NACCTEP Now

This episode finds NACCTEP Executive Director Julie Ferin in conversation with Dr. Heidi Kasevich, a leading expert on introverts. Dr. Kasevich shares insights on how to work with introverts in the classroom. Tips for teachers include pausing after questions and providing a quiet corner or quiet time to build in silence and solitude. In moving one's thinking from participation to engagement, i...

In this episode we chat with Dr. Kevin Wong, Associate Professor of Education at Pepperdine University and Managing Editor of The Teacher Advocate by KDP , a Kappa Delta Pi publication, as well as Michelle Melani, Director of Knowledge Integration for KDP, on the many values related to The Teacher Advocate and KDP's The Educational Forum . The conversation includes ideas on how articles can be...

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Melanie Abts, Counseling and Career Services Department Co-Chair at Rio Salado College as well as a licensed associate counselor and licensed school counselor. Dr. Abts shares the importance of taking time for oneself, whether it is to attend medical appointments or just to carve out time for fun. She also discusses having a support system of family, or friends, o...

In honor of Mental Health Month, we're speaking with Dr. Alison Jones of the University of Evansville. Dr. Jones shares her expertise in recognizing and coping with teacher burnout. Born out of her own early career teaching experience, Dr. Jones shares the causes and symptoms of teacher burnout and that it can be contagious. She recommends developing a strong support network and finding simple...

Joyce Milling of Educator Registered Apprenticeship, ERA, Intermediary joins us to share her journey to working with apprentice teachers and how ERA assists states, colleges, and school districts in coming together under the apprenticeship umbrella. With National Apprenticeship Day on April 30th, this timely discussion includes highlights from apprentice teachers as well as advice on how to get in...

In this episode, Dr. Mark LaCelle-Peterson of AAQEP provides an overview of the process and unique characteristics of obtaining accreditation through the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation. He is joined by Drs. Jeff Judd and Christina Keaulana of Leeward Community College at the University of Hawai'i who discuss their journey through the accreditation process. Together t...

The Association of Teacher Educators has been around since 1920 advocating for and supporting those in the teaching profession. Dr. Judy Beck was President in 2020-2021 and Dr. Rachelle Rogers was President in 2022-2023. Drs. Beck and Rogers share recent initiatives such as the recently created Clinical Practice Standards and the revised Teacher Educator Standards. They also share a new book on Ad...

NACCTEP is thrilled to have a chance to talk with the new AACTE President and CEO Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy as she shares her background and her vision for AACTE ahead of the 2025 AACTE Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California February 21-23, 2025. From her early career as a kindergarten teacher through her teaching and leadership roles at Johns Hopkins and American Universities, Dr. Holcomb-McCoy...

Join us as Dr. Katie Sam Monnin shares her journey from earning degrees in English literature to teaching middle school students on September 11, 2001 and how that experience influenced her to using graphic novels as modern literature in the classroom. Dr. Monnin has published eight books on the topic, including her first book Teaching Graphic Novels: Practical Strategies for the Secondary ELA Cla...

Join us as Heather DiFede, co-founder of High Quality IEPs shares the importance of including and supporting all parties involved in creating successful Individualized Education Plans, IEPs, for special needs students. Based out of California and funded through a grant, available resources and guidance are based on current legislation surrounding special education and IEPs including both the recen...

In this episode we hear from Floyd Rumohr about his newly released book,  Stage It! Making Shakespeare Come Alive in Schools,  which is born out of his decades of experience working with students in New York City. The book focuses on four of Shakespeare's plays with extensive lesson plans for teachers to stage parts or up to a forty-minute, abridged adaptation with their students. The beauty of th...

Dawn Brown of the Early Childhood Education Program at Arapahoe Community College shares with NACCTEP Now how her early career as a civil engineer led her to working in early childhood education. Through a home-based child care she started as a way to stay home with her own children she discovered her love of working with youngsters. Ms. Brown continues her work with that population by taking shif...

NACCTEP Now welcomes Ms. Rene' Manning from Rio Salado College's undergraduate Early Childhood Program and Dr. Allison Landy from Northland Pioneer College's Early Childhood Program to jointly discuss the seamless pathway they've developed for students to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education. Through this partnership, students who complete an Associate of Applied Science...

