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Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Kevin Benson & Danny Kofke - Southern Education Retirement Consortium: Financial Planning for Retirement. This is episode 697 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Kevin Benson serves as Executive Director for Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA) and the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC). In his CPA role, Kevin oversees a warehouse that provides office supplies, janitorial supplies, furniture, and USDA commodities, directly to 35 school systems in North Georgia. Kevin also provides all school systems in Georgia access to national contracts through the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA). Most recently, Kevin created the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC). In this role, Kevin strives to provide school systems and their employees, regardless of size, with unprecedented pricing, oversite, and control in the 403b and 457 markets.
Kevin has been an educator for over 25 years as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and safety director. Kevin began his tenure at CPA in 2017 and has increased yearly profits tenfold. In 2021 Kevin won the AEPA Outstanding Sales Growth Award with a 745% increase in sales. Kevin has a Bachelor of Science from Kennesaw State University, a master's in education from the University of Georgia, and an Educational Specialist degree from Liberty University.
A little about Danny Kofke
After being an elementary school teacher for 18 years, Danny Kofke recently left the classroom to work with Mentoro - a financial education company. His love of teaching and personal finance led him to write five personal finance books including The Wealthy Teacher: Lessons for Prospering on A School Teacher’s Salary.
Danny’s everyday approach to handling money has led him to appear on numerous television shows including Fox & Friends, The CBS Early Show, CNN’s Newsroom, the 700 Club and The Clark Howard Show. He has also been interviewed on over 600 radio shows and featured in a number of publications including USA Today, Yahoo.com, The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine and The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
He wants to show others if this former schoolteacher can do well financially, they can too!
Our focus today is the Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA) and the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC).
So much to learn about retirement planning.
Great conversation!
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Kevin Benson; CPA / SERC Director
Danny Kofke: Run with the Bulls
https://blubrry.com/runwiththebulls/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannykofke/
Length - 59:02
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
R.J. Stewart - Crazy Hawk: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller. This is episode 696 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
R.J. Stewart, the author of the post-apocalyptic thriller, Crazy Hawk, is best known for developing, writing and producing Xena: Warrior Princess (starring Lucy Lawless), once the highest-rated television show in syndication.
He started out as a teamster for nine years and a fledgling stage actor, until he got his first break, writing for the NBC romance detective drama starring Pierce Brosnan, Remington Steele. It would parlay into a 22-year Hollywood career that includes writing credits for movies The Rundown, starring Duane “The Rock” Johnson, Major League 2, starring Charlie Sheen, and television’s Cleopatra 2525. He also worked on projects with Kevin Costner, Rebecca De Mornay and James Garner.
Stewart was born in Brooklyn, New York, but has lived most of his life in the American West. His youth as the son of an Air Force sergeant was spent across six states and Greece, Italy, and Germany. His American family roots trace back nearly two centuries.
He has spent thousands of hours riding a trail horse and likes to collect historical documents specializing in 18th century history.
Stewart graduated from Florida International University.
He lives on a San Diego County horse ranch with his wife of 51 years, Kat O’Connor. Various horses and dogs have been kind enough to share their ranch with R.J. and Kat, including Danny, a beautiful palomino who inspired the creation of the buckskin character in Crazy Hawk, his first novel.
For more information, please see www.hovartus.com.
Awesome conversation!
I am a big fan of the Xena series and Remington Steele!
It was so cool to talk to their creator.
So much to learn!
Crazy Hawk is an awesome adventure story!
You need to read this novel!
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829739/?ref_=nmbio_ov
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112230/?ref_=ttawd_ov_i
Length - 39:43
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Dr. Kathleen Corley - The Magical Place We Call School: Creating a Safe Space for Learning and Happiness in a Challenging World. This is episode 695 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Dr. Kathleen Corley is an award-winning educator, an authority on school culture and the charismatic principal at Red Cedar Elementary School in Bluffton, S.C. Renowned for her unique communication and leadership skills, Dr. Corley has a bachelor’s in music education from the University of Illinois; a master’s in music administration from Chicago Musical College, Roosevelt University; and a doctorate in educational administration from the University of Illinois. An educator for more than 40 years, she is the founding principal of three elementary schools, including Bluffton Elementary, and later Red Cedar Elementary, serving as its only principal. She has been an assistant professor at Salem State University and continues to mentor principals. For her musical training and her leadership, Dr. Corley is known as a Pied Piper of Education.
Our focus today is Kathleen’s book - The Magical Place We Call School: Creating a Safe Space for Learning and Happiness in a Challenging World.
Awesome talk!
So much to learn and think about!
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Home | The Magical Place We Call School
https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Place-Call-School-Challenging/dp/163763224X
Length - 01:04:22
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Sonja Williams - A Kid's Guide to Life Choices. This is episode 694 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Sonja Williams is the owner and chief business consultant at Passionate About Diversity, LLC, an Atlanta-based, 18-year-old consulting operation with expertise in Human Capital Management, and Diversity & Inclusion. Sonja is a member of the Society for Human Resource Managers [SHRM], is a guest instructor for the Institute for Diversity Certification and has more than 20 years of corporate experience in accounting and human resources, specifically diversity and compliance.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Mercer University and an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix – Atlanta campus. Sonja is the author of The Introduction to Diversity and A Kid’s Guide to Life Choices.
In addition to human capital management and diversity and inclusion work, Sonja has a passion for teaching youngsters about the importance of finances on everyday decisions and life in general. To that end, she has been a guest facilitator and trainer for Atlanta Public School’s Project for a Day where she trained several volunteers from the business community to deliver the content for “The Big Picture” (Middle School) and “My Potential Life” (High School) financial literacy programs. She also penned From Start to Finish…but Before I Retire, a quick read designed to give middle-school aged children a look at what life has to offer and related responsibilities. She was a top fundraiser for four straight years for the Multiple Sclerosis Walk of Georgia.
Our focus today will be Sonja’s book - A Kid’s Guide to Life Choices
Great conversation!
Lots to think about.
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!
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.PassionateAboutDiversity.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/passionateaboutdiversity/?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PeDyqOWSKdjlyX8235vZA
Length - 01:02:47
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Dr. Hayley Watson - Founder & CEO of Open Parachute and the author of Finding Words: Empowering Struggling Students through Guided Conversations. This is episode 693 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Dr. Hayley Watson is the founder and CEO of Open Parachute, a Tier 1 K-12 curriculum program that supports the mental health of students, teachers, and parents. She is also an author and Clinical Psychologist and holds a PhD in school bullying interventions, along with four further degrees in the field of mental health. She has been creating and delivering programs for youth and practitioners across the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia for the past 20 years.
Excellent talk!
So much to learn.
Remember to share with your friends, colleagues, peers, family, and everyone else.
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!
Thanks so much!
Connect & Learn More:
https://openparachuteschools.com/
https://openparachuteschools.com/finding-the-words/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-hayley-watson-2b249a16/
hayley@openparachuteschools.com
Length - 46:42