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273. Season 7 Premiere: Focus On Student-Led Discourse, Classroom Discussion & Student Voice

272. Assessing Classroom Discourse: Practical Strategies for Meaningful Student Talk

271. Supporting Multilingual Learners: Key Ideas from the WIDA 2020 Framework | Practical Strategies for Every Classroom

270. Not Your Granny's Grammar with Patty McGee | Rethinking Grammar Instruction to Empower Student Writers

269. The P.O.W.E.R. Framework with Dr. Genevieve Erker Caffrey: Part 2

268. The P.O.W.E.R. Framework with Dr. Genevieve Erker-Caffrey (Part 1): Designing Justice-Centered Social Studies Curriculum

267. Discourse as Change Leadership: Humanizing Resistance and Leading Sustainable School Change

266. Leading Amidst Wicked Problems with Dr. Annalies Corbin: Building Agency, Resilience, and Student-Centered Learning

265. Change Leadership Theories Explained: Improving Staff Discourse and School Culture

264. Rethinking Math Education: From Memorization to Meaningful Understanding with Dr. Aditya Nagrath

263. Kids as Carriers of Change: Family–School Partnerships & Financial Literacy with Dr. Darla Bishop

262. The Untapped Power of PTOs & Family Partnerships in Schools with Christina Hidek

261. The Joy of Picture Books: Letting Kids Lead Meaningful Conversations with Molly Arbuthnott

260. Redefining Success: Building Student Resilience Through Belonging, Regulation, and Relationships with Doug Bolton

259. A Collaborative Team Meeting Structure that Elevates Instruction with Kurtis Hewson

258. Education is the Bedrock of Civil Society with Adam Fletcher

257. Cultivating Youth Agency & Entreprenurship Using "Yes, And" with Leah Ellis

256. Youth-Adult Partnerships via UP for Learning with Ana, Jacoby, & Lindsey

255. Belonging, SoR, & Literacy as Liberation with Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver

254. Troubleshooting: Student Background Knowledge

253. How to Build the Habits of Democracy with Dr. Sarah Burnham

252. Processing ICE & Resistance with Kids Using the Think–Feel–Do Framework (with Kara Pranikoff & Dr. Eric Soto-Shed)

251. Proactively Create More Joy with Iuri Melo

250. Stories & Civic Imagination to Elicit Shared Class Values

249. Cultivating a Culture of Belonging, Challenge, & Agency with Dr. Jennifer Berry

248. Reflecting on My Conversation with Zaretta Hammond

247. Leading Change for Cognitive Justice with Zaretta Hammond

246. Coaching Teacher Teams? Try this template.

245. A Humanizing Approach to Coaching with Dr. Jacobē Bell

244. Gather & Analyze Data that Shows Student Thinking with Dr. Jana Lee

243. Differentiating Instructional Coaching with Chrissy Beltran

242. Student Agency in Trade Schools with Mary Kelly

241. Leading Change in Turnaround/Low-Performing Schools: My Takeaways from POV

240. Leading Change in Turnaround/Low-Performing Schools: My Takeaways from RSLP (Hammond)

239. Leading Change in Turnaround/"Low-Performing" Schools: My Thoughts

238. Unlearning Thanksgiving at Home

237. How to Spark Family Conversations with Dr. Eric Soto-Shed & Kara Pranikoff

236. Approaching Current Event Conversations with your Kid at Home

235. Relational Family Engagement with Ari Gerzon-Kessler

234. Students Are Not Their Behaviors with Dr. Claudia M. Bertolone-Smith and Marlene Moyer

233. Engagement is Thinking with James Nottingham

232. Guest Tips for Preparing for and Facilitating Student-Led Conversations

231. Leading Teacher Teams with Dr. Chad Dumas

230. How is decision fatigue and herd mentality showing up for you? with Dr. ClauDean Kizart

229. Build an Equitable Classroom with Dr. Jacobē Bell and Dr. Reshma Ramkellawan

228. From Compliance to Compassion with Dr. Orinthia Harris & Jill Flanders

227. Map Systems of Power & Co-Create with Students with SL Rao

226. Season 6 Updates

225. Local Civics with John Rudolph Mueller

