Roll Call Podcast

RC011 Using a Build, Measure, Learn Approach to Education with Mark Weyers   Mark is the Founder of IIAD Global, an education and innovation company that works with colleges and universities to generate alternative streams of revenue through the establishment of online learning and satellite branch campuses all over the world. Mark has consulted with schools, colleges and universities in Canada, I...

RC010 One Trusted Adult - Student/teacher Interactions that Respect Boundaries and Healthy Relationships with Brooklyn Raney   Brooklyn Raney is the Founder and Director of the Girls Leadership Camp as well as the Founder of Generation Change, a nonprofit organization that seeks to embolden youth to become empathetic and compassionate change-makers through cross-generational mentorship. She has sp...

RC009 Student Leadership Matters: Student Leadership is Much More Than Organizing School Dances   Jeremy LaCasse is the Assistant Headmaster at Taft Boarding School. He is also the Director of the Association of Boarding Schools New Teacher Academy and the Dean of the Leadership Lab at the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute at Fountain Valley School. With an extensive background in the boarding s...

RC008 Speaking Truth to Power… well… Sometimes: Conversations in School Leadership   Dr. Scott Lowrey is an Assistant Professor with limited duties at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a former elementary school principal and in 2005, he received Canada's Outstanding Principals recognition. He is the co-editor of The Principal Reader: Narratives of Experience and The Leader Read...

RC007 Making 10,000 Cups of Tea: Women Leaders in Education   Julianne Puente is the Deputy Headmaster and Dean of Students at the King's Academy Boarding and Day School in Jordan. She has held a variety of roles at multiple day boarding schools ranging from classroom educator to senior administration. She is a Renaissance educator with a passion for children, teaching, coaching, faculty developme...

RC006 School's Out! Supporting LGBTQ2+ Students in Our Schools   Mike Richard is a Sexual Health Educator and Literacy Mentor for the province of New Brunswick. He is highly recognized throughout New Brunswick for his work in helping to rewrite the provincial curriculum in health. Mike earned his undergraduate degree from St. Thomas University and recently received his Master's degree in Education...

RC005 Teach, Coach, Live: The Triple Threat in Boarding Schools   Dr. Greg Martin is a history teacher and Upper School Dean at Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, PA. He is a published author that has spent countless hours writing and advocating on the ideas of teaching, coaching, and living in boarding schools and the viability of this trifecta in today's modern teaching society. He earned his Ed. D....

RC004 Why did you do that? I don't know: The Teenage Brain and How to Work with It   Dr. Sohel Shivji is the school psychologist at the Foundations for the Future Charter Academy (FFCA). He is the owner of the Mind Over Matter Psychological Services Clinic and works as a Neurotherapist at Myosemmetries Calgary. Dr. Sohel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Life Science, a Bachelor of Arts in Psy...

RC003 Everyone Belongs: Safe Spaces are Needed in Schools and in Classrooms   Bharati Singh is a senior chemistry teacher and Principal Educator at Foundations for the Future Charter Academy (FFCA) as well as an Evaluator for the Permanent Certification for the Association of Independent Schools and Colleges in Alberta, Canada. She is the former Principal of Third Academy International and the for...

RC002 Canaries in the Coal Mine: Finding Good Teachers   Kristopher Churchill is recognized as a thought-leader in Canadian independent school education. He is currently the Head of the Senior School at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. He is the Former Assistant Head of School at Albert College as well as a Dorm Parent, father, and husband. Kristopher has also served as a 'road warrio...

RC001 We should do a Podcast: The First One   Welcome to the first episode of Roll Call with Brian Murray and Josh Symonds, the podcast helping education professionals stay at the forefront of global trends in the independent education and boarding school environments. Brian Murray holds a degree in Liberal Arts with a focus on History and English from St. Thomas University and a Master's degree i...