Podcasts about virtual academy

In this week's Talking Tech, Poppy is joined by Hugh Vinney, CEO of Minerva's Virtual Academy, to discuss how special educational needs funding is in crisis, with nearly half of local councils facing potential bankruptcy. The government is under growing pressure to recognise Department for Education-accredited online schools as part of the solution.

On Saturday evening, March 8, 2025, Discovery Park of America honored four individuals who, like the museum and heritage park, inspire others to see beyond. Proceeds from the Robert E. and Jenny D. Kirkland Discovery Awards benefit the Kirkland Scholarship Fund, providing free admission for student groups to Discovery Park. The event was attended by a sold-out crowd from around the country, celebrating honorees Lt. Col. Bernard House, director of ROTC battalions at Murray State University and the University of Tennessee at Martin;  Dr. Nassar Nassar, founder and CEO of Savant Learning Systems & Virtual Academy; Betty Ann Tanner, community organizer and non-profit advocate and Darryl Worley, award-winning country music singer-songwriter. This year's awards gala was emceed by Sonya Gavankar-McKay, an award-winning communications expert and television host. In this episode, listen in as we pay tribute to our winners and shine a spotlight on Discovery Park's mission to inspire children and adults to see beyond.

Reach out to Brendan by email: bkeane@usa.rugbyKey TakeawaysUSA Rugby has launched a Virtual Academy to connect with and develop players nationwidePlayers should focus on building good habits and creating a positive learning environment for themselvesThe talent ID process looks at athletic testing, rugby skills, and intangibles like communication and body languageThere's a clear pathway from U18 to U20 to senior national teams, but players can enter at various points TopicsUSA Rugby Pathway OverviewGoal is to reach World Cup quarterfinals by 2031 ("moonshot" program)Pathway extends from U15 to U23 age groupsVirtual Academy launched to engage players year-roundIn-person talent ID camps and assemblies for U18 and U20 teamsPlayers given feedback and development plans after camp Player Development FocusEmphasis on building good habits and routines from a young agePlayers encouraged to create positive learning environments for themselvesImportance of being coachable and honest about areas for improvementTechnical skills, athleticism, and intangibles like communication all evaluated Talent Identification ProcessTalent ID camps test 10m/40m sprints and standing broad jumpRugby skills assessed through drills and small-sided gamesCoaches evaluate decision-making, spatial awareness, and execution under pressurePlayer body language and communication also factored inLong-Term VisionEstablish permanent regional training centers across the U.S.Increase number of assemblies and staff to compete at top international levelUse 2031 World Cup as launching point for further growth of rugby in AmericaConnect more directly with players/coaches to provide resources and answer questions Next StepsPlayers should engage with Virtual Academy if interested in pathwayPrepare for upcoming NorCal talent ID camps on Jan 25 and March 23Coaches/players encouraged to reach out directly to USA Rugby staff with questionsContinue building towards 2031 World Cup "moonshot" goal worldrugbyshop.comrugbynorcal.org

Kiera talks about how to effectively hire team members who don't have formal dentistry training — and how they can be some of the best employees you'll ever have. Episode resources: Reach out to Kiera Tune Into DAT's Monthly Webinar Practice Momentum Group Consulting Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Become Dental A-Team Platinum! Review the podcast Transcript: Kiera Dent (00:00.942) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera. I hope you are just having the best day of your life. I know sometimes we don't always have the best days. know sometimes different things happen, but I truly hope that you just remember we are so blessed to be in dentistry. We're so blessed to be able to have the jobs that we have. We're so blessed to be able to give patients back so much confidence.   Welcome to today. And don't forget that where intention goes, energy flows. So if we're constantly thinking about how terrible life is or how terrible our job is or how hard the hiring thing is, we get it. And also remember if we can switch our focus and see the good, we tend to get more of that. If you don't believe me, I'm going to have you guys do a quick fun activity. If you're driving, I would recommend you not do this, but you know, if you're not, that's fine. I'm going to give you guys 10 seconds and I want to have you look around the room.   and want you to count everything that's white. On your mark, get set,   Kiera Dent (01:02.41) And now I want you guys to stop and I want you to tell me how many things you saw that were red. And usually when I do this in an office, people are like, my gosh, like I wasn't looking for red and they all started giggling and I'm like, and how many of you actually looked for white things and you saw beige things and counted them as white? The reality is we get what we were looking for. There's red all around us, but sometimes we're missing it because we're looking so heavy for the white. And for   I'm looking around my room and you better believe I'm gonna count these beige shelves over here and this cream blanket over here, but I'm going to miss all the things that are red around me. And there's red all around us all the time or there's yellow or there's orange. But I want you to think about this because in today's topic, I think this is super relevant for what we get is what we are focused on. And so again, if things aren't going as well, again, I think that there's a lot of help that can happen. I'm not here to say that we just have to have an optimistic attitude.   but I do believe that looking for these positive things will actually breed more positivity into it. It's like a snowball. The more we're focused on the good things, the better it goes. The more we're focused on the negative things, the more we tend to find more negative. And that's not to say that we can't have the hard times, but it's interesting. look there, I have a practice and when I started with them, gosh, they were doing about 200 ,000 per month and they are now crushing over $480 ,000 a month.   And I think about this practice and they have struggles and they have different things that they're doing. But one thing I've noticed consistent about this practice is they are constant. I mean, constantly focus on the wins, the positive, how can we grow there? They've got incredible core values. Their leadership team is very focused on it. Their office manager is very focused on it. Their doctor is very encouraging and empowering. And I'm like, what is the difference of certain offices that just struggle? And when we come to meetings, they talk about their issues, but they do it in a way where   how can we fix this? What do we need to learn? They collaborate with their consultant. They use me as a coach and a guide and a sounding board versus other offices. They often love to live in problems and they don't take action and they don't fix it forever. And again, just looking at your practice and what are kind of the behaviors and the attributes, because I don't believe that things are just happenstance. I do believe that certain things do happen, but even in our own company, like I am literally like,   Kiera Dent (03:19.95) you put me on the radar and I am always looking for what's wrong, how can I solve it? And that's a consultant's world, but that's not always positive to do in my marriage, in my family, in myself. And so making sure that we're using things to our best interest. So with that said, thank you for being a part of our Dental A Team Podcast family. Thank you for your reviews. Thank you for sharing our podcast and keeping us as one of the number one dental podcasts out there. Please keep doing that because my goal is to be in the hands of every dental practice out there.   to positively impact and influence the world of dentistry for good. And so we're gonna go right on, yes, I have my pen out. This is the teacher in me. I did use to teach high school sign language, believe it or not. I feel like I've lived many different lives. So I was a model at one point in time. I taught high school. Gosh, I've done so many random jobs. I worked for a geology firm for once upon a time. I used to work at Century 21 in their accounts payable. I was told I talked too much over there.   But I feel like a myriad of jobs. worked at KFC and A &W. I think that's a random. I mowed lawns with my family lawn business. That was very embarrassing in high school to have people honk and wave when I'm in my total grubbies. My brother thought it was totally fine to go to the mall when we were dressed like that, and I was mortified. So the jobs I've had are quite vast and varied. But that's kind of going into this, because there was a question about hiring. And what do we hire? And how do we hire? And how do we stop the turnover? And hiring verbiage?   Stapping and all this and then the question popped up that we saw of is hiring from outside of dentistry a good idea So I kind of want to just like let's dive a little bit into hiring Let's talk about some different outside -the -box solutions but really I also want you to remember like what we focus on is what we get and I was just recently at a seminar and they talked about how asking better questions Leads to better results. So if we say why is hiring so hard?   we've literally programmed our brain to believe that hiring is hard and we're having to find ways to make hiring hard. And I know that sounds a little crazy, but think about it like so much of what we, what we experience is not what we experienced, but our perception of the experience is what we actually experience. I'm going to say that again. So much of what we experienced in life is not the actual experience. It's our perception of the experience. so asking better questions to prompt our brains, to prompt our team. So instead of saying, why is hiring so hard or why can't we find anybody?   Kiera Dent (05:41.56) We're literally programming ourselves to believe that we can't find anybody in that hiring is hard versus saying, we need to hire an office manager. Where are office managers at and how can we find the best office manager? We want to hire the best hygienist. Where are the hygienists at and how can we hire the best hygienist for our practice? That is a very different piece and you literally like, we're asking questions and we're giving ourselves answers. And so ask better questions and get better answers. Other questions could be like, all right, so hygienist.   it's a different hiring landscape out there. What are hygienists looking for now that would make us competitive to hire the best hygienists? Well, now that's a very different answer instead of answering why is hiring hard. Why is hiring hard can be very much a like, woe is me mentality of like, well, the job market and COVID and there's all these hygienists. But yet I have a lot of offices that are hiring hygienists with no problems. And I don't say that to make you feel yucky. I'm just saying that if other people can do it, you can too.   I do believe better questions lead to better results. And so what question you're asking could be why you're getting maybe lackluster results. So like, for example, let's go outside of dentistry and say, why is it so hard to work out? Well, I've just programmed myself to tell myself that working out is hard versus what makes working out fun. Well, now I have a way different outcome. I have a way different answer and I have a way different, I'm solving a different problem. And so I want you guys, when you're thinking about it, just like I said,   There are a million questions around us just like there's all the red around us and there's all the white around us and all the orange and yellow It's all around us. There's candidates all around us, too and So let's just kind of go through the hiring landscape a little bit of number one Let's ask better questions and let's get better answers. So let's think of where are these best candidates located? Who do we already know? That's an incredible hygienist or an incredible office manager and could we tap into those resources and ask them? Hey, where were you at when you got hired?   What are some areas? What are some things that you would put in a job ad? Do you know any people that are like you that might be interested in getting a job? What things should we be putting in our ads? What things should we be looking for right now? Those are way more proactive questions to be asking versus why is this so hard and why can't we hire anybody? Literally, you're making your reality. so let's stop those questions and let's give better questions. Now, on the other side of it is then with we're having a lot of turnover. Let's ask the questions   Kiera Dent (08:03.66) Why are we having so much turnover and what's causing team members to leave our practice and really get to the root of it and fix those problems forever. And so what is that and how can we fix it? you know, like our team, we just got some good feedback from it and it was like, all right, what can we do? Are there different things that we could change? What's the common thread and A, are we setting up wrong expectations when we hire or B, do we need to make some like structural changes within our company? It's really good. And again, remember it's not right or wrong. And I know this is hard you guys. I am a person who   It needs oxygen, just like I need people to like me as a person. And I know that sounds ridiculous, but I've just realized that that's a piece about me where I really enjoy having people like me. like the connections. I like people around me. I like to have a good time. so oftentimes when I hear negative feedback or constructive feedback, it's sometimes hard for me to disassociate that this is just feedback. It's not actually about me. And so if we can disassociate it and realize like   We are so lucky and so blessed that they're telling us the feedback so we can find the root problem and solve it and fix this problem from happening. We do live in a world where people are changing jobs and sometimes that can feel frustrating because it's not what we're used to. But yet at the same time, we aren't used to taking film X -rays anymore either. And what an amazing transformation that's been. Isn't it an amazing transformation that maybe we get more team members that come in. And because team members are turning so much   Maybe that could be a positive for us and maybe that helps us onboard people faster. And that's also where I do believe that hiring outside of dentistry is a good idea. Some of my best practices actually hire outside of dentistry. And what's crazy is when we hire outside of dentistry, a lot of times these people are actually more loyal to the practices. Dentistry is a very different industry, just so you know, from corporate, it's very family friendly. It's very kind. It's very,   It's just a different vibe and I don't have a better way to describe that other than the fact that it is just truly a different vibe. so sometimes when people hire outside of dentistry, they literally get people where they train them from the ground up and these people are diehard loyal to them because they've given them this incredible opportunity. I know a lot of the corporate dental practices actually hire people outside of dentistry. They train them for about a month and these people are amazing employees.   Kiera Dent (10:24.626) I work with some offices and I train them to be great treatment coordinators. I work with some other offices and train them how to be incredible billers. So there's a lot of skillsets that are transferable. And so I know some people that have hired outside of dentistry, they go for the service industry. So restaurants and waitresses, believe it or not, Shelbi, if you guys have ever gotten to interact with our company, you've probably been able to meet Shelbi. Shelbi is by far one of the most incredible employees that I have.   so kind, she's so considerate and Shelbi who used to be a waitress and I was like this girl pays attention to people's needs. She's obsessed about serving and taking care of people. She's an amazing customer success employee and takes great care of our clients and she takes great care of me. But I paid attention to the type of service she came from. Kaylee who used to work in our company, incredible person. She came from selling. She worked in, she's a high school or excuse me an elementary school teacher and she also used to   for one of the best car companies in our area. That company had incredible customer service and she had amazing customer service. And so I hired her from there. I've heard of people hiring from tanning salons and from the beauty industry and from waiter and waitresses and from fast food and some people who want really good treatment coordinators.   They snag them from in the mall. Those people who are like giving you out those perfume samples, they say like, hey, if you want a job that's like meaningful and impactful, that's going to serve and uplift people, give me a call. And they literally give out their business cards to them. But paying attention to this service industry, some of my best office managers actually come from the banking industry. Like hands down, I'm obsessed with bankers who come in as office managers because they get the finances, they get the, they have it. They just need to learn the industry knowledge, but they are not afraid of money. And best office managers.   And that practice that I mentioned to you at the beginning, who's just been doing an incredible job. They are a practice who hired outside of dentistry. I have another practice and they took one of our online virtual courses of our dental assistant one, and they literally are training dental assistants within. They weren't able to do a dental assistant course. There are some programs where you can actually create a dental assistant course and have a second business within your practice. I'm happy to share that info. If you want it, reach out. Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. But this practice couldn't do that in the state they're in. And   Kiera Dent (12:40.002) We took the course, our course, our dental assisting course online. Literally, I built it to be training someone from off the streets to be able to do dentistry. Our entire virtual academy course, I built it with videos and trainings and CE. So that way you don't have to train them on all the pieces of verbiage, how we schedule, what the blocks are. Yes, you still need to train them within your practice, but there's a huge, huge academy already built for you that you don't have to go and do this all on your own.   My offices use that and they use it to structure it for their practices when they bring them on. We have a 30, 60, 90 day onboarding for team members that don't come from dentistry that we've created for a lot of our practices. And those are some of the amazing things within our virtual academy that I really love to share because there are ways to hire outside of it and they become so great. Truth be told, the best scheduler I ever met came from a tanning salon. Like hands down, best scheduler. Like the schedule was always full. She was over the top, amazing. She used to   in a restaurant setting as well, and then came from a tanning salon. And again, it's that service industry that works so well. And I've had quite a few dental assistants come from other industries, the hair industry, the service industry, any of those types of industries really can be incredible to bring in and just bring new vibes, bring it. Yes, it is tricky to train them up into dentistry, but remember all of us were trained at one point. All of us know what it was like. I went to school, but the reality is,   Office management, I didn't have schooling for that. It was a lot of hard knocks to learn it. so positions that I don't usually recommend hiring for dentistry is if you're a new doctor, you really need a good office manager who understands billing and treatment coordinating and scheduling for you because that's a tricky thing for you being a new owner, being a new doctor that I really don't recommend hiring outside of dentistry for. Now, if you've got quite a few systems built up, like I said, banking office managers are amazing to bring in. We train up office managers. So I have a lot of clients   We do a call with the doctor and then we actually train their, their team for them and their office managers. So a lot of really awesome ways that you're able to do it, but like use your resources, get the help. but you're going for culture. You're going for the hunger, scheduling app. don't usually recommend a schedulers from like optometry. Optometry is a little bit slower paced, typically not all the time, but like optometry and, certain other maybe like healthcare professions. They're not going to be the same.   Kiera Dent (14:59.766) Now a busy chiropractic office might feel the same for you. I love bringing people in for ortho or pediatric or any of those like really fast pace where they're churning. They tend to work really, really well in dentistry, but I don't want to hire someone just because they're in medical if they're coming even from like dermatology or from, like I said, optometry. Those practices don't tend to turn as quickly as dentistry tends to. And I want someone who's used to working the fast pace. They're used to doing the busyness.   And that's what I'm going to bring in from outside. That's why a waiter or waitress, they're so used to the busy, like you're constantly having to pay attention to a ton of different tables and you're able to like make an impact and serve people and make them happy. Amazing people to bring in to your industry scheduling. I think about like at Harris Lawns, there's customer service, there's different things. And so you can put ads out and you can train them. There's also ways that you can hire like virtual assistants to do certain things. I've heard of some companies loving it and others not liking it so much.   can outsource. outsourcing is also a great option, but I think let's get creative. And again, let's pretend we were able to hire another, let's say front office. can't hire a scheduler. What would we do instead? And how could we innovate this? Well, we could outsource it or we can have this or our billing's taking forever. Can we outsource this to another company? love DCS. dental claim support is a great one or Shasta with Paragon, two great companies. Be sure to let them know Dental A Team sends If   Reach out to them. do get preferred pricing for all of the people we refer. That's my motto. I don't do affiliate pricing, but I do do preferred pricing for you guys. things like that. But really, again, I think it's what are we focused on? Are we getting that? How can we ask better questions and get better answers? And then I do believe hire outside of dentistry. Let's not just keep picking out of the same cabbage patch, but let's go outside because there's so many other service industries.   And if you can create a process where you can hire anybody up, that's why I built the Virtual Academy. So be sure to use it. can, if you're not interested in consulting, by all means, we have the Virtual Academy that you can purchase and use and you can train up your team. You can use it for onboarding. If you're like, hey, I don't even know how to do this and I need you to help train and onboard our office manager. We do that as well. So be sure to reach out. I'd love to help you out. Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. But the reality is...   Kiera Dent (17:13.59) Let's start asking better questions. Let's start innovating. Let's get excited for the landscape that we're living in instead of feeling like it's such a problem. And let's start innovating and taking advantage of what we're able to have. Fix the problems when people turn over. Ask them the hard questions. Make the changes if you can. Set better expectations when we hire. And then make sure that what we're doing is we're checking in with them, we're getting the feedback from them, and then we're able to hire outside of dentistry and bring people in.   You guys, I hire consultants that are not consultants and I train them to be consultants. And while some might think I'm crazy because 90 % of consulting companies don't do that, they expect you have consulting experience. I believe that I'm able to morph them and train them into the person I want them to be. We're able to create this incredible consultant. guess what? It sometimes is really hard because within their first, usually six months, a lot of them can't make it. A lot of them are actually not cut out to be consultants. A lot of them don't like the world. They don't enjoy being a consultant.   And I'm okay with that because the ones that make it, the ones that go through are some of the best people I've ever met. Tiffanie, Dana, Brittany, amazing consultants that truly inspire me to keep hiring people that don't have the experience to keep training. Because when I get a good one, they're with me for life. And I think that that's one of the best things I've got others. I've had quite a few consultants that don't make it. have quite a few consultants that it wasn't a good fit for them or for us. And I'm okay with that because they're learning a new skill.   And I'm teaching someone who's never done this before. So you also have to be okay that you might not have as great of a success rate, but you're doing something different. And then you're not handcuffed. I am not handcuffed to just hiring hiring consultants. I can hire office managers or regional managers. And my cabbage patch is so much larger. If you don't just have to hire a scheduler who knows how to do scheduling or hire someone who's done billing, your cabbage patch of where you're able to go and find people is so much larger than just this finite area. And I think that that's something that can really free you   Again, asking better questions, getting better results. And don't stress, I don't hire anybody that we have worked with. So just so you know, I never want offices to ever be afraid because yes, we do hire office managers, but I have a very strict policy that you're not allowed to work with the LA team if we've consulted your practice. So never fear. We train them up and they're yours because I really truly believe that my job is to help you succeed.   Kiera Dent (19:33.67) it's never ever, ever for you to be afraid of consultants. Cause I do know some consultants are that way. So just so you guys know, I think that, and that's something that you can do also, if you're training up other people, make sure that you, you risk mitigate for the person that you're with. Maybe you can risk mitigate or maybe you can get creative or maybe you can share somebody, but there's so many ways and asking better questions and looking for better results. I guarantee you, you'll have a much different experience. So change the culture, change your focus, change your life. And if we can help you reach out, Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. as always, thanks for listening.   I'll catch you next time on the Dental A Team Podcast.  

