An Educator's Legacy
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow being an educator affects your life. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
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Award Winning Culture with Hans Appel
October 27, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBHans Appel is an educator, speaker and writer deeply committed to inspiring the whole child. He's the author or, Award Winning Culture: Building School-Wide Intentionality and Action Through Character, Excellence and Community. Additionally, he's the Director of Culture for the Teach Better Team, co-host of the Award Winning Culture Podcast, and the Co-Creator of Award Winning Culture. He’s worked as a counselor in the Richland School District for the past 20 years and at Enterprise Middle ...
Stories From a Homeschool Mom with Angie Muniz Ngo
October 13, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBListen to this amazing podcast with homeschool veteran Angie Muniz Ngo! If you'd like to reach out to Angie, you can do it through Facebook-Angie Muniz Ngo --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Relationships for Building Character with Dan St. Romain
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBDan St. Romain is an educational consultant from San Antonio, TX. He recently retired after working in the school system for the past 30 years. Prior to retiring, 50% of his time was spent traveling providing professional development. He is the author of two books: Teach Skills and Break Habits: Growth Mindsets for Better Behavior in the Classroom and Positive Behavior Principles: Shifting Perspectives and Aligning Practices in Schools; as well as several resources for teaching social skills...
Changing The Narrative with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo
September 29, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBJoe started the #1minwalk2work Leadership Challenge, and co-authored The Power of Branding-Telling Your School's Story, Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in a Digital Age and Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students and Parents Love. He was selected as 1 of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and 1 of 50 Superintendents as a Personalized Learning Leader in 2016 by the US Department of Education. He attended summits at the Whi...
Shifting Motivation with Mike Anderson
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBMike Anderson’s mission is to help make teaching and learning more self-directed and joyful for both children and teachers. He has been an educator for more than 25 years. A public-school teacher for 15 years, he has also taught preschool, coached school swim teams, and taught university graduate level classes. He now works as a consultant providing professional learning for teachers throughout the US and beyond. In 2004, Mike was awarded a national Milken Educator Award, and in 2005 he was...
Leading with Love with Brad Hughes
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBBrad is an elementary school Principal with 25 years’ experience in education. He is currently at Forest Hill Public School in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, designated a HERO Generation school in the Waterloo Region District School Board. Prior to becoming a school leader, Brad taught for 16 years in classrooms from Kindergarten to eighth grade, most recently teaching middle school Visual Arts, French and Special Education. Brad is a certified “Self-Reg School Champion” and has an ongoing co...
Trust Your Gut with Todd Whitaker
September 08, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBOne of the nation's leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness, Todd Whitaker has written over 50 books including the national best seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Other titles include: Shifting the Monkey, Dealing with Difficult Teachers, 10 Minute Inservice, The Ball, What Great Principals Do Differently, Motivating and Inspiring Teachers, and Dealing with Difficult Parents. Todd is available to speak/train your staff as well. You ...
Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Homeschool/Virtual Experience with Christina Monclova
September 01, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBChristina Monclova is an eight year homeschool veteran. She has taught her 4 girls through trial and error and done an amazing job throughout it all! Listen to this week's episode to hear some helpful tips and tricks for creating a successful experience for both student and teacher/parent! If you would like to reach out to Christina, please email her at [email protected]. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Servant Leadership with Meredith Akers
August 25, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBMeredith Akers is a wife, mom, Christ-follower and elementary school administrator who believes that the best way to help others grow is to model expectations. Her daily aspiration is to make a positive impact and to leave those she serves better off for having interacted with her. Meredith serves as Principal at Rennell Elementary in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD outside of Houston, TX. She is a Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 and a FlipGrid Certified Educator. Meredith has led numerous pr...
Ripples in the Pond with Kristi Floyd
August 18, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBKristi Floyd is a 27 year educator with experience in 1st, 2nd, 4th, SPED, ESL, and is currently a Dyslexia Intervention teacher for a large district in the Houston area. She attended Sam Houston State University before getting her degree from Baylor University. Kristi has always had a love of children and is currently writing a children's book based on her belief that all students are more alike than they are different. She has built relationships with students that she maintains many yea...
Lead On! with Todd Nesloney
August 11, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBTodd is an award-winning author for his work in co-authoring Kids Deserve It! and Sparks in the Dark. He has also written the book Stories from Webb and published a children’s book, Spruce & Lucy. Todd has been recognized by John C. Maxwell as a Top 10 Finalist for the 2018 Transformational Leadership Award, by the White House as a Connected Educator “Champion of Change”, the National School Board Association as one of the “20 to Watch” in Education, the Center for Digital Education as one o...
