Episodes
Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
Barbara R. Blackburn joins me today to discuss her book Money for Good Grades and Other Myths About Motivating Kids. This is episode 294 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Ranked in the Top 30 Global Gurus in Education, Barbara has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. What differentiates Barbara’s 28 books are her easily executable concrete examples based on decades of experience as a teacher, professor, and consultant. Barbara’s dedication to education was inspired in her early years by her parents, Bob and Rose. Her father’s doctorate and lifetime career as a professor taught her the importance of professional training. Her mother’s career as school secretary shaped Barbara’s appreciation of the effort all staff play in the education of every child.
Barbara has taught early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students and has served as an educational consultant for three publishing companies. She holds a master’s degree in school administration and was certified as both a teacher and a school principal in North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 2006, she received the award for Outstanding Junior Professor at Winthrop University. She recently left her position at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to write and speak full-time.
In addition to speaking at state, national, and international conferences, she also regularly presents workshops for teachers and administrators in elementary, middle, and high schools. Her workshops are lively and engaging and filled with practical information. Her most popular topics include:
- Rigor is NOT a Four Letter Word
- Rigorous Schools and Classrooms: Leading the Way
- Rigorous Assessments
- Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom
- Rigor for Students with Special Needs
- Motivation + Engagement + Rigor = Student Success
- Research-Based Engaging Instruction Leads to Higher Achievement
- High Expectations and Increased Support Lead to Success
So much to learn today.
Thanks for listening.
Don't forget to share and subscribe.
Enjoy!
Connect with Barbara:
www.barbarablackburnonline.com
https://globalgurus.org/education-gurus-30/
www.routledge.com/eyeoneducation
https://twitter.com/BarbBlackburn
https://www.pinterest.com/barbblackburn/
https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraRBlackburn/
https://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781138368200?source=igodigital
https://www.amazon.com/Money-Grades-Other-Myths-Motivating-ebook/dp/B07R8GVRLW
Length - 1:00:47
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Barbara R. Blackburn: Advocacy From A to Z - 264
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Barbara R. Blackburn is the author of Advocacy from A to Z (2018) written with her father Robert Blackburn and Ronald Williamson. Today, Barbara shares what advocacy is, why educators need to pursue it, and how the listeners can get involved. This is episode 264 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast for educators.
Ranked in the Top 30 Global Gurus in Education, Barbara has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. What differentiates Barbara’s books are her easily executable concrete examples based on decades of experience as a teacher, professor, and consultant. Barbara’s dedication to education was inspired in her early years by her parents, Bob and Rose. Her father’s doctorate and lifetime career as a professor taught her the importance of professional training. Her mother’s career as a school secretary shaped Barbara’s appreciation of the effort all staff play in the education of every child.
Barbara has taught early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students and has served as an educational consultant for three publishing companies. She holds a master’s degree in school administration and was certified as both a teacher and a school principal in North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 2006, she received the award for Outstanding Junior Professor at Winthrop University. She recently left her position at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to write and speak full-time.
In addition to speaking at state, national, and international conferences, she also regularly presents workshops for teachers and administrators in elementary, middle, and high schools. Her workshops are lively and engaging and filled with practical information.
A few of her book titles are:
- Rigor made easy: Getting Started
- Rigorous Schools and Classrooms: Leading the Way
- Rigor in Your Classroom: A Toolkit for Teachers
- Rigor in Your School: A Toolkit for Leaders
- Literacy from A to Z
- Rigor for Students with Special Needs
- Motivating Struggling Learners: 10 Ways to Build Student Success
- Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word
- Rigor and Assessment in the Classroom
- Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom
- Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom: Practical Tools and Strategies
As well as many others….
Lots to learn today!
Thanks for listening!
Please feel free to share and it would be totally awesome if you subscribed to the podcast!
Enjoy!
Connect with Barbara:
www.barbarablackburnonline.com
https://globalgurus.org/education-gurus-30/
www.routledge.com/eyeoneducation
https://www.routledge.com/Advocacy-from-A-to-Z/Blackburn-Blackburn-Williamson/p/book/9781138125513
https://www.amazon.com/Advocacy-Z-Robert-Blackburn/dp/1138125512
https://twitter.com/BarbBlackburn
https://www.pinterest.com/barbblackburn/
https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraRBlackburn/
https://www.amazon.com/Barbara-R.-Blackburn/e/B001JP4CC2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1524661800&sr=8-2
https://www.middleweb.com/37284/a-to-z-advocacy-advice-for-school-leaders/
Here are some other interviews with Barbara on Teaching Learning Leading K12:
Length - 36:38
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
Today I am revisiting, Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom: Practical Tools and Strategies (Routledge, 2018) with the authors Barbara R. Blackburn and Bradley S. Witzel.
In their book, the authors "show you how to develop rigorous RTI and MTSS programs that will support students and lead them to lasting success. Written in a clear, engaging style, Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom offers an in-depth discussion of the issues facing students with academic problems as well as practical strategies for all teachers."
