SOS Podcast

Ready to dig into the free resources explored in this episode? You can find our free guide on Wikipedia here and get our free guide on learning to Search like a pro where we store our developing collection of free plug and play resources: https://www.shiftingschools.com/free-pdfs Did the Solar Flare Digital Do Now interest you? You can ALSO grab that by clicking: http://bitly.ws/bhCd If any of the resources inspire you to use them, we would LOVE to hear about it! Send us an email sospodcast@gmail.com or leave your feedback on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jeffutecht Is your PLC looking for an all-inclusive plan to put forward in 2021? Empowered PLCs has you covered. For a limited time, you can purchase it for your entire school for just $50. https://www.shiftingschools.com/store Learn more about ways to use this episode to engage and empower your team of teachers by heading to: https://www.shiftingschools.com/podcasts

Tan shares 5 specific strategies to meaningfully integrate emotional intelligence into our already packed teaching schedules.  The framework he will share can be applied K-12 and the specific examples that he will share come from his teaching experience (5-12). He even allows us to see and listen to his synchronous time with his students.  This was a highly interactive session and so you might want to check out the chat transcript and the video version at shiftingschools.com under the resource menu.

This recorded webinar is designed for classroom teachers to explore the idea of what "safe space" means in classrooms— digital or otherwise. For space to truly be safe, it must take into consideration racial and power dynamics that exist in our schools. This webinar will explore the connection between these things and provide examples of how to create racially and culturally conscious safe space in classrooms.

Jeff talks through some of the conversations he has been having with school leaders as well as state organizations and state governments on the future of education after the pandemic. Check out our free PDFs for educators as shiftingschools.com

Another free webinar from Shifting Schools. This time we learn from Steve Murphy and JB Blair. Two teachers in the same district find ways to have their classes work together on projects across schools and across grade levels. Community comes in many forms, creating one within your district is just another way to support students in understanding how to work in a networked world. Links: Slide Deck Padlet Link

A recorded webinar with Trevor MacKenzie. Trevor is an educator and author of two books on inquiry classrooms. Link: https://www.trevormackenzie.com/

This episode is a recording from our free webinar series over at Shifting Schools. If you would like to join us live for the discussion we’d love to have you. You can sign up at shiftingschools.com and join us live and of course continue to listen to the recordings here. You’ll also find the video version of this webinar along with the slide deck on the Shifting Schools website and in the show notes to this podcast.  Please enjoy this recorded webinar with Georgina Gonzalez on Strategies and Tools for Digging into Difficult Conversations with Teens.

When we go through disruptions like this it’s a struggle. It’s a struggle to be open to and have hard conversations with ourselves and with our colleagues around the changes that we’re going through. In this free webinar, Jennifer Abrams walks us through important planning strategies to help us authentically engage with the dialogues that challenge us. Learn more and get access to the PDF handout at sospodcast.org

Steve Murphy joins us for the Shifting Schools Free Webinar on Creating Global Citizens. Steve is a Technology Coach and Social Studies Teacher in the Enumclaw School District. Link: Slide Deck Chat File

Deidre Holmberg is a consultant with STEMCore Consulting, LLC. In this role, she supports the implementation of STEM initiatives, authors culturally relevant, standards-based STEM/STEAM curriculum for signature programs in numerous districts, and coaches school administrators and teachers on all aspects of STEM design, computational thinking, and the Science and Engineering Practices. Using an integrated approach, Deidre often leverages current events and bioethical dilemmas to make student work relevant, meaningful, and timely. Deidre is particularly interested and experienced in closing the persistent opportunity gaps for students in STEM and in building cohorts of diverse, highly capable STEM professionals for the 21st century workforce.

This week Tyler Rablin takes us through feedback that matters and what that means in today's complicated learning environments. We know feedback is essential to learning so how do we make sure we are giving feedback that works for students.  Show links can be found as sospodcast.org

This week we talk about communication with guest Dan James. In a time when educators are worried more than ever about creating connections with students, learn some tips we can use to truly make sure we communicating in effective ways? A great session with ideas and tips to start practicing and using today. Links: Dan James Website One-pager of terms

A recording of a free webinar I gave back in June as part of our Shifting Schools series. We have free webinars starting the week of Aug. 17th running through the month of September at least. You can register to join us live at shiftingschools.com or we'll be releasing them here as well in the coming weeks. Links to Slide Deck for Webinar

Welcome back to a new episode and season 4 of Shifting Our Schools. Excited to be back at the microphone sharing my thoughts, trainings, webinars, and conversations with all of you. We kick off season 4 with an email I wrote to a State Department of Education when asked my opinion on attendance policies in remote learning.

Tyler Rablin a High School ELA teacher and Tech Coach shares with us his grade book and assessment practices as he moved from a traditional way of grading to a mastery way of grading. This is the recording of a free webinar that Tyler gave as part of the ReImagine WA Ed program we have just wrapped up across the state of Washington. Titled: Meaningful Assessment: Grading for the Future, Tyler walks us through how you can rethink your grading and assessment practices to align with today’s best practices. Links: Chat file from Webinar Slide Deck One Page Handout

This episode is a recording of a Free Webinar we hosted as part of the ReImagine WA Ed program. These Webinars are open to any and all educators around the world and are free to join or listen to later. We will be releasing them here as podcasts as well.  This webinar hosted by Chris Butler who many of you regular listeners know as “Chris the Tech Coach” My co-host here at Shifting Our Schools and Erin Dickey a High School teacher and long time friend of Chris’s lead us through their Project-Based Awesome Webinar.

4 Steps of making Blended Learning manageable. We will look at preparing for next school year with good teaching strategies at the forefront. By Steve Murphy & Stefan Troutman Links: Chat file from Webinar Slide Deck

This is a recording of the free Webinar offered by the ReImagine WA Ed team who have been supporting over 4000 Washington State educators on the journey of distance learning. Led by Jen Longmire and Shannon Cunningham we dive into the 5 Steps to bring Choice and Voice into your lessons.  Links:  Chat file from Webinar Presentation

The ReImagine WA Ed team and I continue to support close to 4500 educators across the state of Washington adding another 1100 educators who started this week. We're excited to bring you this live AMA session we did on YouTube for educators across the state of Washington and around the world.

This week I share a webinar that Greg Bamford and Tara Jahn did last week titled: Design for Resilience Framework for the Future of Schools. A great conversation around leadership looking at the 20-21 school year.  Links:  Video Blog Post Presentation Slides Chat Stream