3 Ps in a Pod: An Education Podcast

When you hear about using data in your teaching practice, you may think about test scores, but Shane Safir and Dr. Jamila Dugan are expanding our idea about data and how we can use it to support our students and our teaching. Safir and Dugan are the co-authors of Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation and will be speaking at this summer's Teacher Leade...

Welcome a new school principal and a new co-host of 3Ps in a Pod to today's episode! New co-host Paula joins Marlys to talk with first-year principal Biju Padmanabhan about his transition from the classroom to leading a school community and what he's learned through the past year. Padmanabhan is the principal of Gililland Middle School in Tempe Elementary School District and has worked to uplift t...

Tony Vincent is a familiar face at Arizona K12 Center's technology events and will again be "the cruise director" at this summer's Camp Plug and Play.  In this episode, Vincent shares the history of Camp Plug and Play and gives an overview of the returning strands "campers" can explore in depth this summer – Get Google Certified, Making HyperDocs, and Making Media – and introduces this year's two...

Trevor MacKenzie is back on 3Ps on a Pod to talk with hosts Kathleen and Marlys about inquiry-based learning and what that truly looks like in the classroom. MacKenzie is a teacher, author, and speaker focused on the power of inquiry in learning. He will also be leading this summer's 2nd Annual ATA Beginning Teacher Institute. MacKenzie talks with Kathleen and Marlys about what inquiry-based learn...

Inspired by Chip Heath and Dan Heath's book The Power of Moments , Dr. Mike Flynn has focused his work on how to create meaningful experiences for learners. In this episode of 3Ps in a Pod, he talks with hosts Donnie and Danielle about his exploration into making memorable moments in the math class and how he'll help others explore that this summer through the Arizona K12 Center. Flynn is the Dire...

Note: This episode of 3Ps in a Pod was recorded before the February 21, 2022, vote by the Arizona Senate on the Aggregate Expenditure Limit. As education policy is continually in flux, especially during the legislative session, check out the resources listed below or a local news source to be the most up-to-date on education legislation and policy. More than 230 bills related to K-12 education wer...

For more than 20 years, Julie Kasper, NBCT, has been teaching and supporting refugee students and families. In today's episode, she talks with hosts Marlys and Donnie about the role Arizona schools and teachers can take in supporting refugee and other displaced students in our communities. Kasper is now a Refugee Educator Academy Program Manager for Childhood Education International but started as...

Sean Ross from the Arizona Department of Education joins co-hosts Danielle and Kathleen to talk about the state's new reading endorsement for grades K-5 . Ross is Deputy Associate Superintendent of Academic Standards for the Arizona Department of Education and brings his deep passion for literacy and reading and supporting all of Arizona's learners to today's conversation. Ross shares about the im...

We are kicking off the new year and our 11th season of 3Ps in a Pod by welcoming Arizona K12 Center Executive Director Dr. Kathy Wiebke, NBCT. Kathy joins co-hosts Marlys and Kathleen to reflect on the highs and lows that made up 2021 and shares about what she is looking forward to in 2022. She mentions several accomplishments by the Arizona K12 Center in the past year, including expanding the Ari...

If you haven't heard already, the Arizona K12 Center is the home of the brand new Arizona Teacher Residency! This is a first-of-its-kind graduate program in Arizona, modeled after medical residencies, to help recruit, prepare, support, and retain K-12 teachers. The two-year program aims to prepare aspiring teachers with a rigorous graduate education, a yearlong classroom apprenticeship, and ongoin...

This week, we're replaying one of our favorite episodes of 3Ps in a Pod: Courageous Conversations with Glenn Singleton from April 2019. On this week's podcast, Danielle and Angelia explore the work of Glenn Singleton and how Courageous Conversations about race can help bring about systemic change. During this conversation with Glenn, we explore the Four Agreements and the Six Conditions of Courage...

Prepare to be reminded of the power of education and joy of learning in this week's episode of 3Ps in a Pod! Co-hosts Angelia and Donnie welcome on John Carlo Tulinao, known to his students as "Mr. T," to this week's podcast.  Tulinao is a first-grade music and STEM teacher at Amberlea Elementary School in the Pendergast Elementary School District. He is also a 2022 Arizona Educational Foundation...

