NHASCD Spotlight: A Podcast

Dr. Peter Michael Plourde is the director of faculty development at the University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC), teaches mathematics, and to the general public and to many of his students, is known as Professor Lyrical for his work as a hip-hop artist. 

Join Dr. Randy Wormald and Executive Director Jan Yost for an interview with Prof. Lyrical and a discussion on the intersection of education and hip-hop.

Website:  https://www.professorlyrical.com/

YouTube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzwYaIlrCDBBEnWDbMf9-ow

Dr. Cara Procek, SNHU Professor of Education, shares some of the challenges that faced education students during the pandemic.

Listen to Stephanie Malia Krauss speak about her new book, Making It:  What Today's Kids Need For Tomorrow's World in which she goes beyond the question of what young people need to succeed in school, to ask what they need to be ready for life.

RESOURCES

Stephanie's website

Purchase the book at

Author Starr Sackstein talks about her newest book and offers best practices for results as SEL needs become more and more important.

RESOURCES

about Assessing with Respect:  Everyday Practices that Meet Students' Social and Emotional Needs

order Assessing with Respect:  Everyday Practices that Meet Students' Social and Emotional Needs

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Starr Sackstein's website

We all know social-emotional learning is of the utmost importance, but what is the best way to teach it to our students?  Listen to teacher, author, and consultant, Elizabeth Peterson, share what SEAL is, the benefits of integrating the arts with SEL, and how to get started.

RESOURCES

Teach SEAL

The Inspired Classroom

Join teacher, author, and consultant Elizabeth Peterson as she discusses how arts integration helps students engage in content and deepen their learning.

This episode is sponsored by Eduplanet21.

Listen to Krista Leh, educator, adjunct professor, and educational consultant specializing in SEL, share tips, stories, and strategies that you can do to support SEL, build capacity and integrate SEL into the culture of the school.  She also discusses the role of an SEL Coach and teams.

Krista is the founder of Resonance Education Inc

RESOURCES

Krista Leh's eduplanet21 SEL Institute

eduplanet21

Navigating SEL From The Inside Out (Elementary School Focus) pdf

Teacher coach, ASCD and EdWeek Classroom author and ASCD Emerging Leader (class of 2014) Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman is this episode's guest speaker. Tune in to listen to Tammy discuss the importance of classroom culture and best practices for student engagement.

FUTURE RESOURCE

The Minimalist Teacher co-authored by Tammy and published by ASCD in June 2020.

Educators of all types - classroom teachers, administrators, support staff, coaches - are feedback-providers in various ways. Feedback is critical to the learning process at all stages. And yet, traditional feedback focuses on what the word describes, looking back. Lindsay Prendergast, discusses the impact of a mindset shift towards "feedforward" and the resulting impact our language and practices can have on student learning.

RESOURCES

Email:  [email protected],

The Feedback Fix by John Hirsch

Glenn Whitman, Director of The Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md., where he also teaches history joins us to discuss neuroscience in teaching and the Neuroteach Global Project.

Resources

The Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning

Neuroeducation Confidence Diagnostic (free measurement of current MBE knowledge and translation confidence)

Neuroteach Global Pilot Access program (free for public and charter school teacher cohorts)

Science of Teaching and School Leadership Academies

An Educational Neuroscience Research Base to Get Your Started