MARCH 2018
ACCESSIBILITY IN EDUCATION
Guest Steve Nordmark works with The National Center
on Accessible Educational Materials at CASTand is an expert on this topic
which is affecting every school and company in education.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES TO MAKE YOUR SCHOOL SITES WORK FOR YOU
Thank you FACILITRON for setting us up with Los Gatos CA SchooL Superintendent Diana Abbati who just presented at The Coalition for Affordable School Housing conference . Diana is an expert in facilities management,
this show is a ‘must listen” for district administrators.
A SUPERINTENDENT’S VIEWS ON TEACHER EVALUATION
My special guest is Superintendent /author Dr. PJ Caposey
of Meridian CUSD 223 in IL.
HOW SUPERINTENDENTS LEAD EARLY LEARNING
Thank you Waterford Institute for bringing back a favorite guest from AASA, Mort Sherman
along with Anne Brown, VP of the Waterford’s Education Division
SHARING STORIES OF HOPE AND HEROISM FOR STUDENTS K-12
Going to be an interesting show with a group called MY HERO being used by K-12 educators worldwide.
GIFTED EDUCATION
20 years in and going strong…advancing education for gifted children,
President Betsy Jones is our guest
EDUCATOR VOICE …Presented by SMARTBRIEF
Editor’s Choice Content Award Winner from New Jersey, educator Mike Dunlea visits
to discuss his post (higlighted above) on changing jobs, positions in education.
PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
& TECHNOLOGIES K-12
More on accessibility with The Director of
Cynthia Curry..focusing on the definition of accessibility and
how educational producers and school districts need to react
GROWTH OR PROFICIENCY…IN K-12
starring the curriculum director of Snake River, Idaho schools and current Commissioner on the state’s Public/charter schools commission, Sharilynn Bair;
an expert on aligning curriculum and assessment to improve student learning.
Co-starring Ms Bair’s guest, Kelly Tolman, “2nd grade teacher extraordinaire”.
DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS AND PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT
Meet the large and successful ISTE award winning Surrey School District of British Columbia and their Curriculum and Innovation Specialist Karen Fadum and their District Principal of Communicating Student Learning Antonio Vendramin.
Thanks for setting this up, Fresh Grade
LIVE FROM COSN
FIRST OF TWO SHOWS LIVE FROM THE CONFERENCE
This one with Board members Tom Vander Ark and Valerie Truesdales who is the CTO of Charlotte- Mecklenberg Schools in NC. Tom run “Getting Smart…..and , of course, Keith Krueger of COSN will be with us
A CCSSO SHOW
HOW STATES ARE REACTING TO ESSA
Looking forward to having Carissa Miller , the interim Executive Director of CCSSO on to discuss states leading in ESSA, Equity Issues and a new effort to spotlight best practices nationwide
LIVE FROM COSN : PART DEAUX
with COSN/ Networking experts Project Director Paula Maylahn, CTO for Bartholomew Schools in IN Mike Jamerson and Cosn Board Chair , CIO Sante FE NM schools, Tom Ryan
SCHOOL DISTRICT DATA ANALYSIS AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
Dr. Michael Lance of “ExceLance Data” is joined by his colleague Chris Brown
on their findings, research and methods for you to reduce error, gain time
and establish practices that work. Smart guys, great ideas.
LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE IN K-12 EDUCATION
Renowned author , educator and consultant Jimmy Casas is my guest
SUPPORTING ARTS EDUCATION
Jane Best of The Arts Education Partnership is my guest……extremely important topic for schools today
THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORING ELA EDUCATORS
An NCTE show with Anna J Roseboro on NCTE efforts in mentoring
EARLY LITERACY AND THE NEWLY LAUNCHED MAP
READING FLUENCY ASSESSMENT
From NWEA, we have Dr Cindy Jiban and Jennifer Knestrick on how it was created and how it works.
