All Episodes

S7.E10 - The Experts in the Room: Why You Need a Student Consultation Strategy

S7.E9 - Permission to Pivot: Why Changing Course is an Act of Leadership

S7.E8 - Soft but Solid: Why You Need to Pause Before You Pivot

S7.E7 - How Presence and Appreciation Shape Student Success: A Lesson from the Hallway

S7.E6 - 3 Powerful Ways to Turn Any Text into a Mirror, Window, or Sliding Glass Door

S7.E5 - Are You Afraid of Getting It Wrong? Let’s Talk About Tokenism in Schools

S7.E4 - We Are the World: Why Shared Purpose Changes Classroom Culture

S7.E3 - How to Write Lesson Goals That Go Beyond “Students Will Be Able To”

S7.E2 - 3 Questions to Plan Lessons That Build Identity, Belonging, and Meaning

S7.E1 - Culture Is a Vibe— Did you know Instruction helps Create It?

S6.E16- Words to Live By: Trust the Becoming through Pause and Surrender

S6.E15 - Helping Teachers Become Gate Breakers: Is Math a Gate or a Gateway? w/ JULIANA TAPPER

S6.E14 - 5 Zero Cost Ways to Build Classroom Joy

S6.E13 - Appropriation or Celebration? How to Understand the Difference

S6.E12 - How to Celebrate Students Beyond the Holidays with Care, Culture, and Connection

S6.E11 - What do Classroom Celebrations Reveal About Culture, Belonging, and Equity?

S6.E10 - I Rise: 3 Commitments to Anchor Your Unfinished Equity Work

S6.E9 - 4 Powerful Shifts to Finally Build Real Equity

S6.E8 - Backlash Breakdown: The 3 Scripts That Save Your Sanity

S6.S7 - W.E.B. Du Bois Was Right – The Quiet Power of Modeling Courage and Joy

S6.E6 - From Politics to Policy: Anchoring Your Leadership in Data and Clarity

S6.E5 - Fearless Teaching: How to Teach Truth Without Risking Your Job

S6.E4 - Are You Giving Up Control or Gaining True Student Agency?

S6.E3 - How do you keep hope in the broken places?

S6.E2 - Is Your Classroom a Space of Conformity or Freedom?

S6.E1 - Tired of Buzzwords? The compelling Truth About Equity in Action

BTS- How to Sustain Classroom Belonging All Year: Beyond the First 10 Day

BTS- Why Every Piece Matters: Visualizing Your Interconnected Classroom

BTS- Celebrate Individuality: How to Use the Uniquely You Tree

BTS- Top Strategies for Deeper Classroom Connections & Cohesion

BTS-How to Make Learning Visible: Launching Your Classroom's Growth Chain

BTS-The Power of One Word: How to Build a Classroom Belonging Wall

BTS-Our Classroom, Our Promise: How to Co-Create a Classroom Promise for Belonging

BTS-Every Learner, Every Story: Why Their Journey Matters

BTS-My Hand, My Story: How to Celebrate Every Student's Unique Story

BTS-Beyond the Bell: How to Craft Your Welcoming First Impression

S5.E9 - When is Kid's Month?: Rethinking Inclusion

S5.E8 - New Year, Elevated Impact - Using Love as a Lens

S5.E7 - The Power of Intercultural Competence in Education: An In-Depth Conversation with Joshua Cabral

S5.E6 - Choosing to See: The ICUCARE Framework for Equity in Math with Dr. Pamela Seda

S5.E5 - How to Foster a Culture of Leadership and Self-Advocacy in Students with Intersecting Identities

S5.E4 - How Can Culturally Responsive Teaching Empower Students at the Intersection of Identities?

S5.E3 - Beyond Single Stories: Embracing Intersectionality in the Classroom

S5.E2 - Why Intersectionality Matters in Education: Tips for Culturally Inclusive Classrooms

S5.E1 - 4 Ways to Celebrate & Honor Hispanic Heritage Month

*BACK TO SCHOOL* - 3 types of Comprehensive Support for Educators to Build Stronger Schools

*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - From Insight to Action: Reimagining Learning for Heartfelt, Equity-Centered Education

*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - How Can Leveraging Student Stories Help you Center Equity?

