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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.

• AJ – The TeachThought Podcast Episode 215 – School Leadership Lessons on the Road to Awesome. Drew Perkins talks with Darrin Peppard, Superintendent of West Grand, CO schools, about his new book, Road To Awesome: Empower, Lead, Change the Game and lessons of school leadership he’s learned through his years of experience.
• STACEY – The Michelle Obama Podcast

Ken Shelton holds an M.A. in Education with a specialization in Educational Technology as well as New Media Design and Production.

He has worked as an Educator for over 20 years. As a part of his active involvement within the Educational Technology community, Ken is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Innovator.

Ken regularly gives keynotes, presentations, consults, and leads workshops, covering a wide variety of Educational Technology, Equity and Inclusion, Multimedia Literacy, Cultural Relevance, Visual Storytelling, and Instructional Design topics.

Ken was the 2018 ISTE Digital Equity PLN Excellence Award winner.

Connect with Ken Shelton

• https://kennethshelton.net/
• http://twitter.com/k_shelton
• https://www.instagram.com/kshelton/

Topics Discussed:

• What does it mean to be an anti-biased and anti-racist educator?
• How can an educator self-assess?
• What does all of this look like from the perspective of
• School Leaders?
• Secondary Educators?
• Elementary Educators?

The Liberated Educator – Click here for more!

We are a group of educators who believe in the power of the people. We provide meaningful personalized learning experiences that empower our attendees to be better and do better. Our work is centered around anti-bias/anti-racism, diversity, equity, inclusion, organizational change, and organizational culture. None of these are mutually exclusive and require the right start as well as on-going work. We bring decades of collective experience in education, consulting, training, advisement, and design. Our work is grounded in theoretical research as well as practical experience. We thank you for joining us on this journey and for your commitment to doing the work. We also have a podcast coming very soon.

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• AJ – The Principal Leadership Lab – Adam DeWitt and Jeff Prickett: Jeff & Adam discuss the COVID pandemic – are there any positive takeaways to be gleaned from this public health crisis, especially for school communities? And what does going into the 20-21 school year look like? Check out the latest episode of The Principal Leadership Lab as we discuss, “The COVID Comeback?”
• Chris – French Kiss Life – French Kiss Life is a podcast, a lifestyle brand, and a global community with a mission to inspire you to live artfully and well. Each week, Master Life Coach, Tonya Leigh, offers practical advice, inspiring stories, and transformational experiences to elevate the everyday lives of women. At French Kiss Life, we know the best way to improve our life is to celebrate and enjoy the life we have right now. Are you ready to create a life that will inspire your 90-year old self to raise her flute with a toast, “Well done, darling!”?
• Stacey – So You Want to Talk About Race – So You Want to Talk About Race is a 2018 non-fiction book by Ijeoma Oluo. Each chapter title is a question about race in contemporary America. Oluo outlines her opinions on the topics as well as advice about how to talk about the issues.
• Ken – Codeswitch, As Told By Nomads, By the Book

Stacey is back and we’re talking about professional development in the Summer of 2020!

Topics discussed:

• Stacey recaps her school year back in the classroom and the end of her year
• Collectively we touched on retirement, the seniors of 2020
• AJ and Chris are presenting at #2020Changemaker, a FREE virtual PD conference for educators on Tuesday, July 14th. Registration: http://bit.ly/2020changemaker
• Evolving Educators
• NJAMLE
• Michael Matera’s Hive Summit
• Staying off social media during the Summer
• Joining Facebook Groups
• ASPIRE Podcast FB Group

• AJ – The Daily Stoic – Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Brett McKay Talk Parenting, Living Through History, and Modern Manliness – In today’s episode, Ryan and Brett McKay, founder of The Art of Manliness, talk about being a parent in the age of COVID-19, the changing definition of manliness, and more.
• Host @RyanHoliday
• Chris – Throughline – Why 2020 Isn’t Quite 1968 – Protests, racial divisions, political polarization, and a law-and-order president – it’s easy to draw comparisons between 2020 and 1968. But, Adam Serwer, who covers politics at The Atlantic, says that a much better point of comparison actually starts a century earlier – 1868. This week, we share an episode we loved from It’s Been A Minute with Sam Sanders that explores a moment when white Republicans fought for years for the rights of Black Americans, before abandoning them to pursue white voters.

