NHASCD Spotlight: A Podcast

We know more than ever that educators must aim to educate the whole child. But school leaders also need to be coached to be “whole.” Sean Slade has spent a career in health promotion, focusing on the whole child. His passion is coaching school leaders to reach their potential to be effective, caring educators. In this podcast, he describes his vision for coaching those who are leading schools and districts. 

ABOUT SEAN SLADE

Sean served as a senior education officer for New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia, as Project Director for consulting firm WestEd, and has advocated regularly for health promotion and educating the whole child. Sean worked for ASCD in various positions, including Director of Whole Child Programs and Senior Director of Outreach. He spent five years with UNESCO, and now he is head of BTS Spark of North America, a branch of BTS, focusing on training the next generation of educational leaders. Sean also regularly writes for publications such as Ed Week, EdSurge, and NAESP. He is the author of the book “The Power of the Whole: What is Lost by Focusing on Individual Things.”

LINKS AND SHOW NOTES

NHASCD web site

Register for our K-8 Math Conference

BTS Spark

BTS Spark YouTube Page

The Power of the Whole: What Is Lost by Focusing on Individual Things

Sean’s website

The Whole Child Needs a Whole Educator

The Case for Embracing Messy Leadership in Schools

ASCD’s Whole Child Approach to Education

Releasing in May 2024 by ASCD: MESSY Leadership: What We Learned From Coaching 20,000 School Leaders

Katie Pagnotta, author of the book Empowered by the Human Design: Utilizing the BBARS of Excellence Framework to Foster Student and Educator Success, believes that it is within our grasp to find joy in teaching, even in an era of high anxiety and mental illness with our students. She developed the BBARS (Brain and Body Aligned Responsive Systems of Excellence) by integrating the evidence-based approach of 18 professionals from various fields. In this podcast, we learn more about the hope inherent in this process.

ABOUT

Katie is a Saint Anselm College graduate and holds a Masters degree from UNH. She has been a child and family therapist, a long-time K-12 school counselor, and now serves as a consultant, coach, and mental health counselor at Resilient Roots. Katie has a passion for helping her clients and families deal with stress, anxiety, ASD, and ADHD. With the release of Empowered by the Human Design, the world is just beginning to know Katie’s expertise. 

Links and show notes

Bars of Excellence

Purchase "Empowered by the Human Design" on Amazon

Purchase “Empowered by the Human Design” on the publisher’s site

Resilient Roots

Register for NHASCD/NHTM K-8 Math Conference on March 22

Episode description

There are over 500 million references on Google Scholar regarding the topic of leadership. Yet, Kristen Moreland offers a refreshing new approach with her H.U.M.A.N. Leadership Framework, which emphasizes the power of positive adult school culture. 

ABOUT

Kristen Moreland is an accomplished facilitator and educational leader with over 25 years of international and domestic experience. Kristen has recently transitioned from the Pan American School in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where she served as an instructional coach for three years, to northern New Hampshire, where she is currently the Director of Teaching and Learning for the Littleton Schools in SAU 84.

After graduating from the University of Colorado, Boulder, she joined the U.S. Peace Corps and moved to Cameroon in Central Africa, where she taught English as a foreign language at a local public school. Upon completing her service, Kristen returned to teaching in the United States with a short break to complete her master's degree at the University of Denver. In 2005, she moved to Istanbul, Turkey, where she taught middle school English for five years. Back in Denver, Colorado, Kristen transitioned into an instructional coaching role, where she received extensive training in facilitation, culturally responsive pedagogy, and the needs of adult learners. Committed to growth and transformation, Kristen recently earned her EdD from Southern New Hampshire University, focusing on bringing humanity back to education.

Links and show notes

Adult Cultures Matter

Emotionally-Compelling, Buildingwide, Differentiated Coaching

YouTube: Coaching Better Show with guest Kristen Moreland

Educators For Humanity Instagram

NHASCD

The Christa McAuliffe Transforming Teaching and Technology Conference just completed its 37th year of operation. We sat down with Cyndi Dunlap, who has been the driving force behind this wonderful New Hampshire institution and also learned about Cyndi’s rich career in technology education. 