More Than Just A Yearbook by Mandy Cross
August 04, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBMandy Cross is beginning her 13th year teaching in a large school district in north Texas. She brings a truly fresh perspective as a middle school teacher that has focused on the electives students LOVE to take-yearbook, broadcast journalism, photography, leadership, athletics and even english (7-11 grades). Mandy coordinated the completion and delivery of more than 500 yearbooks this past spring during a socially-distanced pandemic! She has a BA and MA in English with a minor in Speech as...
An Educator's Journey into the Science of Reading with Holly Stripling
July 28, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBHolly began her teaching career in 2000 as a class size reduction teacher for a large school district in south Texas. She worked with third grade reading classrooms with pull out and push in small groups to help improve reading development. She went on to become an ELAR second grade teacher for three years. Next, she completed training at Region IV to be a dyslexia interventionist. Holly was a dyslexia interventionist for a year before becoming a Grades 2-3 district level Elementary Curricul...
An Advocate for Children with Whitney Ahern
July 21, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBWhitney Ahern is a 11 year diagnostician that has a heart for children. Her biggest passion is in teaching students to be their own self-advocate. She has spent her career helping students identify their strengths and weaknesses and develop strategies to become successful students, not only in the classroom, but also in life. Whitney has a BA in psychology with a minor in religion and a M Ed in special education with the diagnostician certification. she spent 13 years as a special education...
Classroom Heroes with Karl Dunn and Miguel Hernandez
July 14, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this week's episode of An Educator's Legacy, we meet two elementary school teachers with vastly different experiences. Karl Dunn is a 36 year educator currently teaching 3rd grade Language Arts in a large district. He has previous experience in Miami and New Orleans teaching at private Lutheran schools. Karl is an amazing teacher that connects with his students through baseball and other things that interest them. Karl offers tutoring in 2nd-5th grade language arts and teaches adults en...
Jump! with Jisha Iyer
July 07, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBJisha Iyer spent the last 14 years as a resource teacher in a large district in Texas. Previously, she was a teacher in India before she decided to Jump! Jisha is currently the owner and operator of Sleek Creperie and Cafe in Fairfield, 28610 Hwy 290, Suite F02, Cypress, TX 77433. She decided to follow her dream of owning a restaurant to expand her impact within the special needs community to employ special needs students! Her heart lies with her special children. Listen to her insight in...
Unleashed with Kim Gilson
June 30, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBKim Gilson has had a "long and winding road" in her educational career. She began as a high school band director (just ask her about the prop that ate the marching band!) and moved on to be a math teacher after having her first child. This led to a 5-year stint as a high school assistant principal, followed by a central office position where she worked with curriculum, data, and accountability. On July 1st, 2014, she began working at the Region 10 Education Service Center in Richardson, Tex...
A Librarian's Perspective with Adrienne Webster
June 23, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBAdrienne discusses how she supported educator's during the pandemic as well as her love of reading and history and all things books! Join us for an interesting look at a librarian's perspective! If you would like to contact Adrienne, feel free to contact me and I will connect you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Charming Readers with Charmion Mohning
June 16, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 41.5 MBCharmion Mohning is a secondary reading coordinator for one of the largest districts in the state of Texas. She was raised on a farm in Iowa but moved to Texas as quick as she could! She has a degree in elementary education and psychology, as well as a masters degree in library science with an administration certification. She has taught 4-6 grade, was a curriculum coach for ESL, loves to garden, bake, run and be around kids. Charmion is a literacy expert for intermediate grades and is a co...
White Privilege Explained with Erin Jones
June 09, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBListen to this week's podcast by Erin Jones as she explains "white privilege". It is enlightening and will give you the tools and insights to better understand the racial biases people of color are facing. (We even talk about the term "people of color"!) Erin shared with us that she has provided resources on her FB page - Erin Jones LLC - a list of resources to help white people gain a better understanding of the plight of our black and brown friends. Erin has a 2nd cohort for educating ...
Dealing with People with Paul Kessler
June 02, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBPaul Kessler is a behavior specialist in a large school district in Houston, TX. He has a degree from Central Michigan University in education and 21 years experience. He has taught 5th grade, physical education and currently functions in an administrative role on his campus of around 950 students. Paul’s humor, wisdom and experience make this interview full of nuggets to implement in your life immediately! If you’d like Paul to do sports or behavior coaching for you instructional teams or co...
The Power of Professional Journaling
May 12, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBHow can you grow during this time of uncertainty? Journaling! Research shows professional journaling has many benefits including health benefits! As we navigate unfamiliar territory, we may find ourselves struggling with a steep learning curve! A definite bonus over the life we knew before: more time. We now have the time to self-reflect! Where previously we felt restricted by our schedules, many of us find ourselves with more uncommitted time than we had previously. Use this time wisely by...
Bold and Bolder with Molly and Weston Kieschnick
May 05, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MBCo-authors Molly and Weston Kieschnick (who also happen to be partners in life) join me on this revealing podcast about some things education and many things outside of the norm! Listen to the hosts of Teaching Keating hijack An Educator's Legacy while still imparting their wisdom and influence in the most positive of ways! Molly Kieschnick is an educator who spent 9 years teaching middle school in east Los Angeles. She has also taught at a private International Baccalaureate School in Denver...
