OCTOBER 2017
founder of Greater Good Consultants
*********************************************************************
SEPTEMBER 2017
MAKING STUDENT LEARNING VISIBLE AT ARLINGTON ,TEXAS ISD
**********************
THE VALUE OF MID-LEVEL EDUCATION and
A PREVIEW OF THE AMLE CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 6-8
NSBA on THE IMPORTANT INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS , PARENTS AND SCHOOL BOARDS
NASP: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS re: SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF DISASTERS; NATURAL OR MAN MADE
S.T.E.A.M. EDUCATION IN FORT MILLS .S.C. SCHOOLS
We welcome Superintendent Dr.Chuck Epps Jr and from Discovery Education, VP of Educational Partnerships,Rob Warren.
SCHOOLS CREATING THE TALENT PIPELINE IN AGRICULTURE
FFA CEO Mark Poeschl is my guest to prove that
there’s great opportunity for your students in an Ag career.
VISIT CUTTING EDGE DISTRICTS
VIA NSBA SCHOOL DISTRICT SITE VISITS
NSBA’s Ann Flynn and her host districts of E.Irondequoit NY’s &
Greenville County NC are my guests
FOR THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY..AND ALL EDUCATORS
A PREVIEW OF THE EDNET CONFERENCE , SEPT 2017
Vicki Bigham, EDNET Conference Director is joined by old friend Robert Iskander of School Messenger and my new best friend Megan Harney, CEO of MIDAS Education
CCSSO’S TEACHERS OF THE YEAR VISIT SPACE CAMP
The out of this world adventures of MA’s Sydney Chafee, NY’s Amy Hysick and AZ’s Michelle Doherty
FOR THE INDUSTRY
THE IMPORTANCE OF USING QUALITY DATA IN YOUR MARKETING
MCH Data’s Larry Buchweitz is my guest with some great tips and information
CHARACTER EDUCATION AND SEL
Both important, the President of Project Achieve, Dr. Howie Knoff is my guest
*******************************************************
AUGUST 2017
TRANSFORMING TEACHING AND LEARNING
IN MAURY CTY TN SCHOOLS
A visit with their new Chief Digital Officer , our old friend, John Carver
who is building a Future Ready District with a new team led by Supt Chris Marczak
Presented by Discovery Education
AN UPDATE ON EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Returning guest from The Heritage Foundation Jonathan Butcher is back with us…re some some changes in the law.
EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN IN AN AN INDEPENDENT READING PROGRAM
and how to add technology to it ……………..with Waterford Institute‘s Anne Brown
**********************
ASCD on BULLYING
Author and Attorney Dr. Kathleen Conn on the issue which has fallen to the background lately. Its good we’re bringing it into focus again as school begins.
DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS THROUGH THE EYES OF A TEACHER
Hillsborough Texas English Teacher Gaila Sanders uses Fresh Grade Digital Portfolios for better parent engagement and student assessment. Listen to how she does it
**********************************************
THE NEW ” K-12 DIGITALLY RICH TEACHING” CERTIFICATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER & E.IRONDEQUOIT NY SCHOOLS
Dean Borasi of the University and Supt. of East Irondequoit NY schools, Susan Allen join me along with Joe Sutorius, Chief Digital Officer of the district and Professor Dave Miller
RURAL EDUCATION :
ON BOARD CONNECTED BUSING IN HOWE OK.
Superintendent (my guest today) Scott Parks and his team are working wonders in a small rural district
******************
ARE CHANGES IN WASHINGTON GOING TO
AFFECT E-RATES FOR YOUR SCHOOL
John Harrington of Funds for Learning has the answers
THE STEM ED COALITION…ESSA AND STEM EDUCATION
Jame Brown, Executive Director of the Coalition is my guest.
The Coalition unites business and education….
Lord knows, we need a STEM workforce
CREATING HIGH QUALITY , COST EFFICIENT SPECIAL ED
Meriden CT schools are doing a great job. District Physical Therapist Heather McDaniel and Director of Pupil Personnel Patricia Sullivan Kowalski are my guests
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS
Talk about transparency k-12 while keeping goals in mind for parents and students, Steve Wandler of FRESH GRADE is my guest
CHINESE IMMERSION AT SCHOOL
My good friends at ACTFL are bringing to us Amy Quinn of The Yu Ying Public Charter School in DC. Amy has been involved in dualla and mono lingual schools for over 30 years.
