Josh and Mandy hear well-told stories from veteran English teacher Kate Baker from New Jersey. Baker tells how her gamification of a unit led to success and confidence for at least one memorable student. Plus, the trio shares stories of the clever ideas they used for students to make educational videos. Great ideas to make the content less "scary."

Josh and Mandy hear wonderful stories from teacher Leigh Anne Geib as she talks about the great experiences she has had shifting little and big things in her classes. Specific ideas; far-reaching impacts. And a big thank you to Joy Kirr's book Shift This. Plus some great stories about "celebrating" as a card from the "Game of Stories" deck starts another engaging conversation.

Josh Gauthier catches up with Jarod Bormann to tell the story of how he gets the best out of conferences. Jarod tells the stories of those educators he connects with who are professionally driven. That's also the name of his new book Professionally Driven: Empower EVERY Educator to Redefine PD.

"I'm not a fan of inspirational posters." Josh and Mandy explore this statement and more as they hear and tell stories about relationships, connections, and more with teacher Kenny Bosch who brings his 20 years of teaching experience to the podcast.

Josh adds award-winning math teacher Adrianne Burns to the equation and the product is an interesting conversation about students thinking, solving problems, and learning to have a growth mindset. Plus, they play the Game of Stories while discussing blogs.

Three educators share stories from inside the educational world to showcase the powerful and significant impact that educators have. But what about you? Who was the educator who had the greatest impact on you? What was it about this educator that was special, or made you feel special? What could we all do to be that person for someone else?