Design Lessons with Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore

The Art of Teaching Digital Skills to Children with Debbie Tannenbaum

Extended Shownotes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/60 Our younger children may be digital natives, but they still need explicit instruction in using technology.  Designers, let's welcome our special guest, Debbie Tannenbaum. Debbie, a passionate advocate for digital literacy in young learners who shares her insights on teaching children to navigate digital tools, fostering critical thinking, and sparking creativity. Learn how she ditches traditional, algorithmic instructions, a...

Supporting Multilingual Superstars: A Deep Dive into Bilingual Education with Andrea Bitner

Extended Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/59 You might not realize it, but the child sitting next to yours in their third-grade classroom could be a budding multilingual superstar. Join me, Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore, as I sit down with the seasoned educator and English language learner teacher, Andrea Bitner, to discover the fascinating intricacies of supporting multilingual students in education. Andrea, with her 23 years of experience, shares riveting stories about ...

Be REAL & Reach Your Goals with Tara Martin

Extended Show Notes https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/58 Today we are talking with Tara Martin, author of the books BE REAL and Cannonball In, a children's book.  I left this conversation with Tara inspired and energized to write the book that I always said I would write.  Perhaps you have a goal that you have been putting off.  Tara shares how we can free our minds to take the risks necessary to reach our goals.  We talked about how building leadership capacity and helping other...

How Atomic Interactions Create Your Relationships with Livia Chan

Extended Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/57 Today we are talking to Livia Chan about relationships, the relationships we have with ourselves, and how to enrich our lives through our connections with each other. Livia Chan is a Head Teacher, writer, and presenter deeply passionate about community, leading with heart and positivity, and seeing relationships as gifts. You can connect with her on Twitter @LiviachanL Teach Better Network Podcast Support the Show. Grab Y...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves with Alexis Shepard, The Afroeducator

Extended show notes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/56 Today we are talking to Alexis Shepard, also known as the AfroEducator.  Alexis shares with us her story of leaving the classroom, and her vision for how educators can change the stories that they are telling themselves to create a more fulfilling teaching experience. Even if you are not an educator, you can learn a lot about reenvisioning your life from this conversation with Alexis. In this episode, you will learn how ...

Strive for Happiness in Education with Rob Dunlop

Extended show notes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/55 Hey Designers, In this episode, we get to talk to Rob Dunlop, the author of Strive for Happiness in Education. Rob and I talk about how to rekindle the love for teaching and education, and how to move past the fear of losing the joy of coming to school each day.  Rob shares his personal journey of peaks and valleys and how he turned a valley into the peak that became his book Strive for Happiness in Education. You will ...

Teach Happier This School Year with Suzanne Dailey

Extended show notes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/54 Hey Designers, In this episode, you will notice that I had a cold, so I don’t quite sound like myself. But, I was so excited to talk to  Suzanne Dailey about her new book Teach Happier This School Year. Suzanne and I met at the TeachBetter Conference in October 2022 and bonded over morning coffee and a shared belief that small, consistent shifts you make in your life create big changes. Listen for the "even though" str...

The Secret to Feeling Confident in Every Area of Your Life.

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/53 Hey designers, Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you start feeling confident in an area of your life.   Check out the extended shownotes at  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/53 For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to.  Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by ed...

Skip the Mid-Life Crisis. Change Your Life Now

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/52 Hey designers, Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you skip having a midlife crisis and start to change your life now. For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to.  Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators. If you are ready to take action and design and execute a larg...

Work Life Balance Is A Lie...Try This Instead

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/51 Hey designers, Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you create a feeling of balance in your life. For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to.  Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators. If you are ready to take action and design and execute a larger vision for your lif...

Action = Joy: How to Stop Procrastinating & Take Action

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/50 Hey designers, Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you stop procrastinating and take action. For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life, you love to wake up to.  Check out Project You: Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators. If you are ready to take action and design and execute a larger vision for your life, f...

