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Jennifer McCarty Plucker, EdD - Inspiring Lifelong Readers: Using Inquiry to Engage Learners in Grades 6-12. This is episode 655 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D. is a Director of Learning and Development and Literacy Consultant. Dr. Jen McCarty Plucker aims to support individuals in personal, team, and professional growth. Jen facilitates virtual and onsite professional learning workshops with teachers in their efforts to engage readers, provide choice and voice, and foster critical thinking across the student's day.  Prior to joining the team at Mackin, she spent more than 20 years in public education as an English teacher, speech coach, reading specialist, and district administrator. Our focus today is on Jen's book - Inspiring Lifelong Readers: Using Inquiry to Engage Learners in Grades 6-12 Awesome conversation! So much to learn and think about. Before you go... You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee. This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.  Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you! Okay, one more thing. Really just this one more thing. Could you follow the links below and listen to me being interviewed by Chris Nesi on his podcast Behind the Mic about my podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12? Click this link Behind the Mic: Teaching Learning Leading K12 to go listen. You are AWESOME! Thanks so much! Connect & Learn More: www.jenniferplucker.com www.mackinlearning.com @jenplucker - X Length - 50:35

Barbara Band, school library, reading and literacy consultant, discusses suggestions for librarians considering going into consulting. She mentioned the following organizations during our conversation. CILIP School Library Association ALA Canadian Library Association Australian Library Association National Literacy Trust

In the wake of the pandemic, student apathy soared to new levels, and teaching became more challenging and exhausting.  Our guests have discovered how to use passion-based learning to resurrect apathetic students and tap into their intrinsic motivation to learn. Follow on Twitter: @CShawR10 @Martinez_Edtech @Eanderman @bamradionetwork @jonHarper70bd Chandra Shaw has more than 24 years of experience in education, as a teacher, reading specialist, instructional coach, and now a Literacy Consultant at Region10 Education Service Center providing professional development, planning assistance, and instructional coaching services to more than 120 districts in the DFW area.  Whether as a TEDx speaker and amateur YouTuber Chandra loves to find creative ways to share her passion and love for teaching and learning with educators everywhere. Eric Anderman, Professor of Educational Psychology and Interim Dean and Director of the Mansfield Campus at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on academic motivation, and he has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and invited chapters on this topic, as well as several books.  He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association, and his research has been featured in numerous media outlets, including CBS News, Dateline NBC, CNN, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous others. Steve Martinez is a former Social Science teacher from California where he had a fervor for the Flipped Classroom model and Project-based Learning. He now serves schools and districts across the United States as a Teacher Success Champion at Kami, delivering high-quality Professional Development with Kami and Pedagogy.

In this episode, Ms. Bellardino, Mrs. Rex, and Dr. Seipp speak with Literacy Consultant, Leah Steiner, regarding best practices in elementary literacy instruction, Leah's work in Roxbury, and connections to Jennifer Serravallo's book, The Reading Strategies Book 2.0.

As teachers we are continually searching for great books to use in our teaching with students, to support them in their reading and writing:We need help in finding books to use as Mentor texts, to help explicitly model how others writeWe want to engage different age groups in the sheer love of reading, whilst also connecting to the curriculumDistinguished author Mike Dumbleton to discuss:His latest booksWhere did ideas come from? What was the need?What are some ways they can support writers in our classrooms?How can they be used in classrooms, how have they supported teaching & students?What are some good connecting tools and resources to use?And much moreMike Dumbleton is a writer and Literacy Consultant. He has worked in South Australian High Schools, New York City schools and as a Literacy Curriculum Officer for the South Australian Education Department. In addition to children's books, he has written a range of educational texts.Version 2Part of his interest in writing stems from the fact that his grandfather was a local poet in an Oxfordshire village in England, who regularly recited his poems to the family, with or without requests!Mike came to Australia with his wife Linda in 1972. He was always interested in writing but a young family and many sporting activities kept him fully occupied until he decided he wasn't getting any better at basketball and his three children were old enough to allow him some uninterrupted time. He then began writing picture books at the same time as devising educational texts for teachers.Enjoy, and let us know thoughts and feedback in our Facebook Group. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast player. JOIN CUE LEARNING'S NEXT LIVE WEBINAR!Find upcoming events here and previous webinars (online video courses) here.Other matching PDF resources can be found at Teachific.FEATURED RESOURCESBook storesAnisa's Alphabet by Mike DumbletonMary Had a Monstersaur by Mike DumbletonLet the Singing Begin  by Mike Dumbleton (pending release)Hair! by Mike Dumbleton  (pending release)Got any questions? Feedback? Thoughts? Email the Cue office at: admin@cuelearning.com.auThe Teacher's Tool Kit For Literacy is the free podcast for motivated teachers and school leaders who want the latest tips, tricks and tools to inspire their students and school community in literacy learning. Hear from literacy expert and founder of Cue Learning, Sharon Callen, and special guests.At Cue Learning, our literacy specialists draw on over 30 years of teaching and international consulting experience to deliver world-class learning solutions. We equip, empower and support teachers to become their authentic selves. To find out about upcoming events, and about how Cue can help you and your school, visit the Cue Learning website http://www.cuelearning.com.au/ and sign up to our newsletter https://cuelearning.com.au/contact/And you can get even more amazing teaching resources, right now, at Teachific https://www.teachific.com.au/.To make sure you don't miss any literacy learning tips and insights, please subscribe to our show on your favourite podcast player.MORE INFORMATION AT A GLANCE:Visit cuelearning.com.auSubscribe to the Teacher's Tool Kit For Literacy podcasts  or join on Apple  Podcasts hereContact the Cue office:  admin@cuelearning.com.auJoin our Teacher's Toolkit facebook groupFind connected resources on TeachificSee upcoming online eventsSee our online video courses hereAnd finally, read our insightful blogs hereProduced by Apiro Media https://apiropodcasts.com

