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EP 123 Flashback Episode: Hold Nothing Back with Justin Maust by Tre' Gammage

Life can be captured in the fleeting in-between moments. Once you see someone living their dream it makes you want to be a part of theirs or go get your own. Hold nothing back in your pursuit of purpose.

Privilege is what you are born into, race, gender, wealth, or education. But when you are born on the wrong side of privilege you learn to sink or swim. The decisions you make on a daily basis are life-changing at a young age and can lead to mistakes. It’s ok to make those mistakes, big or small, the goal is not to make the same mistake twice. You have to grow through what you go through. How many...

"At the end of the day, you don't run out of "tries" in life. Once you're gone, it's gone, yes. But when you fail, when you lose, and you are still alive, that means you get to try something else. You get to try something new." 2:30 - The issue of privilege 4:00 - Excerpt from Chapter 3: Make New Mistakes 7:00 - What does it mean to make new mistakes?

The Dash Podcast x Every Decision count's flashback series This week's featured episode Making New Mistakes with Robert Torres. Listen now and visit tregammage.com to order your copy of Every Decision Counts: 8 Lesson's I wish they taught me in school.

Who are the 5 people closest to you? Who are the people closest to your students? I think we’ve got to be conscious of the culture you are setting in your classroom and the way you live your life. You can surround yourself with people who have a crab mentality. When one crab tries to escape the barrel the rest pull her back down for many different reasons. Other people are surrounded by folks with...

A flashback to episode 20 of the dash podcast Failing got me started with James Turner of I got Rehabs. This episode served as inspiration for chapter one of the newly released book Every Decision Counts: 8 lesson's I wish they taught me in school.

Let’s be real: in life you lose a whole lot more than you win. Michael Jordan shot 50%, a hall of fame baseball player bats .300. Do your students know how to fail forward? In Chapter 11: Failing Got Me Started, students will learn that life is like a pendulum. Like a grandfather clock, the pendulum is what makes it tick and tock. You can’t have one without the other. On one end you experience joy...

Oh man, I’m so excited to announce the release of Every Decision Counts: 8 lesson’s I Wish They Taught Me in School on January 1, 2020 The purpose of this book is to equip our young adults with the self-awareness, principles, and skills they need to turn every obstacle into a platform for opportunity. EDC can be read as a class study as social and emotional learning lessons, or it individually. Ov...

“We have to stop forcing teachers into these cookie cutter molds of what we think a master teacher should be. You should be able to be a master teacher and stay authentic to who you are. I see a lot of teachers that are afraid to be afraid of who they are because they are worried that they don’t fit the cookie cutter idea of a master teacher and when a principal comes into the classroom, instead o...

“We’re only going to use technology and some of these apps and gadgets if we can’t, ourselves, do it better in the classroom. I don’t think there’s an app or an online resource that’s going to supplement picking a really great, rich, grade-level text and then guiding students through it.” Dr. Jared Thompson is the Assistant Principal of Carmel Middle School in Charlotte, NC, a large middle school...

“We’re not only going to University for ourselves, but we are paving the way for other children who are in vulnerable communities.” Today I’m joined by Ms. Nasiphi Zandi MaGaba from the Bekkersdal Province in South Africa. She works with our last guest, Linford Maloadi, at TeaSterl and is also a primary education learning support specialist. I’m excited to speak with her about TeaSterl and what th...

The Dash Podcast goes global. I’m excited to bring our first international Educator, South Africa’s STEM man of the year for his work training educators how to use technology in the classroom. Linford, still only 27 years old, started off in the classroom, but saw an opportunity to train teachers to use cell phones, WhatsApp, smart boards and more. He grew up in a rural area and it’s his hardship...

You are bigger than the town you grew up in and the school you went too. But It usually takes us a while to figure that part out. How do you help students understand the value of opportunity? Michael Finkley is doing his part to provide students with the tools they need to prepare for their next experience. He’s the director of student services for south eastern college & institute and also helps...

Over 7 million kids in our school system have been diagnosed with an attention disorder, and millions more are undiagnosed. What if part of the solution to this problem was a robot tutor named Abii? Laura Bocannfuso has spend over 10 years working to show the value of Artificial intelligence into the classroom The idea is to lighten the load for teachers in the class, Abii can help teach small gro...

‘When you see someone living their dream you either want to be a part of it, or start living your own’. Melanie Shavers started off having trouble finding a good safe place for after school care. That idea turned into a middle school that serves student’s stem needs in rural North Carolina. The cool thing is that the school focuses on problem based learning. At the end of each year, educator’s get...

Can you create win/win situations for your students? Felicia Hall says it starts with respect and kindness. When you model the behaviors you expect, in the classroom and through out campus, you set an example for your students. Student’s are going through alot in their high school transition, let’s help them with the transition. Listen now Itunes Spotify 2:00 - starting with respect and kindness 9...

When you don’t see equity in school’s you are forced to find a new solution. Education needs a new way to serve student’s who have special needs providing more opportunities for voice and choice. What’s keeping us from getting there? 1.Everybody’s afraid of change 2.Diversity in school leadership and educators 3.The professionalism of the industry Jen Owen’s is an Edupreneur that’s started a schoo...

It’s always exciting to bring a fellow Miami University Alumnus to the Dash Podcast. Delvonte Greer thought that finance was his path but it turns out serving serving students was a greater purpose. He’s able to work with students to build a curriculum that helps to meet student needs using a JAW in cleveland ohio. Delvonte has worked with Big brother big sisters and youth opportunities unlimited...

You can’t say our children are the future and not invest in educators. The uncomfortable conversations, people don’t want to have them. There’s an elephant in the room and everybody keeps walking around it but the elephant isn’t getting any smaller. It makes a difference when a student comes to school and see’s someone look like them as their Guidance counselor, social studies teachers. The pay is...

I met Jeermal Sylvester visiting my step mother at the JAG (http://www.jag.org) office back in 2011, JAG helps build a school to work exposure program that teaches 37 learning competencies based on employer needs. College is great but it’s not for everybody, sure 70% of high school graduates go to college, but how long does it last? And is it the right move? Unfortunately we tend to empathize to a...

I’m excited for the second part of our throwback episodes with Judge Andre Gammage. My Dad did a great job paying forward the blessing of being born to great parents. But of course that’s not enough. Success means taking care of your own, significance is helping someone else along the way. Preparing your child’s education is a program for parents to help learn the life and parenting skills necessa...

So many teaching moments happen without words. Some of us are born in an environment where our parents go to work everyday. Others are born taking trips to the courthouse, or jail. The preparation for our children’s education begins in the womb. I’m grateful for the unspoken lessons my parents taught me about working hard, giving back, and the power of education. Joining the podcast for Episode 10...

Episode 100 is here and Ron Clark joined the Dash Podcast to share his journey through education from Rural north carolina, Harlem New York to the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. We’ve reached a place in america where education doesn’t feel exciting or honorable. When we ask a child about their future being a teacher isn’t a common response. And when they want to be a teacher, we tell them to dream...

When the dash podcast started on February 3rd it was as a way to add value consistently for free. And it’s been quite the journey, the blessing in having a podcast like the Dash is that every episode is like a coaching session for me. I get to learn what makes you and other educators successful, and that makes me feel better. @gary vee said document vs create, and I chose to document. In the last...