On Sunday, June 14, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about the 2019-2020 school year.

Topics:

• AJ’s first year in his new admin role
• Chris’s year of trying new things in his classroom
• Distance/remote learning reflection

We were joined on air by the following people:

• Jill Dobrowansky
• Al Speigel

• AJ: The 5AM Miracle: Charisma and Confidence: AJ Harbinger from the Art of Charm – What does it take to have the charisma, confidence, and charm to win over a crowd, or just one individual? AJ Harbinger shares helpful tips to help us all connect with others in truly meaningful ways.
• Chris: A Bit of Optimism – Simon Sinek has a podcast! – During these times, we are all having to find new ways to connect. Join me every week from my kitchen table as I talk with people that inspire me, about love, life, leadership and silver linings. The hope is that we all leave with something I think we need these days… A Bit of Optimism.

Teaching is not easy for so many reasons. Educating young people can pose many challenges for a multitude of reasons. In this episode, Chris and AJ facilitate a discussion that centers around where to begin when covering challenging topics and having difficult conversations with students.

On Sunday, June 7, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about where, to begin with challenging topics and conversations in your school.

Select Topics:

• Racism
• Curriculum
• How to have conversations with students

We were joined on-air by the following awesome people who contributed to the conversation:

• Maria Fernandez
• Joshua Stamper
• Sarah Johnson
• Freddy Nunez
• Dan Kreiness
• Fade Ojeikere
• Toney Jackson
• Jill Dobrowansky
• Al Speigel

Resources:

• 10 Ways to Talk to Students About Sensitive Issues
• 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest
• First Encounters With Race and Racism: Teaching Ideas for Classroom Conversations

• AJ: Code Switch (NPR) – A Decade of Watching Black People Die (5/21/2020) – The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news — stories about the police killing black people. At this point, these calamities feel familiar — so familiar, in fact, that their details have begun to echo each other.
• In July 2014, a cellphone video captured some of Eric Garner’s final words as New York City police officers sat on his head and pinned him to the ground on a sidewalk: “I can’t breathe.” On May 25 of this year, the same words were spoken by George Floyd, who pleaded for release as an officer knelt on his neck and pinned him to the ground on a Minneapolis street.
• Chris: Throughline (NPR) – American Police (6/4/2020) – Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. A truth many Americans are acknowledging since the murder of George Floyd, as protests have occurred in all fifty states calling for justice on his behalf. But this tension between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This week, the origins of American policing and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system.

AJ and Chris move away from education talk.

They open the show addressing the current state of things as they relate to the protests and events resulting from the tragic murder of George Floyd in Minnesota.

PodcastPD is committed to providing meaningful conversations to help you grow as an educator and the show is planning upcoming episodes and content to help you address these important topics and conversations in your classrooms and schools.

On Sunday, May 31, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about anything but education.

Topics:

• Mafia Movies
• Baseball-themed Sports Movies

We were joined on-air by the following awesome people who contributed to the conversation:

• Mike Brilla
• Jill Dobrowansky

• AJ – Lead to Win with Michael Hyatt
• Chris – Art of Manliness #612 – Grillmaster Secrets for Flame-Cooked Perfection
• Jill – RadioLab, No Meat Athlete, Feed Your Spirit (her own podcast)
• Mike – Hacking Engagement

AJ has launched his own solo podcast! It’s called ReflectED!

Description: ReflectED is the podcast where AJ Bianco shares his perspective on the challenges and successes that are taking place in our schools and focuses on goal-setting and plans for future improvement. Through rich conversation and meaningful dialogue, we discuss practical ways to make schools better for students and educators.