Barbara and I first talked about Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom in episode 194. This topic is extremely popular and so we decided to revisit the content and this time the book's co-author, Bradley S. Witzel was able to join us.
Barbara and Brad explain RTI and MTSS and we talk about everything from why training on RTI and MTSS is needed as well as we look at some evidence-based strategies that can be used in the classroom.
We also take a look at a couple of the chapters and discuss all of the resources that the authors provided the readers.
Lots to learn today.
Thanks for listening and sharing.
Have a great day!
Episode 194 of Teaching Learning Leading K12
Find out more and connect:
Barbara R. Blackburn
www.barbarablackburnonline.com
https://globalgurus.org/education-gurus-30/
www.routledge.com/eyeoneducation
https://twitter.com/BarbBlackburn
https://www.pinterest.com/barbblackburn/
https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraRBlackburn/
https://www.amazon.com/Barbara-R.-Blackburn/e/B001JP4CC2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1524661800&sr=8-2
Bradley S. Witzel
witzelb@winthrop.edu
https://twitter.com/BradWitzel
https://www.guilford.com/author/Bradley-S-Witzel
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/bradley-s-witzel
https://www.winthrop.edu/coe/faculty/default.aspx?id=50692
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-witzel-37a3987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D_93UGRL58
https://www.amazon.com/Bradley-S.-Witzel/e/B001JRRFVA
Length - 51:24
Saturday Nov 10, 2018
Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom with Barbara R. Blackburn - 220
Saturday Nov 10, 2018
Saturday Nov 10, 2018
Dr Barbara Blackburn talks with me today about her book, Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom: Tools and Strategies. (2019, Taylor & Francis)
Barbara has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike.
She is a Top 30 Global Guru in Education, has taught early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students and has served as an educational consultant for three publishing companies.
A few of her book titles are:
- Rigor made easy: Getting Started
- Rigorous Schools and Classrooms: Leading the Way
- Rigor in Your Classroom: A Toolkit for Teachers
- Rigor in Your School: A Toolkit for Leaders
- Literacy from A to Z
- Rigor for Students with Special Needs
- Motivating Struggling Learners: 10 Ways to Build Student Success
- Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word
- Rigor and Assessment in the Classroom
- Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom: Practical Tools and Strategies
She often can be found working with teachers and administrators in workshops as well as presenting at state, national, and international conferences.
Barbara is an amazing writer and teacher. She creates books that teachers can read and put into action immediately. She has a wonderful gift for making the difficult easy to understand and to use.
Lots to learn!
Thanks for listening!
Check out Barbara's Quick Reference Guide to Rigor just published by ASCD.
Rigor Quick Reference Guide with ASCD
Make sure that you check out the links below especially the link to the Graphic Organizer for Math Word Problems that Barbara talked about as well as the link to her website's free resources.
Learn More and Connect with Barbara:
www.barbarablackburnonline.com
https://globalgurus.org/education-gurus-30/
http://www.barbarablackburnonline.com/free-resources/
http://bit.ly/GraphicOrganizerMathWordProblems (The organizer that Barbara talked about.)
www.routledge.com/eyeoneducation
https://twitter.com/BarbBlackburn
https://www.pinterest.com/barbblackburn/
https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraRBlackburn/
https://twitter.com/RoutledgeEOE
https://twitter.com/routledgebooks
https://twitter.com/RoutledgeEd
Length - 52:53
Thursday May 03, 2018
Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom with Barbara R. Blackburn - 194
Thursday May 03, 2018
Thursday May 03, 2018
Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom: Practical Tools and Strategies is a must read for classroom teachers and building level administrators. Like the title says, "Practical Tools and Strategies", it is exactly that...Practical. Barbara R. Blackburn with Bradley S. Witzel have written a book that is extremely useful for making sure that students at all levels of understanding and development are receiving rigorous instruction.
On today's show, Barbara and I talk about the reasons behind the book and why it was important to create tools for teachers working in the RTI and MTSS environments.
She explains what she means by rigor, RTI and MTSS so that readers and listeners are given a common definition. We look at the layout and format of the book as well as the collaboration with Bradley Witzel as well as the collaboration between Routledge and the Council for Exceptional Children.
As with all of Barbara's books this one is easy to read and understand. It comes with practical tools for using in the classroom and amazing eresources.So we take a closer look at these.
Additionally, we discuss a couple of the chapters and talk about the suggestions and strategies.
Great episode for you. Lots to think about.
Thanks for listening!
Enjoy!
By the way, make sure that you see the links below to connect with Barbara.
Connect with Barbara:
www.barbarablackburnonline.com
www.routledge.com/eyeoneducation
https://twitter.com/BarbBlackburn
https://www.pinterest.com/barbblackburn/
https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraRBlackburn/
https://www.amazon.com/Barbara-R.-Blackburn/e/B001JP4CC2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1524661800&sr=8-2
Length - 47:55