The Out of the Trenches Podcast

Episode #341: Renes Lophanor

Renes Lophanor is a multilingual (speaks English, Haitian Creole, French, German, Spanish and Slovak) author and certified teacher (Spanish/French at secondary ages 11-18) with over two decades of experience in education. Has also taught music, drama, art. He is a musician and performs every weekend. He is the author of I Still Love Teaching Despite Having All The Reasons In The World To Quit: Observations Of The Education System. Find Renes online: https://reneslophanor.com/

https://www.facebook.com/bbwi.renes/         also on FB/IG        https://www.youtube.com/@renesbbwi - his music life

https://www.linkedin.com/in/renes-l-468a94/   

 

Episode #340: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson has been an educator for many years. A classroom teacher for 15 years, he has also coached swim teams, worked in preschools, and taught university graduate-level classes. In 2004, Anderson was awarded a national Milken Educator Award, and in 2005, he was a finalist for New Hampshire Teacher of the Year. Now an independent education consultant, Anderson works with schools in rural, urban, and suburban settings across the United States and beyond. A bestselling author, he has written nine books about great teaching and learning. In 2020, Anderson was awarded the Outstanding Educational Leader Award by NHASCD for his work as a consultant. Find Mike online: Linkedin at   / mike-anderson-37953512  

X/Twitter at @balancedteacher www.leadinggreatlearning.com you can connect with the courses he’s developed Here's a link to his newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/leadinggreatlearning/back-to-school-reminders?e=5503dc48f7

Episode #339: Kass Minor

Kass Minor is the co-founder of The Minor Collective, which fosters sustainable equity in schools. Author of Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy & Justice in Our Schools (ASCD). Bio: Kass Minor is an inclusive educator and author who is deeply involved in local, inquiry-based teacher research and school community development.

She is the author of Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools and the co-founder and Chief Strategist of The Minor Collective, a community-based organization designed to foster sustainable equity and literacy in schools. While she has worked in numerous capacities in partnerships with universities and school districts, classroom teacher has been her most coveted role. Her pedagogy is centered in joy from the communities that surround her and motivated by the idea that every adult can teach, and every student can learn. Teacherhood, paired with motherhood, has driven her love of information sharing, redefining who gets to be a knower in the fiery world we live in today. Find Kass online: Purchase Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools on Amazon.

Follow her on X, IG @mskass1 @theminorcollectove Website: www.kassandcorn.com  She has a quarterly newsletter.

Episode #338: Dr. Mark Windschitl

Mark Windschitl is a professor of Science Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington. His research interests deal with the early career development of science teachers—in particular, their trajectories toward ambitious and equitable pedagogy. He is the lead author of Ambitious Science Teaching (Harvard Ed Press), along with Jessica Thompson and Melissa Braaten. His research has appeared in The American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Cognition and Instruction, Phi Delta Kappan, Science Education, and in white papers commissioned by the National Research Council and the National Academy of Science. He's been PI on multiple Noyce Teaching Scholars and Research grants and have supported teachers in that program in their transitions to urban schools. He has also administrated the Annenberg Fellowship program, known as the Rhodes Scholarships of Teaching— for teacher candidates at the UW. He's a recipient of the AERA Presidential Award for Best Review of Research, the co-author of the chapter on Science Teaching in the new AERA Handbook of Research on Teaching, and a member of the National Research Council Committee on Strengthening and Sustaining Teachers.

Find Mark online: companion website to book: www.climate-change-educator.org if you don’t have the book, resources are still there. It's an incredible source of information & data teachers can use to focus on. Also go to Mark Windschitl | UW College of Education

Episode #337: Steve Bollar

Steve Bollar, a.k.a. Stand Tall Steve, is an educational thought leader, former Superintendent of Schools, principal, author and a school culture and motivation expert. He is known for his quick wit, creative thought, and humorous personality.

Find Steve online: LinkedIN, FB, Tiktok, YouTube @standtallsteve IG @stevenbollar

Episode #335: Dr. Almitra Berry

Dr. Almira Berry is a nationally recognized motivational speaker, author, podcast host, and consultant on the topic of culturally and linguistically diverse learners in America’s K12 education system. Her works and research focus on equity and academic achievement for marginalized learners – particularly in majority-of-color, low-wealth, large, urban school districts.

Dr. Berry is host of the podcast, Educational Equity Emancipation and author of the books Effecting Change for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners and Equitable Instructional Practices for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners as well as numerous other articles addressing educational equity.

Find Almitra online: @almitraberry everywhere it’s easy to find her. FB, LinkedIn, Treads, TikTok. You will find links to her books, website, podcast from there.

Episode #334: Dr. Andrea Terrero Gabbadon

Andrea Terrero Gabbadon, PhD is an urban education and leadership scholar, speaker, consultant, and qualitative researcher. Dr. Gabbadon's work and research explore the intersection of culturally affirming leadership, school working conditions and racial climate, and educator diversity. Previously, Dr. Gabbadon served as a high school teacher, teacher leader, and assistant principal/director of curriculum and instruction in traditional public and charter schools. Dr. Gabbadon has also served as a visiting professor and instructor of undergraduate and graduate education at numerous institutions of higher education, including Temple University and Swarthmore College.

Dr. Gabbadon's scholarship has been published in leading academic journals such as Urban Education and The Urban Review. She is also the author of "Support and Retain Educators of Color: 6 Principles for Culturally Affirming Leadership" in publication with the Association for Supervision, and Curriculum Development (ASCD). More importantly, she is an activist, committed partner, and devoted parent.

Find Dr. Gabbadon online: LinkedIn, X @atgabbadon IG, website: https://www.atgabbadon.com/

 

Episode #333: Loren Brody

Loren Brody is an elementary school principal on the East Coast. He is also a husband, father of two teenagers, amateur violinist, dedicated swimmer, vegetarian cook, mindfulness devotee, and new triathlete.

Find Loren online LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loren-brody-622241141 

Episode #336: Navigating the Trenches in '24

Dana's personal trench story that took place over the period of the 23/24 school year and until mid-Sept.

Dr. Dana Goodier has 25 years of experience in education. She has taught World Languages and English and has worked at the middle and elementary school level as an administrator. She completed her doctorate degree (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership in 2020. She often speaks at conferences, providing educators with techniques to minimize off-task behavior and to increase time on task. Currently, she serves as the president of CCFLT (Colorado Congress for Language Teachers). She often writes blogs for the Teach Better Team and is the author of Out of the Trenches: Stories of Resilient Educators, published in 2022. She is the host of the “Out of the Trenches” podcast, which features educators who share their stories of resiliency.

Follow her on X, FB, Bluesky & LinkedIn @danagoodier & IG @outoftrenchespc and visit her website at: www.danagoodier.com

Episode #332: Dr. David Franklin

Dr. David Franklin: author of “Advice from the Principal’s Desk: 5 Pillars of School Leadership” Bio from website: Dr. David Franklin is an award winning school administrator, education professor, curriculum designer, and presenter. He earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from California State University, East Bay, a Master’s Degree in Education Technology from National University, and holds a B.A. in Music from the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Franklin is an Education Consultant and an Adjunct Professor of Education for Colorado State University. He is also a Marzano Research fellow trained in High Reliability Schools, Instructional Rounds, Collaborative Teams, and PLCs.

Find David online: https://principalsdesk.org/author/dfranklin77/

The Principal’s desk podcast: https://principalsdesk.org/the-principals-desk-podcast/

Advice from the Principal’s Desk book: Publications – The Principal's Desk https://principalsdesk.org/tpd-publications/

\Principal’s Desk blog: https://principalsdesk.org/the-principals-desk-blog/