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On Sunday, May 17, 2020, we hosted a live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about the end of the school year and how we close things out.We were joined on-air by the following awesome people who contributed to the conversation:

• Jill Dobrowansky
• Al Spiegel
• Raquel Williams
• Shawn Hicklin called in and asked us about gamification in the classroom. We recommended that he connect with Chris Aviles who appeared on episode 18 of the podcast.

• AJ – Compete Every Day – Stop Doing Nothing
• Chris – Rough Translation (NPR) – 5/13/2020 – Hotel Corona
• Stacey – Brene Brown Books
• Raquel – DOE Digest with the New Jersey Department of Education
• Jill – What Should I Read Next?
• Al – Inside EMS

AJ is launching his own solo podcast! It’s called ReflectED!

Description: ReflectED is the podcast where AJ Bianco shares his perspective on the challenges and successes that are taking place in our schools and focuses on goal-setting and plans for future improvement. Through rich conversation and meaningful dialogue, we discuss practical ways to make schools better for students and educators.

Click here to subscribe

On Sunday, May 3, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation how education can and will change because of everything happening in the world in the Spring of 2020.

We were joined by a panel that included, Batsheva Frankel, Tim Cavey, and Jake Miller!

About our guests:

Batsheva Frankel, the producer, and host of the podcast Overthrowing Education has been an educator for over 25 years. In 2011, she began developing the award-winning LaunchBox line – activities and games that explore big philosophical ideas. As an educational consultant, Batsheva has presented professional development workshops to educators at conferences, universities, and schools throughout the US and UK. Her book, The Jewish Educator’s Companion: Practical Tools and Inspirational Ideas was published by Behrman House in June 2017. Batsheva is the director of The Areté Institute, a project of Areté Preparatory Academy.

Connect with Batsheva:

• Twitter – @OverthrowingEd
• Website – http://batshevafrankel.com/
• Overthrowing Education Podcast – https://www.overthrowingeducation.com/

Tim Cavey is an 8th-grade educator teaching in Surrey, BC, Canada. Now in his 18th year of education, Cavey is currently pursuing a Master’s of Educational Leadership degree. His MEdL program has re-invigorated his passion for education. Favorite topics include collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, design thinking, growth mindset, inquiry, PBL, visible learning, and strategic uses of technology in education.

Connect with Tim:

• Twitter – @MisterCavey
• Teacher’s On Fire Podcast – https://teachersonfire.net/

Jake Miller is the #EduGIF Guy, Speaker, Tech Integration Specialist, Google Apps for Edu Trainer, & Nerd. Jake is also the host of the Educational Duct Tape Podcast.

Connect with Jake:

• Twitter – @JakeMillerTech
• Educational Duct Tape Podcast – https://jakemiller.net/eduducttape/

On Sunday, April 26, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation about grades. Our guest is David Frangiosa.

In 2015, David Frangiosa made the switch to Standards-Based Grading in high school science classroom and hasn’t looked back. During our conversation we discussed:

• What is Standards-Based Grading?
• What is the value of SBG?
• What does SBG look like in David’s classroom and school?
• What should a teacher consider if they want to move to SBG?

Connect with David on Twitter – @DavidFrangiosa

Check out David’s website about Standards-Based Grading:

We also took your ‘calls’ during our live stream and people shared information in the chat as well. We are going to go live again on Sunday, May 3, 2020, at 8:30 PM EST.

Special thanks to the following people who appeared on the show:

• Al Speigel

On Sunday, April 19, 2020, we hosted another live broadcast on our YouTube channel to facilitate a conversation around distance learning. In this episode, we focused our attention on student engagement in the remote learning setting.

We enjoyed taking your ‘calls’ during our live stream and people shared information in the chat as well. We are going to go live again on Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 8:30 PM EST.

Special thanks to the following people who appeared on the show:

• Al Speigel