Lead. Learn. Change.

Vladimir’s audio clips (0:55)

Julie and Vladimir – opening banter, welcome (5:10)

Vladimir’s background/intro (8:30)

24 months in concentration camps, 1300 months of life (10:40)

Childhood memories – an only child, sports, scouts, a good life (11:30)

The Nazis occupy Czechoslovakia when Vladimir was fourteen years old (11:50)

Jewish children no longer allowed to attend public school (12:00)

Taking the train 300 miles to take exams (12:20)

Vladimir and his friend receive their test results (13:45)

Remembering his first, third, and fifth grade teachers (14:30)

Seventh grade chemistry teacher and the academic “contest” with Vladimir’s father (15:00)

March 15, 1939 – the Nazis came to Pardubice (16:00)

Instant implementation of anti-Jewish laws (16:30)

Czechoslovakia split and Bohemia became part of Germany (16:50)

Banishment from theaters, organizations, scouts, and forced to work at age sixteen (17:10)

Jews and non-Jews separated at work – building radios, and a chance to hear the news (18:00)

Called to be transported to Terezín, the ghetto concentration camp (19:25)

Conflicting interests in the war as the Germans were winning against fascism (20:00)

Disappointment with France and Great Britain, and a lack of belief in other countries’ promises, fed into a type of [initial] support for Germany's war efforts (20:45)

The difficulty of maintaining public friendships after the occupation (21:45)

Vladimir’s dad turns down help with luggage to keep friends from getting into trouble for assisting Jews (23:10)

Difficult to talk about family, parents (23:45)

Swimming and skating with his mother, and skiing on vacation, and playing on the mounds of coal at the factory at home (24:00)

Spending time with his dad in the laboratory at work, learning about analytical balances (24:30)

A valuable lesson from his dad about hypotheses and data (25:30)

Stolpersteine commemoration of Vladimir’s parents (27:30)

Life at Terezín (29:30)

From Terezín to Auschwitz, October 1944 (30:45)

“Selection” at Auschwitz and separation from his father (31:00)

Face to face with Josef Mengele (32:15)

Learning about the reality of Auschwitz (-Birkenau) (33:30)

Waiting for his mother (34:30)

Vladimir’s future wife Kitty (35:00)

How does someone survive such an experience? (36:00)

The death march to Blechhammer (39:00)

Waking up to a virtually empty camp, and the ensuing barrage from tanks (40:00)

Bread (42:00)

Momentary fast-forward to bread baking after retirement (43:45)

January 26, 1945 – taking a chance with some guards (44:30)

True liberation at last, bumazhka, and cooking without water (46:20)

A hospital stay, then back home to Pardubice (48:55)

More audio clips to introduce the closing segment of the conversation (49:30)

The beginning of a professorship in the United States (52:00)

Soviet occupation in 1968 leads to Plattsburgh, New York (53:00)

Teaching keeps you young – Forty-four years old for fifteen years (54:45)

A decision to retire (56:00)

“Every chemist is a good cook” (56:40)

Vacations and travel with Kitty (57:30)

Tragedies may not always and forever be in a foreign country (58:30)

Live a normal life, not the life of a Holocaust survivor (59:20)

The shared ordeal at Terezín created a special bond with Kitty (1:00:00)

Students’ stories, students’ interest in his story, student letters (1:01:00)

LINKS

Film documentary 

Homepage:

Return to Auschwitz | Home

and, Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGIWje7EzYs&feature=emb_logo

and,  the GoFundMe site for the documentary:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/r3jpq-return-to-auschwitz-the-survival-of-vladimir-munk

The working title for Julie Canepa’s book is Vlada and Kitty: A Holocaust Love Story.  Slated for completion and publication in 2021. You can visit Julie's website to read excerpts of the book.

smalltowngirlproduction.com

General information about the Stolperstine project can be found online. Here are a few starter links:

http://www.stolpersteine.eu/en/home/

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/stumbling-upon-europes-stolpersteine/

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Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

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Information in this episode is not medical advice.