ABOUT

If you want to know about NH’s technology education history, there’s no one better to learn from than Cyndi Dunlap. She began her career as a middle school special education teacher and then transitioned to groundbreaking technology development and consulting, all in the education space. She is the current president of the NH Society for Technology in Education (NHSTE) and the Chair of the Christa McAuliffe Transforming Teaching and Technology Conference (CMTC23).

Links and show notes

NHSTE

CMTC23

NHASCD

ASCD

ISTE

Lesley University Digital Literacy and Computer Science (5-12)

Register for NHASCD/NHTM K-8 Math Conference

NHSTE Facebook

NHSTE X

NHSTE Instagram

Literacy expert Liz Cannon joins us to reflect on her sabbatical year, where the literacy field is at currently, and where it’s going. 

ABOUT LIZ

Liz was last year’s recipient of the Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical and is the founder and owner of Literacy Leaders NH, providing support to educators throughout the state utilizing the science of reading. She has worked as a reading and writing specialist for the last 14 years in the Hopkinton School district and has been an elementary teacher in NH and California. Liz is also in the doctoral program at Southern NH University and a new member of the NHASCD Board of Directors.

LINKS AND SHOW NOTES

Sign up for Peter Liljedahl and K-8 Math Conference

Lexia for NH

NHASCD.org

Literacy Leaders NH, LLC

Literacy Leaders NH Facebook

Literacy Leaders NH Instagram

Literacy Leaders NH Blog

LETRS Facebook Page

Liz Cannon article on the Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical

Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical info

LTRS Training in NH

Science of Reading (Amplify)

The Science of Learning (Harvard)

Teaching Reading is Rocket Science

No Time to Waste: Structured Literacy with Young Adults

Maya Angelou’s Quote

Orton-Gillingham

Wilson Language Training

The “Reading Peaceniks”

NH Loves Reading

Kareem Weaver and FULCRUM

Jan Hasbrouck

Gerry Tindal

Episode description**

Dr. Peter Liljedahl is one of the most sought-after math educators in the world, and we are blessed to host him on NHASCD Spotlight. In this episode, Peter provides an overview of his research around “Building Thinking Classrooms” as a prelude to his NHASCD/NHTM webinar on November 21 and 22. Register today at nhascd.org.

ABOUT

Dr. Peter Liljedahl is a Professor of Mathematics Education in the Faculty of Education and an associate member in the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

Peter serves on many editorial boards and is a senior editor of the International Journal of Science and Mathematics education. He has authored or co-authored 12 books, over 38 book chapters, 38 journal articles, and over 50 conference papers. Peter has won numerous awards and is a former high school mathematics teacher; his research is never far away from practical application in the classroom. He consults regularly with schools, and ministries of education on issues of teaching and learning, assessment, and numeracy.

Links and show notes

Peter’s Website

Building Thinking Classrooms

Peter’s Books

Peter on Twitter

Lewis Carroll, the mathematician

Paul Erdos - Wikipedia

ABOUT

Ann Elise Record is a well-known New Hampshire math educator, writer, and consultant. She has been in the field for 22 years as a K-5 Math Coach, adjunct faculty member for Plymouth State University, Bureau of Education and Research presenter, and currently an independent elementary math consultant providing customized professional development. She is a contributing author of the books “Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Addition and Subtraction” and the upcoming book “Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Multiplication and Division.” Ann Elise has worked with schools nationwide and presented for the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, state conferences, and more. She’s also a member of the New Hampshire Teacher of Mathematics Board. NHTM is partnering with NHASCD for our Peter Liljedahl webinar on November 21 and 22 and our K-8 conference in March 2024.

Links and show notes

Ann Elise’s website

Peter Liljedahl Resources for Teachers

Building Thinking Classrooms

Site for the book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics K-12

Sign up for NHASCD/NHTM’s webinar with Peter Liljedahl

Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Addition and Subtraction

Episode description

Peter DeWitt is one of education’s leading voices, and his latest book is De-implementation: Creating Space to Focus on What Works. We chat with Peter about how an overload of initiatives hurts teachers and administrators and how de-implementation, a technique utilized in the medical field, can help improve our profession. 

