Podcasts about national middle school association

In this episode, Rick Wormeli, one of the first Nationally Board Certified teachers in America, discusses his 30-year career as a teacher and shares insights from his best-selling book, Fair Isn’t Always Equal: Assessment & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom. As an advocate for standards-based grading, Wormeli also talks about how personalized learning is the key to success for remote instruction and why defining mastery is essential for success when thinking about homework and assessment in K-12 classrooms. Twitter: @rickwormeli2. Website: www.rickwormeli.com. Meet Rick Wormeli One of the first Nationally Board Certified teachers in America, Rick Wormeli brings innovation, energy, validity and high standards to both his presentations, and his instructional practice, which includes almost 30 years teaching math, science, English, physical education, health, and history and coaching teachers. Rick's work has been reported in numerous media, including ABC's "Good Morning America," "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, National Geographic and Good Housekeeping magazines, What Matters Most: Teaching for the 21st Century, and the Washington Post. He is a columnist for the National Middle School Association's Middle Ground magazine, and he is the author of the award-winning book, Meet Me in the Middle: Becoming an Accomplished Middle Level Teacher, as well as the best-selling books, Day One and Beyond, Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom, Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching any Subject, and Differentiation: From Planning to Practice, Grades 6-12, all five from Stenhouse Publishers, as well as Summarization in any Subject, published by ASCD. With his substantive presentations, sense of humor, and unconventional approaches, he's been asked to present to teachers and administrators in all 50 states, Canada, China, Europe, Japan, the Bahamas, Vietnam, Korea, Australia, the Middle East, and at the White House. He is a seasoned veteran of many international Web casts, and he is Disney's American Teacher Awards 1996 Outstanding English Teacher of the Nation. He won the 2008 James P. Garvin award from the New England League of Middle Schools for Teaching Excellence, Service, and Leadership, and he has been a consultant for National Public Radio, USA Today, Court TV, and the Smithsonian Institution's Natural Partners Program and their search for the Giant Squid. About Dr. Greg Goins As the Founder/Host of the Reimagine Schools Podcast, Dr. Greg Goins has emerged as one of the nation's leading voices on visionary leadership and the path to transforming our schools. He currently serves as the Director of the Educational Leadership Program at Georgetown College (KY) and previously spent 15 years as a school district superintendent in Illinois. Dr. Goins is a passionate keynote speaker and is available to speak at your next education conference or school PD day. To book Dr. Goins, please send inquiries to drgreggoins@gmail.com. Twitter: @DrGregGoins. Website: www.reimagineschools.net. Support The Reimagine Schools Podcast You can now help keep the conversation going by supporting the Reimagine Schools Podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Thanks for your support! https://anchor.fm/greg-goins/supportIn this episode, --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/greg-goins/support

Wow.  This is one of those podcast conversations where I want to say:  just listen.  Listen.For those who need more cajoling,.....I'll share about it!  Linda Inlay is an educator who spent a career bringing a technique of culture building called "Awakening Wisdom" to schools.  She shares an incredible experience about building a culture based on responsibility, respect, resourcefulness, and responsiveness in schools.I am inspired by the hope that she embodies for bringing change to our public schools and helping students and teachers and parents to gestate in environments that are designed to create natural and relaxed growth and development that starts with an assumption of acceptance.As a builder of new culture with the My Love Bomb Program and a witness to seeing what happens when you intentionally create an environment of unconditional loving acceptance, I am very excited to think that her work could permeate the public domain.If you are someone who works with teams in education, in business, or in your service work, this content can inspire you towards the system of culture that you build within yourself and those you are working with.Together we make the worldview change from fear to love.  Inside of ourselves, and within our communities.  More on the amazing Linda:  Linda began her career as an educator at Our Lady of Sorrows School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, where she worked for fifteen years. There she collaborated with the founders of the Ho`?la Educational Philosophy, a combination of Adlerian principles and Carl Roger’s self-actualization theory. Ho`?la in Hawaiian means, “awakening of the self.” Today this way of organizing a school is called “Awakening wisdom.” This program emphasized the core values of responsibility, respect, resourcefulness, and responsiveness to be modeled by the adults in order to foster these same values in the students. In 1988 Linda left Hawaii for California, entering the public school system and serving for eighteen years as the principal of River School in Napa County, where she introduced Awakening Wisdom. She taught parenting classes to bring home and school culture together, and during her tenure, River School received two California Distinguished School Awards, the Promising Practices Award and National School of Character Award from the Character Education Partnership, and the California School Board Association’s Golden Bell Award. In 2012 River School also became a New Tech Network School where project-based learning is infused with technology as an engaging and effective methodology for teaching and learning. Linda has presented at numerous conferences: National Middle School Association, Character Education Partnership, California Middle School Association, National Charter Schools, California Charter Schools Association, North Coast Educational Summit. She has authored four articles published in ASCD’s Educational Leadership. Her thesis, Ho`?la School The Transformation of Character Through the Implicit Curriculum, continues to be used a training guide for teachers at schools. Her first journal article, “Creating a Culture of Respect Through the Implicit Curriculum”, was published in the January 2016 issue of Middle School Journal.You can find her here:www.LindaInlay.comTo get involved in "Village Napa" to help support teen mental and emotional health:https://www.facebook.com/villagenapa/?fref=ts