The Cure for Stress and Overwhelm

Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/49 Hey designers, Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you alleviate stress and cure overwhelm. For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life you love to wake up to.  Check out Project You Design Thinking for a Better Life on the new platform for professional learning for educators by educators. If you want to dive deeper and design and execute a larger vision for your life, focusing o...

Project You 8: The Key to Refining Your Life

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner! How's it going? Share your experience with Project You https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/48 You have done it!  You have completed 30 days in your Project You 30-day Action Planner.  You have created a micro-design to overhaul one area of your life. This first experience is invaluable.  You have collected so much data in the course of your experiment, and this episode is go...

Project You 7: What to Do When You Feel Like Giving Up

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner! How's it going? Share your experience with Project You https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/47 Hey Designers, You are on the last leg of Project You. Raise your hand if you didn’t really do anything for your project this week. Raise your hand if you need a boost to complete this first 30 day round I’ve got the solution for you… You started off you project excited to begin...

Project You 6: L.E.A.D.E.R Community

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner! How's it going? Share your experience with Project You https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/46 How is your Project You going? What are you doing to celebrate?  This week, I have two tasks for you to complete that are going to help enhance our designer and LEADER community.   One: Leave a message on https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast about your project.  Tell us wha...

Project You 5: Extrinsic Motivation Gives a Boost

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner! How's it going? Share your experience with Project You https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/45 Congratulations!  You’ve just completed your first week of experimentation in Project You.  We have entered the experimentation phase, and are putting our design into action. In this episode, we are adding two more strategies to our toolbox that are going to help us get the most out o...

Project You 4: It's Design Day!

How's it going?  Share your experience with Project You https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/44 Today is the day!  We are creating our designs.  We get to access many possibilities and choose the design that we are going to experiment with for the next 30 days. If you are just joining us, we are in the middle of Project You.  To get started, grab your free Project You 30 Day Action Planner, and start with episode 41.  Liste...

Project You 3: What's Your Driving Question?

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner! How's it going? Share your experience with Project You https://www.speakpipe.com/DesignLessonsPodcast Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/43 Hey Designers: This past week you were in the listening phase.  You paid attention or were mindful of what was working for you and what wasn’t working for you.  You asked what if questions about your life.   Now you have all of this data to take with you into the Empathy phase. Duri...

Project You 2: You Are Important Full Stop

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner! Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/42 Hey Designers: Did you choose you?  Did you make a commitment to make your life just a little bit better?  Are you ready to use your Project You 30 Day Action Planner to dream, organize and execute your design?  If you haven’t already downloaded the planner, go do it.  I’ll wait. Choosing you can sometimes be the first hurdle.  People often justify choosing themselves by saying tha...

Project You 1: Choose You

Grab Your Free Project You 30 Day Action Planner! Show notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/41 Hey Designers Right now you may be in that part of the year where everything feels just a little hard, so I thought we would use our design superpowers this season to make one area of our lives just a little bit better.   Each week in season 3, we will take a step forward in creating a better you.  I don’t know about you, but this school year has been a little taxing.  It’s taken ...

Season Three Trailer Project You: Design a Life Made For You

Grab your Project You 30 Day Action Planner! Welcome to season 3 of Design Lessons!  Season 3 is special because it is focused on you.  It will give you the opportunity to focus on one specific area of your life that you would like to make just a little bit better. In this season of Design Lessons we are engaged in Project You.  So first download the Project You 30 Day Action Planner at micheleschmidtmoore.com or at the link in the shownotes.  If you are joining us in a later episode, you c...

Design Lessons Revisited: Be a Writer Be a Gamechanger wtih Jen Laffin

Shownotes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/36-40 Apply to be a guest on Design Lessons:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/bemyguest Hey Designers, This summer we are revisiting the most popular episodes of Design Lessons. Summer is a great time to reflect, rest and create. These episodes will help you to do all three. 36: Design Lessons Revisited: The One Rule That Will Transform Your Class & Other Design Strategies with Michelle Haseltine 37. Design Lessons Revisited: C...

