Latest Holistic education Podcast Episodes
Parenting Pause #2 - Full Body Relaxation and Centering Practice
Conscious Families - June 21, 2021 23:00 - 15 minutes✨Parenting Pause ✨This monthly segment includes inspiration and a short guided centering practice to relax, reset and awaken your highest parenting potential. This month the focus is on the importance of relaxation and includes a short 10-minute centering practice with full body relaxation to ...
Learning and Growing Through Your Parenting Experiences - conversation with Hridaya Atwell
Conscious Families - June 07, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutesThis month's conversation is with Hridaya Atwell, director of the original Living Wisdom School at Ananda Village in northern California where she has been for the past 26 years. She is mother of 2, stepmom of 5 and grandmother. In this episode, we discuss: learning from experience for you and...
Navigating the New "Normal"
Best Practices in Education - May 14, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSpeech Language Pathologist and Emotional Intelligence Teacher, Stacey Crowley, makes a case for harnessing the moment to rethink the role education plays in the mental fitness of students and educators. She ties the 21st century skills employers require to the SEL skills we teach students toda...
Parenting Pause #1 - Setting an Intention
Conscious Families - May 10, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes✨Parenting Pause ✨A new segment this month that includes inspiration and a short guided centering practice to relax, reset and awaken your highest parenting potential. This month I talk a bit about the benefits and challenges around self-care for parents and the power of pausing. Then I share a...
Storytelling for Transformation
Best Practices in Education - April 22, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIntermediate Program Director Kalyan Volpe shares how storytelling in the classroom builds relationship and promotes transformation. As a teacher who straddles the developmental divide between childhood and pre-teen and teen unfolding, Kalyan dives into the somewhat mystical process of supportin...
Rose Neal - mother and EFL educator
Conscious Families - April 08, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutesThis month's conversation is with Rose Neal, mother of 3 and long time EFL educator. She is currently the Interim Director of the Living Wisdom School in Portland, OR. In this episode, we discuss: the importance of community in conscious parenting the challenges and misconceptions a focus on...
Parenting Teens and Young Adults - a conversation with Rose Neal
Conscious Families - April 08, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutesThis month's conversation is with Rose Neal, mother of 3 and long time EFL educator. She is currently the Interim Director of the Living Wisdom School in Portland, OR. In this episode, we discuss: the importance of community in conscious parenting the challenges and misconceptions a focus on...
Finding Time through Self-Organization
Best Practices in Education - April 01, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe ask teachers to do so much! In this episode, Intermediate teacher (5-8) and Director, Alex Eren, shares about the organizational systems that save time and energy. Learn to make your classroom more organized, and your processes sleek and sophisticated--in both the physical and electronic worl...
Self-Regulation and Discerning Discipline
Best Practices in Education - March 17, 2021 03:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoin us on the most recent episode of Best Practices in Education. Elementary Director Craig Deutsch returns to the podcast to share how he uses self-regulation as an energy management strategy in the elementary classroom. According to Craig, helping students do the work in metacognition and sel...
Self-Regulation and Discerning Discipline
Best Practices in Education - March 17, 2021 03:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoin us on the most recent episode of Best Practices in Education. Elementary Director Craig Deutsch returns to the podcast to share how he uses self-regulation as an energy management strategy in the elementary classroom. According to Craig, helping students do the work in metacognition and sel...
Sharing Values with Children - a conversation with Lorna Knox
Conscious Families - March 05, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutesThis month's conversation is with Lorna Knox, author, educator and mother of 3 grown children who currently lives and serves with the Ananda Community in Portland, Oregon. In this episode, we discuss: the benefits and challenges of homeschooling the need for routines and schedules how to hav...
Lorna Knox - EFL educator, author and homeschooler
Conscious Families - March 05, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutesThis month's conversation is with Lorna Knox, author, educator and mother of 3 grown children who currently lives and serves with the Ananda Community in Portland, Oregon. In this episode, we discuss: the benefits and challenges of homeschooling the need for routines and schedules how to hav...
Jump, Build, Shout: Multimodal Learning Strategies in the Mathematics Classroom
Best Practices in Education - March 05, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIntermediate (5-7th) grade teacher, Kylie Hulver, shares her excitement in getting students to move their bodies and engage their spirits as part of the learning process. In Kylie's classroom, students jump, run, sing, or build lego creations to help them understand ratios and solve long divisio...
Nitai Deranja - co-founder of Education for Life
Conscious Families - February 08, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutesThis month's conversation is with Nitai Deranja, life long educator, author and co-founder of Education for Life (EFL). In his current role as president of Education for Life International, he oversees a network of ten schools in the United States, Europe, and India. He is also parent two wonder...
