Maggie embraces a Bias Toward Action and shares her journey of learning about design thinking, and how she uses it to help teachers solve wicked problems. Empathy is central to how Maggie approaches her work in supporting learners. Join her for some insights and be inspired to use design thinking in your work.

Stephanie shares how she applied her own professional learning from MindSprak Learning Center to shift the instructional practices in her 1st grade classroom. A powerful story about moving from more traditional practices and project based learning to problem based learning. Stephanie demonstrates how the power asking for help can engage our youngest students, parents and community members at large.

Jayson shares how a line in a song by John Lennon has pushed him throughout his teaching practice over the years. These stories spotlight just how clever our students can be if we just get out of there way.

Alisha build lasting relationships through crew. Join us to hear about the experiences she shares with her students, and how they have bonded.

Jesse embraces risks with his 8th grade class. In this episode he tells the story of a lofty STEM experiment that takes some unexpected turns.

Jim shares how he took elements of Socratic Seminars to build better conversations in his mixed age primary classroom. Join us as he shares how one student took this a step further to change the way students in the classroom approached their own thinking.

Stacy follows her heart to support kids through teachers. Listen in to hear how she combined her love of home improvement reality shows and her passion for creating supportive classroom environments to help transform the learning environment of 2 Jeffco classrooms.

Kelsey makes us laugh and cry, first with an unforgettable story of "fail forward" with grace and then with a story that helps us remember the importance of celebrating the successes we can have with students when we takes risks ourselves.

Jill shares a surprising connection with a previous student and learns of the impact she had on his life. She speaks to the importance of the little things that can build trust and in-turn encourage student to grow and take risks.

Marta pinpoints learning that made an impactful shift in her teaching philosophy, and how it transformed her style.