Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud

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Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud episodes

May 28Real Objects, Curiosity, and Inquiry
Tania Lattanzio from Innovative Global Education examines the impact of real objects and the real environment on student learning:
When real objects and real environments are the starting point:
Curiosity leads the learning.
Questioning feels purposeful.
Wonder is protected.
Understanding grows from evidence.
It communicates that learning is not about receiving information, but about making sense of the world. Honoring students as thinkers.
Visit the Innovative Global Education website and connect with Tania here.
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36 min
May 21 Building Teachers' Trust for AI Adoption
Roney Nascimento, an IB Diploma Mathematics Teacher and AI solutions developer describes his response to this insight.
"Teachers weren’t avoiding AI because they didn’t understand it. They were avoiding it because they didn’t trust it or trust themselves to use it responsibly. They were skeptical and wary."
Gain insights for your professional learning design both in and out of technology adoption.
Read Roney's ASCD article here.
Find Roney's book, "Generative AI for Teachers: A Practical Guide to Educational Technology" here.
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29 min
May 14 Coaching Around the Fidelity Question
Have you heard this from school leaders? “We invested heavily in this new curricular program. Teachers were invited to give input during the decision-making process. Resources were purchased. Training was completed. Expectations were communicated. We all want greater consistency across classrooms and stronger outcomes for students. So why aren’t teachers implementing the program with fidelity?” Fidelity to purpose that engages teachers as professional partners is likely necessary.
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16 min
May 07The Intersection of Curriculum, Technology, and People to Deliver Learning Outcomes
Sari Factor, the Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer at Imagine Learning, explores the intersection of curriculum, technology, and people. These questions are explored:
What makes a curriculum high quality?
How can technology best support the teaching and learning process?
What role might AI play in extending this intersection?
How should schools be considering the questions around screen time?
What role do instructional coaches and school leaders have in supporting high quality learning?
Visit the Imagine Learning website here.
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25 min
April 30 Coachee Driven Coaching
As a guest on another podcast, I was asked what were my thoughts, after all my years in the coaching field, what the ideas and ideals of coaching done well would be? "Coaching done well"
begins with the coachee’s thinking driving the work, and continues with the coach intentionally choosing responses that move that thinking forward. It isn’t about selecting the "right" strategy —it’s about selecting the response that best supports the coachee’s reflection and growth at that moment.
Check out the Coaching Done Well Podcast here.
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14 min
April 23 Rigor and Scaffolding
Rigor doesn’t mean more work, and it doesn’t mean figuring it out on your own without support. It should mean achievement at a level just outside of a student’s ability to do things unaided. Just like temporary building support structures, scaffolds for learners are designed to provide access to rigorous learning for all. We want our learners to have what they need to experience productive struggle at a higher level of challenge. James Fester describes strategies to create that support.
Read James' article, "How to Scaffold Learning and Maintain Rigor" here.
Visit the National Park Classroom website here.
Visit James' website and get in contact here.
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32 min
April 16 Building Resourcefulness, Resilience, and Collaboration
Resourcefulness, resilience, and collaboration are critical mindsets, and skill sets, for students to develop. For schools to support those outcomes, educators must have the opportunity to develop the same. Mitch Weisburgh, the author of, "Mindshifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success," explores the importance and possibilities.
What’s the role of wellbeing and hope in achieving long term, deep learning?
Visit the Mindshifting Website & connect with Mitch here.
Download "Why We React Instead of Respond" — a free MindShifting Conversation Circle for your educator team here.
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40 min
April 09 Starting Post-Conference Conversations That Lead to Reflection
What’s one of the first questions you tend to ask a teacher after you’ve broken the ice in a post-conference? Here’s one I hear very often: “How do you think that went?" I cringe a little when I hear that question. The reason is something I learned the hard way early in my coaching career. That question can lead to teachers protecting and the moment protection enters the conversation, reflection usually leaves it.
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11 min
April 02 Inside-Out vs. Outside-In Observation
Classroom observations can become overly focused on our unconscious bias toward traditional signs of quality teaching and learning. Observers can focus on teaching moves and the appearance of engagement but miss what matters most: are students making sense of the learning. Experienced educator, Dr. Michael McDowell shares the need to “flip” our view in observation to look past surface signals of teaching and learning rituals and perhaps disrupt them.
Read "Flipping the Lens on Classroom Observations With the ‘Inside-Out’ Method" here.
Visit the Hinge Education website and connect with Michael here.
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23 min
March 26 Building a Culture of Growth With Learning Walks
"When leaders consistently show up in classrooms, not to judge, but to learn and support, they help to create schools where continuous improvement is not an initiative but a way of life." (Dr. Raymond Schmidt)
Dr. Schmidt describes how learning walks can build alignment among a teaching staff and administrative team. He explores elements pre, during, and post learning walk observations that build professional learning as continuous and collective, not a one-time event.
Read "From Presence to Practice: How Learning Walks and SMART Feedback Strengthen Instructional Leadership in K–12 Schools" here.
Visit Dr. Schmidt' LinkedIn here.
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For the past 35 years, Steve Barkley has served as an education consultant to school districts, teacher organizations, state departments of education, and colleges and universities nationally and…