The Out of the Trenches Podcast

Episode #251: Angela Jerabek

Angela Jerabek is the founder and executive director of BARR Center. Jerabek developed the BARR model 20 years ago and has expanded it from one school in the Midwest to more than 200 schools. Jerabek has published five books, several op-eds and articles in various publications, including being featured in USA Today, National Public Radio, and CNBC. She has also presented at the White House at the “Evidence in Education Roundtable” in 2016. Her Education: M.S. Counseling Psychology, B.A. Music Outside of work. Enjoys time with family and friends, music, golfing, reading, and the outdoors. Find the Barr Center online: www.barrcenter.org

https://twitter.com/BarrCenter,

https://www.facebook.com/BARRCenter/, https://www.instagram.com/barrcenter/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCop1v_JGzQjIc5XPXVaVhdw, https://www.linkedin.com/company/barr-building-assets-reducing-risks-/

Episode #250: Ryan Steuer

Ryan Steuer inspires educators across the country as the founder of Magnify Learning, a PBL professional development organization that equips educators to engage learners, tackle boredom, and transform classrooms. Prior to founding Magnify Learning, Ryan was an engineer for a Fortune 50 company, 8th grade English teacher, and missionary. He shares his education and leadership insights through PBL Simplified the book, which released in January, YouTube, and podcast.

Find Ryan online at: www.magnifylearningin.org  or on Twitter @ryansteuer

Episode #249: Dr. Christopher Slaton

Dr. Christopher Slaton practices Education and Science to help you inform your brain and to discipline your body through the process of how you focus to live, learn, think, and respond to tension, stress, or pressure. He is the author of 'Education and Science' literature and the founder of the Human Systems Science: the study of brain, body, and sense events to improve the sense and receive path functions of people that have been hurt by major life events in the home, school, neighborhood, and workplace networks. Find Dr. Slaton online: https://www.drchristopherkslaton.com/ https://www.facebook.com/christopher.slaton.71 he has a blog. Also has begun to podcast. BuzzSprout, YouTube: Brain’s Body Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christospher-K.-Slaton/author/B0BGCGGW1W?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Episode #248: Terri Eichholz

Terri Eichholz 29 years of classroom experience from K-12. M.A. in Teaching. She specializes in Gifted and Talented Education, Maker Education, Ed Tech Integration, and STEAM. She's worked for SAISD and NEISD in San Antonio, Texas, and currently consults, conducts professional development, and writes articles about education. She enjoys engaging all students, including adults, with hands-on, student-centered learning.

Find Terri online on Twitter @terrieichholz www.engagetheirminds.com tons of resources, free downloads, Wakelet activities for all times of the year. A lot of resources are aimed at anyone. All levels.

Episode #247: Bryson Tarbet

 

Bryson Tarbet is a preK-6th grade general music teacher just outside of Columbus, Ohio. He received his Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education from Ohio Wesleyan University his Master of Music in Music Education with a Kodály emphasis from Capital University.

Bryson spent his first year out of college as part of an elementary school intervention team and he fell in love with working with students with disabilities. Due to this experience, as well as his personal experience as a neurodiverse individual, Bryson feels very strongly about advocating for sensory and emotionally-inclusive classrooms.

Bryson started That Music Teacher, LLC with the goal of sharing different perspectives on issues pertaining to the lives of music educators across the country. He also hosts That Music Podcast, a podcast for elementary music teachers and is the educator behind the Elementary Music Summit.

More information about Bryson and That Music Teacher can be found at www.ThatMusicTeacher.com. Bryson can also be found on Instagram and Facebook @ThatMusicTeacher

Episode #246: Dawn Harris

Dawn Harris is a passionate and energetic educator who lives by the motto, “Relationships First.” Her enthusiasm for creating connections is infectious and she thrives on the opportunity to learn about the things that motivate and inspire teachers and students alike. In her roles as a secondary English Language Arts Educator, Gifted and Talented Teacher, and Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Dawn continually strives to bring authentic and engaging learning experiences to students of all ages. Throughout her career as an educator, Dawn has taught in urban, rural, and suburban districts meeting the needs of children from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. In addition to general ELA coursework, Dawn’s classroom teaching experience also includes teaching English as a second language, creative writing, film studies, and response to intervention instruction. Dawn’s professional teaching experiences have been showcased in scholarly journals and at local, regional, national, and international conferences.

