Between the Johns Podcast
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsTwo principals on a journey to learn, share and apply effective leadership practices. Join our Personal Learning Network as we learn, grow, and connect with others.
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Bye Bye Blondie
April 26, 2021 07:01 - 38 minutes - 35 MBEpisode #30: Bye Bye Blondie The Johns reconnect after a long break from podcasting. John then talks about his kidney disease journey. Consider supporting the cause: Living Donor National Kidney Foundation American Kidney Fund Please rate and review us on iTunes, that helps others find out about our podcast. Connect with us on Twitter @staumont and @jmartinez727 and check out our website betweenthejohns.com We are elementary school principals in Rowland Unified School Dis...
Quaranteaching and the Tech Hotline
May 17, 2020 22:50 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBEpisode #29: #Quaranteaching from the Tech Hotline #Quaranteaching from the Trenches is a series of stories from educators’ about their experiences with remote learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic. These stories showcase the learning, hope, successes, and challenges that educators across the country are facing as they reinvent schooling for their kids. Our guest today is Kurt Schlatter, Technology Support Manager for the Rowland Unified School District. Please rate and review us o...
Quaranteaching and the Tech Hotline
May 17, 2020 22:50Episode #29: #Quaranteaching from the Tech Hotline #Quaranteaching from the Trenches is a series of stories from educators’ about their experiences with remote learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic. These stories showcase the learning, hope, successes, and challenges that educators across the country are facing as they reinvent schooling for their kids. Our guest today is Kurt Schlatter, Technology Support Manager for the Rowland Unified School District. Please rate and review us o...
Quaranteaching from the Trenches with Maria Davila: Feeding the ❤️️ During A Pandemic
May 09, 2020 14:45 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBEpisode #28: #Quaranteaching from the Trenches with Maria Davila: Feeding the ❤️️ During A Pandemic #Quaranteaching from the Trenches is a series of stories from educators’ about their experiences with remote learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic. These stories showcase the learning, hope, successes, and challenges that educators across the country are facing as they reinvent schooling for their kids. Our guest today is Maria Davila, Director of Nutrition Services, for the Rowland Unifie...
Quaranteaching from the Trenches: Maintaining a Safety Net
April 25, 2020 17:59 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBEpisode #27: #Quaranteaching: Maintaining a Safety Net #Quaranteaching from the Trenches is a series of stories from educators’ about their experiences with remote learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic. These stories showcase the learning, hope, successes, and challenges that educators across the country are facing as they reinvent schooling for their kids. Our guests today are Ashley McGrath, Laura Diaz, and Heidi West. They are kindergarten teachers in the Rowland Unified School Distri...
Quaranteaching from the Trenches with Dr. Gilbert Navarro
April 18, 2020 20:35 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBEpisode #26: #Quaranteaching with Dr. Gilbert Navarro #Quaranteaching from the Trenches is a series of stories from educators’ about their experiences with remote learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic. These stories showcase the learning, hope, successes, and challenges that educators across the country are facing as they reinvent schooling for their kids. Our guest today is Dr. Gilbert Navarro, a grades 4/5 combination teacher at Jellick Elementary School in the Rowland Unified School ...
DifferenceMakers: Joy and Intentional Language with Ashley McGrath
December 23, 2019 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBEpisode #25: Joy and Intentional Language with Ashley McGrath This episode is the next installment of our #DifferenceMakers series, a recurring feature where we connect with educators who are making a difference for kids and learn about a practice they are passionate about. In this episode, the Johns are learning about Joy and Intentional Language with Ashley McGrath, a Kindergarten Teacher at Rowland Elementary School near Los Angeles, CA. Connect with Ashley on Twitter @AshleyLyMcGrath...
