Uncommon Voices, Uncommon Visions

I was fortunate to meet 2018 Illinois Teacher of the Year, Dr. Lindsey Jenson , through our mutual roles on the Regional 9 Comprehensive Center Advisory Board.  As women passionate about equity and challenging systems, in this episode, Lindsey and I talk about why she’s “unapologetically passionate about education.”  The key to Dr. Jenson’s classroom success lies in trusting her students and ensur...

Join Empowering Youth of Iowa (EYI) Founder and President, Sarah Swayze, as we talk about EYI working to help struggling adolescents catch up and graduate with their peers.  The key is having the flexibility to work directly with youth through the establishment of trusting facilitative relationships geared towards helping them understand how they learn and how to advocate for themselves.  Schools...

What is taught?  Who are “our” students?  Who are “our” teachers?  What role does the community play in working within the educational system?  These critical questions have been asked and argued since shortly after the founding of the United States.  Pete Clancy, South Central UniServ Representative for the Iowa State Education Association and current doctoral student at the University of Iowa in...

Current Director of Diversity & Cultural Responsiveness in the Iowa City Community School District and entrepreneur, Laura Gray, joins me to discuss the importance of helping educators to find inspiration and fill up our cups during these stressful and demanding times.  She believes that through checking in and taking care of ourselves, we’re better able to serve our students and communities....

Just a short teaser about the launch of my new venture, Liminal Education Consultant, which includes creating a podcast, "Uncommon Voices, Uncommon Visions," as well as several writing projects.

Speaks to the importance of investing in education, specifically educational workers such as teachers, counselors, engagement specialists, para-educators, custodians, secretaries, administrators, food service workers, and the multitude of others who contribute to schools and the educational process.  In this way, those adults can invest in the students and their families and the broader community....