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School leaders have tight schedules and little time. It is difficult to keep current with educational trends and see what is happening in other schools. EdPOP is PD for school leadership in a podcast. Listen to real educators and experts share their experience and perspectives. All educators can…

EdPOP


    • Nov 15, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    Educator Spotlight: Dr. Kate Anderson Foley

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 38:33


    Dr. Kate Foley sits down with Seamus to discuss her new book, Radically Excellent School Improvement, now available where you buy books and on The Ippy Dippy Content Library.  Radically Excellent School Improvement presents a model for ambitious improvement and tireless focus that ensures every student grows, thrives, and achieves their fullest potential.  Learn from Kate's experience on how to improve your school through key takeaways and anecdotes. 

    Educator Spotlight: Rt.Invests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 25:10


    Raymond Tran explains why he left his high paying investment job to be happier teaching AND didn't have to sacrifice his earnings.  He is on a mission to help other teachers live financially free.

    Educator Spotlight: Math Love Siu

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 36:10


    Seamus' sister and veteran math Teacher, Maeve Siu, joins The Ippy Dippy to talk about shifting career goals, helping humanize math, and sharing her math songs with the audience.  Listen to discover her journey and tips for getting the best out of your students by tapping into your creativity.  Mentioned in this episode, @mathlovesiu, @TheMathGuru, @thespacegal

    Educator Spotlight: Teacher to Millionaire

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 25:54


    Seamus welcomes Rachel Rahmlow from Teacher to Millionaire to discuss her mission to ensure educators make the best of their money and become financially secure in their careers.  Rachel also shares insights into her life, her practice, professional development, and where she goes for inspiration.  Also mentioned in this episode are Instagram accounts; @eastnash.teacher, @funny_math_teacher, @TeacherFinancialPlanner, @TheMathGuru, and @pgliljedahl.

    Educator Spotlight: Teaching to a Riot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 19:51


    Despite microphone issues, Seamus welcomes Brittany Wheaton to the show to talk about her work toward making greater connections with students.  Listen to Brittany share her experience with Teaching to a Riot and empowering other educators to shift their mindset when managing behaviors, especially for neurodivergent students.  Be sure to Check out Brittany at Teaching_to_a_Riot on Instagram for more resources.

    Case Study: Play-based Literacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 56:52


    Kristal Funk narrates the case of Play-based literacy at Near West Intergenerational School.  Title Teacher, Brittany O'Donnell teamed up with Coach, Jameson Lowery to explore what play can bring to primary literacy.  Betty Jean Quimby and Sean Wheeler join Seamus O'Hara in the Ippy Dippy Roundtable to debrief the play-based literacy efforts. 

    How will Chat GPT and AI change the classroom?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 46:25


    Thought Leaders:  Sean Wheeler joins Seamus to deep dive into how Chat GPT and AI should change the way you teach, how schools are likely to respond, and how they SHOULD respond.  Learn what you can do with AI to lighten your load and make lesson planning easier while boosting in-person classroom interactions.

    Thought Leaders: Developmental Learning with Dr. Cathy Whitehouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 34:34


    In this Thought Leaders segment, Seamus welcomes Dr. Cathy Whitehouse to discuss her journey to creating 3 schools founded on developmental learning.  Listen to understand the benefit of developmental learning.

    Leaving the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 23:16


    Sean is quitting...teaching that is.  How did a 17-year career come to an end?  Was it the pandemic, was it the riots, did those things have anything to do with it?  Find out today, in THOUGHT LEADERS.

    What's With TFA (Teach for America)?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 28:50


    Seamus and Sean welcome back Joseph Ciesielski and new guest, Patrick Britton to the studio to ask the questions; What is TFA? Why is it so polarizing? Is TFA effective? Should we be ok with TFA in our schools?

    EdPOP Summer Sessions Raw 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019 42:27


    Join Seamus, Sean, Kerrie, and Jacqui as they offer hot takes on education and technology.  They discuss the freedom of teachers and administrators, overuse of iPads in the classroom, student-to-student sexting issues, the state of technology, and the use of Wikipedia as a source.

