Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Taking Care of Your Substitute Teachers: The Subfolder - 715

Taking Care of Your Substitute Teachers: The Subfolder. This is episode 715 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. 

There will come a day that you will have to be out of school. You will have to miss a day whether you have to take a personal day or a sick day. You may have to attend training or stay home so that you can take your child to the orthodontist, or you may not be feeling well. No matter there will be a day that you have to be out of school and a substitute teacher will fill your shoes. Are you ready?

When a substitute steps into your class do you have a place where he can find the information to know what you need focused on for the time that you are out? Do you have a place where the sub can find bell schedules and weekly calendars and lunch menus for the day? This place is a subfolder. The subfolder should be placed in a visible location. The subfolder should stand out from the rest of the information that you have on your desk. Take care of the substitute teachers who will come to your class one day and leave him a subfolder that contains information about the day.

Are you ready in case you need to be out?

Take care of your substitute teachers.

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Length - 10:47

Kai and Warren Kushner: Balancing Academics and Athletics through a Personalized Education - 714

Kai and Warren Kushner: Balancing Academics and Athletics through a Personalized Education. This is episode 714 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Kai Kushner is a competitive surfer who lives in Manhattan Beach, California and travels the world to compete and train. He is 17 years old and has been doing this since he was 10.

Kai has been surfing in Southern California since he was six. A competitive surfer like his father Warren Kushner, Kai has become one of the top junior male surfers in the nation with the hopes of participating in the Olympics in the future. While Kai spends more time in the ocean than on dry land, his education remains a high priority for both him and his parents.

Mother Dana Kushner credits Kai’s success academically and in athletics to a personalized approach to his education. Having been with Fusion Academy since middle school, Kai has been able to succeed in his grades while also finding time to train. Often traveling, Kai’s attendance doesn’t falter with both virtual and in-person options available to him.

Kai has many sponsors Rivvia projects, electric sunglasses, Chanell Islands surfboards, and future fins. In addition, Kai speaks Japanese and plays guitar which is a good compliment on his journey.

Our focus will be Balancing Academics and Athletics through a Personalized Education.

So much to learn about creating school environments that make it possible for students to be able to complete their academic coursework successfully while pursuing their athletic dreams.

Great conversation!

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Connect & Learn More:

https://www.instagram.com/kaikushner/

https://www.youtube.com/@kaikushner5680

https://www.fusionacademy.com/

Length - 43:01

Writing in a Journal, part 2 - 713

Writing in a Journal, Part 2

This is episode 713 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

When I was in the National Guard and US Army Reserve we used after action reports to help improve our unit's performance. We talked about what happened, what could have been better, and what we would do to accomplish more. We used those reports and the conversations to help improve the success of the unit.

When I was a high school principal A colleague suggested that I start using journaling to help me problem solve. He was right. It was amazing what having a conversation with myself at the end of the workday did for me. It helped work through challenges and create better solutions. I still have conversations with myself through journaling. I focus on asking these three questions:

1. What happened?

2. What went right and what went wrong?

3. What would I do differently next time?

My focus today is talking about what to write and determining the frequency that you will write.

Try journaling to help you become better at working through challenges. You won't regret it.

Before you go...

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Length - 13:54

Jennifer A. Lenhardt - Common Denominators: Cultivating Engagement and Belonging in Secondary Mathematics - 712

Jennifer A. Lenhardt - Common Denominators: Cultivating Engagement and Belonging in Secondary Mathematics. This is episode 712 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Jennifer Lenhardt (she/her) is all-in for the whole-human experiences of students, teachers, and leaders. Whether at work, in her writing, or a coffee-chat, she seeks to integrate her experiences as a teacher and research interest in equity and culturally responsive teaching. 

As a mathematics intervention teacher at a middle school, she worked collaboratively with educators across the district to launch and refine approaches to Tier 3 interventions and to support multilingual mathematics learners. Jennifer's education and passion are focused on the teachers and educational leaders of middle and high school students for whom learning mathematics is yet to be a source of joy, inspiration, or belonging. 

Through ongoing analysis of factors that affect the development of students’ and teachers’ multiple and intersecting identities, Lenhardt seeks to describe how we can better understand our lived experiences in and out of school and create the spaces necessary for flourishing.

Our focus will be Jennifer’s book - Common Denominators: Cultivating Engagement and Belonging in Secondary Mathematics

Excellent book!

What a great talk!

So much to learn.

Before you go...

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Connect & Learn More:

https://www.solutiontree.com/common-denominators.html?utm_source=st-native-ad&utm_medium=signature-graphic&utm_campaign=1114689

https://x.com/jenniferlmath

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-lenhardt-b4469514a/

jennifer.a.lenhardt@gmail.com

https://www.solutiontree.com/common-denominators.html

https://www.solutiontree.com/presenters/jennifer-a-lenhardt.html

Length - 55:05

Writing in a Journal: Having a Conversation with You - 711

Writing in a Journal: Having a Conversation with You.

This is episode 711 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

When I was in the National Guard and US Army Reserve we used after action reports to help improve our unit's performance. We talked about what happened, what could have been better, and what we would do to accomplish more. We used those reports and the conversations to help improve the success of the unit.

When I was a high school principal A colleague suggested that I start using journaling to help me problem solve. He was right. It was amazing what having a conversation with myself at the end of the workday did for me. It helped work through challenges and create better solutions. I still have conversations with myself through journaling. I focus on asking these three questions:

1. What happened?

2. What went right and what went wrong?

3. What would I do differently next time?

Try journaling to help you become better at working through challenges. You won't regret it.

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!

You are AWESOME!

Length - 11:43