Episodes

Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Joachim (Joe) Reimann, PhD shares his books - "Immigrant Concepts: Life Paths to Integration" and "Immigrant Psychology: Heart, Mind, and Soul." This is episode 640 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Joachim (Joe) O.F. Reimann, Ph.D., serves as the president of the Group For Immigrant Resettlement & Assessment, is a psychologist in private practice, and is the co-author of several books related to immigration.
For the past 25 years as a psychologist, he has provided direct clinical services as well as organizational, community development, and research consulting. Much of his work focuses on culturally and linguistically distinct populations. Over his career Dr. Reimann has also been a researcher at San Diego State University's Graduate School of Public Health, has taught undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level courses at several institutions, and has authored or co-authored a number of articles in peer-reviewed academic journals.
As president of The Group for Immigrant Resettlement & Assessment, Dr. Reimann leads a team of clinical and social psychologists, researchers, career development specialists, leaders of community-based organizations, and additional members who have expertise relevant to immigrants, refugees, and others subjected to forced migration. Its mission is to create and implement psychometric measures that help integrate immigrant groups into host countries.
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An immigrant from Berlin, Germany, Dr. Reimann earned a BA in Psychology and an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at El Paso. He then earned an MA and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (now Alliant International University). He resides with his wife Dr. Dolores I. Rodriguez-Reimann, co-author of their books Immigrant Concepts: Life Paths to Integration and Immigrant Psychology: Heart, Mind, and Soul, in Chula Vista, CA.
So much to learn.
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Connect & Learn More:
https://immigrantscreening.com/
Length - 53:36

Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Terri Lynn Soutor - CEO of ParentPowered - Empowering Family Engagement Digitally - 639
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Terri Lynn Soutor - CEO of ParentPowered - Empowering Family Engagement Digitally. This is episode 639 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Terri Lynn Soutor is the Chief Executive Officer at ParentPowered. An experienced C-suite leader and go-to-market strategist, Terri is skilled at building and growing education technology companies. In fact, she made the list of CEOs in The Real Power 50 by Minnesota Business and was a recipient of a Titan for Technology award from Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Our focus is learning about ParentPowered - Supporting family engagement digitally to help students succeed in school.
Awesome talk!
So much to learn!
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/parentpowered/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrisoutor/
Length - 41:48

Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Jason McKenna - What STEM Can Do for Your Classroom: Improving Student Problem Solving, Collaboration, and Engagement. This is episode 638 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
In the book What STEM Can Do for Your Classroom: Improving Student Problem Solving, Collaboration, and Engagement, author and educator Jason McKenna describes how teaching STEM education in his elementary school changed his classroom and his life, improving his students’ and his own approaches to problem-solving, collaboration, and general motivation to learn. Offering examples, tried and tested classroom projects, and collaborative strategies, this innovative resource opens up STEM education in K–6 classrooms in exciting and expansive new ways.
Awesome conversation!
So much to learn and use in your classroom!
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1954631456/ref=jmckenna
https://twitter.com/MckennaJ72
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-mckenna/
Length - 59:58

Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Sydney Lea - A Pulitzer Finalist in Poetry; Vermont's Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015; Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts 2021 - Shares his Latest Poetry Collection "What Shines". This is episode 637 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
A former Pulitzer finalist in poetry, Sydney Lea served as founding editor of New England Review and was Vermont’s Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015. In 2021, he was presented with his home state’s Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.
He has published twenty-four books: a novel, five volumes of personal and three of critical essays, and sixteen poetry collections, most recently What Shines (Four Way Books, NYC, 2023).
His sixth book of personal essays, Such Dancing as We Can, is due in early 2024, and his second novel, Now Look, in spring.
Our focus today is on poetry, writing, and his work - What Shines.
This is an awesome conversation!
Enjoy!
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Length - 01:04:35

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Jason Dietrich - Certified NASA STEM Educator: Hyperlexia, Building STEM Participation, the Virginia Space Flight Academy, and SSAI (Science Systems and Applications, Inc.). This is episode 636 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Jason is a highly motivated, certified NASA STEM educator with more than four years of teaching experience seeking to influence and engage students to participate in STEM career pathways.
Jason has Hyperlexia, which is a form of autism. Even though he struggled with reading comprehension, he never gave up.
He is interested in increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM as well as building a solid foundation for STEM literacy. In this technology-based society, he seeks to build computational literacy and develop critical thinkers capable of analyzing and integrating data to formulate solutions to complex real-world problems through the use of innovative and differentiated instructional methods.
He is experienced in training and professional development, global education policy and methods, statistical analysis, curriculum development, and assessment strategies. In addition, he has been mentored by a current Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) STEM Engagement Specialist and has authored a NASA application design to identify hidden barriers to STEM engagement.
Jason is eager to promote and use STEM engagement activities through NASA’s missions to inspire a diverse future STEM workforce.
Our focus today is Jason's role as a certified NASA STEM Educator, dealing with hyperlexia, building STEM participation, the Virginia Space Flight Academy, and SSAI (Science Systems and Applications, Inc.).
Lots to learn.
Great conversation!
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. I mentioned in the opening of the show that you could hear me interviewed on 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!
Learn More:
https://www.instagram.com/vaspaceflightacademy/
https://www.facebook.com/VaSpaceFlightAcademy
https://www.youtube.com/@virginiaspaceflightacademy7029
https://www.linkedin.com/company/virginia-space-flight-academy/about/
Length - 52:12