Design Lessons Revisited: A Strategy to Find Joy in the New Year

Shownotes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/36-40 Apply to be a guest on Design Lessons:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/bemyguest Hey Designers, This summer we are revisiting the most popular episodes of Design Lessons. Summer is a great time to reflect, rest and create. These episodes will help you to do all three. 36: Design Lessons Revisited: The One Rule That Will Transform Your Class & Other Design Strategies with Michelle Haseltine 37. Design Lessons Revisited: C...

Design Lessons Revisited: 3 Steps to Saying Yes to Opportunities That Will Help You Grown

Shownotes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/36-40 Apply to be a guest on Design Lessons:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/bemyguest Hey Designers, This summer we are revisiting the most popular episodes of Design Lessons. Summer is a great time to reflect, rest and create. These episodes will help you to do all three. 36: Design Lessons Revisited: The One Rule That Will Transform Your Class & Other Design Strategies with Michelle Haseltine 37. Design Lessons Revisited: C...

Design Lesson Revisited: Creating Confident Writers with Andy Scheonborn

Shownotes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/36-40 Apply to be a guest on Design Lessons:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/bemyguest Hey Designers, This summer we are revisiting the most popular episodes of Design Lessons. Summer is a great time to reflect, rest and create. These episodes will help you to do all three. 36: Design Lessons Revisited: The One Rule That Will Transform Your Class & Other Design Strategies with Michelle Haseltine 37. Design Lessons Revisited: C...

Design Lessons Revisited: The One Rule That Will Transform Your Class with Michelle Haseltine

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/36-40 Apply to be a guest on Design Lessons:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/bemyguest Hey Designers, This summer we are revisiting the most popular episodes of Design Lessons. Summer is a great time to reflect, rest and create. These episodes will help you to do all three. 36: Design Lessons Revisited: The One Rule That Will Transform Your Class & Other Design Strategies with Michelle Haseltine 37. Design Lessons Revisited: Cr...

How to Weave Social Justice into Your Lesson Designs with Dr. Leena Bakshi

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/35 Hey Designers, Have you thought about how you can weave social justice into your instructional designs?  On this episode we are talking to Dr. Leena Bakshi, the founder of STEM4Real. She gives us some concrete ways to integrate social justice into the fabric of our instructional design. Teach Better Network Podcast Support the Show. Grab Your Free Project You 30-Day Action Planner! How's it going? Share your experience with Proj...

Leading Literate Lives with Dr. Stephanie Affinito

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/34 Hey Designers, Are you ready to design a happy,  healthy, and creative season, then you will love this episode with Dr. Stephanie Affinito, the author of Leading Literate Lives. Stephanie provides us with 3 tips that will help us to design a creative summer and beyond. She shares with us how reading and writing can have some of the same health benefits as meditation.  And with a little as 6 minutes a day, you can start to experienc...

How to Foster Thinking & Creativity for You and Your Students with Angela Stockman

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/33 Hey Designers, How do you design writing experiences to scaffold students thinking?  What standards are you developing as touchstones for your personal and professional legacy? We are joined by Angela Stockman whose latest book Creating Inclusive K-12 Writing Environments extends that work she has done for decades on using multimodal writing to help develop students thinking processes, creativity and storytelling. Angela and I al...

Restoring Relationships with Joshua Stamper

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/32 Hey Designers, Welcome back!  In this episode, we are continuing our conversation with Joshua Stamper, an assistant principal in Texas and the host of the Aspire Leadership podcast. This is part two, so if you missed his first episode, go back and listen to that first. In this episode, Josh talks about one of his other passions, using trauma informed practices and restorative justice. He shares why it's important to his family and h...

