Organizing Your Paperwork, Part 2: Creating a System. This is episode 739 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. In part 1 of this series on organizing your paperwork I noted that to get rid of your piles of paper you have to: 1. Handle this now. 2. Set aside time. 3. Create a place to put your paper files. 4. Create a system to file y…

Kourtney Hake & Paige Timmerman - Their Stories, Their Voices: Using Personal Narrative to Empower Student Writers, Grades 6-12. This is episode 738 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kourtney Hake is an English teacher at Sparta Lincoln School in Sparta, Illinois. She is also a member of the National Council for Teachers of Englis…

Self-Regulation: Controlling Your Behaviors. This is episode 737 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. On this episode I share my thoughts about self-regulation. Self-regulation is recognizing when you are not focused on controlling your behaviors. You could have had a bad morning, an interaction that made you angry, or just seem to a…

Organizing Your Paperwork: Get Rid of Your Piles. This is episode 736 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Do you make piles of paper and you swear that you can find whatever you need? The piles keep growing and growing and you start realizing that you really don't know where anything is located. That is if you are actually honest wi…

Tom Hierck & Chris Weber - Positive Behaviors Start with Positive Mindsets: Twenty-Eight Actions to Motivate Students and Boost Achievement. This is episode 735 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Tom Hierck has been an educator since 1983 in a career that has spanned all grade levels and roles in public education. His experiences a…

Dr. Barbara Koltuska- Haskin - How My Brain Works: A Guide to Understanding It Better and Keeping Healthy. This is episode 734 of Teaching Learning Leading K-12, an audio podcast. Dr. Barbara Koltuska-Haskin is a Clinical Neuropsychologist in private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has over 30 years of clinical experience. She also has a r…

Jason Edwards - Icebergs to Iguanas: Photographic Journeys Around the World. This is episode 733 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. National Geographic's Jason Edwards has been at the forefront of natural history photography for more than three decades. His image portfolio ranks among the largest of any photographer in the Society'…

Marilyn Raichle - Don't Walk Away: A Care Partner's Journey. Enhancing the Lives of People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners. This is episode 732 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Marilyn Reichle, author of Don’t Walk Away, grew up in the shadow of Alzheimer's. Nearly everyone in her father’s family and many in her moth…

Monica Burns - EdTech Essentials: 12 Strategies for Every Classroom in the Age of AI, 2nd Ed. This is episode 731 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Monica Burns is an EdTech and Curriculum Consultant, author of EdTech Essentials: 12 Strategies for Every Classroom in the Age of AI, 2nd Edition (ASCD & ISTE, 2024) and former New…

Favorite Tech Gifts at Christmas with Will & Josh from the HiTech Podcast. This is episode 730 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Will and Josh of the HiTech Podcast are on Teaching Learning Leading K-12. This is our 2nd Annual Christmas show. We are focused on our favorite tech gifts. We had a blast! Will and Josh are always fun t…

Erik M. Francis - Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning. This is episode 729 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Erik M. Francis is an international author, educator, and presenter with 30 years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, site administrator, education program s…

Suzy Pepper Rollins - Boys in the Back: The Downward Spiral of Boys in School. This is episode 728 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Suzy Pepper Rollins is the author of 3 Books: Learning in the Fast Lane, Teaching in the Fast Lane & Teaching Vulnerable Learners. She has produced her first short documentary entitled "Boys in the B…

Kathy Cobb: Teaching, Growing Readers, and Beekeeping. This is episode 727 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kathy Cobb is a Growing Readers Design Team Specialist at North Georgia RESA, hailing from Ellijay, GA. With a rich background in education, Kathy dedicated 22 years to elementary teaching, including 17 years in 1st grade a…

Kathleen Bjork - My Mother is Losing Her Memory, and I am Losing My Mind: Parenting the Aging Parent. This is episode 726 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. My Mother is Losing Her Memory, and I Am Losing My Mind: Parenting the Aging Parent is the true story of a mother's journey through dementia that is told through the eyes of he…

Robert "Buddy" Costley - CEO & Co-Founder of SchoolDog Solutions, Inc: Making Schools Safe. This is episode 725 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. A veteran of the US Navy, Robert “Buddy” Costley is a retired Georgia school superintendent after serving for 11 years in that role from 2008-2019. In November of 2023, he was listed by …

Barbara R. Blackburn - Scaffolding for Success: Helping Learners Meet Rigorous Expectations Across the Curriculum. This is episode 724 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Ranked in the Top 10 Global Gurus in Education, Barbara has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students…

Janine Walker-Caffrey: EPS Learning - Providing Effective Reading Instruction. This is episode 723 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Janine Walker-Caffrey, the chief academic officer at EPS Learning, is a career educator who has been a teacher (special education, English as a second language, physics), school founder, principal an…

Therese Casadesus Rawson talks about her mother Gaby Casadesus and Gaby's book My Musical Notes: A Journey in Classical Piano Between the World Wars and Beyond. This is episode 722 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. About Gaby Casadesus She has taught French, Humanities, French Diction and French vocal repertoire to singers at the …

Lt. Col. Tom Williams USMC (Ret.) - Doorsteps of Hell: The Arizona & Tropical Jungles 1969 -1970; The Heart of a Marine Series, Book 1. This is episode 721 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. On 20 December 1944, Tom Williams was born Tom Collins in Savannah, GA. Abandonment by his biological father at the age of six months old, pro…

David Blobaum: College Admissions, Test Scores, and the National Test Prep Association. This is episode 720 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. David Blobaum is a nationally recognized expert on standardized exams and college admissions. Since graduating from the University of Chicago, he has devoted himself to helping students reac…

The Subfolder - Procedures: Sharing How You Do Things in Your Classroom. This is episode 719 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. To better help your substitute teachers in your classroom create a subfolder where you leave specific information like work assignments, bell schedules, class seating chart, and map of school with bathroom…

Christina Hidek - PTO: Getting Parent Participation, Growing Parent Leaders, and Working with School Administration. This is episode 718 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Christina Hidek is a recovering attorney turned Professional Organizer and certified PTO volunteer nerd. She founded PTO Answers 7 years ago to boost family enga…

The Subfolder: What Goes Inside the Subfolder. This is episode 717 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. In this episode I share a few of the items that you should keep in your subfolder. Remember to take care of your substitutes. A subfolder with information about the day and the operation of the class and school goes a long way to m…

Nathaniel Hansford - The Scientific Principles of Teaching: Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research. This is episode 716 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Nathaniel Hansford has taught every grade from preK to 12 in many interesting and diverse locations—from South Korea to the subarctic of Quebec. He special…

Taking Care of Your Substitute Teachers: The Subfolder. This is episode 715 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. There will come a day that you will have to be out of school. You will have to miss a day whether you have to take a personal day or a sick day. You may have to attend training or stay home so that you can take your child …