EDWEB.NET NOW APPROVED FOR PD CREDIT IN SEVERAL STATES
It’s Edweb’s 10th anniversary, we wanted to let you know about your opps for PD credits…and what the process is for Lisa Schmucki and educator Melissa Hodgson to make it happen.
THE RURAL RESEARCH AGENDA AND FROM LAST WEEK
with the co-chairs of the agenda team Drs. Greg Montalvo and
Victoria Schafer plus NREA Executive Director Dr. Allen Pratt
RESOURCES FOR LEADERS
AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER LEARNING
NAESP’s Honor Fede on the completion of their new resource report.
HOW BRITISH COLUMBIA’S SURREY SCHOOLS
ARE LEADING CANADA’S DIGITAL TRANSITION
Superintendent Jordan Tinney joins Discovery’s VP of Ed Partnerships Andy Schaefer
for a lively conversation on digital conversion. Learn by example, eh?
ENHANCING MATH TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TACOMA SCHOOLS
Tacoma Superintendent Carla Santorno and Math Instruction Facilitator Laura Bower
with Math Consultant, former NCTM Prez , Professor Dr Mike Shaughnessy
MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION
Two great and enjoyable experts return, Dr. Faith Rogow and Cynthia Scheibe,
both founding members and officers at NAMLE.
SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPAL PIPELINE
Assistant Superintendents Glenn Pethel of Gwinnett Cty, GA and Tricia Mcmanus
of Hillsborough County, FL along with The Wallace Group’s Director of Ed Leadership, Jody Spiro
GETTING HOMES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNTIES INVOLVED
THE PRACTICES FRAMEWORK FOR GIFTED CHILDREN
Dr. Brian Housand of East Carolina University and M. Rene Islas, the Executive Director of NAGC
on strategies and resources
THE EDUCATOR WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL
SMARTBRIEF EDITOR’S CHOICE CONTENT AWARD
I not only have the winners Kerry Gallagher , an educator from Danvers, MA and Brian Sztabnik, a lead English Teacher from Long Island NY , we also have the editor herself,
the one and only, Melissa Greenwood.
CAMPUS EQUITY COHORTS
A favorite guest returns , Professor Amelia Gamel on working with First Gen college students
Two terrific thought leaders, old friends of Edutalk and ASCD authors
Drs.Bill Parrett and Kathleen Budge, professors at Boise State on their newest book
“THIS WE BELIEVE”
The Officers of AASL are here again. School libraries are more important than ever
and these new standards will make a great difference in their effectiveness.
A must listen for Superintendents/school boards and librarians
CATHOLIC EDUCATION
THE NCEA 2018 CONVENTION
I love that it occurs Easter Week. They didn’t mention an Easter Egg hunt but we’ll talk about the great things
that NCEA has planned for the conference; exhibitors, PD, and Keynotes, etc.
ADMINISTRATORS AS LITERACY LEADERS
An ILA show all about the ILA West 2018 conference with Jenna Shumsky
Exec Director of the Middle School Quality Initiative in NYC schools
and Ass’t Supt of Allendale MI schools, Dr. Julia Reynolds
LIVE SHOWS FROM THE AACTE CONFERENCE
That’s the American Association of Colleges in Teacher Ed and I’ll be in Baltimore doing live shows from the event. Teacher Prep , undergrad and graduate, is so darn important these days as our education world keeps changing.
Hear what’s going on from the Deans and Professors attending
SHOW #1 LISTEN HERE
SHOW #2 LISTEN HERE
SHOW #3 LISTEN HERE
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FEBRUARY 2018
ED TECH OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING…ARE WE LISTENING
South Portland ME schools Ed Tech Director and Treasurer of ACTEM , Maine’s ISTE affiliate, faculty member at Maine’s Graduate College of Education
and former school librarian,Andy Wallace.
