The Liberated Educator

It's that time of year, back to school season is happening across the country and Ken and Dee would like to welcome all educators back to the journey toward liberation. 

This is the next to last episode of Season 1, so let's see if you can pick out the CPT in the conversation. Hint, one maybe Toxic Positivity. 🤷🏾

Have you ever gone to someone to ask a question, but then your entire perspective on life changes with that one answer? Well, that is how many feel when chatting with Monica Isabel Martinez. 

In this episode the CPT conversation connects the passions and commonalities Ken, Dee and Monica share over: 

C: Creativa
P: Posters
T: Time Spent

Monica Isabel Martinez is the EDU Content Manager for Google overseeing the Teacher Center. She is an educational technology speaker, leads educator professional development on technology integration, and supports districts with Google Workspace deployments. Monica has a master’s degree in Educational Technology, is a published author, designer and photographer.
Please share social media handles, website links, and any resources you would like shared on the show notes:

Twitter @mimg1225
Instagram @monicaisabelmtz
Instagram @mpowerdesigns

Guess what, Jim O'Hagan is back to chop it up with Dee and Ken as they continue their CPT conversation on. 

C: Choice 
P: Play
T: Transparency

James O'Hagan is a leader in connecting and promoting esports in education. He has had a role in starting and growing esports teams in two large urban school districts. He actively promotes esports as being a medium to something more for students beyond the games. His podcast, The Academy of Esports delves into topics surrounding esports and education and connecting into powerful ideas to increase student agency, motivation, and college and career pathways. James is a doctoral candidate at Northern Illinois University in the field of instructional technology and a mostly retired rugby player.

Specialties: Esports, Virtual Learning, Education Technology, 1:1 Deployments, Instructional Design, Transformative Technology, Project Planning, Learning Space Evaluation, Libraries

Bust noun

noun: bust; plural noun: busts
a worthless thing.
"Was Kwame Brown a bust?"

You know how it is when you walk into a room and a deep conversation is already taken place and you just get sucked into participating? Well, that's what happened during the scheduled recording Ken and Dee had with Jim O'Hagen. In this episode, you get the chance to hear what happens while we get ready to record, either before the guest comes in or with the guest. It doesn’t matter, there is always a debate of some sort before I push record.   

This debate is over the conflict between Kwame Brown and the media over rather or not his career was a bust. Jim O’hagan joins in on the fun which serves as a Part 1 to a very meaningful CPT conversation over

C: Choice
P: Play
T: Transparency

James O'Hagan is a leader in connecting and promoting esports in education. He has had a role in starting and growing esports teams in two large urban school districts. He actively promotes esports as being a medium to something more for students beyond the games. His podcast, The Academy of Esports delves into topics surrounding esports and education and connecting into powerful ideas to increase student agency, motivation, and college and career pathways. James is a doctoral candidate at Northern Illinois University in the field of instructional technology and a mostly retired rugby player.

Specialties: Esports, Virtual Learning, Education Technology, 1:1 Deployments, Instructional Design, Transformative Technology, Project Planning, Learning Space Evaluation, Libraries

When you know better, you do better. Yet, some people simply fight trying to be in the know. On This episode of The Liberated Educator Podcast, Dee and Ken welcome our good friend, Dr. Sheldon Eakins, Founder of the Leading Equity Center and Host of the Leading Equity Podcast for a CPT conversation addressing...

C: Critical Race Theory and people's misconceptions
P: Podcasting - How it has help not only amplify the work in equity, but increase the knowledge and confidence to be able to impact change
T: Training Day - the responsibility of once you gain the knowledge, you have to find ways to teach others. 

Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D. is the Founder of the Leading Equity Center and host of the Leading Equity Podcast. With over 11 years in education, he has served as a teacher, principal, and Director of Special Education. 

Dr. Eakins has a passion for helping educators accomplish equitable practices in their schools. He has earned a B.S. degree in Social Science Education, an M.S. degree in Educational Leadership, and a Ph.D. in K-12 Education. 

