Episodes
Sunday Sep 27, 2015
Episode 71: Team Building Tip - How Cohesive Teams Behave
Sunday Sep 27, 2015
Sunday Sep 27, 2015
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Episode 70: Quick Tech Tip-Windows 10:Yes or No
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Thursday Sep 10, 2015
Episode 69: Dr. Ruby Payne & Understanding Poverty
Thursday Sep 10, 2015
Thursday Sep 10, 2015
Dr. Payne is the author of more than a dozen books, a speaker, a publisher, and a life-long educator.
She is also the founder of aha! Process, Inc.
Her most famous work, at least for educators, is A Framework for Understanding Poverty: a Cognitive Approach.
Her book has sold more than 1.5 million copies and is the 2014 winner of the Revere Award-The Golden Lamp!
This summer she spoke with the teachers, administrators and school staff of all of our member systems.
Dr. Payne talked about how poverty situations impact learning and affect the children and families who the schools serve. She explained the Hidden Rules among classes and talked about the differences between men and women and why they are important to know and understand.
She addressed the importance of relationship building between the staff and families to encourage participation in classes as well as the school as a whole.
Dr. Payne was inspiring and encouraging. After speaking for the day, I was able to talk with her about her work.
I hope that her thoughts will encourage you to learn more about how to work with children and families who are impacted by generational poverty.
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Episode 68: Rae Pica & "What If Everybody Understood Child Development?"
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Rae is an educational consultant, keynote speaker, blogger, podcaster, and author of 19 books. She has consulted with the Sesame Street Research Department and the children’s show Blue’s Clues. She blogs for the Huffington Post and is a member of the executive committee of the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences.
The main focus of Rae’s books is on the importance of movement in learning.
A few of her titles are: Moving and Learning: Toddlers; Moving and Learning: Pre-Schoolers and Kindergartners; Moving and Learning: Early Elementary Children; Experiences in Movement and Music; Jump into Literacy; Jump into Science; Jump into Math; Wiggle, Giggle, and Shake; and A Running Start.
This excerpt from her Home page reveals her thoughts about children, learning and movement.
“As an education consultant since 1980, I have watched fads come and go and educational priorities wax and wane. But despite the shifting strategies of the adults around them, children have remained the same! They still need to physically experience concepts to fully understand them, and their preferred modes of acquiring knowledge have always been, and still are, movement, play, and active learning.”
Listed at the end of these show-notes are several links from her web page, Facebook page, Twitter, her podcast network, and an interview with The Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis.
On today’s show we focus on her latest book, What if Everybody Understood Child Development?
This is an amazing book. Rae pulls no punches as she talks about her concerns that too many people making decisions about how and what children should be taught know little to nothing about the growth and development of children.
Here are a few of the titles of her chapters-
· All Children are Not the Same
· The Earlier the Better?
· When Did a Hug Become a Bad Thing?
· Teaching Girls They’re More Than a Pretty face
· Doing Away With the Baby Stuff
· Why Does Sitting Still Equal Learning?
· Play is Not a Four Letter Word
· The Trouble With Testing
· The Homework Debate
· You’re Outta Here!
This is a book that every educator, whether in the classroom or not, every politician, and anyone who works with children should read.
I hope that you will take time to make “What if Everybody Understood Child Development?” your next book to read. It will get you fired up about the difference you make and angry about what is imposed upon the classroom that has nothing to do with how children learn.
Thanks for listening!
Enjoy!
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Rae talks with Vicki Davis on the Every Classroom Matters podcast
Length: 47:08