On The Right Road!

If you think about it, every child's journey on the Right Road begins with healthy eating. A healthy body and mind is a key part of a child's ability to learn, grow, think, actively participate in school, be creative, and live to their full potential. But due to many factors including picky eating habits (often allowed to develop by adults), lack of available healthy food choices at home and school, and countless ads promoting along with easy access to junk food, far too many kids are not eating healthfully. Join Paula and her expert guests from Dole as they provide an abundance of tips, insights, and ideas to help your kids eat healthy - AND love it! Tune in to this fun, inspirational, must-listen hour for every parent and teacher!

With National Parents as Teachers Day recognized each year in early November, it is a great time to focus on ways to uplift and celebrate positive parent-teacher connections so that they can thrive throughout the whole school year! Nurturing our parent-teacher relationships and working TOGETHER to uplift kids on the Right Road is so important. Yet a dynamic, enriching parent-teacher connection is often missing in far too many schools and communities in our country. Teachers can often feel underappreciated and parents can often feel disconnected from the school environment. Join Paula and her two extraordinary educator-parent guests as they share tips, ideas, and solutions from their hearts and experience that really WORK to build positive parent-teacher connections! Guaranteed you will feel uplifted and empowered after this very special hour!

One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is to help them find the love of reading! This exciting 'On the Right Road!' episode will provide a wealth of wonderful insights, ideas, and solutions for inspiring all kids to read - especially those who are reluctant readers. Paula's special guest is best-selling children's author, Dan Gutman - a master at writing for and inspiring reluctant readers. You will even have the opportunity to call in and have your questions answered by this treasured children's wordsmith. Over 1,000 dollars of new books and reading resource giveaways will be part of the fun of the live broadcast, too! Join in the specialness of this must-listen episode for parents, teachers, kids, and families!

The 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy forever changed the landscape of education and for teachers in our country. Teacher Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis, who survived the disaster and saved her 15 precious first graders in the midst of the unfathomable situation, will be Paula's featured guest on this very special episode of 'On the Right Road'. As October is National Bullying Prevention Month, the hour will focus on 'Choosing Hope and Kindness' in every day life and even in the midst of beyond-difficult situations - and the importance of teaching that paramount lesson to our children as well. An additional special guest will provide added inspiration for all, too. Every minute of this meaningful program promises to touch your heart and soul and make a difference in your life.

We've all heard the saying 'Anything Is Possible!' But with education, financial, and life challenges facing so many children and schools today, it is often hard for children - and adults - to believe that is true. From the heart and life of example of an extraordinary Right Road 'kid' who was born with a rare eye disorder that led to severe learning disabilities, yet who grew up to be a beauty queen and law school graduate, you will be inspired in your own life AND to help kids live their destinies and know without a shadow of a doubt that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Paula and her very special guest will move you to smiles and tears of inspiration all at the same time! You won't want to miss this meaningful hour that will provide life-changing encouragement and motivation for all who tune in!

Parents are an amazing resource for teachers, classrooms, and schools! Studies have shown that students with parents who are involved in their school tend to have fewer behavioral problems and are more likely to complete high school. And, parental involvement in school along with positive parent-teacher interactions has been found to affect teachers' self-perception and job satisfaction in significantly meaningful ways. Yet countless teachers from across the country are reporting a decline in parent participation in schools. From a positive, solution-minded, from-the-heart perspective, Paula and Right Road Team Member Marcie will share tons of helpful information, ideas, insights, and solutions to help teachers and schools truly tap into Parent Power! This special episode will be wonderfully helpful, insightful, and uplifting for teachers AND parents alike!

This incredible 'On the Right Road!' episode promises to be a life-changing hour for each person who tunes in! Initially entitled 'Planning for a Successful School Year - Part 2,' inspired by featured guest Mo Anderson's book, this special program has been retitled 'A Joy-Filled Life!' With all the pressures teachers deal with, planning for, building, and thriving in a successful school year can seem overwhelming. It takes courage, determination, knowledge, compassion, inspiration, AND business skills that all combined together can build a life filled with JOY for teachers and their students alike! But how do you manage it all? Paula and her remarkable guest Mo Anderson, the heart of Keller Williams Realty AND a teacher, are going to provide MOUNTAINS of inspiration, insight, and support for teachers -and ALL who tune in- that will indeed help you plan for, build, and thrive in a successful, joy-filled year! As always, there will be a plethora of wonderful giveaways for teachers, too!

One of the most exciting, and at the same time most challenging times of the year for teachers can actually be summer! Planning for a successful school year can be a true joy, and yet very overwhelming. The all-important planning includes the emotional AND the practical aspects - from preparing for a classroom of new students at all different learning levels, to meeting new parents who may or may not be supportive, to purchasing tons of needed school supplies with money out of their own pockets, to preparing lesson plans that meet all of the standards AND figuring out how to stay on track to teach them all in nine short months! Since the EMOTIONAL end of planning is so crucial but so often put on the back burner, THAT is where we are going to start with this Part 1 in our 2-part planning series! Tune in for a blast of positivity, tips, inspiration, insights, giveaways, fun, and support that will help you on the Right Road to a truly successful school year for you and your students!

As the school year comes to a close, it is such an important time for everyone involved in education to take a deep breath, celebrate a year of helping kids learn and grow on the Right Road, and take at least a few moments to refresh and renew! This special episode of On the Right Road! will provide the perfect opportunity for teachers, parents, and anyone involved in working with kids to do all three! It is one of our popular Question & Answer episodes where Paula and her wonderful guest will answer YOUR questions regarding anything Right Road! Plus, mega-giveaways and other surprises for teachers will help you refresh, renew, pamper yourself, and truly CELEBRATE you and all you do every day to guide and uplift kids on the Right Road in school and in life! Because YOU DESERVE IT! Take a listen, catch your breath, refresh and renew... This program is just for YOU!

During the summer months, all kids generally experience some learning loss when they do not engage in educational activities. Often, students lose two months or more in reading achievement. The GOOD news is... By encouraging kids to read over the summer, teachers and parents can help kids stay on track, feel empowered, and be ready to dive into the new school year to come! In this uplifting episode of On the Right Road!, Paula and her wonderful children's author guests will focus on ways parents and teachers can help keep their kids excitedly reading and learning over the summer! Tons and tons of amazing book giveaways (totaling over $1,000!) for teachers and parents will be a part of the live program, too! Get ready to encourage your kids to read - and help them find the LOVE of reading - over the summer months and throughout the year!