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The Importance of Authenticity and Classroom Community in Discussing Racial Equity in Education.

We're excited to bring our first guest to The LED Project Podcast Mr. Matt Horel! Kyle has known Matt since they played against each other in high school golf and played together in college. Matt has a Master's in School Counseling Winona State University and is a racial equity advocate in Twin Cities. We discuss Matt's educational journey from growing up in Wisconsin, to a semester working with students in Houston, and growing his career in Minnesota. Matt shares techniques and strategies they use to promote classrooms with positive communities based on authenticity and how those communities have opened the lines of communication around race in education.

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In this episode we talk about the importance of building your classroom culture around authentic relationships. It is one of the principles at the core of our education philosophy at Lighthouse Educator Development. We discuss the struggles we've been through to gain an understand of the importance of classroom culture.

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Book Review: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action

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In this episode we discuss the importance of teachers prioritizing their time and energy. Teachers by nature want to help others and often have a tough time saying no to colleagues, but too many times these tasks take us out of our areas of expertise. We talk about how to say no when it is difficult, strategies for clarifying tasks, and how to set boundaries with your time.

In this episode we talk about our different backgrounds and paths to the classroom, the mission of LED and why learning must always be the north star!!

This podcast is an introduction to who we are at LED and our mission to bring value back to the teach craft. Here are some of the highlights:

4:00- Why we chose to call ourselves Lighthouse Educator Development

6:25- Law's educational struggles

7:45- We're on the same team as teachers

9:15- A teaching team in no longer limited by proximity

11:30- The power of the teaching profession

14:30- The power of educational experiences