On this segment of Copper Country Today, host Todd VanDyke talked with Dan Giachino from the Upper Peninsula Virtual Academy about locally-based online school options. Copper Country Today airs throughout Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula Sunday mornings at 7:00 on WOLV 97.7 FM, 8:00 on WCCY 99.3 FM and 1400 AM, and 9:00 on WHKB 102.3 FM. The program is sponsored by the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation. Copyright © 2024, Houghton Community Broadcasting, Houghton, MI.

In this episode, school administrators with the Kentucky Virtual Academy (KYVA) reflect on their first year of operation as the very first tuition-free online public school serving K-12 students in all 120 Kentucky counties. KYVA, a program of Cloverport Independent School District, empowers students through personalized, at-home learning with state certified teachers. Guests: Dr. Tim Bobrowski, KYVA Executive Director; Keith Haynes, Superintendent at Cloverport Independent School District, Sallie Johnson, KYVA Principal. Learn more about the KY Virtual Academy at www.kyva.k12.com.

Public charter schools currently serve more than 3.7 million students. In fact, according to a report by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, enrollment in public charter schools grew by more than 300,000 students between 2019 and 2023.   What are charter schools? What are the benefits of the charter school model? And how can charter schools create opportunities for our students?  In this episode, Cheryl Stahle joins Kevin to discuss how charter schools can create opportunities for students.   Meet Cheryl Cheryl Stahle is the academic advisor at West Virginia Virtual Academy. She is the recipient of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools annual Changemaker Award. The award honors individuals who are advocates for public education and creating more high-quality public education options for families.  This is, What I Want to Know.  

In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O'Connor and Mercedes Schlapp discussed: WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - ANDREA LEVY - (lee-vee) - VP, Montgomery Virtual Academy Parent Teacher Council- Middle School and Chairperson, Montgomery Virtual Academy Parent Teacher Council Special Education Parents Committee – discussed her fight to keep Montgomery County's Virtual Academy for students.  Website: www.mvaptc.org PETITION: https://www.change.org/p/mcps-boe-fund-the-mva-montgomery-virtual-academy-as-promised-for-2024-2025-school-year-1e45a2eb-0f60-40d3-b852-542066b92024 Parents Protest to Save MCPS Virtual Academy In Montgomery County, Maryland's largest school system, officials plan to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy in next year's budget at the June 11 school board meeting. Two more Maryland counties are cutting virtual learning programs MCPS decision to close virtual academy a ‘gut punch' for families, students Trump campaign accelerates vetting of potential running mates WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - JAIMEE CUTWRIGHT - parent with Save Frederick County Public Schools' Remote Virtual Program (RVP) – discussed the effort to the save the Remote Virtual School program in Frederick. EVENT: Save RVP Rally on June 12: https://www.facebook.com/groups/456813337029235/ Two more Maryland counties are cutting virtual learning programs LAST WEEK: Frederick County school board eliminates Remote Virtual Program to balance budget FLASHBACK: Students with special needs resist elimination of 'remote virtual program' in Frederick County Youngkin moves to lift Virginia's strict auto emissions standards Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, June 6, 2024 / 8 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - ANDREA LEVY -  VP, Montgomery Virtual Academy Parent Teacher Council- Middle School and Chairperson, Montgomery Virtual Academy Parent Teacher Council Special Education Parents Committee – discussed her fight to keep Montgomery County's Virtual Academy for students.  Website: www.mvaptc.org PETITION: https://www.change.org/p/mcps-boe-fund-the-mva-montgomery-virtual-academy-as-promised-for-2024-2025-school-year-1e45a2eb-0f60-40d3-b852-542066b92024 Parents Protest to Save MCPS Virtual Academy In Montgomery County, Maryland's largest school system, officials plan to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy in next year's budget at the June 11 school board meeting. Two more Maryland counties are cutting virtual learning programs MCPS decision to close virtual academy a ‘gut punch' for families, students Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, June 6, 2024 / 8 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Virtual Academy is back on the MyPersonalFootballCoach app. The Next Gen Club includes Technical, Tactical, Physical, Psychological and Tips how to get scouted from Premier League Coaches...for just £9.99 a month. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/the-virtual-academy-home/ Lee Hayes joins Saul to discuss his role at Yokohama FC and what life and football culture is like in Japan. Lee also talks about his work at his previous clubs including West Ham and QPR.

Season 2- Episode 33 On this episode, founder of PK12 Virtual Academy, Dr. Bhargava shares the reasons why she began her virtual academy, the importance of focusing on the learning style of the individual child, the reasons for her small intimate class sizes, how she encourages parents to take the lead in their children's education, and the need to ensure the future generation is well-versed in technology.⁠ ⁠https://www.pk12virtual.com/ I am Dr. Bhargava. I have been a public-school teacher in the U.S. for almost 20 years. I love teaching and I am passionate about distance learning. I come from a family of educators. My mother taught foreign language-Sanskrit for 35 years and then retired as a high school principal. I have followed her footsteps and chose a career to serve my community as a teacher, mentor, counselor, college advisor. I have taught English, Reading, and Math at various grade levels and to students from all walks of life and social economic backgrounds. My experience includes teaching in Title 1 schools, affluent, rural, and urban schools. I earned a Doctoral Degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education from Nova SouthEastern University, Florida. I also earned a Master's in Business from NSU, Florida. I have passed on my passion to my kids as they have grown to be professionals in their fields at a very young age. I will continue to encourage our youth to excel in their endeavors. Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae. Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home. Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/ Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcast Join our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit, Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'. Introduction Song- ChrisNTeeb -Expect- Manifestation 2*⁠⁠⁠⁠‎The Manifestation 2 by Chris-n-Teeb on Apple Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Manifestation 2 - Album by Chris-n-Teeb | Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chrisnteeb.com⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homeschoolyokids/support

About The Guest(s):Erik Deroo is a college basketball coach currently at Texas Tech. He has extensive experience in recruiting and player development. Deroo is known for his expertise in the recruiting process and his commitment to educating athletes and parents. Summary:Erik Deroo shares his insights on the recruiting process in college basketball and emphasizes the importance of education and asking questions. He highlights the need for players to have elite skills, size, and athleticism, as well as the ability to defend multiple positions. Deroo also discusses the impact of the transfer portal on high school athletes and the importance of finding the right fit for their skills and goals. Key Takeaways: Lack of education about the recruiting process is a challenge for parents and athletes. Asking questions and seeking information from college coaches is crucial for understanding the recruiting process. Size, athleticism, and elite skills are important factors in evaluating players for college basketball. The transfer portal has affected the recruiting landscape, but high school athletes should still focus on finding the right fit for their skills and goals. **** The EmpowerHER Virtual Academy**** Looking for something that is going to help your daughter for life after basketball? The Virtual Academy will be here on 11/21 and 11/22 taking all thing branding, social media, and tips for life after basketball. Click the link below to get signed up. www.girlzgotgame.com Use code "Today" to get a discount! Ashley on IG: _thisisashleyr Its Just Different on IG: itsjustdifferentpod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ashley-roberts24/message

Billi Hunt, Executive Director of America's Cultivation Corridor, joins to discuss Cultivo, their virtual academy, and the upcoming Israeli cohort participating in it.

