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February 18, 2021 Cultivating Teacher and Student Habits for Navigating Extreme Uncertainty
We are teaching in extremely uncertain and stressful times. Our established habits are either helping or retarding our ability to successfully navigate these times. Join us as we talk about the habits that help us become more resilient and effective and more in control.
@bjfogg @craigyen @jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @bamradionetwork
Dr. BJ Fogg is a behavior scientist at Stanford, where he directs research and innovation at the Behavior Design Lab. He also teaches his models and methods in graduate seminars. On the industry side, BJ trains innovators to use his work so they can create solutions that influence behavior. The focus areas include health, sustainability, financial wellbeing, learning, productivity, and engagement. His early work on Persuasive Technology has informed the design of products that millions love and use every day (including Instagram, which one of his students co-founded). BJ created a new method of habit formation called Tiny Habits®. Craig Yen is a 5th-grade teacher from California. 18th year in education. Google 1 and 2 Certified. Bailey Harper is a high-school student on Eastern Shore of Maryland.
11 hr 34 min
February 18, 2021 The ABCs of Teaching Young Students About Race in School
In our last episode, we discussed whether we should teach young children about race, and if so, at what age do we start? In this segment, we look at how to begin to teach young students about race in our classrooms.
@MattRKay @PrincipalKafele @TirrellCorbin @jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @bamradionetwork
Matthew R. Kay is a proud product of Philadelphia’s public schools and a founding teacher at Science Leadership Academy (SLA). He is a graduate of West Chester University and holds a Masters in Educational Leadership with a Principals’ Certificate from the California University of Pennsylvania. At SLA, he teaches an innovative inquiry-driven, project-based curriculum. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Philly Slam League (PSL). Award-winning educator Baruti Kafele is a leading keynote speaker and best-selling author. His books include Is My School Better a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Principal 50: Critical Leadership Questions for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence, and The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring Classroom Excellence. Christy Tirrell-Corbin, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention and the Director of the Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education program at the University of Maryland. Dr. Tirrell-Corbin has worked extensively with Title I schools to increase family engagement and raise awareness of teacher beliefs and practices relative to race, culture and socioeconomic status. She has also taught courses on culture and community, as well as studied teacher candidates’ beliefs and practices around race and culturally responsive and respectful pedagogy.
12 hr 11 min
February 18, 2021 Tick-Tock: How Soon Is Too Soon to Talk About “Race” With Students?
Discussions about race and injustice will be coming to schools this year whether we are ready for them or not. Students are seeing what’s transpiring in the nation, and they are talking with each other. In this episode, we aim to determine the age at which it’s appropriate to discuss issues of race and injustice in our classrooms.
@MattRKay @PrincipalKafele @TirrellCorbin@jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @bamradionetwork
Matthew R. Kay is a proud product of Philadelphia’s public schools and a founding teacher at Science Leadership Academy (SLA). He is a graduate of West Chester University and holds a Masters in Educational Leadership with a Principals’ Certificate from the California University of Pennsylvania. At SLA, he teaches an innovative inquiry-driven, project-based curriculum. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Philly Slam League (PSL). Award-winning educator Baruti Kafele is a leading keynote speaker and best-selling author. His books include Is My School Better a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Principal 50: Critical Leadership Questions for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence, and The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring Classroom Excellence. Christy Tirrell-Corbin, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention and the Director of the Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education program at the University of Maryland. She has worked extensively with Title I schools to increase family engagement and raise awareness of teacher beliefs and practices relative to race, culture and socioeconomic status. She has also taught courses on culture and community, as well as studied teacher candidates’ beliefs and practices around race and culturally responsive and respectful pedagogy.
9 hr 13 min
February 18, 2021 A Few Things We May Have Overlooked in The Rush to Reopen Schools
We’ve tried to balance the need to reopen schools closed during the pandemic, with the safety of students, teachers, and communities. But have we considered all of the angles and possibilities?