Its the first time CSTA has visted. Our guest is their new Executive Director
Jake Baskin on the organizations goals and opportunities
THE UPCOMING ED TECH ADVOCACY AND POLICY SUMMIT
the Ed Tech Advocacy and Policy Summit March 14 and 15. Thanks to SETDA for setting up this show.
BUILDING A SUITE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES
IN WICHITA FALLSTEXAS SCHOOLS
We’re joined by a terrific Superintendent Mike Kuhrt,, named “Tech Savvy Supt of the Year”
by The Texas Chief Technology Officers Council. A shoutout to Waterford Institute for introducing me to Mike.
an ISTE show
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
Dr. Kristen Mattson, ISTE author of ‘DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP IN ACTION, and
High School Library Media Specialist is my guest.
SCHOOL VIOLENCE: THE NEVER ENDING CONVERSATION
Yeah, I know, bad week last week. We’ll talk about Broward and school violence with two experts Drs. Jared Sherz and Dr Jane Bluestein
an NCTE show
BUILDING CONVERSATIONS AROUND RACE AND EQUITY
Tonya Perry on The African American Read In and Cultural Pedagogy.
SCHOOL CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION IN MARTIN COUNTY KY
Project Achieve’s Howie Knoff on the work being done at the school district…the continuing story…with Martin Co. school psychologist Paul Baker
CELEBRATING TEACHER PREP AT THE AACTE CONFERENCE
Want to understand what’s really going on in teacher prep. Rod Lucero and Matt Wales of The American Association of Colleges in Teacher Education on the upcoming Baltimore conference where, FYI, I will be doing live shows.
AMERICA’S SCHOOLS AND “OPERATION PREVENTION” FROM THE US DEA
The Opioid epidemic and the program DEA has started with the help of the team at Discovery Ed. Sean Fearns from DEA, their pretty amazing Chief of Community Outreach is my guest. This is important and its the 2nd show we’ve done to help get the word out
CIVICS: TEACHERS IMPROVING DEMOCRACY
The Constitutional Rights Foundation: Thoughts and materials for your classroom with CRF’s President Marshall Croddy
EDUCATOR VOICE
USING TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT FAMILIES TO YOUR CLASSROOM
North Carolina based, Board Certified Educator Cristie Watson, a 5th grade teacher, on her EdWeek post on family engagement
EDUCATOR VOICE
A SHIFTING PARADIGM AT A LONG ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
We’re joined by a terrific principal, Lori Koerner ,
a real agent of change for her school and district
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL STUDENTS
HOW ASSISTIVE ED TECH ENHANCES TEACHING AND LEARNING
Tracy Gray, an expert on the subject as Managing Director of the American Institutes for Research section on Tech Integration is my guest …about breaking down the silos.
ALL LEARNERS MUST BENEFIT FROM ED TECH…
THE ROLE OF DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS IN THE SCHEME OF ED TECH
Distinguished Texas educator, Superintendent Mike Cardonas of San Marcos CISD with Fresh Grade’s Steve Wandler on
continuing evaluation working to the benefit of all while improving text score district wide.
CULTIVATING AND GROWING YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK
EDWEB. NET ‘s Lisa Schmucki with very well Connected Educators Steve Anderson and Shaelynn Farnsworth
an NCSS show
THE NEW STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS
My good friend, NCSS Executive Director Larry Paska brings with him Dr. Brandie Benton , Admissions (Associate) Provost at Henderson State
and Dr Alex Cuenca of Indiana U, chair of the NCSS Task Force on Teacher Ed
1030a
LAUNCHING THE ARABIC HONOR SOCIETY
Arabic is one of the hot choices out there for cultural and foreign language course work K-12.
Hence Qatar Foundation International has established the Arabic Honor Society, all explained by QFI’s Connor Seidenschwarz.
