Certified: Certiport Educator Podcast
118 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCERTIFIED: Certiport Educator Podcast is all about educators. This podcast will crack open the world of education, certification, and technology. At Certiport, we are dedicated to helping people succeed through certification, and we couldn’t do what we do without powerful and dedicated educators, like YOU!
Whether you’ve been teaching for one month, one year, or decades, we have episodes for you. Join us as we interview other educators, students, and industry experts. Discover new ways to teach, connect with fellow technology educators, and get inspired. Teaching is a career that demands all that you have to give. So we’re here to give back to you.
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Building the Bridge Between the Classroom and the Workforce with Denise Spence
September 22, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBMost high school students can’t say their after-school job is Network Administrator, or Systems Administrator. But not all students are lucky enough to learn from Denise Spence. Denise has been an educator for almost 25 years. Over the years, Denise has taught IT course content and earned various IT certification credentials. She knows the value of IT skills in the workforce and has established a flourishing certification program at Dunbar High School. Through her relentless efforts, high...
Teaching on a Navajo Reservation with Traci Jones
September 15, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 35.9 MBEvery teacher faces barriers in the classroom: Keeping students engaged, managing lesson plans, gathering budget for needed resources. But what do you do when the barriers go well beyond the classroom? What if your students didn’t have running water? Or Internet access? Or had to ride hours on the bus just to get to school? Traci Jones works with students who face barriers like this every day. Traci serves as a Business Management Teacher for the Pinon Unified School District #4, primaril...
Tackling Barriers for a Successful School Year with Jennifer Stubblefield
September 08, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 29.8 MBThe school year has already begun, which means many of you educators already have to-do lists a mile long. To make sure you have your best school year yet, we brought in our favorite expert: Jennifer Stubblefield, 2019 Certiport Educator of the Year, KY Business Educator, KBEA President, and Certiport’s new Customer Success Manager. Jennifer gave us the authentically bold picture of the barriers educators face today, and her advice for the best ways to tackle them. Let’s just say, you’ll ...
Evaluating Certification Efficacy with Emily Lai
September 01, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBOver the last several months, we collaborated with the team at Pearson to dive into the efficacy of the Microsoft Office Specialist certification program. We wanted to make sure we’re offering candidates an effective measure of their skills and knowledge. In this episode, we sat down with Emily Lai, Vice President of Learning Impact Measurement from Pearson, to talk more about the Microsoft Office Specialist efficacy report. Emily leads a team of researchers to help analyze the impact of ...
Preparing Future Accountants with Sean Duncan
August 25, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 29.5 MBAccounting skills are in high demand. According to statistics from Burning Glass, over 1.3 million job postings requested accountings skills in the last twelve months. However, not all accounting skills are created equally. In this episode we sat down with Sean Duncan, President of SMD Consulting & Accounting, LLC, to discuss the skills tomorrow’s accountants need to be successful, how the accounting industry is changing, and what accounting educators can do to better prepare their student...
How to Have a Successful Testing Day with Josh Sommer
August 18, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBBack-to-school season is practically upon us. Many educators haven’t been back in the classroom since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in spring of 2020. Most likely, proctoring exams and updating your computer lab is top of mind. We’re here to make sure you and your students have successful testing experiences. In this week’s episode, we sat down with Josh Sommer, Director of Certiport Support to talk through setting up your testing center, proctoring advice, and how to connect with Certiport...
Break into the World of IT with Shawn Moon
August 11, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBInformation technology is a rapidly growing field, but it can be tough for students to master advanced technologies without proper foundational knowledge. Enter Information Technology Specialist certification. The IT Specialist program is aimed at candidates who are considering or just beginning a path to a career in information technology. Students can certify their knowledge in a broad range of IT topics, including software development, database administration, networking and security, mob...
Meet Swift: Apple's Coding Certification with Sabrina Beck
August 04, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBSwift is a robust and intuitive programming language created by Apple. It’s easy to learn, simple to use, and super powerful — which makes it a great language for first time coders and full time developers. In this episode we sat down with Sabrina Beck, Certiport’s Program Manager for the Swift certification program to talk all things Swift, what’s covered on the new certification exams, and what resources are available for teachers looking to bring Xcode into their classroom. You can l...
Building a Successful Digital Literacy Program with Abner Soto-Henry, Karen Johnson-Maloney, and Amanda Deebrah
July 28, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBAre you trying to build a digital literacy program at your school? Then this episode is for you! Get perspective from fellow educators Abner Soto-Henry, Karen Johnson-Maloney, and Amanda Deebrah about the value of digital literacy in today’s job market, how to get your students excited about these skills, and the new IC3 Digital Literacy GS6 curriculum and exam. Learn what it’s been like to implement the courseware, how students are responding, and best practices for the coming school year. ...