224. Somewhere Beyond the Sea in a Creative Writing Activism Unit

223. Accomodations, Modifications, & Inclusion Anxiety: Supporting Learners with IEPs with Toby J. Karten

222. Solution Tree author: Their Stories, Their Voices with Kourtney Hake and Paige Timmerman

221. Facilitating Contentious Conversations? Paraphrase Your Butt Off with Carolyn McKanders

220. Processes for Group Dialogue, Discussion, and Decision-Making with Dr. Laura Lipton

219. Implementation is a Process with a Moral Imperative with Jenice Pizzuto & Steven Carney

218. Leadership Simulations as PD with Dr. Richard Bernato

217. Schedule Time to Think with Dr. Samuel Nix

216. Responding to Emotions & Charged Comments in Schools (Inside Look at a Workshop)

215. Build These 4 Positive Mindsets with Tom Hierck & Dr. Chris Weber

214. Hands Down, Speak Up with Kassia Wedekind and Christy Thompson

213. The Latest Student Voice Research & Tools with Dr. Dana Mitra

212. Game-Changing Equitable Assessment Ideas from This Month's Guests

211. A Tech Platform to Elevate your Standards-Informed Instruction with Chris Hull

210. "It Counts if You Show Mastery" & Other Transformative Assessment Ideas with Nicole Dimich

209. Standards Serve Institutions; Expectations Serve People: Antiracist Assessment with Dr. Asao B. Inoue

208. Building Community-Wide Capacity to Engage in Hard Conversations with Preschoolers

207. Civic Storytelling

206. 3 Inquiry Routines of Investigating History

205. Teaching Students to Analyze Power Dynamics: Socioeconomic Class

204. Teaching Students to Analyze Power Dynamics: Race & Nation

203. Teaching Students to Analyze Power Dynamics: Gender

202. Inquiry is an Experience with Erik M. Francis

201. Designing Discourse Opportunities that Build on Each Other

200. Justice-Themed Books for Your High Schoolers with Alison Courchesne

199. A Culture of Personalized Learning & Reflection for Teachers with Dr. Frederick Buskey

198. Wellness is Boundaries, Alignment, and Gaining Clarity with Dr. Daryll Wharton

197. Liberatory, Equitable Pedagogy through Place-Based Learning with Micki Evans, Charity Marcella Moran, and Erin Sanchez

196. Reflection & Purpose-Driven Inquiry as Student Motivators (Not Grades)

195. Education is Adaptive

194. Let's Not Confuse Negative Peace with Positive Peace

193. Antiracist Co-Constructed Assessment Ecologies

192. Learning to Relearn with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah

191. Rejuvinate Your School System with Angie Freese

190. Leading Change and Getting "Buy-In"

189. Listening to and Partnering with Students in the U.K. with Jason Tait

188. How to Improve School Mental Health Today with Charle Peck

187. Unit Planning from Assessments

186. Book-Based Units that Cultivate Deep Thinking with Biz Thompson

185. All Teachers are Civics Teachers with Laura Brenner

184. Season 5 Updates (a little late)

183. A Liberatory Approach to Designing Systems of Assessment with Soraya Ramos

182. Let Go of Fear: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education with Dr. Cheryl E. Matias

181. 10 Elements of White Liberalism

180. Inclusive, Empathetic Co-Creation: Transforming Systems with Dr. Rita Harvey

179. Systems Change Comes from People Closest to the Learning with Julianna Charles Brown

178. 5 Ways to Cultivate a Positive Class Culture

177. Choose Your Own Masterclass

176. A State of the Union for Your Class or Your Staff

175. Behind the Scenes: Planning a Discussion-Based Professional Learning Experience

174. Put the C in PLC with Dr. Chad Dumas

173. PLCs in Early Childhood Education with Dr. Barbara Cirigliano

172. Action Steps for Effective PLCs with Bob Sonju, Maren Powers, and Sheline Miller

171. These Structures & Leadership Actions Will Improve Student Learning with Dr. Anthony Muhammad

170. Partnering with Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Families in Special Education with Dr. Kristin Vogel-Campbell