Aspire to Lead with Joshua Stamper

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/31 Hey Designers, Have I got a treat for you with this episode. Joshua Stamper, who an assistant principal in North Texas and also host of the Aspire Leadership Development podcast is joining us. Josh and I had such a great conversation full of stories and connections that I'm sharing it over the next two episodes. In this episode, we will talk to Josh about how his passion projects fuel his life as an educator, the work he does as th...

Live in the Land of Possibility

Shownotes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/30 Hey Designers, I was sitting on my back porch listening to a podcast, not this one but the one from Heinemann. I get to talk to Stephanie Affinito in a few days, the author of Leading Literate Lives, and part of my preparation for conversations on the podcast is listening to what others have to say and she recently shared about her book on that podcast.  Her episode on Design Lessons is coming up later this month.   This week, I’m ...

The Antidote to Feeling Burned Out

Register for Uncover the Leader in You Coaching Week at uncovertheleaderinyou.com Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/29 Hey Designers, Last year this time we were finishing up a year having moved to remote teaching and my advice to you then was to reflect  and reframe.  I asked you to reflect on your practice and double down on the good stuff for the reopening of school. In fact, that was the first episode of Design Lessons, so for those of you who have been listenin...

Engage Your Students with REAL Connections

Project You: Using Design Thinking to Level Up Your Life

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/27 Hey Designers, What would Design Lessons be without exploring the Design Thinking process.  The steps are are  grounded in business theory and the creation of products for customers.  But we are going to look at design thinking from a personal and educational perspective. The question that we are exploring today is  How does the design thinking process help me design my life with intention?   So there are 6 steps in Design Thinkin...

Renew Your Class Culture with Donnetta Norris

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/26 Hey Designers, How are you renewing the culture of your classroom?  Today we get to talk to Donnetta Norris, a second grade teacher in Texas who shares how she is navigating this year with her second graders.  After hearing Donnetta share her story and the strategies she uses, you will get some ideas for how to create a safe and successful culture with your students.  Donnetta and I talked about the importance of identity and safe ...

Create Your Ideal Week

Shownotes:  https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/25 Hey Designers, We talked about what it means to be a thought leader in episode 24. But in thinking about how thought leaders must operate,  it got me thinking about how do you best structure your day to bring you the most joy and the most productivity? In this episode, you will create an ideal week that will help you and your students prioritize creativity and joy in the work that you are doing.   In short, you will focus on when ...

24. Cultivating a Thought Leader Mindset

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/24 Hey Designers, In this episode we are exploring the characteristics of a thought leader’s mindset.  We are answering the question of how do we grow into the thought leaders that we admire?  Thought Leaders have the following characteristics.  Which ones resonate with you?  Which ones do you want to strengthen? Driven by Core Values & A Mission Passionate About Teaching Anchored in Inquiry Mindset Empathetic to students Visible ...

Cultivating a Thought Leader Mindset

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/24 Hey Designers, In this episode we are exploring the characteristics of a thought leader’s mindset.  We are answering the question of how do we grow into the thought leaders that we admire?  Thought Leaders have the following characteristics.  Which ones resonate with you?  Which ones do you want to strengthen? Driven by Core Values & A Mission Passionate About Teaching Anchored in Inquiry Mindset Empathetic to students Visible ...

Being a LeadHer with Dr. Angela Draper

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/23 Register for the LeadHer Mentor Boutique. Hey Designers, Lead with Courage and Love.  This is the mission of Dr. Angela Draper who started her podcast The Virtual Principal as a way to provide support and encouragement to other principals and aspiring leaders in the summer of 2020 when school leaders were just figuring out how to navigate teaching and leading during the pandemic. What started as a passion project became a way for...

How to Jumpstart A Habit & Build Momentum from the Start

This strategy will help you supercharge momentum on a habit you want to start. Start Your Passion Project Journey - Live in Your Purpose Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/22 Today I’m sharing a strategy to help you gain momentum in that habit.  It’s not a long term solution, but this strategy will jump start you in the right direction. When we  talk about designing our lives and our learning experiences,  we are focusing on developing those areas of our life that are ...

