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  • Replay: Fearless Inquiry with Will Richardson

    A former public school educator of 22 years, Will Richardson has spent the last 15 years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks, education, and systemic change. Most recently, Will is a co-founder of The Big Questions Institute which was created to help educators use "fearless inquiry" to make sense of this complex moment and an uncertain future.


    Join us as we discuss how to navigate this moment and why we shouldn’t go back to normal.


    IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

    • Meeting this moment of crisis with fearless inquiry
    • 9 questions schools need to ask to avoid going back to normal
    • How learning can be more student-centered
    • Getting the social experience of college without cost
    • Will’s best memory from elementary school


    RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Check out The Big Questions Institute and connect with Will on LinkedIn
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

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    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth.

    Originally aired:  August 2021

    30 min
  • 103: Purpose-Driven Learning with Ross Wehner

    Ross Wehner is a writer, teacher, and social entrepreneur who is the Founder of World Leadership School, which “partners with K12 schools to reimagine learning and create next-generation leaders.” Ross also co-founded the nonprofit TeachUNITED, which works to transform learning at rural schools around the world. Ross is guided by the question: How can K12 school become the ultimate platform for launching students into lives of purpose? 


    Ross began his career by working as a journalist in Chile and Peru in the 1990s. He received a Master’s in Latin American literature and has worked as both a classroom teacher and a wilderness educator at the National Outdoor Leadership School. He has worked alongside executive coach Richard Leider, author of Power of Purpose, on leadership development programs for Fortune 50 executives around the world. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and two children.


    Join us for this uplifting conversation about the evolution of education, increasing student agency, and moving towards purpose-driven education.


    IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

    • Ross’ experiences as a journalist, classroom teacher, and wilderness educator and how they led him to founding the World Leadership School.
    • Purpose-driven education and it’s place in reimagining education.
    • The major shifts that have occurred in education and what the next step is.
    • The pros and cons of technology and artificial intelligence in modern society, particularly on our youth.
    • World Leadership School and how it’s working with schools to create more purposeful learning opportunities.


    RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Connect with Ross on LinkedIn or send him an email at [email protected] 
    • Visit www.worldleadershipschool.com and www.teachunited.org to learn more about Ross and his work
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

    We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content: forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6 

    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth. 

    39 min
  • Physics and engineering teacher Ted Cuevas on reigniting his passion by empowering all learners (EdTech Startup Showcase)

    EdTech Startup Showcase: Physics and engineering teacher Ted Cuevas on reigniting his passion by empowering all learners


    Today, we’re pleased to share an episode originally recorded for the EdTech Startup Showcase. It’s been my pleasure to host a series of episodes for this show, which spotlights some of the most innovative emerging companies in edtech.


    Ted Cuevas, a physics and engineering teacher at High Tech High – Chula Vista (California), is the guest in this episode. He was the first teacher to start using Inkwire two years ago, pioneering innovative projects with students and contributing significantly to the shaping of Inkwire's platform with his pedagogical vision around learning and assessment.


    Hear about:

    • Ted’s transition from mechanical engineering to teaching
    • How Ted, High Tech High, and Inkwire all commit to equity and empowerment
    • Collaborating to design a platform for portfolios and enabling students to communicate about their learning
    • How the past few years have reignited his passion for teaching
    • The purpose and process of assessment
    • Competency-based learning, project-based learning, AI, design, and more


    About Inkwire

    In a world in which generative AI has called into question the value of traditional curriculum and assessments, Inkwire is a platform that engages students in real projects and helps them demonstrate their original thinking & skills through portfolios. Learn more: https://inkwire.co 


    About the EdTech Startup Showcase

    This BE Podcast Network original series shines a spotlight on the innovative edtech companies working to make a difference for students and educators. Through conversations with the founders and CEOs, partner organizations, and the educators who are using their products in schools today, listeners hear about solutions relevant to their chronic challenges and opportunity-expanding ideas to go into uncharted directions. To subscribe to the series, visit https://etss.bepodcast.network


    37 min
  • Instructional Specialist Amanda Anthony on Empowering Parents and Differentiating to Meet Learners' Needs (EdTech Startup Showcase)

    EdTech Startup Showcase: Instructional specialist Amanda Anthony on empowering parents and differentiating to meet learners' needs


    Today, we’re pleased to share an episode originally recorded for the EdTech Startup Showcase. It’s been my pleasure to host a series of episodes for this show, which spotlights some of the most innovative emerging companies in EdTech.


    In this episode, Amanda Anthony, an instructional specialist with Connected Class, discusses her journey in education and shares insights on improving parent engagement, empowering parents to support learning, differentiation, and more. 


