The Ed Essentials Podcast

Dr. Brandon Beck is a Nationally Board Certified teacher with over 18 years of experience and is the author of Unlocking Unlimited Potential. Connect with us: Dr. Brandon Beck: https://brandonbeckedu.com/ Hunter Flesch: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

David Langford is the founder and CEO of Langford International, Inc. He is an international consultant, author and educator whose focus is to create sustained systemic improvement in student learning, school leadership and organizational processes. The concepts of Quality Learning, Quality Learning Performance, Just-In-Time Learning, the Self-Managed Classroom and Exponential Learning emerged out...

Dr. Maisha Otway is a turnaround principal in Georgia. We discuss handling principal responsibilities, turnaround leadership, building school partnerships, and her experience bringing rapper 2Chainz to her school through the "Reading with a Rapper" program. . Connect with us: Dr. Maisha Otway: Instagram | Twitter   Hunter Flesch: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

Adam Welcome is a keynote speaker, author of Kids Deserve It, and is also a former teacher, principal, and director of innovation and technology. . Connect with us:   Adam Welcome | https://www.mradamwelcome.com/  Hunter Flesch | https://linktr.ee/edessentials

One of the most amazing qualities of teachers is that we go 100 mph in order to meet the needs of our students.  Because we are working so hard through incredibly difficult situations and circumstances, we often end up feeling burnt out and in need of some positivity. This episode is dedicated to reminding educators why we chose our profession and why its the best in the world. In order to do that...

CJ Reynolds is a high school literature teacher in West Philadelphia, speaker, podcast host, and author of Teach your Class Off: A Real Rap Guide to Teaching. . To connect with CJ: https://www.realrapwithreynolds.com/ . To connect with Hunter:  https://linktr.ee/edessentials

Lauren Kaufman is currently an Assistant Principal and has formerly served as a classroom teacher and K-12 Mentor Program Coordinator. She is a contributing author of Because of a Teacher and her writings have been featured by Edutopia and the Teach Better Team. . To connect with Lauren: https://laurenmkaufman.com/ . To connect with Hunter: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

Samantha Nolte is a 5-12 Emergent Bilingual teacher whom I have worked with my entire career thus far. She provides readily available strategies and supports for students in need of english language acquisition, as well as a unique insight into her role where she transitions new EB families and students into the district. . For more Ed Essentials content, click this link: https://linktr.ee/edessen...

Rick Wormeli is a National Board Certified Teacher, is an author of highly regarded books such as Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom (Second Edition) and Differentiation: From Planning to Practice, and has 39 years of experience teaching math, science, English, physical education, health, and history. . Connect with Rick: https://www.rickwormeli.com/ |...

Dr. Dani Trimble is the current superintendent of the Alburnett Community School District. . Connect with Dr. Trimble: dtrimble@alburnettcsd.org . For more episodes and Ed Essentials content, click this link: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

Bryan Holyfield is a history teacher and health consultant. Bryan helps busy teachers take control of their health with easy-to-follow nutrition and strength programs.  . Connect with Bryan: https://rfh5hkeu0gk.typeform.com/to/EeF4C2QT . For more episodes and Ed Essentials content, click this link: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

Ken Williams is a nationally recognized speaker, consultant, author, former principal, and founder of Unfold the Soul. . Connect with Ken: https://unfoldthesoul.com/ . For more episodes and Ed Essentials content, click this link: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

How do we CAPITALIZE on the relationships we build with students? What are effective and ineffective ways to spend that relationship capital? These are TOUGH questions to answer, so I bring on my dear friend, Tristan, to talk about our experiences and thoughts on teacher capital! . For more episodes and Ed Essentials content, click this link: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

Dr. John Hattie is a world-renowned researcher and author of Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-analyses Relating to Achievement. . Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to The Ed Essentials Podcast . John Hattie's Books . Connect with Hunter: Ed Essentials

Hunter discusses 3 thoughts as we all approach the end of the school year! . THANK YOU for listening to The Ed Essentials Podcast. Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe! . Connect with Hunter: Ed Essentials Links

Dr. Chad Dumas is a presenter, researcher, former principal, and author of Let's Put the C in PLC: A Practical Guide for School Leaders.  .  Discussed in this episode:  - Fixing teacher isolation through collaboration in and out of school.  - Effective approaches to Professional Learning Communities.  - Refocusing our collaboration to be around student learning.  - What leaders must consider when...

Welcome to PART ONE of the two-part collaboration on how to STAND OUT as a New Teacher with Rebecca from the Ready, Set, TEACH podcast. Be sure to listen to PART TWO on the Ready, Set, TEACH podcast stream! . Part One: How to stand out as a new teacher during interviews. Part Two: How to stand out as a new teacher once you land a teaching job. . Connect with Rebecca and I on Instagram! Rebecca - @...

Dr. Samantha Fecich is a professor of education at Grove City College. - Connect with us: Sam: https://www.sfecich.com/ Hunter: https://linktr.ee/edessentials

My dad, Bill Flesch, turns 55 on April 9! He is a longtime teacher and I wanted to use this platform to sneakily gather some colleagues and family to surprise him! He is so modest, but he truly is a wonderful educator. In this episode, people from my dad's school talk about what makes him such a fantastic educator, the impact he has had on them, and some family members stop by to say happy birthda...

On this episode, I am honored to host the legendary Dave Schmittou. Dave is the Director of Leadership & Development for the Teach Better Team. He’s the author of several education-based books, one of which we discuss in his interview. He is a former elementary school principal, former middle school principal, assistant principal, coach, and teacher. I brought Dave on the show because of his p...

Amanda and Caleb Bonjour join The Ed Essentials Podcast to talk about life as married principals, how they learn from each other, ways to empower staff, and other advice for those seeking leadership roles.  . Connect with Amanda and Caleb: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook . Remember to Rate, Review, and Subscribe to The Ed Essentials Podcast! . For all Ed Essentials content, click this LINK .

Hunter brings on longtime friend and substitute teacher, Dustin Eubanks, to talk about the life of a substitute, what subs really need, what potential substitutes need to know, and how school staff can learn to embrace "the sub" as one of their own. Remember to rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast! For more content, go to https://linktr.ee/edessentials

Dr. Todd Whitaker, author of What Great Principals Do Differently, What Great Teachers Do Differently, Shift the Monkey, and dozens of other education books, joins the podcast to provide one simple message: it comes down to good leadership and your effectiveness. We talk about a wide variety of topics in this episode: -What great leadership looks like and how to make decisions based off your best...

In our very first mini-lesson we tackle the issue of student interruptions. We know the traditional practices, but I have one strategy (shoutout mentor teacher who taught me this) that has really worked well to help fix students who talk way too much.  - Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe! - Hope you enjoy!

Lisa Toebben, Special Education teacher, joins the podcast to discuss: -Dealing with people who try to dull your positivity -Habits to improve our physical/mental states -"Taking Messy Action" and its importance in our lives . Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! . To connect with us: Lisa Toebben: (Instagram) (Twitter) Hunter Flesch: Ed Essentials