Give Yourself Grace
November 28, 2019 17:56 - 40 minutes - 56 MBEpisode #24: Give Yourself Grace How are things going for you? Have you felt overwhelmed recently or in the past? The Johns talk about paying attention to signs that tell you that you or those around you are pushing too hard. We have to take care of ourselves and others, and give grace rather than beating ourselves up. Check out the resources below that were mentioned in the episode: Show Mentions Between The Ladies Podcast - Reflaction Malachi Pancoast - The Breakthrough Coach ...
The Power of Moments - Part 2
September 03, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBEpisode #23: The Power of Moments - Part 2 School is back in session and there’s plenty of good stuff going on. In this episode, the Johns talk about what’s happening at school and finish their conversation about The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Check out the resources below that were mentioned in the episode: The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Transformation of Sis...
We’re Baaaack! Plus, The Power of Moments
July 25, 2019 14:38 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBEpisode #22: We’re Baaaack! Plus, The Power of Moments The Between the Johns summer road trip has come to an end. We are back in the Southland and we’re ready to get the school year started. In this episode the Johns catch up, talk about some developments in their podcasting journey, and share about their readerly life through a book talk on The Power of Moments. Check out the resources below that were mentioned in the episode: The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extrao...
Coping Skills for Littles with Heather Lippert
July 18, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBEpisode #21: Coping Skills for Littles with Heather Lippert The Between the Johns summer road trip continues. In this episode John Martinez is on location from Seattle, Washington learning about Coping Skills for Littles Care with Heather Lippert, a Kindergarten Teacher in the Seattle area and a member of the #4ocfpln. This episode is the next installment of our #DifferenceMakers series, a recurring feature where we connect with educators who are making a difference for kids and share...
Coping Skills for Littles with Heather Lippert
July 18, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBEpisode #21: Coping Skills for Littles with Heather Lippert The Between the Johns summer road trip continues. In this episode John Martinez is on location from Seattle, Washington learning about Coping Skills for Littles Care with Heather Lippert, a Kindergarten Teacher in the Seattle area and a member of the #4ocfpln. This episode is the next installment of our #DifferenceMakers series, a recurring feature where we connect with educators who are making a difference for kids and share...
Escape from New York: Lessons from TCRWP (and home improvement projects). 🔨
July 11, 2019 14:59 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBEpisode #20: Escape From New York It’s hard to believe, but the Johns do have separate lives and families. During this summer, the Johns are traveling and sharing their experiences individually. They remain united in their commitment to collaborate with their PLN, find #DifferenceMakers, and learn with others. Please rate and review us on iTunes, that helps others find out about our podcast. Connect with us on Twitter @staumont and @jmartinez727 and check out our website betweenthejohns.com I...
Self Care with Jamie Leach
July 05, 2019 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBEpisode #19: Self Care with Jamie Leach The Between the Johns summer road trip continues. In this episode we are on location from Medford, Oregon learning about Self Care with Jamie Leach, an English Teacher at North Medford High School and a member of the #4ocfpln. This episode is the next installment of our #DifferenceMakers series, a recurring feature where we connect with educators who are making a difference for kids and share about a practice they are passionate about. Check out the boo...
Difference Makers with Tracy Do and Ashley McGrath - Between the Ladies Launch
June 28, 2019 14:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBEpisode #18: Difference Makers with Tracy Do and Ashley McGrath - Between the Ladies Launch Between the Johns are road tripping around the country this summer. In this episode we are on location from Teachers College in New York City. Our guests today are Tracy Do and Ashley McGrath from Rowland Unified School District. Tracy is an instructional coach at Jellick Elementary and Ashley is a teacher at Rowland Elementary. We talk about their passion for literacy and the launch of their pod...
Arcadia Innovation Summit and End of Year
June 22, 2019 13:00 - 9 minutes - 8.96 MBEpisode #17: Arcadia Innovation Summit and End of Year We discuss the end of our school year, share some learning from the Arcadia Innovation Summit, and preview some summer road trip episode plans. Music by Bensound.com Additional song credits: "School's Out For Summer" by Alice Cooper, "Are You Ready For the Summer" from the Meatballs Motion Picture. We are elementary school principals in Rowland Unified School District in Southern California. We have launched this podcast as par...