Find Dawn online: on Twitter @dharriseds Instagram: @dharrieds Facebook: dawnmharris Lead Like a Pirate Twitter chat (#LeadLAP) Sat. mornings @ 10:30. Website: www.educationundone.com she has lots of resource libraries

Episode #245: Destiny Wagner & Kristofer Thurston

Destiny Wagner is an educator with over 20 years' experience as both a classroom teacher (physics) and an instructional technology coach. With a proven record of creating and delivering professional development, her goal is to leverage my expertise to help educators succeed in achieving their objectives while maintaining an effective work-life balance and to overcome the struggle with burnout that has become all too common in recent years. She is also developing a workshop series around addressing educator burnout with school administrations towards her 500-hr. yoga teacher training.

Kristofer Thurston is the Chief Technology Nerd Technology Director. After 22 years in Education Technology, he's learned that CHANGE is the soul of the game. Starting with computer labs, moving through 1:1, into BYOD and beyond, change is the only thing that remains constant. he believes that change is now taking us back to the concept of 1:1, but this time, it means something completely different. Through the purposeful use of the right technologies, teachers can focus on building relationships, meeting each and every student where they’re at, driving engagement and empowering life-long learners, with a goal of every student feeling like they have a 1:1 student to teacher ratio in every class. He recently completed a 3-year term as the Technology Chair on the Prince of Peace Catholic School Advisory Committee. Currently serving as the Director of Technology at John Paul II High School. Find them both online at http://www.edtechnerds.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/edtechdestiny

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/edtechdestiny/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/destiny-wagner

Fb groups: Calm teachers us tech @kristhurston

Episode #244: Kip Shubert

Kip is an educator and coach who is driven to lead and love staff and students to believe and discover that they are the greatest miracle in the world. Having almost thirty years’ experience in education, Kip is sharing that secret sauce as an educator, coach, author, speaker, and as a podcast host of The Secret Sauce with Kip Shubert. Kip recently moved from Oklahoma to the mountains of Colorado where he now teaches and coaches for the Woodland Park School District. Kip has climbed mountains that once seemed impossible to him. He uses his experiences of being homeless, an alcoholic, losing custody of his daughter, and his wife’s diagnosis with an incurable blood cancer to share how he used adversity to find his advantage, his secret sauce. His WHY is to use those powerful stories, combined with building real, authentic relationships to reach back over the mountains he has climbed so that he can be that sherpa to guide and empower others. He is the author of the just released Struggle to Strength: Finding the Ingredients to Your Secret Sauce”, published by Road to Awesome, LLC.

Find Kip online:

Twitter: The Secret Sauce with Kip Shubert (@SecretSauceEDU) / Twitter  On FB the most-podcast on podbean. 

https://www.facebook.com/secretsaucewithkip/  https://www.instagram.com/secretsauceedu/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kip-shubert-8215a7174/   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSiHiVSKcquwS4MlXBp2fg

Episode #243: Darcy Bakkegard

Darcy Bakkegard is an English/theatre teacher and professional development coach who got tired of traditional sit-n-get PD and now creates the type of PD she always wanted with the Educators’ Lab. With 10 years of experience teaching English and theatre, Bakkegard specializes in interactive strategies for the classroom, meaningful tech integration, and building relationships with students. Bakkegard is an ISTE Certified Educator, an experienced international presenter, and empowerer of teachers. She co-wrote The Startup Teacher Playbook to help teachers rekindle their spark for teaching and make PD meaningful.

Find Darcy online: www.theeducatorslab.com or Twitter @dbakkegard

Episode #242: Grayson McKinney & Zach Rondot

Grayson McKinney & Zach Rondot are co-authors of "The Expert Effect: A Three-Part System to Break down the Walls of Your Class".

Grayson McKinney is an elementary educator from East Grand Rapids, Michigan who is known for his innovative approaches to teaching and learning and is a true agent for change. Co-author of The Expert Effect: A Three-Part System to Break Down the Walls of Your Classroom and Connect Your Students to the World and the picture book companion, The Expert Expedition, his mission is to empower students to connect their learning to the world in order to improve their own lives, the lives of others, and the environment around them.

Zach Rondot is also a 4th grade teacher from Michigan. His main mission as educator is to empower my students to be strong, confident kids for more success, happiness, and fulfillment in their lives. He has a Master's Degree in Educational technology and loves using technology to deepen learning, enhance creativity, and create opportunities that would otherwise would not be possible.

Find Zach on Twitter: @MrRondot, Instagram: @ZachRondot, Blog: zachrondot.com

Find Grayson on Twitter: @Gmckinney2, Instagram: @ExpertEffectEDU Website: www.experteffectedu.com