169. K-12 Book Recommendations from Pod Save the People

168. Building Community and Compositions with Adrian Gordon

167. Book-Based Unit Ideas

166. Documentary as Summative Assessment

165. Repair Harm with Restorative Conferences

164. "How Should We Live Together?" Designing Deliberations with Dr. Diana Hess & Dr. Paula McAvoy

163. Lead Happy Schools with Kim Strobel

162. How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations across K-12 with Matthew R. Kay and Jennifer Orr

161. A Tool for Diagnosing Adaptive Challenges in School Discussions

160. Grading for Equity: Rethinking Averages and 0-100 Scales

159. Grading for Equity: Competency-Based Rubrics

158. Teacher Schedules that Leverage Team Time and Enable Class Visits

157. Structures for Gathering Student Experience Data

156. Setting Up Asynchronous Coaching for On-Demand Professional Learning

155. The #1 Structure for Sustainable Family Partnerships with Ari Gerzon-Kessler

154. Pacing Calendars: How to Develop or Adapt Curriculum

153. Leading Equity Takes Belief, Vision, Systems, and Acknowledgement of Barriers with Dr. Don Parker

152. Creating a Culture of Learning for Justice

151. A System for Diagnosing School Challenges with Beth Napleton

150. Building Healthy, Performance-Based Relationships with Coach Carlos Johnson

149. The Antiracist School Leader with Dr. Daman Harris

148. Hiring During a Teacher Shortage with Dr. Eric Skanson

147. Facilitation Moves to Model in Your Professional Development Sessions

146. Structures to Gather Student Experience Data During the School Day

145. Be Present for People: Wisdom for APs and All Leaders with Dr. Frederick Buskey

144. How We Talk About the Violence in Gaza at School

143. Learning Walks that Center Student Experience

142. How to Facilitate Family Partnerships with Crystal Frommert

141. Social Justice is Integrated in Everything We Do with Dr. Judy Krause

140. Coaching, Feedback, + Your One Thing with Mariam Plotinsky

139. Student-Led Discussions Help Us Be Present in the Moment

138. How to Facilitate Student-Led Discussions with Kara Pranikoff

137. Equitable Assessment with Charles Williams

136. Define YOU and Ask Why with Lindsay Titus

135. Embrace Unlearning to Lead Anti-Racist Work with Nadia A. Bennett

134. Unit Dreaming: Making Music and Building Class Culture with Jeanette Shorey

133. Finding Flow for Students and Teachers with Angela Watson

132. A Framework for Teaching Structural Racism in US History with Ayo Magwood M.Sc.

131. Season 4 Premiere: New Ideas + More of the Good Stuff

130. Unit Dreaming: Sijo Poetry with Dr. Lucy Park & Elizabeth Jorgensen

129. PRACTICE: Rubrics as Learning Sequences vs. Levels of Mastery

128. Teaching Native Studies with Jerad Koepp

127. RESOURCE DIVE: A Research-Based Model for Addressing Unplanned Controversial Issues in Class

126. Humbly Navigating Race-Based Challenges with Dr. Christopher Jones

125. PRACTICE: 6 Tips for Your Unit Planning Protocol

124. Unit Dreaming: Re-Designing the Triple-Bottom Line with Jason Reagin

123. Unit Dreaming: A Family-Designed Unit (ELA, Music, PE) with Elizabeth and Nancy Jorgensen

122. Unit Dreaming: Chemistry + Positive Psychology with Phil Januszewski

121. Unit Dreaming: An SEL Unit for Adults with Tre' Gammage

120. Unit Dreaming: Sustainable Farming + Photosynthesis with Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean

119. Unit Dreaming: Elementary Tech Course with Debbie Tannenbaum

118. The Unit Dreaming Series Begins!

117. Hard Histories in ELA Units with Christy Chang and Dr. Alison McMonagle

116. RESOURCE DIVE: DESE's Investigating History Curriculum

115. Ask "Who's Doing That Well?" with Dr. Darrin Peppard

114. PRACTICE: Leading for Justice When Half the Staff Voted for Trump

113. Who Are Your People? with Afrika Afeni Mills

112. MINDSET SHIFT: Civics is Justice

111. Student Agency for Unique "Tomorrows" with Dr. PJ Caposey

110. CASE STUDY: Podcast as Summative Assessment

