Whole Brain Teaching The Podcast

Rhonda and I were thrilled to have Platinum Certified Whole Brain Teacher Dawn MacGregor on the podcast.  She talks about what teaching was like prior to WBT and how it has helped make her classroom into a place she loves going to each and every day. Thank you all so much for liking, sharing, and following our podcast.  Keep sharing... we have an amazing series of podcasts coming up with Coach B. ...

For episode 55, Rhonda and I sat down with Platinum Certified WBT Instructor, Joanna Willis to discuss her WBT journey and the strategies she has found to be incredibly beneficial in her classroom.  She shares so much information with us!  You don't want to miss a moment of this podcast! Thank you for following, liking, and sharing this podcast!  We always hope that what we do will help you feel m...

What a complete pleasure for Rhonda and I to sit down with Executive Board Member, Crystal Caballero, to discuss how WBT is used in her dual language classroom.  This podcast shows the power of WBT to cross languages so ALL students can learn!  We are thankful for our time with Crystal and whether or not you have a dual language classroom, you will gleen so much from this podcast!  We can't wait t...

We recently sat down with the amazing Sarah Meador, Whole Brain Teaching Executive Board Member, to discuss how Whole Brain Teaching strategies weave growth and growth mindset into our entire classroom! In this episode Sarah talks about Super Speed games and other ways to help students improve in several areas in today's classrooms! Please like, share, follow, and subscribe!  We are so thankful fo...

Rhonda and I welcome back Executive Board Member, Stephanie Meder, to the podcast to talk about a powerful Whole Brain Teaching strategy... Wonder Words!  Stephanie breaks down how to start using WW in your classroom to enable your students to become deep critical thinkers! Don't forget to follow, like, and share this podcast and ALL our podcasts with your teacher friends!  We are truly grateful!

Welcome to another episode, Listeners!  We were so excited to get to sit down with Executive Board Member Sarah Meador to discuss some important tweaks to the Scoreboard!  She explains everthing so concise and clearly!  We are always so thankful when Sarah visits the podcast!  She is such an amazing friend of the podcast and we appreciate her so much! If you haven't used the Scoreboard in your cla...

Rhonda and I have been waiting with such excitement to release this podcast!  It took everything in us NOT to release it early!!  Here it is... our Strong 5 podcast with Andre Deshotel!! I'm not even going to TRY to give you a morsal of the amount of GREATNESS in this podcast.  It is a MUST listen-to for every teacher!! Run... don't walk... and download it TODAY!  Share it with every teacher you k...

Coach, once again, joins Rhonda and I to continue our conversation about how to start your WBT Classroom on Day 1!  This episode, Coach explains Lessons 6-10 with us.  He breaks the Magic Circle down into shortcuts that give teachers such flexibility!  We hope you not only listen and learn so much from Coach B., but we also hope these two podcasts over Day 1 in a WBT Classroom allow you to have a...

In this BONUS episode, Rhonda and I reminice about our 2 years doing the podcast together.  It has been an amazing ride with a huge learning curve, but we are here for it! Grab a cup of coffee or your beverage of choice, pull up a chair, and join us as we talk about our joys and struggles, professionally and personally, over the last year doing Whole Brain Teaching the Podcast.  We consider all of...

Rhonda and I hope you are enjoying these latest podcasts with Coach Chris Biffle as much as we are!  We are grateful for all the time he has taken over the last few episodes to share so much of New World WBT with us and with YOU! In this episode, Coach shares with us what to do on Day 1 in a WBT classroom.  We were a little nervous because he wanted to share FIVE lessons with us to do on the very...

In this podcast episode, Coach Chris Biffle once again sits down with Rhonda and I.  These conversations are so rich!  This week we discuss Fiver.  This is an amazing social/emotional component of WBT.  It is so needed in today's classrooms!  With so many opstacles facing our students that cause them to feel 'disconnected', Fiver is a strategic way to make those all-so-important connections with t...

It's time for another amazing episode of Whole Brain Teaching the Podcast!  This one comes our right as we begin our Summer Virtual 1-hour Conferences!  Rhonda and I are once again honored to have Coach Chris Biffle joining us to talk about Extremely Beloved Rascals or EBRs.  We learn how to spot an EBR and the best ways to deal with them in our classroom. If you are not aware of the AMAZING June...