Handling Extreme Behaviors with Kindness and Respect with Jo Mascorro
April 28, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MBThis week we talk to the behavior lady, Jo Mascorro! She gives specific examples on how to handle difficult behaviors and insight into how her work evolved from teaching the hearing and visually impaired to becoming the behavior lady! Jo Mascorro is an internationally sought out behavior management, communications, and proactive intervention specialist who speaks, consults, coaches and trains educators how to deal with those who exhibit challenging behaviors. She offers a common sense appr...
De-escalation with Dignity with Jo Mascorro
April 28, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MBThis week we talk to the behavior lady, Jo Mascorro! She gives specific examples on how to handle difficult behaviors and insight into how her work evolved from teaching the hearing and visually impaired to becoming the behavior lady! Jo Mascorro is an internationally sought out behavior management, communications, and proactive intervention specialist who speaks, consults, coaches and trains educators how to deal with those who exhibit challenging behaviors. She offers a common sense appr...
This is not what I expected my first year teaching with Baylee Tolopka.
April 14, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBBaylee is a first year kindergarten teacher, who LOVES her job! She is a Sam Houston Graduate, was recently married and loves dogs, kids and chocolate! If you'd like more information about project based learning, Genius Hour or WIN Time, feel free to reach out to Baylee - @BayleeTolopka, or @Baylle_Brook. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
The Gift of Leadership with Chelsea Stone
April 07, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MB"Never take for granted the difference you can make." One of the quotes from this great school leader. Chelsea talks about the difference she hopes to make in her educational career and tying to live a more balanced life. After taking the Wheel of Life Assessment during one of my workshops, she realized she was not living to her full potential! Chelsea no longer lets life happen to her, but she happens to life! She has the gift of leadership and always has a smile. If you would like to get...
Extending the Table
March 31, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBJoshua Truitt is a second year statistics and math model teacher as well as tennis coach. He received the New Teacher of the Year Award and attended Southwestern University. He has a strong belief in teaching young men and women how to be successful through his math and tennis curriculum. He is currently building a project based statistics program and this year has begun teaching staff development on his campus. You can reach Josh at [email protected] or follow his journey on I...
Leaving a Legacy with Susan Brenz
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MBSusan Brenz is a strong believer in building others up and allowing them to be successful! She loves to grow leaders! She sees the potential in others that many people miss. As a result, she has built a unique culture and climate in her school as principal that has a very low turnover rate. While many schools are struggling to find good teachers, Susan has positioned herself to draw the best of the best and has her pick of qualified applicants! What a great interview this was gaining insight...
Surviving the Pandemic with Erin Jones
March 17, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBErin Jones lives in Washington State, the most affected area of the US for the Covid-19 Novel Coronavirus. She offers insights and strategies to get through this difficult time as schools have made the decision to shut down until the end of April in her area. Listen to this timely message to dispel your fear and instill hope into the bleak circumstances we find ourselves in today. Erin speaks on may different topics including equity and abandonment. She has two TedX talks you can listen to ...
Compliment or Manipulation?
March 11, 2020 16:27 - 23 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, we talk about finishing the year strong by cultivating relationships. The focus is on giving and receiving compliments to build relationships. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Tik Tok Teachers
March 03, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBIn this episode, Amanda Lund and a I talk about how education has changed and the challenges faced by the teachers of today. She provides insight into the struggles of the modern day educator. Amanda is a fifth grade science teacher that is taking her DI team to the STATE competition this year! Get in touch with Amanda Lund on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-lund-37a81a122/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Do the Right Thing with Dr. Patty Mooney
February 25, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week's guest is Dr. Patty Mooney. Dr. Mooney is currently an adjunct professor at Lone Star College and a consultant at Leading School Learning. She began her educational career teaching kindergarten and first grade before stepping into the administrative roles of assistant principal and principal. She has led both elementary and middle school campuses to success by supporting teachers in her mission to always put kids first. If you'd like to get in touch with Patty, you can email her...
Family Comes First with Ana Lira
February 18, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBAna began her career as a first and fifth grade bilingual teacher before moving on to supervise bilingual teachers at the district level. She would move on to become the bilingual liaison between the district and campuses before becoming an assistant principal and then principal. She then took over the role of District Textbook Coordinator before becoming the Assistant Director of Special Programs for Bilingual/ESL Education. She stepped into the role of Federal Program Director before becom...
It's Where You're Heart's At with Jodi Barber-Harris
February 11, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBJodi Barber-Harris began her educational career as a middle and high school science teacher. She soon became an instructional coach for science before moving on to become the campus improvement specialist. Her most recent public school experience was as a district secondary science coordinator. Currently she is the Area Implementation Manager for Midwest for Explore Learning. Jodi is available to coach, speak or train your organization on a variety of topics. You may reach her at jodibee24...
