Latest Classroom environment Podcast Episodes
Cute or Racist? Overdue Curriculum Conversations in Early Childhood
Early Childhood Journeys - December 17, 2020 03:37 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 57 features returning guest, Tina Wiggins Sykes and podcast guest debut of Gloria McGinty. Tina Sykes and Gloria McGinty are Arizona based Early Childhood Professionals, ECE Coaches, Trainers, College Instructors, Equity Specialists amongst their past or current roles. They are also long...
Teaching Kindergarten Online During COVID19 thru an Equity Lens
Early Childhood Journeys - August 15, 2020 00:11 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 56 features a Kindergarten Virtual Zoom Chat that was converted to an audio podcast with light editing for clarity. Guests, Lauren Degregorio is a K-1 teacher in New Mexico, previously a Kindergarten Teacher in Arizona. Catherine Norwood is an Arizona Instructional Coach for an Arizona ...
Oppression in Education: A Conversation with #LatinasInED, Carla Rivera-Cruz from EDpiphany
Early Childhood Journeys - July 19, 2020 17:27 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn Episode 55, Carla Rivera-Cruz is back on the podcast to talk about current events involving the oppressive policies and systems in the classroom and at the school board level. The conversation includes the reference of the video, The Four I's of Oppression and how it connects to her work in E...
Uncomfortable Topics with Lark Sontag from Will Start Small
Early Childhood Journeys - July 14, 2020 17:06 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 54 is with advocate and outspoken champion for BIPOC, Lark Sontag from the Will Start Small Collective. Lark's points include a very honest and uncomfortable array of topics regarding the current injustices of COVID, how child care is rooted in oppressive policies and how much of the pr...
Anti-Racist Work in Early Childhood: A Conversation with Tina Sykes
Early Childhood Journeys - June 05, 2020 16:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 53 is with guest and Arizona early childhood education colleague, Tina Sykes. Tina Sykes is a social justice advocate, a poet a wife and parent to three children. Our conversations about the recent murder of #GeorgeFloyd online sparked an opportunity to have a candid conversation on the ...
Season Debut: Homeschooling, Teaching and Social Emotional Learning with Catherine Norwood
Early Childhood Journeys - May 13, 2020 04:52 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsSeason 3 debuts and podcast host, Marissa Calderón updates everyone on being on hiatus and launches the new season addressing homeschool during COVID19 with past guest and K-6 Instructional Coach in Arizona, Catherine Norwood. Catherine and Marissa discuss what the focus should be for teachers...
Diana Brown and Conscious Discipline
Early Childhood Journeys - April 22, 2019 05:34 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 51 of the podcast with host Marissa Calderón and guest, Diana Brown Certified Instructor from Conscious Discipline. Diana shares a bit of her background as a classroom teacher and how she began to train for Dr. Becky Baileys, Conscious Discipline philosophy. Conscious Discipline is a "Tr...
Ep. 50 Kim Graham Executive Director of AZ Educational Foundation
Early Childhood Journeys - April 09, 2019 04:46 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 50 marks a milestone of the podcast! Join host, Marissa chat with the Executive Director of the Arizona Educational Foundation, Kim Graham. Kim shares all of the resources and mentorship programs and initiatives available for incoming teachers and seasoned educators overall. AEF believes...
Ep. 49 Arizona Superintendent Kathy Hoffman
Early Childhood Journeys - March 24, 2019 23:46 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 49 is with the newly elected Superintendent of Arizona's Department of Education, Kathy Hoffman. With her historic electoral win, Marissa and Kathy discuss some of the past campaign rhetoric and the current legislative progress for education she's helped with. We get some additional info...
Ep. 48 Senior Program Manager Denisse Hernandez de Ortiz
Early Childhood Journeys - March 06, 2019 14:05 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 48, host Marissa Calderón chats with Denisse Hernandez de Ortiz, Senior Program Manager for United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona. United Way of Tucson has an array of services including an Early Childhood Component and grant initiatives for the region. Denisse is not only a parent o...