Twitter: @sheldoneakins  | IG: @sheldoneakins 

Website: www.leadingequitycenter.com

Some times we just need to just sit back and listen. That's exactly what was needed for this episode where Ken and Dee sit down and provide a platform for Dr. Sawsan Jaber to simple speak over this episode's CPT:

C: Counter Story
P: Palestine
T: Take Action

Dr. Sawsan Jaber is a global educator of 20+ years. She has held a variety of leadership positions both in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Jaber is currently a high school English teacher at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park. She founded Education Unfiltered Consulting. She works with schools around the country on curriculum mapping, strategic planning, custom tailoring a social justice curriculum for schools, and anti-bias training. Dr. Jaber is a Board Director of Our Voice Alliance (OVA) charged with amplifying the voices of teachers of color to create more equity for students of color. She completed her Ph.D. with a focus on inclusion and belonging of students from marginalized communities. Additionally, Sawsan is one of the founders of the Arab American Education Network (AAEN). She is a National Board Certified Teacher and has focused most of her research on engaging students in equity work and advocating for Arab and Muslim students. She offers the experience of being a member of a minority group as the daughter of refugees from Deir Yasin, Palestine. Sawsan is a lifelong learner in an ever changing world. Dr. Jaber has been featured in several conferences and podcasts.

Connect with Dr. Jaber
Twitter: @Sjeducate
Sawsan Jaber on FB
EducationUnfiltered on IG

Episode 28 has Dee flying solo as he chats with long time friend and EduMatch Founder, Sarah Thomas, Ph.D. or Sarahdateechur as we affectionally know her as.

Sarah Thomas, PhD is a Regional Technology Coordinator in a large district in Maryland, and the founder of EduMatch, a project that empowers educators to make global connections across common areas of interest.  She has spoken and presented internationally, participated in the Technical Working Group to refresh the 2017 ISTE Standards for Educators, and is a recipient of the 2017 ISTE Making IT Happen award.  She is also an Affiliate Professor at Loyola University in Maryland. Sarah is a co-author of the ISTE Digital equity series, Closing the Gap.

En Francais:

Sarah Thomas, PhD est une <> dans le comté écoles publiques de Prince George dans le Maryland aux États Unis. Elle est aussi certifiée Innovator et Entraîneuse de Google et la fondatrice du mouvement EduMatch, un projet qui permet aux éducateurs d'établir des connexions mondiales à travers les zones d'intérêt commun. Elle a présenté au niveau international, participé au Groupe de travail technique pour rafraîchir les normes 2017 ISTE pour les éducateurs et est récipiendaire du prix ISTE Making IT Happen de 2017. 

En espanol:

Sarah Thomas, PhD es Coordinadora Regional de Tecnología de las escuelas públicas en el Distrito Prince George. Cuenta con los certificados de Google Certified Innovator, Google Education Trainer. Fundadora del movimiento EduMatch, proyecto que empodera a los educadores a tener conexiones globales de sus áreas de interés. Se ha presentado internacionalmente, participado en el grupo Technological Working para actualizar los Estándares Educativos de ISTE para 2017, es ganadora del premio 2017 ISTE Making IT Happen. 

Connect With Sarah
Twitter | Instagram | @sarahdateechur (all my socials)

EduMatch.org
edumatchpublsihing.com
edumatchfoundation.org
edumatchcourses.com
edumatchlearning.com

Music: 

It's been said that hope is the seed of liberation and that can't be any more true after Dee and Ken got the chance to sit and chat with Emmanuel and Adrienne Threatt, the husband-and-wife team with the goal of bringing awareness, hope and real solutions to the homeless epidemic in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region. Therefore spreading Hope Vibes throughout! 

For this CPT conversation, the bustle in the booth is over - 

C: Community Engagement
P: Poverty
T: Tent City

Hope Vibes was founded as a 501c3 organization in 2016 by the husband-and-wife team of Emmanuel and Adrienne Threatt with the goal of bringing awareness, hope and real solutions to the homeless epidemic in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region.