The many hats of Lana Camiel (3:20)

Lover of dogs (3:50)

A dog’s joy of snow leads to a life lesson (5:30)

Pharm D or Registered Pharmacist? (6:15)

Herbalist or? and? pharmacist (8:05)

Two valid paths to wellness (9:00)

Exploring herbal solutions to address a significant situation (9:15)

Prevention is an important component of quality of life (10:00)

Integrative medicine is closer than the horizon (11:00)

A wise combination of approaches is “good medicine” (11:30)

An immigrant at the age of sixteen (12:25)

Computers, medicine – a shift in interests (13:05)

Great-grandmother – homeopathic pharmacist in Kiev, Ukraine (13:25)

Great-grandfather – conventional pharmacist (13:40)

Childhood memories of remedies administered by mother and grandmother (14:00)

Pharmacy school’s demanding coursework (15:00)

A hot August afternoon and being overwhelmed (15:30)

Anxiety attack (16:00)

Success, but with questions (16:25)

An awareness of the need for self-care (16:35)

Seeking out mentors with an interest and understanding of natural medicines (17:00)

Experimenting and creating personal experiences (17:50)

Maintaining a pharmacist’s mindset and practice - adverse effects, indications, interactions (18:00)

Herbal medicine is a living medicine (18:10)

We are here because of plants (18:25)

Grandmother taught Russian language and literature for fifty years (19:10)

Have to look for solutions – as a teacher or in survival mode (19:45)

Being generous with others is a big part of living a good life and a long life (20:10)

Curiosity inherited from grandmother (20:30)

Chernobyl explosion, relocation, earthquake in Moldova (20:50)

Plants where you might not expect them (23:15)

The resilience of plants and their medicinal benefits – weeds?! (23:50)

Disturbed soil and disturbed environments mitigated by plants (24:30)

Plants as aids to digestion and central nervous system issues (26:50)

Peter Rabbit and herbal medicine (26:25)

COVID-19, stressors, and advice for these difficult times (27:30)

Need more emphasis on vitamin D, physical activity (28:30)

Medicinal mushrooms and the immune system (29:05)

Plants can help deal with stress (29:45)

The best way to learn is to create experiences, focus on how things go together (31:10)

Experiment to learn (32:00)

Apply learning to your own life (33:00)

Curiosity is a main connection to learning (34:00)

What do you want to learn? What is your passion? What are you trying to solve? (34:30)

The first step in learning must be incredibly meaningful (35:15)

PlantLoveRadio.com – deep and wide content (35:50

Aging gracefully, stress, chocolate, sleep, city living, vegetarianism (36:15)

Medicine making, clinical use, cooking and eating (37:00)

Herbs as adaptogens, cognition boosters, wild remedies (37:45)

Herbs can enter your life in many ways – tea, spices (39:15)

Smuggling herbs into your life – a free downloadable guide (40:00)

Favorite teachers and mentor - grandmother – kind, giving, community (41:00)

Another favorite teacher and mentor – simplify, early wins, build (41:35)

Lana’s LinkedIn page

Lana’s podcast page and website

Brain boosters Plant Love Radio podcast episode

Wild remedies Plant Love Radio podcast episode

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Free Downloadable Guide – Smuggling Herbs Into Your Life

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Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

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34 Across

I was speaking with my dad recently. During our phone call I asked him about crossword puzzles, because I wanted to know more about his interest in them. As a young child, and as a teenager, I often saw him complete the crossword puzzle in the daily or Sunday newspaper. This glimpse into his world of skills and interests helped me see, although I didn’t fully recognize it at the time, how my dad‘s mind worked and what his talents were, and this was not an easy conclusion to draw, as he would readily tell us, or anyone who asked, that he really had no hobbies or specific pursuits he would be spending his time on once he retired (which was quite a long way off at the time). So, crossword puzzles it was, apparently, Not golf, fishing, running in local 5K road races, or even reading the classics or writing his autobiography. Crossword puzzles. 

