Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Sheila Thelen talks about Spinning to Improve the Brain's Ability to Balance and Improve Cognitive Processes. This is episode 470 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Sheila Thelen, President of Vestibular Training Services and Master Rated Figure Skating Coach applies world-class vestibular training tools (patent pending) to improve the brain’s ability to balance and improve cognitive processes. In addition, Sheila speaks worldwide about using world-class athletic training tools to the general population.  Lots to learn today! Sheila is an awesome interview! You will love her energy! Thanks for listening! But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks! Ready to start your own podcast? Podbean is an awesome host. I have been with them since 2013. Go to https://www.podbean.com/TLLK12 to get 1 month free of unli

Daniel Jackson - Work Less Teach More: How to be an effective teacher and live a life you love. This is episode 469 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dan has been teaching since 2006 in Sydney, Australia. He has had many different roles including: classroom teacher, stage advisor, headteacher, deputy principal, and acting principal. He is currently an education consultant and presenter. Dan is the founder of TeachersPD, host of the Effective Teaching podcast, author of the number 1 best seller on Amazon - Work Less Teach More, a husband, and the father of two children. Lots to learn today! Thanks for listening! But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks! Ready to start your own podcast? Podbean is an awesome host. I have been with them since 2013. Go to https://www.podbean.com/TLLK12 to get 1 month fre

Zander Sprague - EPIC Begins With 1 Step Forward: How To Plan, Achieve, and Enjoy The Journey. This is episode 468 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Zander Sprague is the author of three books, including his most recent, EPIC Begins With 1 Step Forward: Plan, Achieve and Enjoy the Journey.  He has a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Psychology from Pitzer College. He is a member of the National Speakers Association, American Counseling Association, and the California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors. Zander loves speaking to audiences around the world. He is nicknamed the “God of Enthusiasm” because of his contagious energy and passion, he is a popular speaker, trainer, and podcast host. He is here today to help you plan, achieve, and enjoy the journey! Thanks for listening. But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open th

Scott Novis - the founder of Bravous - Helping Businesses Increase Retention By Facilitating Highly Dynamic Live & Virtual Video Game Events. This is episode 467 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. After spending decades in the video game industry, even working with Disney for a time, Scott is an expert on all things gaming and the best way to harness their power for good.  Awesome conversation! Great energy! Cool topic! Thanks for listening. But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks! Ready to start your own podcast? Podbean is an awesome host. I have been with them since 2013. Go to https://www.podbean.com/TLLK12 to get 1 month free of unlimited hosting for your new podcast.  Don't forget to go to my other affiliate sponsor Boone's Titanium Rings at www.boonerings.com. When you order a ring use my c

Ran D. Anbar, MD, FAAP, is board certified in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics, offering hypnosis and counseling services at Center Point Medicine in La Jolla, California, and Syracuse, New York. Dr. Anbar is also a past president, fellow and approved consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.  Dr. Anbar is a leader in clinical hypnosis, and his 25 years of experience have allowed him to successfully treat over 7,000 children. He also served as a professor of pediatrics and medicine and the director of pediatric pulmonology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, for 21 years. Dr. Anbar also worked as a guest editor and advisory editor for the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. His experience has offered him the opportunity to direct and co-direct more than 20 clinical workshops on the subject of pediatric hypnosis. Additionally, he has trained more than a thousand healthcare providers and lectured all over the world.  In addition to his teaching and lect

Dr. Roger Parrot - President - Belhaven University - A Christian Education, The College Debt Myth, And His Latest Book - Opportunity Leadership. This is episode 465 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. With me today is Dr. Roger Parrott, the president of Belhaven University - Jackson, Mississippi. He was named among the 10 Most Visionary Education Leaders of 2021 by The Education Magazine. As one of the longest serving college presidents in America, Dr. Parrott is a fountain of knowledge for Christian parents and business leaders alike. He is the author of The Longview: Lasting Strategies for Rising Leaders and he has a new book Opportunity Leadership: Stop Planning and Start Getting Results released in February 2022. Thanks for listening. But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks! Ready to start your own

Tyce Miller, CEO of MobileMind, The Modern Professional Learning Hub for Schools. This is episode 464 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Awesome conversation! With over twenty years of experience in the software industry, Tyce Miller’s career spans sales and sales leadership roles with companies such as SAS, IBM, and AirWatch(VMware).  While at AirWatch, he led the Education Division, where he discovered traditional professional development for teachers was falling short with the pace of change and complexity of new mobile and cloud technologies.  This led to the creation of MobileMind, The Modern Professional Learning Hub for Schools.  Tyce leads the company’s mission of providing personalized learning opportunities that empower educators to transform learning with technology, ensuring positive student outcomes. Thanks for listening. But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on

