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Joshua Ray - Finding Your Balance: Personal and Professional Wellness Strategies for Effective Educational Leadership. This is episode 770 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Joshua Ray, EdD, is an educational speaker and author who has led the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process at the elementary, secondary, and district level. He is passionate about building healthy school cultures, the work of collaborative teams, systems of support, and educator well-being.
As assistant superintendent, Dr. Ray helped schools collaboratively build district common assessments, unite around common expectations, and improve teaching and learning. He worked alongside principals and instructional coaches to make the PLC at Work process practical and meaningful.
Previously, Dr. Ray was principal at Greenwood High School and East Pointe Elementary School. Under his leadership, both campuses were selected by the Arkansas Department of Education to participate in the Arkansas PLC at Work project. Greenwood High School became a destination for schools and educators across the state looking to learn how to implement PLC work on a secondary campus. Similarly, East Pointe Elementary went from a “B” school to a distinguished Arkansas campus in the top 5% of performance and growth, resulting in nearly $150,000 of reward funding from the state of Arkansas and East Pointe being recognized as a “Leader in Me Lighthouse School.” Dr. Ray also serves as a member of Arkansas’s state guiding coalition focused on developing PLCs and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas.
Dr. Ray was chosen to represent the University of Arkansas at the American Educational Research Association Conference as a David L. Clark scholar for his work on the wellness practices of educational leaders. He has published research on PLCs and educator well-being in Principal Magazine, The Standard, AllThingsPLC Magazine, and the Journal of Educational Administration.
Joshua holds a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Arkansas. He is a National Board-Certified Teacher and an Arkansas Master Principal graduate.
Our focus today is Josh’s latest book - Finding Your Balance: Personal and Professional Wellness Strategies for Effective Educational Leadership.
Great conversation!
Incredible focus.
Powerful book.
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Length - 01:02:03
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Theresa M. Callaghan, PhD - Help! I'm Covered in Adjectives - Cosmetic Claims & the Consumer: Navigating Science, Regulations, and Myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Ed. This is episode 769 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Theresa M. Callaghan, Ph.D. is a leading biochemist and skincare scientist with over 35 years of experience in international corporate skincare research. She is the author of Help! I’m Covered in Adjectives: Cosmetic Claims & The Consumer – Navigating Science, Regulations, and myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Edition. She has also had more than 150 scientific and technical articles published.
She sits on the scientific editorial review board of the International Journal of Cosmetic Science and is an active member of a number of professional societies including the British Herbal Medical Association, & the Scandinavian Society of Cosmetic Scientists. She is also an advisor to TKS Science Publisher; (HPC Today Journal) is Scientific Editor at EuroCosmetics Magazine, as well as writing a monthly column on Claims Insights for them. She contributes a monthly article to BEAUTYSTREAMS on ingredient technologies.
Callaghan is a graduate biochemist from the University of Bath, with a doctorate (PhD) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). Following her PhD, she then moved to Paris, France as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Pasteur Institute. While she was working there, she was invited to support LVMH-Dior with their Capture project, and this is how she entered the world of cosmetic science, and the skin care industry in particular.
Over 15 years ago, she set up a cosmetics scientific development consulting business, working with ingredient suppliers, brands, and also service providers in clinical and pre-clinical testing and research.
Born and raised in Wales, she now resides in Germany.
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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tmcallaghan
Newsletter/Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/tmcallaghan
Claims Insights Monthly Column - EuroCosmetics Magazine: https://www.eurocosmetics-mag.com/cosmetic-claims/
Monthly Ingredient Technology Articles: https://beautystreams.com/
Length - 01:00:27
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Ryan Gottfredson - Becoming Better: The Groundbreaking Science of Personal Transformation. This is episode 768 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is a cutting-edge leadership development author, researcher, and consultant. He helps organizations vertically develop their leaders primarily through a focus on mindsets. Ryan is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of Success Mindsets, The Elevated Leader, and Becoming Better. He is also a leadership professor at the College of Business and Economics at California State University-Fullerton.
Our focus today is Ryan’s latest book - Becoming Better: The Groundbreaking Science of Personal Transformation
So much to learn and understand.
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Length - 55:39
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Madelyn Simon - Writer & Artist: Poppy's Sweet Sibling Story. This is episode 767 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Madelyn Simon is a proud native New Yorker who grew up with a love of nature… especially plants and animals. She loved it so much that in 1979 she started Madelyn Simon & Associates Inc. where they designed, installed, and maintained live plants both indoors and out. The company grew (forgive the pun) and serviced 700 corporate clients weekly until she retired in 2006.
When her daughter was young, she would ask Madelyn to dream up stories to share each night before bed. Not one, not two, but three stories every night before they could turn off the light. Now, Madelyn wants to share these stories with the world.
In 2006, after retirement, watercolor painting and oil painting became her passions, as well as a rekindling of her love of storytelling.
When her daughter was young, she would ask Madelyn to dream up stories to share each night before bed. Not one, not two, but three stories every night before they could turn off the light. Now, Madelyn wants to share these stories with the world.
Our focus today is Madelyn’s book - Poppy’s Sweet Sibling Story. The 7th story in her series.
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Length - 18:09
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Clement Townsend - VideoPro Learning: Helping Educators Turn Classwork into Dynamic Multimedia Assignments. This is episode 766 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Clement Townsend lives in Chicago and is the founder of the innovative Video Pro Learning platform. This platform boosts student engagement, increases motivation, and develops creativity so students can be future ready. Clement spent the last 7 years teaching more than 800 students digital media in Chicago. This experience led him to create Video Pro Learning allowing teachers to seamlessly integrate video assignments in core subjects. Clement is the author of the book How to Become a Broadcasting Star.
Before working in education, Clement spent nearly 20 years as a Sports Broadcaster. He worked on local news, cable, and internet platforms in cities like San Angelo, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; Lynchburg, Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. He covered major events like the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Game, and several college football National Championships.
Clement brings deep expertise at the intersection of media, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Our focus today is … Helping educators turn mundane classwork into dynamic multimedia assignments through Video Pro Learning Online.
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https://www.instagram.com/ctownsendtv
https://www.youtube.com/@ClementTownsendMedia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clement-townsend/
https://www.tiktok.com/@clement.edtech
Length - 35:55