Once, a number of years after I had left my childhood home, my wife and I were visiting my parents and I was in my dad‘s office area in the basement. On the back of the door leading to his workspace, there was a giant crossword puzzle thumbtacked there. I recall that I counted the number of spaces in this behemoth of a grid, this Crossword Challenge that was, based on the ratio of filled in:blank squares, on its way to succumbing to my father’s eventual conquering of it, demonstrating his superiority over the clever clue creators that posed their hints for the novice or skilled puzzle warriors. I didn’t file away a mental note of the exact number of words required to complete this puzzle, but a new calculation today, based on the size of the door and my recollection of the size of each square, AND factoring in the typical percentage of shaded squares (for an American style grid), it is completely reasonable to estimate that there were nearly 6,500 blank squares to fill. No matter how you slice it, that’s a lot of words.

So, during our call the other day, I asked my dad a bit more about his crossword puzzle habits. That simple question opened the door for some interesting insights and, naturally, his answers to some of my queries ended up spinning off into other topics of discussion. We ended up having a very enjoyable chat. I discovered that my dad has been purchasing packages of crossword puzzle books. I didn’t even know that was a thing. He indicated that he could appreciate the nicer, higher quality books–those printed on better paper and with a substantial front and back cover. He also spent some time highlighting the differences in difficulty levels based on the publisher and/or the newspaper in which the puzzles are printed. At one point, some quick math generated the number 15,000 as the likely quantity of puzzles my dad has completed over the years. 

Our phone call left me with a better understanding of what he enjoys, as well as what he does not find frustrating. For example, I asked about his accuracy rate and his completion rate, and he shared with me that he does not (can not) fill in every square in every puzzle, nor, when he is able to do so, are all of his answers always “correct.” He went on to say though, that, of course, sometimes the “wrong” answer is in fact nevertheless accurate and works very well as a right word for the given clue. 

Then, at one point during the call my dad said that my mom wanted to talk to me for a few minutes. Mother got on the phone and we chatted about a few things and then she handed the phone back to my dad. He told me that while he was away, he had started and completed a crossword puzzle, and that he checked it against the answers and he had indeed, on this one, gotten all of the answers correct. He then qualified his statement by telling me that this was one of the easy ones, though, and that the more puzzles you work, the more frequently you will see similar clues and similar answers. It was almost as if he did not want to take credit for his puzzle prowess. He does have more time now to complete puzzles, and he did say that doing so keeps one’s mind sharp and helps you think, and that “just for fun,” he sometimes flips through a completed book of puzzles and checks accuracy of every sixth or eight page (or even twenty or so random pages) to see what his general “score “is overall. As it turns out, at least based the numbers he humbly shared with me, his expertise is quite impressive.

He also quizzed me by posing three of the clues from the puzzle he completed during my brief chat with my mother. Granted, I had the distinct disadvantage of not looking at the puzzle in question or knowing the letters of any perpendicular and connected words, but I was able to correctly answer one of the three clues. Given those constraints, we both considered my 33% score to be quite acceptable.

The last thing I remember my dad telling me about puzzles was that sometimes he puts the book or newspaper aside, and doesn’t pick it up until the next day, or even a few days later. Then, looking again at one of the clues for a missing word going across or going down, the “fresh eyes” seem to make a difference. On occasion, for some reason, the way the clue is worded lands differently in his mind the second or third time around, and it triggers a new thought or a potential answer. When that new word is penciled into the appropriate squares, it often turns out to be correct and has a cascading effect of generating multiple correct answers where there were no good ideas before. Along the same lines, he told me that sometimes an answer to a particularly difficult clue simply pops into his mind, seemingly out of the blue, and it may be while he is engaged in some seemingly unrelated task. That moment of inspiration typically ripples into the completion of other words and the once stalled puzzle is revived and on its way to becoming another successful venture.

So, aside from a fun and engaging conversation with my 86-year-old dad, what did I learn? Other than going down a rabbit hole and reading some material about how crossword puzzles are created and how these word games differ slightly from country to country, there were more than half a dozen takeaways for me. 

First, alleged perfection–achieving 100% on every task–is an unreasonable standard, and is not necessary to find fulfillment, generate learning, or create satisfaction.  In the same vein, a “poor score” may be good enough, if you learn something and no harm is done.

