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Hands tremble. Breath quickens. Feet tap. Beads of sweat halo the competitors’ brow. Sounds like a pretty high stakes situation- right? Olympics? Super Bowl? World Series? Baking… bread?

Let’s not sugarcoat this - We all experience these physical symptoms during high stress moments, and over the last few years, students and teachers alike are feeling the squeeze from these big emotions. While Social Emotional Learning (SEL) seems like the next big dirty word in education, in truth, SEL practices have been around for ages to help educators and students alike self-monitor and cope when stressful moments happen. After all, life is what you bake of it… and it’s our ability to regulate, know ourselves, and connect with others that makes it really sweet. And we have just the expert here to “proof it”  - coming up on the GLG.

Remember the dawn of the pandemic, when our lives were filled with nonstop fear and uncertainty? But amidst all chaos, many of us might remember the joy that came from that little web show “Some Good News” produced by John Krasinski.

We know it’s rough out there, but we could all use some good news of our own, and that’s why we are passing the mic to members of our PLN who are still finding ongoing joy in their work. In this episode the GLG is returning to its roots and keeping things in the family with our spotlight guest: elementary-educator-and-big-sister-to-our Emily, Katie Gabor!

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In this installment of the GLG’s Talk Nerdy to Me series, we connect with PD and Gamified-Learning Legend Stefanie Crawford to reflect on the joy that games bring to both teachers and students alike. Be sure to have some notes handy - you’ll definitely want to jot down a list of the games and order from your local game store. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Grounded Learners Guild’s four episode series, Talk Nerdy To Me.” In this series we connect with our listenership by passing the mic to members of our PLN who are finding ongoing joy in their work. In this episode we talk to sketchnote-extraordinaire and majestic starfish Dana Ladenburger to learn what brings her joy in her professional and personal life - and try our hand at our own sketch-themed game. Enjoy.

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Remember the dawn of the pandemic, when our lives were filled with nonstop fear and uncertainty? But amidst all the terror and loss, many of us might remember the joy that came from that little web show “Some Good News” produced by John Krasinski.We know it’s rough out there, but we could all use some good news of our own! And that’s why the GLG is looking to connect with our listenership by passing the mic to members of our PLN who, even now, are finding ongoing joy in their work. In this episode we talk to Educator-Twitter-maestro and fellow-podcaster Don Sturm to learn what brings him joy in his professional and personal life.

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Remember when we refused to talk about “Ted Lasso” character Rebecca Welton when we did our Lasso mini-episode? Well, that was intentional. Rebecca as a character offers simply too many connections to the idea of redemptive leadership to cover within those 20 minute norms, so we’re devoting this full-length episode to Rebecca- and leaders everywhere- to help you hop in the perfect pedi-cab to lead you down the road to redemptive leadership.

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Remember the feeling of fastening your nametag around your lanyard and excitedly making your way into a crowded hall to see a much-buzzed-about keynote kick off your industry’s professional conference? Yeah, a lot of us don’t either. Two+ years into the pandemic that forced even the most expertly planned conferences to scramble into virtual mode, we are just beginning to work our way back into the physical spaces of professional conferences - and the GLG is right there with you to help you re-enter the dense jungle that can be ed-conferences.  

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For anyone who watched the irreverent 90s sitcom “Married With Children”, you know the theme song (courtesy of Frank Sinatra) that states: “Love and Marriage…go together like a horse and carriage.” Well, what does it look like when you combine the traditional “love/marriage/family” trajectory with a genuine love and passion for educating others? What even are the horse and carriage in this scenario? Which comes first? And who’s driving anyways?  Join us for a closer look at Teaching….With Children… on the GLG.

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We’ve all heard before that the only constant in life is change. But this podcast is about highly functioning teams and what do you do when the very guild that brings you happiness, security, and professional success is the thing that’s subject to change?

Whether you’re the type to address such a change with the go-getter optimism of Parks and Rec’s Leslie Knope or the side-eye reluctance of their April Ludgate, at some point or another, a change is gonna come. So if you’re finding yourself in a season of change, treat yo self - maybe even to a waffle or 2 - and join us for this week’s episode where we dish on the guild’s personal and professional changes in our very own network connectivity.

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It’s hard to find an educator or coach who hasn’t been charmed by the Apple TV+ hit series Ted Lasso. What initially appeared to viewers as a silly fish-out-of-water tale of an American football coach making the move to coaching Premier League team Richmond United in England, has surprised us all with its empathy and depth while still bringing the laughs and quotable lines in spades. Are we about to take you through a fun “6-Degrees” game to examine some of the many connections between our world and “the Ted Lasso Way”? You better BELIEVE it.