The Big E.D idea Podcast

Her first book, “Take Me Home,” was published by Austin Macauley in July of 2021. "Take Me Home" is the true story of 11 of her former EL students who give a first-hand account of what it's really like to become bilingual in America. She is also a co-author of Chip Baker’s “The Impact of Influence-Volume 3 and Dr. Rick Jetter’s 100 No-Nonsense Things ALL School Leaders Shout STOP Doing.”

She currently teaches each day, and travels the country speaking and teaching educators how to teach and reach EL students, and effectively communicate with EL families!

You can connect with James on Twitter @JamesMoffettJr or find him on Facebook!

Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. With over 20 years of education and mental health leadership experience, she has the unique lens of both a certified teacher and a licensed therapist. Charle holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work. Her role as a high school teacher coupled with her clinical work with children and families in crisis gives her incredible insight into solving youth mental health problems stemming from our schools. She is the co-author of Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution and a global keynote speaker delivering powerful messages of hope to educators. 

Connect with Charle at: [email protected] and on Twitter at: @CharlePeck

Elijah is a teacher, like his mom, uncle, and grandparents before him. He has been teaching in the state of New Mexico since 2014, currently working in the Albuquerque Public School district. Elijah enjoys podcasting about all things educational and listening to podcasts created by his friends in education, some of which he has been honored to be a guest on. He is the host of The Shut Up and Teach Podcast and the author of the book A Place They Love: Creating a Healthy School Culture and Positively Impacting Students. Elijah strives to make school a place that students love to be at by creating fun, safe, and engaging experiences and environments for all students. By challenging the norms of what education should look, act, and feel like, Elijah has created exciting opportunities for authentic learning to take place. Outside of the classroom, he can be found running, listening to or creating music, reading, or relaxing with his cat, Nala.

You can connect with Elijah on Twitter @carbaeli

Bradley Lands is the author of the book Knowledge-ABLE, owner of UpLearn LLC, the Director of Technology and Innovation at The Langley School, a Google Certified Innovator, a Google Certified Trainer, an Apple Distinguished Educator, and a National Board Certified Teacher.

You can reach Bradley on Twitter @mrlands or his website www.uplearnllc.com ! 

We all know our educators are struggling. With the demands/stresses of the world coming into our schools each day, the importance of our work couldn't be any more important!  If want our kids to be successful, we must FIRST take care of our staff.  We MUST find ways to help our educators claim their joy! 

Join us as Kim gives us several concrete steps to improving our own happiness so that we can help our students be their best! 

Kim Strobel is an internationally-known motivational speaker for educators, school leaders, and organizations and travels the globe sharing the impact of happiness on well-being and student achievement.

As a former teacher and curriculum director, her goal is to inspire you by providing thought-provoking research, heartwarming stories, and simple action steps that get you life-changing results.

She’s also an avid animal rescuer, having rescued 171 dogs, a fierce runner, and a lover of life.

Connect with Kim on Twitter @strobeled or find her website: strobeleducation.com. 

Joe Brummer is a trauma-survivor having lived through early exposure to violence, child abuse and neglect, and 2 separate violent anti-LGBTQ hate crimes a decade apart.  Joe has turned his healing journey into a career in peacebuilding, restorative justice, and consulting in trauma-informed education.  He has appeared on dozens of podcasts, webinars, and presented at national conferences. Most recently, Joe offered the closing Keynote at the 2022 Restorative Justice in Education Conference at Eastern Mennonite University. He serves as adjunct faculty at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace teaching the course,: Peacebuilding Skills: Dialogue, Trauma & Restorative Justice.  His book, Building in Trauma-informed Restorative School: Skills and Approaches for Improving Culture and Behavior (December 2020 Jessica Kingsley Publishers) is being used by schools across the globe and is available for purchase in 5 countries.

Don Berg is an author, researcher, alternative education practitioner, and leader. As the Executive Director of Deeper Learning Advocates he is on a mission to embed the psychology of learning in policy so policy stops undermining learning. He presents at conferences internationally. Peer-reviewed journals have published his research. He has over 20 years of experience leading children in self-directed educational settings. The Joyful Llama Ranch in West Linn, Oregon is his home.

His newest book, Schooling for Holistic Equity, aims to apply Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to increase the motivation and ultimately the engagement of our students! 

You can find Don at his website, www.holisticequity.org.