Teaching Tomorrow Podcast

A discussion with drama researcher Dr. Kathleen Gallagher about the intersection of research, drama, young people, and radical hope. The research we discuss has been transformed into a powerful play––Towards Youth––that you most definitely need to see:

https://www.crowstheatre.com/whats-on/view-all/towards-youth-a-play-on-radical-hope

Full show notes can be found:

13. (part 2)Using design thinking to improve professional learning with Jennifer Bairos by Celeste Kirsh

Helpful Links and Resources:

http://gse.hightechhigh.org/unboxed/issue17/an_edu-nerds_heaven/

https://cohort21.com/

https://cohort21.com/mary-ellenwilcox/

Jodi is a bit of a celebrity in my books who just so happens to teach with me at The Bishop Strachan School. Through her active online presence and role on the College Board, Jodi has been a leader in the AP community and is currently teaching AP English for Grade 11 students, and an online course, “Challenge and Change”.

I invited Jodi on the show to share her strategy for how she helps students actually digest their feedback in her English classes and how her very do-able strategy helps young people take responsibility for their learning. Jodi’s system can make your report card writing easier, your parent-teacher conferences more productive, and your students more self-reflective learners. We also touch on the ways that she helps students in her English class manage perfectionism.

Some handy mentions from the show you may want to explore:

- https://twitter.com/jriceto?lang=en

- http://talkswithteachers.com/

- http://www.pz.harvard.edu/resources/creating-cultures-of-thinking-the-8-forces-we-must-master-to-truly-transform-our-schools

- https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/pod/

What would you create in education if you actually had the time to think, plan, and design something meaningful? Today I talk to the incredible Allison Macrae who helped to start the CIS Ontario Women’s Networking Event with Deirdre Timusk and Tina Jagdeo. I am so excited to confirm that the date for the CIS Ontario Women’s Networking Event is set for Tuesday February 26th 2019, open to all CIS Ontario teachers.

https://cohort21.com/allisonmacrae/2018/01/18/cisontario-leanin/

https://www.cisontario.ca/page.cfm?p=309&newsid=149&ncat=6

https://www.ucc.on.ca/page/news-detail?pk=1172667

What are the benefits of independent schools? Are they institutions set up to benefit their own families or could they also have a larger purpose in the greater educational landscape? This is just one of the questions Patti MacDonald and I pick apart in this episode.

https://www.cais.ca/careers

https://www.theschool.columbia.edu/page

Sarah Craig is the Executive Director of CIS Ontario and in this episode, she sits down and shares a little on her journey towards this prominent leadership position, as well as what is currently inspiring her in education today.

Matt Badali, grade 2 teacher at The Bishop Strachan School, shares his approach to teaching mindfulness with Grade 2 students.

What happens when your child steals your phone and starts talking to Siri in French? You won’t believe the business that blossoms from this moment in Derek Doucet’s life. I’m your host, Celeste Kirsh, and we are teaching tomorrow.

Derek Doucet is the new Program Area Leader for Communications at Lakefield College just outside of Peterborough. For many years he was a facilitator with Cohort 21 and he recently went through the Google Innovator program where he has been developing a tool that has the power to transform how young people learn language. Derek’s idea got picked up by the Innovation Cluster, which basically means that he will be getting training, support, and mentorship to take his idea from the page to the stage where he can turn this into a viable business.

This is an awesome episode to listen to if you are curious about what the Google Innovator program is all about or if you are like me and often think about side-hussles that you could take on outside of teaching. Derek is living the dream!

This episode is not sponsored by Google, it is legitimately a conversation between two people about a program that helps teachers design solutions to their problems. Obviously this is just one of the many excellent learning experiences out there for teachers, so if you want me to share your transformative PD experience, reach out to me on Twitter @teach_tomorrow and who knows, you just might find yourself on the show!

Derek describes himself as 99% extrovert and I know you will love his positive energy and optimistic outlook.

How can we as teachers bring our summer way of being into every single day of our life at school? I invited my coach, Justine Cappel, onto the show today to talk about just that. 

Justine is a certified personal trainer, level 1 Precision Nutrition Coach, pre / post natal fitness specialist, and the owner of Twenty Toes fitness.

https://twentytoesfitness.com/

While she focuses on working with women, her philosophy of navigating the middle ground of health and wellness I see as so applicable to teachers, regardless of their gender.

We sat down in my living room in the summer to talk about finding wellness in the daily grind of teaching, what teachers can do right now to improve their wellness, and why accountability is such an important dial mover. Justine also shares with me the health term that I apparently coined, so be sure to stay listening for that one.

I think it will become pretty clear how much I adore Justine how transformative she has been on my own health and wellness journey and I am so excited to share her work with my teaching community.

If you have been listening to the previous episodes on the show, you will notice that I switched up my final ticket out the door question for Justine, seeing as she is not a classroom teacher. But what I loved about her response is that it exactly fits what I hope the future of learning will be: responsibility, accountability, support through the online world, and getting out of that one-size fits all paradigm.

Justine is up to some pretty awesome things. If her message about moderation, accountability, and “just a little bit better” resonated with you, I encourage you join her 365 Tribe!

https://justinecappel.lpages.co/365-tribe-teaching-tomorrow