Rochelle is back to talk about some of her favorite picture books that she shares with her students. If you missed the previous conversation we had with Rochelle, don’t be afraid to give it a listen!  

Oh, and if you’d like it, here’s all of the books mentioned by Rochelle in this episode.  

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Rochelle Brown is the 2021 Connecticut Teacher of the Year and teaches Kindergarten in Windsor, Connecticut. Each Fall, she has the students in her classroom create posters of themselves that she keeps up all year long. These posters are filled with affirming messages from their classmates, and they help build a strong sense of community. She feels that the very act of allowing students to feel seen, heard, loved, and acknowledged is necessary to their success and progress. 

Presently, Rochelle serves as the chair of Poquonock School’s Equity Committee. She has offered professional development opportunities for her colleagues and created an Instagram page, kidlitlove8, to bring awareness to multicultural children’s books and the importance of representation for all children. She continues to serve as a union representative for the Windsor Education Association, always ensuring that her colleagues are knowledgeable of their rights and responsibilities as professional educators. 

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She’s back and better than ever! In this episode, Sara shares “The Studio Habits of Mind”, a teaching philosophy that brings the mindset of an artist into the classroom. You can view all eight of them here. Everyone can (and is!) an artist – even those of us (like Donnie) that can only draw stick figures.      

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Sara Baird has been teaching art since 2006, and she became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2014. She loves helping students explore their creativity and grow as artists. She stops by the podcast to talk with Alisa and Donnie about a teaching strategy, “See, Think, Wonder.”  

…and in case you haven’t ever seen the painting “Watson and the Shark”, you can find it here.  

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Fun fact: Sara knows more about The Big Lebowski than anybody I’ve ever met.  

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She’s back! Mrs. Reinke is back to share a variety of in-classroom strategies that she’s found success with over the years. There’s a reason she was named the North Dakota Teacher of the Year. She’s incredible!  

If you’d like to connect with Kristi (or connect your class to hers!) follow her on Twitter @reinkekristi  

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Kristi Reinke teaches middle school in Minot (my-not*) North Dakota, and in 2021, she was named the North Dakota Teacher of the Year! Listen as Kristi shares her strategy for connecting her students to other middle schoolers all around the world, all while teaching them geographic awareness and cultural competencies.  

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*Fun fact that Alisa and I learned: citizens of Minot like to say “Why not Minot”? 

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We interrupt this regularly scheduled week to bring you a special Holiday episode! In honor of Halloween and Día de Muertos happening soon, Donnie and Alisa share some unique ideas that you may want to try. 

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Nicole Butler-Hooton has been an educator for 16 years. In 2021 she was named the Oregon Teacher of the Year, becoming the first Indigenous teacher to ever earn this recognition! She’s a member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians - Chetco Band (Oregon) and the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Arizona). Nicole is a believer in the importance of connecting with students and families. Fun fact: she also loves to golf and would definitely beat Donnie if they ever played a round together. ⛳  

If you’d like to connect with Nicole and have any follow up questions about her ideas, you can find her on Twitter at @ButlerHooton.  

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The 2020 National Teacher of the Year is back and better than ever. Donnie and Alisa chat with Tabatha as she talks about connecting classrooms to the community. She believes in the importance of early childhood education and the need for social-emotional learning for all students.  

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Tabatha Rosproy, the 2020 National Teacher of the Year, is a career early childhood educator and the 2020 National Teacher of the Year. She is the first preschool teacher to ever win this award!  

Tabatha stops by to chat with Donnie and Alisa about how she helped launch a preschool inside of Cumbernauld Village, a nursing home and retirement community in Winfield, Kansas. The four-year-old students interact every day with community residents, who serve as volunteer “Grandmas” and “Grandpas” to every child in the school.  

After listening to the episode, check out this video of her school.  

If you’d like to connect with Tabatha and have any follow up questions about her ideas, you can find her on Twitter at @tabatharosproy.

In our next episode, we’ll talk with Tabatha about the importance of community involvement in education. 

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