Learning Counsel Report Podcast

Research sourced from multiple industries and the definition of both devolution and cascading failure are the topics of this podcast.  The mass teacher shortages are mirrored in other industries, and some new data from the insurance actuaries are indicating part of the "why."  At the end, LeiLani challenges listeners with the key questions about meeting challenges in K12 that will come as soon as...

In this podcast, LeiLani discusses the teacher shortage, what teachers were doing during the lockdowns, video conference call fatigue, the face of consumerized learning and the consumer awakening during.  The perfect storm of these things plus the "short form versus long form" learning issue is discussed as influencing what schools need to think about post the pandemic.

In this episode of the Learning Leadership Society Report, your Host LeiLani Cauthen speaks with Carrie Doom and Michele Pulver, both with Lexia Learning. With no holds barred, Cauthen lays it on the line, asking the team from Lexia, "Why is literacy at the heart of educational equity?"  According to Pulver, "Literacy is at the heart of equity because it's the foundation of everything that we ask...

In this episode of the Learning Leadership Society Report, your Host LeiLani Cauthen speaks with Chris McMurray, the Learning Counsel's new Chief Academic Officer. As the Learning Counsel begins direct engagements with schools and school districts, Chris McMurray will take the point and help guide them towards real transformation . According to Cauthen, "There's a new future being built. First, th...

When entering our education system as an emergent bilingual, the nuances are everything. Especially if you have an eye towards equity. In this episode of The EduJedi Report, Host LeiLani Cauthen and her guest, Javier Ruiz, Education Content Specialist – English Language Development at Lexia Learning, discuss the growing awareness of equity as we serve our emergent bilingual students (historically...

As we write our new epic and talk about the age of the Age of Knowledge and the Age of Technology, and then into the Age of Experience, we'll see we used our knowledge in a scaffolded way to aim for the perfect life. In this episode, Host LeiLani Cauthen and Guest Tom Finn, President/CEO & Employee-Owner of AVID Products discuss the tremendous changes in the education market and the positive struc...

In this episode of the EduJedi Report podcast, Host and Learning Counsel CEO LeiLani Cauthen talks with Kristie Shelley, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum at Lexia Learning about digital learning design that is heritage-relevant.   Lexia English is a K-6 product that helps promote bilingualism or multilingualism. From day one, they approached the program with an asset model, which m...

Age-old instructional methods for language learning have had structures that predispose them to English-language only delivery models.  New digital delivery mechanisms make way for learning scaffolding that is culturally responsive to empower educators to lead bi-lingual learners in systems without built-in prejudices.  Listen in to find out exactly what it means to have learning built digitally t...

The pandemic has taught us many things, one being there is a lot of confusion around what effective blended learning really looks like. What are some actionable strategies for integrating technology in the classroom and supporting blended learning? Listen as LeiLani talks with two pros, Alexis Treat, Sr. Director of Literacy Curriculum and Meg Van Voorhis, Director of Professional Learning from Le...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a lot of innovation in how testing and assessment is used to provide students and schools with starting places to identify and address unfinished learning. The most critical aspect is to go beyond trying to normalize all students for a teaching reset and use assessments to support recovery from learning loss as well as flag unfinished learning. The application of a...

Longtime friend and great intellect Drew Hinds, Executive Director of Technology Services from Huntington Beach City School District in California, discusses with LeiLani the idea of Hybrid Logistics as an answer to the huge disruption of how schools currently use time and space.  The student requirement for significant flexibility is here, and what does that mean for schools?  What does personali...

LeiLani Cauthen discusses what EduJedi are seeing for changes in expectations and what schools will need to do to overcome "hidden" frictions. She also brings up "infinity scale logic" versus binary logic and why it is important to be familiar with it to address cultural shifts in schools.  Listen to also find out the "two modes" of communications patterns for students today.

What if testing was more human centric and not so scary and indiscriminate?  Listen to this discussion about bringing back meaning to assessments through new skills in data and logic that work even in distance learning scenarios.  EduJedi LeiLani Cauthen interviews CEO Laura Slover and Joey Web, Director of Academic Services, of CenterPoint Education Solutions.    

