Sheila Robitaille - How Gamified Learning is Changing the Reading Landscape in K-12 Education. This is episode 698 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Sheila Robitaille is a veteran educator. In her nearly 30 years in the education sector, she has served as a classroom teacher, Magnet School Coordinator, Technology Integration Specialist, Professional Development Specialist, Director of Innovation and Learning and School Principal.  Currently, she is a Professional Development...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Barbara Cirigliano, EdD - Success for Our Youngest Learners: Embracing the PLC at Work Process at the Early Childhood Level. This is episode 692 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Barbara W. Cirigliano, EdD, is the former principal of Willow Grove Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. She has more than 40 years of experience, focusing on early education, elementary education, and special education. At Willow Grove, Dr. Cirigliano led the...

Dan Granger - Why is Sam so Sad? Seasonal Affective Disorder and Depression from a Child's Perspective. This is episode 691 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dan Granger has coped with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) every winter since he was a child growing up in Wisconsin. As a former teacher of 15 years, he combines his professional experiences and personal background to deliver an informative and inspiring children’s book: Why Is Sam So Sad? Seasonal Affective Disorder...

Hannah Roudebush: Connect Your ELA Classes to the Interests and Lives of Your Students. This is episode 690 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Hannah Roudebush is a Training Consultant at Gale, part of Cengage Group, where she develops and delivers training to K-12 teachers and school media specialists, as well as special, government, and public library staff on a wide variety of digital resources supporting lifelong learning. She earned her BA in Secondary Education with an...

Will Illingworth & Josh Swartz - HiTech Podcast - talk with Steve about Old Tech We Have Found and Compare It to New Tech. This is episode 689 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Will and Josh from the HiTech podcast are back and today we are focused on some old tech that we have found. We spent a couple of months visiting garage sales, estate sales, and stores like Good Will. The purpose was to see what cool old tech we could find and share on the show.  We bring to the...

Matthew Woods - Leading Out the Woods: Nurturing School Etiquette for Success. This is episode 688 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Matthew Woods has served for roughly 15 years assisting students, educators, and schools in a variety of roles. His professional experience includes being a high school social studies teacher, middle and high school assistant principal, middle school principal, director of student support services, assistant superintendent of student...

Kent Sanders - Founder of Inkwell Ghostwriting: Writing Techniques, Ghostwriting, and Podcasting. This is episode 687 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kent Sanders is the founder of Inkwell Ghostwriting, which helps leaders grow their business through books and other content. He is also the author and co-author of numerous books, including 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most and co-author of The Faith of Elvis: A Story Only a Brother Can Tell with...

Father's Day is here! Great time to spend time with your kids and family. Lots of great fun. I'm looking forward to spending time with my sons and wife this Father's Day. We have some fun planned. In the past we have played games, gone fishing, hiked, watched movies, bowled, and so much more. Father's Day is awesome! My podcast friend Jeff Ikler - who creates and hosts his show Getting Unstuck - Cultivating Curiosity - had a real cool show this week For Father's Day - Maybe the Best Gift Ever...

Jennifer Serravallo - Teaching Reading Across the Day: Methods and Structures for Engaging, Explicit Instruction. This is episode 685 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jennifer Serravallo is a NYT bestselling author of more than 15 books and resources, an award-winning educator, a literacy consultant, a frequent speaker at state and national conferences, and a former member of the Parents Magazine editorial board. In 2023, she launched her podcast To the Classroom:...

Mike Duncan - President & CEO of Battelle for Kids - The Future of the Portrait of a Graduate. This is episode 684 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Mike Duncan is the president and CEO of Battelle for Kids. Before his current role, he was one of the longest-serving superintendents in the state of Georgia, having been the superintendent at Pike County Schools since 2005. Before arriving in Pike, he was a high school principal, high school and middle school assistant...

Frederick C. Buskey - A School Leader's Guide to Reclaiming Purpose. This is episode 683 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Frederick Buskey helps school leaders reclaim their purpose! Building on 33 years of k-12 and higher education leadership experience, Frederick provides simple frameworks and practical tools to help leaders make immediate incremental improvements. His new book, A School Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose, helps leaders master six stages to move from...

Natalie Kuldell - Founder & Executive Director - BioBuilder: Educating a Future-Ready Workforce. This is episode 682 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Natalie Kuldell, founder and executive director of BioBuilder, which is a nonprofit helping to educate a future-ready workforce that will solve some of the world’s greatest challenges by bringing tomorrow’s science into today’s classrooms.  Recognized in 2020 as a STEM Trailblazer by the Million Women Mentors and with...

  Jeremy S. Adams - Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans. This is episode 681 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Jeremy S. Adams has taught at Bakersfield High School for 26 years. He is the Daughters of the American Revolution 2014 California Teacher of the Year. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, the LA Times, The Washington Post, and countless other outlets. He is an Amazon best-selling author, and his newest book is entitled...

Danny Kofke - Money Management, Mentoro, and the podcast Run with the Bulls. This is episode 680 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. 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...

Spencer Fleury - I Blame Myself But Also You and Other Stories. This is episode 679 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Spencer Fleury has worked as a sailor, copywriter, economics and geography professor, and record store clerk, among other disreputable occupations. He is the author of the novel HOW I'M SPENDING MY AFTERLIFE (2021) and the story collection I BLAME MYSELF BUT ALSO YOU (AND OTHER STORIES) (Malarkey Books, 2024). Awesome stories! The story telling engages the...

Vince Shorb - Founder & CEO of the National Financial Educators Council: Financial Education Reform in High Schools. This is episode 678 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Vince Shorb stands as a prominent advocate for financial education and reform in high school subjects nationwide. His primary objective is to ensure that today’s youth graduate with the practical skills they need to navigate life’s challenges and empower them with essential knowledge for leading secure,...

Michael Stephen Daigle - Dragony Rising: A New Frank Nagler Mystery. This is episode 677 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Michael Stephen Daigle lives in N.J. with his family. He was an award-winning journalist for more than four decades, including 25 years in New Jersey at the Bridgewater Courier-News and the Morris County Daily Record. After graduation from Binghamton University, he wrote his first novel at 22, and a second at 24. The second one years later became the...

Christopher Loric - SESG Explorer: Science Fiction, Military Thriller, & Space Adventure. This is episode 676 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Christopher Loric served as a United States Navy Officer and retired as a Commander, with a yearlong deployment in Iraq during a military career that spanned 28 years. He is also a science-fiction military writer who has penned his debut novel, SESG Explorer. Loric’s last assignment concluded at the outset of the covid pandemic,...

Sara Delano Moore - Vice President of Research & Content - ORIGO Education: Spaced Learning: Helping Children Learn Mathematics Sara Delano Moore focuses on helping teachers and students understand mathematics as a coherent and connected discipline.  An experienced teacher and nationally recognized speaker, her work emphasizes the power of deep understanding and multiple representations for learning.  Sara’s interests include building conceptual understanding of mathematics to support...

Sarah McNeil - Thinking Maps: A Shared Visual Language for Learning. This is episode 674 on Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Sarah McNeil is an experienced educator and consultant with a rich background in the education management industry. Currently serving as the Vice President of Professional Development at Thinking Maps, Inc., Sarah brings over 16 years of experience to her role. Her expertise lies in K-12 education, coaching, educational consulting, and instructional...