Indian Prairie Podcast

Candy and Brian are joined by Board President Laurie Donahue, Superintendent Dr. Adrian Talley, and Chief School Business Official Matt Shipley to discuss priorities 3 and 4 of the Strategic Plan and how it guides the district’s work and buildings.

Candy and Brian are joined by Board President Laurie Donahue, Superintendent Dr. Adrian Talley, Deputy Superintendent Doug Eccarius and Fry Elementary Principal Laurie Hillman to discuss the priorities 1 and 2 of the Strategic Plan and how it guides the district’s work and buildings.

Candy and Brian are joined by Andy Fekete, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Amanda Eischen, White Eagle, 4th Grade teacher. Andy and Amanda discuss last year’s STEM Summer Camp experience and plans for future summer camps.

Candy and Brian are joined by the Executive Director of Equity, Nader Najjar. Nader discusses his upcoming work and how his team is supporting teachers with embedding equity instructional practices in their classrooms.

Candy and Brian are joined by Matt Shipley, Chief School Business Official, and John Robinson, Director of Building & Grounds. Matt and John share some of the capital projects that are currently happening and how the team is looking at capital projects in the future to ensure our learning environments are safe and support our educational programs. 

Candy and Brian are joined by Lynn Baranak, Family & Consumer Science Teacher and Grow Your Own Teacher Coordinator at Waubonsie Valley School and one of her senior students who took part in the year long Grow Your Own Teacher program. The episode is a follow-up to our conversation with Dr. Lee and Mrs. Harry about exposing students to career opportunities in education.

Candy and Brian are joined by Rhonda Jenkins, LMC Director at Kendall Elementary School, and two fifth grade students to share about their 5th grade Podcast club. The students provide an overview of their experience and some of the amazing topics they are sharing through podcasts.

Candy and Brian are joined by Anthony Tegtmeyer, Technology & Engineering Teacher at Neuqua Valley High School, and Tylen Fleming, a Neuqua Valley Senior, to share insights about the student experience it the Project Lead The Way Engineering Design and Development course.

Candy and Brian are joined by Daryl Silberman, Waubonsie Valley Orchestra Director, and Dawn Forkner, SEL and Wellness Coordinator, to discuss the importance of staff wellness. Daryl and Dawn discuss their personal wellness journey in addition to sharing resources for our IPSD community.

Candy and Brian are joined by Katie Popp, President of Indian Prairie Education Association, and Piper Kottman, Kindergarten teacher at Kendall Elementary School, to discuss a mentoring program that Indian Prairie School District has partnered with Illinois Educators Association to implement. 

Katie and Piper share about their roles as mentors for early career educators and some of the things they have learned during the mentoring process.