Ep. 47 Kindergarten Readiness Tips with Teacher Julie Decuir
Early Childhood Journeys - February 11, 2019 04:04 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 47 is the first of a series of Kindergarten Readiness Tips and Insight episodes! Joined by Sierra Vista Unified School District in Arizona, Kindergarten Teacher, Julie Decuir. Podcast host, Marissa and Julie chat about the true skills future kindergartners need vs what some parents may t...
Ep. 46 Confessions of a High School Senior
Early Childhood Journeys - January 29, 2019 04:43 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 46 is with a very special guest. Podcast host, Marissa chats with her own daughter, Salma, who is a High School Senior. Salma shares her confessions about her destain feelings on homework packets, math and other high school frustrations. She can't wait for graduation and shares her plans...
Ep. 45 Kindergarten Teacher Kristen Orton
Early Childhood Journeys - January 14, 2019 03:28 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 45 is with Kristen L. Orton! Kristen is a Kindergarten teacher at Vernon Elementary School in Vernon Arizona. Vernon is a very rural community in Apache County, in the White Mountains area of Northern Arizona. She was recently hired last year to teach Kindergarten and if she wasn't busy ...
Ep. 44 AZ AEF Teacher of the Year Kareem Neal & the Ambassadors for Excellence
Early Childhood Journeys - December 31, 2018 01:42 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 44 with Arizona Educational Foundations 2019 Teacher of the Year, Kareem Neal and three of the four Ambassadors for Excellence, Jonathan Perrone, Sheri Loyd and Lee Ann Howell sit down with host, Marissa Calderón. The interview took place at the Highway 85 Creative podcast studio in Peor...
Ep. 43 Tina Martin & the ADAPT Shop
Early Childhood Journeys - December 17, 2018 15:55 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 43 with Tina Martin from Southwest Human Development, Services for Children with Disabilities. Tina has been with Southwest Human Development since 1997 and is now the Assistant Director for this department. She provides us with her story on how she came across the Early Intervention fie...
Ep. 42 Talking Autism with Dad & Comic Book Creator Led Bradshaw
Early Childhood Journeys - December 03, 2018 16:09 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 42 is with comic book artist and creator of Jetpulse Comics, Led Bradshaw. Led is also dad to his 8 year old son, Jake who is on the autism spectrum and the inspiration of his phenomenal comic book hero Jake Jetpulse. In this conversation with host, Marissa Calderón, they discuss parenti...
Ep. 41 Alebrijes & 21st Century Skills
Early Childhood Journeys - November 19, 2018 04:46 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 41 with host Marissa Calderón reflecting on an upcoming blog post, soon to be released on the Mexican art of Alebrijes. She provides some guides on how to connect students interest authentically while incorporating 21st Century Skills in the classroom. For the full blog post on lesson ...
Ep. 40 Birth to Five Helpline, Senior Program Manager, Ana Arbel
Early Childhood Journeys - November 05, 2018 06:18 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEp. 40 with Ana Arbel from Arizona's Southwest Human Development, Birth to Five Helpline. Ana talks about the toll-free hotline for parents of children birth to five, describing it as having a professional friend... who is well-informed and trained in all things Child Development and keeps your ...
Ep. 39 Early Childhood Development Home Visitor Specialist, Marissa Flores
Early Childhood Journeys - October 22, 2018 02:45 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEp. 39 is with Marissa Flores from the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Community, Education Division's Early Childhood department. Marissa is a parent educator and Home Visiting Specialist, serving families on the FMYN. Host, Marissa Calderón chats with Marissa Flores about her role on the nation, ...
Ep. 38 Hispanic Heritage Month with Mom & Candidate Raquel Terán
Early Childhood Journeys - October 07, 2018 15:23 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 38 with Legislative District 30 Arizona Candidate, Raquel Terán chats with host and past colleague, Marissa. Raquel shares her foundation in early education when she first started years ago in the classroom, then to roles in the early childhood sector and now at Planned Parenthood in Ari...