109. Social Studies Curriculum Using the Identity Wheel with Dr. Lindsay Warren

108. MINDSET: How Batch Planning is Giving Me 1 Day Off Each Week

107. High School Students Take Over the Pod!

106. MINDSET: Coaching Intensives vs. Workshops

105. Genius, Justice, and Joy with Dr. Gholnecsar Muhammad

104. MINDSET: "DEI" and Curriculum Cannot Be Separate

103. Starting a Confidence Movement with Namita Prasad

102. CASE STUDY: Math + ELA + History Interdisciplinary Unit Idea

101. Teaching History for Justice with Dr. Kaylene Stevens and Dr. Christopher Martell

100. My Favorite Moments from the Past 100 Episodes

99. Building Skills and Stakeholder Capacity with Dr. Erik Youngman

98. PRACTICE: An Assessment Tool to Measure Curriculum Implementation Success via Student Voice

97. Developing a Short List of High-Yield Instructional Strategies with Dr. Edward Small

96. PRACTICE: How to Start Personalized Learning Plans With Your Staff

95. How to Facilitate District-Wide Teacher-Led Curriculum Development with Dr. Steven Weber

94. RESOURCE DIVE: 7 Resources for Justice-Based Curriculum Design

93. Transforming Curriculum in 3 Years Through a Culture of Coaching and Joy with Chris Chappotin and Alisen Adcock

92. PRACTICE: Values-Action Alignment Activity

91. What is a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum? with Dr. TJ Vari

90. Designing a Unit Around the Dobbs v. Jackson Decision

89. 5 Components of Real Buy-In with Dr. Samuel D. Nix

88. Season 3 Premiere—Curriculum That Challenges, Affirms, + Inspires

87. Your Pattern Predicts your Path with Gail Swift

86. A Personal Journey of Discovery with Collin Jewett

85. "It's Not What You Read, It's How Much You Read" with Dr. Danny Brassell

84. "Be Ready to Co-Create" with Lauren Jackson

83. "Inclusion as a Process" with Kevin Schaefer

82. "Change is Not a Part-Time Job" with Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis

81. "We Have an Education Debt" with Abbie Korman

80. "Think About What Kind of School You Really Want" with Dr. Kevin Ahern

79. How to Use the Work Less Teach More Planner

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Curriculum Series #5—Establishing a Reusable Unit Arc

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Curriculum Series #4—Crafting a Compelling Driving Question

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Curriculum Series #2—Developing a Course-Long Rubric

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Curriculum Series #1—The Research on Teaching for Justice

78. Creating Communities Where Every Child Feels a Sense of Belonging with Michelle Goldshlag

77. Our Development as Adults is a "Must Have" with Jennifer Abrams

76. Human-First "Withness" with Jaz Ampaw-Farr

75. Where Meaningful Educational Change Begins with Jeff Ikler

74. Education is the Front Line of the Civil Rights Movement with Sean Priest

73. Envisioning the Power of What People Can Do with Colin Hogan

72. Toss Out the Assumption That Your First Years of Teaching Will Be Miserable with Jeanne Wolz

71. Genuinely Valuable Members of an Intergenerational Learning Community with Skyler, Rhys, Amelia, and Sam from Springhouse

70. Reimagine Place as Pedagogy with Dr. Kelly Cerialo

69. Figure Out Your Super Power with Dr. Francois Naude

68. Hyperpredictable Classroom Routines with Mitch Weathers

67. Get Yourself Out of the Trenches with Dr. Dana Goodier

66. Be Fearless and Teach with FIRE with Mark Taylor

Planning Series BONUS Episode: Give Yourself the Gift of Time & Believe You Deserve It with Lori Doll

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Planning Series #5: Efficient, Effective Lesson Planning

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Planning Series #4: Advancing Wellness

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Planning Series #3: The Beliefs That Get In The Way

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Planning Series #2: All the Tips

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Planning Series #1: How do you spend your time?