Practice Profiles are just one approach to operationalizing an evidence-based practice or program. In this episode, we explore the work of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and its approach to utilizing a practice profile for early literacy. Melissa Khan, Implementation Specialist, Scott Brown, Implementation Specialist, and Barb Novak, Literacy Consultant, are joining the SISEP Center for this conversation. To learn more about Practice Profiles, visit: https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/resources/practice-profile-planning-tool https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/resources/lesson-3-practice-profiles https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/resources/handout-2-practice-profile-examples

How do you have difficult conversations as a Leader? This week we dive into how we have those tough conversations, especially around performance. We speak to Dr Monica Medina, Literacy Consultant, International & US schools and Karen Lord, Entrepreneurial Publisher, KADELO GROUP LIMITED/Author, St. Martin's Press, who discuss how we can make those hard conversations more comfortable, how to prepare for them and more...

Jen shares how she implements St. Mother Teresa's wise words, "do little things with great love". She also offers a hot tip on the power of the post-it note (In case you wondered... This podcast is NOT sponsored by 3M!) Shoutouts to Mandy Froehlich, Tisha Richmond, Sarah Thomas, and more! Transcript available here. About Our Guest: Jennifer Casa-Todd is wife, mom, a Teacher-Librarian, a former Literacy Consultant, a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, author, and international keynote speaker. Jennifer is passionate about showing parents, teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place. Website: Twitter: @JCasaTodd Instagram: @jcasatodd About Lainie: Lainie Rowell is an educator, international consultant, podcaster, and TEDx speaker. She is the lead author of Evolving Learner and a contributing author of Because of a Teacher. Her latest book, Evolving with Gratitude, was just released. An experienced teacher and district leader, her expertise includes learner-driven design, community building, online/blended learning, and professional learning. Learn more at linktr.ee/lainierowell. Twitter - @LainieRowell Instagram - @LainieRowell Evolving with Gratitude, the book, is now available! Purchase here! You can also get bulk orders for your staff (10 copies or more) at a discounted price! Just fill out the form linked below and someone will get back to you ASAP! bit.ly/ewgbulkdiscount

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I am a Financial Literacy Consultant with over 15 years experience in the industry, an Ordained Minister, Certified Business Coach and Founder of Power Wealth Profits LLC. I help families create wealth and passive income streams.Let me know if you need additional information.Thank you,Stephannie Greenks7nikken@aol.compowerofthegospel

I am a Financial Literacy Consultant with over 15 years experience in the industry, an Ordained Minister, Certified Business Coach and Founder of Power Wealth Profits LLC. I help families create wealth and passive income streams. Let me know if you need additional information. Thank you, Stephannie Green ks7nikken@aol.com powerofthegospel

This Change Makers episode is looking toward 2022. Listen as we talk to APH officials about what they want to see from renovations, innovations, finances and equality. We also talk to APH committee members about what they want to see for APH in 2022.Participants (In Order of Appearance)Craig Meador, Ed. D, APH PresidentAnne Durham, APH Vice President of Innovation and StrategyPaul Schroeder, APH Vice President Community, Government AffairsTai Tomasi,  APH Director Accessibility, Belonging, Inclusion, Diversity and EquityKathy Segers, Ex Officio Trustee for the State of Tennessee, EPAC Committee MemberScott McCallum, Superintendent at the Washington State School for the Blind, EPAC Committee MemberBeth Pieters, Literacy Consultant for the State of Iowa, Teacher of Visually Impaired, O&M Specialist, ESAC Committee MemberJared Leslie, Director of Media and Development for the Foundation for Blind Children, Ex Officio Trustee for Accounts 8-9 for the Arizona Department of Education, ESAC Committee MemberAdditional LinksEmail Tai Tomasi at Ttomasi@aph.org