Second, there are often multiple solutions that are correct, that work well with other ideas with which they intersect, and they can serve as an indicator of a learner’s creativity and knowledge base.

Third, persistence matters. A temporary roadblock is just that, temporary. A new perspective can create a new lens, and an alternative solution can work as well as the one originally intended by others who are involved in various phases of the same project. 

Fourth, if you spend time with a student, colleague, family member, or client, and truly listen, that allows you to extend the discussions (based on what you hear), and you can get to know the other person even better. This deeper understanding creates opportunities to support them–and delight them–in ways that you may not have previously imagined.

Fifth, taking an interest in what someone else finds fascinating may pull you toward your own new learning path, and who knows where that might lead! Keep an open mind! Maybe Subject X or Book Y is, in fact, interesting after all, and perhaps diving into it will yield unexpected benefits for you and your work, via connections not considered before.

Sixth, you tend to spend time (either through work or activity that is visible to others, or via intense thought) pursuing what interests you and challenges you. The learning that results from this focus begets more learning, and the cycle continues.

Seventh, it’s okay–even beneficial–to occasionally place some tasks on pause and engage in other work. Ideas frequently surface in one area that rhyme with or collide with other projects or problems, producing possibilities for potential progress and laying the foundation for future endeavors. Approaching life, our work, and our relationships through our talents, skills and interests keeps us mentally sharp and productive, and opens doors to help others do the same.

Are there some colleagues, clients or students that could benefit from you knowing more about them—what makes them tick?

How could your progress on a current or planned project gain new momentum as a result of learning more about those with whom you work?

What moments can you capitalize on to make your next interaction a win-win for everyone involved?

Take a moment to learn more about your own work. 

Take a moment to learn more about those you serve.

My final thought. 

34 across.   Six letters.   Four clues.

1: a tiny slice of today;

2: an instant in time;

3: a pivotal second; 

4: you can lead, learn or change in one of these.

Interesting information about crossword puzzles

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Dr. Hayward Cordy, executive director of the Oconee Regional Educational Service Agency in Georgia, and former teacher, principal, and superintendent (2:00)

Hayward’s book, Damaged Goods: Lessons Learned in Poverty, Applied to Life. (3:25)

Large family, sharecroppers, living in intense poverty (3:30)

Surrounded by love and support (4:20)

18 people in one three-bedroom home, with no bathroom (4:45)

No bathroom tissue (5:00)

Importance of personal hygiene, a reflection of who you are as a person (6:00)

Bathing in a #3 washtub – using sunshine to heat the water (6:30)

Newspaper vs. Charmin (7:15)

Things don’t make you – our worth comes from giving back (7:50)

Father was a first-grade dropout and wanted all of his children to excel in school and life (9:00)

Education as the equalizer (9:35)

Report card day (9:50)

A black male, growing up in poverty, brought challenges that had to be overcome (10:20)

Rise above mediocre to move beyond one’s current situation (10:40)

Poverty is temporary and changeable (11:20)

Teaching to the souls of children (11:45)

Soul – thoughts, will, emotions – must be in alignment with one’s goals (12:00)

You are capable, you can be successful, you must persist with your desire to succeed (12:30)

“The bottom rail will come to the top one day” (13:15)

Born a chronic stutterer (14:20)

Standing on the sidelines (15:00)

The power of words (16:00)

Struggles taught me persistence (16:40)

We all have shortfalls – we all stammer at times (16:45)

Race? Who owns the problem? (17:00)

Not letting those who have issues with race define you (17:40)

There are good and bad people – choosing to believe that most are good (18:15)

Dented cans, damaged goods (19:00)

I saw everybody else as perfect, and me as imperfect (20:20)

How value is truly determined (20:50)

I held my view of me in my own hands (21:10)

Diddy Waah (21:45)

“High-minded poor boy” or reminder of big dreams, potential and promise? (22:45)

Grandmother Carrie Lily – a special bond with “Boy” Hayward (23:50)

Making me feel special, among fifteen children (24:30)

Working, fighting spirit, a bastion of hope (25:15)

