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myPD Unplugged
by myPD
Bringing together multiple voices from the education community to advance professional learning in service to students. Hosted by Long Beach Unified School District
Episodes
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4.7 Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching
When schools began to integrate following Brown v. Board of Education, many Black educators lost their jobs and the Art of Black Teaching became more difficult to sustain in integrated settings. Wrapped up in a deep history of critical consciousness and political engagement, some would argue that...
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4.6 Stories as Equity Data
When we speak of data, it is natural to envision numbers and graphs, but quantitative data only tells part of the story. And sometimes it tells the wrong story, as we bring our own biases to the interpretations. What if we used stories to deepen our understanding of quantitative data or to...
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4.5 The Humanizing Power of Stories
Narratives shape how we see and perceive the world. Both the stories we are told and the stories we tell ourselves shape how we understand who we are and where we belong in the world. In equity work, stories humanize “the other” and help us to connect on personal levels, challenging our biases…
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4.4 Leveraging Technology to Bridge Equity Gaps
“Technology can be a powerful tool for transforming learning. It can help affirm and advance relationships between educators and students, reinvent our approaches to learning and collaboration, shrink long-standing equity and accessibility gaps, and adapt learning experiences to meet the needs of...
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4.3 Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy
When educators consider ways to make their curriculum historically and culturally responsive, many struggle to go deeper than content integration and literary substitutions. As part of our "Equity Thought Leader" podcast series, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, author of Cultivating Genius, explains her HILL...
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4.2 Systemic Racism in Education: See It. Say it. Confront it.
Rather than starting with how to be anti-racist, what if we began by understanding when systemic racism got started, what information we need to be ready for the anti-racist cause, and why it is our moral imperative to engage? As part of our "Equity Thought Leader" podcast series, join our...
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4.1 Equity Mindset and Social Justice Education: Know History to Know Yourself (Principal Baruti Kafele)
In order to operationalize equity mindsets and social justice teaching in our classrooms, we have to know history. As part of our "Equity Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation with Principal Baruti Kafele (International Speaker, Transformational Leader, and ASCD Author) as he…
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3.8 Better Together: Becoming a Learning Team
Teams create impact. Learning teams create lasting change and transform practice. So how can a group of educators move from simple collaboration to dynamic transformation? As part of an 8-part "Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation with Tracy Crow (Chief Strategy Officer, Learning...
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3.7 View Your Practice from the Outside In: Using Video Coaching to Power Professional Learning
How do you get a real picture of what is actually happening in your classroom? Is there a way to objectively observe your own practice, that informs conversations about ways to become a more effective educator? As part of an 8-part "Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation with Dr.…
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3.6 The Power of Learner-Focused Feedback
Feedback cycles are powerful levers for changing practice, but if your experience with feedback hinges on "giving" or "receiving" it, you may not have experienced it in its most powerful form. As part of an 8-part "Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation with Joellen Killion (Senior...
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3.5 Collaborative Professionalism: When Teaching Together Means Learning For All
"All professionals need to [collaborate] otherwise they are not [in] professions because people don't share their expertise." In a profession that has traditionally been siloed, where walls and doors create natural barriers, how might educators better leverage collaboration as they grow in their...
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3.4 Promoting Equity and Excellence: Change Models That Work
How would knowing that your students' families were paying $50,000/year for their child's education impact your instruction? How can you reduce your D/F rate by as much as 80% in one semester? As part of an 8-part "Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation with Dr. Doug Reeves...
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3.3 Challenging Conventional Grading
In an increasingly competitive world, grades have become a currency of sorts in education, but do they really measure student learning? What do we do if a student doesn't do any of the work, but aces the final? How are we to respond when a student puts in all of their effort to learn, but fails…
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3.2 Beyond Diversity: How to really talk about race in education?
Conversations about racism have become more amplified in recent years and, as educators, we have a responsibility to surface how it affects the systems we inherited and our response to removing barriers to access for all. As part of an 8-part "Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation...
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3.1 Social Justice Teaching 101: Equity, Social Justice, and Implementing Anti-Biased Instruction in the Classroom
As part of an 8-part "Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation with Valeria Brown (PD Manager/Facilitator for Teaching Tolerance, Board of Trustee Member for Learning Forward, and Founder of Clear the Air) as we unpack the implications of social justice teaching in public education....
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2.5 It's A Good Day to Be a Bruin: Linked Learning at Wilson High School
As the nation continues to wrestle with making meaning of college AND career readiness, why does Linked Learning make sense for America's high schools? How can a school that is already working, change to become even better and stronger -- transforming the high school diploma from a certificate of...