Jennifer Casa-Todd is wife, mom, and a Teacher-Librarian, and a former Literacy Consultant. Jennifer holds a Masters in Education and Digital Technologies from Ontario Tech University with a specialization in social media, digital citizenship, and education. She is a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, an Ontario Google Educator group leader, an executive member of the International Society Technology and Education (ISTE) Librarian PLN, a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, and the co-founder of the Global Education Student Chat. She is the 2020 recipient of the ISTE Digital Citizenship PLN Award. Jennifer is also the author of the book Social LEADia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership, Raising Digital Leaders: Practical Advice for Families Navigating Today's Technology, and co-author of the Children's book, Aubrey Bright in the Stories that Connect Us. Jennifer is an international keynote speaker who is passionate about showing teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wondernamya/message

In this episode, we (Mark Raffler and Sarah Shoemaker) chat with Jenelle Williams and Dr. Darin Stockdill about the Essential Literacy Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction: Grades 6-12. We've spent a great deal of time over the past five years facilitating learning around the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy: Grades K-3. We now have essential practices for ages birth through twelfth grade, so we decided to take this opportunity to highlight another piece of this literacy tool. A little bit about our guests today: Jenelle Williams is a Literacy Consultant within the Leadership and Continuous Improvement unit at Oakland Schools ISD in Oakland County, Michigan. Dr. Darin Stockdill is the Instructional and Program Design Coordinator for the Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research at the University of Michigan. Here is a quick unpacking of our conversation: Darin introduces the Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in the Secondary Classroom: Grades 6-12 by telling us a bit about the document, its history, and the work that has been done to share the Essentials with educators around the state of Michigan. Mark and Darin discuss the differences between the terms “Disciplinary Literacy” and “Content Literacy.” We learn from Darin about the important starting points when first familiarizing oneself with the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials. “When engaging with the document, please read the Purpose Statement… This is about teacher learning... You have to have a systematic approach to supporting teachers in this process… We want teachers to recognize what they already do.” Jenelle talks about resources to support educators as we work to implement the Essential Instructional Practices at the secondary level. We hear from both Darin and Jenelle about potential surprises or barriers that teachers might encounter in implementing the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials. We wrap up this episode by reminding listeners that your voice matters! Please visit bit.ly/LLCNtopics to tell us what you want to future podcasts to focus on in relation to literacy. All resources in this LLCN Brief (and future podcasts) can be found at: bit.ly/LLCNresources2122 Subscribe to the Literacy Leadership and Coaches Network podcasts here: anchor.fm/llcnbrief or your favorite podcast platform Please note the audio used as an introduction and in transitions in this podcast is under the Creative Common License and attribution is given as follows: Medicine by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6256-medicine License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

For the big 75th Anniversary episode, I am joined by teacher, librarian and author, Jennifer Casa-Todd. ennifer Casa-Todd is wife, mom, and a Teacher-Librarian, and a former Literacy Consultant. Jennifer holds a Masters in Education and Digital Technologies from Ontario Tech University with a specialization in social media, digital citizenship and education. She is a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, an Ontario Google Educator group leader, an executive member of the International Society Technology and Education (ISTE) Librarian PLN, a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator and the co-founder of the Global Education Student Chat. She is the 2020 recipient for the ISTE Digital Citizenship PLN Award. Jennifer is also the author of the book Social LEADia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership, Raising Digital Leaders: Practical Advice for Families Navigating Today's Technology, and co-author of the Children's book, Aubrey Bright in the Stories that Connect Us. Jennifer is an international keynote speaker who is passionate about showing teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place. You can connect with Jennifer at: Website: jcasatodd.com Twitter: @JCasaTodd Instagram: @JCasaTodd / @RaisingDigitalLeaders Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifercasa-todd/ Podcast: Celebrating Awesome Online --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pixelclassroom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pixelclassroom/support

