Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Jann Freed, PhD - Breadcrumb Legacy: How Great Leaders Live a Life Worth Remembering. This is episode 569 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jann Freed, PhD is author of the new book "Breadcrumb Legacy: How Great Leaders Live a Life Worth Remembering," just published by Routledge. Based on in-depth interviews with leaders in business and non-business areas, Jann's book serves as a...

Eric Beans: CEO of HAPPHI - A.I., Technology, and Being an Entrepreneur. This is episode 568 of Teaching Learning Leading k12, an audio podcast. Eric Beans is the former CEO of Texting Base and current CEO of HAPPhi (pronounce any way you want). Eric has been in tech since 1996 and an entrepreneur since 2005. Outside of business, Eric is an author, a music producer, an inventor with multiple paten...

Katherine Marsh - The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine. This is episode 567 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Katherine Marsh is an award-winning author of novels for middle-grade readers including The Lost Year; Nowhere Boy, winner of the Middle East Book Award; The Night Tourist, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery; Jepp, Who Defied the Stars...

Joe Dockery: Arts & Media Educator - Real World Projects Through Community Partnerships. This is episode 566 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. A frontline classroom arts and media educator. A professional development leader. An author and frequent conference presenter. Joe Dockery makes sure his students work on real world projects through partnerships he's developed with local b...

Jimmy Casas - Recalibrate the Culture: Our Work - Our Why - Our Values. This is episode 565 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jimmy Casas has been an educator for over 30 years, serving twenty-two years as a school leader, including fourteen years as Principal at Bettendorf High School. Under his leadership, Bettendorf was named one of the Best High Schools in the country three t...

Chad Lewis - Director of Technology at Tampa Preparatory School: VR, AR, Spatial Computing, and Technology in Kids' Lives. This is episode 564 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Chad Lewis has been the Director of Technology at Tampa Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida since August 2010.  He oversees all facets of technology at the school, from network infrastructure and security...

Brenden Kumarasamy: MasterTalk - Becoming a Better Communicator. This is episode 563 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Brenden is the founder of MasterTalk, he coaches ambitious executives & entrepreneurs to become top 1% communicators in their industry. He also has a popular YouTube channel called MasterTalk, with the goal of providing free access to communication tools for ever...

    Todd Whitaker: Educator, Speaker, Author, & Idea Generator - Climate, Culture, Motivation, AI, & More. This is episode 562 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Todd Whitaker has been fortunate to be able to blend his passion with his career. Recognized as a leading presenter in the field of education, his message about the importance of teaching has resonated with hundreds o...

ST Rappaport: Rewire You're Brain to be More Effective and Efficient. This is episode 561 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.   ST Rappaport is a brain coach. When she was in 5th grade she still couldn't read properly.  After endless hours of tutors that left nothing but high bills, it was time to take another approach. She found and focused on the core issue. As a result, her life...

Suzanne Sprague and Virtual Science Teachers - Providing Free Science Learning Resources. This is episode 560 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Suzanne is passionate about teaching and firmly believes in the transformative power of education to unlock people’s potential.  She has a background teaching in-person high school physics and chemistry and online middle school science. ...

Danielle Sullivan: National Director of Content and Implementation at Curriculum Associates - Middle School Leadership and Thriving in the School. This is episode 559 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Danielle Sullivan brings 10 years of teaching experience to her role as a national director of content and implementation at Curriculum Associates. She specializes in establishing a...

Ed Hajim shares his memoir On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom. This is episode 558 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Ed Hajim, the son of a Syrian immigrant, is a seasoned Wall Street executive with more than 50 years of investment experience. He has held senior management positions with the Capital Group, E.F. Hutton, and Lehman B...

Jason Lange: Co-Founder & President of BloomBoard - Helping School Systems Recruit, Retain, & Support Their Educators. This is episode 557 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.  Jason Lange is the Co-founder and President of BloomBoard, a workforce development company with a core focus on professional advancement for K-12 educators.  Prior to founding BloomBoard, Jason worked in priv...