On this special Fourth of July episode, good friend of the show Joe Willis returns to celebrate freedom and America. As a veteran himself, he and host Michael Warren reminisce on military life and experiences and focus the conversation on the brave men and women who have served and are currently serving our country around the world.In addition to the fond, and not so fond, memories of basic training, immunization, “shark attacks,” and military policing, Willis, Chief Learning Officer of First H.E.L.P., reminds listeners to be mindful of veterans' wishes this Independence Day and urges anyone who is struggling with mental health issues to seek assistance.From everyone at Between the Lines and Virtual Academy, thank you to all veterans and active duty members of our Military Services! Stay safe and Happy July 4th!Visit www.betweenthelineswithvirtualacademy.com for more info about this episode. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.Mentioned in this episode:MILOThis episode is sponsored by MILO. For more information visit www.faac.com/milo/

I am a communication coach who provides organisations with the tools to influence, persuade, and engage—whether through storytelling, presenting, or communicating within teams. A few years ago, I got in touch with Cisco Webex with suggestions on how they could improve their software. In time, I ended up working with Webex on a regular basis, and this collaboration, in turn, led me to design virtual training programmes for some of the firm's biggest clients. My masterclasses help organisations take dry, often technical information and render it clear, memorable, and engaging. I help clients like Cigna US, Samsung, Google, Cisco, Microsoft, GVC, Ofsted, McCann, Adam&Eve DDB, Virgin Media, Commerzbank, BBC, National Theatre, and Channel 4. I have been lucky enough to coach the world's best-selling professional speakers. According to London Speakers Bureau, the largest speaking agency in the world outside the United States, I coached their three best-selling speakers in Europe in 2018 and 2019; and I coached Red Whale, the winning team for Webinars That Rock 2019, essentially the Oscars of webinars. The award was for best webinar in the world, as judged by the event platform, ON24. Away from virtual land, I also work as a comedy playwright. My plays, including “Octopus Soup” (co-written with Mark Stevenson) and “The Mummy” have completed number-one tours nationally and internationally. Link to my book: https://amzn.to/3xYAsdO Link to my website: http://standupanddeliver.co.uk Link to my online Virtual Academy: https://standupanddeliver-virtual-presentation-online.teachable.com First 10 people who contact me directly get a year on the Online Academy "How to be a Virtual Presentation Star" FREE (saving £119). Thereafter anyone who gets in touch and asks to join will get a place on the Academy at HALF PRICE and a free copy of my book for £59. Social Media Links: http://standupanddeliver.co.uk Twitter: @jackmilnertrain Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-milner-3246394/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jackstandupanddeliver

Virtual Academy's own Doug Tullock is our guest for Episode 18. Doug shares his storied career in law enforcement that includes, among many others, K-9 handling and being a member of the UN International Police Task Force in Kosovo. From being issued a revolver to getting mocked for wearing body armor, a lot has changed since Doug began his career. He discusses the many equipment advances that have made officers safer today and how communication technology has vastly improved. He also learned through experience why a free dog might not be the best choice for a K-9 partner and how some people, like his academy roommate, just aren't cut out to be police officers. Whether in his role as an LEO or his personal life, Doug has and continues to live a life of service, and one word undergirds it all—integrity. Visit https://www.betweenthelineswithvirtualacademy.com (www.betweenthelineswithvirtualacademy.com) for more info about this episode. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent. Mentioned in this episode: Virtual Academy At Virtual Academy, we are so much more than training. Visit www.virtualacademy.com today for more info.

Tullahoma is filled with learning opportunities for all kinds of students! Tullahoma Virtual Academy provides education for non-traditional students. I love the mission that Dr. Greg English and Mr. Mike Young share to give students a holistic education that includes hands-on opportunities to get into the community and REALLY learn what pathway they would like to take. Mike hosts a fantastic podcast sharing stories of business people and the winding journey they take to get to their current careers. This episode is filled with honesty and advice for any generation looking to bring new and improved opportunities to the youth in our community.

Melissa van Ruiten sits down with Brie Hague. Brie is the principal of Brentwood's Harvest Grove Virtual Academy, which is part of Brentwood Union School District.

As a passionate technology integration specialist, https://sites.google.com/view/lisahighfill/home (Lisa Highfill) has spent almost three decades bringing innovation and engagement to the Pleasanton (California) Unified School District. For this episode of All Things Marketing and Education, she sits down with https://www.leoniconsultinggroup.com/team-lcg (Elana Leoni), CEO of Leoni Consulting Group, to share stories about two remarkable accomplishments: a teaching tool called HyperDocs and creating a district-wide Virtual Academy.

Did you know that Chatham County Schools offers virtual classes through Virtual Academy at Bennett School and Chatham Central High School? It's one of the many different programs that we offer our students and parents that accommodate different needs and lifestyles. The Notebook Podcast re-visits this opportunity with Dr. Carla Neal at Bennett School. 

Guest: Carla JeffersonGuest Social Media Handle(s): @dcsdvirtualGuest Title and/or Info: Principal of the Darlington County Virtual Academy,  ISTE Board of DirectorsEpisode Title: Building a Virtual Academy in a Pandemic (with Carla Jefferson)Episode Summary:  Carla Jefferson joins the guys and shares how Darlington County Schools (@dcsdvirtual) has been able to start their virtual academy and life as an ISTE board member.Future Ready Schools Website: https://all4ed.org/future-ready-schools/Twitter: @FutureReady, @AskAdam3, @MrHookerInstagram: @FutureReadySchools, @APhyall, @HookerTechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FutureReadySchoolsFuture Ready Schools is a registered trademark of All4Ed, located in Washington, D.C. #FutureReady

Mary and Massiah's friendship began over 6 months ago through Virtual Academy. Over those 6 months, they became inseparable and will now travel together through Europe for a couple of weeks. Join us as we learn more about how the friendship between these two girls developed and where they will be traveling.  If you want to learn more about Virtual Academy, visit www.chatham.k12.nc.us.  

Episode 5 of the podcast finds host Chris Carden talking to a man who has served his country as a Marine and as a member of the Mississippi State Highway Patrol in the state where he where was born and raised. Mississippi Highway Patrol Lt. Colonel Thomas Tuggle talks personally about his service in the US Marine Corps, including his time in Desert Storm, getting his start in law enforcement, and the steps he took towards becoming a Mississippi State Highway Patrol Officer. Plus, Carden welcomes Jimmy McCloud, a regional director for Virtual Academy and a former Mississippi county police chief, to join the conversation as well. Visit https://www.betweenthelineswithvirtualacademy.com (www.betweenthelineswithvirtualacademy.com) for more info about this episode. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent. Mentioned in this episode: Virtual Academy At Virtual Academy, we are so much more than training. Visit www.virtualacademy.com today for more info.

Cherokee County School District's virtual school graduated its first senior class of 44 students Thursday at First Baptist Church of Woodstock. #CherokeeCounty #Georgia #LocalNews           -          -          -          -          -          -          The Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast is local news for Woodstock, Canton, and all of Cherokee County. Register Here for your essential digital news.             This podcast was produced and published for the Cherokee Tribune-Ledger and TribuneLedgerNews.com by BG Ad Group     For more information be sure to visit https://www.bgpodcastnetwork.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Between the Lines podcast launches today with an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker as the featured guest for its inaugural episode.  Host Chris Carden welcomes Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, along with his Vice President of Operations and Innovation, Mike Baldwin, for a candid discussion detailing Lt. Col. Grossman's early days in Army Ranger School, his spirituality and the role it plays in his daily routine, and other unconventional stories from both his personal and military life. Episode 1, featuring Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and his Vice President of Operations and Innovation, Mike Baldwin, available now at http://www.betweenthelineswithvirtualacademy.com/ (www.betweenthelineswithvirtualacademy.com) or subscribe to “Between the Lines with Virtual Academy” by using your favorite podcast provider to automatically get new episodes as they are released every Tuesday morning. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent. Mentioned in this episode: Virtual Academy At Virtual Academy, we are so much more than training. Visit www.virtualacademy.com today for more info.

We started our podcast to discuss K12 education as a project and a response to COVID-19 with our first episode, “Schooling Through An Apocalypse.” What's changed in education since lockdown happened in March 2020? Lots! In this episode, we discuss Virtual Academy, how schooling has evolved over the last two years, and more. Mom gets feedback on her parenting during the pandemic… and there is a bird by our window looking for love. (Shoutout to the Vernal Equinox! What, whaaat!!!)Are you saddled with a troubling situation? Curious to hear what we think about a particular issue? Send us your questions! Tell us “What's On Your Mind?” your query may end up on the Let's K12 Better podcast in our community letters section. Send your celebrations and questions to this form or email us: LetsK12Better@gmail.com! Listen to the episode that started it all, Season 1, Episode 1!  Schooling Through An Apocalypse. Our community question touched upon education and Black students and educators. Here's what Amber's reading that she mentioned in the episode... Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. GivensThe Education oF Blacks in the South 1860-1935 by James D. AndersonLove our podcast? Rate. Review. Share!  Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/LetsK12BetterMail! Music written and produced by Garvey MortleyThe Let's K12Better podcast is written and produced by Amber Coleman-Mortley, Garvey Mortley, Naima Mortley, and Sofia Mortley.Support the show (https://cash.app/$Fossilizedresin)

Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Ep 426 features Veronica Neal, Partner Development Representative with Virtual Academy. Sponsored by INdigital - Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Web RapidDeploy - Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Web Carbyne - Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Web Episode topics – Veronica's 9-1-1 story From coffee to dispatch An 18 wheeler crash & a homicide suspect A serial bomber And more As always, if you have any comments, questions, or you would like to be a guest on the show, please email me at wttpodcast@gmail.com.

Jacqui Cooper (Host: JCooperTravels) speaks with Kathy & Minuen from the Virtual Real Estate Academy about how to make your dream of purchasing a home or property come true. As discussed by Jacqui, Kathy & Minuen on this show, it is important to have a team of professionals you can learn from & trust. One of the individuals who must be on your team when you are purchasing real estate, is an affordable attorney. For less than $1 a day you can have access to attorneys to advise you on the contracts you will be reading and reviewing with your interest in mind. Visit https://cooperjacqueline825.wearelegalshield.com/ to decide on which plan is best for you, your family and small business. To email Jacqui, connect with her at jcoopertravels@gmail.com To reach Kathy, email her at kathy@virtualreiacademy.com To reach Minuen, connect with him at (848)868-3636 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jacqui-cooper/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jacqui-cooper/support

Morgan Ballis is a nationally recognized subject matter expert in School Active Assailant Events. He is the Founder & Director of Strategic Planning & Training at Campus Safety Alliance. Mr. Ballis served for more than 10 years in the United States Marine Corps and today is an active shooter response trainer for law enforcement and educators.  The latest episode of the Tactical Breakdown Podcasts features Morgan Ballis at the 2021 ILEETA Conference, where he trained the trainers on K-12 school shooter threats and sat on the Active Shooter Panel. The ILEETA Conference is unique in that the attendees are educators and learners – they are passionate and excited about the training opportunity. “As practitioners of violence, they [instructors] need to continue to be learners and evolve.” Listen in as Adam & Morgan discuss the difference between school active shooter events vs other active shooter events and the importance of using real-world data and case studies in your training. Morgan also dives into the purpose of SRO's, critical questions to ask trainers, training non-officers, and coordinating with other first responders to improve how we deal with school shooter events.  More about our guest:  In the Marine Corps, Morgan had the opportunity to protect critical assets and personnel overseas under JTF-HOA and support federal law enforcement under JTF-N. He has a M.S. in Homeland Security & Emergency Management and has presented his research and methodology at conferences across the United States. Mr. Ballis has focused his studies on understanding and preventing targeted attacks against schools. Morgan is also a content provider for PM AM, Virtual Academy, and PoliceOne Academy.  Trainer Certifications IADLEST Nationally Certified Instructor LSU, NCBRT Law Enforcement Active Shooter Emergency Response Trainer ALERRT, Civilian Response to an Active Shooter Event Instructor SecFor International, Certified Anti-Terrorism Force Protection Specialist San Diego County Office of Education Active Shooter Trainer ALiCE Instructor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's an exciting update about our upcoming Team Awesomism Virtual Academy!

Joe Santana is Chairman of The CDO PowerCircle and the creator and host of the ERG PowerTalk podcast and Virtual Academy. His programs support diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders within highly respected companies that collectively generate close to three-quarters of a trillion US dollars and employ almost one million people. Joe is also an author. His upcoming book offers a simple understanding of the growing role of automation and AI in decision making and describes how non-technical leaders must and can provide oversight to ensure a more successful outcome from these technologies. Connect with Joe at any of the following . . .Web: www.joesantana.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesantana/  Email joe@joesantana.com My Linktr.eehttps://linktr.ee/JRBolton Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/The_Josh_Bolton_Show)

On this episode of the WTF California Podcast, we talk about the Antioch Unified School District in the City of Antioch who have launched a distance learning academy under the name Thomas Gaines Virtual Academy -- school district students from Oakley, Brentwood and even Walnut Creek are transferring in. Contra Costa County and most of the Bay Area back under an indoor mask mandate. But you know who is not, Solano County who had a health official nail down the reasoning. We talk about Caitlyn Jenners recall campaign disaster, Oakland and San Jose Sideshows, Serial ADA lawsuits as well as Project Labor Agreement costing Los Angeles homeless housing units. Plus more. Antioch Unified School District Thomas Gaines Virtual Academy --- more info Bay Area Health Officials Issue Orders Requiring Use of Face Coverings Indoors Here's why Solano County did not order indoor mask mandate Kaiser Permanente mandates COVID-19 vaccine for all employees, physicians Yes, it's legal for restaurants and bars to require proof of vaccination for customers. Here's why Outdoor dining compliance checks begin in San Diego Most Bradford Island residents stay on island despite fire evacuation order Jenner campaign in debt as California recall hits homestretch 4 cars towed in connection with Oakland sideshow San Jose Police Struggle To Keep Up With Sideshow Enforcement Efforts Serial Plaintiff Turns California ADA Lawsuits Into a Lucrative Cottage Industry RAND: LA's homeless housing bond measure fell short of 10,000 units, because of labor requirement San Francisco rolls out overdose response teams to curb opioid-related deaths Disneyland set to unveil ‘Magic Key' program, apparent replacement for annual passes

Did you know that Wisconsin Farm Technology Days actually started as a plowing contest back in the 50's?  Bob Bosold talks with two retired western Wisconsin farmers that were part of the grand event when it first began. U.S. Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack, announced millions of dollars in federal aid that's pointed toward expanding meat and poultry processing capacities.  The announcement was made on Friday in Iowa, along with 3 Wisconsin counties being declared as primary disaster areas due to drought. Finally, a school district in Sharon, Wisconsin is looking to add agriculture curriculum to their K-8 line up!  Dr. Sara Andrus, district administrator explains their $700,000 grant reward from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the creation and expansion of the Virtual Academy of Agriscience and Technology (VAAST) charter school. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When the school bells ring on Sept. 8, the vast majority of Henrico County Public Schools students will be walking down their school hallways, filling up their lockers and catching up with friends in the school cafeteria. But more than 1,700 of the district's students will remain at home receiving virtual education. Henrico Virtual Academy, the district's first online school, will open this fall. The year of COVID-19 changed the minds of many who wouldn't have normally considered remote learning. Audra Vanderland, the parent of an incoming high school freshman, said that her daughter isn't always the first person who...Article LinkSupport the show (http://henricocitizen.com/contribute)

The Virginia War Memorial’s 65th annual Memorial Day ceremony was open to the public yesterday; During COVID-19, a Virginia law against wearing masks has been paused. But that could change as soon as June 30th, when the current state of emergency is set to expire; Today is the deadline to sign up for Chesterfield County public school’s “Virtual Academy”. The district is offering the academy for K-through-8th grade as an alternative to in-person classes in the fall; and other local news stories.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Joe Santana about the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the shifting landscape of work over the next decade. See the video here: https://youtu.be/3740tIh_Nko. Joe Santana (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesantana/) is Chairman of The CDO PowerCircle and the creator and host of the ERG PowerTalk podcast and Virtual Academy. His programs support diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders within highly respected companies that collectively generate close to three-quarters of a trillion US dollars and employ almost one million people. Joe is also an author. His upcoming book offers a simple understanding of the growing role of automation and AI in decision making and describes how non-technical leaders must and can provide oversight to ensure a more successful outcome from these technologies.  Check out Dr. Westover's new book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked in the Top 10 Performance Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 10 Workplace Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 HR Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Talent Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Henrico County Public Schools officials will host a virtual question-and-answer session about the new Henrico Virtual Academy May 6 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for families and employees. Links to the event are being sent directly to stakeholders. The school system recently hired Elko Middle School Assistant Principal Garry Marshall to serve as principal of the new virtual academy, which will offer a mix of synchronous classes — learning online in a group with a teacher — and asynchronous, or independent, learning for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The school is aimed at students who have benefited from...Article LinkSupport the show (http://henricocitizen.com/contribute)

Welcome back to the Denton Insider! This week we have Marcus Bourland, Principal, LaGrone Academy at the ATC, and Caleb Leath, Principal, Denton ISD K-8 Virtual Academy.

#CherokeeCounty is opening a new #virtual academy in the fall. #WoodstockGA #CantonGA #LocalNews  - - - - - - The Cherokee Tribune-Ledger Podcast is local news for Woodstock, Canton, and all of Cherokee County.   Cherokee Tribune-Ledger   Register Here for your essential digital news.    This podcast was produced and published for the Cherokee Tribune-Ledger and TribuneLedgerNews.com by BG Ad Group on 4-23-2021   For advertising inquiries, please email j.southerland@bgadgroup.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I hope your second week of #2021 was great. In this fifth episode of season 2, I am joined by NCAT Alumnus, Ja'Quez D. Taylor. In our conversation, we talk about his career, his passion for education, race in America, his organization, and more! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO: Ja'Quez D. Taylor is a native of Thomasville, North Carolina. Currently living in Dallas, Texas. He is a graduate of North Carolina A T State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with a concentration in African American studies. He also holds a certificate from HarvardX in Family Engagement in Education. He is a member of the North Carolina Adopt-A-Highway program and a member of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE). He also serves on the Board of Directors for Thomasville City Schools- Communities In Schools (CIS) and also has served as a male mentor at Thomasville Middle School and the Middle College at North A&T State University. He is a member of Profound Gentlemen of Charlotte, NC where he is in a cohort of other Men of color that are in education and/or pursuing a career in education. He is a 2017 City Year Tulsa Alumni. He teaches 3rd Grade at a Virtual Academy. He is a graduate student at American University pursuing his Master's in Education Policy and Leadership. He inspires to be a trailblazing educator and a force for good for all students and families he serves. He is an advocate for providing high-quality education to all children and began his career as a Director of Education for 1-2-3 Express Tutorial Services, a tutorial business he founded in 2015. Then went on to serve various roles in education across North Carolina and Tulsa, OK. He has a wide range of work experience in education with this being his 6-year in education but his first full year as a classroom lead teacher. In 2018, he founded Black Teacher Loading (BTL) organization at North Carolina A&T State University in the College of Education. Black Teacher Loading is an organization where HBCU education majors come together as one and discuss issues in education and provide equitable solutions for Black educators in society. His desire is to ensure all children gain experiences that build leadership, encourage diversity, and sparks both creativity and critical thinking. He says, “In order for schools and communities to flourish, EDUCATION must flourish!” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Ja'Quez D. Taylor on Instagram and Twitter @directorjdt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe and follow #DamianTalksEducation everywhere you stream your podcasts. Facebook: Damian Talks Education Instagram and Twitter: @DamianTalksEdu YouTube Channel: Damian Talks Education --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Lindsay Taylor, co-Founder & Director of Your Excellency Limited Virtual Academy shares inspirational learning for the EA, PA and Administrative Professional in her podcast featuring top guests and stars in the Administrative Professional community.  In this episode, Lindsay introduces herself to you.  This podcast is a great introduction to your host Lindsay as she answers some of the more challenging questions she poses to her guests.As ever, the content is packed full of knowledge, wisdom, and insights, perfect for EAs, PAs, and Administrative Professionals keen to learn and be inspired by the profession. Timestamped notes1m25s           What can you share that is new news? 3m15s           Paint a picture of where you are joining us from… 4m46s           Choose 3 people to invite to dinner…6m57s           Top Advice to those new to the EA/PA Profession 8m39s           Top Advice for existing EAs/PAs/Administrative Professionals10m43s        It's 2025 – what are you doing and what's happening in the EA/PA/Administrative Professional world? 13m44s        You have 10 minutes of your life to replay…what would that replay be? 15m59s        Announcing Episode 3:  The Ambassador Special Further ResourcesConducting a Personal SWOThttps://www.yourexcellency.co.uk/training-tips/conducting-a-personal-swot/Network, Network, Network : Upping your game for Executive Assistants https://www.yourexcellency.co.uk/training-tips/upping-your-game-for-executive-assistants-part-two-network-network-network/

3:15 Rhodes sings from the rooftop about his new love, Aussie Football, and his favorite team, the Fremantle Dockers. 10:15 Interview- Jordan Ellerson & Marisa Boretti talk about their sports, some little things they've missed the past few months, and some Holly Springs restaurants they love. 20:40 WCPSS Virtual Academy- Both of our guests have signed up for the Virtual Academy and they share how they decided to go with that option, share a lot of information and dispel some VA myths, and talk about what activities they can still do at school while assigned to the Virtual Academy. They also touch on social distancing in general and whether they think that is possible in a high school. 46:00 Game- Catchphrase! The Bros battle Jordan and Marisa in two different games of this classic podcast game. 1:04:20 Draft- Best Appetizers. We draft the best apps to get at restaurants and touch on some changes to the Taco Bell and Bojangles menu.

In this episode, I talk with Mary Beth the owner of the K9 Virtual Academy. If you would like to have professional dog training on your terms this type of training would be perfect for you. Have you ever wanted to train your dog professionally, but you don't have the time? Well, you're in luck. There is now an option to train your dog professionally, thanks to the K9 Virtual Academy. I recently had the chance to interview Mary Beth, the owner of the K9 Virtual Academy, to talk about her training program and how it works. Who Is Mary Beth? Mary Beth is someone who has extensive knowledge regarding dogs and their behavior. Following her passion, Mary Beth holds a Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Animal Sciences with a focus on puppy development and behavior. She has taught many canine classes over the years. Also, Mary Beth raises companion dogs for Canine Companions for Independence, she has been doing this with her husband since 2001. Why Create An Online Dog Training Program? After Mary Beth realized how busy life was for her, especially with three kids, she had an epiphany. Nearly everyone these days are busy. It is hard for people to commit to anything that is not a priority. And sometimes, dog training is at the bottom of the list, but it is important. It was from this realization that Mary Beth decided to create a flexible program that can help dog owners train their pets on their own time. What We Talked About On The Podcast Please tell me about K-9 Virtual Academy? What is it… How does it work… What motivated you to create K-9 Virtual Academy? Who is the ideal client… What type of training philosophy do you use? What tips do you have for people hiring a dog trainer in general? Are there questions people should ask… Are there credentials one should have… Are there red flags to be aware of… Are you taking on new clients? What is the process for someone to get on your schedule for training? Contact Information For Mary Beth & K9 Virtual Academy Mary Beth's Email: K9virtualacademy@gmail.com K9 Virtual Academy: Facebook Page Final thoughts… Online virtual training for your dog is really ideal for anyone. Even if you have done training in the past, you could benefit from this type of training. Especially if you have seen a regression in your dog. I personally have seen a regression in Bella since we had trained her two years ago. Also, if you are someone who has a pretty busy schedule, this type of dog training is ideal for you. You can train your dog on your own terms with the guidance of a real expert. I hope you enjoyed this episode on the podcast. If you have someone in mind, I should interview, please reach out to me via the contact form to let me know, contact me here. Thanks for your support! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bostonterriersociety/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bostonterriersociety/support

Welcome to Lancelot's Roundtable - Episode 23Career Re-evaluation with Shelby SmithShelby 00:00I learned about myself that like with education that... you just realized you have no more coffeecorrect was tea like looked into my mug and like yep, it's pure design on its faceLance Foulis 00:14true Hello everybody and welcome back to Lancelot's Roundtabe. It is getting very spring likeoutside we are early March and we're getting our first little taste of spring, which probablymeans that we're going to get a least one more bout of snow before we get into permanentspring time. So I hope everyone's having a good day. Hope everybody's enjoying the sunshine,wherever you are, if it's sun shining, when you listen to this, but thanks so much for listening.I'm happy to welcome to the podcast, a really good friend of mine, Shelby Smith. Shelby,welcome to the roundtable. Hi, thanks so much for having me. Absolutely, really thrilled thatyou could come on. So why don't you tell the people a little bit about yourself? Yeah, so I'm 33mom of one currently.Shelby 01:13Born and raised, Columbus went to o u in Athens and I have a Bachelors of Science incommunication studies, through right out of college went into HR and then marketing where Imet you. That's where are we met? That's where we met a couple years ago. Yeah, well, morethan a couple now. We'll go with a couple. And then when that really just wasn't the greatestfit, I left the corporate sector and decided that I was better fit for the education side. So I havebeen teaching for five years. It's my fifth year. So I'm about to end my fifth year and wild Godyears already. It's crazy. And I have my masters now in education, curriculum and instructionfrom Ashland University. I didn't know you went to Ashlyn. I mean, it was all online. But yeah,that's your mom. Right? Hey, everybody, Kim's here.SSKim Foulis 02:09Hi.Lance Foulis 02:11She's walking around taking pictures and video. She does that. Hey, hey, everybody. Hey, soum, yeah, so like we met at a company that I still work for you left? Correct. And you were oneof the people that was in the infamous row that we talked about on the episode with NatalieBaldwin, Episode 19. Go listen to it. Oh, I didn't realize it was episode 19. Bob, good plug,Marketing, Marketing and Communication Specialist right there runs through the just part ofthe blood you can't get rid of it can't. So let's talk a little bit about those days. I rememberwhen I first started. I was coming from local bank. And I was really excited about this jobbecause it was an actual, like, professional type job. And I remember meeting you, you were 90days, I believe, is that correct? I think so. Yeah, yeah, you're getting or you're getting close toyour 90th day because that was some type of a milestone. Yes. And I remember just being likea deer in the headlights,Shelby 03:09like get like 90 days, I was still a deer in the headlights. Let's be honest,Lance Foulis 03:12it wasn't easy. Which I remember Natalie and I got into that very much. But I mean, lookingback at those memories, it was, here's your clients, here's what you're doing. And when I sayhere's what you're doing, it's more like, here's where you'll be sitting in here's your computer.Here's how you log in random binder of things that oh, you know, the binders, we had a lot ofbinders,Shelby 03:33they did do a great job of pairing you up with a person who had your client before youunfortunately for me, all of my clients went came from a person who was leaving.Lance Foulis 03:46Yeah, and that's what that's that's like the worst situation that you could be in in that role is theperson that used to support it is gone. Because there's, there wasn't a good knowledge sharing,I guess that's the way I would put it. So like that person left with the knowledge of how to dothings. So lots of all of the nitty gritty details. For your day to day you just had to learn byShelby 04:09KSSSShelby 04:09identifier? Well, I think a lot of it for me was learned by not doing and then realize I didn't doand then having to do very, very quickly. Yeah. So that was a thing where like, vendors wouldreach out and say, Hey, we normally have, you know, a program coming through or informationcoming through for for this program are running, but we haven't seen it come through. Are westill running that for you? Yeah, that's the only thing.Lance Foulis 04:31Like, that's literally like a third party and they're basically coming to your rescue. And they'rebeing very nice about it. But it's like, oh, yeah, you know, we typically would expect to get thisform by now. And we haven't done it but we know that you need the this material over hereand it's going to take some days for it to get there.Shelby 04:48Yeah, I think in the beginning, I had to call in a lot of favors for people I didn't even know yet.Yeah. Can you run this for me in 24 hours? I promise you'll learn to love me.Lance Foulis 04:57Yeah. Oh my gosh, that's true, but you were really Good at your internal network. Oh, thankyou. Yeah, you were really good at that.Shelby 05:05I got the hang of it after a while. Yeah. And it just slowly after I kind of had the hang of it andhad been doing it for a while, started to realize it just was not what I was passionate about. Itwas not what was what made me happy. It was not a good fit, I lovedLance Foulis 05:20who I worked with, it's always the people, it's always theShelby 05:23people. And what I learned, and I did learn a ton from that position. Yep. And I'm very thankfulfor that. But the biggest thing, I think I learned was the 8020 lesson, and that in your role, and Itry and pass this on to my students all the time, because I am High School. And for the last fiveyears, the constant for me has been seniors in high school. So I've taught a little bit of nine, alittle bit of 11 some electives, but the constant all five years has been that I have had at leastone one course of English 12. So all seniors and so one thing I try and pass on to them asthey're moving into that next phase of life is that they need to look for the 8020 You're nevergonna find 100% It's just not out there. Right? You're always gonna have some little bit thatSSSSyou don't love to do. Yeah, I gave an example the other day, I could work with puppies all daylong. be fantastic. So much fun, just little puppies running around everywhere, but you're stillgonna have that like puppies have sharp teeth, or you know, they're not potty trained. Orthey're chewing on your shoelaces. And you know, your new Louis Vuitton bag is now coveredin slobber or did this happen to you? Know, this is just my own? Like, no, no, no. lifeexperience? Well, I mean, my dog did eat one of my purses. So that's cool.Lance Foulis 06:36Just not a Louis Vuitton. God loved Piper. Oh my gosh, I forgot about Piper.Shelby 06:40How's Piper She's good. She's getting gray.Lance Foulis 06:42How old is she? Oh,Shelby 06:45nine.Lance Foulis 06:45Cuz you you guys got her before you got married? Right?Shelby 06:50Yeah, I think she's eight or nine.Lance Foulis 06:51Okay, that's awesome. I'm glad to hear about Piper. I totally forgot about Piper. Yeah.Shelby 06:56Yeah, so I try and tell them they're still that that you know, a little bit that you don't love. Lovethe puppies hate the slobber and the sharp teeth. And, you know, and so if you have 80% ofthe job you absolutely love and 20% that you can deal with, then that's golden. If you can find9010 That's like the rainbow. Yeah. out there. Yeah. And so for me, it was when I was at theSSSSmarketing position that I was in with you. It was the opposite. It was the 2080. Yeah. And the20% were the people that I worked with. That was what I loved and what got me in every singleday. Yeah. But it was the 80% of the actual work I was doing was that 80% I hated? Yeah,couldn't do it. And so in education, luckily, I have found the good positive 8020 Where it's 80%of the job I love. And then there's 20%, where you have paperwork, and you know, gradingessays that maybe are not at the caliber, you would like them, or, you know, workLance Foulis 07:54in progress, right. And you don't have to write anybody up. That's, that's also cool. SoShelby 07:59yes, it's very nice. Yeah, I mean, aside from like, sending home email saying, Yeah, ILance Foulis 08:03literally thought about that, after I sent said that. And I'm like, Well, no, there's probably somedisciplinary issues. But high school, there's probably some discipline that needs to happen. Solet's talk a little bit about because I mean, from my perspective, you are so fresh out of college,that it's I feel like for you is probably at least somewhat hard to know and get your bearingsaround all that like now you can look back and be like, Yeah, I wasn't happy, I maybe I shouldhave made my move sooner. And maybe I didn't have to deal with all that stuff that I dealtwith. So do you think that's a consequence of Okay, everybody, thank you. Always fun when wehave these little like interesting cuts, but I had a phone call from my mechanic, and I needed totake it because I need you to see how much the bad news was. So life happens. Life happens.Exactly. Right. So what I was asking you Shelby was essentially, when you win, this was one ofyour first jobs that you started, right? Yes. So I wanted to find out from you what yourperspective was on. I'm trying to remember how many years you were there before you left?Was it like three, four? I was there like a little over four. So a little over four years. So you thinkabout I mean, that's when you're coming out of college things are just like in four year batches,because high school before your batch College is a four year batch. So do you think that maybeif you if it hadn't been your first job, you might have figured out quicker that it wasn't a goodfit?Shelby 09:27I think so. I think I had a lot of pressure on myself as well. Yes. Just to make it work. I had neverreally experienced true failure at something and not not succeeding. Yeah, you know, andLance Foulis 09:44that was hard every day was basically like on some level a struggle. Oh, to not lose my mind.Yeah, yes, it is. And to be successful what we were doing Yes, yeah. Every day was like a battlein that sense.SSShelby 09:57Yeah. And this was before like I was there about Before all of the reorg started, right that themultitude of reorg were at my tail end is when those reorg started happening. So, you know,we kind of had all of those different deliverables that we had to do that were eventually kind ofpushed off to other people. And we had just a core group of deliverables.Lance Foulis 10:21Yeah, so to kind of describe that to people. So in our role, we were like, we were managingmarketing projects, which that that's kind of a very loose definition to get more nitty gritty into,I think a better explanation is like, we were like the gatekeepers to a lot of different things. Andit was our job to work with so many different people across the organization to make surethings happen. So we had to be subject matter experts across across a very wide variety ofthings. So anyway, let's talk some more of just about like that experience for you. So everysingle I mean, we were all in that like, right, every single day coming in, the challenges arereally high, the pressure is really high, you have a date that you pretty much have to meet, youcan't miss any of these dates. When you do you get to have Crucial Conversations. So checkmail date, hashtag mail dates. So talk, talk, just talk a little bit about maybe your journey of,you know, four years you're doing this thing, the people are great. The job is the way that thejob is, how did you get to the point where you understood, this isn't for me, and to make thatcourageous decision to?Shelby 11:31Yeah, so I think it's also really important to understand that that point in my life was also a verybig turning point into adulthood, you know, coming right out of college. When I took that job, Iwas, you know, 23 Yeah. And so still, in retrospect, now, 10 years later. 23 is really young. Youknow, when I when I was in that spot, I was like, you know, I'm gonna know what's ups. I'mbrown. I know what I'm doing. I got this. And in reality, that was not the case at all. But I washanded a one I considered a good title with a good salary, you know, we were looking for Yeah,we were well compensated. And yeah. You know, I felt like if I couldn't make this work, then Iwas failing at life. Period. Yeah. Period. And because also, if you remember, a lot of the peoplethat I went to college with, also had jobs there. It was different department. It wasLance Foulis 12:27an Oh, you haven like people like we really came out. Oh, you and my Oh, my ammo of Ohio.Those were like the two big ones. I think. I don't think we recruit that in the same way anymore.But yes, back then. Yeah. No, you folks. Yes. Can you talk about the comparison factor? Whatdo you mean? So? You're see that's that's the thing. I don't I think that's really important tonotice. Or to note. You mean comparing yourself to the fact that yeah, you went to college andmost people now you're in the professional sector with a bunch of people and there's no endright? There's no spring breaks. There's no the quarters over. SoSSShelby 13:02glad that you brought that up. Because that I've I realized about myself is I am a person whoworks in increments in life in general. So I always knew that about myself in terms of likeworking out, right. If I was going for a run, not a runner. I hate to write terrible. I don't knowhow people do it or why you do it. Yeah, Harrison. Right. Eric, come on our friendLance Foulis 13:22Aaron that we used to work with her and her husband loved to run. Do they run in likeblizzards? Yeah. And we would always scratch her heads at that a little bit. Anyway,Shelby 13:30I mean, they love it. And that's good. Love that journey for them. Not mine. Not my journey. Butwhen I go for a run, I always have to tell myself, Okay, I just need to make it from here to thestop sign. Hmm. Right. And then I get to the stop sign like Okay, from here to the yellow car.Yeah. Or one more block around the track. Yep. So I have to give myself these increments toknow that I have reached my goal. Yeah. And if it is a very short term goal. Yeah. And therewas no end in sight. Like you said, there was no end. It was just everyday rolling over. And yourend in sight was retirement like 35 years down the road. And that was a very dark hole to lookdown for me.Lance Foulis 14:06Yeah, that oh, that's an abyss to look at. Yeah.Shelby 14:09So I learned about myself that, like with education that you just realized you have no morecoffee,Lance Foulis 14:16correct? Well, I was tea, like looked into my mug and like, Yep, it'sShelby 14:19peered on its face. True. So I realized that in education, you have those increments, you know, Ihave to make it from here until Christmas break and then I get you know, some time todecompress. And then I need to make it from here to spring break and then spring break to thesummer and then I get to start all over again. I get to look back and say okay, this didn't worklast year. What did I like that worked? What did I like that didn't work? You know, what can ISSSStweak and then move forward? fresh, new faces, new people? Yeah. You know, new minds tomold. Yeah, all that kind of stuff. So it is very increment driven in education. And that works forme. Yeah. So At that point in time, there was no end in sight. And that was really hard for me tokind of get through. And there was this constant comparison, which I also think is part of amaturity thing. Yeah, I was in that, in that age where everyone else is doing it, everyone else iswinning, I have to do it and when to and so, and these are people that I was close to in college,not just random people that went to the same university as me, but people that