The Out of the Trenches Podcast

Episode #128: Katie Powell

Katie Powell is the director for middle level programs for the Association for Middle Level Education. She began teaching in 2005 and has served as a special education teacher, Title I teacher, instructional coach, and classroom teacher. Katie’s first book, Boredom Busters, grew out of this focus on providing interventions for struggling students by leveraging curiosity and fun to increase engagement while driving learning deeper. Katie’s newest book, Frustration Busters, was released in early November. Katie believes in respecting the expertise of teachers and shares her creative process so they can address instruction and classroom management within their own teaching styles.

Follow Katie online on Twitter @beyond_the_desk & IG: @teach_beyond_the_desk

Visit her website: www.teachbeyondthedesk.com

Find our more about the Association for Middle Level Education at www.amle.org.

Episode #127: Lisa Caprelli

Lisa Caprelli is a speaker, songwriter and an award-winning author of the unicorn book series, Unicorn Jazz. ™ She is an author of 17 books, and has produced music videos for kids. Lisa is the producer and director of Unicorn Jazz Presents The Thing I Do - Seasons 2, a family show on Amazon TV. Lisa was inspired by Sesame Street and with her kids multi-media brand of Unicorn Jazz - kids can send in their own video content, music and talent to be part of the show! The Thing I Do show was created at the onset of the pandemic to share happiness for children and educators. Her 26+ years in marketing and branding over 150 CEO’s led to her changing her life in 2018 to create a children’s brand, Unicorn Jazz. Unicorn Jazz in the first book, is a shy unicorn who moves to a new land in search of new friends. She feels like she does not belong, or that no one understands her, until she meets a new friend, Woof the Crow. The book series offers social emotional learning components (empathy, kindness, love, belonging, believing in others, feelings and more. She lives in Huntington Beach, CA.

Find Lisa online at www.UnicornJazz.com Follow her on Instagram @UnicornJazz.com/Media https://lisacaprelli.com/media-outreach/

Episode #126: Chuck Moss

Chuck Moss is the Director of Innovation & Development at Dinwiddie County Public Schools - Dinwiddie, VA; Presenter; Speaker; Chuck has 25 years of experience in education. He has been a teacher, a coach, an assistant principal, a principal, and now a director. His most important role is that of husband and father.

Follow Chuck on Twitter: @dcpsmoss IG: @dcpsmoss FB: Chuck Moss Website: https://chuckmoss72.wixsite.com/momentsofawesome  where he wants to hear other’s stories about awesome moments.

Episode #125: Suzanne DeMallie

Suzanne DeMallie was an ordinary CPA and mother of three prior to 2005. That’s when she was told that her son had an auditory processing disorder, and she began researching information to learn more about his diagnosis and how she could help him. But what she uncovered was a much greater problem that impacted every student in the typical classroom. She learned that all students could miss as much as third of what their teacher said due to poor classroom acoustics and immature neurological hearing abilities; and yet, there was a simple cost-effective solution - give a teacher a wireless microphone and put speakers in the classroom. As the author of a best-selling book, Can You Hear Me Now? Suzanne honestly addresses the problems in education that leave so many children behind. She vividly describes the difference between the intent of education policies and reality of putting them into practice in a classroom. She encourages parents and educators to ‘join the conversation’ to generate improvements in our public education system, and she guides them through the process using her own successful experience. Suzanne believes that if we don’t improve public education, eventually the only children left in the system will be those who had no other choice. She wants public education to be a ‘better choice’ for ALL students.

Visit Suzanne's website at SuzanneDeMallie.com and follow her on Twitter @SuzanneDeMallie

 

Episode #124: Jesse Lubinsky

Jesse Lubinsky is currently the Chief Learning Officer for Ready Learner One LLC. He is an education technologist, teacher, certified school administrator, and doctoral student based out of Westchester County in New York. Prior to entering the learning space, he was a technology consultant for Fortune 500 companies specializing in network engineering and software development projects. Jesse is co-author of "Reality Bytes: Innovative Learning Using Augmented and Virtual Reality" and "The Esports Education Playbook: Empowering Every Learner Through Inclusive Gaming". He has also been published in the books The Chromebook Infused Classroom, 100 No-Nonsense Things that ALL Teachers Should STOP Doing, High-Tech Teaching Success! A Step by Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology in Your Classroom and Fueled by Coffee and Love: A Brew Perspective.

