Guest - Christabel Nsiah-Buadi, writer, logger and parent

Christabel Nsiah, writer, blogger and parent, shares insights on being an African mom and woman in the United States.  She and Mrs. C consider ways to negotiate connections to the Diaspora, writing and parenting at a time when diversity sits in the front of American conversations.

Resources:

Check out her newsletter, The Cipher on Twitter

Twitter: @MsAma;

IG: @christabelnsiahbuadi

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Guest - Jacob Kohut, National Guardsman, Band Teacher, Musician

Dr. Kohut grabbed the country’s attention when he was photographed teaching from a Humvee just after the Capitol Insurrection on January 6, 2021.  The endearing photo illustrates his commitment, but the photography does not give justice to his true dedication and talent.  Mrs. C and Dr. Kohut, or Jake as he is known, discuss teaching, music and nerdy teacher topics like strategies and pedagogy that connects to kids and sparks passion.

Resources:

257th Army Band DC National Guard

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Guest - Ken McRay, preschool and adolescent/early adulthood parent

Ken McRay and Mrs. C consider the values and outcomes parents may consider when selecting a school for children.  They focus on family values and parent expectations for the near and long term.

Resources:

National Association of Independent Schools

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

National School Boards Association 

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Guest - Podcast Hosts Tom Whisinnand and Josh Monroe from What the World Needs Now.

Podcast hosts and educators Tom and Josh crusade for more social and emotional awareness for elementary school children and those who are older.  They share why a solid emotional and social foundation sets children up for deeper and more long lasting learning in core academic subjects.

Resources:

Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett

Help for Billy by Heather T. Forbes

Harmony Social & Emotional Learning Curriculum

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Guests- Kellie Brown

Mrs. C and Kellie share ideas and challenges that arise during parenting.  Parents make mistakes and doubt their choices, but this messiness reflects the uniqueness of raising children.

Youtube Channel: Oak Tree at Home

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Mrs.C and Cindy share their hopes and wishes for the podcast for the New Year with sneak peaks of topics and people that will be featured on the podcast in 2021.

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Mrs.C has a special holiday message for all the parents, teachers and administrators that have joined and tuned into the podcast, in addition to Oak Tree Learning Center and Oak Tree View Park Windsor Hills.

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Guests- Mahdis Keshavarz and  Nana Lolachi

Mom Mahdis, school administrator Nana Lolacgu and Mrs. C take a deep look into the challenges presented by distance learning for parents across a spectrum of socio-economic groups.  Distance Learning frustrates many, but this episode demonstrates the problems with Distance Learning that are not just about Distance Learning.

Resources:

CQEL, Statewide Preschool Advocacy and teacher support group:

California Masterplan for Early Child Care

California State Assembly - Committee on Education Members

Current Preschool Legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Kevin McCarty

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Transcripts

Hi i'm Jennifer Carter and thank you for joining me on a podcast for parents, teachers and administrators. Today's conversation should be a good one and i'm sure it's something on your mind so let's get to it.

 Thanks you guys for joining me on the podcast and thanks for inspiring what I think will be a lively conversation about distance learning. If you guys could just introduce yourselves,

I'm Nana Lolachi i've worked in different capacities in schools, I've been a teacher of different grades and currently i'm working as a coordinator so really working with targeted student populations, students who are english learners and really seeing the administrative side of working in a school too for the first time. I'm a mom of two boys. 

My name is Mahdis Keshavarz and i am a mom of a little boy as well as a first grader, um and he is in school here in Los Angeles and I'm working from home running two companies called the Make Agency and Polite Society and trying to juggle homeschooling parenting, momming, wifing, living, notice my self-care comes last in that list as I'm sure you women can relate to.

Absolutely so you know actually Mahdis you put up a Facebook post that caught my attention, so can you just share a little bit about what the what you said in that post and you know we can go from there.

 Well I shared a post, uh talking a little bit about what's being asked of teachers, um and it was it kind of in response to so much of what I see online and other conversations of kind of these demands for us to get our kids back into school which, i am all for and I want that to happen but i think that sometimes In that trajectory one of the things that i've noticed is a lot of times those moments of abdication of parenting, that happen are highlighted in this pandemic and some of the things that we're easily able to slide and kind of put on teachers to deal with over the course of the day we're not able to do in the year 2020 and i think that that's made for really difficult encounters with parenting but also for me it's been really uncomfortable to see how much more is being asked of educators that seem outside of what is reasonable and so...

Guest - Timolin Langin, Teacher/Administrator, Author

Part 2 of Money guru Timolin Langin makes a special appearance with Mrs. C to discuss the value of money.  The pair trade stories and tips about helping children feel comfortable with using and saving money in healthy and beneficial ways.

Resources:

Mind Over Money:  How to Live Like a Millionaire by Timolin Langin

To ask questions, be featured on an episode or for more information visit https://www.oaktreelearningcenter.com/podcast

Guest - Timolin Langin, Teacher/Administrator, Author

Part 1 of Money guru Timolin Langin makes a special appearance with Mrs. C to discuss the value of money.  The pair trade stories and tips about helping children feel comfortable with using and saving money in healthy and beneficial ways.

Resources:

Mind Over Money:  How to Live Like a Millionaire by Timolin Langin

To ask questions, be featured on an episode or for more information visit https://www.oaktreelearningcenter.com/podcast