Join Summer Johnson and Nishi Langhorne in Season 2 of Invitations to Listen. This season we are amplifying stories of learning, and today's story features Nathan Poumade, instructional technology coach at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, VA. Nathan shares his journey with podcasting, from a listener to a collaborator to a creator to a leader. Nathan has inspired students, teachers, and administrators to embrace podcasting for a variety of purposes, including sharing learning, building community, and offering professional learning. Nathan's story is an inspiration to anyone wishing to amplify the voices in their school.

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Twitter:

Summer Johnson - @scholarcation

Nishi Langhorne - @MrsLanghorne

Nathan Poumade - @edamuopn

Glossary of acronyms from episode:

SBTS - School-Based Technology Specialist

LIT - Learning Innovation Team

DSS - Director of Student Services

Cover art designed by Suzanne van der Eijk Cahir - @TechieSuzie

Join Dr. Lindsey Fisher and Nishi Langhorne during a gathering of our SBTS Podcast Club. Learn how you might create your own Podcast Club with your school or staff!

Join us as we engage in a powerful conversation with Lindsay Trout, proud principal and former student of Terraset Elementary School! Lindsay shares so many lessons learned, including the value of servant leadership, the gifts of diversity, and the importance of unconditional love. One of her mottos in life is: We see you, we hear you, you belong here. This is one interview you don't want to miss!

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Podcast website:

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Twitter: @MrsLanghorne @KathleenOtal

Email: [email protected]

This episode features Marly Jerome-Featherson, Social Worker at McLean High School. Marly shares the story of immigrating from Haiti to Massachusetts at the age of 11, her experiences transitioning to a new language and culture, and her journey to find her true calling of helping others. You will hear how, with her parents’ loving support, she didn’t let anyone tell her she was any less than others, and how Marly fights to remove the stigma of mental illness every day in her work.

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Podcast website:

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Twitter: @MrsLanghorne @KathleenOtal

Email: [email protected]

Join us as we listen to Roger Malone's story, current bus driver for FCPS and former forestry advocate and executive. Roger shares the importance of finding your passion, the power of words, and the infinite capacity to grow and achieve if we just believe in ourselves. He shares lessons learned from almost three decades of parenting and various career moves throughout his life.

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Podcast website:

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Twitter: @MrsLanghorne @KathleenOtal

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Join Nishi Langhorne & Kathleen Otal as we interview Tu Phillips, Educational Specialist in the Office of Equity & Cultural Responsiveness. Tu shares how she learned to “live with ambiguity” after being airlifted out of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. She details her life as a refugee with her five brothers and sisters, and how she gained the ability to start again when she began a new life in third grade in Northern Virginia. Tu shares the power of courage and resilience throughout her story, as well as the power of the teachers and support systems in her life.

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Podcast website:

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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains sensitive content including stories of sexual abuse.

In this episode, Dr. Rejane Martinez, School-Based Technology Specialist at Fort Belvoir Upper Elementary School, shares her incredibly powerful story. Growing up in Salt Lake City, Rejane faced unimaginable challenges in her childhood and managed to rise above with the personal mantra, "I want more." Rejane shares her many experiences throughout her life, including owning a scrapbooking business while teaching full-time and getting her PhD. Her story is one of resilience and hope, and one that values learning, forgiveness and integrity above all else.

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Podcast website:

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Join Nishi Langhorne & Kathleen Otal, co-hosts of Invitations to Listen, as we interview Alanna Dushok, School-Based Technology Specialist at Westlawn Elementary. Alanna shares how she learned to be her authentic self when facing her greatest challenge in life. She details how she has learned to live into her values, lean into the people around her, and take one step at a time. Alanna embraces the vulnerability of having to admit, “I don’t know what I’m doing”, and she inspires us with her courage to be wrong in order to be a true learner both as an educator and in life.

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Follow Alanna Dushok on Twitter @MsDushokMath

Podcast website:

http://invitationstolearn.com/

Twitter: @MrsLanghorne @KathleenOtal

Email: [email protected]

Join Nishi Langhorne and Kathleen Otal as we interview Dr. Jacob Kohut, Fairfax County Band Teacher, Member of the National Guard, Musician, Composer and the list goes on! Jacob shares his varied story, including childhood experiences in Michigan, periods of love and loss, and his ultimate resilience over the adversities of his life. We learn from his story that grief and loss lead to opportunity, and that it is more important than ever to amplify the good news of others.

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Podcast website:

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Twitter: @MrsLanghorne @KathleenOtal

Email: [email protected]

Join Nishi Langhorne and Kathleen Otal, co-hosts of Invitations to Listen, as we interview Lynbrook Elementary Art School Teacher and 2020 Virginia Art Educator of the Year Libya Doman. Libya shares her experience moving from a North Philadelphia neighborhood to the suburbs in New Jersey as a child, and how she decided to combine her love of art and her love of children to become an elementary school art teacher. She details how she grounds the teaching of art to the teaching of life for her students. Libya believes that we should all “speak up, and speak up scared” in order to be on the right side of history.

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Podcast website:

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Twitter: @MrsLanghorne @KathleenOtal

Email: [email protected]