Recess Duty
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsRecess Duty is a podcast for all educators to share success and challenges in and outside of the classroom. Coming together to collaborate but most importantly to have a little fun with friends far and wide. We will chat with friends from around the globe to discuss their experiences in education both big and small. Let's add a little fun back into our Recess Duty!
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Levi Allison
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Recess Duty Episode 037 - Megan Gless
November 17, 2022 15:00 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBThis week during Recess Duty we chat with PYP teacher, Megan Gless! Megan is an enthusiastic and passionate educator and learner who has just started an exciting and exhilarating career as a PYP educator at PREM located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She has recently decided to continue her education through Endicott College‘s International Education Master’s program excited to bring this learning into her classroom to give her students a rich inquiry learning experience. She talks about the diffe...
Recess Duty Episode 036 - Louise Heard
October 26, 2022 23:54 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Louise Heard! We discuss early years teaching and questioning and how even our youngest learners are inquirers! We talk about her latest adventures in the classroom and how she keeps her classroom student-focused with bringing in their wondering and passions. Louise is a passionate advocate for child-led, play-based and inquiry-driven education, that inspires and motivates children to develop and sustain their own love of learning. She is an early ...
Recess Duty Episode 035 - Aga Chojnacka-Al Atat
October 13, 2022 09:45 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Aga Chojnacka-Al Atat! We discuss student agency and how she builds a stage for students to share their voice with the wider learning community. We also talk about loving our true selfs and how we can all embrace our own truth as we are enough. Aga Chojnacka-Al Atat is a leader of learning, maker, play advocate, and SDGs goalkeeper. She holds a B.A in Teaching English to Young Learners and a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics - Teaching and Tran...
Recess Duty Episode 034 - Marcelo Staricoff
October 05, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 58 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Marcelo Staricoff! We discuss his new book "The Joy of Not Knowing" and the culture that this idea can help create. We discuss the origin of his philosophy and how we might help our own students develop their own growth mindset. Marcelo Staricoff is the creator of the Joy of Not Knowing (JONK) approach, founder and director of JONK Thinking and Learning Ltd, a School Tutor in Education at the University of Sussex, and an educational consultant, spe...
Recess Duty Episode 033 - Jessica Vance
September 30, 2022 01:11 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Jessica Vance! We discuss her new book "Leading with a Lens of Inquiry" our journey of becoming inquiry-driven educators in the classroom and how we guide students through their own inquiries in all subjects. With a professional teaching and leadership background in both private and public international schools (IB PYP Educator & PYP Coordinator), Jessica brings a unique perspective to her role as Enrichment & Environment Coordinator. Her passion fo...
Recess Duty Episode 032 - Doreen Garrigan
September 21, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MBThis week during Recess Duty, we talk with PYP Educator and Leader, Doreen Garrigan! We talk about leading change and how we can all be the change we want to see as well as her work during COVID-19 in Brazil and the ups and downs that led to her school submitting their PYP application. Doreen Garrigan is the Lower School Principal at Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro and has been at EARJ since July 2020. Before coming to Rio, Doreen served as Primary Principal at the Western International ...
Recess Duty Episode 031 - Kath Murdoch
September 14, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Kath Murdoch! We discuss her new book "Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning" and how we all can grow in our understanding of inquiry and how students can grow their own inquiry learning through personal connections. Kath Murdoch is an experienced teacher, writer, university lecturer and popular consultant who has worked for many years with teachers and students in schools throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Africa, Canada,The United States, ...
Recess Duty Episode 030 - Kasey Bell
May 25, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 41.4 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Kasey Bell. We discuss Google Education in the classroom and how COVID-19 has impacted the world of education and how many of us turned to technology to shake up learning to help support our students from a distance. Kasey Bell is a former middle school teacher turned award-winning digital learning coach, international speaker, author, blogger, and podcaster with a Texas-sized passion for technology and learning. She is part sparkling smile, part w...
Recess Duty Episode 029 - Misty Paterson
May 18, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Misty Paterson. We discuss her work in Pop-up Studios and how we all can make adjustments in our own classroom to invite more student learning in a variety of ways and look out for those moments when learning just pops up. Misty is a seasoned facilitator and certified concept-based teaching consultant with over 20 years of teaching experience. As the founder of Pop-Up Studio and author of the best-selling Pop-Up Studio book, Misty champions a creat...
