The Education Biz Podcast

Mr. Drysdale is an exceptional leader who has helped lead his campus into a place of better culture, engagement, and scores! One tool that he uses is a Profile of an Educator that he created 6 years ago. This interview came out of questions that came after our last Virtual Administrator Symposium! These are the awesome take-aways that come from these symposiums! You can now save your spot and regi...

Creating independent learners is a critical component, and perhaps even the main goal, of responsive education. Here are 5 skills to teach in order to move students from dependent to independent learners: Problem solving Prioritizing Setting deadlines for myself Researching Asking questions To get this info in blog form, head to www.theresponsiveclassroom.org . To download your free resource: 5 St...

Welcome to the newly revamped Equipped Educator Podcast! You are here for episode #1! Responsive teaching is the solution for unengaged students, growing academic gaps, overwhelmed teachers, and low-rigor classrooms.  This is why is works! 1.) Teachers gain a better understanding of their students’ perspective when they understand their deep culture (collectivist or individualist), and move into a...

Happy New Year and Welcome to the Teaching by Reaching Podcast! In this episode, I want to shift the focus from the students to the teachers for a moment! If you are an administrator, I would encourage you to share this episode with your educator peeps! You can also download all 5 days of Refresh by clicking here .  And then, of course, you can share with the people who need a little bit of encour...

As you can probably guess, one of the main aspects of being a responsive educator is knowing your students, and then planning instruction accordingly - but what exactly does this mean? In this episode, we go over 7 questions that every teacher needs to ask while planning to create an effective, responsive lesson, plus the 8th overarching question - "What does this information mean for this lesson...

According to Psychologist Amy Wine, there are 3 Phases of Crisis, and every person in the country is sitting in one of them.  I couldn't help but think about the state of education and how knowing where teachers are is so critical. This information brought a lot of clarity for me, and I wanted to pass it on to you. 3 Phases of Crisis 1. Safety 2. Stress Management Mode 3. Success Take a listen to...

Students can learn! But it's hard right now. As teachers, we've got be more intentional than ever on moving students into academic success. In this podcast episode, we will look at 6 ways we can help students gain academic ground right now! Links in Show: If you'd rather have this in blog format, click here . To register for the Free Virtual Administrator Symposium on October 20th with topic: Gain...

A student’s culture defines how they look at the world and learn about the world! When we can tap into the culture, we will help the student make deep learning connections that stay with them! Culture can be traditions, beliefs, ethnicity, music, and values – just to name a few. When these cultural points can be included in the physical environment, students will take a huge step towards taking ow...

In this episode, we take a dive into what teacher clarity is, why it's so important, and what is keeping it from happening in every classroom! Teacher clarity answers these questions: 1. What do I want my students to learn? 2. How will I know they learned it? 3. What will I do to proactively prepare for students who may struggle? 4. What will I do for the students who don't learn it? These questio...

Welcome to The Responsive Classroom! Formerly, Pressing Onward.  We are excited to be back on our podcast!  In this episode, Jenn chats about our rebranding and discusses  what it means to have a responsive classroom.  We have so many amazing resources to move your campus to cultural responsiveness and we can't wait for you to check them out! Visit our website or send an email to info@pressing-onw...

Are you an Instructional Coach, Academic Dean, or an Academic Coach? If so, this episode is for you! We know that Instructional Coaching is becoming more common in the public school setting. However, we also know, that Instructional Coaching can bring many challenges such as, "How do I have those difficult conversations with teachers?" or "What exactly should I be looking for when I walk into clas...

While we know that this school year will not be 2020, we also know that it will not look like 2019. In the midst of everything going on in our world, it is essential that administrators are proactive for their teachers during this next school year. In this episode, I dive into 6 different ways you can show up for your teachers AND questions that will help guide effective communication between admi...

As we know, building alliances is a core component of cultural competency and cultural responsiveness, and building alliances with the families can be as important as building them with students.  Building alliances with families can hold challenges on their own, however. Mike Sipple, Jr. introduces us to an amazing organization called All Pro Dad that does just that!  Get more information here! w...

If you've done anything with culturally responsive teaching, you know building an alliance is crucial, but what does that actually look like in the classroom? In this episode we are going to dive into how equity in responses can build and strengthen alliances! Cultural responsiveness is about intentionality! This episode will give you the steps you need to move into the power of alliances!

Social Emotional Learning is all about teaching and developing the skills necessary to be successful at life - and in the education world, this includes teachers and students.  Shari gives us some great resources, as first as the first steps towards implementing a social emotional climate in your campus or district.

This time of year is difficult for everyone in education! Students and staff alike have to find extra motivation to push though.  In this episode , we go over 3 ways to re-engage students and make teaching fun and meaningful for the rest of the year. For additional resources mentioned in this episode, click on the following links: TPR and Repetition YouTube Video Notecard Heads Up Stress Down, Sco...

If you know that you need to move your campus into a more equitable place, you don't want to miss this episode with Diversity and Inclusion Director for Wylie ISD, Mr. Reggie Bibb. Reggie's candid and practical wisdom will get you inspired and ready to take those first steps towards equity!

I wanted to take just a moment and talk through an emotionally charged topic right now - state assessments. While I definitely disagree with state assessments holding any weight towards accountability, I do think they are necessary.  I dive into "why" in this episode.  If you are looking for a way to talk through this reasoning with your teachers, this episode may help. Also, head to www.pressing-...

This episode was a treat to record!  The more Sha Sparks and I talked for my other podcast, The Faith Filled Entrepreneur, the more I thought how PERFECT her framework is for teachers!  Sha moves us through the 4 As - Acknowledge, Allow, Ask and Act!  This will give you tangible steps as you move towards teacher care and guidance during this school year! You can find more information on Sha at www...

Dr. Maricela Helm gives some practical steps for taking care of teachers, building a more inclusive climate and creating an environment for learning in this episode. Her collaborative and honest approach made her an HEB Award Winner as a Principal and super effective and respected in her role as Director of Student Services in Wylie ISD. In the episode, we discuss the 5 Love Languages Quiz for stu...

As I interviewed Mabble for our other podcast, her story about her own children, and the reasons she pulled them out of public schools hit hard, and I thought her story needed to be told on this podcast as well. Her focus is helping parents build up the strengths in their own children, but teachers have the power to do this as well! Seven years ago, when her first child was younger, Mabble found t...

Clement Townsend is a former journalist who spent 17 years on TV. He is the creator of Video Journalism Pro, a supplemental online program that teachers can seamlessly integrate into their current curriculum.   This online program offers a project based learning approach that engages students and teaches them valuable skills they can use in any profession such as writing, speaking, and critical th...

There is so much goodness in this episode!  Mary is an EL guru! She has a huge heart and the instructional knowledge to move ELs forward.  In this episode, we discuss how she changed the program model by adding a coaching model. We also discuss the strategies she used personally in the classroom to move her ELS to tremendous linguistic and academic growth.

In this episode, Ms. Green, Academic Dean and Martin Middle School in Austin, Texas, discusses ways to take care of teachers during this pandemic so that they can continue to take care of students.  As a new administrator just out of the classroom, she has a unique perspective on how to focus on learning even in a virtual world. You won't want to miss this conversation about some practical ways to...

In this episode, Mr. Stewart and Ms. Saxenian talk about the transformation of their Waco High School by giving students the opportunity to take ownership of their campus and their learning.  They discuss 4 really powerful ways they've seen learning increased, as well as some amazing ideas for creating a student-centered campus. I've known these two administrators for 16 years, and I loved hearing...