Who Cares? Juan Cares!
February 04, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBJuan Lira is a Bilingual Licensed Vocational Counselor with 16 years experience behind him and a Board-Approved Supervisor. He was a teacher before he became a school counselor. Currently he is practicing at Positive Soul Holistic Therapy in San Antonio Texas. His experience includes working with anxiety, relationship problems, depression as well as working with those families that are going through difficult periods, such as the loss of a love one, trauma, divorce and separation. Additiona...
Thrive with Dr. Jenny Severson
January 28, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBDr. Jenny Severson is a speaker, author and educational consultant with a doctorate in educational psychology. Her latest work, "Thrive" is a book that is due out mid February where she talks about self care and trauma. You can find her at www.jennyseverson.com, on twitter- @severson_j; or by phone at 608-347-7325. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Donna Clark-Love
January 21, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBWhat an amazing woman Donna Clark-Love is! Not only is she out to save us from those bully's out there in the world, but also to save us from our own internal bullying! Donna is also a co-author in my next book coming out next month and has a chapter on addiction and her second chapter gives strategies on dealing with workplace bullying! Such a great episode! Tune in to hear her words of wisdom! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Tami West
January 14, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBJoin me for my interview with Dr. Tami West! She is so much fun y'all! You are going to absolutely love her! She does amazing work in supporting educators and has a chapter in our new book on anxiety and another on managing your emotions! Powerful stuff! Using her education and experiences, Dr. Tami West has been helping others improve their lives for over 25 years. Her publications include "The Stress Club" and "Life Without the Monsters." She has spoken for groups in 48 states in the US,...
Pete Hall: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
January 07, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBPete Hall is an education icon! He is truly an amazing educator and man! I am so fortunate to be able to call him friend AND coauthor! He, Alisa Simeral and I have a new book coming out early this year titled: Reflective Impact Journal: Pursuing Greatness Every Day. It's a journal to empower and encourage educators to pursue their greatness! If you are interested in the book, click here! Pete is the Executive Director of EducationHall, an educational professional-development organization he...
Island of Misfits
December 31, 2019 11:00 - 12 minutes - 12 MBWe’ve all had a class that is just difficult to handle. Sometimes, it’s the students that are off, sometimes it’s the mix of students that creates the chaos, and then there’s the combination of the two: The students are off AND it’s a bad mix of kids. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Wardrobe Malfunction
December 24, 2019 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBWe’ve all had those situations in the classroom where you break a heel off a shoe, or you look down and realize you have on one black shoe and one dark brown shoe. I’m not talking about that silly child’s play. In this episode, I will tell you about when my skivvies ended up below my hips while I was doing a model lesson in a male 5th grade teacher’s classroom, and boy was it a close one! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
I believe
December 17, 2019 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBSome people don’t believe in Santa Claus…personally, I do. Santa represents the spirit of generosity, love, kindness, joy and forgiveness, like Jesus Christ, my personal Lord and Savior. In the end, it doesn’t matter what I believe, or what you believe. Our job is to teach. So what does that have to do with Santa? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Keep Your Clothes on Girl!
December 10, 2019 11:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBSmall group instruction can be a behavior management nightmare if you don't have effective strategies in place. Join me today as I talk about proven strategies that make small group instruction not only doable, but also enjoyable! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
A Girl and Her Car
December 03, 2019 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBYou'll either find a solution or find an excuse. Listen to find out what I learned throughout this experience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Maggots
November 26, 2019 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBHow you respond or react to unexpected situations says a lot about you as a teacher. Do you see possibilities in the unexpected or do they frighten you? Join us to hear about Maggots. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
The Look
November 12, 2019 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBLearning how to use "The Look" in a classroom is a great tool for managing student behavior. Listen to find out how it affected my life when I brought it home. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
Losing an Eye on the Playground
November 05, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBLosing an eye on the playground is stressful enough, but when you have to deal with a super grumpy supervising teacher, you learn from it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
My First Year Teaching
October 29, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBI walked out of college and straight into a year from H&$$! It was rough and I have the appraisal to prove it. Listen to this show to hear about the mafia boss, electrical cords, and bribery. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aneducatorslegacy/support
How to Ruin an Entire Group of 3rd Graders in Just One Year
October 22, 2019 18:55 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBIn this episode of An Educator's Legacy, Mary talks about the struggle of learning that she gave at least one student, and possibly many more, the worst year of their academic career, leaving a negative legacy behind. In this harsh realization, she realizes that she still has the power to choose her response and how it will effect her life. Listen to the episode to see how she overcomes the doubts about her effectiveness as an educator, and learn how you can keep from leaving a negative leg...