This week's episode was necessary and special! If you are a Black woman in education, this episode is for you! For this conversation, I welcomed my good friend and thriving edupreneur Deidra Fogarty to the podcast to talk about her personal journey in education, the founding of Black Girls Teach, the need for school districts to create safe community spaces for Black women educators, and much more! To learn more about Deidra's work, you can visit the Black Girls Teach website at blackgirlsteach.com or follow @blackgirlsteach on all social media platforms. BIO: Deidra Fogarty is a native of Bridgeport, Connecticut and is currently an Educator, Literacy Consultant and Entrepreneur. Deidra has worked in education for over a decade in various capacities. Her natural leadership ability allowed her to venture into leadership positions in Washington Metropolitan area. After a decade working in education and frustration with the current state of it, Deidra decided to make a pivot in her career entering back into the classroom as a teacher. Deidra used this as an opportunity to develop her teacher craft by working with students who needed the most academic support. With her new setting and role, came a happier mindset, thus allowing her to use her time to focus on her other passions such as diverse children's literature, supporting teachers, providing resources literacy to parents and bringing awareness to current issues in Urban Education. She, along with her sister, launched a successful subscription service called WAM! Book Bundle where she provides a selection of diverse children's books to parents and educators each month. Through all of her ventures, Deidra realized that there was a void in Urban Education. Along her journey, there was never a support system, community or outlet for Black women in Education, besides her own educator friends. She knew that women like herself often felt isolated and frustrated with not being able to share their thoughts about Education and their role in it, unapologetically. She wanted to create a community where other Black women working in Education could discuss topics, get advice, share best practices and connect with one another. She wanted to create a way for more people to see and hear the perspective of Black women working in Education. Black Girls Teach was the solution. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/identitytalk4educators/support

Mike Dumbleton is a writer and Literacy Consultant.  He has worked in South Australian high schools, New York City schools and as a Literacy Curriculum Officer for the South Australian Education Department. In addition to children’s books, he has written a range of educational texts.Part of his interest in writing stems from the fact that his grandfather was a local poet in an Oxfordshire village in England, who regularly recited his poems to the family, with or without requests!His first book, Dial-a-Croc, published in 1991, was a great success and since then he  has written many more titles.The book Mr Knuckles was adapted for the stage by the South Australian Children’s Theatre Company, and Pumped Up, a short story about basketball, ‘magic’ shoes and an adventurous grandfather, was adapted for television by the ABC.Mike’s picture book Passing On, was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia 2002 awards.  Muddled-up Farm was selected as ‘Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2003’ as well as the ‘National Simultaneous Storytime Book for 2004’.Mike’s work was recognised in 2001 with a grant to support the completion of his first teenage novel Watch Out For Jamie Joel. It was subsequently shortlisted in the 2004 Festival Awards for Children’s Literature. He was also the recipient of a 2005 Minister’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Improving Literacy, which recognises his work both as an educator and a writer over an extended period of time. Mike’s picture book Cat was the winner of the ‘Picture Book to Performance Project’ for  2007 and was developed into a play by Windmill Performing Arts which had its premier in Adelaide before seasons in other Australian cities and Singapore. Cat was also selected as an Honour Book in the Early Childhood section of the 2008 Book of the Year Awards. Mike’s recent books picture books include  Jump and Shout (2018 CBCA Notable Book) and Digger a book which poignantly commemorates the second battle of Villers-Bretonneux on Anzac Day, 1918.  His latest releases are Once Upon My Legs and Anisa’s Alphabet.After many years of teaching in South Australia, Mike enjoyed the chance to work in New York City, supporting students, teachers and leaders with literacy development.In this discussion, Mike talks about better ways to use children's literature in the classroom, innovative writing, other ways to leverage literature as well as many other insights from his story and experiences.Mike's books featured in this episode:Dandy and Dazza https://www.booktopia.com.au/dandy-and-dazza-mike-dumbleton/book/9781913639150.html?source=pla&gclid=CjwKCAiAm-2BBhANEiwAe7eyFPmheUqcz18xrywq8vSkeoO0wiawVsEb_85diqxwSXSwD2FxZziOpBoCmvgQAvD_BwEAnisa’s Alphabet https://www.booktopia.com.au/anisa-s-alphabet-mike-dumbleton/book/9781925227574.htmlMeet Douglas Mawson https://www.booktopia.com.au/meet-douglas-mawson-mike-dumbleton/book/9780857981967.htmlJump and Shout https://www.booktopia.com.au/jump-and-shout-mike-dumbleton/book/9781912076413.htmlDigger https://www.booktopia.com.au/digger-mike-dumbleton/book/9781760296735.htmlCat https://www.amazon.com.au/Cat-Mike-Dumbleton/dp/1933605731Connect with us!Join our community on Facebook for exclusive resources, Q and A, discussions, insights and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teacherstoolkitforliteracyGot any questions? Feedback? Thoughts? Email Phil: phil@cuelearning.com.auThe Teacher’s Tool Kit For Literacy is the free podcast for motivated teachers and school leaders who want the latest tips, tricks and tools to inspire their students and school community in literacy learning. Hear from literacy experts and founders of Cue Learning, Sharon and Phil Callen, and special guests.At Cue Learning, our literacy specialists draw on over 30 years of teaching and international consulting experience to deliver world-class learning solutions. We equip, empower and support teachers to become their authentic selves. To find out about upcoming events, and about how Cue can help you and your school, visit the Cue Learning website http://www.cuelearning.com.au/ and sign up to our newsletter http://www.cuelearning.com.au/contact-us.htmlAnd you can get even more amazing teaching resources, right now, at Teachific https://www.teachific.com.au/.To make sure you don’t miss any literacy learning tips and insights, please subscribe to our show on your favourite podcast player.Produced by Apiro Media https://apiropodcasts.com