Follow on Twitter: @jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @j1berger @TeachMrReed @Glennr1809 @bamradionetwork
Jonah Berger is a Marketing Professor at the Wharton School and Bestselling author of Contagious, Invisible Influence, and most recently The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind..Teaching phenom and educational activist, Dwayne Reed, has been crisscrossing the globe, promoting his message of love and equity in education. After seeing viral success with the release of his educational music video, "Welcome to the 4th Grade," and appearing on Good Morning America, CNN, and MTV's TRL, Reed has been on a mission to convince the world that relationships mean everything in education, and that every child, no matter their race or social status, deserves a fair chance at a quality education. Glenn Robbins is a Lead Learner/Designer @NCSNJ. Husband and father. Ed.D Student and organizer of EdCamps.
11 hr 23 min
February 16, 2021 Who Really Understands What Teachers Need to Meet the Demands of Pandemic Learning?
Most agree that teachers have risen to meet the needs and demands of teaching during the pandemic. But do any of us really understand what teachers need during these unprecedented times?
Follow on Twitter: @TchrBreakroom @drchriscip @turnerhj @Jonharper70bd @bamradionetwork
Monica Swift, M.Ed., is an educator with 20+ years varied experience in the field of education. She currently serves as an intermediate literacy instructional coach and an elementary classroom teacher. Throughout her years in the profession, Monica has served in private, public, and post-secondary education as teacher, coach, consultant, trainer, researcher, education systems strategist, and more. Christina Cipriano, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of Research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI). Dr. Cipriano’s research focuses on the systematic examination of social and emotional learning (SEL) to promote pathways to optimal developmental outcomes for traditionally marginalized student and teacher populations. Henry Turner is the principal of Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, an advisor to Future Ready Schools, and a national speaker on race in schools, technology in education, and creating change to narrow racial and economic opportunity gaps. K-12 Dive recently named Henry its 2020 Principal of the Year. You can sign up for his monthly newsletter on Social Justice Leadership https://bit.ly/SocialJusticeLead
12 hr
November 22, 2020 Pandemic Learning: Searching for the Silver Lining
Pandemic learning has many downsides. In this episode, we acknowledge the ugly and go searching for the silver lining.
Follow on Twitter: @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork @DrKpsychologist
Alana Stanton is a kindergarten teacher at Mulberry Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia. She has taught 13 years teaching K-3 literacy special, first grade, second grade, and kindergarten. She believes that relationships always come first in the classroom and the classroom should be a place where students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. She currently writes a blog called More Than A Lesson. Joseph Hamer is a second and third-grade combination classroom teacher in Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Hamer is passionate about empowering children to explore their greatest potential through social-emotional learning and liberty. Joseph has utilized his passion by co-authoring the brand new activity book, Brain Awakes: Empowering Children Through Breath, Balance, and Reflection. Additionally, he hosts the Cup of Joe podcast. Jelena Kecmanovic, Ph.D is the founding director of the Arlington/DC Behavior Therapy Institute and an adjunct professor of psychology at Georgetown University. In addition to academic articles, she has written for the Washington Post, The Conversation, Psychology Today Magazine, and others.
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November 22, 2020 Cultivating Teacher and Student Habits for Navigating Extreme Uncertainty
We are teaching in extremely uncertain and stressful times. Our established habits are either helping or retarding our ability to successfully navigate these times. Join us as we talk about the habits that help us become more resilient and effective and more in control.
@bjfogg @craigyen @jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @bamradionetwork
Dr. BJ Fogg is a behavior scientist at Stanford, where he directs research and innovation at the Behavior Design Lab. He also teaches his models and methods in graduate seminars. On the industry side, BJ trains innovators to use his work so they can create solutions that influence behavior. The focus areas include health, sustainability, financial wellbeing, learning, productivity, and engagement. His early work on Persuasive Technology has informed the design of products that millions love and use every day (including Instagram, which one of his students co-founded). BJ created a new method of habit formation called Tiny Habits®. Craig Yen is a 5th-grade teacher from California. 18th year in education. Google 1 and 2 Certified. Bailey Harper is a high-school student on Eastern Shore of Maryland.