ABOUT

Dr. Peter DeWitt was a K-5 teacher for 11 years and a principal for eight years. For the last decade or so, he has been facilitating professional learning worldwide based on the content of his best-selling books. Peter is a leading expert on instructional leadership, collective teacher efficacy, and fostering inclusive school climates. He also takes time to coach leaders and school-based leadership teams. You may know Peter through his regular column, “Finding Common Ground” in Education Week and of course through his many books. His most recent book is De-implementation: Creating Space to Focus on What Works, which is also the topic of his upcoming conference with NHASCD and NHASP, at Skymeadow in Nashua on October 26. 

Links and show notes

Register to see Peter in Nashua, NH on October 26, 2023

Peter’s website

De-implementation: Creating the Space to Focus on What Works

How De-Implementation Can Curb Educator Burnout

Finding Common Ground

Peter’s Podcasts and Online Talk Show-A Seat at the Table

Instructional Leadership Collective

Beneath from Cori Doerrfeld 

Peter on Twitter/X

John Hattie and Visible Learning

Mentimeter

The 5 Whys

Episode description

Most schools and districts have functional professional learning communities (PLCs) in place. Yet, it’s likely that the early excitement and focus for the PLCs may have waned a bit. In this podcast, Steve Ventura previews his October 5, 2023, NHASCD conference entitled Achievement Teams: A Better Approach to PLCs.

ABOUT

Steve Ventura is the president and lead consultant at Advanced Collaborative Solutions. He is a well-known author and sought-after conference speaker and consultant. Ventura is a former elementary and secondary teacher and has worked as a school principal and superintendent. 

He has published multiple books and articles and regularly presents and keynotes at global education events. Steve is passionate about helping school-based leaders instill a culture grounded in collective teacher efficacy through his flagship work, Achievement Teams. Ventura has helped countless educators improve their teaching practice through this collaborative work.

He is the author of “Achievement Teams: How A Better Approach to PLCs Can Improve Student Outcomes and Collective Efficacy.”

Links and show notes

Register to see Steve Ventura on October 5

Steve Ventura’s site

Steve’s ASCD page

Steve’s Instagram

Steve’s Twitter/X

John Hattie-Visible Learning

Creative Leadership Solutions-Doug Reeves

The New Hampshire Minimum Standards, or Ed 306, have become a controversial topic in our schools and in the press. Yet, most of the public does not understand what these standards represent and why they are critically important for our students. On this podcast, we chat with Christine Downing, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for SAUs 32, 75, and 100, to help us unravel the “306s.”

ABOUT

Christine Downing is the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for SAU 32 (Plainfield), SAU 75 (Grantham), and SAU 100 (Cornish). She has 30 years in education as an NHED consultant, middle school math and science teacher, elementary principal, and central office educator. Her current volunteer project is to gather specific feedback on ED 306 from school leaders and educators to help in the process of editing the latest version of the minimum standards. Christine is passionate about supporting public schools and competency-based learning in NH.

Links and show notes

Ed 306 Listening Sessions, Draft Proposal, and Admin. Rules

Christine Downing’s email

Lexia

NHASCD.org

Information on Christine’s Ed306 sessions

The Minimum School Approval Standards (ED Rules 306) are being reviewed and updated. These rules impact curriculum, instruction, and assessment at the local level in all grade levels and many content areas. Specific review sessions are being conducted to obtain feedback directly from practicing educators in our local schools. Below is a list of sessions and locations along with registration links for each session. These sessions provide educators with the opportunity to learn about ED Rules 306, impact these rules have on teaching, review suggested changes, and provide feedback on the revisions. All feedback will be synthesized and presented on behalf of NH educators at a state board meeting in late September. There is no cost for this session and educators will receive 2.5 hours of professional learning credit. This session is being facilitated by Christine Downing, current Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Cornish, Plainfield and Grantham School Districts; and former school improvement coach, Common Core Consultant, and Mathematics Specialist for NH Department of Education.This is an opportunity for educators to increase their own knowledge and application of how ED 306 standards support teaching and learning, and provide important feedback on the future of public school expectations. Please use the links below for your selected session and location to register. Once your registration is received, you will receive (via email) further instructions regarding the session and access to materials. Your voice is important to this process!

Session Locations/Dates/Registration Links: