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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Richard Owens & Anthony Cook: How can we make the college prep process more equitable? This is episode 514 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Today I’m talking with Anthony Cook and Richard Owens:
Anthony is currently the Coordinator of College and Career Counseling at Osceola County School District in Kissimmee Florida. The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) recently named Cook one of 15 College and Career Readiness Fellows across the United States and the sole Fellow from Florida. Cook earned a Master of Science (M.S.) focused in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling from Stetson University.
Richard Owens, The Managing Director of Programs at Tarrant To & Through Partnership (T3 Partnership), began his career in the classroom teaching fifth-grade math and science, and later joined Teach for America in a variety of roles.
As a senior managing director for Teach for America he built a community of more than 600 equity-driven corps members and alumni. With a focus on the power of diversity, Richard increased team composition from 25 to 45 percent people of color with varied backgrounds and experiences. He also designed and led staff learning experiences focused on the integration of personal values, cultivated relationships with key stakeholders and fostered an organizational culture that contributed to a 20 percent increase in teacher satisfaction.
Most recently, Richard served as a District Support Consultant at the Holdsworth Center. In this role, he supported two North Texas districts is assessing and revamping their district wide talent development systems and practices.
Richard earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Georgia. He is a graduate of the Cobb County School District in Marietta, Georgia.
Our Focus is…
How can we make the college prep process equitable? With the average school counselor ratio in public high schools 400 students to 1 counselor, it is difficult for school counselors to devote attention to each student and their needs.
Therefore, many families spend thousands of dollars hiring outside college prep counselors to assist their children. What about the families that can’t afford outside college prep? How can we create equity in the college application process?
So much to learn! Cool conversation!
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The new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.
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He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-cook-13623513a/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-owens-57a56147/
https://www.facebook.com/T3partnership
https://www.instagram.com/T3partnership/
https://twitter.com/T3partnership
https://www.linkedin.com/company/t3partnership/
Length - 01:06:55
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Vicki Cody talks about her books Army Wife: A Story of Love and Family in the Heart of the Army and Fly Safe: Letters From the Gulf War and Reflections from Back Home. This is episode 513 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Vicki Cody grew up in Burlington, Vermont and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1975, with a BS degree in education. For the next 33 years she was an Army wife, supporting her husband in his career. While raising their two sons and moving all over the United States and overseas, she served as a coach and mentor for Army spouses and as an advocate for Army families.
Vicki has received numerous awards for her work on behalf of military families. In 2007, she was written into the Congressional Record in a tribute to her by Congressman Sylvestre Reyes, for her writings about Army life and her contributions to the nation as an Army wife and Army mom. In 2021, Vicki, along with her husband Dick, received the General Creighton Abrams Medal for Service from the Association of the United States Army.
She is the author of Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents’ Guide and most recently, the revised edition, Your Soldier, Your Army: A Family Guide, both of which were published by the Association of the United States Army. This book is free of charge to everyone. To date, over 500,000 copies of these books have been distributed. Her articles have appeared in numerous military magazines and publications.
Her first memoir, Army Wife: A Story of Love and Family in the Heart of the Army was published in 2016 by She Writes Press. Army Wife won the 2016 USA Best Book Award for narrative non-fiction, was a Finalist for the 2016 Foreword Indies Book of the Year in the military category, and was listed in Kirkus Reviews Top Indie Books of 2016.
Her new memoir, Fly Safe- Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections from Back Home, was released in August 2021 by She Writes Press. Fly Safe was a finalist for the 2021 Best Book Awards in the History/Military category; made the Kirkus Reviews 2021 list of Great Indie Books worth discovering; and is a finalist for the Military and Front Lines Book Award in the Chanticleer International Book Awards.
She and her husband of forty-six years live in the Washington, DC area. Their two sons, both Apache helicopter pilots, continue to serve on active duty in the US Army.
We will focus on Vicki’s books - Army Wife: A Story of Love and Family in the Heart of the Army and Fly Safe: Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections from Back Home.
So much to learn! Powerful books!
But wait...
The new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.
Connect with Brian at briankbuffington@gmail.com or go to his website at
He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.
Thanks, Brian!
Oh, yeah...
Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks!
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? That would so awesome!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for listening!
Connect & Learn More:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Vicki-Cody/100011167440813/
Length - 50:48
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Barbara R. Blackburn talks about her books Rigor in the K-5 Math and Science Classroom and Rigor in the 6-12 Math and Science Classroom. This is episode 512 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Barbara R. Blackburn, named a Top 30 Global Guru in Education, has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. What differentiates Barbara’s over 30 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. 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 student.
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 a teacher and school principal in North Carolina.
She received her PhD 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 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 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 seminars include:
Rigor Is NOT a Four-Letter Word
Rigorous Schools and Classrooms: Leading the Way
Rigorous Assessments
Differentiating Instruction Without Lessening Rigor in Your Classroom
Motivation + Engagement + Rigor = Student Success
Rigor for Students With Special Needs
Motivating Struggling Students
Rigor in the Remote Learning Classroom
Barbara can be reached through her website: www.barbarablackburnonline.com.
Today we are focused on Barbara’s books Rigor in the K-5 Math and Science Classroom and Rigor in the 6-12 Math and Science Classroom written with Abigail Armstrong.
Great talk!
So much to learn!
But wait...
The new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.
Connect with Brian at briankbuffington@gmail.com or go to his website at
He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.
Thanks, Brian!
Oh, yeah...
Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks!
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? That would so awesome!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for listening!
Connect & Learn More:
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/
Length - 43:48
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Walter Stephen Geeding shares his award winning novel - Endless Times - Volume One: The Path of Kokopelli. This is episode 511 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Walter Stephen Geeding, ever since he ran away from home as a teen-ager to gallivant across North America with his best friend, has always been a curious man of adventure who has lived his life as wildly as the characters in his books.
In fact, it is hard to separate Walter from the exploits his characters unveil on the pages of his books.
At age 17, Walter was a hippie who traveled all over the nation and Canada in an old convertible. He did odd jobs – YMCA instructor, painted water towers, built homes, photo lab technician – and got himself into all kinds of brushes with the law. He even shot himself – twice – accidentally.
Eventually he turned his life around, and at age 38 earned a BA in English from Missouri Southern State University. In 1996 he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa.
He became a prosecutor for McDonald County, Missouri, for eight years. Then he switched sides and spent 15 years as a defense attorney, owning and operating his law practice that specialized in criminal and civil law.
He was a bar president of the 40 th Judicial Circuit. He is a born storyteller and bullshitter extraordinaire. For nearly five years he wrote poetry for the Neosho Weekly. Walter has an interesting family lineage. His grandfather was a city marshal and a lead miner. His dad worked for the FBI.
His published books include the Endless Times series (Volume One: The Path of Kokopelli; Volume Two: Murphy Diggins); Colony trilogy (Book One: The End; Book Two: Narrations of Nui; Book Three: The Beginning); Even The Mice Get Fat (a collection of Christmas poems); and Pictures of Life; Rhyming Mind Pictures (poetic observations).
Walter is a rugged outdoorsman who enjoys hunting, kayaking, fishing, hiking, and archery. He has two children, two step-children, many ex-wives, and 14 grandchildren. For more information, please consult: www.walterstephengeeding.com.
Today we are focused on Stephen’s writing and his award winning book Endless Times -Volume One: The Path of Kokopelli
Awesome conversation! Fun read!
But wait...
The new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.
Connect with Brian at briankbuffington@gmail.com or go to his website at
He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.
Thanks, Brian!
Oh, yeah...
Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks!
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? That would so awesome!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for listening!
Connect & Learn More:
https://www.walterstephengeeding.com/
Walter Stephen Geeding
PO Box 98
Pineville, MO 64856
https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-stephen-geeding-57954b218/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRt5yu2b2W2ILQyXzcGcpzg
https://www.instagram.com/solitaire.enterprises/
https://www.facebook.com/people/Walter-S-Geeding/100064770610979/
Length - 35:30
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Gisela Bengfort shares her children's book series: Wolfy's Adventure. This is episode 510 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Gisela Bengfort-Piatti frequently tells stories to her kids and grandkids about animals, empathy, making decisions, and unlimited possibilities. Camryn, one of her grandkids, inspired her to write down some of these family stories and true events from her past to the present.
Her children’s book series covers topics of trust, friendship, fortitude, overcoming challenges, resilience, and love. The stories show that it takes courage to live life fully, that we can’t always win but to not try guarantees a loss, that every failure makes us grow bigger, and that nothing is static for long.
Gisela loves the outdoors and all animals. You can find her on many Bay Area trails, sharing her laughter with family and friends.
She was born in Switzerland, where she met the love of her life, Joe Bengfort, in 1997. Six months later, they got married in the USA, and she moved with her two kids, Patrick and Selina, from Switzerland to the USA. They became a patchwork family as Joe also had two kids, Lindsey and Joseph.
Prior to writing children’s books full-time and raising a family, she was a successful business woman. She served as the executive director of San Jose State University for the College Alumni of Business. She also created her own salad-dressing, Gigi’s Gourmet Salad Dressing, developed in a food laboratory and distributed to Texas retailers.
In Switzerland, she was a sales representative for Christian Dior, worked for Accenture (Anderson Consulting) and was a sales representative for an international pharmaceutical company, Berton Dickinson.
She resides in Mill Valley, California and continues to share stories with her six grandchildren..
Today we will be focused on Gisela’s books - Wolfy’s Adventure: An Unlikely Friendship and Wolfy’s Adventure: Away from Home.
Cool talk! Excellent stories!
But wait...
The new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.
Connect with Brian at briankbuffington@gmail.com or go to his website at
He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.
Thanks, Brian!
Oh, yeah...
Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks!
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? That would so awesome!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for listening!
Connect & Learn More:
https://www.amazon.com/Gisela-Bengfort/e/B09WC46Y66%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wolfys-adventure-gisela-bengfort/1140063668
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhvD2VoRBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ4cIiFB9lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhvD2VoRBA
Length - 01:03:22