*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - Creating Safe Spaces: Encouraging Students to Share Their Stories

*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - Elevate Your Teaching Game: Recognizing and Managing Your Capacity Like a Pro

*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - Headed back to school? I want to have a compelling chat about you

S4.E18 - Reenacting American Slavery and Segregation is wrong, especially during Black History month

S4. E17 - Why Sing Two Anthems? Joyfully Lifting Every Voice During Super Bowl Sunday

S4.E16 - BLACK HISTORY MONTH - 3 Questions I get Asked About Teaching & Celebrating Black History month

S4.E15 - What does the Sandwich Generation have to do with Developing Cultural Competency?

S4.E14 - POV: Your Child is so Well Behaved and other Vague Compliments

S4.E13 - The Classroom Culture Reboot

S4.E12 - Discover Your North Star - Choosing One Compelling Focus Word 2024

S4.E11 - Two Keys for Success on Your Educational Equity Journey

S4.E10 - Put Equity First - Ask These 3 Questions When Choosing Reading Materials

S4.E9 - Two Dynamic Types of Books You Must Have in Your Classroom Library

S4.E8 - Celebrating Winter Holidays Around the World - 3 Best Practices

S4.E7 - Unearthing Joy: A Conversation on Justice, Equity, and Liberation w/ Dr. Gholdy Muhammad

S4.E6 - Is Creating a Joyful and Culturally Inclusive Classroom Really Achievable?

S4.E5 - 4 Fantastic and Easy Activities for Celebrating Student Joy

S4.E4 - Level Up! Defining, Elevating & Celebrating Student Joy is Equity

S4.E3 - Joy is the Jump off for an Equity focused classroom

S4.E2 - Teacher Joy: You want an Equity Focused Classroom? Start with teacher Joy

S4.E1 - Being the change: Empowerment, Elevation, and Equity in Education

*Back to School BONUS VI* - Practical Advice for Sustainable Change in Your Classroom

*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS V* - Frame Your Lessons with 3 anchor questions

*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS IV* - Do you co-create norms with your students?

*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS III* - How do I get to know my students' rich cultural identities?

*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS II* - Introducing Joy!

*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS* - Your First Priority

S3.E24 - The Beginning in the End - Can I share a story with you?

S3.E23 - Charting Your Course: Mapping Out the Next Brave Steps on Your Equity Journey

S3.E22 - How to become a teacher on a Native American Reservation: Celebrating Indigenous Culture w/ Brittany Roberts

S3.E21 - 3 Lessons Learned on the Equity Journey: Thriving in the Messy Middle

S3.E20 - Trauma Supportive Teaching: One Key Component for Successfully Supporting Your Students

S3.E19 - Finding Your Footing: Navigating the Nervous Start of Your Equity Journey

S3.E18 - Powerful AI in Education: Does it support Equity, Diversity, and Cultural Inclusion? with Nneka McGee

S3.E17 - The Happenings for Summer 2023 - Reflect, Learn, and Plan for Success Next School Year

S3.E16 - Sorry, Beyonce. I Did Not Wake Up Like This

S3.E15 - The Music Classroom: Keys for centering equity and celebrating diversity w/ Ashley Cuthbertson

S3.E14 - 3 Simple Ways to kick implementation overwhelm to the curb

S3.E13 - 4 Seasons of change: Why are you hiding from the rain?

S3.E12 - The # 1 challenge with effectively using restorative and social emotional practices

S3.E11 - 3 Ways to identify powerful missing voices in your curriculum and classroom w/ Carlo L'Chelle Dawson

S3.E10 - Perspective is your superpower: 3 ways to harness it for positive impact

S3.E9 - 5 Strategies for effectively navigating complex conversations in your classroom

S3.E8 - Show Your Students You Love Them by Using the Universal Love Language

S3.E7 - 6 Dynamic Scholars You Should Know to Increase Capacity for Your Equity Journey

S3.E6 - Inspiring Power Questions: If not you, then who? If not now, when?

S3.E5 - What starts with a courageous decision and ends with brave actions?

