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You’ve attended a conference or a PD session, now what?

Stacey, Chris, and AJ discuss what happens after you attend professional development.

Also joining the conversation were fellow New Jersey educators Cory Radisch and Paul O’Neill. Cory and Paul are launching their own podcast in January 2021 called The Status GROW Podcast.

The 2020 holiday season is upon us and in this episode, we talk openly and honestly about what we’re grateful for in a year that thrown many challenges and presented a multitude of obstacles our way as educators and people.

We share what and who we’re grateful for. We’d love for you to share with us too. Leave a comment below or by any of the means to connect with us and the show.

You can now text us and get text message updates from the podcast!

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Chris shared a podcast that is great for kids because it involves kids right on the podcast!

But Why? A Podcast for Curious Kids from Vermont Public Radio (NPR).

Description: But Why is a show led by you, kids! You ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world. Have a question? Send it to us! Adults, use your smartphone’s memo function or an audio app to record your kid’s question (get up nice and close so we can hear).

Do you listen to too many podcasts? We might so let’s discuss.

This is the episode that more than 88 episodes in the making as we finally dive into “Stacey’s Number.”

Chris and AJ have been joking with Stacey for years about how many podcasts she is subscribed to and how many unlistened to episodes she’s got on her phone.

The truth is AJ has more and Chris doesn’t listen to or subscribe to as many as you would think.

Click here to view the Google Slides presentation used during our live-streamed recording of this episode.

We also debuted our new Twitch channel and we would love for you to follow us on Twitch so you will get notified when we’re streaming!

How are you connecting with colleagues during these uncertain times in education?

This episode is part-3 of our series on Virtual Learning. Be sure to check out episode 85 and episode 86 for conversations on connecting with students and connecting with families.

Stacey shared that she started a Hybrid Mastermind group with her colleagues to address the unique needs of the teachers she works with.

She is also in contact with colleagues via group texting.

Chris talked about chatting with his colleagues on Google Chat during the day as well as more leisurely contact through a fantasy football league with some colleagues.

During the Spring of 2020, Chris and his colleague Bowtie Joe hosted a weekly show via StreamYard to foster communication and community among their colleagues.

Chris – Throughline – The Electoral College, How We Vote, The Most Sacred Right

Stacey:

• Civics 101-Pick and choose-great for the classroom!
• NY Times-A Peculiar Way to Pick a President

Anabel Gonzalez – Connect with families using Remind

Derek Larson – Loves that we “go off the rails”

Louis Soper – Can relate to Chris and the challenges of connecting with families

In this episode, we continue our Virtual Learning series focusing on the topic of Connecting with Families during virtual/remote/hybrid learning.

If you haven’t listened to episode 85 you must!

We tackle the topic of connecting with families during remote learning. We share what’s worked and what hasn’t so we can all grow during this interesting time in education.

• What does connecting with families look like under normal circumstances?
• Share strategies used as a classroom teacher
• What did maintaining connections look like in Spring 2020?
• What does connecting with families look like now in Fall 2020?

Ideas to try

• Conference One Pager
• Good news phone calls

Leader of Learning – Devil’s Edvocate

Dr. Dan Kreiness hosts the Leader of Learning and in August of 2020, he launched a special series of episodes that he will produce once per month called Devil’s Edvocate. He’s joined by Rachelle Dene Poth as his co-host and they tackle trending topics in education from all angles backed by sound research. Where no topic is too big or too small and where YOU can be a part of the action!

How do you connect with students who are not physically in your presence?

We tackle the topic of connecting with students during remote learning. We share what’s worked and what hasn’t so we can all grow during this interesting time in education.

Part 1 of a three-part mini-series!

• 85 – Connecting with Students
• 86 – Connecting with Families
• 87 – Connecting with Colleagues

Questions we discussed:

• What does connecting with students look like under normal circumstances?
• What did maintaining connections look like in Spring 2020?
• What does connecting with students look like now in Fall 2020?
• How are you creating a classroom culture?

Ideas to try in your class:

• Greet each student by name every single day.
• Use Students’ Names as Much as Possible
• Send Emails. Sending an email periodically is a good way to check in with students.
• Show students your world.
• Provide high-quality feedback on assignments.

What does it mean to teach in magenta?

