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Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Martin R. Nelson - Children of the Dying Hearth - Fantasy, Adventure, World Building and Writing. This is episode 667 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Martin Nelson has served as a high school history and Latin teacher for the past five years at Saint Mary’s School of Medford. Prior to that he held various positions, including substitute teacher and summer school administrator of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana; teaching assistant and writing coach at Fordham University; and a blog editor for the history department at Fordham.
Nelson was awarded Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for The Journal of Dr. Rudy J. Gleeman.
Martin earned his B.A. in History from University of Portland, in Oregon. He received a master’s in history from Fordham University, in New York. His research interests include early and high Medieval Danish Political Culture, Conceptualizations of Sanctity, and Cultural Memory.
He speaks three foreign languages – Spanish, Italian, and Latin - -and is a member of several professional academic organizations, including: American Historical Academy, American Classical League, and Hagiography Society.
True to enjoying anything fantasy, the subject of his debut novel, Children of the Dying Hearth, Nelson spends hours playing video games. He grew up on RPGs like Final Fantasy and Suikoden. He likes getting into a new anime or role-playing a tabletop game.
Nelson presently coaches the all-girls soccer team at a Catholic high school.
A lifetime soccer player, he recently took up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He also enjoys hunting and fishing. Born and raised in Oregon, he spent time playing semi-professional soccer in Romania, Spain, Portugal, and Germany. He’s also lived in California and New York.
He can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/martin.nelson), Instagram (www.instagram.com/annals_of_tessian), and X (www.tritter.com/martinsonofnel). For more information, please see: www.martinraynelson.com
He resides with his family in Medford, Oregon.
Our focus today is Martin’s Novel - Children of the Dying Hearth….
Awesome talk!
Great story!
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Length - 46:28
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Dr. Cheryl Lundy Swift - Learning Without Tears, Handwriting Instruction, and Learning Cursive. A new episode on Teaching Learning Leading K12.
Dr. Cheryl Lundy Swift is an award-winning educational leader with over 20 years of experience. She is the Professional Learning Director at Learning Without Tears and founder and CEO of EduPower. The education consulting firm empowers school and business leaders, teachers, parents, and students to reach their fullest potential through professional development, coaching and curriculum. Cheryl has designed and delivered leadership, team building, and instructional topics to improve culture, climate, parent involvement, and student outcomes for thousands of school leaders and teachers nationwide. She served as the Lead Curriculum Developer for Learning Without Tears’ Get Set for School’s Language and Literacy curriculum, which received an AEP Distinguished Achievement award. In 2017, Cheryl was awarded the Investor Bank’s Educator of the Year Award.
Our focus today is handwriting instruction and learning cursive.
So much to learn.
Cool talk.
Thanks for listening!
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https://www.lwtears.com/literacymatters
Length - 41:19
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Elizabeth B. Splaine - Tyrone the Tenor Mouse: The Singing Mouse of the Opera House. This is episode 665 of the audio podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12.
Elizabeth B. Splaine is a retired opera singer who enjoys reading and writing WWII stories that focus on tenacity, hope and the indomitable human spirit. Prior to writing, Elizabeth earned an AB in Psychology from Duke University and an MHA from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She spent eleven years working in health care before switching careers to become a professional opera singer and voice teacher. When not writing, Elizabeth teaches classical voice in Rhode Island, where she lives with her husband, sons, and dogs.
We have talked about two of her books - Swan Song & Steel Butterflies
Our focus is Beth’s book -
Tyrone the Tenor Mouse: The Singing Mouse of the Opera House - a children’s book.
Awesome talk!
What a fun story!
Thanks for listening!
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https://elizabethsplaineauthor.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-B.-Splaine/e/B0714KYS7G%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Tyrone the Tenor Mouse (Amazon)
Length - 38:00
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Stephen Carter - Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset: Innovative Education for K-12 Schools. This is episode 664 of the audio podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12.