This week, we got to sit down with some brand new friends, Heather Wells and Jessica Nitschke.  They both took the time to sit down with Rhonda and I and talk about how they found Whole Brain Teaching, what life was like teaching before WBT, and what teaching is like now that they have made it the heartbeat of their classroom. We hope you enjoy the conversation.  Stay tuned until the very end to h...

We're back!  We can't thank you enough for your patience and love while we navigated some medical challenges, but we are back!  In this episode, Rhonda and I sit down together and chat about how we got started in WBT.  What was and is still our WHY! We hope you glean a lot of good insight.  We hope we can help you remember your WHY!  Maybe you have been contemplating starting WBT, but have been re...

Coach B. has deemed 2022 The Year of the AlphaHawk and he joins us on our latest podcast to begin a series of conversations centered around AlphaHawk 1.0.  In this episode we break down why AlphaHawks are an essential part of all of our lives! This is a series of conversations you do not want to miss!  Share this and all the Whole Brain Teaching podcasts with your teacher friends.  Don't forget to...

Happy New Year!  Can you believe it's 2022?  In this first episode of the new year, Rhonda and I sit down together to reflect about how we can reset and reboot as we head back into the classroom in January after our holiday break.   We want to thank YOU because you were the inspiration for this conversation.  We saw so many comments from brand new Whole Brain Teachers and veteran Whole Brain Teach...

WELCOME TO EPISODE 40!!! Thank you for joining Rhonda and I for our last installment of Color Writing with Coach Chris Biffle.  We loved this conversation!  Coach does a wonderful job of bringing all the Color Writing pieces together in this final episode.  We are forever grateful that he took so much time to talk to us about this amazing writing system! It's not too late to grab your copy of Colo...

Coach Chris Biffle joins Rhonda and I to continue our discussion about Color Writing!  Coach goes into more depth about the games he has brilliantly created to help teachers with one of the trickiest concepts to teach... WRITING!  Coach continues to remarkably break down the simplicity of teaching writing using the Color Writing approach. To purchase Coach's amazing Color Writing book, head over t...

We are beyond thrilled to have Coach Chris Biffle back on the podcast to talk about his amazing book Color Writing!  In this 3 part series of podcasts, Coach walks us through his book, explaining each game and just how easy it is to teach students the pattern of writing 5 paragraph essays! You don't want to miss a minute of what has taken Coach YEARS to perfect!  But, he has done it! Head over to...

Rhonda and I have been wanting to do a podcast on the brain for a long time!  We are so grateful that Andre' Deshotel joined us to have just that conversation! Andre' explains, so eloquently, the three types of minds: the lecture mind, the wondering mind, and finally, the game mind.  He discusses with us what each part does and why it is an essential part of learning! This episode will help you un...

We are so excited to have WBT Executive Board Member Stacey Byl back on the podcast with us!  Stacey has brought us so much of her wisdom and knowledge during our Beloved Rascal series and once again, she does not disappoint!  In this episode, she helps us understand an important game we can play with our Beloved Rascals ~ The Bullseye Game! If you have been wondering about how to implement the Bu...

WELCOME TO EPISODE 35!! 10~FINGER WOO WITH A LIGHTNIGHT SIZZLE!! We have had a lot of questions about how to use WBT at a PBIS school.  You asked... we decided to do a podcast on that very topic!  WBT Executive Board Member Stacey Byl joins Rhonda and me for this podcast.  She shares all her wisdom and experience with us using Whole Brain Teaching at PBIS schools.   We hope you glean a lot of grea...

Got Beloved Rascals?  Now that school has been in full swing for about a month or so, it feels like we can all spot them.  We are so thankful WBT has a game for that! This week, Rhonda and I sit down with Sarah Meador and discuss the game Open the Door.  It's so simple, but it gets to the heart of what we need to be establishing with our most Beloved Rascals... RELATIONSHIPS!  Sarah discusses the...

Most schools are in full swing again, so we are continuing on with our Beloved Rascal Series!  In this episode of the podcast, Rhonda and I sit down with Stacey Byl and discuss Rascal X.  This is such a great way to establish those relationships with your students and zero in on ways to connect with our most beloved rascals! We thank you for listening and sharing!  We couldn't do this without YOU!...

Whole Brain Teaching has always one of the most inclusive programs we have encountered, but there is always room for IMPROVEMENT!  In this episode, Rhonda and I sit down with Silver Certified Instructor LaKedria Lozano to discuss her journey with WBT as a person with visual impairments and how she is working toward making our program even more inclusive! We hope you enjoy this episode!  Anytime we...