Magenta is bold, it’s vibrant, and the color holds noble qualities. Teaching in Magenta means creating magnificent school days. It’s a refreshing approach to teaching and leading that puts your joy and well-being first so you can share those attributes with your students.

Veteran teacher and author James Sturtevant shares 100 paths for living and teaching in an authentic, enthusiastic, and relevant way. Take a few minutes each day to read a path or two, and gain energy and ideas that you can put into action the same day.

Connect with James Sturtevant:

• https://twitter.com/jamessturtevant
• Website: https://jamesalansturtevant.com/

How did you overcome the fear and the little voice in your head when considering K-12 retirement?

Which of the sections resonates most with you as an educator?

The biggest takeaway from the book?

James Sturtevant recommends:

The Happiness Lab Podcast – You might think more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations would make you happy. You’re dead wrong. In “The Happiness Lab” podcast, Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness. She’s changed the lives of thousands of people through her class “Psychology and the Good Life,” and she’ll change yours, too.

Are you ready to feel better?

Producing media in the classroom doesn’t have to be a daunting and overwhelming task for you or your students. Our guests in this episode are Bruce Reicher and Randy Tomes. They, along with Paula Neidlinger, wrote the book Scripted: An Educator’s Guide to Media in the Classroom (2020, EduMatch Publishing).

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK

Bruce Reicher (@breicher) – has been an educator for 25 years. The past 14 years he’s been a middle school technology teacher. He is a proud Dad & Husband.

Paula Neidlinger (@pneid) – from Indiana, is a globally connected, 28-year middle school, veteran media and English educator, presenter, and author.

Randall Tomes (@RandallTomes1) – also from Indiana has been an educator for 25 years, teaches digital design & communication studies at the elementary level.

Chris – Por Nuestros Niños Podcast – We would all do anything “Por Nuestros Niños,” For Our Children. We all understand that education is the vehicle that will propel them socioeconomically forward. Parents are children’s first teachers, and they’re the most important key to help them succeed. This radio broadcast and podcast introduces professors, teachers, and expert educators to U.S. Spanish speaking parents that want to understand how the U.S. public education system can best serve their bilingual children. The show shares tools, resources, and sage advice based on research and science to help children thrive in many languages.

Bruce – Live Inspired Podcast with John O’Leary – Expected to die, today he’s inspiring others to truly live.

World-renowned inspirational speaker + national bestselling author John O’Leary wants to help you wake up from accidental living so you can do, be, achieve and impact more through your life. Every Monday, John shares a quick burst of inspiration to help start your week on fire. Every Thursday, John interviews an amazing guest on their story, successes, failures, lessons, and life to help you uncover tips to apply in yours.

We’ve spent quite a bit of time discussing what education could look like on this podcast in the past and as we continue to move forward in a world that is very different from when we’ve had those conversations.

We’d like to talk about what education could like once more as we continue to live through COVID-19 and look ahead to the new school year.

We discussed:

• Tips
• Strategies
• Hacks
• Plans for starting the year
• www.EduProtocols.com – John Corippo

We were fortunate to be joined by:

• Shea Smith – @TOSANotes
• David Frangiosa – @DavidFrangiosa

Stacey recommended:

• Nice White Parents (NPR) – Years ago, producer Chana Joffe-Walt started reporting on one school in New York. She thought the story was about segregation and inequality in public schools. But the more she looked into it, the more she realized she was witnessing something else. She was seeing the inordinate power of white parents at this school. This is the first episode of Chana’s new mini-series: Nice White Parents.

Planning and preparations continue for the 2020-2021 school year. In some places, the school year has started and in other places, schools will ‘open’ in a very different way.

We’ve spent quite a bit of time discussing what education could look like on this podcast in the past and as we continue to move forward in a world that is very different from when we’ve had those conversations.

We’d like to talk about what education could like once more as we continue to live through COVID-19 and look ahead to the new school year.

Discussion Questions

• What are you looking forward to?
• What do you have reservations about?
• What is your top goal for the year?

Special thanks to Freddy Nunez who spent some time on-air with us during our live stream.

Beginning in this episode we’ve changed this segment from all three of us making a recommendation to rotating and giving you one recommendation per episode. In this episode, Chris made the following podcast recommendation.

Twenty Thousand Hertz – A podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Chris has been binge listening to the show, which recently released its 100th episode, and finds the podcast fascinating.