Funding Your CTE Program with Nicole Whitehead
July 21, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBFunding for educators is always an issue. Getting budget for your certification program can be challenging. In this week’s episode, we sat down with Nicole Whitehead, Associate Product Manager at Certiport to discuss ways to fund your CTE program. We discuss everything from Perkins Funding to donations from your city’s Chamber of Commerce, and more. Nicole gives you practical advice for securing the budget you need to certify your students. You can connect with Nicole on LinkedIn (https:/...
The Importance of Entrepreneurship Education with Henry Mack, Kiara Slaton and James Wilcox
July 14, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes - 28.2 MBWe hope you enjoy this discussion with three entrepreneurship experts. You’ll get to hear from Kiara Slaton who is the Entrepreneur Educator from Palm Beach Gardens Community High School, James Wilcox who is the Director of the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Economic and Entrepreneurship Education, and Henry Mack who is Chancellor of the Florida Department of Education. You can learn more about all these guests in their bios below. Please enjoy this episode as they discuss the...
2021 Certiport CERTIFIED Educator of the Year with Abner Soto-Henry
July 07, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, we had the privilege of interviewing our 2021 Certiport CERTIFIED Educator of the Year Abner Soto-Henry. His love for education and his students is truly inspiring. He talks about his story and journey to becoming an educator. We also chat about some of the challenges with his unique teaching and his advice to help other educators in similar situations as him. Abner Soto-Henry has taught information technology education for nearly 20 years at the Latin American Youth Cent...
Creativity, Equity, and Student Success
June 30, 2021 06:15 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBWelcome to a special extended episode. For this session, we interviewed education experts from the school, district, and state levels. Together they shared strategies to expand access to creative learning and discussed how to set all students up for success. Our guest host, Tacy Trowbridge, Adobe’s Global Education Programs leader, sat down with three special guests: Dr. Lauren Lampron, Principal of SouthWest Edgecombe High School in North Carolina; Amanda Vigil, Career Pathway Specialist ...
Reflections of a Microsoft Office Specialist World Champion with Ryan Catalfu
June 30, 2021 06:10 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIf you haven’t heard of Ryan Catalfu, we need to chat. Ryan Catalfu is no stranger to certification. Over the course of his high school career, Ryan was able to earn 20 industry certifications. Ryan’s now close to graduating from North Carolina State University with a degree in computer science and spent his second summer interning at Microsoft. Take a journey through Ryan’s past and find out why certification is more than just a line on his resume. You can read more about Ryan here: ht...
Real Talk: Teaching through the Pandemic with Miranda Cole
June 30, 2021 06:05 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBTeaching is hard enough, but teaching through a global pandemic? Come on! As we emerged from the COVID-19 craziness, we sat down with Florida teacher, Miranda Cole. Miranda gave us the real picture of what it was like to teach through COVID, what she learned, and lessons she wants to bring into the future. If you’re looking for the silver lining from teaching through a pandemic, or if you just want to hear someone who gets it, this episode is for you. Get all the details about Certiport he...
What is Certiport with David Watkins
June 30, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBAre you new to the world of certification? New to Certiport? Happy to meet you! In this episode, we sit down with David Watkins, Certiport’s Director of Product Management. Learn about Certiport’s history, our model for certification success, and our new “My Pathway” resources to help students find their path to certified success. Get all the details about our “My Pathway” resources here: https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Blog/2021/February/Do-You-Know-Your-Pathway Learn more about Certi...
CERTIFIED: Certiport Educator Podcast Intro
June 25, 2021 17:57 - 6 minutes - 8.01 MBBack in 2015, Certiport launched the very first CERTIFIED Educator Conference, to help teachers understand the power of certification in their classroom. However, we realized that we could do so much more to support all you technology educators in the amazing work that you do. We wanted to transform CERTIFIED from a three-day event into a community that is available year-round. And that’s how the Certiport Educator Podcast was borne. Get all the details about Certiport here: https://ce...
Welcome to CERTIFIED: Certiport Educator Podcast
June 25, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBBack in 2015, Certiport launched the very first CERTIFIED Educator Conference, to help teachers understand the power of certification in their classroom. However, we realized that we could do so much more to support all you technology educators in the amazing work that you do. We wanted to transform CERTIFIED from a three-day event into a community that is available year-round. And that’s how the Certiport Educator Podcast was borne. Get all the details about Certiport here: https://...