    Hear about:

    • Amanda’s journey from music to K-8 education
    • How Connected Class developed organically to meet teachers’ desire for better training
    • Creating a real community between parents and schools
    • Effective strategies for differentiated instruction
    • Meeting students’ diverse needs
    • How to help parents become empowered learning partners
    • Play as a tool for learning 


    About today’s guest

    Amanda Anthony is a Learning Link Instructional Specialist at Connected Class with over 20 years experience as an educator. She is known for providing invaluable feedback and differentiating instruction. Learn more about Connected Class:

    • www.connectedclass.com    
    • https://twitter.com/connectedclass_  
    • https://www.instagram.com/connected_class     
    • https://www.linkedin.com/company/connected-class 


    About the EdTech Startup Showcase

    This BE Podcast Network original series shines a spotlight on the innovative edtech companies working to make a difference for students and educators. Through conversations with the founders and CEOs, partner organizations, and the educators who are using their products in schools today, listeners hear about solutions relevant to their chronic challenges and opportunity-expanding ideas to go into uncharted directions. To subscribe to the series, visit https://etss.bepodcast.network


    26 min
  • 102: Clowning for Change with Ash Perrin

    Having founded The Flying Seagull Project in 2008, entertainer Ash Perrin has spent the last decade and a half visiting the world's forgotten, pushed out and ignored communities.


    Ash and The Flying Seagull Project focus on the emotional wellbeing and confidence of children who are enduring situations beyond their control, creating safe and specialized play spaces utilizing music, art, circus, noise and energetic play techniques to alleviate stress, trauma and suffering. They're determined to make sure that every child has a meaningful, happy and emotionally healthy childhood.


    Ash's approach includes circus, music, art, dance and having a damn good time simply for the sake of finding those forgotten smiles, and ensuring that childhoods are held sacred whoever you are and into whatever body or environment you are born.


    We believe that play is a respectful, urgent and essential response to crisis situations and must be raised in status from mere frippery to vital provision.


    Join us for this incredible episode about the about the power and importance of joy, laughter, and mischief making.


    IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

    • How Ash’s experience with diminished hearing shaped his love for music and entertaining.
    • Ash’s experience in Cambodia that inspired him to start The Flying Seagull Project.
    • How The flying Seagull Project works with children in challenging situations around to world to alleviate stress, trauma, and suffering,
    • The impact clowning can have on children to heal, build confidence, and overcome challenges.
    • Aspects of clowning that could be used in classrooms to bring joy to learning.


    RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Visit www.theflyingseagullproject.com to learn more about Ash and his work.
    • Connect with Ash and The Flying Seagull Project on LinkedIn,  Twitter (X),  Instagram, and Facebook
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

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    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth. 

    38 min
  • Replay: Lessons from the Pandemic with Dr. Shira Leibowitz

    Dr. Shira Leibowitz is founder and CEO of Discovery Village Childcare Center and Preschool and of REVABILITIES™ Educational Leadership Training Center. She is also a member of the faculty at Northeastern University, teaching and advising doctoral students in education. 


    Prior to opening Discovery Village and REVABIILITIES™, Dr. Leibowitz served for twenty years as a principal of pre-kindergarten through eighth grade schools. She is author of The Coach Approach To School Leadership: Leading Teachers To Higher Levels of Effectiveness and Havens of Hope: Ideas for Redesigning Education From The COVID-19 Pandemic.


    Join us for this conversation about pushing the boundaries of standardization, learning during the pandemic, and finding the essence of what matters most in your school.


    IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

    • Shira’s educational journey 
    • Pushing the boundaries of standardization through the use of play and self-direction
    • Observations of the social emotional behaviors of young children experiencing school for the first time during the pandemic
    • Finding the essence of what matters most and implementing it
    • Shira’s experience running a school during the pandemic


    RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Connect with Shira on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and TikTok
    • Join Shira’s Facebook group: Stand Out Educational Leadership: Early Childhood, Microschools, and K-12
    • Check out Shira’s childcare center and preschool Discovery Village
    • Visit revabilities.com to explore how Shira can help you transform your school
    • Get your copy of Shira’s newest book Havens of Hope: Ideas for Redesigning Education From The COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

    We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content: forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6 

    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth. 


    34 min
  • Replay: Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Daniel Sobel

    Daniel Sobel is the founder and CEO of Inclusion Expert and leads a team working with

    over 10,000 schools, offering training and support to professionals working to make

    education more inclusive. Daniel is the best selling author of ‘Narrowing the Attainment

    Gap: A Handbook for Schools’ as well as 'Leading on Pastoral Care' and 'The Inclusive

    Classroom’. He has worked with regional and national governments, the UN, UNESCO,

    schools and organizations across the UK and internationally to achieve outstanding

    inclusion.


    IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

    • How schools and attitudes towards inclusion have changed over the last 20 years
    • Why we need to ditch labels in order to have a truly inclusive classroom
    • Emotional intelligence as the biggest barrier to creating inclusion schools
    • The culture shift from the sage on the stage to facilitating learning
    • School’s purpose in society, aside from a place of learning
    • Investing in education to create a better and more equitable society



    RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Find out more about Daniel’s work at Inclusion Expert
    • Narrowing the Attainment Gap: A Handbook for Schools 
    • The Inclusive Classroom: A New Approach to Differentiation
    • Leading on Pastoral Care
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

    We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content: forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6 

    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth. 

    37 min
  • 101: Improving Teacher Effectiveness with Mindset Mastery with Gerard Vargas

    Gerard Vargas is the co-founder of the Legacy Mastery Academy, an organization that improves student and educator resilience, wellbeing, performance, and school culture through mindset training in predominantly high need areas.  With 23 years of experience in education, he has taught high school Biology, coached Math and Science teachers, and has helped lead professional development in reading, brain-based teaching, social and emotional learning, and Next Generation Science Standards preparation for several districts California. 


    He is an adjunct clinical faculty member at Loyola Marymount University, recipient of the prestigious Sigma Xi 2009 teacher of the year award, and has authored several SEL books, curriculum and resources.  


    He's still in the classroom, teaching mindset mastery skills to students with chronic behavioral and academic challenges in high need areas.


    Join us for this powerful conversation about the crucial role the mindset plays in teacher effectiveness and how we can use it to empower teachers and students alike.



    IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

    • Gerard’s journey from medical school to finding his passion for teaching
    • The ultimate factor that helps schools succeed and create effective teachers
    • The program Gerard and co-found Jose Hernandez founded to support students and teachers to improve their mindset
    • The importance of perception in mastering mindset
    • Gerard’s powerful elementary school experience that shifted his mindset and empowered him


    RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Visit www.legacymasteryacademy.org to learn more about there work and access their mindset tools.
    • Connect with Gerard and Legacy Mastery Academy on Facebook and Instagram
    • Check out the Legacy Mastery Academy YouTube channel for mindset tools for students and the Gerard Vargas YouTube channel for mindset tools for teachers.
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

    We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content: forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6 

    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth. 

    30 min
  • Replay: Showcasing Learning Without Grades with Mike Flanagan

    Mike Flanagan is the CEO of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), a growing group of high schools creating a digital high school transcript that opens up opportunity for each and every student — from all backgrounds, locations, and types of schools — to have their unique strengths, abilities, interests, and histories fostered, understood, and celebrated. 

    Mike oversaw the design and development of Mastery Transcript software products, connecting with members and advisors to manage the MTC product roadmap till May, 2021. He is an experienced education technology executive, most recently having served as CEO of the Services Division at the National Association of Independent Schools, where he led a complete redesign and relaunch of their School and Student Services financial aid platforms. 

    Join us for this conversation about what high schools could look like, why report cards fail to showcase student competencies, and how the Mastery Transcript is able to meet the assessment needs of progressive schooling models.


    IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

    • Mastery learning and what high school could and should look like.
    • Report card alternatives that meet the needs of progressive schooling models.
    • Why some schools are choosing this approach.
    • What skills are most important for learners to develop.
    • How higher education has responded to applicants who use Mastery Transcripts.
    • Combining student portfolios and educator assessments to display learner competencies.




    RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Connect with Mike on LinkedIn
    • Visit mastery.org to learn how they are transforming the High School experience
    • Watch this video to hear what students think about the Mastery Transcript
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

    We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content: forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6 

    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth. 

    Original Episode Air Date: March 3, 2023

    34 min
  • Replay: The Intertwining of Business and Education with Komal Shah

    Komal Shah is an educational consultant and thought leader on a mission to transform

    the world through conscious education.


    After Komal spent five years in the Teach For America program as a middle school

    educator, she was left wanting more. She wanted more for her own kids and all kids. To

    pursue this dream, she attended USC Marshall School of Business where she received

    her MBA.


    Today she leverages her passion for education, business expertise, and her personal

    conscious living practices. Her plan is to shift outdated educational paradigms and

    transform the educational system for the betterment of all children.

    Join us for this insightful episode where we discuss the link between successful

    businesses and schools, the importance of consistent messaging, and why we need to

    seek feedback from our learners.


    In this episode, we cover:

    • Komal’s choice to pursue a business degree after being a successful teacher
    • Why we should be getting feedback from our students
    • The need for flexibility and adaptability in schools and businesses
    • Positive shifts that are happening in schools
    • Helping students listen to their intuition
    • The importance of consistent messaging with learners


    Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

    • Connect with Komal on Linkedin, Instagram, and Facebook
    • Purchase  Komal’s book, Raise Your Hand!: A Call for Consciousness in Education
    • Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet
    • Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.
    • Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.
    • Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.


    Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us!bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts

    We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content: forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6 

    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. https://forms.gle/CZJXLQDdevPh22ZN7

    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator:www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator


    MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST:

    In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

    This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth. 

    Original Episode Air Date: November 19, 2021

    32 min

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