65. Parental Leave & Child Care

64. How Leading with Your Values Can Turn Your Job into a Calling with Dr. Richard Shell

63. Letting My Moral Compass Lead Me with Bronwyn Harcourt

62. Bias Starts Early—Talk to Your Kids with Julie Kratz

61. Lamaze for Childrearing with Nathaniel A. Turner

60. Annihilate Inequities with Joyce Akridge

59. School that is fun and interesting with choices and freedom with Guille, Eden, and Nico from the LearnLife Nature Hub for Primary Years

58. Vitality-Centered Education with Dr. Jenny Finn

57. LfJ Series: Normalizing Critical Reflection: An Adaptive Leadership Approach to Data Analysis

56. LfJ Series: A Justice-Centered Process for Justice-Centered Policies: How to Create Shared Governance Structures

55. LfJ Series: Inclusive Data Streams: How Do Our Students Experience School?

54. LfJ Series: The Equity Impacts of Shared Leadership

53. Everybody Can Be a Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Ryan

52. Listen to the Students with Rachel Tugutu & Eliel Koudougnon

51. Be Unapologetic About Leaving Work At Work with Dr. Megan Sweet

50. Is Talking About Traumatic Topics Doing More Harm Than Good?

49. The Mastermind: Coaching Leaders with Daniel Bauer

48. SEL is Not the Destination; It's the Vehicle with Dr. Lorea Martinez

47. Building an Optimistic Workplace with Dr. Sara Frost

46. What to Expect in Season 2

45. Safety is at the Core of Discourse with Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick

44. Let's Not Overextend Ourselves This Year

43. Creating Structures for All Stakeholder Voices with Darcy Fernandes

42. Curriculum Series #6—Who Tells Your Story?

41. Curriculum Series #5—Establishing a Reusable Unit Arc

40. Curriculum Series #4—Crafting a Compelling Driving Question

39. Curriculum Series #3—Project Based Learning in Action with Matthew Pimental

38. Curriculum Series #2—Developing a Course-Long Rubric

37. Curriculum Series #1—The Research on Teaching for Justice

36. Strategies to Support All Students with Emma Siesfeld

35. How to Teach for Justice When Facts Don't Seem to Matter

34. Teaching Poetry? Take Away the Rules with Dr. John Littlewolf

33. How to Pay for Your Professional Development

32. Inclusive Campus Leadership Teams with Taryn Givan

31. Co-Creating Observation Look Fors

30. It's Not Buy In You Need: Adaptive Leadership with Lejla Bilal

29. Instructional Coaching with the Grow Model

28. Being Willing to Put Our Jobs On the Line with Dr. Sheldon Eakins

27. Developing Students' Criticality with My Media Critique Project

26. Leading for Equity Requires Us to Ask for Feedback with Matthew Woods

25. Building a Flexible Curriculum That Regularly Embeds Current Events

24. Using Music to Teach for Justice with Christopher Schroeder

23. Planning Series Part 6—Efficient Effective Lesson Planning

22. Planning Series Part 5—Advancing Wellness

21. Planning Series Part 4—Clearing the Mind

20. Planning Series Part 3—The Beliefs That Get In The Way

19. Planning Series Part 2—All the Tips

18. Planning Series Part 1—How do you spend your time?

17. How to Build a Justice-Centered Business with Leah Urzua

16. How do we talk about the attack on the Capitol with white students?

15. Modeling Mindfulness with Morgan Atkins

14. What exactly is differentiation?

13. Talking to Young Kids About Racial & Social Justice with April Brown

12. What did my students think of my remote teaching during COVID?

11. Beyond "Performative Partnership" with Afrika Afeni Mills

10. What is Teachership?

9. The Power of Mentors with Annalisa Holcombe

8. How to Do a Root Cause Analysis

7. Leading Antiracist Schools with Accountable Shared Leadership with Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick

6. Pushing Back Against Teacher Neutrality

5. Shifting from Assimilationism to a Multilingual Habitus with Kholood Qumei

4. Learning as Leading

3. The Primacy of Discourse in Laboring for Racial Justice with Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick

2. Getting Started with Personalized PD

1. Creating a Culture of Coaching with Romain Bertrand

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