Carey Borkoski, Ph.D., Ed.D.

Tell Me This

Education EN ↓ 181 episodes

This is a podcast about belonging, what it means, why it matters, and how we cultivate it. Through stories, interviews, academic research, and discussions we will explore the ideas of belonging and how to develop and growth it in your classrooms, workplaces, and other personal and professional spaces.

Author

Carey Borkoski, Ph.D., Ed.D.

Episodes

Season 4 - Mixtape Moments: Replaying Episode 2 of the Podcast January 2020 22.05.2023 33:04

I just could not resist playing episode 2 - let me apologize in advance for the music (pre theme song!!). I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making it! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Love...

Season 4 - Mixtape Moments: Replaying Episode 1 of the Podcast January 2020 18.05.2023 35:12

As Brianne and I start to plan for Season 5 of the pod and wrap up Season 4, we thought it would be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Over the next few weeks, we will share several "oldies but goody" episodes of the podcast. Enjoy!! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social st...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Brianne's Thank you note 04.05.2023 11:32

Hi Everyone! Happy May! We are starting to wind down our fourth season and will be concluding with some reflections, minisodes, and a sneak peak of what is coming in Season 5. In today's episode, Brianne shares some thoughts and gratitude as she reflects on her daughters journey through K-8 and her youngest heads off to high school. Enjoy. Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored b...

Season 4 Tell Me This, Technology and Belonging 27.04.2023 42:05

Hi Everyone! Excited to share our conversation with Dr. Marie Heath. Her background in education technology, social studies, and teacher preparation offered new and important insights in how we think about belonging and the spaces in which we teach, learn, and connect. Enjoy!! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, l...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Life as a Practice 20.04.2023 16:45

Hi Everyone. Hope you enjoy this minisode where I share a little about what has been swirling around in my own heart and mind. Thanks for listening. Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Belonging and How the Importance of Developing Our Human Skills 13.04.2023 55:53

Hi Everyone! Brianne and I are so excited to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Radday to our podcast. During this conversation we talk about belonging, chemistry projects, crafting a hand powered radio, synchronized swimming, college parties, and, of course, belonging. Amazing and, we hope, very resonant stories and sharing. Hope you enjoy! Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsore...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Short, Belonging to Self 06.04.2023 42:44

Hi Everyone. Brianne is on a short vacation with family and we had to reschedule a few interviews due to some loud construction noise at my house, so, I decided it might be a good time for one of our minisodes. I hope you enjoy my musing of belonging to self, our life journey/question to see and be ourselves, and how we might contribute to creating the conditions to invite in belonging. Enjoy! The...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Language of Belonging 30.03.2023 51:17

Hello Everyone! Brianne and I are thrilled to invite you to a reunion conversation of sorts. Dr. Kristin Barbour and Dr. Paula Clark join us to explore how will talk about belonging and the related implications. Hope you will join us. Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social s...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Belonging, Self-connection, and Calm Nervous Systems 23.03.2023 39:28

We are so excited to have Taylor Ann Gonzalez on our podcast. Taylor is a certified yoga instructor and performance coach. We had a wonderful conversation about belonging and the importance of connection to self. Enjoy!! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerati...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Holding Space and the Five A's of Relationships 16.03.2023 57:09

Hello Everyone. We are so excited to welcome back our friend and Brianne's sister-in-law Jessica Anastasio. We have a wonderful conversation about belonging, relationships, and Jessica shares the Five A's of Relationships from one of her favorite books! Hope you enjoy the pod!! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math,...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Bittersweet Part II 09.03.2023 57:59

Hello Everyone! Welcome back for Part II of our discussion of Susan Cain's Bittersweet. Kate, Brianne, and I had such a good time talking about bittersweet in our lives and the impact this framework has on the way we show up as parents, friends, and educators. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Thanks, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teach...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Bittersweet Part I 03.03.2023 53:48

Hello Everyone! Welcome to our first conversation about Susan Cain's novel, Bittersweet. I hope you enjoy the conversation!! Carey, Brianne, and Kate The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teach...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Exhaling and Being in Communion with Others 23.02.2023 52:35

Brianne and I are so thrilled for you to hear a conversation with had with Drs. Cuneo and Bazaz. We explore belonging, community, connection and the role of art, physical health, and holding space for others. Enjoy! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achi...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Music of Belonging 16.02.2023 36:44

Welcome to another epsisode of Tell Me This. We are so excited to introduce Dr. Mahady to the program. Enjoy our conversation about music, leadership, opera, and trauma-informed work. Best, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of t...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Belonging in Our Foster Familes 09.02.2023 39:01

Hello Everyone. Welcome to another episode. Brianne and I are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Vicky Garafola. She shares her expertise, personal experiences, and ideas related to her committment to supporting kids in foster care and the related work she does through her new nonprofit. Enjoy the show! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and le...

Season 4 Tell Me This: The Journey of Belongingness 02.02.2023 50:25

Brianne and I are super excited to share this conversation. I actually talk about how "giddy" I am about this chat and it did not disappointed. I hope you will join us for this beautiful and unexpected conversation about belonging. Thanks! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and soci...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Conditions that Help Make Belonging Possible 26.01.2023 56:21

Hi Everyone. Brianne and I are so excited to introduce Dr. Heather Yuhaniak to the pod. As you will hear from her bio, she is a rockstar - PERIOD! We have a great conversation about imposter syndrome, belonging, vulnerability and boundaries, parenting, and so much more!! Hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed chatting. Best, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL....

Season 4 Tell Me This: Belonging and Potted Plants 19.01.2023 52:30

So excited for this episode featuring two experts in language learning differences. We talk about the importance of context, language, diversity in communication, and all kinds of other topics. Enjoy!! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievem...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Strength and Joy 12.01.2023 15:19

Hi Everyone. Here is a short that I hope you will enjoy. Best, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can h...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Looking Back and Ahead 05.01.2023 21:05

Happy New Year, Dear Listeners. We are so excited to bring you the spring episodes of Season 4. I thought we would start the New Year with a Reflection-Short. Enjoy! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school...

Season 4: Tell Me This, Third Spaces 15.12.2022 51:52

Hello Everyone. We hope you enjoy this episode where Brianne and I take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of some of our work. We are excited to share some of the discoveries we have had along our podcasting journey this fall. Enjoy! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is a...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Meeting and Finding "Your People" 08.12.2022 55:15

Hello Everyone. We are so excited to share a wonderful conversation we had with several of Brianne's classmates and friends from their time in the doctoral program. We talk about belonging, what it looks like early on, the search for your people, and the wonderful changes that emerge from the work and investment in each other. Enjoy!! Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by I...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Big "B", Little "b" 03.12.2022 1:01:08

Brianne and I had the pleasure of chatting with Kate McMahon, one of Brianne's dearest friends. It was a great conversation about the many layers of belonging AND it looks like we will be bring back the book club - stay tuned and enjoy this episode!! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and...

Tell Me This: Season 4, Thanksgiving Episode 24.11.2022 27:08

Happy Turkey-day everyone. Hope you enjoy what is becoming an annual tradition around here. Grandmom and gratitude. Take care, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by...

Season 4: MidSeason Reflection 17.11.2022 37:14

Hello Everyone. We cannot believe it but we are almost through October, headed towards Thanksgiving and we thought it was a perfect time to do our traditional mid-season reflection. Brianne and I share our own lessons and learning from the wonderful conversations we have had with all of our guests. Enjoy! -Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teac...