Early Childhood Journeys
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJoin host and a First Things First Champion for Young Children recipient, Marissa Calderón as she captures the journey of educators and advocates alike by highlighting their work through interviews and candid conversations, including best practices in the early education field.
A practical listen and brain nugget for the early education practitioner, child advocate, parent and community alike.
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Episodes
Episode 10: Conversation with Kindergarten Teacher Stacey Heath
September 28, 2017 17:51 - 30 minutes - 56.2 MBEpisode 10: We've made it to 10 episodes and to commemorate, Marissa shares an interview with Kindergarten teacher, Stacey Heath from Blue Ridge Unified School District. Stacey shares how she shifted her teaching practice of mundane worksheet and repetitive kill-joy teaching style to a more meaningful and engaging experience for both her students and herself after attending The Kindergarten Experience training sessions. "There's not a lot of joy in worksheets" and other notable remarks made ...
Episode 9: VSAEYC Mixer Recap, EC Resources and Havasupai
September 14, 2017 05:27 - 15 minutes - 29.7 MBFor Episode 9, host Marissa Calderón gives a brief recap of the VSAEYC and AZAEYC State Affiliate Early Childhood Mixer event that is annually done after the first day of the First Things First Summit in Phoenix. This includes information about the Arizona Early Childhood Registry, Arizona Toolkit, upcoming Nutrition workshop called Eat, Move, Love from Alesi Group and an interview with Havasupai Head Start Program Director Carlos A Powell Sr. Marissa also mentions how remote this Early Chil...
Episode 8: Kindergarten Teacher Donna Bateman
August 25, 2017 05:29 - 35 minutes - 65.6 MBIn Episode 8, host Marissa Calderón features Kindergarten Teacher, Donna Bateman from Pendergast Elementary School District in Phoenix Arizona. Donna has been teaching for over 13 years and shares her experience and insights on how she manages to stay reflective in her work. In this candid conversation, Donna provides parents and other educators with a reminder on how they can work together to support kindergartners learning as well as recognizing that the beginning of the school year can be...
Episode 7: A Conversation with Imelda Cordova
August 15, 2017 23:49 - 47 minutes - 89.2 MBIn this episode, Marissa sits down for a very candid conversation with fellow Arizona Children's Association Statewide Director of Permanency Services, Imelda Cordova. The conversation is filled with parenting jokes, her first position in the early childhood field working with teen moms, the experience she gained with Kith and Kin (Friends and Family) population and how she manages to juggle her new responsibilities with her family. The work is heavy and does not end at 5:00PM. Arizona's cur...
Episode 6: Kindergarten Teacher Terry Duggan
August 09, 2017 06:32 - 37 minutes - 69.7 MBIn Episode 6, Marissa Calderón chats with Kindergarten Teacher Terry Duggan from Amphi School District in Tucson, AZ. Terry talks about the 20 plus years of her teaching career and how she managed to teach a different grade for six of those years! She shares her insights on how she's maintained the joy of teaching, advice for new and seasoned teachers as well as advice for parents of a new kindergarten child. A few favorite classroom resources shared including an obsession for Jenna Bilmes b...
Episode 5: AZ K-12 Ed Tech Conference Lunch Panelists
August 07, 2017 08:20 - 23 minutes - 42.6 MBIn this episode, we uploaded the LIVE Facebook Audio from the Lunch Panelists from the AZ Ed Tech Conference at Rio Salado College on August 5, 2017. Panelists: Tim Jehl- Engineering and Advanced Tech at Perry High School in Chandler, AZ Mark Gresko- Director of Tech for Avondale School District Lennon Audrain- Recent High School Graduate, completed his AA on Elementary Education, Current ASU student and the national Educator Rising president. Curi Araza- IT Specialist and Computer Info...
Episode 4: Kindergarten Teacher Jennifer Larkin
July 26, 2017 17:21 - 40 minutes - 76.3 MBIn this episode, Marissa has a conversation with Kindergarten teacher, Jennifer L. Larkin from Amphi School District in Tucson. Jennifer has been teaching for over 10 years and shares her teaching journey including how she got started teaching, how she avoids teacher burnout, advice for new and seasoned teachers, recommendations for parents of a new kindergartner(we recognize it can be a scary milestone) and why she continues to love what she does. Her work is admirable and worth noting just ...
Episode 3: A Conversation with Alma Quintana
July 19, 2017 05:18 - 41 minutes - 77.7 MBIn this episode, I have a candid and humorous conversation with fellow Early Childhood Educator, Alma Quintana. Alma recently became the Quality Assurance Manager for the City of Phoenix's Human Services Department, Education Division, Head Start Birth to Five Program. If you think that's a mouthful, so does she. Alma shares her journey on how she is handling the new position, how she stays reflective personally and professionally including the stress of starting a Master's program while lea...
Episode 2: A Conversation with Educational Director Tricia Lucas
July 15, 2017 06:49 - 20 minutes - 37.8 MBA conversation with Tricia Lucas, Educational Director for Desert Sun Child Development Center in Chandler, AZ. Desert Sun Child Development Center is a NAEYC(National Association for the Education of Young Children) accredited program and a Quality First five-star rating program thru Arizona's First Things First program. Tricia shares her perspective about her career, the Early Childhood program she oversee, her mentors over the years and future personal and professional goals including her ...
Episode 1: Capturing the Kindergarten Classroom Redesign Process
July 03, 2017 19:28 - 27 minutes - 50.7 MBDiscussion with Consultant Debbie Everett from Alesi Group on the redesign process of "flipping" kindergarten classrooms through Arizona's "The Kindergarten Experience." Tips and strategies are discussed including what things kindergarten educators should consider. For more about Alesi Group: www.alesigroup.com For more about kindergarten classroom redesigns: https://www.pinterest.com/kdgexperience/kindergarten-classroom-redesigns/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...