As professionals in education and leadership development, it's time we shine a spotlight on a group that often gets overlooked: high school sophomores.Sophomore year is a critical time in a student's journey. It's a period of immense transitio

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Why we wear masks - can we remove them?

Feb 19th, 2024 10m 30s

As teens, we often find ourselves navigating a complex web of expectations from our peers, teachers, and even our parents. Sometimes, it can feel like we're putting on a mask just to fit in or avoid judgment. But what does it mean to be truly a

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Train the Trainer - a Model for every classroom

Jan 2nd, 2024 15m

When I started thinking about leadership this way I was still teaching chemistry. In school, we often ask students who understand the content to support other students who might be struggling. We don’t express to either student that this groupi

Season 2 Finale

Aug 16th, 2023 8m 8s

Thank you so much for sharing this journey with me. As I end the second season of Education Unimagined I am excited to share things I am doing and where Peers not Fears is headed!Here is a link to my website for more information on the Teen Le

How do we make sure all students needs are met

Aug 2nd, 2023 18m

In this episode, we meet Kellina Powell. Kellina is a young entrepreneur who loves to help people with their personal growth and educate others about the deaf community. Little do people know Kellina is actually a hard-of-hearing person. She be

Are names important? A former student shares their experience and knowledge with me about gender.

Jul 19th, 2023 25m 50s

How important is your name to you? How does it feel when somebody mispronounces your name or calls you by a name, even a nickname that you didn't offer? I know for me, I bristle when somebody calls me Lori. I don't know why, but I do. So when a

Overcoming obstacles you didn’t choose

Jul 5th, 2023 18m

What are the reasons that students struggle to keep up with their academics in school sports and outside commitments, injuries, sickness, or having a place that they call home? These were all the different reasons that Oakley and I talked about

Friendship can be one of the greatest challenges as a young teen

Jun 21st, 2023 28m

Coach Lee Hopkins helps people take their social connections to the next level. Whether you want to feel more included at work, meet an activity buddy, or make a close friend to share your deepest thoughts with, he can help. He owns a social co

Tools to help us authentically listen to our school and family communities

Jun 7th, 2023 27m

Meet Jess Fuller, she has been in education for almost 14 years and spent the last five with Reschool, which is a Colorado-based nonprofit that was founded on the idea that our education systems can be more equitable and accessible when we co-c

How do we define learning? Kaitlyn talks about her expereince with anxiety and seat time

May 24th, 2023 22m 22s

Kaitlyn is a 20-year-old psychology major with a minor in criminal justice at Western New England University. She was an EMT for 2 years before college, she tutors at-risk middle schoolers. She lives with her boyfriend and her service dog, Evie

What is a highly sensitive person and how does that show up in my classroom?

May 10th, 2023 27m 49s

I wonder if you've considered the stress an average person puts on their nervous system with stimuli like social media or any notifications, and now add being in a highly stimulated environment of a classroom. It's really enough to make anyone

Authentic Assessment and listening to student voices

Apr 26th, 2023 26m 57s

Batsheva Frankel, MAT, a veteran educator of over 25 years, is the producer and host of the popular, entertaining podcast Overthrowing Education. As an educational consultant with her company New Lens Ed., Batsheva gives workshops, courses, coa

Student shares why he wasn’t sure he was a leader

Apr 12th, 2023 22m

Have you ever wondered how a student might respond if we ask them to give us some time to think about changes that we wanna implement in the school? Do you think they would say, no, I don't want you to take your time? I wanna do school right no

Thinking about how we navigate our classroom managment.

Apr 3rd, 2023 11m 45s

In this bonus episode, I wanna talk about the idea of a teacher holding their classroom as if they were holding it in the palm of their hand versus a tight fist.As brand new teachers, we are in the process of holding our hand so tight around t

Developing student voice as we develop into confident leaders

Mar 29th, 2023 25m

Meet Shane Lawrence, he has been teaching for 17 years, mostly within the arts. Over that time, he has taught Drama, ELA, Social Studies, Photography, Computers, Film, Art, & Digital Media. His biggest passion is teaching Film Studies and Produ

Bullies impact us in long lasting ways - how does bullying follow you as an adult

Mar 15th, 2023 27m

In this episode we meet Ross L, Ross is a powerlifting coach, life coach, podcaster, content creator, father, partner, and aspiring public speaker to name a few things. After having lived a life of limits and circumstances, Ross now seeks life

Let’s celebrate how we all learn differently

Mar 6th, 2023 12m

In this bonus episode, I challenge the ideas about student behavior. I examine how I may have contributed to the struggles students had in my classroom. I explore the idea that students can benefit from talking about the ways we all learn diffe

What are ways adminstration can listen to student voice?

Mar 1st, 2023 20m

Dr. Joseph Williams III is a K12 leader, who currently works as a high school principal with Seattle Public Schools. He has 20+ years of PreK-12 experience, including 10 years as a special education teacher and 13+ years as an assistant princip

Podcast Co-hosts share - finding thier voice, learning to meld their habits in working together

Feb 15th, 2023 20m

Meet Shriya - Shriya is a junior in high school and is working on her own book about podcasting! At school, she is the president of the Science National Honors Society and Lead Organizer of the TEDx Club. Outside school, she works as the Social

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Learning from Advice: The value of inclusion in every classroom

Feb 6th, 2023 10m

In this episode, I talk about inclusion, inclusion in the classroom. As a new teacher, I really loved the tracking system. I loved being able to guide all of my instruction to a specific student. In my teacher training, however, learned about d

As an educator, we need to care more about the student as an individual than as a student - Authentic Learning is the Key

Feb 1st, 2023 23m

Sarah Hunt, M. Ed. has more than 20 years of classroom instructing and school leadership expertise. She has implemented, led, and built an entire school-wide experiential learning program. Additionally, as an experienced Project-Based Learning

How does the Human Connection show up in our classrooms

Jan 18th, 2023 28m 11s

Voice can be shared in a variety of places and ways (podcast)Vulnerability in a classroom - are you are studentsHave you ever had a student lose a parent? How do you handle that emotion for your student for their peers - what about engaging t

A curious student talks about uncovering her passion and not feeling driven to take the conventional path

Jan 4th, 2023 28m

Meet Abigail, a podcast host and co-host, a voice actress, and a wife. She lives in the Dallas area with her husband and three dogs. She hosts the Manic Pixie Weirdo, a podcast where we talk about relationships a place where everybody can come

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Putting student advice into practice: Mental Health

Jan 2nd, 2023 15m

In this bonus episode of Education Unimagined, I am going to talk a little bit about my perception of student mental health, and student behaviors in my classroom I talk about previous episodes in which this topic has surfaced.It's kind of sur

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It’s the courage to continue that counts.

Dec 21st, 2022 22m

Maggie shares that despite having dyslexia if she is struggling with something, she now has the confidence that she can do it. Just because she heard, “she can’t, she can’t,” through her early years of elementary school didn’t mean she couldn’t