Latest #exploringthecore Podcast Episodes
Autonomy & Independence in Elementary Age Students
Exploring the Core Podcast - November 08, 2022 23:03 - 20 minutesDoris Heinrich is currently in her 15th year of teaching, currently teach Kindergarten at Tulita Elementary School in Redondo Beach, California. Her career has included years spent teaching multiple grade levels and Special Education in Pre-School and Child Development. Having been awarded the 2...
Core Principles of Standards-Based Grading
Exploring the Core Podcast - October 22, 2022 15:17 - 25 minutesGuest in this episode: Laura J. Link, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Teaching & Leadership and Director of the Master of Science in Teaching & Leadership program at the University of North Dakota. She holds a doctorate in Leadership & Policy Studies from the University of Memphis, and her...
Adopting and Adapting Standards-Based Grading
Exploring the Core Podcast - August 29, 2022 07:20 - 1 hourGuest in this episode: Anna May Drake (B.A./M.S.) is a high school English teacher with nearly two decades of full-time teaching experience. She currently teaches International Baccalaureate classes at the International School of Panama and works as a remote online content editor for a nationa...
Developing Attributes with eduScrum in Schools
Exploring the Core Podcast - August 29, 2022 07:15 - 25 minutesGuest in this episode: Allen Gunderson is an educator and visitor in L'KWUNGEN & W'SANEC traditional territories who is involved with schools, youth, and sustainability issues. Through a Green MBA in Sustainable Enterprise, BA in Asian Studies, Bachelor of Education, Certified eduScrum Trainer...
Agile Mindset in Schools and Organizations
Exploring the Core Podcast - August 29, 2022 07:10 - 33 minutesGuest in this episode: Emmanuel Ponchon, graduate in English Philology and trilingual translation from the Université Catholique de l’Ouest (France). Throughout his professional career, he has lived in various countries, accumulating extensive teaching experience, and has subsequently worked a...
Action Research and Professional Development in the UAE
Exploring the Core Podcast - August 29, 2022 07:05 - 32 minutesGuest in this episode: Dr. Conley Hathorn is a professor of education at Louisiana State University of Alexandria. He has spent thirty six years teaching and coaching as well as administration and management of school activities. For the past 7 years he served as an education consultant for co...
Project-Based and Self-Directed Learning
Exploring the Core Podcast - August 29, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutesGuest in this episode: SJ Barakony is an American small business champion with a boundless appreciation for people, entrepreneurship, liberty, & lifelong learning. He has ties to multiple business ventures: He started the Education Sherpa in late 2011; over the next 11 years, he's been offered...
"Moving Forward" (S2,EP9)
Exploring the Core Podcast - June 05, 2021 14:45 - 28 minutesIn this episode: I celebrate the work of two educators who are each consulting a vision for empowering schools to adopt and adapt a more flexible teaching and learning environment, one focusing on co-constructing learning ecosystems via UDL that benefit teachers as well as their students, the o...
"Personality Traits" (S2,EP8)
Exploring the Core Podcast - May 29, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesIn this episode: I make a case for the Five Factor Model of personality traits being at the core of my framework for who we are and how we learn. I also share segments of my conversation with Heather Abreu, a teacher and parent who shares her thoughts on personality traits, the value of introsp...
"Changes in Behaviors" (S2,EP7)
Exploring the Core Podcast - May 22, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutesIn this episode: I share conversations with Doni Iraheta, a behavior analyst who talks about his approach for addressing challenging behaviors in children, and Dr. Anton Tolman, a professor of psychology at Utah Valley University, who talks about behavior change from his perspective as a clinic...
"A Social Emotional Approach" (S2,EP6)
Exploring the Core Podcast - May 15, 2021 11:45 - 42 minutesIn this episode: I share my conversation with Liz Keable, student success coach and social psychologist, with a focus on a social and emotional approach to learning which I argue is key to understanding who we are and how we learn. Guests in this episode: - Liz Keable, Success Coach & Socia...
The 'Exploring the Core' Podcast (S2E4): "Values in Education" (Pt.2)
Exploring the Core Podcast - May 08, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode: I continue my presentation on Values - what they are, and how we perceive them in a learning environment, specifically exploring the value of Trust, as a third value in an essential layer of my framework for understanding who we are and how we learn. Guests in this episode: ...
"Values in Education, Part 2" (S2,EP5)
Exploring the Core Podcast - May 08, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode: I continue my presentation on Values - what they are, and how we perceive them in a learning environment, specifically exploring the value of Trust, as a third value in an essential layer of my framework for understanding who we are and how we learn. Guests in this episode: ...