EduJedi LeiLani Cauthen and Fred King from Cisco discuss the "why" of simultaneous teaching in a live classroom plus via video online feels a lot like going on stage.  Behavior tends to change when cameras are panning, tilting, zooming, so a new Cisco solution modifies all that with a stationary "quad-cam" and audio detection that auto-creates a split-screen and software manages everything.  Plus...

Schools now have a big worry about lack of learning because students just can't see or hear well, either because of masks and plexiglass everywhere on site or from a distance over video feeds.  Guest Daniel Kleman and EduJedi LeiLani Cauthen discuss things like invisible sound bubbles that block background noise, artificial intelligence managing audio beams so the teacher is heard by all and stude...

Dr. Lance Ford, Chief Technology Officer from Howe County Schools in Oklahoma shares their journey pivoting to digital, battling poor connectivity, and grappling with the reality of a new normal of expectations by students and parents. Innovative thinking from this smallish district shows what's non-negotiable in delivering learning and how a new formula is taking center stage. A fun and fast conv...

Let's hear from a technical expert on K12 school security about the big picture on information security.  LeiLani interviews Doug Walsten from Cisco who mentions both data-at-rest and data-in-motion with regards to school data, which most school and district leaders know is "everywhere" in their systems, in the cloud, or on some teacher's desktop.  All of it has encompassing laws that need to be c...

The transformation of learning where suddenly students and teachers are not physically together has driven widespread use of video conferencing.  Screen fatigue complaints and disengagement were center stage early on, but certain folks like Suzanne Phillips rode in to show how to do it right.  LeiLani interviews Suzanne Phillips from Cisco Webex who has focused on creating tips and resources for t...

Schools are bringing on professional grade digital curriculum and aiming at true personalization.  LeiLani hosts Liz Brooke and Michele Eaton, Director of Virtual And Blended Learning from the M.S.D. of Wayne Township.  This discussion about what software can do in schools reveals how leaders are trying to balance human teaching within a new context of real personalization because of more sophisti...

Esports is the new "hook" to keep students working in other subjects despite being remote or partially physically attending schools in some sort of hybrid schedule.  LeiLani discusses the emerging ultra-significance of esports and gaming in K12 education with Dr. Miles Harvey, 8th Grade Video Game-Based Learning and Esports Coach, Albuquerque Public Schools and Luke Stebick, Account Executive at T...

Given the ongoing pandemic, schools, districts and whole States have been grappling with awkward school schedules, hybrid style environments, and mismatched achievement because student online attendance during the later part of Spring was so unpredictable. States have stepped in to measure both academics and social-emotional learning to get achievement back on track. This podcast discusses what th...

The nation made a giant leap forward into technology for K12 in 2020 and that transition continues, with some new twists.  LeiLani hosts Renee Patton, Global Director of Education and Healthcare from Cisco's Industry Solutions Group.  With "so many newbies," the new schools and districts since the pandemic started, all rolling out massive numbers of computing devices to students, they discuss what...

LeiLani discusses with Justin Reilly, the CEO of Impero, a missing ingredient for managing the sudden mass deployments of devices by K12 schools. Student safety, but more importantly, the well-being of students socially and emotionally, has a new guardian with advanced mobile device management software. Reilly's comments about what's imperative now that schools are still mostly hybrid or remote le...

Do you want to be thoroughly impressed about cross-curricular STEM learning remotely?  Anika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old, won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge and was named America's Top Young Scientist of 2020. She found a molecule that can selectively bind to the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in an attempt to find a cure for the pandemic.  Programs for schools from Discovery Education combin...

Tens of thousands of school leaders are realizing they may have lost a year of progress with students. LeiLani discusses with Dr. Liz Brooke, Chief Learning Officer at Lexia and Felecia Evans, Principal at Lander Elementary School, Mayfield Heights, OH, what to do about realigning student learning amidst ongoing alternate schedules including on-campus, remote and hybrid learning. As educators come...