Difference Makers with Alfonso Iniguez
May 31, 2019 19:32 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBEpisode #16: Difference Makers with Alfonso Iniguez This episode is the third installment of our #DifferenceMakers series, a recurring feature where we connect with educators who are making a difference for kids and share about a practice they are passionate about. Our guest today is Alfonso Iniguez, bus driver and classified employee of the year in the Rowland Unified School District. Please rate and review us on iTunes, that helps others find out about our podcast. Connect with us on Tw...
Difference Makers with Estela Gonzales
May 31, 2019 01:54 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBEpisode #15: Difference Makers with Estela Gonzales This episode is the second installment of our #DifferenceMakers series, a recurring feature where we connect with educators who are making a difference for kids and share about a practice they are passionate about. Our guest today is Estela Gonzales, the lab tech at Villacorta Elementary School in the Rowland Unified School District. Connect with her on Twitter @momgonzales. Please rate and review us on iTunes, that helps others find out a...
Difference Makers with Kailee Gamboa
April 27, 2019 19:25 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBEpisode #14: Difference Makers with Kailee Gamboa In this episode, we introduce our #DifferenceMakers series, a recurring feature where we connect with educators who are making a difference for kids and share about a practice they are passionate about. Our guest today is Kailee Gamboa, a 3rd grade teacher at Rowland Elementary School in the Rowland Unified School District. Connect with her on Twitter @MrsGamboa31. Please rate and review us on iTunes, that helps others find out about o...
Baseball and School: Road Trip - Part 2
March 10, 2019 15:46 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBEpisode #13: Baseball and School: Road Trip - Part 2 In this episode, we talk about the fun we had in Arizona watching baseball and we discuss how baseball is like a schooling. Intro for Episode 13 Bull Durham audio clip Segment 1: Manufacturing Results Segment 2: Changing the game plan for each batter/student Segment 3: Entrenched Traditional vs Innovation MLB Video: Let The Kids Play Sign Off Music by Bensound.com We are elementary school principals in Rowland Uni...
Road Trip - Part 1
March 09, 2019 19:09 - 8 minutes - 7.84 MBEpisode 12: Road Trip - Part 1 In this episode, we are on a road trip to baseball Spring training in Arizona. We talk about our drive to AZ and about our change to producing and publishing our show to the Anchor app. We also do a quick preview of Part 2. Please rate and review us on iTunes, that helps others find out about our podcast. Connect with us on Twitter @staumont and @jmartinez727 and check out our website betweenthejohns.com We are elementary school principals in Rowland ...
BTJ Episode 011
February 26, 2019 03:03 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBEpisode #11: Embracing Failure In this episode, we talk about embracing failure. We all fail and we need to be comfortable with failing if we are going to get better in our work. As we think about and set big goals, how can embracing failure help us achieve the outcomes we desire? Resources Mentioned in E11 Write a Failure Résumé to Learn What Makes You Succeed Good to Great, Jim Collins Google X, Moonshot Factory The Hero’s Journey monomyth, Joseph Campbell Rising Stron...
BTJ Episode 010
December 13, 2018 19:22 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBEpisode #10: Failure Resumé and Stickiness In this episode, we discuss the concepts of failure resumé stickiness. Some of the questions we explore are: What can we learn from our failures? Why are some ideas stickier than others? Resources Mentioned in E10 Without Fail Podcast - Nina Jacobson: How to Make a Hit in Hollywood Write a Failure Résumé to Learn What Makes You Succeed Evernote Franklin Covey Planner Stickiness - from, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell ...
