The Out of the Trenches Podcast

Valentina White-Rideaux is a former veteran special education teacher and current owner of IDEA Reimagined, a firm that provides training and professional development services exclusively to special education teachers and leaders. Her company’s mission is to increase student achievement for struggling students and those with disabilities. She is also a doctoral student and college instructor, researching special education teacher preparation.

Find Valentina online at: Twitter: @SPEDteacherslay

IG: @special_ed_teachers_slay

FB: Valentina White-Rideaux

Website: www.specialedteacherslay.com

Todd Stanley is a NBCT and the author of many teacher-education books including Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students (2nd edition), Promoting Rigor Through Higher-Level Questioning, and A Teacher's Toolbox for Gifted Education. He served as classroom teacher for 18 years before becoming the gifted services coordinator for Pickerington Schools. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati.

Find Todd online: www.thegiftedguy.com- has a lot of free resources. Todd talks- 20 m videos. Twitter @the_gifted_guy

Dr. Rick Chromey uses historical insight and cultural inspiration to empower audiences to rethink and reimagine how they lead, teach, pastor and parent. With over 30 years of training experience, Dr. Chromey is a sought after speaker both nationally and internationally, He has also penned over a dozen books on leadership, culture, history, classroom management and creative communication, including his most recent book "GenTech: An American Story of Technology, Change and Who We Really Are." Chromey enjoys collecting antique technology, pop culture, watching baseball, riding his motorcycle, traveling and writing. He lives with his wife Linda, and adorable dog and an ornery cat in a small town outside of Boise, ID.

Find Rick online at: www.rickchromey.com He can come to your school to do a workshop. You can also order autographed books from his website. Find him on

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickchromeyspeaker

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drrickchromey/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Rick_Chromey

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoXjDFeB-2ZcQmsOeISJq-A

Michael Jennings has spent over a decade teaching & coaching at nearly every level. He has been a physical education teacher, strengtathlos.org healthy-body & conditioning coach, football coach, youth athletic development trainer, and now program director for PE & character. He is passionate about the powerful role that movement, physical activity, & sport play in the holistic development of young people. He is dedicated to showing that PE, physical activity & sport build strong foundations in our youth!

Find Michael online: www.amac.athlos.org to access the Athlos program, a free program for teachers, coaches, etc. @Athlosmac @theschmike on Twitter

Betsy Springer works as an instructional coach and ELA teacher for the Gull Lake Virtual Partnership, a division of innovative programs in the Gull Lake Community School District in SW Michigan. Betsy holds a BS in secondary ed, an MEd in Instructional Tech, and is a doctoral candidate in Ed Policy. Her favorite things are her family, coffee, and doing what others say can't be done.

Find Betsy online: https://unboxingeducation.blogspot.com/ Twitter, LinkedIn @betsyspringer

Dwight Carter is a nationally recognized and award-winning education leader from Central OH and the Director of Student Support Systems for the Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical School District. He is the co-author of What’s In Your Space? Five Steps to Better School and Classroom Design (Corwin, 2016), Leading Schools in Disruptive Times: How to Survive Hyper-change (Corwin 2017/2021); and a contributing author to Because of a Teacher: Stories of the Past to Inspire the Future of Education written and curated by George Couros. His first solo book, Be GREAT: Five Principles to Improve School Culture from the Inside Out, was published recently (IMPress, 2022).

You can connect with him on Twitter at @Dwight_Carter, IG: @dwightcarter & LinkedIn @dwightlcarter. email: mrdwightcarter@gmail.com or on his blog at Mr. Carter’s Office (https://dwightcarter.edublogs.org/.

For over two decades Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore, host of the Design Lessons podcast, has worked as a district and school level administrator, instructional designer, coach, and teacher. Through individual coaching sessions and workshops, Michele uses design thinking and project-based learning principles to support educators with actionable steps to become leaders and change-makers in their lives and the lives of their students.

Find Michele online at: www.micheleschmidtmoore.com and @mschidtmoore IG, Twitter, FB.

Dan Tricarico has been a high school English teacher for over thirty years. He's also the author of The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom (DBC, Inc. 2015) and Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers (DBC, Inc. 2018). In his spare time, he enjoys writing fiction, listening to music (especially Roots Rock and The Blues), reading mystery novels, staring out of windows, and watching movies. One of his first loves is writing poetry, and he's published many poems both in print and on-line.

Find Dan online: www.thezenteacher.com

Twitter @thezenteacher IG @zenteacher TicToc @thezenprofessional Email: teachingzen@gmail.com 

 

Keith K. L. Belvin is a certified Crisis Specialist, Personal & Marriage Counselor, Award-Winning Author, and Educational Consultant who listens to and helps address emotional problems through Person-Centered Counseling. Keith works with men, women, children, and couples by addressing their current issues and works to help them become experts in their lives and feelings. In addition, Keith helps mentor many to become more self-aware of how powerful they indeed are and were created to be. Keith’s friendly and transparent style makes him the perfect person to open up to and communicate your problem.

Find Keith online: Counseling and Consultant Info: www.BravinConsultants.com Counseling Email: info@BravinConsultants.com Books, Publishing, & Literary Services: www.BravinPublishing.com Publishing Email: MainOffice@BravinPublishing.com

Keith is on FB, TikTok, IG, LinkedIn. Find books on his website for 55% off the top. Reach out & let him know what you enjoyed about this podcast.

Bryan Zwemke is an Assistant Superintendent of Learning and Innovation in Illinois with 23 years of experience teaching and leading in rural, suburban, and urban settings focused on student achievement and student engagement. His priorities focus on the core strategies of a guaranteed and viable curriculum, mental health, equity and access for all students, supporting quality teams, and personalized learning for students. Bryan completed his doctoral program for Educational Leadership at Aurora University defending his dissertation Building Social Capital Through Social Media and is serving as an adjunct professor at Aurora University. As a veteran administrator, Bryan has developed a passion for the necessary change toward future ready education - an ecosystem dedicated to student growth, collaborative spaces and practices, and research supported techniques to long term success. Further, Bryan is a co-facilitator for the Mastermind and sometimes blog contributor for Teach Better Team.

Find Bryan online on Twitter @bryanzwenke, Linkedin