glen Duran

https://essdk.me/glenduran

https://twitter.com/ObiWanGlenobi

On this episode of EDventure Cast, recently at ESSDACK's 2018 Podstock conference hosts Jaime and Glen got to looking around and realized they had visited with a lot of attendees either on a Destination EDventure of EDventure Cast so what a better time to catch up.

Find guests of episode 17 of EDventure Cast:

Jill Weber

Destination EDventure | The Pilot Episode | feat. Jill Weber

https://youtu.be/sEspFymmsnk

https://twitter.com/JillWebs

http://aviewoftheweb.blogspot.com/

Brent Kerr

https://twitter.com/brent_kerr1

http://brentkerrbuilds.com/

Derek Schutte

https://twitter.com/coachschutte

T.J. Warsnak

https://twitter.com/thewarsnak

The Best Podstock Session Intro EVER!

https://www.facebook.com/ESSDACK/videos/10156289201376675/

Destination EDventure: 011 | Wings, Learning, Fun | The Middle East Wing Challenge

https://essdk.me/DE11MiddleEastWingChallenge

Connect with the hosts of EDventure Cast:

Jaime Howard

https://essdk.me/jaimehoward

https://twitter.com/Cala

What a joy it was to interview the 2018 Kansas Teacher of the Year Samantha Neill from USD 313 Buhler High School where she teaches English. She was one of eight finalist for the honor.

Samantha's first interview was with Buhler High School where she has been for 15 years. She received her bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education in 2002 from Emporia State University. In 2008, Neill received her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Wichita State University.

How can you connect with Samantha?

https://twitter.com/SJNeill13

https://bhs.usd313.org/apps/news/article/811090

https://www.ksde.org/Home/Quick-Links/News-Room/buhler-high-school-teacher-named-2018-kansas-teacher-of-the-year

Connect with the hosts of EDventure Cast:

Jaime Howard

https://essdk.me/jaimehoward

https://twitter.com/CalamityJaimeH

Glen Duran

https://essdk.me/glenduran

https://twitter.com/ObiWanGlenobi

James is the principal of Derby Hills Elementary School in Derby, Kansas. Throughout his career, Moffett has taught various demographic groups, observing the differences and similarities in effective instructional and behavioral strategies.

Ultimately, James realized what we all know meaningful relationships enhance behavior and academic success. He often threw around the words “grit” and “perseverance” but after viewing the movie documenting Jim Sporleder’s work in Washington Paper Tigers, it came full circle. Since then, James has worked to create a trauma-informed and trauma-responsive environment at Derby Hills, encompassing safe spots, mindfulness, self-regulation, and an explicit SEL curriculum.

How can you connect with James?

https://twitter.com/DHEPrincipal

Connect with the hosts of EDventure Cast:

Jaime Howard

https://essdk.me/jaimehoward

https://twitter.com/CalamityJaimeH

Glen Duran

https://essdk.me/glenduran

https://twitter.com/ObiWanGlenobi

Hosts Jaime and Glen would like to introduce the newest member of the ESSDACK team, Carmen Zeisler. Carmen brings a unique perspective to ESSDACK with her over twenty years of experience in education both in the US and abroad. We get to chat with her where that one or two places might have been where she taught outside the US and what she is looking forward to at ESSDACK.

Teaching Related Experience:

Teacher Advisor Council at KSDE, Spirit of Discovery & Imagination

National Board, Presidential Award for Excellence Nominee, Leader of Character Counts & written over $8,000 in educational grants

Grade/Subject she has taught:

4th/5th-grade Teacher at Roosevelt, 3rd-grade Teacher at Eisenhower, Kindergarten Teacher at American School of Brasilia, Brazil – 9th-grade Teacher at American Institute of Monterrey-Mexico

Personal Interests:

Traveling the World, Reading books, Helping plan IF Gathering in McPherson County, and having a good cup of coffee.

How can you connect

Today's guest is Randy Nelson, Superintendent of Schools for the La Crosse school district in Wisconson. We chat about their Health Science Academy.

The Health Science Academy is a two-year program preparing high school juniors and seniors for education and careers in the health science industry. The program provides thematic instruction, career exploration, job shadows, clinical experience, health science labs, mentoring by health professionals, research, certification and internship opportunities for students.

The Health Science Academy was kicked off in the fall of 2009 through a partnership between the La Crosse School District and Gundersen Lutheran through the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium (LMHSC), a collaborative effort between Gundersen Lutheran, Mayo Clinic Health System – Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Viterbo University, and Western Technical College.

The Health Science Academy was created for three primary reaso

Dr. Malaby shares how he utilized the Boy Scout badges in his English class as a writing assignment…you’re gonna like this!

Dr. Mark Malaby received his PhD. from Oklahoma State University. He has been in the teaching profession for over 20 years. After a stint in administration he came to the conclusion that his place was in the classroom teaching kids.

How can you connect with our Dr. Malaby on the web?

Dr. Mark Malaby

https://mhs.mcpherson.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=617099&type=u&pREC_ID=991751

https://twitter.com/MMalaby

Connect with the hosts of EDventure Cast:

Jaime Howard

https://essdk.me/jaimehoward

https://twitter.com/CalamityJaimeH

Glen Duran

https://essdk.me/glenduran

https://twitter.com/ObiWan_Glenobi

Phonics, Letters, Reading, and much more are our topics as hosts Jaime and Glen welcome ESSDACK Curriculum Consultant Robi Alstrom to Ep. 11 of EDventure Cast.

Robi Alstrom is an educational consultant and literacy specialist with ESSDACK who has experience at many levels of education. In addition to teaching both general education and special education at the secondary level, she has also taught English and psychology for community colleges. She has had the unique experience of serving as a reading interventionist for students in sixth through twelfth grades. Although she is well-versed in many aspects of literacy and instruction, her true passion is helping students who struggle in literacy become proficient readers.

Robi’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science Education and master’s degrees in English and Special Education in addition to certification in social studies and ESOL. Robi also has 15 hours of college credit in multi-sensory phoni

On episode 10 we are talking with Katie Perez, Renee Smith, and Robi Alstrom about the upcoming second year of ESSDACK's Early Childhood PLC.

In order to support the Kansas vision of increasing kindergarten readiness, ESSDACK is hosting a professional learning community for early childhood educators that will meet five times in 2018-2019.

The Early Childhood PLC will be facilitated ESSDACK's own Katie Perez, Renee Smith, Robi Alstrom, and Jane Seward, each bringing a specific expertise to share that allows participants to drill down in a variety of areas.

We will be integrating innovative practices for math, literacy, social studies, and science using a PBL approach to implement the Kansans Can vision.

The needs of disadvantaged populations (Special Education, Low SES, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) will be addressed. In addition, facilitators will provide information on developing assessments, evaluating curriculum, recognizing child abuse and neglect, and

We have talked about school redesign before on the show with Jay Scott and Tammy Mitchell from KSDE as well as the staff from Meadowlark Elementary from Liberal Ks. but what do students think? On this show, we get a students perspective of school redesign and what she hopes it brings to schools.