My mother’s persistence and determination (26:00)

Oldest siblings worked the fields two days each week, and attended school the other three days (27:00)

Able to love all fifteen children with a special love (27:30)

Balanced, skills, and being somebody is based upon what’s in your heart (27:40)

Dr. Mays – always have goals, and set them high (28:00)

Dedication (Hayward’s thoughts), foreword (Dr. Allene Magill) – book excerpts (29:35)

Mentoring others, starting in high school (30:30)

Be for others in their life, what I missed in mine (31:00)

“I didn’t choose…where I was born, or my family, but I can choose my destiny” (31:30)

Reaching the hearts of people matters most (32:00)

First grade teacher Ms. Williams looked beyond the stuttering to see a gifted child (32:10)

Troy Taylor, from the alternative school – from suicide attempts to published author and working in the medical field, serving the underserved (32:40)

French fries – a simple act that changed a life (33:30)

“That’s what it’s about. Changing lives. It’s not about me.” (33:50)

Reginald, in the hallway – one of six godsons who call still Hayward “dad” – a question and a word of encouragement (34:30)

Life was changed – now a successful contractor, and visits Hayward in Wrightsville, GA to this day (35:00)

Ms. Nadine Hunt – the El dog and her approach to life, modeling what Diddy Waah dreamed (36:00) 

“Life is not perfect, but life is worth living.” (36:55)

“Become hope for those who are hopeless.” (37:25)

“I was born poor, I am still black, and I was born a chronic stutterer, but I chose to make life better for myself. It wasn’t easy, but it is possible…The question has to be, ‘How badly do you want to make life better for yourself and for others? We have a choice.” (37:45)

“I am not a victim. I am a victor, in life.” (38:30)

Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats

Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

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Brothers go on a rafting trip

A bodysurfing challenge

Impending tragedy

How to navigate trouble

Mutual support

Stand up

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Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

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The many accomplishments of Joy Robinson (3:30)

Early thoughts about becoming a teacher (4:30)

My teachers were my role models (5:20)

Why students are the best part of my job (5:55)

I also come to school to learn from my students (6:15)

Peer tutoring as an elementary, middle, and high school student (7:10)

Understanding? “The more you read it…” (8:25)

Kindergarten? No.  (10:00)

Finding the right grade level (10:10)

Learning starts with relationships, not with lessons (11:30)

Truly knowing one’s students (11:45)

Stretch students to outside their comfort zone (12:30)

Pull things out of students that they didn’t know they could do (12:50)

When students use their learning in an authentic way (13:15)

Determining teacher effectiveness (14:00)

The most important gauge of student growth (14:40)

Kindness, maturity, participation as indicators of progress (14:55)

Passion, walk the talk, specific examples (15:45)

Visit my classroom (16:15)

Sense of community is huge in the classroom (16:30)

Professional learning must be specific, appropriate and applicable (18:50)

Adult learners must also be met at their point of interest, need, and motivation (19:30)

Teacher-leaders are passionate and vocal about things that matter (21:15)

Connection is a vital component of relationships and teaching (22:00)

Where we are now has a lot to do with where we came from (23:15)

The Sankofa bird’s message about blending the past and the future (23:30)

Growing up in a rough neighborhood in a “failing school district (24:00)

A graduating class of success stories (24:30)

The absolute best teachers, serving in the face of naysayers (25:00)

Collecting experiences and ideas from one’s teachers (26:00)

Great teachers, by grade level and name (26:50)

“Stretching” students, humor, competitive, music while journaling, conversational, authenticity (26:50)

Teaching and learning is give and take (29:45)

Learn from your students – be open-minded (30:00)

Why the passion, joy, and look to the future? Great teachers are born (30:45)

Don’t forget why you teach (31:30)

Teaching more than seventy students every day (33:00)

What next? Immediately, teaching! (34:30)

Board of Director Bio 

Joy Robinson, a fourth-grade teacher at Lake Park Elementary School in Lowndes County, represents District 8 on the PAGE (Professional Association of Georgia Educators) board of directors. As a board member, Robinson said she will be a voice on PAGE, representing and communicating the interests of educators and students in her southeastern Georgia district.