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2.4 Scaled Grading: Challenging the Mechanics of Conventional Grading Systems
Grading is a "technical process," but how deeply do we consider the mechanics of a grade? On the current 100 point grading scale, there are 60 degrees of failure, and only 40 degrees of passing. In the words of Dr. Thomas Guskey, "A grading scale in which two-thirds of the designated levels...
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2.3 Making the Grade
Do our grades tell the story of student achievement, progress, or learning that we want them to tell? Who is the audience for our grades? Why does it matter? Join Dr. Chris Lund, Assistant Superintendent of Research and School Improvement in Long Beach Unified, in Part 1 of a 2-part series, as he...
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2.2 Building Collective Efficacy [Part 2 of 2]
As the single most powerful lever in improving student achievement (1.57 Effect Size), collective efficacy holds a critical role in closing the achievement gap. In Part 2 of this series, three educators dig more deeply into the "mechanics" of building collective efficacy. Listen in on Jennifer...
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2.1 Building Collective Efficacy [Part 1 of 2]
According to Dr. Hattie, collective efficacy (the belief that together we are responsible for and are able to positively impact student learning) is the single most powerful lever in increasing student achievement, overcoming even socio-economic factors in education. Effective instructional teams...
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1.12 - Culturally-Relevant and Culturally-Responsive Pedagogy
All students and communities come with cultural and linguistic assets, and deserve to be treated with dignity, fairness, respect, and unconditional positive regard. In a warm-demanding learning environment, every student matters and needs to feel that they do. All students can learn and achieve…
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1.11 Multicultural Education (Banks’ Five Dimensions)
Listen to Pam Lovett, GATE Coordinator for Long Beach Unified, share her experience and insights about Multicultural Education. From engaging stories to informed, research-based commentary, Pam makes meaning of how we build the foundation for a culturally inclusive classroom. All students and...
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1.10 Linked Learning 101 [Part 3 of 3]
The third in a three-part series of podcasts on Linked Learning, a college and career readiness approach that has gained major traction and demonstrates impact in California. In this podcast, Gary Hoachlander (President of ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career) unpacks and...
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1.9 - Why Linked Learning [Part 2 of 3]
The second in a three-part series of podcasts on Linked Learning, a college and career readiness approach that has gained major traction and demonstrates impact in California. In this podcast, Gary Hoachlander (President of ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career) explains why...
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1.8 - College and Career Readiness (Big Picture) [Part 1 of 3]
The first in a three-part series of podcasts on Linked Learning, a college and career readiness approach that has gained major traction and demonstrates impact in California. In this podcast, Gary Hoachlander (President of ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career) shares a big...
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1.7 Social Media and Professional Development [Part 2 of 2]
Part 2 of 2 - Join three educators (Tamara Shipp, Edward Steinhauser, and Kat Tacea) as they discuss the role that social media plays in their professional development. Listen in on their personal journeys to creating professional social media accounts, building professional learning networks…
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1.6 Social Media and Professional Development [Part 1 of 2]
Part 1 of 2 - Join three educators (Tamara Shipp, Edward Steinhauser, and Kat Tacea) as they discuss the role that social media plays in their professional development. Listen in on their personal journeys to creating professional social media accounts, building professional learning networks…
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1.5 Conversation with Sal Khan: Khan Academy
Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy, joins myPD Unplugged by phone to discuss technology in education, the impact of Khan Academy, and his hopes for the future. With a vision to provide a free, world class education to anyone, anywhere, Sal and his team have helped to transform the…
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1.4 Video Coaching: Using Video to Coach Yourself
Nader Twal (Program Administrator, Long Beach Unified) facilitates a conversation with Jennifer Crockett (Program Specialist, OCIPD), Ashley Rhoads (Special Education and Induction Coach), Jandella Faulkner (K-5 ELA/ELD Curriculum Leader), and Amy Pendray (Program Specialist, OCIPD and World...
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1.3 Professional Learning: A National and Local Perspective
Nader Twal (Program Administrator, Long Beach Unified) facilitates a conversation with Pamela Seki (Assistant Superintendent, Long Beach Unified) and Michelle Bowman (Associate Director/Communities, Learning Forward) about professional learning. How do we create systems to support ongoing...
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1.2 Growth Mindset
Join Kyoko Weber-Sickler, Math Grant Coordinator, as she reflects on her experience with Growth Mindset
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1.1 Why Podcasts?
A team of educators talks about why and how they use podcasts for professional development
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