Mindful Literacy Podcast

Did you know there are over 4,500 colleges/universities in the US? 

Did you know there are over 200 majors? 

College Planning Mistake #1: 

Starting with "Where do you want to go to College"? College is part of the journey, not the end goal. You can get really stuck in a place that will not get you to the career you were born to do. 

College Planning Mistake #2: 

A huge (expensive) mistake that a lot of people make is taking one line item out of their long list of interests, sliding into a major, and NOT understanding what that degree means to job searching later. 

College Planning Mistake #3: 

Asking, "What do I want to be when I grow up?"  Careers are constantly changing.  In order to understand what you want to be, you need to understand what all the choices are! 

Listen in as Megan takes an active roll in her college discovery process with Aaron Greene of IN the college Planning Experts.  

It is incredible to hear Aaron use the same process as in Episode 2, but get completely different results. 
 

And Megan's work is just beginning... Such an exciting time for her.  

Megan, I am so honored to be learning next to you.  Thank you for sharing a big part of yourself for this podcast.  I. have a feeling it will help and empower so many young people as they face the same decisions you are. 

You have an amazing gift with people and I know your journey will be full of love and laughter. 

Keep your eyes open and your spidey senses on! ;). 

Loving how IN takes the guess work and gut work out of the college planning process! 
 

Special thanks  to Aaron Greene and IN! 

"Know thyself"

"Know thy world around you."

"What do you want to affect?"

-Aaron Greene

How do Videos Games and Choosing College go together?

Mitchel walked in thinking that someday he may like to become a physician, and walked out with a handful of other new ideas that would appeal to his personality.

Listen as Aaron Green of IN College Planning Experts uses gaming to tap into a students strengths and help him narrow down what fields would likely lead him to become a happy, independent, adult in a career that he loves waking up for everyday!

https://incollegeplanning.com/

Find Rayna here: https://www.columbustutoringservices.com/ 

Dr. Bennett introduces long time classmate and friend, Dr. Rouse-Billman with a new friend, Ph.D. student Leiah Groom-Thomas.  The three teacher-scholars talk shop on all things applying reading research to teaching practices. 

Contact Leiah at [email protected]

Contact Dr. Rouse-Billman at [email protected]

Resources spoken about in the interview:

What Works Clearinghouse - excerpt from their website: "The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviews the existing research on different programs, products, practices, and policies in education." 

Find more info at ies.ed.gove/ncee/wwc

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This one is pure inspiration. Benjamin Levey is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Final Third Foundation (F3). He has over 10 years of experience in the nonprofit sports and development industry. In 2011, his passion for helping through sport developed when he founded the Likoni Community Football League (LCFL), based in Mombasa Kenya. For the past eight years Levey has managed and operated several sports and development nonprofit organizations, events and programs, including, Columbus East FC (CEFC), Columbus Nations Cup, F3 Soccer & Literacy Programming, and Columbus East Soccer Association (CESA).

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@finalthirdfoundation  

@leveybenjamin

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Julieann Ash is a Board Certified Educational Therapist. She received her Master of Science degree from St. Cloud State University, mainly focusing on the areas of learning disabilities, behavioral/emotional disorders, and mild to moderate cognitive impairment; with a specialization in autism.

An educator with more than 45 years of experience in middle school, high school, special education, and educational therapy; Julieann’s primary focus is on helping individuals remove learning roadblocks and achieve their personal goals for success. 

Julieann provides one-on-one intensive instruction with individual clients to help them build a tool box of personal strategies for success. She also consults with other key individuals in the client's life such as parents, psychologists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and teachers. Julieann provides training for parents to help them to successfully advocate for their children as well as helping students develop personal responsibility and self-advocacy skills. Once she helps her clients to identify their learning style, personal learning or social roadblocks; she assists them and their key support people in successfully addressing the social, emotional and neuro-biological factors that challenge them.

From elementary students to professionals, Julieann helps people of all ages function better in their environment. She provides clarification for why a person is having difficulty in the learning process and help with developing strategies or supports that enhance the individual's productivity and learning capabilities. 

Find more of Julieann at her website http://metaoh.org/

facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/metaohorg/

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdFyIi02Nwzmqzir6xcGAGA/videos

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The Childhood Collective consists of two child psychologists (Lori Long, Ph.D. and Mallory Yee, Ph.D.) and a speech language pathologist (Katie Severson, M.S., CCC-SLP). More importantly, they are three moms who are dedicated to supporting parents of children with ADHD, anxiety, and learning & language differences. With over 40 years of combined professional experience, The Childhood Collective empowers parents by teaching science-backed strategies to help their children thrive. Check out their online courses and free resources at  www.thechildhoodcollective.com.

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Dr. Jessica Garret-Mills is an academic coach for middle/high school/college/graduates and junior faculty. Using insights from the most up-to-date scholarship and over 12 years of coaching expertise, she can help you get On Track. She writes: Together we'll identify your goals & create a plan, and then I'll help you stick with it by meeting your goals daily, weekly, monthly and in the long term.

Dr. Garret-Mills earned a Ph.D. in Educational and Psychology and is an internationally published researcher on the topic of academic motivation. Through her work she explores what motivates people to succeed in academic tasks and what social supports encourage success.

A long-time Columbus resident, she has pride in serving her community. 

In this episode, Dr. Bennett and Dr. Garret-Mills discuss academic motivation at every stage of learning, emotional control, how to best help your struggling learner (or yourself), and embracing the struggle. 

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Eliseo Jimenez is an assistant professor in intellectual disabilities in the Department of Learning Sciences at Georgia State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Michigan University in 2004, a master’s degree in special education with a specialization in autism and developmental disabilities from the University of Texas as Austin in 2006 and a doctoral degree in special education from The Ohio State University in 2014. He is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D).

His research interests include teaching daily living skills to students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, teaching employment skills to students with intellectual disabilities, video prompting, technology, preference assessments and teacher preparation.

Dr. Bennett and Dr. Jiminez discuss independence, the use of technology to increase vocational skills, emphasizing independence starting in early childhood,  and how teachers can best equip their students for post-secondary life.

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Resources discussed in the episode:

https://thinkcollege.net/

https://specialedu.ku.edu/michael-wehmeyer

https://specialedu.ku.edu/mary-morningstar

https://nisonger.osu.edu/

https://nisonger.osu.edu/adult/adult-clinics-services/tops/

Constance Borro is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mastery Portfolio, LLC, a seed-stage educational technology company with a mission to reimagine grading and reporting in a way that motivates and supports- rather than ranks and sorts- students and educators. Constance and her co-founders are in the process of launching their first app, TheMasteryBook.com, as the tool on the ground for teachers to implement a standards-based or mastery-based grading paradigm. 

Mastery Portfolio isn’t Constance’s first foray into entrepreneurship; she founded and operates the successful tutoring company Ivy Tutor Connection, LLC., which specializes in serving students with unique academic profiles through a holistic whole-child approach, providing services and tutoring relationships that grown with the child. 

Constance can be reached at [email protected] 

https://masteryportfolio.com/

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