    Summer Sessions RAW

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 46:58


    Join Seamus and Sean on summer break at the north shore.  Spanish teacher, Ken, and Band teacher, B.J. join the discussion of hot summer topics such as; How much school time should be devoted to testing? The College board is worth billions so why do they get an army of free teachers to proctor their tests? Do new school leaders have new ideas? What's with the Say Yes to Education initiative? EdPOP's summer membership drive and the Teach better Conference. Why do students stay up so late?

    S1E5 Full Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 104:45


    On our final episode of the semester, we have an exciting announcement about our membership drive,  we discuss DeVos’ comments about class size in Listener Mail, Sean gives his perspectives on making choices in Thought Leaders, Rose Martin joins us to take a look at the Best Practice book on Journal Club, We examine changing the education paradigm through Design Lab’s X-block in our Case Study and Round Table, and continue discussing the hiring process on EdPOP Extras.

    S1E5 Chapter 1: Faculty Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 4:53


    Seamus announces the end of the EdPOP semester and explains what to expect for EdPOP’s Summer Sessions RAW.  In addition, there is a very exciting announcement about a giveaway with our membership drive!

    S1E5 Chapter 2: Listener Mail

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 15:40


    Seamus invites his wife, Lauren, into the studio to discuss Betsy DeVos’ comments on class size.  They go further by exploring the idea of using biomimicry to better understand the class size debate.

    S1E5 Chapter 3: Thought Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 13:56


    Sean gives us another fantastic set of thoughts regarding the overuse of data, choices, and keeping fresh as an educator.

    S1E5 Chapter 4: Journal Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 23:41


    Friends of the show, Rose Martin, joins Seamus in the studio to play a little game about making ok classroom practices better by reviewing the book, Best Practice, Fourth Edition: Bringing Standards to Life in America's Classrooms by Steven Zemelman, Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, and Arthur Hyde.

    S1E5 Chapter 5: Case Study & Round Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 33:43


    Katharine narrates the curious case of principal Eric Juli’s effort to make for authentic learning and learning-by-doing at the high school level.  Hear what X-block is all about and see what generalizes to your practice.

    S1E4 Full Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 85:33


    This month, we dig into getting the best out of your faculty that you inherit, new resume considerations, top 10 takeaways from the book No-Drama Discipline, a case study on creating relevant advisories, making sure we do the math on school bathroom use policies, and what really motivates teachers.

    S1E4 Chapter 1: Faculty Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 16:47


    Sean joins Seamus in the studio to discuss your best shot of getting the best out of your inherited staff. Afterward, they dissect a strange but potentially helpful list of things to include on one's resume when looking for a position.

    S1E4 Chapter 2: Journal Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 9:59


    Seamus’ son, Pac helps him review his top 10 discipline strategies from the book No-Drama Discipline; The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

    S1E4 Chapter 3: Case Study and Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 37:41


    Katharine narrates our case study of Principal Michelle Perez’s initiatives to create meaningful advisories to lift social-emotional scores at Cleveland School of Science and Medicine.  Later, we once again welcome Sara Kelly from ELA in the roundtable to lend our perspectives on Principal Perez’s advisory efforts.

    S1E4 Chapter 4: Listener Mail

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 9:24


    Rose Martin joins Seamus to explore poorly considered school bathroom policies, why it matters and how it generalizes to other school initiatives.

    S1E4 Chapter 5: Thought Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 11:45


    Sean shares his thoughts on the disconnect between administration, teachers and other stakeholders on what motivates teachers.

    S1E3: Full Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 70:52


    On this month’s episode, we dig into the fallout of the strike in LA, a case study on PBIS ticket systems, preparing students for college readiness beyond academics, war stories from the teachers’ lounge, and extras on Hendy Avenue and evaluations.

    S1E3 Chapter 1: Faculty Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 9:31


    Seamus explores the factors that led to the strike in the Los Angeles Unified School District and what their agreement is going forward.  In addition, Seamus shares his perspective regarding the stikes across the nation and what leaders can do to about it.