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, August 2, 2014. Our special guests were Kristen Swanson and Hadley Ferguson. We are thrilled to have these amazing co-authors of "Unleashing Student Superpowers: Practical Teaching Strategies for 21st Century Students" joining us to jumpstart our year with their passion and inspiring ideas for making this the best year ever! Dr. Kristen Swanson is a Senior Educational Research Leader at BrightBytes, an EdCamp founding board member, a Google Certified Teacher, renowned speaker, author of several books and all-round passionate ed tech leader and learner. Hadley Ferguson is a middle school teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, an independent school in Philadelphia. She was named a "Teacher of the Future" by NAIS in 2013 and is a member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisory Board. She is also a founding board member of the edcamp Foundation, dedicated to spreading the edcamp format of professional development for teachers. She has presented at a variety of conferences, including ISTE, National Middle School Association, Educational Computing Conference of Ontario and Educon. Learn more about Kristen here: http://about.me/kristenswanson and on her blog: http://kristennicoleswanson.blogspot.com/ and Hadley here: http://hadleyjf.com/about/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, August 2, 2014. Our special guests were Kristen Swanson and Hadley Ferguson. We are thrilled to have these amazing co-authors of "Unleashing Student Superpowers: Practical Teaching Strategies for 21st Century Students" joining us to jumpstart our year with their passion and inspiring ideas for making this the best year ever! Dr. Kristen Swanson is a Senior Educational Research Leader at BrightBytes, an EdCamp founding board member, a Google Certified Teacher, renowned speaker, author of several books and all-round passionate ed tech leader and learner. Hadley Ferguson is a middle school teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, an independent school in Philadelphia. She was named a "Teacher of the Future" by NAIS in 2013 and is a member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisory Board. She is also a founding board member of the edcamp Foundation, dedicated to spreading the edcamp format of professional development for teachers. She has presented at a variety of conferences, including ISTE, National Middle School Association, Educational Computing Conference of Ontario and Educon. Learn more about Kristen here: http://about.me/kristenswanson and on her blog: http://kristennicoleswanson.blogspot.com/ and Hadley here: http://hadleyjf.com/about/

AMLE Feature: This We Believe: In This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents, the Association for Middle Level Education, formerly National Middle School Association, describes the nature of an educational program that reflects what research and vast experience have demonstrated to be best for 10- to 15-year-olds. Major Goals of Middle Level Educators To become a fully functioning, self-actualized person, each young adolescent should This I Believe Poster: http://www.amle.org/AboutAMLE/ThisWeBelieve/ThisIBelieve/tabid/2320/Default.aspx Jokes You Can Use: Hear about the gymnast that was disqualified at the Olympics? On Our Mind: Eileen Award: Scoopit: Jennifer Mangler Twitter: CAMLE, Facebook: Jennifer Johnson, Marianne Mangels Google+: Zahid Hassan, Andy Winchester iTunes: Advisory: Presidential Birthday Gifts: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/62717 Why grammar is important- http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/i_wont_hire_people_who_use_poo.html Build a Meerkat http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/build-meerkat/?ar_a=1 Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Summer Reading -- Back to School The Summer, 2012 edition of Science Scope, a magazine for middle school science teachers produced by the National Science Teachers Association, featured an article entitled "Book Your Summer Vacation." The article was written by Juliana Texley. In this podcast, the third and final installment in this series, three books are featured. They include: Snap by Katherine Ramsland The Failure of Environmental Education by Charles Saylan and Daniel Blumstein Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes by Page Keeley All of these books are available in the NSTA Store: http://nsta.org/store From the Twitterverse: Join #mschat on Fridays at 8:00 pm EST on Twitter! ISTE: Stratosphere Integrating Technology, Pedagogy and Change Knowledge. By Michael Fullan Events & Happenings:

