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Are you in the trenches as an educator? You're not
alone. Hear from those who have been in the trenches and managed to come out intact. Hear their stories!
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Apr 11, 2021
Apr 11, 2021
58 min
Dr. Markenya L. Williams is a Chicagoan, with great Southside pride. She has been an educator since 2005 and is an active member of the NAACP, NAN, and a proud Board Member of the Illinois Princip Association (Kishwaukee Region,) Burst Into Books Inc. (Chicago,) & St. James Community Church (Chicago). Dr. Williams has held multiple positions and titles throughout her career: teacher’s assistant, teacher, grade level team leader, private tutor, preschool site director, technology coordinator, Local School Council (LSC) member, PBIS coach, attendance team leader, MTSS co-coordinator, assistant principal, diversity & equity chairperson, CEO, and much more. Follow Dr. Williams on Twitter @markenyaw IG: markenyawilliams, and subscribe to her Youtube channel: Dr. Markenya L. Williams - YouTube
Apr 7, 2021
Apr 7, 2021
48 min
Originally from DeMotte, Indiana, Kyle Hamstra moved to North Carolina in 2002. After teaching fifth grade math/science for over fourteen years at Davis Drive Elementary in Cary, NC, Kyle is now an elementary STEM Specialist, serving 1,000 students weekly. Kyle is very interested in all-things STEM, curriculum design, leadership, and being a connected educator to learn from his professional learning network daily. Follow Kyle on Twitter: @Kylehamstra and visit his website: https://kylehamstra.com
**Tune in next week for part two of my conversation with Kyle, in episode #68.**
Apr 4, 2021
Mar 31, 2021
Mar 31, 2021
44 min
Steven Gupton is a CTE Teacher at James E. Shepard IB Magnet Middle School in Durham Public Schools. Steven is a son, brother, paramedic, educator, coach, and member of the NCAE Educators of Color Cohort. He has served his community his entire life. In high school, he began volunteering in his local fire department and his love for public service began to grow. 16 years later, he is still going. Four years ago, he walked away from his role as an EMS administrator to join the Black men that made up the 2% of educators in our profession and he’s glad he did. He believes EVERY child can learn, and he will always fight for those that are underserved and underrepresented. Follow Steven on Twitter @guptonteaches
Mar 28, 2021
Mar 28, 2021
47 min
Tara Linney is an award-winning educator who has helped several schools nationally and internationally with launching and sustaining effective 1:1 programs over the course of the last decade. She holds a certification as an Instructional Technology Specialist. In 2016, she received the 21st Century Learning Award for Innovation in Educational Coaching. Since the start of her career in Education, Tara has played an active role in many professional communities. In 2017, she served as the ISTE Global Collaboration PLN President, where she led an organizational pivot to focus on SDGs in Education. In addition to her work in the PLN teams, Tara is an ISTE Certified Educator. In 2018, Tara authored and published the book, "Code Equity: Keying Girls into Coding", as a guide for educators looking to make a more equitable learning environment for their students, particularly in the teaching of computer science topics. Follow Tara online on Twitter & IG, LinkedIn @taralinney and visit her website: www.TLspecialists.com
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021
37 min
Mark Brown is an educational leader, leadership and team development facilitator, author, speaker, coach, student, and mental health and wellness advocate. He is known for his passion and dedication for inspiring others to #ChooseToBeYou by living life as their best self! Mark serves as a high school administrator in Newberg, Oregon, where his primary focus and responsibility is centered around school climate and culture. Mark shares openly about his life experience and how the highs and lows throughout his life have molded him into who he is today. His goal is to use his experience to encourage others to face their fears and challenges head on, and to learn to love themselves for who they are! Visit Mark online at: https://www.heymarkbrown.com/ and follow him on Twitter & IG: @heymarkbrown
Mar 21, 2021
Mar 21, 2021
50 min
Jen Cort is a diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice consultant working with schools and organizations in multiple countries. As an educator and clinical social worker, Jen has served as an assistant head of lower school, head of a middle school, and senior administrator as well as a counselor in lower, middle and upper schools and private practice. As the founder of Jen Cort Consulting, Jen works with groups to create sustainable and systemic change and to live out their missions regarding diversity and inclusion. Her goal is to create spaces where students, and all community members, can be seen and heard while learning to be visible and use their voices in productive ways. Find Jen online Twitter: @JenCortEdCon IG: @jencortedcon FB: @JenCortConsulting and visit her website: www.jencort.com
Mar 17, 2021
Mar 17, 2021
42 min
Kenneth C. Williams shares his experience and expertise as a nationally recognized trainer, speaker, coach and consultant in leadership and school culture. A practitioner for nearly two decades, Ken led the improvement efforts at two schools by leveraging the Professional Learning Communities at Work process. Skilled in joining the why of the work to the how of the work, Ken is known for his powerful and engaging combinations of “heart, humor, and hammer.” He is an expert at helping schools build capacity in the collective commitments required of learning for all cultures. He is the author of "Starting A Movement: Building Culture from the Inside Out in Professional Learning Communities", "Creating Physical and Emotional Safety In Schools", and a contributor to "The Collaborative Administrator". To learn more about Ken’s work, visit his website at www.unfoldthesoul.com, and follow @unfoldthesoul on Twitter.
Mar 14, 2021
Mar 14, 2021
41 min
Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim’s leadership, Lincoln High School became a “Trauma Informed” school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out of school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. These dramatic changes at Lincoln caught the attention of Jamie Redford, who spent a year filming the documentary, Paper Tigers, which tells the Lincoln story. The documentary was released at the May 2015. Jim is currently working as a trauma-informed coach/consultant as well as a trainer with the Children’s Resilience Initiative, based in Walla Walla. His travels have taken him all over the United States. Jim is married, has three daughters and six granddaughters.
Find Jim online at Jimsporlederconsulting.com , On Twitter @Sporlin and on Facebook.
Mar 10, 2021
Mar 10, 2021
31 min
Craig Randall has worked as an elementary and middle school counselor, including one intense year in the classroom with students with severe behavior issues. Craig has also worked in the job of his passion and calling: assistant principal and principal. Craig has done his work at schools both in the US and overseas. Now, as the author of the book and founder of the business with the same name: "Trust-Based Observations", Craig’s goal is to transform the world of teacher observation and evaluation. He is dedicated to training and consulting school leaders on the use of Trust-Based Observations, empowering them to build supportive relationships with their teachers, relationships which foster risk-taking, which in turn, dramatically improve teaching and learning. Find Craig online at: https://trustbased.com/ and on Twitter @trustbasedcraig