    S1E3 Chapter 2: Case Study & Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 28:41


    Sean narrates our case study of principal Britt Irvin, from O.H. Perry, and her process to implement positive behavioral interventions and supports.  Afterward, keep listening as Sara Kelly from Effective Leadership Academy joins our panel to share perspectives on O.H. Perry’s initiatives.

    S1E3 Chapter 3: Listener Mail

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 6:48


    Katharine hosts Dr. Nick Joyce, from USF, to shed some light on what schools can do to better prepare students to be successful in college beyond academic readiness.

    S1E3 Chapter 4: Teachers' Lounge

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 10:26


    Seamus hosts former colleague Meghan Paris and her wife Liz Blank for a round of war stories that devolve into tales of bodily fluids and bad decisions.

    S1E3 Chapter 5: EdPOP Extras

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 15:27


    S1E2: Full Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 90:52


    On this month's episode, we discuss the true meaning of rigor, the big issues with dress codes and school uniforms, Charlotte Danielson’s framework, how to make service hours meaningful, a case study on raising attendance and decimating your no-show list and how to properly celebrate non-secular holidays in a public school.

    S1E2 Chapter 1: Faculty Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 17:46


    Seamus explores what rigor really means by asking administration, teachers, students, and the dictionary before seeking what administration can do with all of the information.

    S1E2 Chapter 2: Listener Mail

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 10:41


    Katharine and Seamus analyze listener mail about mixed signals for enforcing a dress code. Additionally, they report on the current state of student groups that are inequitably targeted from traditional dress code rules.

    S1E2 Chapter 3: Journal Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 27:31


    Seamus welcomes evaluation expert from Hendy Avenue, Jessica Wilson to offer perspectives on Charlotte Danielson’s “Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching”

    S1E2 Chapter 4: Thought Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 10:01


    Sean walks listeners through his experience with strange approaches to student service hours and offers solutions to create more meaning in student service.

    S1E2 Chapter 5: Case Study and Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 20:07


    Seamus narrates a case study of A.J. Rickoff and Principal Shelby Shutt regarding raising attendance and destroying “no-show” lists. Afterward, Seamus, Sean, and Katharine share their perspectives on the merits of A.J Rockoff’s initiatives.

    S1E2 Chapter 6: Legal Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 15:30


    Seamus invites Rose Martin back to the show to be quizzed on the legal do’s and don’ts of celebrating non-secular holidays in schools.

    S1E1: FULL EPISODE (Ch. 1-6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 66:52


    Join us as we explore the history of compulsory education, a case study and roundtable review of hallway lockouts, nature-based education, John Hattie's 'Visible Learning' review, and anecdotes from the classroom.  Go to Educationpop.org and become a member to receive companion documents and continuing education hour records. 

    S1E1 Chapter 1: Intro/History of Compulsory Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 6:15


    Seamus narrates a brief but illuminating history of compulsory education; from the earliest days to current issues.

    S1E1 Chapter 2: Case Study Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 7:44


    Katherine Bussert narrates a walkthrough of Assistant Principal, Joseph Ciesielski's solution (lockouts) to his high school's problem of practice; tardiness to class.

    S1E1 Chapter 3: Case Study Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 15:25


    Cohosts Seamus O'Hara, Sean Wheeler, and Katharine Bussert discuss the merits of the case study; hallway lock-outs used by John Marshall High School of Civic and Business Leadership.

    S1E1 Chapter 4: Listener Mail

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 9:58


    Seamus answers some listener mail regarding questions on nature-based learning by enlisting Audrey Elszasz.  Audrey walks the listeners through the benefits and obstacles of nature-based education while sharing her journey.  Visit naturepedagogy.org for more information.

    S1E1 Chapter 5: Journal Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 14:10


    Seamus sits down with a former student, Rose Martin, to discuss John Hattie's meta-analysis of effect size on student achievement.  Rose takes her best guess at correctly ordering 20 key factors out of the overall list of over 200 factors.

    S1E1 Chapter 6: Teachers' Lounge

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 13:22


    Seamus invites his sister and mother into the Teachers' Lounge to share war stories as only family can.  Listen to hear stories about student pranks, using the bathroom during a fire alarm, snatching food from students and more.

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