THE SALISBURY TOWNSHIP (PA) SCHOOL DISTRICT
& THEIR “SHIFT YOUR PARADIGM’ PODCAST
Superintendent (and returning guest) Dr. Randy Ziegenfuss and Assistant Supt Lynn Fuini-Hetten
on what they’ve learned from their podcast and being part of the “Profile of a Graduate” program
LIVE FROM TCEA
We’ve gathered a group of companies at the conference in the PR with Panache suite for a
look at what’s happening with new products an services at the event
A SIMPLER WAY TOWARDS INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Co-founders of COURSETUNE Diane Weaver and Dr. Maria Anderson on this exciting
new software that is creating waves K-20
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE RECRUITING OF EDUCATORS
My special guest, visiting the US from his International school in Shenzhen, China , is Principal Darin Carney on the difference in teaching at an international school, the excitement of doing so, recruiting a diverse student body and how educators can get involved
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‘COLLECTIVE EFFICACY’ : BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL CULTURE
Our guests are thought leaders and retired administrators Bill Sommers and Diane Zimmerman from LearningOmnivores.com
on the changing face of rebuilding school culture and communication for all involved.
a CCSSO show
A VISIT WITH MINNESOTA’S COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION..
EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE SUPER BOWL STATE
Education Chief Dr. Brenda Casellius is my guest on
leading purposeful, collaborative change grounded in effective strategies.
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA SCHOOLS :
BOOSTING S.T.E.M. AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING
Assistant Superintendent of Elementary education Get Nichols is joined by
Discovery’s Director of Education Partnerships, Kelly Hoce on the district’s new initiative.
an ASCA SHOW
THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR
Congratulations Kirsten Perry of Lawndale Academy in Chicago.
Counselors are more important these days than ever and are sometimes
the unsung heroes in saving kids and keeping them on track. This’ll be a good and important listen
a LEARNING FIRST/AASA show
A LOOK AT SUPERINTENDENTS WORK NATIONWIDE
Learning First Alliance Executive Director Rich Long and his guest Dan Domenech, ED of AASA.
SPEAKING OF GREAT COUNSELORS
THE NATIONAL WINNER OF THE 2018 CAREER/TECH GUIDANCE AWARD
Matthew Gambill of the Georgia ACTE branch and his very special guest,
National Winner Sharon Barrow of the Ware County School System in Waycross, GA,
on the importance of great counseling for CTE students.
JANUARY 2018
an ASCD show
GIFTED EDUCATION
REACHING FULL POTENTIAL
Renowned expert Jim Delisle on his new book
USING SEL LEARNING TO MEASURE
PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
We welcome Julie Brock, school psychologist in Brockton MA schools
( an urban district next to Boston) and Aperture Ed’s Lisa -Anne Williams,
both experts in the real uses of social-emotional learning.
SUPPORTING A COLLABORATIVE DIGITAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
We welcome Extreme Network‘s Bob Nilsson and Jill Pierce
for a look at wireless networking in K-12 schools.
HOW AND WHY YOUNGSTOWN OH SCHOOLS EXPANDED
THEIR WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Youngstown school CEO Krish Mohip is joined by Rosetta Stone‘s
Vicky Robl, the Sr. Director of Education Sales.
SPECIAL ED SUCCESS IN TRENTON NJ SCHOOLS
Good old Trenton, capital of New Jersey and as every Amtrak rider knows, “Trenton Makes, The World Takes. You’re part of the world, so take great info from this show.Thank you Waterford Institute for setting us up with the Chief Academic Officer at Trenton schools,
Elizabeth DeJesus
We have the authors, three great superintendents PJ Caposey, Nick Polyak and Mike Lubelfeld on the importance of involving ,..and listening to… the ‘customers’
EDUCATOR VOICE
with educator/administrator STARR SACKSTEIN on SHARING
Nobody’s better than my old friend Starr, a top flight connected educator, author of 8 books and well known blogger who just was recognized as an Editor’s Choice winner for her post on “Sharing”with colleagues and the community.
an AASA show
SCHOOL SAFETY
An educator’s worst nightmare is an act of violence in school. CrisisGo founder Bill Reynolds and AASA Executive Committee member Joe Erardi are my AASA guests.