Have you wanted to become more engaged in the decision-making in your school, your district, or at the state level?  The Arizona K12 Center partnered with the Office of the Maricopa County School Superintendent to develop a toolkit of resources to equip and empower Arizona teachers with pertinent education information in order to engage and advocate for themselves, their students, and their profes...

Get to know Arizona Teacher of the Year Nancy Parra-Quinlan, NBCT, in this week's 3Ps in a Pod! Hosts Angelia and Donnie welcome Nancy Parra-Quinlan to the podcast to share about her teacher career, her experience since being named Arizona Teacher of the Year, and what she envisions for the next year in that role. Parra-Quinlan works at Kino Junior High School in Mesa Public Schools. A career and...

What do you know about teacher residency programs? These newer teacher training programs are growing in popularity across the country. Today, 3Ps in a Pod hosts Marlys and Donnie talk with Dr. Victoria Theisen-Homer about teacher residency programs and the potential for them in Arizona. Originally from Phoenix, Dr. Theisen-Homer began her career as a teacher in a large Title 1 high school in Los A...

Think back on your first years in the classroom and how we can all support those newest to the profession in this episode all about the first year of teaching! 3Ps in a Pod hosts Angelia and Kathleen start off sharing about their memories from their first years of teaching before welcoming Katee Hurst to the podcast. A first-year teacher, Hurst teaches second-grade at Faith Mathew Sossamon Element...

Lloyd Hopkins is all about creating pathways of involvement for supporters of teachers. In today's episode of 3Ps in a Pod, he talks with hosts Danielle and Kathleen about his experience as a classroom aide and how he transitioned his professional focus to support and recognize the work of teachers. Hopkins is the CEO and founder of the Million Dollar Teacher Project. He began this organization in...

Vince Bustamante, an author and educator who currently works for Edmonton Catholic Schools, joins hosts Angelia and Kathleen for today's episode of 3Ps in a Pod. Bustamante wrote Great Teaching by Design: From Intention to Implementation in the Visible Learning Classroom with John Hattie, John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey.  Bustamante mentions that many resources provide great strategi...

What does it look like for teachers to create inclusive and supportive spaces for the LGBTQ students and teachers in our communities? Join 3Ps co-hosts Donnie and Angelia in this week's episode to hear from Nat Duran, the youth project manager for the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance. Donnie and Angelia first talk with Duran about the work of the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance and Duran's recent wor...

The books we chose to read to students and have in our classroom hold power. In this episode, 3Ps in a Pod hosts Mary and Marlys continue their focus on literacy from last week's episode to this conversation with JoEllen McCarthy. McCarthy is an educator whose work centers on the power of books and how to use books as co-teachers. In this episode, she shares the importance of books that represent...

Does your English language arts teaching center your students' voices? In today's episode of 3Ps in a Pod, hosts Mary and Marlys talk with longtime educator Dr. Tracey T. Flores about how literacy efforts can help students feel "loved, honored, and celebrated in really important ways." Flores is an assistant professor of language and literacy at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches...

Longtime-education advocate Stephanie Parra joins 3Ps in a Pod hosts Danielle and Angelia to discuss the necessity of supporting Latinx students across Arizona.  Parra is the Executive Director of All In Education, an education organization committed to equity for low-income families and communities of color in Arizona. Parra reviews the education landscape for Latinx students in Arizona, especial...

Join 3Ps in a Pod hosts Danielle and Kathleen in hearing from school psychologists and married couple Laura Anderson and Jon Bowen, who also wrote the book The Supportive Classroom: Trauma-Sensitive Strategies for Fostering Resilience and Creating a Safe, Compassionate Environment for All Students. Laura Anderson focuses her work on helping adults best support students. Jon Bowen has worked in a v...

How do you use success criteria in your classroom, and how could understanding success criteria advance your students' learning? That's what we're discussing in this episode of 3Ps in a Pod with Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey, two of the authors of The Success Criteria Playbook . 3Ps in a Pod hosts Angelia and Marlys welcome Fisher and Frey back to the podcast and talk about what has changed for them...

It's a new school year and a new season of 3Ps in a Pod! We're kicking off this 10th season of the podcast by exploring opportunities and resources available to Arizona's newest teachers. 3Ps hosts Kathleen and Danielle first talk about some of the ways that the Arizona K12 Center supports new teachers and review the events coming up in this year's Beginning Teacher Series. They then welcome Miche...