 The seeds of Hope Vibes were planted on the couple’s very first date more than a decade ago. Walking though uptown Charlotte and seeing individuals sleeping on the ground, the couple was moved emotionally and vowed then to “do more for our homeless neighbors.” It was an idea that took root that evening and would eventually blossom years later as Hope Vibes.

 When it was first established, the Threatts sought to provide dignity to homeless neighbors through access to personal hygiene products and services. The couple came across a video about women dealing with their menstrual cycle while living on the streets with no access to feminine hygiene products, and the story struck a nerve. It is a part of the experience of being homeless that had never crossed the founders’ minds, and galvanized them to do something about it.

 Informal days of service, bringing donated hygiene items to areas where individuals tended to gather, soon gave way to more a formal approach to street outreach. What started as a few volunteers gathering together occasionally grew into a movement of passionate advocates meeting the second Saturday of each month for Serve Days. In the years since, hundreds of Charlotte residents have participated in Serve Days.

 By 2018, the organization was distributing 1,500 hygiene packs, 10,000 feminine hygiene products, 200 winter items and 80 tents, tarps and blankets to homeless neighbors in need. Hope Vibes has always had direct service to homeless neighbors in need as the base of the organization’s work. Meeting needs head-on is at the heart of the organization’s work, with an aim to “stop talking about helping and instead roll up sleeves and get to work.” It is also how the organization builds trust with the homeless neighbors they wish to serve. 

 A long-held goal for the organization was the development of a mobile shower and laundry center aimed at providing dignity for neighbors experiencing homelessness. Dubbed the Hope Tank, the organization spent nearly two years raising the funds to make the concept a reality, along the way testing

For more information go to HopeVibes.org

Also check out the following
The Hope Tank
The HopeStead Community - Coming Soon

Connect with the Hope Vibes
Twitter   Facebook    Instagram    TikTok
@hopevibesclt

You are in for a special treat and special guest Joe Truss joins the CPT conversation to dismantle a few things like

C: Culture Conferences
P: Putting Policy To Practice
T: The Truss Transition

Regardless of the alliteration, you need to pay close attention to the knowledge passed down on this drop.

Joe Truss is committed to dismantling white supremacy culture in schools. He is married to a High School teacher and a father of 2, soon to be 3 children. He brings 16 years of education experience, and originally grew up in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. A first-generation college student, he graduated from UC Berkeley, before attending Tufts University where he got his teaching credential. He began as a high school Spanish teacher in East Oakland. After attending UC Berkeley's PLI program, he started school leadership work and now has been the Principal of Visitacion Valley Middle School in SFUSD, for 6 years. There, he has worked to grow Project Based Learning, restorative practices, and reading intervention. In 2018, he started his blog CulturallyResponsiveLeadership.com, where he writes about school leadership and racial equity. He also offers workshops on antiracism and provides team coaching. Last summer he trained over 3000 educators and has presented keynotes to nearly 10,000. He works to empower educators to engineer for equity.

Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Schools Conference 2021
June 14th-18th
www.DismantleWSC.com

Twitter: @TrussLeadership

This is a first, a game show embedded in the Liberated Educator Podcast as Ken and Dee welcome their good friend Jesse Lubinsky to the pod. Check out this conversation as the boys make some interesting correlations to education with the CPT for this episode.

C: Comics - The influence in today's social culture
P: Prince - Yes, the artist formally known as
T: Trademark - Is it giving credit due or credit to?

Jesse Lubinsky is currently the Chief Learning Officer of Ready Learner One LLC and has nearly 20 years of public school experience as a teacher and administrator. He is co-author of “Reality Bytes: Innovative Learning Using Augmented and Virtual Reality” (January 2020) and "The Esports Education Playbook: Empowering Every Learner Through Inclusive Gaming" (November 2020). He is also a co-host of the Partial Credit Podcast and the Ready Learner One Lounge, a virtual reality show focused on innovations in teaching and learning. He is a Google Certified Innovator & Trainer,  a CoSN Certified Education Technology Leader, an Adjunct Professor of Education Technology at Pace University, a member of the Google Earth Education Experts team, and a frequent keynote speaker and presenter who has recently done educational technology presentations across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia.

Twitter: @Jlubinsky