Recess Duty Episode 028 - Rachel Poff
May 11, 2022 22:08 - 25 minutes - 36 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Rachel Poff. We discuss her journey of diversity, equity, and inclusion and how we could help our school and classrooms be more diverse, equitable, and safe for all students. We also discuss the resources that she has come across to help support our own learning of what it means to be anti-racist and what we can all do today for our students of tomorrow and how we fit into a world that may not be as easy for some as it is for others. Rachel is an e...
Recess Duty Episode 027 - Michael Palagi
May 04, 2022 14:06 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Michael A Palagi. We discuss his experience and journey of diversity, gender, and play in an early years classroom and how he has those complex discussions with his youngest learners. Michael is a very energetic and goal-oriented teacher who is passionate about growing and teaching in a school that uses inquiry-based learning. He believes it is important for students to learn through real-life situations that are relevant to their lives while expan...
Recess Duty Episode 026 - Niko Lewman
April 27, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Niko Lewman. We discuss how Minecraft allows students to be creative while also teaching essential skills such as planning, designing, and coding. We also share about our we are designers or learning and how now reach our students wherever they might be. Niko Lewman, like a true third culture kid, hails from Tucson Arizona, and Helsinki Finland. He is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme workshop leader and a visiting team member....
Recess Duty Episode 025 - Yuni Santosa
April 21, 2022 03:00 - 29 minutes - 67.9 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Yuni Santosa. We discuss her journey from teaching to administration back to teaching and all the wonderful things she's learned in each role. We discuss agentic learners and how to best empower our learners each and every day so that they may plan their own learning and strategies. Yuni is a learner and PYP educator. She has been teaching since 2002 and is passionate about teaching and learning in an inquiry-based environment. As a part of the lea...
Recess Duty Episode 024 - Mihai Catrinar
April 13, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Mihai Catrinar. We discuss his work with Learning that Transfers and how they work with students and educators to find connections outside of the classroom as well as inside that classroom across subjects. We discuss his passion for physical health and how we all can be a little better than we were yesterday. He shares how he defines learning with his students and why we are learning physical education and the importance and history. Mihai educates...
Recess Duty Episode 023 - Lu Gerlach
April 06, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 42.8 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Lu Gerlach. We discuss designing reading spaces to help promote inquiry and student passions and she took this from a theory to practice in how she redesigned several libraries and continues to help libraries around the US help support their units of inquiry. For nearly 20 years, Lu Gerlach has been crafting learning, challenging misconceptions, making relevant connections to everyday life, and connecting to significant global issues. This curiosi...
Recess Duty Episode 022 - Sean Walker
March 30, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 60.4 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Sean Walker. We discuss the importance of play for our students and how we can facilitate purposeful play in our students. We share the myths about what is play and the balance needed between uninterrupted play and structured play. He shares with us his strategies in how he teaches concepts such as "Curiosity" through play and how his students interacted and grew from this connection. Sean is currently a Kindergarten teacher at the International Sc...
Recess Duty Powered by Toddle - Episode 21.5 with Cindy Blackburn
March 25, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 57.8 MBThis week during Recess Duty we have a special episode powered by Toddle! We flip the script with Cindy Blackburn interviewing me about my inquiry project into assessment over the last few years. We discuss how I work towards creating assessment capable students while also empowering all students at all levels to continue to grow through goal setting, reflections, and using strategies learned to help them move through the learning cycle we use here at Chadwick International. I am excited t...
Recess Duty Episode 021- Lea Pedlow
March 23, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutes - 88.6 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Lea Pedlow. We talk about being a Global Citizen through DEIJ and what that means for education moving forward. We discuss having difficult conversations that we should be having within ourselves and how we bring about change. Lea is a fun, empathetic, focused, positive, open-minded, and driven educator and passionate leader! Mom to both a pre-teen and rescue kitten! She currently is the PYP Coordinator at Vienna International and is continuing to ...
Recess Duty Episode 020 - Tania Mansfield
March 16, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Tania Mansfield. We discuss the what, how, and most importantly the why of "Building Capacity" in not only our students but also in each other. We discuss the importance of relationships and how we might build relationships to help build each other's knowledge and how we use our strengths to support our program. Tania was raised as an Intercultural Child, calling Hong Kong home for 43 years. Over the past 20 years, Tania has taught in state school...
Recess Duty Episode 019 - Tom Rehm
March 09, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 40.2 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Tom Rehm. We discuss how and what coaching looks like within the classroom. We share our thoughts on getting students to self-adjust in their own learning and how we might not only get their best but also get them to strive for more each and every time. Tom is a Fourth Grade New Teacher Intern at Chadwick International. He began his teaching career in an English Academy in Incheon, South Korea. After one year of teaching in South Korea, he and his ...
