"Feedback is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not a means to an end, but an end in itself. It's the purpose of why we teach." If these aren't mic-drop quotes for you, we need to talk! Or you need to for sure read this duo's latest work, Feedback for Continous Improvement in the Classroom. Listen in as we talk all things feedback with Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg. You'll hear how they emphasize the respect we give students by creating these opportunities for dialogue as learning and honoring what students already bring to the classroom. And you lucky listeners also get a 25% promo code when you purchase their book directly from Corwin. 

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Our first mini-wave goes straight to the source...2 classroom teachers right here in St. Vrain! Join us as Altona Middle School's Cleveland Smith and Westview Middle School's Danny Hernandez talk classroom connections, relationships, and building collective efficacy. 

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We Love It Here! Yep, we sure do! Shane and I are loving being behind the mic with Vrain Waves and in this episode, we chat with Clint Pulver, the Undercover Millennial, whose book, I Love It Here, is a must-read for anyone in the business world AND anyone in education.“No significant learning can ever happen without significant connection” is just one of our favorite takeaways and goosebump moments. Building on the last episode about creating a network and village for yourself as teachers, we will dig into how we can meaningfully and genuinely connect with our students in the classroom and in turn, connect them with their dreams! 

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The mic has officially been passed to us from Ben Kalb! With the re-launch of the podcast, we are celebrating all things NEW; new year, new students, and new teachers! Our goal is to create inspiration and empowerment for educators, so alongside the giants of education, new hosts Suzy Evans and Shane Saeed will also be talking with classroom educators and how they use these theories in their practice on a daily basis. Join us for our first episode of 2023 as we talk about the power of networking, creating your teaching village, and how connecting with other educators is the key to our collective success!

We reconnect with Ben Kalb, super-podcaster and the creator of Vrain Waves to ground us all in the original mission of the podcast. We also talk about how we plan to carry on with interviewing educational movers and shakers, but then add contributions from classroom educators as well. 

Our first classroom guest is one of our own, St. Vrain Valley Schools 5th-grade teacher, Farah Holburn, who talks about how she connects with other teachers, creates a positive atmosphere in her building, and continues to be a lifelong learner. 

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Episode 060: Grading for Equity with Joe Feldman

Connect with Joe Feldman 

Website: https://crescendoedgroup.org/ | Twitter: @JoeCFeldman 

Connect with Vrain Waves

Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Lindsay Laporte Twitter: @LaPorteLindsay |Oakley Schilling Twitter: @OakleySchilling| Ben KalbTwitter: @mrkalb 

 

Episode 059: Principal Kafele on Transformative Change

Connect with Principal Kafele

Website: https://principalkafele.com/| Twitter: @principalkafele| YouTube: School Leadership Thoughts

Connect with Vrain Waves

Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | 
Shane Saeed| Instagram: @fantasticallyfourth Twitter: @saeed_shane
Ben Kalb| Twitter: @mrkalb 

 

Episode 058: John Spencer and the Sporky Food Truck

Connect with John Spencer 

Website: http://www.spencerauthor.com | Twitter: @spencerideas| YouTube: Spencer Videos

Connect with Vrain Waves

Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Violet  Twitter: @vhchristensen | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb 

Violet hosts a podcast for instructional coaches called C3 (Connecting Coaches Cognition) and it can be found wherever you get your podcasts or here. 

Katie Martin is a best selling author, an acclaimed keynote speaker, and a highly sought after educational consultant! Whether you are teaching completely in person, totally virtually, or in a hybrid environment, in this episode we discuss how you can thrive!

Connect with Vrain Waves

Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Temple Hayles Guest Co-Host:  @haylessvvsd| Ben Kalb: @mrkalb

Connect with Katie Martin

Twitter: @katiemartinedu | Website: katielmartin.com | Book: Learner-Centered Innovation

Connect with Zaretta Hammond

Twitter: @Ready4Rigor | Website: crtandthebrain.com | Book: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

Connect with Vrain Waves

Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb

• Intro
  • Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key, Stoicism, Blog post about habits
• Zaretta’s Current Conversations (05:05) 
  • Covid webinars
  • Apollo 13 (09:47) 
• Family / Parent Relationships (11:13) 
  • Trust Generators (other resources from the book here!)  
• Only learners learn (19:42) 
  • Ron Ritchhart, Project Zero, Making Thinking Visible
  • Ready for Rigor Framework
  • School of Rock movie
• The achievement gap (28:11) 
• Minimize threat, maximize connection (32:57) 
  • Standing, Certainty, Control, Connection, Equity
  • Collectivist culture / Individualistic culture
• Relationship-building (39:02)
• Jim Knight - Zaretta Hammond webinar on Facebook

Connect with Kate Murphy

Website: https://www.nytimes.com/by/kate-murphy | Book: You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters

Connect with Vrain Waves

Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb

• Intro to Kate Murphy, her book (01:24) 
  • Best Nonfiction book of 2020
• Listening for a living (03:35)
• We all have megaphones in our pockets (05:34)
• The coronavirus pandemic is really showing us how we are not in control (07:15) 
• Listening is a grand adventure (07:40)
• Courage & Curiosity (07:59)
• No one is boring (09:12)
• Nothing is black and white (10:45)
• How to listen to people you disagree with (12:08) 
  • Clinton impeachment
  • Ginsburg and Scalia
• fMRI patterns during listening (17:46) 
• Loneliness (19:15) 
• Virtual Conferencing (21:00) 
• Growing Better Listeners through education (23:49) 
• How to listen well depends on the context (27:03)
• What if people aren't listening to you? (30:46)
• Takeaways (33:32) 
  • Libro.FM -- Educator downloads
  • Betty Crocker cake mixes focus group 
  • Give us feedback
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