I spent timewith in college I was friends with. So there's that wanting to save face not wanting to, youknow, be the one who boughs out kind of situation,Lance Foulis 15:35which is really hard to your point at 23. Because you just you don't know what you don't know.And it just would be so hard. Like, I mean, I can just I can totally just picture that see that in myif that would if that had been my experience. Just Oh, everybody else seems to be doing great.What's why? Why can't I? Why can't I? Right? And that being just a question in your face, rightwould be exhausting? Yes.Shelby 16:01So I think also, like different teams were functioning differently 100% You know, depending onwho you had, in your upper levels, and who I had in my upper levels that were kind of helpingme manage really dictated my success. You know, Laura getting's was one of those people thatwas super inspirational to me and very supportive for me and supportive of me during a timethat it was really difficult for me and so with her support, and guidance, I kind of made itthrough a rough patch. Right. And that's when I was promoted to senior. Yep, at that point,which was kind of the next Yeah,Lance Foulis 16:40cuz remember, there was so funny, you bring that up, and that instantly brings back memoriesthat you just brought up like the, the pressure, there was like, an unwell I don't want to evensay unspoken, but there was definitely a pressure to get to senior. And there was like a, like,you kind of expected to be able to get there within a year, take a couple months. And if he haddidn't, it was kind of like whyShelby 17:05well and not to mention that when I first started everybody in program management had toldme and this was like a direct quote from multiple people. If you can make it in programmanagement for a year you can make it anywhereLance Foulis 17:15that was like well known across the company.SSShelby 17:17I mean in across other companies like they were basically like if you can make it at thiscompany here in this specific role, then you can do you know, you can conquer world peace.Yes. I mean, that's that was a well known fact. So it was to add that added pressure and then toknow that it was something of a feat in itself. Yes, it just conquer the role. But yes, it was youwant to make it to senior you want to get the laptop.Lance Foulis 17:44We talked about that with Natalie's like that way back, then having a laptop was a definitemark of success. For sure in there. Because there was there were a couple seniors I didn't evenremember that that did have laptops and basically meant that you were good to travel. Cuz youremember back then we did. We didn't do traveling. Yeah, on site audits and reissues. Wewould go to the processor and audit things. And that was a mark. Especially like the first timethat you did it. Like that was like, Oh, you've got your own merit badge now. Yep. Yeah.Shelby 18:18So yeah, with with some some good management in place, at that point in time, I was able tokind of make it through, learn what I was doing, get my bearings, people that came in and sawthat things. The way that we had been doing them weren't working, and kind of making someadjustments for us was huge. Yeah. Because I got one client, specifically. And Steve, do youreceive? Yes, yes. Yes. Yes. So Steve, was my manager at that point? That's right. For a veryshort period of time, but he handed me this plan. And he said, This is going to be just, youknow, collateral maintenance is what he said, no big deal. You're just going to send in acollateral order for new issues. Once a month, like no big deal. Yeah. And we had expected tohave 4000 new accounts that first month. And so we only bought enough collateral to issue youknow, four or 5000. Give or take, and we turned around the next month, and we had 40,000new accounts. Yep. 10 times what we were supposed to have, and we had no collateral. Yep.And it was like a four week turnaround for credit cards to be made, which is fast, right?Lance Foulis 19:28In today's terms, that's a very fast turnaround for was for it was usually like four to eightweeks. Okay, I was gonna say that was my point. It got up to like, 12 Yes, there was a supplychain issue and it got to like 12 to 14.Shelby 19:41Yeah, so that became a very stressful client. For me very, very quickly. And it was supposed tobe like my easy peasy.SSSLance Foulis 19:48Yeah. And then it just becomes this monster. And there's it's really hard to pivot. That's a fancyfancy buzzword. It's, it's it's really hard to pivot because you're saying This client? Well, you cantry saying this client is actually really, really, really difficult. And but there's this history. No, it'snot. No, it's all all you have to do is just this little bit. I'm telling you, it's drowning me. Oh, you'llbe okay. Yeah.Shelby 20:15Yeah. So I mean, there were a lot of things that I think not necessarily were like already againstme, but things that made it a little bit more difficult for me to acclimate to the position itself.When I first came in, you know, after about two years, I felt confident, okay, I know what I'mdoing. I can do this. And I think that's really when I started to find myself as a human being andan adult. And you know, what I wanted I liked and I didn't like, that was when my husband and Ireally started taking things a little bit further in our relationship. We got engaged. And it wasright before I decided to leave that role that we got married, right. And so God bless myhusband, he loves me so much. We got married. I locked it down. And then two days later, Iquit my job. I made sure I had that locked down.Lance Foulis 21:13Yeah. Yes, by the way, PS,Shelby 21:17I no longer have income. So I mean, that was a challenging time in life in itself. And I actuallystayed for three weeks after I give a you know, two weeks notice. But I stayed for three, threeweeks. And I really worked super, super hard during those three weeks. To pass Michael, thebinder.Lance Foulis 21:36Yeah, that was your book of business. Yeah, in a really good way, a really good way. You werereally, you were really focused on making sure that you set someone else up for success. Yes,that was a big deal.Shelby 21:48It was a huge deal for me, because I knew what it was like to just be past something that wasnothing when you first started. And the clients that I was passing on, were ones that wereactive every month with multiple programs, they were running, and very specific, intricate, youknow, idiosyncrasies that they wanted, specifically for that client. So I wanted to make sureSSSthat whoever was getting those clients was prepared in what they do every month. And so Iworked really hard in those three weeks. And I remember the day that I left, you all walked meout to my car, Natalie, you Erin, Jen, Ryan, all walked me out to my car, and I was sobbing.Lance Foulis 22:28Oh, it was it was hard. Because we were all so tight. As like we went makes me choke up nowthinking about it. You know, we went through like, because we all like struggled in all of ourways that we struggled with all the clients that we were supporting. And we all like wentthrough growing pains together. We went we did lunches together, we we vented together, wetalked about how we were struggling in our we were close with each other like we would goout, you know, you, myself and our significant others would all get together occasionally. Andlike have a good time. Like we'd go that do happy hours. So it wasn't just like coworkers. It waslike we were friends. We were besties we were work besties Yeah. And so like, yeah, Iremember walking you out and like it felt like a shot to the gut. To all of us.Shelby 23:12It felt like a real, goodbye. Yeah. And you know, going from every day, okay, we're in thistogether, at least I have these people to help me through to really be like, Okay, I'm on myown. And I have no idea what I'm going to do next. And all of these people are not going to beright there. Yeah, you know, a cubicle over.Lance Foulis 23:32So yeah, let's Well, I mean, let's talk about that. Because I don't even think I knew that youdidn't know that you were gonna go back to school at this point. Oh, no, it was like a cleanbreak. You just knew I knew this wasn't for me. Yeah. And you're in a huge life transition. Youjust got married.Shelby 23:46Let's mention that. The week that I got married. I also bought a home. Oh, that's right. I signedmy mortgage. You know, which I've never goneLance Foulis 23:55through a mortgage signing before. You don't you don't know the full extent to what you'redoing when you because it's a it's a giant book of things to sign.Shelby 24:06Oh, yeah. And you're signing your life away. I mean, it's basically saying we will take your life ifyou don't give us our mortgage payment. Yes, exactly. Right. It's really scary as the first timehomeowner you always feelhomeowner you always feelLance Foulis 24:16like I should have I should have like I should have secured myself a lawyer to go through thesedocuments with me.Shelby 24:22I am not smart enough to be looking at this by myself. So that's your first home buyingexperience buying experience. We signed on one Friday and moved in that weekend and thenwe got married on the following Friday. Oh my gosh. That's crazy. Which I don't recommendanyone doing buying a home and planning a wedding at the same time. It was the worst itLance Foulis 24:42self folks out there. Don't do that.Shelby 24:45Don't do it. Don't do it. JustLance Foulis 24:46two separate times are your guyses wedding was really beautiful. We got to go to your to yourwedding. Erin was at my wedding. That's right here it was in your wedding. And we had oursecond we were talking about this before we started recording Our second child, Connor. Boy,he he had just been born. So I was holding in less than a month. Yes. I was holding him duringthe whole ceremony. He was wearing a tuxedo onesie. Fair remember? Oh, wow, I never wouldbe able to remember that. That's, that's a mom memory. Yes, it is. Um, yeah. So that was fun.Like, we had that wonderful memory. And then yeah, so So you literally went from job to no jobhouse responsibility. Marriage. Tell me about the transition.Shelby 25:33So it was really hard for me, because it was the first time that I had ever been without a jobsince I was like 16 years old. And I grew up in a family where it was instilled in us Don't quityour job until you have another job to fall back on. And so it felt like a really big failure that Iwas leaving without anything to fall back on. Geez. And so it was really hard. And I admittedly, Ispent a couple of weeks, maybe months on my couch, just kind of wallowing. Yeah, mysorrows. Trying to figure out if I didn't like this, what would I like, and I applied for a lot of jobsthat were very similar to what I was doing beforehand. And I kept having these conversationsSSSwith my husband and with my sisters and my friends, like, why are you applying for jobs thatare the same as what you were doing before? If you didn't like that, then we need to findsomething different. SoLance Foulis 26:24how would you answer that question?Shelby 26:26So I couldn't answer that question. I don't know. That was my answer. I don't I don't know why Ikeep applying for these jobs. Yeah, you know, it's the exact same job I was doing before. Butthat's what I felt like I was qualified to do. Yeah, with a Communication Studies degree. Andthen this experience, this is what I felt I fit into cookie cutter wise. So I decided that in theinterim, when I was trying to figure out, okay, I'm not gonna apply for any more of these jobs,because clearly, I don't like it. And it's not a fit for me, but I need to figure out what I'm doing.And I need to make some money in the process. My mom, who has been in the education fieldfor now, 25 years, had said, you have a bachelor's degree, come and substitute teach, whileyou're trying to figure it out. It's a daily, you know, paycheck, your daily, you know, pay, it'seasy, you can, you know, you can do it. Yeah. And then you can have time to figure out whatyour what your what you want to do. And so, I started doing that. And honestly, when I wasgoing into college, I had thought, I really like education. And every aptitude test I took in highschool said, you know, teaching was one of those Yep. On the list. Yep. And I did JuniorAchievement. When I was working at our organization. Do you remember that at all? So it was abusiness class, essentially, that you went into different middle schools. And you taught once aweek, a class to like sixth and seventh grade, youLance Foulis 27:53did that while you were at the company? I didn't, I don't remember that.Shelby 27:56Yeah. And I loved it. I taught at New Albany Middle School. And one other one, and I could seeescaping me right now. But you taught them about credit. And you know, all these different,you know, economics, just basic and reporting for kids to learn about, they gave you acurriculum, it was the Junior Achievement curriculum. And you just went in and taught the preplanned lessons, but I loved it. And then I started substitute teaching, and I fell in love with it allover again. And I thought to myself, if I love being in a different classroom, that's not my own.With new kids, every day, then I would really love to have my own space with kids that I couldreally build a relationship with. Yeah. And that's what I loved about it, you know, was buildingthe relationship with the kids and joking around with them and, you know, all that kind of stuff.So I tried the elementary school. I subbed in elementary for like, a day. No, this is not for me.The Little People are not my forte. Did youSSLance Foulis 28:59substitute in in elementary, okay. Yeah, IShelby 29:03served a couple days in elementary and it was just not not where it was at for my kid. I wouldhave a hard time too. Yeah. Love my own little person. Mm hmm. And, you know, other people Ido love children, maybe in smaller Yes.Lance Foulis 29:18groupings. You know,Shelby 29:19I just don't do the whole like Tommy's touching me and snotty nose and, you know, hold handswhile we take a potty break. And that just was not where my Yeah, my groove was, yeah,you're Yes, my age. And then I tried middle school, and I was like, Okay, this is a little better. Ilike this, but they're very, like, emotional. You know, one kid had made fun of another kid andsaid that the other kid thought that I was cute. And embarrass him and he started crying. Andthen I felt like I don't know what to do. Because if I let go over and I console him that it justmakes it worse, right? Don't and I feel very cold hearted. So it's just very awkward situation forme. Yeah. And then I found high school and I was like, these are my people. Yeah, they got myhumor, I could tell them to just go away for a minute when I needed a second.Lance Foulis 30:07And this is still just you're substituting stuff, just figuringShelby 30:10it out. Wow. And so then I started looking into programs of how I could get my teaching license.And that's when I found Ashland University's bachelor Plus program. And they worked with mein the classes that I had for my undergrad. Because, again, while I was an undergrad, I took alot of education electives, because it was something that I was interested in interesting. And Ireally felt like, and I think I've told you this before. I feel like looking back when I was in thecorporate role, there were different points throughout. Where God kept saying to me, you're onthe wrong path. You're on the wrong road, you need to turn right. Mm hmm. And there weredifferent points, where it would be very, very clear, like you need to turn and I would just say,Nope, I got to make this work. I started on this road. This is the road we're taking. There are noalternates. Yeah. And then eventually it got to a point where he just