Episodes (Page 19)

Unpacking Education August 11, 2021 • 22 min

A focus on relationships, routines, and social and emotional learning protocols will help ensure your students feel welcome and ready to learn this fall.

Unpacking Education August 4, 2021 • 31 min

To support you as you reenter the classroom after a year of disrupted teaching and learning, we’ve synthesized strategies to help you manage the transition.

Unpacking Education July 28, 2021 • 18 min

Let’s celebrate our students by sharing the story of a graduating senior from Washington, Andrew Hoggard. Andrew describes his senior year of high school and how he navigated remote, hybrid, and face-to-face learning.

Unpacking Education July 21, 2021 • 24 min

Let’s celebrate teachers by sharing the stories you submitted about your experiences during this extraordinary year of teaching and learning.

Unpacking Education July 14, 2021 • 26 min

Join us to explore the power of game-based learning and discover how video games can be used to teach core concepts, while promoting critical thinking and problem-solving.

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Unpacking Education July 7, 2021 • 26 min

In this week’s episode, we explore computational thinking and begin helping teachers unpack the concept for application in the classroom to help build students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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Unpacking Education June 30, 2021 • 26 min

In this week’s episode, we explore computational thinking and begin helping teachers unpack the concept for application in the classroom to help build students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Unpacking Education June 23, 2021 • 24 min

This week, our guest is Dr. Ellen Dorr, Chief Technology Officer, from Renton Unified School District in Renton, Washington. Join the team as we explore how the technology team has supported students, teachers, and their families navigate the challenges of the pandemic with empathy and understanding.

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Unpacking Education June 16, 2021 • 24 min

This week, our guest is Natasha Monsaas-Daly, Director of Information and Learning Technology for Watertown-Mayer Schools. She shares how her small, rural district integrates rigorous and authentic instruction, with quality technology tools.

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Unpacking Education June 9, 2021 • 27 min

Explore how to engage students in virtual field trips to provide rich learning opportunities, develop a broader perspective of the world around them, and a deeper understanding through shared experiences that may be otherwise unattainable.

Unpacking Education June 2, 2021 • 24 min

Our guest has experienced what it means to lead a school district through a year of unprecedented obstacles. Tune into our conversation with Dr. Dan Bittman, Superintendent of ISD 728 in Minnesota, for a discussion of how challenges became opportunities to provide care and support to the community.

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Unpacking Education May 26, 2021 • 26 min

Welcome to Teacher Insights! This week, our guest is Kaia Tomokiyo, a kindergarten teacher from Renton Unified School District in Renton, Washington. Kaia shares her strategies for introducing creativity and choice with our youngest learners.

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Unpacking Education May 19, 2021 • 27 min

Join us this week to explore the power of creativity and choice in the classroom to empower students to take ownership of their learning.

Unpacking Education May 5, 2021 • 23 min

While the past year resulted in disruption in schooling, as we look forward, can we shift the focus of the national dialogue from learning loss to accelerating learning? Join us as we talk with Dr. Lynn Kepp, Vice President of Executive Communication and Project Management Office at AVID Center, about how AVID is shifting the conversation to focus on student agency.

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Unpacking Education April 28, 2021 • 26 min

Join us for the last installment of our SEL series where we reframe the narrative. Rather than focusing on learning loss, we explore what we have learned this year that has led to growth and resiliency.

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