NHASCD Spotlight: A Podcast

Allie is a consultant, author, and school board member who devotes her career to adult learning. Whether you are a teacher, administrator, or parent, you will be challenged by Allie's wisdom.

ABOUT
Allison Rodman is an independent consultant to public, private, charter, parochial, and independent schools worldwide. She has been a classroom teacher, assistant principal, director of professional development, instructional coach, and director of teaching and learning. Allie is also a school member in her hometown in New Jersey and the author of the 2019 ASCD book Personalized Professional Learning; A Job-Embedded Pathway For Elevating Teacher Voice.

Allie is the founder of The Learning Loop. She coaches organizations and individuals to purposefully leverage their limited time and create personalized and paradigm-shifting professional learning space.

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The Learning Loop
Free Newsletter
Allie's latest book: Personalized Professional Learning
ASCD Annual Conference
Danielson's Framework for Teaching

Eleven years ago, Jon Bergmann wrote the book Flip Your Classroom, and his world has never been the same since. Educators worldwide embraced flipped learning strategies, and Jon followed up with nine more books on the subject. His latest book is The Mastery Learning Handbook - A Competency-Based Approach to Student Achievement. Jon returned to the classroom as a high school science teacher in 2019. He still consults in schools throughout the world. 

ABOUT
Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Class Movement and has a very popular YouTube channel with more than 5 million views. Jon has won several awards, including the Presidential Award for Excellence for Math and Science Teaching.

Jon and his wife live in Houston, Texas, and have three grown children. He is a science teacher at Houston Christian High School.

Links and show notes
Jon's website
Jon's books
Jon's YouTube channel
Jon's Twitter
Flipped Learning Global Initiative
Ted Education

Episode description

Naomi Church is passionate about many things in education, but Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Mathematics are at the top of her list. In this episode, Naomi helps us understand UDL and expresses her views on the current state of math instruction in K-12 schools.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Naomi Church is an experienced educator, credentialed coach, and skilled speaker. She served Broward Schools in Florida for over 17 years as a Professional Development Specialist, Mathematics Intervention Program Specialist, ESE Support Facilitator, RtI Coordinator, Literacy Coach, and teacher. She holds a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Business from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Master’s Degree from The Florida State University in Educational Leadership. Naomi is certified in Elementary Education (K-6), ESOL (K-12), Educational Leadership (all levels), and Exceptional Student Education (K-12). Naomi is passionate about coaching, mentoring, professional development, and building capacity.

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Growing Minds Consulting

Women's Flat Track Roller Derby: Universal by Design

The Power of Optimizing Strengths

Adding it Up

UDL Guidelines

Growing Minds Consulting Blog

Learning Forward

Learning Forward Florida

Twitter

Facebook

Linked-in

NHASCD

Episode description

Perhaps no researcher has impacted education as much as John Hattie. His meta-analysis research on instructional effect size has influenced an entire generation of educators. In advance of the NH Visible Learning + Institute with John Hattie and friends, he sat down with us to talk about his life as a researcher, the state of our field, and what we can expect at the conference on February 13 at the Doubletree Hilton in Manchester.

To register for the Institute, head to nhascd.org. Be sure to use the code “NHASCD” for a $25 discount.

About John Hattie

Dr. John Hattie is an award-winning educational researcher and best-selling author with nearly 30 years of experience examining what works best in student learning and achievement. His research, best known as Visible Learning, is a culmination of those 30 years of synthesizing more than 1,700 meta-analyses. His notable publications include Visible Learning, Visible Learning for Teachers, Visible Learning - The Science of How We Learn, Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12, and, most recently, 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning.

John has been a professor of education and director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. John has also taught middle and high school as a classroom teacher before entering graduate studies.

Links and show notes

Corwin Visible Learning

John’s Books

Visible Learning site

Register for the NH Visible Learning Institute with John Hattie, John Almarode, and Kiersten Barbee (use the code NHASCD for a $25 discount)

Register for the Jim Knight conference

John Almarode bio

Kierstan Barbee bio

Storytelling is an ancient and enduring form of communication. With modern digital tools, a new generation of students can tell stories through digital pathways and communicate effectively and purposefully using text, sound, music, and imagery. Join us for this conversation with Brett Pierce, author of the new Heinemann book Expanding Literacy; Bringing Digital Storytelling into Your Classroom.

ABOUT BRETT PIERCE

Brett is the founder and Executive Director of Meridian Stories and author of the book from Heinemann Publishing, Expanding Literacy: Bringing Digital Storytelling into Your Classroom (Spring 2022). Brett has spent much of his professional life at Sesame Workshop in New York City, serving as a Co-Executive Producer on media projects about literacy, math, science, gender equity, and conflict resolution for youth around the world. Brett has taught at the high school level and has degrees from Kenyon College, Middlebury College (English), and Columbia University (Education). He recently completed writing National Geographic’s award-winning Storytelling for Impact courses (Gold Winner, Anthem Awards) and teaches an annual intensive at Colby College about Digital Storytelling and Media for Social Change.

Links and show notes

Expanding Literacy, Bringing Digital Storytelling Into your Classroom

Meridian Stories

[email protected]

Meridian Stories School Competitions

Twitter

National Geographic Storytelling For Impact

Sesame Workshop

Heinemann Publishers

Episode description

The advent of the pandemic made Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman and Christine Arnold’s work more relevant than ever. In this discussion, the authors of the ASCD Book The Minimalist Teacher describe their premise that teachers need to take care of their own physical and mental health first to be effective educators for their students.

