Navigating Education - The Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads had a solo monologue discussing some of the major themes encompassing all 50 episodes of the podcast to help educators navigate the present and future of education. The themes discussed will include relationships first, Maslow before below, educator autonomy, professional development pathways, feedback over grading, encouraging gratitude, risk-taking, and innovation, an...

In this episode, we will be discussing how gratitude can not only affect us on a personal basis but also transform our classrooms and schools. Our guest for this episode, Lainie Rowell, author of the book Evolving with Gratitude, provides strategies and ideas to help our own personal gratitude practices as well as transfer them to our classrooms and schools. By the end of this show, you will have...

In this episode of the podcast, we will be discussing instructional models we see in our schools. Currently, there have been pockets of instructional innovation as well as a pushback to traditional instructional models. Our guest, Nate Ridgway has developed a multitude of different strategies and EdTech integrations to try to break away from the traditional educational instructional models we see...

In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Rebecca Rolland discusses her work related to how to communicate with children, including examples from her book The Art of Talking with Children. In an ever-changing world, educators and families need to build a toolkit of communication skills to meet children where they are at as well as help build their communication and emotional intelligence skills. Our hop...

In this episode of Navigating Education - The Podcast, Dr. Rhoads will discuss with Tech Coach Ainsley Hill coaching trends from the 2021-2022 school year, planning for next year, and how to best meet teachers where they are at in relation to the technology integration and instructional capacities. We will outline tips and strategies to help tech coaches, instructional coaches, and instructional l...

In this episode of Navigating Education - The Podcast, our guests Drs. Richard Bernato and Al Pisano, will outline "The Collective Mindset" as an organizational, future-w/  based, and innovative framework to help schools, districts, and organizations navigate the present and future.  Additionally, in this episode, our guests will provide leadership and teaching insight throughout the epi...

In this episode, we will discuss the "Expert Effect" and how that can amplify student learning by bringing in an expert from the field to discuss and support what students are learning. We will discuss strategies on how to implement this within K-16 classrooms and how it aligns with project-based learning. Last, we will dive into the Expert Expedition to learn more about how we can use various tex...

In this episode of Navigating Education - The Podcast, Paul Emerich France will discuss his sustainable teaching project and the major themes he has uncovered. In this same light, we will also discuss various systemic and personal and individualized solutions to help make teaching more of a sustainable career and practice. Additionally, we will focus on personalized learning and Paul's ideas relat...

In this episode, we will be meeting with Laura Boyd, a middle school Spanish teacher, who uses engaging strategies to create classrooms that are student-driven. Additionally, we will have a conversation about how she uses EdTech to amplify the strategies she utilizes. Last, we will discuss how she develops student community and uses social-emotional learning as a basis for doing so. Guest Bio: Lau...

In this episode of the podcast, we will be discussing how we can use technology to help amplify and support students become multilingual. We will be joined by Language Consultant Joe Dale, who is an expert in using tech-infused pedagogy to teach languages to students. Throughout this episode, we will focus on how we can teach languages to students within any setting using the best tech-infused str...

In this episode, we will be discussing the similarities and differences of Adult Education in the US and UK. We will have three guests from the UK, Dr. Lou MyCroft, Jo FletcherSaxon, and Mel Lenehen. They all have leadership positions in Adult Schools in the UK, which will give us insight as to how Adult Schools are organized and what programs they offer. A must listen to learn more about Adult Ed...

In this episode of Navigating Education - The Podcast, we will be discussing school finance with Dr. Larry Dake who is an Assistant Superintendant for Budget and Instruction from New York. An important topic that is not discussed enough. We can't wait to share his insights to help educators from all areas within the school community navigate school finance as important stakeholders in the budgetin...

In this episode, we discuss EdTech tool integrations that can best meet teachers' needs as we move through the first quarter of 2022. Much of our conversation outlined blended learning strategies like station rotation and how to implement them in blended learning strategies. Additionally, we discuss coaching and how to best approach instructional and EdTech coaching during this time when we are ex...

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the topic of data literacy with Kyle Holder who is the CEO of IoN Software Group. Mr. Holder is an expert in education data consolidation and creating reports for schools utilizing a wide variety of metrics. Throughout this episode we discussed how data is being collected and utilized around the K-12 landscape. Additionally, we outlined data literacy skil...

In this episode, Ms. Timmerberg defines and discusses community schooling and how it differs from K-12 neighborhood schools. She outlines the various programs, collaborations, and events community-based schools provide that go above and beyond what traditional school districts provide. For those who do not know about community schooling, this is an episode that will help build foundational knowled...

As the first season of Navigating Education - The Podcast comes to a close, Dr. Rhoads discusses his reflections and summarizes some of the major themes outlined in the first season of the podcast. From coaching, leadership, instruction, and more, Dr. Rhoads discusses how building relationships is a catalyst to navigating the present and future of education. In addition, he describes a number of e...

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads outlines his top three themes from the six-part Education Coaching series. Throughout this episode, he reflects on how building relationships, having a coaching mindset of less is more, and being a reflective and connected coach are important facets in navigating the present and future of education as a coach and instructional leader. In less than fifteen minutes, liste...

In this final episode of the Education Coaching Series, Dr. Rhoads sat down with Jake Miller to discuss coaching with the EdTech Integrationists mindset. Our conversation focused on several strategies to help teachers utilize technology in classrooms. We outlined steps to how to select EdTech tools to meet a teacher's needs. Additionally, we had a conversation about our goal as coaches is to make...

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads interviews Janelle McLaughlin in Part 5 of the Coaching Series, which focuses on Coaching Educational Leaders. Throughout the episode, we discuss how coaching school and district leaders can lead to transformational effects on teachers and students. One of the themes expressed throughout the episode is building trust and the relationship with the coach to ensure that ac...

On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Rhoads sits down with his high school AAU basketball coach Todd Malecki. Coach Malecki has been a mentor of mine over the course of my playing career as well as throughout my life. I wanted to have Coach Malecki on the podcast for this series as he's been the most instrumental coach I have ever had. As a result, I wanted to pick his brain to learn many important...

In the 30th episode of Navigating Education - The Podcast, Dr. Rhoads discussed the topic of Education Futuring with Dr. Richard Bernato. We outlined several important definitions and background of futuring and how it can help schools and districts navigate and prepare for the future in our ever-changing world. From curriculum, EdTech integration, to organizational planning and changing laws and d...

Dr. Rhoads sat down with Sean Scanlon to discuss EdTech and instructional coaching for Part Three of the Coaching Series. In this episode, we discussed building relationships, going slow and steady, and what are some of the best strategies to roll out professional development throughout the year. We touch on the importance of empathy and asking teachers to never do anything you would not do. Addit...

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads interviews Dr. Samantha Fecich on coaching and supervising pre-service teachers. Our conversation outlines relationship building with these students as they experience student teaching. Additionally, we focus on providing feedback and crafting mindsets that focus on the small wins each day that add up over time. Our discussion also touches on a number of coaching tips t...

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads met with Steven "Etienne" Langlois in Part 1 of Navigating Education - The Podcast Coaching Series. We both discussed how instructional coaches at the beginning of the year can build relationships and start the year off on the right foot with teachers and their administrative team. Much was discussed about observing at the beginning of the year and having an assortment...

In this episode, Dr. Rhoads interviews CEO and Found of GotLearning, Mike Rutherford, on the topic of qualitative data as an opportunity to measure student progress and growth. Mr. Rutherford has had a long experience in and out of K-12 education in both the classroom setting and in the EdTech industry. He and his team developed a tool that provides opportunities for teachers to consolidate qualit...