This show is presented by The Qatar Foundation International
LET’S REMEMBER TO TEACH CIVICS THIS SCHOOL YEAR
This is so important and we have the incredible
Executive Director of I-Civics Louise Dube as our guest
An NCTE show:
TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE IN ENGLISH CLASS
Professors Richard Beach, Jeff Share and Allen Webb on their new NCTE book “Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents”
ED LEADER 21…AND THEIR PROFILE OF A GRADUATE PROGRAM
Ken Kay of Ed Leader 21 , Dr. Gail Pletnick ( Supt of Dysart Unified in Surprise AZ and new AASA president) and parent Jeanine Jerkovic on the why and how well it works.
“HOW TO BE HEARD: TEN LESSONS TEACHERS NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND PROFESSION”
The founder of TEACH PLUS, Celine Coggins on her new book of the same title
WE WELCOME THE NEW PRESIDENT
AND PRESIDENT-ELECT OF AASA
Gail Pletnick, Sup’t of Dysart Unifed District 89 in Surprise AZ & Chris Gaines, Supt of Mehlville Public Schools, St. Louis, MO
LITERACY DRIVING SOCIAL CHANGE
From ILA, Our good friend Stephen Sye returns with Monita Bell, Senior Editor for Teaching Tolerance at The Southern Poverty Law Center
THE NEWLY RELEASED ISTE STANDARDS
Sarah Stoeckl , Sr Project manager at the ISTE Standards Dept. joins me.
an EDUCATION IN AMERICA podcast
Lani Harac , Director of Content at PTO Today, is my guest
AACTE AND THE ONGOING EFFORT
TO BRING MEN OF COLOR INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION
Program Directors and Educational Leaders from Fairfax Cty, VA,
University of South Carolina, Cal State-Northridge, Clemson and Boston University
WHAT’S THE REAL PURPOSE OF A
COLLEGE EDUCATION IN THE 21st CENTURY
Understanding that helps students get in, graduate and get jobs.
We have retired Dean of Marquette U, Dr. Bob Neuman
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE IS COMING
My resident Astronomy expert and the Stem Outreach Director
at Motlow College, Billy Hix, returns
EXPERT MIKE ANDERSON ON HOMEWORK
Where was he when I was in school? A chat about current research and policies.
AUTHOR LEILANI CAUTHEN ON
“THE CONSUMERIZATION OF LEARNING”
The educational continuum she developed as a
philosophic path for education leadership
THE NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Rural Ed matters in all 50 states and it is too often overlooked. Allen Pratt Exec Director of NREA and Dr Jason Bell, Chair of the National Rural Teacher of the Year Award
HISTORY SIMULATIONS
Iowa based History Teacher Dave Harms, founder of
*******************************************************
JULY 2017
KIDS AT RISK!!
THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION…DELAYED?
with Canadian author/educator Mike Maloney
Thanks Aperture Education
Qatar Foundation International presents
A MOVEMENT TO MAKE LEARNING A LANGUAGE A NATIONAL PRIORITY
with ACTFL Executive Director Marty Abbott
SMARTBRIEF /SMARTBLOGS presents TEACHER VOICE…
SCHOOLS AND PARENTS WORKING
TOGETHER TO HELP ‘OUTSIDE THE BOX’ LEARNERS
with educator/award winning blogger for this post Amanda Morin
DIGITAL TRANSITION AT SPRING BRANCH ISD IN TEXAS
Our ongoing series. Thanks again for sponsoring, Discovery Education
DISTRICTS, TELL YOUR STORY
LEARNING FIRST’S BACK TO SCHOOL TOOLKIT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RICH LONG IS MY GUEST
ENHANCING PARENT ENGAGEMENT
WITH DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS
Expert Chris Besse of Fresh Grade is my guest
NCTQ on ESSA EDUCATOR EQUITY
RURAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA
TWO GREAT GUESTS:
Dr. Jeff Hawkins of The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative
and John White, Deputy Ass’t Secretary for Rural Outreach at the US Department of Education
SCHOOL BOARDS AND EDUCATION
NSBA President Kevin Ciak is my guest
THE COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS
DELIVERING AN EQUITABLE EDUCATION
CCSSO Executive Director, the one and only Chris Minnich is my guest
presents
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN READING AND WRITING
Sheridan Blau and Howard Tinberg, , authors of
” Deep Reading:Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom
presents
THE WRITING AND READING IN CLASS WORKSHOPS OF CT TEACHER & AWARD WINNING BLOGGER LANNY BALL
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY & FOSTERING A LOVE OF
READING AND LEARNING
Learn how the Mission School District of Texas and MyON Reader have worked together for literacy and community engagement.