Lee Matthew Goldberg shares his thriller - Stalker Stalked. Awesome book! Incredible conversation! This is episode 463 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of the novels THE ANCESTOR which you can hear us talk about on episode 325 of this podcast,  SLOW DOWN, THE MENTOR, THE DESIRE CARD, ORANGE CITY which you can hear us talk about on episode 363 and the Young Adult series RUNAWAY TRAIN and GRENADE BOUQUETS. His books are in various stages of development for film/TV. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the 2018 Prix du Polar. He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Fringe, dedicated to publishing fiction that’s outside-of-the-box. After graduating with an MFA from the New School, his writing has also appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Millions, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, LitReactor, Monkeybicycle, Fiction Writers Review, Cagibi, Necessary Fiction, Hypertext, If My Book, Past Ten, the anthology Dirty Boulevard, The Montreal R

James Palcik - Director of Education, Safety, and Compliance at Flinn Scientific - Shares Science and STEM Safety Trends and Best Practices. This is episode 462 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Flinn Scientific, Inc., based in Batavia, Illinois, is a comprehensive multi-line supplier of manufactured and purchased science education products and curricula. Since its founding in 1977, as a laboratory chemicals supplier to high school science teachers, Flinn has continuously expanded its product lines and markets and has developed an intensely loyal, growing base of science teacher customers across all 50 states. Science isn’t just our business— it’s our passion. We make teaching science easier, because we believe in science. We believe in curiosity and determination— in the insatiable quest for knowledge, and the transformative power of breakthroughs. We love those moments when true understanding dawns, and the light bulbs come on, so we love enabling them in our own small way.  James Palcik

Elizabeth B. Splaine, author, shares her World War II historical fiction novel: Swan Song. This is episode 461 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Elizabeth B. Splaine is a retired opera singer who enjoys reading and writing WWII stories that focus on tenacity, hope and the indomitable human spirit.  Prior to writing, Elizabeth earned an AB in Psychology from Duke University and an MHA from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  She spent eleven years working in health care before switching careers to become a professional opera singer and voice teacher. When not writing, Elizabeth teaches classical voice in Rhode Island, where she lives with her husband, sons, and dogs Today we are focused on her novel Swan Song. A little about Swan Song... Ursula Becker’s operatic star is on the rise in Nazi Berlin…until she discovers that she is one-quarter Jewish, a mischling of the second degree. Although Hitler is aware of her lineage, her popularity and exquisite voice protect her and her family

Lesley Koplow - Wilson's Wishes: A Story for Children in the Time of COVID. This is episode 460 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Lesley Koplow is a clinical social worker, teacher and author who lives in New York City. She is the Director of Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College, founder of Networks for Schools That Heal and a psychotherapist in private practice.  Lesley is the author of several books including; Where Rag Dolls Hide Their Faces, The Way Home, Unsmiling Faces: How Preschools Can Heal, Creating Schools That Heal, Bears, Bears Everywhere: Supporting Children's Emotional Health in the Classroom, Tanya and the Tobo Man, Politics Aside; Our Children and Their Teachers in Score-Driven Times, and Emotionally Responsive Practice: A Path for Schools That Heal.  Lesley is also the author of a children’s series A Story for Children in the Time of COVID…Lilah in the Land of the Littles , Jasmine’s Big Idea, and now - Wilson’s Wishes… On episode 378 of Teaching Learning Leading K12 we t

Jennifer Robitaille, Director of Research and Development for Aperture Education, talks about social & emotional learning for educators. This is episode 459 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jennifer Robitaille is Director of Research and Development for Aperture Education and an author of the Educator Social-Emotional Reflection & Training (EdSERT) program.  She is also a co-author of the DESSA High School Edition (DESSA HSE) and provides training to schools and educators on these programs.  In her career, she has focused on applied research and evaluation and she has trained in school, out-of-school, and early childhood settings since 2010 on a variety of topics related to SEL and resilience. Today we will take a look at Social and Emotional Learning for Educators. Thanks for listening. But wait... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the pod

Kristen Walter is the Director of U.S. Programs for Worldreader. This is episode 458 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Joining me here today is Kristen Walter, Director, U.S. Programs at Worldreader. Kristen has more than twenty years of educational experience and was most recently the Director of Education and Partnerships for Reading In Motion and before that the Teaching and Learning Manager for Crayola Education. She also worked for over 15 years as a certified art and music instructor in North Carolina. Kristen helped her school become a national Title I school, P21 Exemplar School, a finalist award in the Intel Schools of Distinction Math and Science Award and win the National School Change Award. She has been recognized as a Yale Distinguished Music Educator and both Kristen and her fifth-grade students were invited by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities to showcase an economics and game design project at the first annual White House Arts Integration Fair. Today she

Matt Fitzpatrick, author, talks about his newest thriller - Demon Tide. This is episode 457 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Matt is a former investment management professional who jettisoned Wall Street to pursue his dream as a novelist. He is the proud father of two daughters and enjoys every minute of watching them thrive and excel. A licensed Coast Guard captain, Matt cherishes life by the ocean and time boating on Nantucket Sound. With a deep media background mostly steeped in radio and print, he considers it a gift to be able to tell his stories and share his life experiences through the eyes of his protagonist, Justin McGee. Matt lives on Cape Cod. For more information visit him at mattfitzpatrickbooks.com Matt is the author of The Justin McGee Trilogy.  Today we are focused on part 3 - Demon Tide… A little about Demon Tide... This is a community that has lost its innocence. A quaint New England town that meets the growing opioid epidemic head-on. The town’s casualties build up as