How much time do you spend on social media daily? How about your students or kids? It is hard to deny that social media is more and more ubiquitous. And today we have Jennifer Casa-Todd who is specializing in social media in K-12 context to guide us about teaching kids to become not only a digital citizen but also a digital leader. Jennifer Casa-Todd is an award-winning educator, wife, mom, Teacher-Librarian at Cardinal Carter CHS in Aurora and a former Literacy Consultant for the York Catholic District School Board. She is also the author of the book, Social LEADia which gives out practical tips for moving students from digital citizenship to digital leadership. Jennifer is passionate about showing teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place. Connect with Jennifer:Website | TwitterPlease visit our website for more show notes: ( https://compassteacher.com/ )ReflectionsHow do you teach your kids the usage of social media?Are you the role model for your kids as being a digital citizenship?What can you do tomorrowCheck out Global Education Student Chat to learn how you can engage your students in a digital world with positive impact.Song Tracks CreditsOpening & Ending: Swinging Little Christmas Tree by Jonathan BoyleThe breaks in the middleThe Neighborhood by Harrison AmerGrowing Inspiration by Nick Petrov“Compass teachers” is to share educators around the world with teaching tactics, education research or helpful tools. Amazing ideas to experiment in the classroom.歡迎來到司南老師頻道。我們的任務是去訪談來自各地的老師，汲取他們實用的教學技巧，工具或是教育研究。希望這頻道能提供一些想法讓您可以落實在教學中 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week my guest is Hannibal Collins of @ficofinesse. Hannibal shares his journey from Brooklyn Technical High School to becoming self-employed in the pandemic. Follow him @ficofinesse and fix your credit! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ebony-tyler6/support

Jennifer Casa-Todd is wife, mom, and a Teacher-Librarian, a former Literacy Consultant for the York Catholic District School Board, and the author of the book, Social LEADia published by DBC Inc Books. Jennifer is also a graduate of the MEd program at Ontario Tech University with a specialization in social media and education. Her parenting book Raising Digital Leaders and her children's book, Aubrey Bright in Stories that Connect us will be published in the Summer of 2020. Jennifer is a Google Certified teacher and Innovator, an Ontario Google Educator group leader, an executive member of the International Society Technology and Education (ISTE) Librarian PLN, a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator and the co-founder of the Global Education Student Chat. She is an international keynote speaker who is passionate about showing teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place. Website: https://jcasatodd.com Twitter: @JCasaTodd #GlobalEdSsChat

In this episode, I talk with the amazing Jennifer Casa-Todd.  Jennifer is wife, mom, and a Teacher-Librarian at Cardinal Carter Catholic High School in Aurora, a former Literacy Consultant for the York Catholic District School Board, and the author of Social LEADia as well as two books releasing this summer: Raising Digital Leaders, and a  children’s book she co-authored called Aubrey Bright: Stories that Connect Us. She is an Ontario GEG leader, a Google Certified Innovator, co-founder of the Global Education Student’s chat, and the lead organizer for a Digital Citizenship conference in Toronto. She is also an international keynote speaker speaking on issues of technology, digital leadership, and parenting in a digital world.  Connect with Jennifer: Twitter: @jcasatodd Instagram: @jcasatodd Facebook: SocialLEADia group Website: jcasatodd.com