Stephen’s passion is inspiring innovative thinking around K-12 education and helping students adopt the entrepreneurial mindset in approaches to problem solving and critical thinking. Part of this includes overseeing student-run business ventures, orchestrating academic programing around entrepreneurship, and scaling revenue generating models.
He has been blessed to have been part of the growth of a nationally recognized entrepreneurship program at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy over the last ten years, and has also published two books, the most recent one being Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset: Innovative Education for K-12 Schools.
In addition, he is the founder of Seed Tree Group--an organization dedicated to developing entrepreneurship programs in private, K-12 schools through speaking, consulting, and coaching.
He has too many hobbies and can usually be found developing sourdough bread recipes, preparing for his next backpacking trip, experimenting with new vegetables, or trying to find his next good read.
Stephen lives in Cincinnati, OH, with his wife, Ashley, and two children.
Our focus is Stephen’s book -
Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset: Innovative Education for K-12 Schools
Awesome conversation!
Stephen will make you think.
Thanks for listening!
Before you go...
You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.
This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!
Okay, one more thing. Really just this one more thing. Could you follow the links below and listen to me being interviewed by Chris Nesi on his podcast Behind the Mic about my podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12? Click this link Behind the Mic: Teaching Learning Leading K12 to go listen.
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-carter-seedtree/
https://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiHillsChristianAcademy/
https://www.instagram.com/gochca/?hl=en
Length - 41:53
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Dr. Parul Dua Makkar - Life Interrupted: Dr. Dua's Survival Guide. This is episode 663 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
For the past dozen years, Dr. Parul Dua Makkar has owned and run her own successful dental practice in New York. She also helped publish, and contributed to, her brother’s book, Life Interrupted: Dr. Dua’s Survival Guide. It was released after Dr. Dua, a dentist, died from oral cancer. She is now an outspoken advocate to educate doctors and patients on risk factors, early detection, and the treatment of oral cancer.
This fall, she became a Wellness Ambassador, as well as a Fellow, of the American Dental Association. In just the last two years, Dr. Makkar has received numerous awards and recognition, including: Danobi Awards, Long Island Excellence in Health Care, Power Woman of Long Island, Hometown Hero Channel 12, Health Care Hero Schneps Media, and Outstanding Achievement Award by Indian American Forum.
Dr. Makkar earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, in 2023. She passed the National Dental Examination Board of Canada a year later. She completed her residency at Staten Island University Hospital in 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Central Oklahoma.
She has been featured in numerous professional media outlets, including Dental Today, Dental Town, Canadian Dental Association, Nassau County Dental Society, Oral Health, Journal of Oklahoma Dental Association, Women in Dentistry Magazine, British Dental Journal, Top Doctor Magazine, Marquis Top Doctor, and Entrepreneurs Herald. She’s also been published by – or featured in – numerous media outlets, including Fox News, Prevention Magazine, SiriusXM, and www.KatieCouric.com. She can be seen in an interview with ABC-TV Tucson as well.
She’s a member of many professional associations, including American Dental Association, Nassau County Dental Society, New York Dental Society, and Indian Dental Association (NY).
Born in India and raised in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dr. Makkar has also lived in Calgary and Edmonton, in Canada, as well as Oklahoma City, and Queens and Staten Island, in NYC. She resides in Jericho, New York. Please consult www.pdmfamilydental.com to learn about her dental practice, and www.parulduamakkar.com about her book.
Powerful conversation!
Thanks for listening!
Before you go...
You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.
This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!
Okay, one more thing. Really just this one more thing. Could you follow the links below and listen to me being interviewed by Chris Nesi on his podcast Behind the Mic about my podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12? Click this link Behind the Mic: Teaching Learning Leading K12 to go listen.
You are AWESOME!
Thanks so much!
Connect & Learn More:
http://www.pdmfamilydental.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-parul-dua-makkar-bsc-dds-facd-375324145/
https://www.facebook.com/PDMFamilyDental
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv46meC0Q0pwqTg8YD43-TA
Length - 42:55