Join Ryan and Erich as they discuss the power of collaborating with colleagues and including student voice within your teaching.  In today's episode, Dr. Housen discusses how she has created a PBL math class collaboratively with 2 other teachers at her school.  The power of teaching math project based is that it creates student ownership over learning.  Listening to her discuss student motivation and growth in her class was truly inspiring.  We hope you get as much out of our discussion as we did from having it.  

Here is a list of books and resources that Monica left us with:

If you would like to connect with Dr. Housen, you may find her on twitter @monicahousen

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Join Erich and Ryan as they discuss an insightful tweet from @robertkaplinsky.  His tweet touches on the idea of if we are teaching the right math or not.  Math is certainly an important life skill and students need to understand their math, but do they really need Geometry, Algebra 2, and Calculus?  Join us as we discuss this ever important topic.  We'd love to hear your thoughts as well.  If we say anything you agree or disagree with, hit us up through email, twitter, or voicemail.

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Join Erich and Ryan as they discuss alternative ways to managing student behavior.  This week's guest is Kim Hopkins. Ms. Hopkins is an independently licensed clinical social worker who has specialized in working with behaviorally challenging kids for more than 20 years.  She has managed the clinical departments of two organizations serving youth and families in residential facilities, foster homes, therapeutic day schools, and homeless shelters.  She has been a Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) Trainer since 2007 helping schools, residentials, hospitals, and parents to successfully implement the CPS Model.  Ms. Hopkins is also the Director of Outreach & Communication for Dr. Ross Greene’s non-profit, Lives in the Balance.  Visit the website for all of Dr. Greene's resources at https://www.livesinthebalance.org/. 

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Join Erich and Ryan as the discuss a powerful tweet about parental voice from @Mr_Ankrum.  Way to often parental voice id discounted and not heard.  We must listen to our parents and form true partnerships with them to help their students be successful in school.  This is applicable to teacher practice in terms of listening to students as well.  Teacher's and administration often discount student voice when addressing student misbehavior in the classroom as well.  All voices must be taken into consideration when working with students.  For more information about Mr. Ankrum follow him on Twitter or visit his website at raymondankrum.com.

If you find a tweet of the week we should highlight, please retweet it to the hashtag #thepegdoesntfit.  We are always looking for outside the box educators to feature on our show.

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Join Erich and Ryan as they discuss effective leadership in school.  Key points discussed in this episode include making and living a successful vision, how to create collective efficacy, how to inspire motivation, and Daniel's core message to other leaders.  In addition to all of the insightful information Daniel shared during our interview, he also listed some of his favorite books.  To further your knowledge on effective leading, Daniel left us a few book recommendations: A Beautiful Constraint by Adam Morgan and Mark Barden, Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl, The Art of Possibility by Ben Zander, and Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Sone and Sheila Heen.  Additionally, Daniel has a Better Leaders Better Schools Book list that can be found on his website.

Daniel Bauer is the Chief Ruckus maker at Better Leaders Better Schools (BLBS).

He launched  the BLBS Podcast in September 2015 (Apple or Spotify). With over one million downloads, the BLBS show is the most influential podcast available for educational leaders. In 2016, he changed how professional development for school leaders is offered through the structure of a mastermind, which is built on the ABCs of powerful professional development™ (authenticity, belonging, and challenge). In 2017, Daniel launched The School Leadership Series, his second podcast which amplifies the diverse voices in school leadership today (Apple or Spotify).

He is the author of The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap, which released as an Amazon #1 new release and is currently working on The Mastermind: Unlocking the Potential Within Every School Leader. Daniel’s “Just Cause” is “to connect, grow, and mentor every school leader who wants to level up.” Engaging in the content he produces and sharing with other educators helps move his Just Cause forward.

Daniel has coached and mentored over 100 school administrators from every continent in the world except Antarctica.

Join Erich and Ryan as they discuss with Risa Bennett how PearDeck can transform the way you teach.  PearDeck was created by teachers for teachers.  It is an amazing total participation tool that allows teachers to check their students understanding in a fun and motivating way for students.  If you aren't sure if PearDeck is for you, scroll to the bottom of the episode notes for an exclusive free 90 day trial for our listeners.

PearDeck Resources

Short, premade lessons with PearDeck and content partners: https://www.peardeck.com/orchard

PearDeck remote learning resources: https://www.peardeck.com/remote-learning

PearDeck's weekly webinar schedule: https://www.peardeck.com/learn-pear-deck

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PearDeck's 5 Pillars of teaching:

Tackle tenacity

Join Erich and Ryan as they discuss a little technology with Todd Flory.  Though Todd does use a lot of technology as a teacher, the episode goes far deeper than the technology alone.  He discusses his teaching pedagogy and how he uses technology to enhance it.  A few of our favorite components are how he uses a strategy known as genius hour to get the students activated into the unit, his design thinking strategy for teaching the content, and how he uses his projects to create lasting learning with the students by personalizing the learning and developing empathy.

Shout out to @tlceducate for the tweet of the week.  Special thanks to Danny Wilks (@dwilkssea) for the kind words about Episode 15.

Links for today's show:

Genius Hour: https://geniushour.com/

Additional information about the Sustainable Development Goals: https://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/

Todd's Article: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-05-11-what-schools-reopen-it-shouldn-t-be-business-as-usual

Article from @cultofpedagogy: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/do-something/

Todd's Website: https://toddflory.wordpress.com/

Contact Information

Todd Flory: @todd_flory or [email protected]

Erich's Twitter: @erichjstephen

Ryan's Twitter: @RyanDBartel1

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Taking a week off from our interviews and taking some time to dream.  In this episode, Erich discusses what his dream school might look like. His dreams are big and time was limited  so he surely has not shared all of his thoughts, but check out this episode to get a sample size of his vision for the perfect school. @thepegdoesntfit [email protected] @erichjstephen @RyanDBartel1 anchor.fm/thepegdoesntfit