Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRe-release: The impact of texting on literacy and the skills needed for effective word-reading
Episode 175
In this episode, I’m revisiting an older episode in honor of a special event that I'm doing in the month of September, 2024.
I'm so excited to partici…
1 year, 7 months ago
Creating a culture of collaboration on your school team (with Kurtis Hewson)
Episode 174
I’m a huge supporter of professionals taking ownership of their careers; regardless of the systemic issues at play.
But having said that, I ALSO like …
1 year, 7 months ago
School leadership and middle management (with Chris Dodge and Dr. Chris Jones)
Episode 173
A while back, I heard someone refer to school administrators and other public sector leaders as “middle managers”, and it really hit home for me.
As …
1 year, 7 months ago
Increasing attendance with student engagement and connectedness (with Jen Perry)
Episode 172
How can districts reverse chronic absenteeism and gain a deeper understanding of why students don’t come to school?
Can we measure how “connected” st…
1 year, 7 months ago
Social-emotional learning for adults (featuring Crissy Mombela, Lisa Navarra, and Dr. Theresa Melito-Conners)
Episode 171
Most discussions around social-emotional learning are about helping kids stay regulated, healthy, and adjusted, but we can’t forget about the adults.…
1 year, 8 months ago
Making intentional decisions and leaning on the expertise of your team (with Dr. Jen Schwanke)
Episode 170
As a school leader, when is it best to make “top-down” decisions, and when should you make it a collaborative process?
How can you tell which stakehol…
1 year, 8 months ago
How to support executive functioning with environmental scaffolding (self-talk, time-perception, planning)
Episode 169
Today, I wanted to share some FAQs that people ask about how to teach executive functioning.
Some of those common questions are:
How do you teach self…
1 year, 8 months ago
What do administrators need from school therapists and teachers? (featuring Eric Makelky, Jalita Johnson, and Jethro Jones)
Episode 168
Almost every school leader that I know has said they didn’t realize what they were getting themselves into when they started their first administrati…
1 year, 8 months ago
A framework for executive functioning intervention: Three shifts for school teams
Episode 167
As a professional field, we’re getting stuck in old ways of thinking when it comes to designing services for students experiencing executive dysfunct…
1 year, 8 months ago
The role of syntax in supporting language processing and executive functioning
Episode 166
Language and executive functioning have a bidirectional relationship (Baron & Arbel, 2022; Larson, et al., 2019). This means that building language s…
1 year, 9 months ago