Bright Spots in Education

Our host records live at the 2026 El Dorado Charter SELPA Inspiration to Action Symposium where the theme is Unlocking Doors, Opening Opportunities. Jeremiah sits down with renowned educator, storyteller, and inclusion rights advocate Dr. Shelley Moore to give listeners a preview on her keynote presentation for the conference, talk about rethinking curriculum and assessment to address needs instea...

Jeremiah interviews a live panel of charter leaders at the 2025 Charter SELPA Leadership Academy in Sacramento California. New Charter SELPA program coordinator Grace Ridgeway shares her favorite SELPA sped resources, and panelists give insight into challenges, solutions, and successes from the 2024-2025 school year.     Show Notes:     El Dorado Charter SELPA Special Education Procedural Guide  ...

In Episode 10, sponsored by Pathways to Partnership, Jeremiah sits down with David Dowling, live at the 2025 SELPA Administrators of California ADR Conference to discuss how important active listening, managing your own perspective, and intentional communication can be when resolving or managing disagreements.    Show Notes:    David Dowling  https://www.dowlingdisputeresolution.com/   https://law...

Jeremiah records live at the annual Charter SELPA Leadership Academy in Long Beach, CA. In the Charter SELPA’s first collaboration episode with Pathways to Partnership, Jeremiah sits down with Aubrie Fulk and the P2P crew to learn more about their organization and how they support school leaders, parents, and IEP team members with proactive conflict resolution. Next, he interviews a panel of leade...

In Episode 8, we were able to record live at the 2024 El Dorado Charter SELPA Inspiration to Action Symposium. Our theme was The Power of Hope, and I got to sit down with keynote speaker and disability rights advocate Jennifer Wolfsheimer, as well as our morning speaker, best-selling author and professor Dr. Emad Rahim. Hundreds of educators from across the state were in attendance on location in...

For Episode 7, Moises and Jeremiah sit down with Diana Pastora Carson, the keynote speaker for the upcoming El Dorado Charter SELPA "A Time to Thrive" Symposium in Sacramento on Friday, January 27th, 2023. Diana speaks on the topic of inclusion and provides practical tips on how listeners can serve as allies for individuals with disabilities in their fight for equal rights and access. Diana also s...

Jeremiah records live at the annual Charter SELPA Leadership academy in Sacramento CA and interviews a panel of leaders from across the state on new initiatives at their schools, their improvement plans for the new school year, and key takeaways from the conference. Next, he sits down with conference presenter Jasmine Vance from System Improvement Leads, a CDE and CCEE collaborative project betwee...

In this week’s episode recorded live at the Charter SELPA “Embrace What’s Possible” Symposium in Sacramento, we interview our keynote speakers including musician and inspirational speaker Sparsh Shah, youth advocate and educator Donovan Hall, and leadership coach Mickey Porter on the topics they shared at the conference. In addition, we hear from administrators from the Charter SELPA schools at th...

Our guests Troy Beyer and Maria Osbourne share unique insights on self-care and creating a healthy school culture. We also pull back the curtain on Applied Behavior Analysis and the important role this methodology is playing for students in schools across California. Enjoy the show!

Jeremiah and Moises speak with a live panel of school leaders from across the state about the significance of building a school community, educator self-care, leveraging technology, and navigating the new normal of COVID-19 related challenges and student achievement. As a bonus, you will hear personal stories recorded from attendees at the El Dorado Charter SELPA Leadership Academy, held in July 2...

To access Rachel De Bruin’s curated transition resource padlets, or sign up for upcoming workshops visit: www.abilityeducation.org Padlet code: workshop Visit the California Transition Alliance website at  http://www.catransitionalliance.org to access transition tools and resources for teachers, parents and educators. Additional resources: -California Career zone https://www.cacareerzone.org/ -Cal...

To learn more about the Bright Spots podcast and El Dorado Charter SELPA, visit the website at charterselpa.org. To access resources for ELs and students with disabilities from Imperial County SELPA and the grant-based EL resources referenced in the episode, visit https://www.icoe.org/selpa/el-swd For more information about San Diego Global Vision Academy, visit SDGVA.org California Practitioner’s...