The life-long learner and participant in PAGE Professional learning maintains that knowing your students is at the core of effective lesson design. “Knowing one’s students and their families gives an educator great insight, enabling the teacher to truly design instruction that caters to each student’s needs,” she recently told PAGE One magazine. “Having a relationship with student families further reinforces trust that the educator will share helpful information about the student and that the information will be received well. When all the pieces are in place and operating smoothly, authentic learning will occur — and with it, the byproduct of increased student achievement.”

Considered a teacher leader and an influencer amongst her colleagues, Robinson takes an active role and interest in education at all levels. In her community, Robinson has served as a member of the Parent Action Committee and the Community Partners in Education committee, which she has chaired. She has also served on her school’s redesign and improvement teams. On the district level, the Google-certified educator has served on the system technology committee and learning management system committee, as well as on the district’s instructional framework committee and advanced ed strategic planning committee. On the state level, she presented at the Georgia Reading Association forum on standard implementation and served on the Georgia Milestones review team. She was instrumental in developing standards-based social studies units for her school leading to proficiency gains. And in her role as part of PAGE's South Georgia School District Network, she has fond memories of working closely with the late Dr. Allene Magill on Burke County’s district transformation initiative. 

Robinson is a career-long member of PAGE, beginning in college. She also serves as her school’s PAGE building representative. “All of my experiences with PAGE have aided in molding me as an effective educator,” she added.

Robinson earned a degree in early childhood education from Valdosta State University, graduating magna sum laude. In 2018, she was named her school’s teacher of the year.

Sankofa bird

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Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats

Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

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The 1969 Mercury Grand Marquis

Never really driving

Driver’s education

A humiliating moment, but a learning moment

Applicable observations

Knowing the people that you serve

You have choices

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Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

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My favorite principal, Mr. Ed. Worley (3:05)

Fairly smart until eighth grade (4:00)

Drafting class with applied geometry led to thoughts of being an educator (5:00)

Collaboration with colleagues as a goal, in the service of student learning (5:30)

Leading edge of technology? (7:00)

You need to understand the basics before tech is useful (7:50)

The county’s first 3-D printer, in 2013 (9:30)

STEM, first used as a term in 2001(10:30)

STEM described for students, parents, and others (11:00)

Student competitions – robotics, plus (12:15)

Teaching students and teaching teachers – professional career goal realized (12:30)

Frankel students coming off of a first-place finish in 2019 (14:15)

2020 competition cancelled due to the coronavirus (15:10)

Technology evangelist (15:45)

Moving from the classroom to industry (17:40)

Developing teacher-made video tutorials – years before YouTube (19:15)

Developing video tutorials for employees on the manufacturing plant floor (20:00)

Human Resources becomes yet another role (20:15)

Skills gap resulting from the push for all high school graduates to attend college (23:00)

Creating an initiative to incentivize the pursuit of a manufacturing career (24:00)

The Kalamazoo Promise concept leads to the Tribar Promise (24:45)

Connecting learning institutions and industry for mutual benefit (25:30)

The host puts words in the guest’s mouth – Ha! (26:55)

Society’s view of what teachers do (27:15)

Respect for educators (27:45)

Teachers’ challenged with 30+ students in a class are now tasked with designing work in a new way (29:00)

Technology resources need to be used and we need to support teachers in the transition to new tools and learning formats (30:15)

Stepping up to the plate with technology and generosity, to help during a time of crisis (32:15)

An expected “no” turns into a “yes” and accelerates production (35:30)

Navigating school guidelines and timelines, and intersecting with others to assist medical providers (36:00)

Guest blogger on Education week (37:30)

Inspection vs. quality processes (38:00)

Consider changes to core components of the teacher preparation structures (38:30)

A shout out to some great teachers (39:00)

Acknowledgment matters, greatly (40:30)

Relationships matter more than rules (41:30)

The 40-40-40 concept (42:45)

Getting to know one’s students and allowing one’s students to know you (44:45)

Dale Rogers – LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-rogers-nbct/