Shawn & Troy discuss advisory ideas, share some shout outs, spotlight a few web sites, and look forward to the NMSA09 conference. From the Twitterverse: * canyonsdave So true. @Edu4U: RT @baded: If you think you don't like change, wait and see how you like irrelevance. #otf09 * web20classroom RT @joycevalenza: Classroom 2.0 today: New diigo features w/MaggieTsai 12:00pm Eastern In Elluminate at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live * web20classroom RT @stevejmoore: Google Wave Wiki for Educators http://j.mp/2goA7h * schoolwise "...Every dollar spent on a teacher=more valuable that a dollar spent on a variety of other ed reforms." ~ Z. Vanderhoek * Lilylauren So I just rulked (run/walked) this http://www.gmap-pedometer.c... and I am going to brag cos I can - stab me if you don't like it * gardenglen Great resources 4 teaching about soil: http://url.ie/2qxt * gardenglen RT @jenwagner: http://twitpic.com/nlway - @gardenglen I bet we see this used a lot at upcoming conferences. (grins) * schoolwise Info 101 - School Bus Safety and Stopping Laws: http://EzineArticles.com/?i... * math2go Robert Marzano & interactive whiteboards: http://bit.ly/14CFgC * funnelbrain Happy to annouce that we have just launched the Academic Decathlon Online Srimmage with our partners from the... http://bit.ly/Xzin6 * Advisory: One Letter off Movies: #oneletteroffmovies * Urbane Cowboy * A Streetcar Named Desirex * Where the Mild Things Are * Sat VI * Boy Story Longer Temper: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/10/22/i-like-this-lesson-because-it-make-me-have-a-longer-temper-part-one/ On Our Mind: Shout out to March Wells III: Still on dial up....2 hours to download our Podcast. The Dedicated Listener Award goes to . . . Shout out to L.C.: Thanks for the idea- Snag jokes from Reader's Digest (so you know they're funny) and then put them into cartoon form. Should the National Middle School Association change its name? This was brought up an annual conference or two ago . . . Oscar the 3 legged wonder dog. Webspotlight: Comparison of cell sizes: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/ Schoology https://www.schoology.com/home.php WatchKnow: http://www.watchknow.org/ Stress, Control, and the Deprofessionalizing of Teaching: By Thomas Newkirk http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/21/08newkirk.h29.html?tkn=SLXFVNI0pzgQlNmS03dWjNd3b5GbnRR0ra9D What Ted Sizer Meant to Us By Patrick J. McQuillan http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/29/10mcquillan.h29.html?tkn=PPLF+9RZuGGEuUfRwqevXDYZDDbIdJzHfqkX

Ever wonder about the issues regarding the single sex classroom? Jack Berckemeyer, National Middle School Association assistant executive director, and Judith Baenen, editor of NMSA's The Family Connection and member of the Site-Based Services Speakers Cadre, take on this hot topic! Judith shares her knowledge of the single sex classroom and why it has become such a huge issue. The conversation also examines the differences between how girls learn versus boys and what teachers can do to address those distinctions.