Creating Engaging Lessons with Marybeth Penna

Start Your Passion Project Journey - Live in Your Purpose Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/21 What do Youtube, Among US, and a Middle Schooler Mindset have in common? They are all tools and ways that Mary Beth Penna, a 7th grade ELA teacher is using to engage her students and parent alike. Design your life and learning with intention.  Find out your design superpower and receive strategies and ideas to make your teaching life easier. Show me my design superpower! I...

Modern Classroom Jobs with Thom Gibson

Start Your Passion Project Journey - Live in Your Purpose Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/20 Design your life and learning with intention.  Find out your design superpower and receive strategies and ideas to make your teaching life easier. Show me my design superpower! If you love the show, you can help support this work by sharing it with others and buying a coffee. Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple Spotify Google Podcasts Teach Better Network Podcast Support ...

Teachers Changing the Game with Mike Franklin

Start Your Passion Project Journey - Live in Your Purpose Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/19 Design your life and learning with intention.  Find out your design superpower and receive strategies and ideas to make your teaching life easier. Show me my design superpower! If you love the show, you can help support this work by sharing it with others and buying a coffee. Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple Spotify Google Podcasts Teach Better Network Podcast Support ...

Know Your Why - Know Your Heart - Live in Your Purpose

Start Your Passion Project Journey - Live in Your Purpose Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/18  Design your life and learning with intention.  Find out your design superpower and receive strategies and ideas to make your teaching life easier. Show me my design superpower! If you love the show, you can help support this work by sharing it with others and buying a coffee. Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple Spotify Google Podcasts Teach Better Network Podcast Support...

Be a Writer...Be a Gamechanger with Jen Laffin

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/17 In this episode, we get to talk to Jen Laffin the creator of TeachWrite.  You have probably heard us talk about her on the podcast before.  I’ve had the pleasure of participating in her Time to Write workshop, and she has created a phenomenal community. As you may have noticed, season two is focused on how people have turned their passion projects into real world opportunities.  So in this episode, notice how Jen has taken something...

Put Your One Little Word to Work For You: Focus On Your Goals

Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/16 Hey Designers, Are you ready to put your one little word to work for you.  Each year, many of us choose a word for the year, but does it really help us to get things done?  In this episode, we are going to put our word for the year to work for us.  It’s going to help us achieve our goals, big ones and little ones.  When you apply this strategy, you will be laser focused on what you need to accomplish this week, and turbo charge your ...

A Strategy to Find Joy in the New Year

Shownotes: Find the strategy guide here. Hey Designers, Are you ready to feel joy?  In this episode, we are going to focus on gratitude. We are looking back on the year, and expressing gratitude and thanks as a way of preparing ourselves for the new year.  This strategy is going to give us each perspective leave us feeling joyful. I know that sounds a little bit whoo whoo.  But I have been on a 30 day gratitude challenge, and I will tell you that it works.  Expressing thanks reframes your...

One Strategy to Raise Student Voices with Erica Johnson

Help Shape Design Lessons Take the survey Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/14 Hey Designers, Today we are talking to Erica Johnson, Erica  teaches juniors and seniors at her local high school in Vilonia, Arkansas.  Erica enjoys helping students recognize their own voice in her classroom. Erica reminds us of the importance of sharing ideas with each other.  She also shares ways that she is creating community, engagement, and reflection with her students using blogs.  ...

One Teacher's Story of Navigating 2020 with Dr. Cherylann Schmidt

Help Shape Design Lessons Take the survey Shownotes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/13 Hey Designers, Today we are talking to Dr. Cherylann Schmidt, an 8th grade ELA teacher in New Jersey.  She also teaches Research Methods and Capstone Writing in the  Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Cherylann shares how she has  been navigating teaching since the beginning of the COVID Crisis.  Cherylann gives each of us something to think about in terms of in...