Recess Duty Episode 018 - Tania Lattanzio
March 02, 2022 13:00 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week during Recess Duty we talk with Tania Lattanzio, an educational consultant, author, and co-found of Innovative Global Education. She is here to share her journey in education. We discuss what does challenging means to us and how we can challenge our students that allow them to explore these challenges to grow and problem solve. Tania Lattanzio is an author and renowned international educator. Previously a teacher, coordinator, and manager with the International Baccalaureate, she ...
Recess Duty Episode 017 - Jay Leroy
February 23, 2022 23:01 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBThank you to our premium sponsor, TNG Coaching! TNG Coaching's vision is to teach values through activity and experience. To guide creativity, instill confidence, champion self-worth, and celebrate identity. This journey begins by reflecting on our own performance. By collecting our thoughts and feelings on paper, both positive and negative, we begin to discern ways to respond to challenges. Opening a personal dialogue and sharing concerns has been proven to create deeper bonds with peers....
Recess Duty Episode 016 - Brian Host
February 16, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBThank you to our sponsor, Toddle, for sponsoring an episode of Recess Duty! TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal thinkers and doers across 10+ unique session formats. Head to www.toddleapp.com/ties now to get your All-Access Pass! As listeners of the Recess Duty Podcast, you can get up to 20% off on TIES 2022 Passes by using the discount code TIES2022RDP at the checkout. So hurry and g...
Recess Duty Episode 015 - Kathryn Finch & Theresa Hoover
February 09, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 60.2 MBThank you to our sponsor, Toddle, for sponsoring the premiere of Season 2 of Recess Duty! TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal thinkers and doers across 10+ unique session formats. Head to www.toddleapp.com/ties now to get your All-Access Pass! As listeners of the Recess Duty Podcast, you can get up to 20% off on TIES 2022 Passes by using the discount code TIES2022RDP at the checkout. ...
Recess Duty Episode 014 - Kimberly Mitchell
February 02, 2022 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBHuge shout to, Flat, for sponsoring this episode. Please go check out Flat here and be sure to use the link here to get 3-month premiere access for free and additional 3 months access when you email [email protected]. If your students are anything like mine, they will thank you! Click the link here, to get started! This week during "Recess Duty" we talk with author and speaker, Kimberly Mitchell. We discuss our learning journeys and what it is like to being a beginner in the learning process and...
Recess Duty Episode 013 - Tom Orrock
January 26, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with the Director of Football at Goyang Citizen FC, Tom Orrock! We discuss his growth over the years in coaching in South Korea and how those skills translate within the classroom. Tom has been fortunate to have worked at every tier of sport across Europe and Asia including becoming a UEFA Licensed Coach, Founding Wae In Sports & TNG.coach, author of Coach’s Journal, and mentor and advocate for women in sport. A footballing ambassador with rugby value...
Recess Duty Episode 012 - Katie Stone
January 19, 2022 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with leader and friend, Katie Stone! We discuss agency not only for students but teacher agency as well. What does it mean to you and how can we use it. Katie is the Primary School Principal and PYP Coordinator at Bandung Independent School. Originally from California, she had lived in countries across Asia for almost 15 years, and has developed a passion for cultivating a community of agentic learners. Katie spends her time chasing after a curious to...
Recess Duty Episode 011 - Kenneth Odoi
January 12, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with ex-pat educator and world traveler, Kenneth Odoi. We discuss his journey in education and how he got started as an educator overseas. Kenneth has been an elementary school educator for almost 20 years. He's spent the last 15 years teaching in international schools across Europe and Asia. He's a native of California and enjoys good food, good wine, the beach, and tacos. Kenneth strives to encourage agency and compassion in his students and is enjoy...
Recess Duty Episode 010 - Michelle Simpson
January 06, 2022 03:00 - 27 minutes - 62 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with PYP leader and consultant, Michelle Simpson. We discuss shifting a school culture and her journey in building a culture of learning and empowerment. Michelle has been involved in education for nearly 30 years, teaching and working in New Zealand, London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Oman. As an international educator, Michelle has been able to combine raising her two children, teaching, and traveling. Having recently taken time out of school to complete...