Podcast #79: The Rube Goldberg Show! Advisory! Advisory! Advisory! Tinker Toys...create exact same structure while seated back to back Machines...place name of machines on index cards, distribute to groups, have them act them out From the Twitterverse: * russeltarr PhotoPeach: Create movies from photos (simpler than Animoto - for younger students?): http://tinyurl.com/mn3zqm * vtdeacon Two of my students made this animoto of stuff we did this school year. Check it!: http://animoto.com/play/fKS... * russeltarr New iPhone App Lets You Write in Thin Air: http://tinyurl.com/lvkxcu * Educator Doing it wrong. "Teachers banned from Twitter after principal constantly criticises students" (Telegraph) http://ow.ly/dN9f * michelledoddRT @kjarrett: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive « http://bit.ly/10ESlj Shout Outs: Ric Wiltse, Executive Director-Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning- for accepting Troy's proposal for Shawn to present. 3:30 - 4:30pm Professional Learning Networks Shawn McGirr, Troy Patterson Content: M/SC/SS Level: GENERAL Room: W104 "Networking is a basic tenet of education. Come and learn how you can create your own Personal Learning Network. Learn which tools you can use to develop a network that meets YOUR needs. Learn the continuum of professional learning network development. Learn how to use podcasts, wikis, social networking (facebook, et. al.), social bookmarking (delicious, et. al), webinars, blogs, microblogs (Twitter), and more. This stuff isn't just for your students anymore." News: Schwarzenegger: Printed texts are old school Analysis: As a budget-cutting strategy, California's digital textbook initiative could have national implications In the state that gave the world Facebook, Google, and the iPod, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says forcing California's students to rely on printed textbooks is so yesterday. The governor recently launched an initiative to see if the state's 6 million public school students could use more online learning materials, including open courseware--perhaps saving millions of dollars a year in textbook purchases. The governor is starting with math and sciences and has asked providers to submit their online postings to state officials by next week. The materials that survive state review will be made available to school districts by Aug. 10. "We expect the first science and math books to be digital by this fall," Schwarzenegger said. "If we expand this to more textbooks, schools could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and that's hundreds of millions of dollars that could be used to hire more teachers and to reduce class sizes." http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59180 Events & Happenings: 2. NMSA's Annual Conference: NMSA ‘08 Technology Focus Video. NMSA ‘09 Invitation Video: Indianapolis, IN Conference November 5-7, 2009. Individual Registration is now open. 3. ATTENTION Michigan Association of Middle School Educators & Friends: MAMSE is putting together a bus for the trip to the National Middle School Association’s Annual Conference in Indianapolis, IN this fall. 4. NMSA 09 Conference Connection: Stay connected before, during, and after the conference! Start your packing lists for the conference using packwhiz.com! 5. Keynote speakers for NMSA '09 have been announced: Daniel Pink (political connections) opens and Rick Wormeli closes. 6. NMSA has a new publication on the role of middle grades in drop-out prevention. You can download it as a pdf file. 7. Schools to Watch Conference June 25-27, Washington D.C. Conference registration info. 8. Educational Technology Leadership Conference, June 24th at Holt High School, Holt, MI. Register for the event. 10. The Michigan Association of Middle School Educators Annual Conference is coming up March 4-5, 2010 in Dexter, MI. MAMSE will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary!

In this episode, Jack Berckemeyer, assistant executive director for National Middle School Association, talks with middle level expert and member of the NMSA Site-Based Services Speakers Cadre Nancy Doda on the issues of student motivation. Nancy shares information about the power of student choice and the impact of allowing students to have a voice in the classroom.

Join Jack Berckemeyer, assistant executive director for National Middle School Association, and Dr. Santo Pino as they discuss the importance of community involvement and business partnerships within the school. Jack and Santo also share ideas on ways to involve businesses in your school and the issues and concerns schools might experience.

Jill Spencer, a member of the NMSA Site-Based Services Speakers Cadre, has a discussion about cyber citizenship and its issues with Jack Berckemeyer, assistant executive director for National Middle School Association. Jill explains what it means to be a good cyber citizen in today's day and age. She elaborates on appropriate actions for young adolescents when dealing with technology, and shares some great examples for classroom teachers to use.

Features Ross Burkhardt, former teacher, past president of National Middle School Association, and a member of NMSA's Site Based Services cadre talking with Jack Berckemeyer, NMSA assistant executive director. Ross and Jack talk about building professional relationships within the school.