From May 3, 2024 In this episode we kick-off Mental Health month with founder and CEO of Educators Thriving, Dr. Tyler Hester. He shares what he describes as the five pitfalls leading to educator burnout: Overwhelm, personal neglect, conflict, unexpected challenges, and isolation. Moreover, he shares how his team is supporting schools, districts, and labor unions around the country to buck burnout...

Dr. Fay Lee shares her 30 year journey from being a middle school paraprofessional with a bachelor's degree through earning a masters in education with certification to teaching at the preschool and high school levels and on into being a community college instructor, first of English and then of teacher education. From there Dr. Lee added being a faculty advisor for education and on into administr...

Listen in as NACCTEP Executive Director Julie Ferin chats with Dr. Ashleigh Thompson, University Dean of Education for CUNY about how the colleges within the CUNY system are positively affecting the teacher landscape in New York City. Dr. Thompson shares how the colleges interact and collaborate with each other and with the high schools to provide warm transfers on students' journeys to becoming t...

Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation, AAQEP, President and CEO Dr. Mark LaCelle-Peterson joins us in this episode to discuss how AAQEP's success to date plays a role in updating their accreditation standards for the next seven years. Dr. LaCelle-Peterson shares with NACCTEP Executive Director Julie Ferin how feedback from programs that have been accredited has helped to shape...

In this episode, Calvalyn Day discusses the origins of Kappa Delta Pi 's The Rooted Teacher podcast with NACCTEP executive director Julie Ferin. Mrs. Day shares how the podcast was born out of a need for self-care that many teachers, both new and seasoned, were looking for during and after the pandemic. Filled with tips and advice to help new teachers feel rooted in the profession and to re-root s...

NACCTEP Educational Partner, the IRIS Center , is back to share its latest online offerings. Listen as Sarah Semon discusses the recent release of six updated modules related to behavior, executive functioning, progress monitoring, and Bookshare , an organization that provides accessible educational materials to students with print disabilities. Sarah also shares information about the interactive...

Welcome back for NACCTEP's first podcast of the 2024-25 academic year as we listen to Dr. Lennon Audrain, our board President who is returning for a second two-year term, discuss the exciting events NACCTEP has planned for the coming year. The 2024 NACCTEP Fall Institute will culminate a week of discussion board interaction with a expert panel on Community College Apprenticeships. This hallmark ev...

Dr. Steve Bautista, Coordinator and Counselor for the Center for Teacher Education at Santa Ana College as well as Vice President of ACCCTEP, the Association of California Community College Teacher Education Programs, discusses his journey to working with teacher candidates. During his conversation with NACCTEP Executive Director Julie Ferin, he talks about how ACCCTEP was formed on the model of N...

Sarah Moore, former President of Middlesex College's Alpha Theta Zeta chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, KDP, talks with NACCTEP Executive Director Julie Ferin about re-careering from nursing to teaching and how KDP brought her the sense of community she needed as a community college student. From one of her first days on campus, Ms. Moore sought out the camaraderie of other student members of KDP whom sh...

The Phoenix Union High School district recognized that during the pandemic educator stress levels rose exponentially and created the Health and Wellness Specialist position. Dr. Erika Collins-Frazier is the first to take on that role in 2021 and has seen the interest and success of health and wellness efforts grow each school year. Employing strategies such as micro-learning, monthly webinars with...

Valerie Sakimura, Executive Director, and Jim Heal, Senior Program Director, from Deans for Impact join NACCTEP Now to discuss their work to equip future teachers with the tools to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive classrooms so that all children thrive. For nearly 10 years, their organization has supported close to 200 teacher preparation programs and school districts in preparing aspirin...

Robert Parker, Manager of Strategic Partnerships for 240 Tutoring shares what inspired founder and CEO Scott Rozell to create 240 Tutoring in October 2010. He also discusses the individualized nature of their test preparation courses from benchmark assessments at the beginning of a course to providing guidance on incorrect answers in order to learn the concepts necessary to successfully pass the t...