NGPF Podcast

This is the third in our podcast series on Teaching Remotely. Today you will hear from Zach Blattner, Asst. Professor of Practice at Relay Graduate School of Education. His specialty: online instruction for adult learners. After observing one of Zach's classes and seeing the multitude of ways that he engaged his students, I knew there was a great opportunity for NGPF to shift how we design and deliver PD based on his practices.

Zach will share his design principles for online lessons, the various ways he engages his students and the importance of creating norms and communities while teaching online. For teachers adapting to this new form of instruction, this podcast will be invaluable in moving you up the learning curve with lots of helpful hints and tips from an instructional guru! 

After last week's podcast with Brian and Amanda, I reflected on the importance of having educators discuss this transformational change required to teach remotely. NGPF Fellows Joy, Kerri and James were kind enough to take me up on the offer to share their experiences. In this podcast, they share their teaching practices and routines for both synchronous and asynchronous learning, the creative methods for connecting with students and how they are thinking about assessments. Enjoy!

Thanks to Brian Page (Reading High School, Ohio) and Amanda Volz (St. Clair High School, Michigan) for taping this podcast earlier this week. With the shift to online learning, I wanted these master teachers to share their early experiences with students in an online environment (Brian) and their favorite tech tools (Amanda) to ease that transition. Enjoy!

Jonathan and I had this conversation on Monday which now seems like eons ago. We pulled this together on short notice because I wanted listeners to get Jonathan's perspective on the recent market tumult. We discuss circuit breakers, oil markets, bear markets, investor psychology and what an investor should do in these uncertain times.

I also encourage folks to subscribe to Jonathan's Humble Dollar blog, and also to read his recent post, Grin and Bear It.  Stay safe!

Lazetta Braxton thinks about financial planning a little bit differently than most other practitioners. She shares how she developed her missionary zeal to provide financial planning services to those who are often forgotten or not well served by the current commission-based models. She provides some tips on how she motivates people to budget as well as how she's developing her daughter's financial capabilities. Enjoy! 

Many know Fidelity as the investing behemoth with 8.3 trillion in assets (source). Yet, if you are an educator in a market where Fidelity has a significant presence, you probably also know them for the excellent PD workshops that they organize. In this podcast, Teresa Pelletier, the senior director of community relations at Fidelity, describes the many programs that Fidelity has to improve financial education in the U.S.. You will learn about the thousands of Fidelity team members who volunteer in classrooms every year as well as the impact of their teacher workshops. We know it will truly "takes a village" to improve financial capability in this country and it's clear that Fidelity is doing their part! 

Rob Massimi is one of those teachers that we all remember from high school. High energy, creative, humorous and someone who believes in giving his students agency to drive their own learning. In this podcast, Rob, an Economics teacher at Bronx High School of Science, describes his favorite activity, the Wheat Market game, shares his students' anxieties about money and highlights his approach to teaching investing. It's clear that he's created an Econ course that his students will remember. Enjoy! 

The book may be 25 years old but the subject, Warren Buffett, remains a fascinating character. In this podcast. Roger shares what he discovered through his exhaustive research on Buffett which included conversations with neighbors in Omaha, college classmates and investors. You will learn about Buffett's habits, his talents and the types of businesses he invests in. With the gift of time, Roger also provides his perspective on what has changed about Buffett in the intervening years and what has remained constant. Enjoy (and be sure to pick up the book too)!

I know you'll enjoy this conversation with Dr. John Lim, a radiologist so passionate about financial education that he got up at 5:30am for a few years to write a book to teach his kids about money. Find out about John's laws of finance and how he took this complex topic and made it easy for his kids to understand. 

This podcast tells the inspiring story of an entrepreneur with grit, determination and talent. Hear how Camilo overcame childhood challenges to attend the most elite universities and his motivation to start a personal finance site to educate others. Enjoy!