A cutting edge interdisciplinary K-8 resource designed to enhance core curriculum and bring STEM to life in your classrooms. Discovery Education’s Bob Onsi and Camsie McAdams explain it all.
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K-12 EDUCATORS & DIGITAL BADGES
Concentric Sky’s Wayne Skipper returns with some great insights on
how badges affect lifelong learning and the new open software called BADGR.
a CIVICS EDUCATION show
CULTIVATING INFORMED CITIZENS AND LEADERS
Such an important topic because the title of this show is the whole reason we created Public Education..and we have to teach it. Two great Guests: Kamy Akhavan, CEO of the great website, Procon.org and Tony Pennay the Chief Learning officer at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
an EDWEB.NET show
LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY: HELPING ALL READERS
Edweb brings us school principal, ISTE author , blogger and speaker
Dr. Rob Furman on his new edition of Technology, Reading & Digital Literacy
TEACHER VOICE ON AUTHENTIC LEARNING
AWARD WINNING NJ EDUCATOR CHRISSY ROMANO
Chrissy’s terrific post on Edsurge, linked above, won this
month’s editorial award from Smartbrief.com.
NBPTS AND THEIR WORK WITH
THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Being a Certified Educator is one of the best things any educator can do for themselves or the profession. NBPTS’s Michelle Accardi on the work they are doing with the talented and dedicated educators nationwide in Indian Ed, a too often overlooked part of American Education.
an NSPRA show
SCHOOL PR
COMBATING NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS,
1 #TWEETCHER AT A TIME
Rich Bagin, Executive Director and special guest Greg Curchetta of Collier County FL schools.
We’ll learn together what in heck a ‘tweetcher’ is !!!
a COSN show
ARE YOU READY FOR 2018?
Listen to COSN CEO Keith Krueger and our favorite New Mexican Chairman of the COSN Board Tom Ryan on privacy, networking, infrastructure and professional development for tech leaders.
A PLAYBOOK FOR VIDEO POWERED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Edthena ‘s CEO Adam Geller on his new book
an ILA show
A CLOSE LOOK AT ILA’s “WHAT’S HOT IN LITERACY” REPORT
Great guests give us a deeper look: Marcie Craig Post, Executive Director and
ILA’s Board VP Bernadette Dwyer.
THE NEW MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION REPORT ON EL EDUCATION
A subject dear to my heart as my wife was an ELL educator. The fastest growing population in education is so important and we’ve got MHE’s Heath Morrison and Jana Echevarria of Cal State, Long Beach to explain what’s happening out there.
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND THEIR ‘EXCELLENCE FOR ALL’ INITIATIVE
They’re radically trying to change education in Boston and
we’ve got Dr. Regine Phillippeaux-Pierre to explain it in detail
OPEN BADGING AND
THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
My opening guest for the year is Wayne Skipper, the founder of Concentric Sky
on the future of education credentials and assessment
Just above, click through to an award winning post on Edutopia. We’ll talk about it with its author Andrea Marshbank, a 2nd year teacher of English and already a consultant for The National Writing Project. Thank you Smartbrief for this great selection as this month’s winning blogger
LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR ASPIRING AND EMERGING LEADERS
Returning guest Jennifer Abrams on ‘swimming in the deep end’ .
an NAESP show
K-8 AFTERSCHOOL AND…YES…SUMMER LEARNING
We have NAESP President Brian K. Partin, middles school Principal from Kingston TN and Brian, veen in our recent deep freeze, looks at being prepared for Summer Learning….and making your current afternoon programs work even better.
an AASL show
THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARY STANDARDS
Librarians, Principals, Superintendents, Teachers….with the library being the hub of media literacy and all literacy in your school, learn about the new standards with the officers of AASL.
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