Ep. 37 Honoring Hispanic & Latin American Heritage with Guest Erika Argueta
Early Childhood Journeys - September 24, 2018 03:28 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 37 is in celebration of a fellow Latina Educator for Hispanic & Latin American Heritage Month, Erika Argueta. Erika is a Bilingual Arizona Department of Education Early Childhood Unit's Program Specialist for Yuma, La Paz and Mohave County, and a bit of Maricopa County too! Erika talks a...
Ep. 36 A Sister Turned Foster Care Mom & Hero, Jessica Hipskind
Early Childhood Journeys - September 11, 2018 04:56 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEp. 36 host Marissa Calderón has a conversation with Jessica Hipskind, a newly found foster care mom to her young 7 year old sister after a tragic death occurs in their family. Get ready to be inspired, meet a new hero, and grab some tissue for some possible tears too! Excerpt: "Take your whole...
Ep. 35 Participant Reflections from the First Things First Early Childhood Summit
Early Childhood Journeys - August 30, 2018 00:05 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 35 pre-recorded LIVE from the AZ First Things First Early Childhood Summit at the Phoenix Convention Center with participants Elsa Bonilla and daughter Stefany Paredes. Host Marissa Calderón chats with them after the conference for their summit reflections including how they will use the...
Ep. 34 Christopher Lawrence with Teaching Strategies
Early Childhood Journeys - August 26, 2018 06:52 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEp. 34 host, Marissa Calderón chats with Christopher Lawrence from Teaching Strategies, a curriculum for Early Childhood Educators for Birth through 3rd grade. Christopher and Marissa chat about his practice, family and the importance of the male early childhood teacher including the common misc...
Bonus Episode: #LatinasInEd & K-12 Teacher Representation
Early Childhood Journeys - August 18, 2018 16:08 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBonus Episode with host Marissa Calderón and Carla Rivera-Cruz from the EDphiphany Podcast. Carla and Marissa chat about the #LatinasInED upcoming twitter chat, being Latina Educators and lack of representation of classroom teachers in the K-12 space over some bomb-ass Tequila in the beautiful S...
Ep. 33 Treasures 4 Teachers Tucson Director Adrienne Ledford
Early Childhood Journeys - August 07, 2018 04:31 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 33 of Season 2! Podcast Host, Marissa Calderón is joined by Treasures 4 Teachers Tucson Director Adrienne Ledford. They chat about this 100% volunteer run non-profit teacher resource and how they also provide a high-school volunteer job program for Special Ed youth. More about all the ...
Ep. 32 Elena Estrada-A Special Ed Teachers Journey
Early Childhood Journeys - July 16, 2018 15:43 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 32 with Developmental Pre-K Educator Elena Estrada. This episode was recorded at Los Reyes de La Torta in Tempe, AZ so you'll hear some background audio from the location. Elena works as an Educator with Isaac School District in Phoenix AZ where she supervises and supports preschool chi...
Ep. 31 Al Pajak on STEM
Early Childhood Journeys - June 28, 2018 20:28 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEp. 30 with Al Pajak from STEM Nation, a former Vertebrate Paleontologist AKA a working scientist...Al shares his experience as a past classroom teacher and his new journey as a PH.D student in the science field. Al also provides STEM workshops and trainings for K-12 grade classrooms and stresse...
Ep. 30 Summer Time For Teachers
Early Childhood Journeys - June 07, 2018 04:05 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPodcast host, Marissa Calderón chats with Bilingual ELL Kindergarten Teacher Deb Guerrero from Yuma, AZ. Discussion includes the typical summer time teacher prep work, teacher wellness and teacher self care tips for incoming new teachers. Great info for parents and those not familiar with backgro...
Ep. 29: #RedforEd Reflections with a Kindergarten Teacher
Early Childhood Journeys - May 03, 2018 22:54 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEp. 29: Host Marissa Calderón is joined by Lauren Harness, Kindergarten Teacher for Mesa Public Schools on her experience and reflections during the #RedforEd movement in Arizona. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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