0 min
November 22, 2020 The ABCs of Teaching Young Students About Race in School
In our last episode, we discussed whether we should teach young children about race, and if so, at what age do we start? In this segment, we look at how to begin to teach young students about race in our classrooms.
@MattRKay @PrincipalKafele @TirrellCorbin @jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @bamradionetwork
Matthew R. Kay is a proud product of Philadelphia’s public schools and a founding teacher at Science Leadership Academy (SLA). He is a graduate of West Chester University and holds a Masters in Educational Leadership with a Principals’ Certificate from the California University of Pennsylvania. At SLA, he teaches an innovative inquiry-driven, project-based curriculum. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Philly Slam League (PSL). Award-winning educator Baruti Kafele is a leading keynote speaker and best-selling author. His books include Is My School Better a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Principal 50: Critical Leadership Questions for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence, and The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring Classroom Excellence. Christy Tirrell-Corbin, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention and the Director of the Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education program at the University of Maryland. Dr. Tirrell-Corbin has worked extensively with Title I schools to increase family engagement and raise awareness of teacher beliefs and practices relative to race, culture and socioeconomic status. She has also taught courses on culture and community, as well as studied teacher candidates’ beliefs and practices around race and culturally responsive and respectful pedagogy.
0 min
November 22, 2020 Tick-Tock: How Soon Is Too Soon to Talk About “Race” With Students?
Discussions about race and injustice will be coming to schools this year whether we are ready for them or not. Students are seeing what’s transpiring in the nation, and they are talking with each other. In this episode, we aim to determine the age at which it’s appropriate to discuss issues of race and injustice in our classrooms.
@MattRKay @PrincipalKafele @TirrellCorbin@jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @bamradionetwork
Matthew R. Kay is a proud product of Philadelphia’s public schools and a founding teacher at Science Leadership Academy (SLA). He is a graduate of West Chester University and holds a Masters in Educational Leadership with a Principals’ Certificate from the California University of Pennsylvania. At SLA, he teaches an innovative inquiry-driven, project-based curriculum. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Philly Slam League (PSL). Award-winning educator Baruti Kafele is a leading keynote speaker and best-selling author. His books include Is My School Better a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Principal 50: Critical Leadership Questions for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence, and The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring Classroom Excellence. Christy Tirrell-Corbin, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention and the Director of the Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education program at the University of Maryland. She has worked extensively with Title I schools to increase family engagement and raise awareness of teacher beliefs and practices relative to race, culture and socioeconomic status. She has also taught courses on culture and community, as well as studied teacher candidates’ beliefs and practices around race and culturally responsive and respectful pedagogy.
0 min
November 22, 2020 A Few Things We May Have Overlooked in The Rush to Reopen Schools
We’ve tried to balance the need to reopen schools closed during the pandemic, with the safety of students, teachers, and communities. But have we considered all of the angles and possibilities?
Follow on Twitter: @jonHarper70bd @froehlichm @j1berger @TeachMrReed @Glennr1809 @bamradionetwork
Jonah Berger is a Marketing Professor at the Wharton School and Bestselling author of Contagious, Invisible Influence, and most recently The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind..Teaching phenom and educational activist, Dwayne Reed, has been crisscrossing the globe, promoting his message of love and equity in education. After seeing viral success with the release of his educational music video, "Welcome to the 4th Grade," and appearing on Good Morning America, CNN, and MTV's TRL, Reed has been on a mission to convince the world that relationships mean everything in education, and that every child, no matter their race or social status, deserves a fair chance at a quality education. Glenn Robbins is a Lead Learner/Designer @NCSNJ. Husband and father. Ed.D Student and organizer of EdCamps.
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