Find Jesse online via his website: https://www.jesselubinsky.com/ and follow him on Twitter & IG: @jlubinsky or @ReadyLearner_1

Episode #123: Marshal Hurst

Marshal has been working in education for 20 years. He started out as a teacher, coach, club sponsor, and bus driver at a small rural school. This school was the same one that Marshal attended growing up. After nine years, he decided that he needed a change and to grow as a teacher. He only had the experience of what it was like to learn and teach at the same school.

Marshal spent the next five years under a grant program funded by the Arkansas Department of Education. He started out at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith working in a program that served as a bridge between the college and local schools. He then went to work for the Arkansas Department of Education in their office of Professional Development where he coordinated the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC). Both programs were developed by the Gates Foundation and he had the opportunity to present and participate in state panels throughout the nation. Marshal is currently in his 6th year of teaching math at Northside High School in Fort Smith, AR. Northside is the most diverse school in the state and completed its first year of being a Model Professional Learning Community (PLC) at Work that is recognized by Solution Tree. He is involved with Josten’s Renaissance to be sure every student is recognized within the school.

Find Marshal online on Twitter @marshalhurst or www.marshalhurst.com

 

 

Episode #122: Shellee Howard

Shellee Howard is the Founder and CEO of College Ready and CR Tutoring and Test Strategies. She is a college graduate and is a Certified Independent College Strategist. She is a best-selling author, a member of HECA (ethics organization), and a member of SOFA (Society of Financial Awareness). Shellee has traveled around the world helping students create their “Stand out Strategy". She knows what it takes to compete in the Top tier schools as well as finding the best-fit college for all students. Shellee believes that no two students are the same and each student must have their own strategy and plan to be successful. Each student has a gift/talent and a passion that will set him or her apart from their competition.

Visit Shellee's website: www.collegereadyplan.com

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Episode #121: Jorge Valenzuela

Jorge Valenzuela is an education coach, author, and advocate. He has years of experience as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist, and a consultant. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in project-based learning, computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and equity and SEL integration. Jorge is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined. His book Rev Up Robotics and jump start guides Ready, Set, Robotics and SEL in Action are available from ISTE, and his next book, which takes a deep dive into the Equity and SEL Integration Framework, is forthcoming from Solution Tree.

Follow Jorge on Twitter, IG, snapchat @jorgedoespbl and visit his website https://www.lifelonglearningdefined.com/

 

 

Episode #120: Rebecca Potts Aguirre

Rebecca Potts Aguirre is a teaching artist currently living in Los Angeles. Her work is inspired by the intersection between ecological concern and the female experience, especially that of motherhood and trauma, often using unconventional materials that connect to childhood and “women’s work.” She is represented by Stay Home Gallery for 2021. She is also a member of Spilt Milk Gallery and is listed in the curated directories All She Makes and Visionary Art Collective. Rebecca earned her MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis and her BA in Studio Art & Geography from Middlebury College. Her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Australia at spaces including The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Zhou B. Art Center, New York Studio Gallery, Art Share L.A., and SoLA Contemporary.

Follow Rebecca on IG, Twitter, Pininterest: @pottsart YouTube: Rebecca Potts FB: @rpottsart LinkedIn: Rebecca Potts Aguirre and visit her website: Rebecca Potts Aguirre – Artist based in Los Angeles

Subscribe to the Teaching Artist Podcast on IG, Twitter, FB. Visit her podcast website: https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/

Episode #119: Tim Stephenson

Tim has been a high school teacher for over 25 years and for most of that time, he's been the only astronomy teacher in the Langley School District in BC, Canada. Space is his passion, his hobby and his pastime. And for years, he’s had parents of students and other adult friends say that they would love to come to a mini course on astronomy. Finally he is going ahead with their suggestions and has developed Beyond the Sky. This is an interactive presentation where he will lead a discussion but always be open to questions about those things that you wonder about the most when you look at the stars.

Follow Tim on Twitter @astrostephenson and visit his website www.astrostephenson.ca