Ronna Wineberg: Artifacts and Other Stories. This is episode 556 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Ronna Wineberg is an award-winning author of four books, including her newest one, Artifacts and Other Stories, a collection of short stories which is our focus today. Her latest book was long-listed for the Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition and was a finalist for the Eric H...

Brian Gorman: Coaching, the Change Journey, and Being a Successful Leader. This is episode 555 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Through decades of experience in guiding organizations through change, Brian Gorman has learned that it isn't organizations that change. It's people. His understanding of the change journey and how to move through it has successfully served global corpo...

Jennifer Serravallo: The Reading Strategies Book 2.0. This is episode 554 of my audio podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12. Jennifer Serravallo is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Reading Strategies Book and The Writing Strategies Book , which have been translated into Spanish , French, and Chinese. These and her other popular books and resources help teachers make goal-directed re...

Brad Sever talks about his book Sustainable Project-Based Learning: 5 Steps for Designing Authentic Classroom Experiences in Grades 5-12. This is episode 553 of my audio podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12. Brad Sever is an assistant principal at Carmel High School in Indiana. There, he has helped to create and sustain a successful instructional coaching program and grow the school’s Internation...

Theresa Melito-Conners, PhD: Dr. MC's Self-Care Cabaret. This is episode 552 of my audio podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12. Theresa Melito-Conners, PhD (Dr. MC) is the founder of Dr. MC’s Self-Care Cabaret, a suite of theatre-inspired self-care and professional development services for helping professionals. The Self-Care Cabaret encompasses workshops, a podcast, and educational curricula — fo...

    J.P. Guilbault - Navigate360: Providing Safety Solutions for Schools. This is episode 551 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Over the last three decades, JP Guilbault has used data, technology and modern solutions to protect and advance causes for vulnerable and underserved communities. These efforts across schools, faith-based organizations and nonprofits have given JP the ex...

Lesley Koplow Talks About Her Teddy Bear Circle Publications. This is episode 550 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lesley Koplow is a clinical social worker, teacher and author who lives in New York City. She is the Director of Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College, founder of Networks for Schools That Heal and a psychotherapist in private practice.  Lesley is t...

Scott Jeffrey Miller - Master Mentors: 30 Transformative Insights from our Greatest Minds, Volume 2. This is episode 549 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Capping a twenty-five-year career in which he served as chief marketing officer and executive vice president, Scott Miller currently serves as FranklinCovey's special advisor on thought leadership, leading the strategy, develop...

Rebecca N. Dudovitz, MD & Dr. Dennis Johnston Talk About Connections Between Student Participation in AVID and Better Health Behaviors Among High School Students. This is episode 548 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Rebecca Dudovitz, MD, MSHS is an Associate Professor in General Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Dudovitz graduated from the David Geffen Schoo...

Dan E. Hendrickson Shares His Adventure Novel - Brandy: Ballad of a Pirate Princess. This is episode 547 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dan Hendrickson was born in Sheridan Wyoming in 1962 near the rustic Big Horn Mountain range to Carl and Helen Hendrickson. He went to school in the Sheridan School District graduating from Sheridan High School in 1981. He was an avid particip...

Daniel Proffitt, Jason Clevinger, and Patrick Roberts - Teachers at Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tennessee - Share with Jeff Ikler and Steve Miletto How They are Helping Students to be Curious. This is episode 546 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.   Daniel Proffitt -                I am a native of Elizabethton, where I have lived my entire life. I am married with tw...

Kathy J. Forti, PhD shares her sci-fi novels - Stacks: The Library of Truth & Stacks: Awakening Truth. This is episode 545 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kathy Forti, Ph. D. is the author of the newly released Truth Book Series: STACKS Library of Truth and STACKS Awakening Truth, a sci-fi thriller which takes place in Washington, D.C.’s Library of Congress, where a library emp...