Ready Set Growth - Inspiration for Teachers

Have you ever wondered how learning stations could help improve student engagement and self-efficacy join Nick as he sits down to talk with Chris Skierski to talk all thing learning stations. Chris will help break down how learning stations can be used to facilitate personalized learning and meet kids where they are.  Follow us on: https://bit.ly/37lIvod - Instagram https://bit.ly/2EBSkCz - Facebo...

In this segment of Flipgird Friday we hear from two incredible teachers, Yaritza Villalba and Jennifer Mahin.  If you have been looking for a way to encourage and create more engagement outside of just doing classroom presentation please have a listen to how Flipgrid can be used in your classroom. And the best part it doesn't matter if you're in remote or in classroom learning this tool is amazing...

Join Nick as he explores how he and guest Ashley Bodnar brought Terry Fox's legacy to life inside their classrooms.  Nick and Ashley discuss why it was important for them both to build community while also celebrating Terry's Marathon of Hope.  If you have been asking yourself what makes a good question, how its constructed and the importance of including student this episode will help guide you t...

We all have students who seem to always self sabotage and never think what they are doing is good enough, when in reality they are doing exactly what they need to.  Join Nick as he sits down with Alice Boyes a clinical psychologist and author of the Healthy Mind Toolkit  and  The Anxiety Toolkit  to talk about how we as teachers can help our students work through self sabotaging behaviours.   Foll...

It is easy to over think what you are NOT doing to be a better leader in your school with your colleagues and in the classroom with your students. What if I told you, you are already doing some great things to be a good leader in the classroom you just need to recognize them. Join Nick as he dives into the things that good leaders do but don't know they are doing that create a positive community. 

We all make mistakes, but we are not defined by our mistakes. The same is true for our students, join Nick as he talks mistakes with Jamie M. Carroll. Jamie has a Ph. D. in Sociology and the Associate Project Director for the National Study of Learning Mindsets (NSLM) at the Population Researcher Center at the University of Texas at Austin. If you are looking for strategies and ideas to help your...

In our first ever segment of Flipgird Friday we hear from two incredible teachers, Andy Knueven and Chanel Johnson.  If you have been looking for a way to encourage and create more engagement outside of just doing classroom presentation please have a listen to how Flipgrid can be used in your classroom. And the best part it doesn't matter if you're in remote or in classroom learning this tool is a...

Have you ever wondered where motivation comes from, or we as teachers can help harness it within our classroom? Join Nick as he sits down to discuss how we can avoid four key motivational traps that are impacting your students' on a daily basis.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp - Twitter  https://bit.ly/2YWVW91 - Fa...

In this Episode Nick takes the time to discuss respect, how to give it, earn and receive it in return from the teens in our lives and our classrooms. Nick is joined by Alexandra Frost, Alex is a high school publications teacher in Cincinnati, OH. She encourages her students to develop communication skills, independence, and a passion for writing in their authentic writers' voices. Follow us on soc...

In this episode, Nick sits down with long time friend and former team parent Jana El-Guebaly to talk about her journey of self-discovery and why understanding her "why" in education was so important to be her authentic self.  Jana shares how perfectionism was slowly but surely making teaching more difficult with everyday tasks assigned to her and how becoming a parent help refocused her attention...

Join Nick as he talk with the President of the Alberta Teacher's Association Jason Schilling to discuss his perceptive on the last year, and the challenges going into this school for any teacher. Jason also shares in the challenges of navigating curriculum redesign and the experiences he draws upon when faced with difficult situations at the highest level.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetg...

Sometimes in order to find answers for the classroom, teachers need to look to examples from well outside of it. In this episode, Nick sits down with Melanie O'Neil owner and operator of Rustic Marlin to discuss the most expensive phrase in business. "That's the way we've always done it" How can leaders help facilitate change in a meaningful and team-first way and how can these lessons be brought...

In this episode, Nick sits down with teacher, blogger, and author Alice Aspinall to talk about how we can create an environment that fosters a growth mindset. 

If you have been wondering how to streamline marking and grading in your class and with your students, this episode will help. Nick sits down with Myron Duek teacher and author of "Grading Smarter Not Harder" to discuss how this book came to be, how teachers can simplify their assessment process, and how can students need to be part of this process. 

In this episode, Nick sits down with his ELA/Hum team partner Hannah Kappeller, a first-year teacher who helps explain how she navigates important social topics with her students.  Discussing sensitive subjects like politics, religion, race, and cultural inequalities with our students shouldn't be something we shy away, listen has Hannah explain the breakdown from start to finish. 

Distance learning has been challenging in so many ways, but by identifying and learning how to avoid the traps of remote teaching you can help grow your practice. Listen as Nick sit down with Dr. Rebecca Winthrop of the Brookings Institute about the five traps to watch for during remote teaching.  Dr. Rebecca Winthrop is a Fellow and Director at the Brookings Institute. Her research focuses on edu...

In this episode, Nick sits down with the entire Flipgrid team to talk all things Flipgrid. With so many teachers searching for new mediums to connect with their students remotely Flipgrid is a platform designed to do exactly that. If you are looking for a way to reignite that spark and see your students even when we can't be in the same space Flipgrid is the platform worth diving into. 

In this episode, Nick touches on the difficulty of remote teaching and how we can do the things we always do within the context of distance learning. What is the little that we can do as teachers with our students that can add up and make for more engagement with our students? 

In this episode goes through his top 10 tips, tricks and platform for tackling the challenge of teaching remotely with your classes. 

In this episode, Nick sits down with David Marquet a former US Navy officer who commanded the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear submarine, and literally turned the ship around. Captain Marquet began treating his crew as leaders, not followers, and giving control, not taking control. It wasn't long before operations took a dramatic turn. Santa Fe went from "worst to first," achieving the highest retention an...

In this episode, Nick sits down with Kate Stewart, a former student teacher at his school and talk all things new teacher. How we can help new teachers and what they bring to the school community. 

In this episode, Nick sits down with blogger, speaker, teacher, and author Trevor Mackenzie to talk all things inquiry. From the things are make inquiry amazing, to why it can be challenging but most importantly why it is such an engaging approach to teaching. 

In this episode Nick sits and talks to Vince Bustamante, a long time friend and system strategist with Edmonton Catholic School District.  Vince joins Nick to discuss his work with John Hattie and others on improving potential to implementation and sparking joy and developing the skill, will and thrill of learning. 

In this episode Nick discusses the connection between our favourite teachers and how that help shapes our learners. When relationships are at the forefront of our practice, it changes everything.  Who was your favourite teacher, and think about those things they did for you as a young person. 

In this episode, Nick sits down with one of his younger team partners Nadim. Listen as they talk about everything from Nadim's time teaching in Sweden to overcoming self-doubt and learning how to develop your own identity in your practice.