"Values in Education (Pt.1)" (S2,EP4)
Exploring the Core Podcast - May 01, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesIn this episode: I present Values - what they are, and how we perceive them in a learning environment,specifically exploring two values, Responsibility and Respect, as two values in an essential layer of my framework for understanding who we are and how we learn. Guests in this episode: - A...
"Values in Education, Part 1" (S2,EP4)
Exploring the Core Podcast - May 01, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesIn this episode: I present Values - what they are, and how we perceive them in a learning environment,specifically exploring two values, Responsibility and Respect, as two values in an essential layer of my framework for understanding who we are and how we learn. Guests in this episode: - A...
"Elements of a Learning Environment" (S2,E3)
Exploring the Core Podcast - April 24, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutesIn this episode: I present the elements of a learning environment which represent a critical layer to understanding who we are and how we learn. Guests in this episode: - Cassi Clausen, Founder @ The Open School (Santa Ana, CA) openschooloc.com - Megan Grieco, Lead Mentor @ PETALS Learning ...
"School is Optional" (S2,E2)
Exploring the Core Podcast - April 17, 2021 14:30 - 38 minutesIn this episode: I present the anatomy of a belief and highlight leaders with strong beliefs toward self-directed learning. Guests in this episode: - Ken Danford, co-founder @ North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens (Sunderland, MA) northstarteens.org - Alexis Burgess, co-founder @ Al...
"Self-Directed Schooling" (S2,E1)
Exploring the Core Podcast - April 10, 2021 09:40 - 34 minutesIn this episode: I present the phrase "Self-Directed Schooling" and highlight leaders in education that are connecting self-directed learning with conventional schooling. Guests in this episode: - David Levis, Principal @ Meraki High (Fair Oaks, CA) sanjuan.edu - Catherine Gobron, Co-Found...
Season Two Introduction
Exploring the Core Podcast - April 03, 2021 13:13 - 8 minutesIn this episode: Host Greg Mullen introduces the ideas and and topics behind the second season of The Exploring the Core Podcast. Guests in Season Two include: - David Levis, Principal @ Meraki High (Fair Oaks, CA) - Catherine Gobron, Co-Founder @ Lighthouse (Holyoke, MA) - Ken Danford, C...
A Self-Directed Learning Environment
Exploring the Core Podcast - January 27, 2020 22:58 - 42 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode transcripts available at www.ExploringTheCore.com Episode Release Date: January 27, 2020 "Mullen: For me, the last decade of teaching has created a lot of great memories, single...
Academic & Behavioral Inclusion
Exploring the Core Podcast - January 20, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode transcripts available at www.ExploringTheCore.com Episode Release Date: December 20, 2019 "This social and emotional approach to identifying a student’s strengths allows me to h...
Changing the System
Exploring the Core Podcast - January 13, 2020 23:05 - 34 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode transcripts available at www.ExploringTheCore.com Episode Release Date: January 13, 2020 "Change can get pretty complicated and at times quite uncomfortable so an organized fram...
Gaming the System
Exploring the Core Podcast - January 06, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode transcripts available at www.ExploringTheCore.com Episode Release Date: January 6, 2020 "[Grades] They’ve become the bills and coins for buying passage to the next grade level, ...
Selecting an SEL Program
Exploring the Core Podcast - December 30, 2019 15:16 - 34 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode transcripts available at www.ExploringTheCore.com Episode Release Date: December 30, 2019 "In a previous episode, I spoke to the development of SEL and the competencies created ...
A Standards-Based Approach
Exploring the Core Podcast - December 22, 2019 14:06 - 39 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode transcripts available at www.ExploringTheCore.com Episode Release Date: December 22, 2019 Mullen: "This first step being introduced in this episode is part of a larger shift tha...
A Century of SEL
Exploring the Core Podcast - December 18, 2019 00:20 - 36 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode Release Date: December 10, 2019 What makes social-emotional learning so important in today’s schools - haven’t we always addressed the social and emotional development in student...
Academic Standards
Exploring the Core Podcast - December 10, 2019 19:41 - 36 minutesPodcast and Episode Copyright 2019 Exploring the Core LLC * www.ExploringTheCore.com * #ExploringTheCore * Episode transcripts available at www.ExploringTheCore.com Episode Release Date: December 10, 2019 "Standards are tools, and like any other tool, they must be used with intention." - Gr...
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