Author Samuel Jaye Tanner joins us to talk about his article, "Whiteness is a White Problem: Whiteness in English Education." Our guests discuss how white people in an American context have problems with race that are distinct from the racism people of color experience, and how white English educators can rethink their roles in dismantling white supremacy. This discussion launches the second iteration of LEARN, a Marginal Syllabus co-developed with the National Writing Project (NWP) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). During each month, from November to June during the 2019-20 academic year, we will collaboratively read and discuss an article, published in four different NCTE journals, that investigates the intersection of literacy and equity. Refer to the 2019-20 syllabus for information on all the annotatable readings; these will go “live” on the first Monday of each month, along with related events hosted by the National Writing Project. Guests Sam Tanner, Assistant Professor, PennState Andrea Zellner, Literacy Consultant, Oakland Schools (MI) Christina Cantrill, Associate Director of National Programs, National Writing Project Joe Dillon, Co-Founder, Marginal Syllabus; Teacher, Rangeview High School in Aurora Public Schools in Colorado; Denver Writing Project Teacher-Consultant Remi Kalir, Co-Founder, Marginal Syllabus; Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development Related Links "Whiteness is a White Problem: Whiteness in English Education" 2019-20 Marginal Syllabus

In this episode, Claire interviews Karl Duke at the One Education Literacy Conference. Growing up in Barnsley in a working-class family, a wealth of books were not readily available to Karl as a child but he credits his parents for always encouraging him to read. After initially training as an illustrator in the early 90s, Karl has worked in primary education for almost 20 years. In his first position at a rural school in Lincolnshire, he became the Literacy lead then successfully applied for a Literacy Consultant post which he worked in for six years. In this role, Karl delivered national strategy courses in the region including Talk for Writing. He developed materials for visual literacy incorporating film and picture books before returning to school life as an Assistant Head on the Lincolnshire coast. He has now been the Headteacher at Blyton cum Laughton Church of England Primary School for three years. Since being appointed, he and his team have developed a reading-inspired curriculum which he and Claire discuss in detail. KEY TAKEAWAYS · Picture Books Karl makes extensive use of picture books in his school. His belief is that quality visual texts stimulate learning across the curriculum. The reading inspired curriculum that his school are developing ensures that children from all backgrounds have access to quality texts. Picture books are fantastic for reading for pleasure across all key stages and the aim at Karl’s school is to get the children to fall in love with each story. They aspire to ensure that every child by the end of Year 6 leaves their school with a love or continued love of reading. · Sharing the Love Due to the reputation Blyton cum Laughton have developed as a school who love books, they have had over 1,000 books donated to them in just a few months. This has been brilliant for the school particularly when faced with the issue of funding and is something for all schools to consider.   · Ofsted and Curriculum Scrutiny Karl believes that placing reading at the core of the curriculum can only be a positive thing. The importance of books is very apparent at his school and their influence can be seen throughout so he feels they are taking the right path to ensure it is the right curriculum for them. The teachers, parents and children are all on board which keeps them moving in the right direction. · Detail Detectives Karl has come across many children who struggle to find enough to write about and who find it difficult to write in detail. The idea of ‘Detail Detectives’ is to use illustrations from picture books to get children to focus in and look at the details of different parts of a bigger image. He describes the idea of seeing the image as a jigsaw, breaking it into 12 pieces and giving the children 1 piece to study helping them to focus on the details. Children can find it daunting to deal with all of the information in one go. By looking at one piece at a time, they are able to collate a larger number of ideas together instead of trying to process it as a whole. Karl gives copies of images useful for this activity on Twitter and his blog. You can find links to both in the show notes. · CPD Twitter is an excellent source of free CPD and offers a huge wealth of teaching ideas. Karl discusses how most of his inspiration comes online these days. He heartily recommends becoming a regular visitor of book shops to find good quality picture books, especially independent ones where quirky, less well-known texts can be picked up. · Recommendations Karl recommends the author Aaron Becker, particularly his ‘The Journey’ trilogy for imaginative story telling. He also mentions ‘The Arrival’ by Sean Tan for discussing issues around migration and a family starting a new life. BEST MOMENTS “It’s important to us that we can incorporate texts that our relevant to our children.” “As a Headteacher, it is a difficult position to be in. You want the school to move forward quickly for the benefit of all the children within it and there are times where you have to make decisions that are difficult. They might be difficult for the staff but we’re creating a culture of trust and freedom so that teachers have freedom to do their job successfully without the need to monitor, monitor, monitor to death.” “There are children that will always struggle with reading and perhaps not enjoy it but there are things that I don’t like doing and I never will like doing so it’s not about forcing it. It’s from head of leadership down, ensuring that we show reading as a pleasurable experience and if we do that there is more chance of children also picking up on that.” “I have a library in my office where the children can come and select books. We have a few children who do that now. I’d love them all to come and look and choose a book, but it’s going to take time to build that culture. It’s not something that just happens overnight.” “There are many teachers out there who really influence me. I’m a Headteacher and there shouldn’t be any differentiation within that. We’re here for the same reason.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Karl Duke Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlDuke8 Karl Duke Blog: https://mrdht.wordpress.com/author/mrdht/ The Teachers’ Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeachersPodcast/ Classroom Secrets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomSecretsLimited/ Classroom Secrets website: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/ LIFE/work balance campaign: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/lifeworkbalance-and-wellbeing-in-education-campaign-2019/   ABOUT THE HOST Claire Riley Claire, alongside her husband Ed, is one of the directors of Classroom Secrets, a company she founded in 2013 and which provides outstanding differentiated resources for teachers, schools, parents and tutors worldwide. Having worked for a number of years as a teacher in both Primary and Secondary education, and experiencing first-hand the difficulties teachers were facing finding appropriate high-quality resources for their lessons, Claire created Classroom Secrets with the aim of helping reduce the workload for all school staff. Claire is a passionate believer in a LIFE/work balance for those who work in education citing the high percentage of teachers who leave or plan to leave their jobs each year. Since February 2019, Classroom Secrets has been running their LIFE/work balance campaign to highlight this concerning trend. The Teachers’ Podcast is a series of interviews where Claire meets with a wide range of guests involved in the field of education. These podcasts provide exciting discussions and different perspectives and thoughts on a variety of themes which are both engaging and informative for anyone involved in education.