The Role of Awareness and Attention in Parenting - a conversation with Nitai Deranja
Conscious Families - February 08, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutesThis month's conversation is with Nitai Deranja, life long educator, author and co-founder of Education for Life (EFL). In his current role as president of Education for Life International, he oversees a network of ten schools in the United States, Europe, and India. He is also parent to two won...
Revising Curricular Expectations (in a Pandemic)
Best Practices in Education - February 05, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis year has presented educators with unexpected challenges at every turn. Some of us are teaching online. Some of us are teaching hybrid, and some of us have been on-site for most of the year. High School Director Gabriel Johnson shares a process for revising curriculum when teachers aren't ab...
Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom
Best Practices in Education - January 08, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHigh School teacher Hadley Cluxton returns to the podcast to share how to successfully use graphic novels to reach students who learn through a variety of modalities. She offers an exhaustive list of resources, particularly for history teachers. Support the Show.
Calm and Compassionate Parenting - a conversation with Usha Dermond
Conscious Families - January 02, 2021 19:00 - 32 minutesOur first conversation is with Usha Dermond, EFL educator and author of the book Calm and Compassionate Children: a handbook. In this episode, we discuss: how to cultivate calmness in children the role of movement in development and concentration mistakes and lessons as a parent and much mo...
Usha Dermond - Calm and Compassionate Children
Conscious Families - January 02, 2021 19:00 - 32 minutesOur first conversation is with Usha Dermond, EFL educator and author of the book Calm and Compassionate Children: a handbook. In this episode, we discuss: how to cultivate calmness in children the role of movement in development and concentration mistakes and lessons as a parent and much mo...
Guiding the Ship: School Administration Responsiveness in the Pandemic
Best Practices in Education - December 19, 2020 19:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsExecutive Director Cory Adams talks about the preparation required to get the school ready to face the challenges of the pandemic. Support the Show.
Mastery Learning in the Classroom
Best Practices in Education - November 28, 2020 19:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSeason 2, Episode 2. 3rd and 4th grade teachers Robin Skeen and Carly Penny use a blended model to meet students where they are and challenge them to thoroughly understand, apply, and create by being metacognitive and resourceful. Look through the presentation at https://docs.google.com/present...
Outdoor Learning in the Elementary during COVID-19
Best Practices in Education - November 07, 2020 19:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsCOVID-19 has changed the way teachers do everything! In this episode, 1st grade teacher Selma Neel shares what it's like for her elementary classroom to move outdoors as teachers and students adjust to (mostly) all-weather school. Here's a link to the visual presentation as well. Support the S...
Nuggets of Wisdom from Teaching during the Pandemic
Best Practices in Education - October 31, 2020 18:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn the first episode of Season 2, teachers reflect on what they learned from teaching during the first days of the pandemic. Different voices tell unique stories and share insight. Support the Show.
Creating Connection in the Classroom
Best Practices in Education - May 22, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhen we need it most, this teaching conversation is all about how love keeps learning going. Whether it's falling in love with poetry or cultivating love, connection, and safety among students, Dr. Richard Chess of UNC-Asheville shares how he introduces students to literature and each other. Su...
Using Online Games in the Virtual Classroom
Best Practices in Education - May 08, 2020 18:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsStudents need novel ways to interact with screens as we move to remote learning. High School Director Gabe Johnson talks about using games in the virtual classroom, what kinds of students they engage, and who gets left out of the equation. Support the Show.
Experiential Learning
Best Practices in Education - April 25, 2020 02:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIntermediate teacher Jenny Einzig talks about experiential learning in the classroom and how it can really bring students alive. Support the Show.
Teaching Partnerships
Best Practices in Education - April 10, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAlex Eren and Kalyan Volpe, Intermediate teaching partners, talk about partnership. What does it take to have a strong partnership in the classroom? What does success look like? Check out their presentation to learn more: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TImiV98CWI8aXcqE04TruTD7Cykp5nRA...
School during a Global Pandemic
Best Practices in Education - April 05, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSound Designer River Guerguerian joins Executive Directors Cory Adams and Megan Martell in a remote interview to discuss how Odyssey is managing the transition to remote learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. Support the Show.
Make Connections and Get Inspired
Best Practices in Education - March 27, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBest Practices in Education with Odyssey School offers professional resources, practical tools, and inspiring conversations for parents, teachers, and administrators who seek the best in education. In each episode we interview Odyssey teachers and others in the field of education who have lived ...
Cooking with Emotional Intelligence
Best Practices in Education - March 14, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsStudio guest and chef Ashley Capps joins us to share about how important emotional intelligence is to the process of cooking and training others to cook. Ashley has worked at Five and Ten Restaurant in Athens, GA, Eleven Madison Park in New York, Farm and Sparrow Bakery in Asheville, and MG R...
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