About Our Guests

Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman is an international education advisor, teacher coach, and classroom teacher and has taught and led schools in Singapore, New York City, and Edmonton. Tammy is a past president of the ASCD Emerging Leaders Alumni Affiliate (ELASCD). She values simplicity and clarity and has created a coaching model centered on short, flexible, and focused chunks of time with personalized content. Tammy has contributed content to ASCD publications, EdWeek Teacher Blog, and Achieve the Core regarding student engagement, inclusion, agency, and ways to develop positive classroom and school culture.

Christine Arnold is an Australian educator who has worked in her homeland, Japan, Singapore, and Belgium as a teacher, coach, mentor, co-teacher, coordinator, tutor, and supervisor from early childhood education to adult education in the university sector. She has served on the board of the Singapore chapter of the Special Education Network and Inclusion Association. Christine has published educational articles and has presented at various international and Australian conferences. Her interests in education include exploring research-based pedagogy and practice, inclusive education, quality early childhood education, inquiry, and promoting well-being for our students and teaching colleagues.

Links and show notes

The Minimalist Teacher

Tammy’s Twitter: @planZPLS

Tammy’s email: [email protected]

Christine’s Twitter: @carnold005

Minimalist Teacher website

Plan Z Professional Learning Services

De-implementation: Creating the Space to Focus on What Works

ASCD Emerging Leaders

NHASCD

As we near the end of 2022, the field of education is undoubtedly in transition. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer for Renaissance, the company behind well-known products such as Star Assessments, Nearpod, and Accelerated Reader, offers fervent hope for our profession.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Gene Kerns serves as the Chief Academic Officer for Renaissance. He has a rich background as the Supervisor of Academic Services for the Milford, Delaware School District, a faculty member at the University of Delaware, and has been a teacher and administrator in both Delaware and Virginia. Gene holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Longwood University in VA and his doctorate in education from the University of Delaware. He is the co-author of three books: Informative Assessment: When It’s Not About a Grade, Unlocking Student Talent, and Literacy Reframed.

Links and show notes

Renaissance General Site

Renaissance Webinars

Renaissance Focus Skills

About Dr. Gene Kerns

Gene on Twitter

Gene’s Books on Amazon

Register for Jim Knight conference on January 26, 2023

nhascd.org

Bill Carozza email

What is the Science of Reading?

National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)

The impact of the Pandemic has only heightened the need for educators to integrate social-emotional learning into their instruction. In this wide-ranging interview, Jeffrey Benson speaks of supporting schools and teachers that work for all students. 

ABOUT JEFFREY BENSON

Jeffrey has over 40 years of experience in education as a teacher in elementary, secondary and post-secondary settings and has served as an administrator in day and residential schools. Jeffrey has studied and worked in areas as diverse as special education, learning theory, mathematics, trauma and addiction, and conflict resolution. His latest ASCD book is Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL.

Links and show notes

Jeffrey Benson’s website

100 Repetitions

Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL

Register for Jim Knight Conference

NHASCD Website

Suicide is a topic shrouded with fear and misunderstanding, especially regarding school-aged children. Sara Gould is from “Connor’s Climb,” an organization with a mission to provide suicide prevention education to New Hampshire youth and the community.

ABOUT SARA GOULD

Sarah has worked for 15 years in the mental health field. She’s a certified youth mental health first aid trainer and formally a school counselor. One of her specialties is suicide training, and Sarah has been at the forefront of creating, revising, and implementing suicide prevention policies and procedures. Sarah is currently the Training & Program Coordinator for *Connor’s Climb*.

Links and show notes

Connor’s Climb website

Link to donate to Connor’s Climb

The Lifeline and 9-8-8

Words Matter-Speaking about suicide

RSA 193-J

Register for the Jim Knight Conference on January 26, 2023

NHASCD website

Email Sarah Gould

Email Bill Carozza

Join us for this conversation with Sean Slade and Victoria Rodrigue from BTS-Spark, a leading professional learning organization for school leaders. They address the real challenges of leadership and develop thoughtful, purposeful, and effective leaders at all levels of school personnel - directly impacting student success. NHASCD is proud to partner this year with BTS-Spark.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Sean Slade

Sean is an education leader, speaker and author, with nearly three decades of experience in education, both in the US and globally. With a strong background in education reform and wellbeing, he has driven policy change, implemented initiatives, and developed educational leaders, to enhance the social impact of education. As Senior Director of Global Outreach at ASCD, Sean launched and grew the ASCD Whole Child Network to 1,800 members, 350 school districts, and 56 countries. He is also a Social & Emotional Learning expert for NBC Today, advisory member for OECD’s Future of Education & Skills 2030, and a founding member of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education. He has written for the Washington Post, Huffington Post, EdWeek, and is a frequent keynote speaker.

Victoria Rodrigue

Victoria started teaching in Austria on a Fulbright fellowship before building her education career in the San Francisco bay area. She was a member of the founding administrative team that opened Basis Independent Silicon Valley in San Jose, and she went on to serve as principal at Meira Academy in Palo Alto. She brings several years of experience coaching teachers as well as co-founding a principals’ support group. For the last five years, she has served as an accrediting member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

LINKS AND SHOW NOTES

Receive 10% off any BTS coaching until the end of the year by emailing [email protected].

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BTS Spark website

Messy School Leadership

ASCD

ASCD and the Whole Child Approach

Jim Knight

Register for Jim Knight on January 26, 2023

NHASCD

Email Victoria: [email protected]

Email Sean: [email protected]

Email Bill Carozza: [email protected]