Join us for a discussion on practical tech tools and tips for using them to teach English. @larryferlazzo @JCasaTodd @JennyVo15 @Bamradionetwork Jenny Vo earned her BA in English from Rice University and her M.Ed in Educational Leadership from Lamar University. She has spent all her 23 years in education working with English Learners and currently serves as an ESL ISST in Katy ISD in Katy, Texas. Jennifer Casa-Todd is wife, mom, and a Teacher-Librarian in Ontario Canada, a former Literacy Consultant, and the author of the book, Social LEADia. She is passionate about showing teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place. Maggie Verdoia is a middle school English teacher, Google-certified educator, and member of the Instructional Leadership Corps.

Jennifer Casa-Todd is a wife, mom, a Teacher-Librarian in Ontario, Canada, a former Literacy Consultant, and the author of the book, Social LEADia. She is an Ontario Google Educator Group leader, a Breakout EDU trainer, a Google Certified educator, a mentor teacher for the ON-ED Student's chat (@OnEdSsChat), and the lead organizer for the first Canadian DigCit Summit. Jennifer is also is a grad student at the University of Ontario Institute for Technology focusing on social media in education. She's passionate about showing teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place.

Recorded on November 25, 2018 Moderator: Mandy Froehlich (@froehlichm) Mandy Froehlich is the Director of Innovation and Technology for the Ripon Area School District in Ripon, Wisconsin where she supports and encourages educators to create innovative change in their classrooms. Her passion lies in reinvigorating and re-engaging teachers back into their profession, as well as what is needed to support teachers in their pursuit of innovative and divergent thinking. She consults with school districts and post-secondary institutions around the country in the effective use of technology to support great teaching, conducts workshops as a Google for Education Certified Trainer and has presented on similar topics at conferences such as CUE, TIES, FETC and ISTE. Her first book, The Fire Within: Lessons from defeat that have ignited a passion for learning, discusses mental health awareness for teachers. Her second book, Divergent EDU, is based on an organizational structure she developed to support teachers in innovative and divergent thinking.   Panelists: Rodney Turner (@TechyTurner) Rodney is a virtual educator located in New Jersey. He loves networking and sharing his experiences.   Rachelle Dene Poth (@RDene915) Rachelle is a Foreign Language and STEAM Teacher and teacher blogger for Getting Smart and Kidblog.   Jennifer Casa-Todd (@JCasaTodd) I am currently a Teacher-Librarian in Aurora, Ontario Canada, and author of the book, Social LEADia, published by Dave Burgess Consulting. Before this, I spent six years at the District level as a Program Resource Teacher for Literacy and Literacy Consultant, respectively.   Evan Abramson (@evanabramson) National Future Ready Schools Thought Leader, Chair of Future Ready Schools NJ, ISTE Leadership Award Nominee, Google Cert. Trainer, K-12 Director of Tech MTPS   Check out: Journey to the Y in You by Dene Gainey The Teacher’s Journey by Brian Costello The Fire Within by Mandy Froehlich EduMagic by Sam Fecich DivergentEDU by Mandy Froehlich Daddy’s Favorites by Elissa Frazier Level Up Leadership by Brian Kulak   Music: Ron Madison (@Madison_Ron) Producer: Sarah Thomas (@Sarahdateechur)   Subscribe: podcasts.edumatch.org/edumatchpodcast Join the movement: www.edumatch.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edumatch-tweet-talk/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/edumatch-tweet-talk/support

Jennifer Casa-Todd is a Teacher-Librarian in Aurora, Ontario Canada, and author of the book, Social LEADia, published by Dave Burgess Consulting. Before this, she spent six years at the District level as a Program Resource Teacher for Literacy and Literacy Consultant, respectively. Jennifer guest hosted the #rethink_learning Twitter chat that I co-host with Shelly Vohra ...