presents author DR.MICHELE HAIKEN ON
GAMIFYING LITERACY
“TECH BUDDIES” AT MERIDEN CT. SCHOOLS
A GREAT NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM IN A TERRIFIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOON
featuring a wonderful parent engagement tool BLOOMZ
working with Parents and Students via POWER MY LEARNING
HACK LEARNING: A SIMPLE APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING
with Publisher Mark Barnes
FLIPPED LEARNING K-20 AND INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD
We’re re-doing last weeks show on INTERNATIONAL FLIPPED LEARNING with Jon Bergmann and joining Jon is the most well know educator in Iceland , my friend Hjalmar Arason about the difference Flipped Learning has made in his Technical Post -Secondary School, Keilar in Keflavik
SMARTBRIEF presents
NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Ms. SYDNEY CHAFFEE
“TAKE RISKS AND IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING”
Sydney is CCSSO Teacher of the Year and also Smartbrief’s Editor’s Choice Content Award
winner this month for this important post
FOR THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY
A PREVIEW OF EDNET 2017
This important industry even is scheduled for Scottsdale AZ in Sept.
Be there or be Square…with EDNET Conference Director Vicki Bigham
SUPPORTING THE MOST CHALLENGING KIDS
TEACHER VOICE , thanks to Smartbrief..the voice of Vermont teacher Alex Shevrin , THEIR Editor’s Choice Content Award winner this month for the blog post :A mindset shift to continue supporting the most frustrating kids.
A TEACHERS UNION CONTROVERSY IN CALIFORNIA
Michelle Raley is my guest.
She’s part of a lawsuit that challenges the requirement
that even non-union member teachers must pay fees that some consider politically motivated.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCHOOLS AND MEDICAID
with Executive Director of NAME, National Association of Medicaid in Education John Hill and Kathy Merry Director of of Medicaid Reimbursement for a large Michigan County. Any Medicaid cuts truly affect education
FREE RESOURCES TO HELP AND SUPPORT TEACHERS
. Listen to this one!!
NEA’s Carson Helsper and Big Deal Media’s Marilyn Schutz are my guests
IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
WITH FIDELITY…& TANGIBLE RESULTS
7Mindsets co-founder Jeff Waller and
- Elementary Principal Tracey Smith are my guests
TEACHER VOICE AFFECTING TEACHER PREP
TEACH PLUS Texas Teaching Policy Fellow Christopher Green
on the value of solid mentor-ship and teacher prep
LISTEN HERE
LIVE FROM ISTE : 3 DIFFERENT SHOWS FOR YOU
RICH LONG , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEARNING FIRST
WITH GREAT INSIGHTS ON EDUCATION NATIONALLY
TEACHER VOICE FROM SMARTBRIEF WITH TEACHER LAUREN POROSOFF:
Another Editor’s Choice Content Award winner this month
for her blog post Teaching students to see each other.
ZOO EDUCATION AND ASHBORO NC SCHOOLS
The Ashboro City Zoo School; with Supt. Terry Worrell and
Pat Simmons.Director of The North Carolina Zoological Park
CHANNEL ONE NEWS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
Dave Drucker, VP at ChannelOne on getting the news
to kids in class in the age of Fake news
ASSESSING YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DIGITAL LEAP
CoSN’s new Matrix & Peer Review
BEING GENERATIONALLY SAVVY IN YOUR COMMUNICATION
Working Effectively Across the Generations:Collaborating, supervising and working with colleagues who aren’t your age and how you modify your communication to be most effective with renowned education Consultant Jennifer Abrams .
Presnted by EdCircuit.com
The American Consortium for Equity in Education, publisher of the "Equity & Access" journal, celebrates and connects the educators, associations, community partners and industry leaders who are working to solve problems and create a more equitable environment for historically underserved pre K-12 students throughout the United States.
- American Consortium for Equity in Educationhttps://ace-ed.org/author/admin/
- American Consortium for Equity in Educationhttps://ace-ed.org/author/admin/
- American Consortium for Equity in Educationhttps://ace-ed.org/author/admin/
- American Consortium for Equity in Educationhttps://ace-ed.org/author/admin/