Dale Rogers – blogpost – the flipped classroom

https://lookatthiscowbell.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-flipped-classroom-its-not-just.html

Dale Rogers – Education Week guest column

https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/2013/08/run_schools_like_businesses_sure_heres_how.html

TV news spot about the face shields from 3-D printers

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/04/07/staff-at-west-bloomfield-school-make-face-shields-with-3d-printers/

The Frankel Jewish Academy

https://www.frankelja.org/

Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats

Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators

David’s LinkedIn page

Lead. Learn. Change. the book

Instagram - lead.learn.change

One year podcast anniversary

Pilot episode guest Hannah Talley’s huge contribution

Teacher-leaders help others move forward

Great teachers are consistently generous

Step by step–and interaction by interaction–is how meaningful change happens

We all have teachers around us, whether we are “in school” or not

Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats

Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators

David’s LinkedIn page

Lead. Learn. Change. the book

Instagram - lead.learn.change

Neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery (2:15)

Borborygmi – its meaning and significance (3:00)

Why be a physician? (4:15)

Meaningful work (4:45)

The neurosurgery Operating Room (OR) at every opportunity (5:30)

Don’t pursue medicine for the wrong reasons (6:15)

Look ahead – consider one’s life in a particular area (6:30)

Practical experiences at nth Dimensions (7:30)

A good medical rotation illuminates potential (8:00)

Hammers and screws and people – orthopedic surgery! (8:15)

20+ years of school plus residency – a lot of schooling (9:00)

Teaching skills adjust with the structure of the learning environment (9:45)

Important to convey the reasons for the content being taught (11:05)

Teachers need to remember what it’s like to be a beginner (11:45)

Great teachers understand each student’s perspective and context (12:30)

View each student as full of potential (13:15)

Teaching requires true understanding (14:30)

Thinking in “the language” of the content (world language, science, math…) (15:00)

Monkeys can’t actually explain the slides (15:30)

Understanding doesn’t automatically equate to being able to teach (16:00)

Standardized tests’ value (17:20)

Approach teaching by asking if the format and content are accessible and meaningful for the students (18:30)

Strengthen the relationship between first and second year medical students and their third and fourth year colleagues (19:15)

Don’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree (20:20)

Expand on what captures student interest (21:10)

Kahn Academy concepts (21:30)

The LSAT as an indicator of law school acceptance and as a gauge of one’s professional practice thereafter (22:30)

Focus on “next” and individualize earlier (23:05)

Memorable learning experience – a change of pace (24:45)

Problem based opportunities where “facts” are applied (25:10)

A kind word of interest and support makes a huge difference (25:45)

Take the time to “notice” (26:15)

Hand surgery – trust plus support equals a boost in confidence and skill (26:30)

The real lesson from Theory of Knowledge - Brain in a Vat (27:00)

We need to engage in intellectual humility (27:45)

Mr. Gribble – cared enough to attend the White Coat ceremony (28:15)

Ms. Mary Britt – really knows and cares about her students (29:35)

Thanks, educators, for your sacrifices (30:50)

Teachers and doctors - both have impacts on the populations they serve (31:25)

Borborygmi: Food for Thought podcast (32:10)

Todnem-Ready Review app for Neurosurgery resident board exams (32:25)

Medical College of Georgia link: https://www.augusta.edu/mcg/

Borborygmi: Food for Thought podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/borborygmi-food-for-thought/id1507529435

nth Dimensions – advancing women and minorities in specialty fields - www.nthdimensions.org

Kahn Academy – www.khanacademy.org

Riverwood International Charter School - https://www.fultonschools.org/Page/181

Theory of Knowledge:  https://sites.google.com/site/ricsibtok/home

Brain in a Vat:  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxyaWNzaWJ0b2t8Z3g6MjkyYTE4NWYzODE3YjI3YQ

AP World History:  https://sites.google.com/site/ricsapworldhistory/about-me

Brookwood High School - https://www.gcpsk12.org/BrookwoodHS

Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats

Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators

David’s LinkedIn page

Lead. Learn. Change. the book

Instagram - lead.learn.change