put a dead end. Yeah. Andhe was like, Nope, you only go right. Yeah. And so then when I turned right, the road was a lotless bumpy and a lot more enjoyable. And it was really hard. Because when I started going toschool, back to school, I was substitute teaching full time, so five days a week. And then ISSSdecided I was going to coach cheerleading. Oh, that's right. I kind of remember that. Yeah. So Iwas coaching some of the kids that I was subbing because I was a long term sub. And I wasalso working at roosters at that time, I was waitressingLance Foulis 31:44back to do, because you had done that I asked life. Yeah.Shelby 31:48So I went back just because it was extra money. And you know, I had a new mortgage and allthat kind of stuff. So I was working effectively like three jobs. Yeah. And then going to schoolfull time for a year and a half. So it was a grind for sure.Lance Foulis 32:01When did you go to classes.Shelby 32:03So it was a lot of like, very self paced. But it was all online. And so I would kind of get thesyllabus and it would say these things are due, you know, this week, you need to read this. Andthen this paper is due on Sunday, and you have a discussion board post and two responseskind of thing. So nights, weekends when I wasn't at a game or at a at a practice. Yeah, that waswhen I was doing the work.Lance Foulis 32:32So what did it feel like? Did you feel like motivated? Did you just get into a little like a grooveand just head down?Shelby 32:38Yeah, I mean, I think I saw the end, I saw what I could have at the end. And that was reallyinspiring to me plus what I was learning, I really loved. Yeah. SoLance Foulis 32:48that was that was you were you were like really enjoying the content of the classes that youwere taking?Shelby 32:53SSSSShelby 32:53Yeah, because I didn't I had so many credit hours for my undergrad in English. Yeah, I didn'treally have to take a ton of English classes, more of it was, you know, my methods andinstructional, like the pedagogy type classes that I had to take. So I was really learning whatthat word mean. I was learning howLance Foulis 33:10to while you were talking, I was searching my brain. And then I realized nope, I'm not going tofind it rotary have Yeah.Shelby 33:16So basically, the the method of teaching, okay. I was, I was learning how to teach notnecessarily what to teach, but but how to go about it, different protocols, that we use activitiesthat you can do with the kids to get to a deeper level of learning, and you know, those types ofthings. So creating lesson plans, and what goes into that, and what is a 504 plan versus an IEPplan and, you know, different things that you need to know on the day to day when you're inthe classroom. Yeah, I will say the best preparation for having my own classroom was being inclassrooms as a substitute teacher that I couldn't get in a classroom on my own. It's just theexperience of being with kids. Yep. So I mean, learning classroom management was huge forme,Lance Foulis 34:08tell me more about classroom management,Shelby 34:11you know, creating an environment where you are the authority of the classroom, but then youalso are creating an environment where students can lead their own learning. Hmm. So I amkind of the facilitator. Yeah, but I'm also the authority of what happens in this classroom. So Iam responsible and liable for all of the 30 bodies in my classroom right now. And I have to beable to assert myself as that authority in that classroom. And so effectively managing thebehavior of my students Yeah, is something that some teachers struggle with. It's somethingthat some teachers come into naturally. And every year it changes and every class period thatchanges my methods for every class change, because it's a different set of students. Yeah, andit can change if a couple of students are absent that day, or you know, I Get students that Ihave to watch for another teacher who's out that day, right? I have to cover a class for anotherteacher. And so I get additional students in. So you have to be constantly willing to adjustbased on what's going on in your classroom. Got it. And not every day is me sitting in front ofstudents and lecturing to them. And they're just silently taking notes, right? It's you're doinggallery walks in your classroom, and you're doing interactive activities, where they're talking toeach other, or, you know, doing group work or reading aloud. And so being able to managetheir behavior along with instilling the content, and developing the content is its own separateskill,SSSLance Foulis 35:42no doubt, no doubt. So when you're substitute teaching, are you only doing certain subjects?Shelby 35:48No, I was in I was in every subject. Most of the time, though, it was they already knew whatthey were doing. Okay. And I was just kind of there to manage, collect everything they weredoing since you know, I wasn't really responsible for teaching content, especially in high school.More. So in elementary, you might be like going through specific activities with them. Yeah. Butit was kind of pass out a worksheet, you know, now when I'm out and I have a sub in myclassroom, everything's electronic. So I say check the agenda on Google Classroom, orwhatever platform we're using. And so for my notes for the substitute, you know, their agendasare on the virtual platform, have them check in and everything is hyperlinked to the documentsthat can turn it in electronically. So they just have to kind of like sit there and watch the kidsmake sure that they're not murdering each other.Lance Foulis 36:40So that's fair, when you were going to school, did you figure out what you wanted to teach?Shelby 36:45I always knew I wanted English. Okay, you alwaysLance Foulis 36:48knew from from day one, but I did have to decide whatShelby 36:51level and I chose seven through 12. Because that was where my niche was my niche, yourniche? was?Lance Foulis 37:00Was it? Well, we can get into that in a second. That's, that's a later question. I want to know. SoI'm, I'm just picturing you. You're newly married, which is his own challenge you have you stillhave responsibilities, house payments, and everything else. Tell me about how the relationshipstuff worked out? Like how did your new marriage? How was it during this time? HowSSSShelby 37:20did it survive? Yeah. A lot of grace, I will say, for my husband, a lot of understanding that, youknow, I Yes, had quit my job and put us in a financial, more of a financial burden situation. But Ithink he really saw and understood that I was trying my best to contribute as much as I could,to our financial goals and our financial situation. So he was very understanding provided a lot ofopportunity for me when he could to have kind of space to get my stuff done. And kind of hetook on a lot more than I was able to at that point in time. So I have to give a lot of credit to, tomy husband, I had amazing support from my family and my friends, whenever I kind of neededsomething. You know, but it was really just time management. And oh, yeah, it was just a grind.So he understood that was very supportive. Yeah, throughout that whole thing, but it was hard.I mean, we had to make some financial choices. And looking back, we both say that it was onlyby the grace of God that we were able, you know, to make it and for some reason, we never, itnever got to a point where we couldn't pay a bill, which was very strange, because, you know, Iwas making a good salary that ILance Foulis 38:42just left that you it's not a it's, it's the type of salary that's not easy to replace, right? It's not,Shelby 38:47it's not easy to walk away from. So, you know, I cut our income pretty much in half. Andsomehow, we got through, we got we got through the period, whether I mean, there were somethings that were divine in those in those months, like, you know, we would get a refund checkfor something that happened to be very similar to a random bill or an increase in our water billthat we weren't expecting. And oh, yeah, those things that we couldn't really account for. But,you know, my husband and I are Christians. And so we attribute that to, you know, just Godlooking out and yeah, and being a part of our lives and yeah, and that kind of stuff. So, it washard. Yep. But I think it actually helped us in our marriage. Major, stronger. We Yeah, we got alot closer. We learned how to manage things together.Lance Foulis 39:41Yeah. So Yeah. When did when did your daughter come? Come into the picture?Shelby 39:47So she came in, I got my job with my current district. And then at the end of that first year ofteaching, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter got it. And then I delivered her thebeginning of my second year teaching. So I always laugh and like joke with my colleaguesabout how I've never had a full actual, like normal year of teaching because my first year, I hadsome wonky stuff going on at the beginning. And then I had, I had gotten pregnant with mydaughter, and I was super sick all the time. You know, from February until May, which was thevery end of that year. And then the second year, I was out for 12 weeks on maternity leave, ISSSwas like waddling around like a penguin, you know, for the first couple of months of school. Andthen I was out for a while. So that wasn't really a normal year. And then my third year, inMarch, everything shut down.Lance Foulis 40:44Yeah. So shut down. COVID. Yeah,Shelby 40:48yeah. So my first year was the 1718. school year. My second year was the 18 19/3. year when Ihad come back from having my daughter was I was like a skinny, my first normal year, right. Igot it together. I know what I'm doing. I know what to expect. And then March happened, and itwas like, Okay, we're going on spring break. And then it was like, just kidding. We're getting anextra week of spring break, who? And then it was like, Can we come back in? Yeah, we have tostill have to be inside. Oh, God don't have to be inside. That sounds awful. And so then westarted teaching the rest of the year, virtually, yeah. From Home, which was hard in itself. Wewere living with my parents at that point, because we had decided to sell our home and build ahouse. And so, you know, teaching from home with my toddler and my parents all in one house.Yeah. And my mom is education as well. She was home all day every day.Lance Foulis 41:42Your mom's at the same school? No, no. What does she teach?Shelby 41:45She's actually the principal secretary. Oh, yeah. So like run stuff. Anybody who's educationknows that? Like the secretaries run stuff?Lance Foulis 41:54Okay. Got it. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah. And she, she did that your whole life? Okay. Yeah. Soyou I mean, you had like a window into education during this whole time. So that makes sense.So, yeah, I mean, I'm just fascinated by well, okay, so I'm back up, we had a really hard year in2019. And it is miraculous that we made it out of that time. And then the aftermath of that,trying to pick up the pieces of that 2019 year, Kim's house got really bad. And during that year,and then, and then there was a lot of financial impact that happened on the back end of that.So it is really amazing. The support that we had, and however, we made it through that asdefinitely divine, because we shouldn't have made it through that. So it's really fascinating.When you think about the hard times that you walk through, that you go through, you reallyneed to look and see where you're being protected. And where. Yeah, that it could be it couldbe worse.SSShelby 43:00Yeah. Where that grace is being extended? Yes. Yeah.Lance Foulis 43:02Yeah. So tell me more about? Yeah, just the adjustment.Shelby 43:07So then my, my so my third year, we, you know, back half of that year, March to May was allvirtual, and then we started the year, you know, 2020, all virtual. So go, you know, started thatyear at my parents house, moved into our new house in November was still all virtual. When Iwas supposed to come back to school after kind of the work going back, hybrid learning, hybridlearning. My husband got COVID. And so I was home for 14 days, again, still working fromhome. So it was like, Yes, I get to go back to work. No, I don't. So that was a hard blow. Butthen that fourth year of teaching, so my last year of teaching was a hybrid. So I had a handfulor more of kids in my classroom. And then I had the rest of them virtually on Zoom. So I had myclassroom setup kind of flipped backwards, I had a big, what are called clever touch, or SmartTouch boards in the back. And I would have, it was like a giant computer screen essentially, iswhat it is. And so I would have my kids on Zoom, pulled up. And I had my desks for my studentsturn to the back of the room. And by camera at the very back of the room. So I could see mykids on Zoom and my kids in front of me at the same time. Oh my god. So having to manageworking with students virtually online, manage like a chat room that's going on on Zoom. Andthen Manage students in the classroom and trying to give one on one attention to thosestudents in both realms. was incredibly difficult. And there were a lot of districts that even wenton strike because they were like, This is not manageable.Lance Foulis 44:47Right. The teacher sounds like you're doing three jobs. At the same time.Shelby 44:50It was really really hard to do both and but we gave you know, we had to give the kids theoption. They have to get an education and a lot of people it's they still weren't comfortablecoming back into the building. Yeah. And then to do all of that fully masked right now. And itwas it was,Lance Foulis 45:09you guys have the most challenging conditions between peopleShelby 45:12SSSSShelby 45:12know, they had to be every other desk. Sure, at least. And, you know, maintaining six feet, allthat kind of stuff. So it was really, really difficult. It was hard, it was hard for the kids, it washard for usLance Foulis 45:27what's really gonna say what have you? What do you feel like you've noticed the psychologicalimpact on that age group going through COVID.Shelby 45:35It's significant, the psychological and educational. So part of it was that I taught to blackscreens 90% of the time, because they would not turn their camera on. It was hard. You know, Iwould just see their little name. So there were kids that came back to school this year. Andthey're like, Hey, Miss Smith.Lance Foulis 45:54You're like, I don't know who you are, who you are.Shelby 45:57I am so and so. And I'm like, oh, that's what you look like. Wow. So I mean, it was crazy. Themcoming back this year, and, and getting to see who they are. But I couldn't tell if they wereasleep. Yeah, you know, I would have to yell their name a couple of times before they mightrespond in the chat.Lance Foulis 46:13Yeah. But oh, in the chat, so not even in microphone very rarely.Shelby 46:18Very rarely would they?Lance Foulis 46:20Just that just sounds like morale in the gutter.Shelby 46:23Mm hmm. It was it was. It was really hard for them. Because it's a lot of a lot of selfSSSSSMm hmm. It was it was. It was really hard for them. Because it's a lot of a lot of selfmanagement and personal responsibility that they have to take and waking themselves up andgetting themselves to their zoom class and, you know, not having their favorite Netflix show or,you know, there would kids be kids that I could hear when they would unmute themselvesevery once in a while I would hear their video games and the clickety clack. No.Lance Foulis 46:52It actually hear the audio of the video game. Yeah. Would you would you hear the the thecontroller noises?Shelby 46:57Yep. Oh, wow. Yep. And then I would have kids that were really funny. And they would say, I'llbe right back. I'm gonna go cook some eggs.Lance Foulis 47:04Well, hot in the middle of class, middle class. No, I just I mean, like, I can't