Today we are speaking with Jennifer Casa-Todd.  Jennifer is a Teacher-Librarian in Aurora, Ontario Canada, and author of the book, Social LEADia. Before her current position, she spent six years at the district level as a Program Resource Teacher for Literacy and Literacy Consultant, respectively.  She is a life-long learner presently studying at the University of Ontario, Institute of Technology,…Read more

Jennifer Casa-Todd is wife, mom, and a Teacher-Librarian at Cardinal Carter CHS in Aurora, a former Literacy Consultant for the York Catholic District School Board,  and the author of the book, Social LEADia. She also is a grad student, and a food-loving, book-loving Ukulele player-want-to-be. She loves to hang out with her family--playing cards or hiking, and enjoys curling, golfing, reading, and writing. She is passionate about showing teachers and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place.   Jennifer Casa-Todd Show Highlights What inspired her to start playing Ukulele  How she improved listening skills (Their Point A to Their Point B) Digital Leadership The fear approach doesn’t work How are we helping kids in school with digital leadership? Do modern kids lack empathy? Power of optimism Jennifer Casa-Todd Resources   Jennifer on Twitter   Jennifer’s Book Social LEADia   Jennifer’s Blog   Eddie Vedder’s Into the Wild & Ukulele Songs   Leadership Step By Step   Never Split the Difference   Show Some Love BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW   Join my hybrid group coaching & leadership development community   Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444   Grab your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders    Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above.   Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn   SHOW SPONSORS: SCHOOL SPIRIT VENDING •Hassle-free, year-round fundraising for your school. With School Spirit Vending, we do all the work, you just cash the check •Increase school spirit with custom stickers for your school and raise funds at the same time -no upfront costs, no volunteers, no selling •Sick of the same old ways of raising money for your school? Let School Spirit Vending's hassle-free, year-round fundraising program supplement the other fundraisers you're already doing. •SSV is also giving away the Top 10 School Fundraising Ideas for 2018. Download the guide here.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership" with special guest presenter and author of #SocialLEADia, Jennifer Casa-Todd. August 26, 2017. Jennifer Casa-Todd is a learner, a teacher-librarian a mom, and author of the new book, Social LEADia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership. In this session she will tackle a few courageous conversations about the use of social media in school as well as highlight the elements of what she defines as Digital Leadership. She will show you how you can help your students leverage social media in ways you may have never thought of. Jennifer is currently a Teacher-Librarian in Aurora, Ontario Canada, Before this, she spent six years at the District level as a Program Resource Teacher for Literacy and Literacy Consultant, respectively. In her district-level role, she worked with teachers from Kindergarten to grade twelve in practically every subject area to integrate technology in the classroom, to support literacy, assessment and differentiation, and to promote twenty-first century competencies. She also wrote curriculum for the Ministry of Education of Ontario’s 21st Century Learning office as well as the Catholic Curriculum Corporation. She is passionate about bringing student voice into conversations around technology integration. Jennifer is a life-long learner currently studying at the University of Ontario, Institute of Technology with a focus on social media in education and Digital Citizenship. She is a wife and mom of two teens. Wearing her parent hat, she has been the co-chair as well as an active member of Parent Council for over a decade, bringing parent and school communities together for a variety of issues. She has also worked closely with the Bully-Free Alliance of York Region with whom she initiated a panel discussion, “Fears, Cheers, and Unclears: Parenting in a Connected World.” She is also an Associate for the Digital Citizenship Institute. http://jcasatodd.com/ http://jcasatodd.com/?page_id=81 (Social LEADia Book)

Connie Hebert conniehebert.com and www.theteachableminute.com Dr. Connie is an international literacy consultant and talks about the most important thing kids learn to do at school. She speaks to why she left the security of the school system to start her own business and the biggest challenges she faces as a national consultant and how she markets herself and her work. She talks about how she was able to speak in 90 cities a year while raiding 3 kids and pursuing her doctoral degree.