Recess Duty Episode 009 - Brian Lalor
January 05, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with PYP leader, Brian Lalor. We discuss being a leader in today's educational world and the power of building relationships. Brian has been the elementary school principal at Xi'an Liangjiatan International School for the past 6 years. Prior to China he worked in Vietnam for 9 years and was in Indonesia before that. He grew up in Tipperary, Ireland before heading off to The University of Limerick. Through his series of blog posts, "Principal's Princi...
Recess Duty Episode 008 - Chandrani Banerjee
December 22, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 47.1 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with learner and friend, Chandrani Banerjee! We discuss her journey through education and her experience teaching during COVID in her PYP classroom. We share out our student's longing for connection and the importance that taking the time to connect can bring to our students. Chandrani Banerjee is a certified PYP facilitator and assistant PYP Coordinator in Mount Litera School International Mumbai India. She started her journey 24 years back and to en...
Recess Duty Episode 007 - Jason Reagin
December 15, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with DesignCast Host and IB Leader, Jason Reagin! We discuss his journey through education and his various roles at home and aboard. We also discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on education and his journey through teaching Design through an inquiry lens. In 2006, Jason received a graduate certification from the University of Georgia in Educational Leadership. This is an add-on certification to the E.S.O.L. and Technology Education Teacher certificatio...
Recess Duty Episode 006 - Kirsten Durward
December 08, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBWe have a sponsor for this episode! Huge shout to, Flat, for sponsoring this episode. Please go check out Flat here and be sure to use the link here to get 3-month premiere access for free and additional 3 months access when you email [email protected]. If your students are anything like mine, they will thank you! Click the link here, to get started! This week during "Recess Duty" we talk with Learning Nomad, Kirsten Durward! We discuss her journey through education and travels as well as what ...
Recess Duty Episode 005 - Brian Lettinga with Search Associates
December 01, 2021 10:52 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBWelcome to "Recess Duty"! This week we talk with Brian Lettinga, a Senior Search Associate joining after a 24-year career in international education. We talk about trends in overseas job applications and advice for new and veteran international educators and how to stand out amongst a crowd of candidates. We share stories about searching for jobs and looking for that school that we can connect with and what we need to be on the lookout for. Brian earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Sc...
Recess Duty Episode 004 - Craig Kemp
November 24, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with Educational Tech Guru, Craig Kemp! We discuss his journey through education and pushing himself to continue growing to support teachers in various ways. We also talk about his exciting adventure with EduSpark, a platform for all learners to continue developing, learning, and growing, and how that came around. Craig has supported schools and organizations all over the globe to establish practices, protocols, and guidelines to support the sustainabl...
Recess Duty Episode 003 - Ali Ezzeddine
November 17, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBWelcome to Recess Duty! Today we are talking with Ali Ezzeddine! Ali is an educational consultant and trainer in various educational fields. A certified international trainer from Lynn Erickson institute to do concept-based workshops and international educational consultant for the International Baccalaureate Organization. Ali Ezzeddine is an experienced primary educator. He is trilingual: Arabic, French, and English. Ali loves children’s literature and he is a published author. He visits sc...
Recess Duty Episode 002 - Kevin O’Shea
November 10, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBThis week during "Recess Duty" we talk with Environmental Educator, the bug man himself, Kevin O'shea! We discuss his passion for outdoor education and insect exploration and bringing that wonder and excitement to his classroom. We also talk about how we all might start to utilize outdoor learning spaces a little bit more in our own lives. Please connect with Kevin with the following links below! Twitter: https://twitter.com/MadForMaple Website: https://makingbetterteachers.wordpress.com/...
Recess Duty Episode 001 - Tonya Gilchrist
November 03, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBWelcome to Recess Duty! Today, we are talking with Tonya Gilchrist! She is an international learning strategist who specializes in helping schools around the world amplify inquiry and honor agency for deep learning and transfer across languages, literacies, and disciplines in PK-G12. She is also an internationally experienced educator, instructional coach, and curriculum specialist. Tonya earned her Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Hong Kong University. She also holds an IB Cer...
Recess Duty Premiere - Episode 000
October 27, 2021 08:40 - 2 minutes - 5.64 MBHey everyone! Welcome to Recess Duty! I am so excited to start a new adventure into the world of podcasting. This has been months in the making and I am thrilled to share this with you. Recess Duty is a podcast for educators to come together to celebrate the amazing things we are doing but to also talk about the challenges we are facing. This is a place for collaboration and just friends having fun. I named this podcast "Recess Duty" because when out of the playground with students, it...