picture. It's been along time since I've been in high school. I can't. And I was homeschooled. So it was a you hadto do things like on your own, like self initiative and everything. But I, I can't imagine just beingtold Yeah, you're not allowed to come back to school, and then being home every day,especially if you're like in your room or something. So then you spend the whole night in yourroom, then you spend the whole day going to school in your room. And then,Shelby 47:35so I really tried tried to encourage my students to find a different place in their house. Thatwasn't their bed. Yeah. Because when I am in my bed, I want to nap. Yes. Like, my bed is forsleeping. Yes. So a lot of them have that same mentality. So they would wake up at eighto'clock in the morning and join my class, and then I would hear them snoring. Oh, my God, theyjust wouldn't be there. Yeah, at all. Yeah. Or it would come the end of class. And it would betime for them to switch and login to their next class. And they would still be lingering on myscreen because they were asleep and hadn't so then I would have to like, kick them off. Yeah.So it was really hard. It was hard for us to encourage the kids and to inspire the kids and tokeep, you know, on track with them. But there was this, like, social emotional drainage thathappened with them, it just they need to be with each other. They need that social aspect, thatinteraction, right, and they weren't getting it. And it was really, really hard. So we came in thisyear, knowing that we had a deficit of learning to fill, no doubt early on.Lance Foulis 48:37So like, what's the situation now in the schools? Are you still like is it still hybrid is it still masks.SSShelby 48:45So at the beginning of the year, we gave students an option to do a Virtual Academy, whichwas essentially they would be all online, but that would be managed by a separate group. So Iwas only responsible for the kids that were in my classroom got it. However, if there were kidswho weren't doing what they were supposed to and keeping up and you know, after the firstquarter, they were failing, that kind of stuff, then they were removed from the virtual optionand brought back into the building. Got it. So we don't have very many, if any, that are still inthat virtual option. I mean, it's a very small percentage, a lot smaller than it was at thebeginning of the year. Got it. And so we've had full class, full class sizes. And then just this pastweek, we removed the mask mandate, which I'm actually surprised. Yeah, I'm surprised thatthe number of kids who are still wearing masks, I'm also surprised at the number of kids whoare wearing masks like as a chin strap.Lance Foulis 49:42Yeah, right.Shelby 49:43It's like, like, what's the point of that? There's just no point. They're like, well, it's in casesomebody like starts coughing. It's already too late dude.Lance Foulis 49:49So is it is it is it a yes. Is it a situation where they're not mandated anymore? But the kids arestill concerned. And or maybe the family answer could be probably both. It just depends. Yeah.Shelby 50:04I think it's interesting. The ones who just like wear it, you know, as an accent, accessory now?Lance Foulis 50:11Well, I mean, I'm, I'm curious about that too, because at this point, you have people that havebeen doing it for two years at the age levels that they've been doing it and like it. How muchhas the mask? And things like the mask social distancing just become a part of right. Andbecause,Shelby 50:29well, I have found during the day, right or doing it when I went the first day that we wentwithout mask, which was I think, last Monday, kids started coming in my room, and Iimmediately thought, oh, my gosh, where's my mask? You know? Yeah. Oh, my gosh. And thenSSSSI thought, Oh, I don't have to have it. Yeah. And so there, you know, it was it's mental. And still,I mean, a week later, I'm still like, like,Lance Foulis 50:51a type of conditioning that almost. Yeah, so even now, like a week later, like, it's still thoughtyou'll Oh, wait. Oh, no. Yeah. Oh, gosh, yeah. I just said. I mean, I'm just I'm just picturing it. Ican't imagine being 17 years old and like,Shelby 51:09wearing a mask be what your learning experience has been for the last two years?Lance Foulis 51:13Or, I mean, I feel real bad. I think my niece was in this one of my nieces was in this boat senioryear is when it all went down. No graduation.Shelby 51:20Nope. No prom. No prom. Yeah, that means something. That class of 2020. Really, really took ithard. Yeah. And I had a lot of students that were, you know, crying to me on during classes.This isn't fair. Why did this have to happen to us?Lance Foulis 51:39Yeah, like that's, I mean, how could you not think that like every class before us has been ableto do everything in now my class doesn't? For some people, that's a really significant deal. Oh,yeah.Shelby 51:50Because we did have a virtual graduation that they could attend. It was like a drive thru. Sothere, you couldn't have anybody there. But you could show up. You grabbed your diploma. Youtook a picture and it was all live streamed. Yeah, your family could watch you walk across thefake stage.Lance Foulis 52:05You have this idea of what this event is going to be like, and you earned it. Like you spent fouryears doing work and there I can just picture like certain kids that I knew that did really good inschool, and that was like they worked at it. Oh, yeah. And they got good grades and everything.It's like I I did it I accomplished it. I'm going to go walk armor. I always homeschooled so I didn'tSSSdo this whole walking thing. But all my friends went to Dublin sewed or Kilburn. So I went to alltheir stuff. And I just remember like, good gracious Dublin site. I think it was like four hours oflistening the name calls to get through the whole class, something like that. But yeah, there'sjust this, this thing about i i conquered this thing. Yeah. It's a huge accomplishment. Yes.Making it through high school. And then and then No, you don't graduate, even parties, rightgraduation parties. That was a huge event back in the day when you go to all your friendsgraduateShelby 53:00that point. I mean, you it was mandated that you could have not have more than 10 people inthe same time. So noLance Foulis 53:06graduation party. It's so that's so I'm, I'm I've said this on a few different podcasts. We've beentalking about this kind of stuff. But I'm really curious because I don't think we know the totalsocial impact or anything like that, for the generation that went through this, whether it's highschool or college, like just younger people in general elementary school, like what is theimpact? Because two years is a long time very long time at that age. So. So anyway, how muchnow that the mask mandate is gone? Do you feel like what percentage normal does it feel toyou?Shelby 53:41It feels like we're on our way back to a normal. I feels like the whole year that we've beenslowly working our way back to what we used to consider normal. You know, there are newthings in place now that are the new normal. But even that, like the new normal was like backin school, but with masks, so the oddball out was the person that like didn't have their mask onin the hallway. And then I would be asking, Hey, do you have mask? Mm hmm. And they go,yeah, it's right here. And they like put it on lately. And me, I'm always, always the bearer of badnews. You have to be transcon. Yeah, it's terrible. You're gonna have to learn to say I have toplay math. Yeah. So even you know, that shift now has kind of thrown a wrench in things wherewe're just kind of like I tried. I'm catching myself not telling students. Do you have a mathcourse this right. It's crazy. Wild, but it is it's becoming a new normal. And, you know, gettingback to some semblance of what we were before and that's really refreshing. I think, for a lot ofour students. Oh, yeah.Lance Foulis 54:42When's graduation this year? This year? It's the end of May into May. Okay. All right. Yeah. SoShelby 54:47last year, we had it but it was outside. It was beautiful day. I think people felt a lot morecomfortable being outside versus being in a confined space. So that was really nice. YouSSScomfortable being outside versus being in a confined space. So that was really nice. YouLance Foulis 55:01Okay, last couple questions here. I would love to know if you could sit down with your 23 yearold self that's been working where we worked for a year, what advice would you give yourself?Because there's not gonna be you know, there's people in your position, or years to school fouror five years to school to study a thing, they got the job to realize it's not what they want to do.Yes. What would you say to yourself?Shelby 55:26I would say, first of all, I would tell myself, it's okay. Hmm. It's okay, that you're not, you're notgood at this thing. Or it's okay, that this isn't what's working out for you. That's okay. Because Ithink for me, it was really hard to get to that point to know that it was it was alright. And itwould be okay. Yeah. One, I would say that there is something out there that you are meantfor, you know, that is better suited for you. And it's not, there's no point in being miserable. Oh,gosh, you know, what I've learned is that life is supposed to be happy. And if it's not, then thereare things that can change to make it happier for you. And so it takes a lot of personalreflection, and taking a deep look inward to see what is the problem? Is it the job? Is it me? Is ityou know, who I'm with? romantically? Is it, you know, that I'm allowing toxic people to be apart of my life? What is the problem? And whatever that is, it can be fixed. You know, I think arefreshing thought for me when I was in that role was I had to remind myself, this isn't the endof the world. Yeah, you know, and a lot of times in those roles because there was a lot ofmoney riding on some of the programs we were working on and some of the clients that wewere working with, it felt like it was the end of the worldLance Foulis 56:54felt like you were executing brain surgery on some really make it and then you're like, nope,Shelby 57:00right. So what I will tell you, I mean, if you are a brain surgeon or a you know cardiothoracicsurgeon then yes, it is a life or death situation. In my role. It was not it was a making it out tobe and so I needed to realize that it's a job. Yeah. And life should be so much more than a job.Now as an educator, that's a huge part of my life, and a huge part of my life that I love.Because I love working with my kids. I love building relationships with them. I love having oneon one talks where they can come to me and and cry or laugh or joke around or you know, Iused to dance down the aisle ways that at our building and I dance in my classroom just aboutevery day I will put on 90s music and we will jam out why we're doing essay revision.Lance Foulis 57:47What's your favorite song to do this to? Oh,SSShelby 57:49I mean anything Whitney Houston 90s r&b? Can anybodyLance Foulis 57:56give me an example of 90s? r&b That's not my genre.Shelby 57:59Why? Oh, it's not what? I don't know. You guys metalLance Foulis 58:03was my John. Oh, dear.Shelby 58:06That's what eyes. Yeah, I mean, you have Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey.Lance Foulis 58:14Oh, Mariah Carey. Got it.Shelby 58:16You got Bell Biv DeVoe. You got color me badd? All for one? Boys to Men? Shout out to boys. Tome. It looks like you too. Oh, yeah. You know, I had a couple. But like 90s, early 2000s wasyeah, my general feeling. Yes. So my kids are always trying to get me like up on the latest law?Or does something. You know, they're like, Have you heard of the baby? And I'm like, Who?Lance Foulis 58:42Now? Is this on a compact disk to still have a CD collection?Shelby 58:45No, this is like Pandora or Spotify. So yeah, but all jam out my classroom to my kids and justcreating a space where we can have fun. And I like to take what I've learned in terms of how Iconsider what I that I didn't make it or couldn't make it work at my corporate job. Yeah, I like to,SSSSSI'm very open with my students about that. And that it's okay to fail as long as you try to failforward. Yeah, so that's a big buzzword in my classroom is that we try and fail forward, youmay have failed this essay. But let's look at how we can revise it to make it better. Or let's takewhat we've learned from this and move it to the next. The next thing, you're not always gonnaget a win at everything. Even those people who look like they're winning all the time, becausethey failed a lot. It's because they failed a lot. Yeah. Or they're failing and they're just nothighlighting that on Instagram. Yeah, absolutely. You know, this day and social media,everything is, you know, I get to pick and choose what I want people to see. And that can bevery deceiving. Yes, and dangerous and dangerous. So you know, making sure that theyunderstand that everyone has pitfalls. And it's what you do with that. That's most important.How do you fail forward? How do you move on from this to make yourself better?Lance Foulis 59:56And I love that. Yeah, I mean, the Falling failing forward. That's so key, I always such a, I can'tfail. I've got a, I've got to get this thing done. It's like what you're describing is a lot of like whatI went through when I was in aviation school at at OSU when it came to the point where I wasn'tgoing to do it anymore. And I knew it was incredibly devastating. And I did not go throughprobably the next 10 years very gracefully. Because I that was my identity up to that point.Yeah,Shelby 1:00:26I actually used you as an example in my class the other day, you did I did, we were talkingabout, you know, picking colleges and under, you know, figuring out what you wanted to do ifcollege was the right thing, or what major it was it you know, all that kind of stuff. And studentswere asking me questions like, well, if I go in as a business major, but I decide that's not what Iwant to do. Do I have to stick with that? No, right? We talked about all those things. This is yourtime to figure it out. And I said, that doesn't end after college. Right. So I said for me, you know,I worked five years in a genre or a thank you, industry that I wasn't cut out for. And it took mefive years to figure out this is not where I belong. And then I figured it out. And I'm so muchhappier. And you're okay. And I'm okay. And I said and you know, I have this friend that Iworked with in marketing, and he went to school for aviation. And yeah, I said, and then, youknow, I'm pretty sure right about the time you graduated, was 2000 1am i 911. Yeah, it wasLance Foulis 1:01:23that was so I 11 happened probably a year before I went into flight school. Okay, so I was alllike, I can still do this. I'll be fine. It'll be it'll be fine. We'll bounce back. I can go into debt foraviation. I'm going to be a pilot. Yeah, matter what,Shelby 1:01:39right? Oh, well, it'll all work out. Oh, I didn't know. And that's okay.SSLance Foulis 1:01:46And boy, did I need somebody like you to be like, it's okay. Here's how you can fail for x. I didn'treallyShelby 1:01:53well. And I said what we had people who were in our wasn't Starla like a English major orsomething. Did she? I didn't know what she did. I want to say somebody else in that row waslike English education or just like an English major. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And was working inmarketing, you know? Yeah. So I said, just because you picked a path. Right now, when you're2122 years old, and you have no idea what you want in life. Yeah. Doesn't mean that's whatyou have to stick towards. So you were one of my examples as well. That'sLance Foulis 1:02:22awesome. I'm glad I could be and we saw how successful you are. Oh, thank you. I kind of Yes, Imade it. Appr