BTJ Episode 009
October 25, 2018 14:08 - 55 minutes - 76 MBEpisode #9: Dude, Where’s My Tribe?: Elevate Leadership Through Social Media PLNs In this episode, we learn how educators across the country use social media PLNs to further their learning and practice. We discuss how these efforts elevate leadership for individuals and across school buildings. Resources Mentioned in E9 San Gabriel Valley CUE Innovation Celebration 2018 The School Principal as Leader Harvey, J., & Holland, H. (2013). The school principal as leader: Guiding schoo...
BTJ Episode 008
October 10, 2018 02:48 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MBEpisode #8: It’s All About Relationships In this episode, we discuss why building relationships in schools is so important. Show Rundown: We make references to The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros and Culturize by Jimmy Casas #Rx4Relationships Tweets from Jellick Elementary School #Rx4Relationships Tweets from Rowland Elementary School Morning Meetings Classroom Strategies for Making Connections Additional Reading on Relationships Sarah Opatkiewicz from Shelyn ...
BTJ Episode 007
August 29, 2018 15:25 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MBEpisode #7: What Did You Learn This Summer - Part 2 In this episode, we share our summer highlights, discuss the opening of school, and we review our summer homework on researching tools for GTD (Getting Things Done). Tools and Websites Mentioned in E7 Narro is a a text to speech podcast app. Narro will take your bookmarked articles and read them back to you as a podcast. Pocket is a free service that makes it easy to discover great content that's personalized to your interests, and s...
BTJ Episode 006
June 20, 2018 18:56 - 37 minutes - 69.4 MBEpisode #6: What Did You Learn This Summer - Part 1 In this episode, we discuss the three altitudes of leadership and how important it is to not get bogged down on tasks and business at the 5’ level. We share about some tools we want to use to help us manage 5’ altitude business so we have more time to address the 5,000’ and 50,000’ needs of our schools. We discuss homework we will have for the summer and we ask listeners to share back their tools, tips and tricks via Twitter. Lastly, we t...
BTJ Episode 005
May 31, 2018 15:04 - 38 minutes - 71.3 MBEpisode #5: Shaping a vision of success for all students In this episode, we discuss several articles related to a shared vision, make connections to ideas of others we have accessed through social media, and we share and reflect on our leadership practices. Give us your feedback: We want to improve our show by collecting feedback from our listeners. Please help us expand our perspective by completing this survey. (http://bit.ly/BTJFeedback1) Show Rundown: We kick off the show disc...
BTJ Episode 004
May 15, 2018 21:56 - 27 minutes - 50.1 MBEpisode 4 Show Notes Episode #4: How Vision and Culture Impact Learning and Leadership In this episode, we discuss how school leaders can use vision and culture together to impact learning and leadership in classrooms. We talk with a colleague about how she and others initiated two professional learning groups, one for reading and the other for making, where teachers and TOSAs explored, learned, and implemented instructional practices with students at the elementary level. Shoutouts: ...
BTJ Episode 003
April 27, 2018 04:54 - 52 minutes - 96 MBIn this episode, we talked with nine educators who attended the Rowland Unified School District Professional Learning Conference on April 21, 2018. We asked them questions related to Professional Learning and Vision.
BTJ Episode 002
April 12, 2018 23:28 - 36 minutes - 66.6 MBIn this episode, we talk about successes and challenges we have had related to cultivating leadership in others and we discuss how we are trying to be more intentional about leadership learning with our PLN. We interview Brandi Miller, Tech TOSA for the Rowland Unified School District, to learn how she is building leadership with classroom teachers. We also have friends give some shout outs to others who acknowledge their tribe.
BTJ Episode 001
March 31, 2018 23:54 - 7 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this episode, we set the context for the show and our inquiry. We discuss why we started the podcast, why we chose Between the Johns as our show name, and what a PLN means to us. We also give some shout outs to others who inspired us or provided assistance with the technical side of podcasting. Join our Personal Learning Network aimed to support, scale, and sustain technology integration and innovation. Follow us @betweenthejohns and check out our website, betweenthejohns.com.