Renee Manning - Founder of Vacation Yoga - talks with me about her book Best - The Ultimate Journal for Beginners: The Journal You Will Actually Use. This is episode 456 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Renee Manning is the Founder of Vacation Yoga®, a fitness company founded on her love for wellness, mindfulness, nutrition and fitness and and a global trainer/facilitator for entrepreneurs and CEOs.  Her first book, a gratitude journal, is also now available on Amazon.com. "Best: The Ultimate Journal for Beginners" provides inspiration and a science-based roadmap to help beginners get off to an amazing start. Renee’s expertise comes from years of perfecting interpersonal skills in an international business environment while simultaneously managing competing priorities and a robust personal life. She has discovered many similarities between her global clients who all desire a stronger “health” focus - family health, business health, relationships health--all keys to a vibrant and productiv

Dale Alexander - Founder & President of Alexander & Company - talks about the Million Dollar Wagon, Saving for Retirement, and Helping Your Children Learn About Money. This is episode 455 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dale Alexander is a blessed man, having married way out of his league and being a father of three.  Born and raised in South Georgia, he is also the son of former educators. His father, Warren, was a 22-year superintendent and his mother was a teacher for 26 years.  Dale is the President and founder of Alexander & Company, an insurance brokerage firm entirely focused on the educational community.  Thousands of school employees’ families are benefiting from the design, communication and management of employee benefits within their numerous school districts nationwide.   He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant and Certified Financial Planner designations.  He has been featured in numerous business periodicals and is a past recipie

Renee Hobbs - Mind Over Media: Propaganda for a Digital Age. This is episode 454 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Renee Hobbs is an internationally-recognized authority on digital and media literacy education. She founded the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island and is Director of its Media Education Lab.  Renee co-founded the NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education), and is creator of the first national teacher education program in media literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  She won the Media Literacy Education Meritorious Service Award from NAMLE in 2015, is the author of 10 books, and over 150 scholarly articles on digital and media literacy. Her book, Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education in a Digital Age, won the 2021 PROSE Awards of Excellence from the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in Social Sciences and Education Practice & Theory. Today we will take a look at some Quick Reference Guides, The

Karen Gross: Lady Lucy's Morgan Horse Quest. This is episode 453 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Karen Gross is an educator and author, writing books for both children (early-childhood through Grade 6) and adults. Her Lady Lucy Series is well-known and has been read to over 3000 children across the globe. Her newest adult book, released in June 2020 from Columbia Teachers College Press, is titled Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door: Strategies and Solutions for Educators, Pre-K through College. This book is a sidequel to her earlier book Breakaway Learners (Teachers College Press 2017). She also speaks, advises and consults nationally and internationally on trauma, student success, improving educational leadership and handling educational crises. To that end, she serves as Senior Counsel to Finn Partners. From 2006-2014, she was President of Southern Vermont College, From 2011-2013, she served (part and full time) as Senior Policy Advisor to the US Department of Education in Washingto

Asia Klekowicz and Ryan York - The Gathering Place: An Elementary School With a Focus on Project-Based Learning, the Arts, and Helping Underserved Neighborhoods. This is episode 452 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. The Gathering Place is the first and only restorative campus founded and based in San Antonio, Texas. Conceptualized by co-founders Asia Klekowicz and Ryan York, The Gathering Place’s education model is rooted in social justice and project-based learning and was inspired by Klekowicz and York’s beliefs that kids, especially in historically underserved neighborhoods, don't get a complete education. The pair spent 10 years teaching, leading, and seeing glimmers of what could be when teachers are trusted, kids are loved for who they are, and administrators don’t measure students by test scores. The Gathering Place opened in 2020 and currently serves Kindergarten to Third Grade, with plans to add a new grade level annually through the Twelfth Grade.  Asia Klekowicz (M. Ed) joined

Hey check out this special episode featuring Kristi Hemingway the host of EdCuration: Where We Reshape Learning podcast… We swapped episodes…Today you are going to hear Kristi talk with Joel Rose about Addressing Math Gaps through Personalized Learning. This is episode 451 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. A little about Kristi… After serving many years as an elementary and secondary teacher, Kristi transitioned to the role of instructional coach and professional developer, working with teachers to improve literacy practices and helping districts across the country implement new curriculum and instructional strategies. She is a journalist whose writing can be found in local and national publications, and has worked internationally to develop and deliver training, workshops, and instruction for a wide variety of audiences and institutions. Kristi is the Director of Programs at EdCuration. EdCuration.com curates a collection of high quality supplemental learning programs into an online market