S3.E4 - Can you Center Black Joy while Teaching Hard History? with De'Ana Forbes

S3.E3 - Happy Equitable Valentines Day to You and Your Students - 3 Considerations

S3.E2 - The Importance of finding Black Joy in Books to share with your students with Naima Russell

S3.E1 - One Power Strategy for Prioritizing the Big Rocks in Education

*BONUS* - Interview with MY children about their one powerful focus word for 2023

*BONUS* - How Choosing a Focus Word Helps me Connect the Dots in the New Year

S2.E25 - Cultural Awareness: Why is it important for your lessons to help develop cultural competence?

S2.24 - Diversity is not a bad word - 3 ways to See it, share it, and celebrate it in your classroom

S2.E23 - Equity in Education - 3 Tips for centering equity to support all your students

S2.E22 - Create the Math Class you Dream about and your Students Deserve with Mona Iehl

S2.E21 - The National Day of Mourning & The Truth About Thanksgiving

S2.E20 - Trauma informed teaching: 5 Surprisingly Simple Ways to use it in your classroom with Michael Sivert

S2.E19 - Want to create powerful Thanksgiving Lessons? Start with these 3 questions

S2.E18 - Supporting Multilingual Learners: 3 Tips for General Education Teachers w/ Courtney Morgan

S2.E17 - 5 simple things you can do to make your classroom more inclusive today!

S2.E16 - Relationship Building 101: 3 Key Ingredients for Developing a Strong Classroom Community w/ Joscelyn Reed

S2.E15 - Cancel Culture: How to Reframe Your Lessons About Christopher Columbus

S2.E14 - How to use positive psychology and teach coping skills in your classroom with Jonee' Anderson

S2.E13 - Honoring Jewish Heritage - Sharing and Celebrating with all your students

S2.E12 - Defining Culture with your students - 3 impactful benefits

S2.E11 - How Can a Substitute Teacher use culturally responsive pedagogy?

S2.E10 - More than a Month - 3 Tips for Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

S2.E9 - Quick check in! How is it going with your one focus word?

S2.E8 - 5 ways to use culturally relevant and responsive teaching in your classroom

S2.E7 - The Golden Rule: Do you encourage students to follow the golden rule in class?

S2.E6 - Will you show up for the powerful professional and personal shift?

S2.E5 - 4 Helpful types of resources for creating a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming classroom

S2.E4 - 3 Strategies for establishing effective and essential classroom norms

S2.E3 - Curious about questions to ask students to create a welcoming classroom this year?

S2.E2 - A few top tips for creating a welcoming and inclusive classroom from day one

S2.E1 - How do I create the type of classroom I want to have this school year?

S1.E20 - What's holding you back from creating culturally responsive lessons with impact?

S1.E19 - Lessons with impact series: How to create powerful culturally responsive science lessons

S1.E18 - Lessons with Impact Series: 3 Ways to Effectively Create culturally relevant E/LA Lessons

S1.E17 - Lessons with Impact Series: 3 tips for creating culturally responsive social studies lessons

S1.E16 - Lessons with Impact Series: Can Math Lessons Really Be Culturally Responsive?

S1.E15 - 3 Reasons why you are the perfect teacher to create culturally responsive lessons

S1.E14 - Five of my favorite female authors - Books for you and your students

S1.E13 - Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Week

S1.E12 - Can you spark joy in your students by creating culturally relevant lessons?

S1.E11 - Why it is Important to Show up as Your Authentic Self in the Classroom

S1.E10 - Five Habits of a Culturally Competent Educator

S1.E9 - The First Powerful Step in Creating a Culturally Inclusive and Welcoming Classroom

S1.E8 - Five Fun Ways to Celebrate Black History and Black Present

S1.E7 - 9 Powerful People - What are Black Greek organizations? Why are they important?

S1.E6 - How three reflection questions can super charge your lesson plans

S1.E5 - New Year - Choosing Your One Powerful Focus Word

S1.E4 - The Power of Having Your Students Choose Their One Word for the year

S1.E3 - 3 Benefits of Creating a Culture-Centered Classroom

S1.E2 - What is Culture? How can it Help Unlock Exciting and Remarkable Student Potential?

S1.E1 - A Seed of Promise (An Introduction)