Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud

The Path for Women in School Leadership

Kim Cofino, the author of, "Finding Your Path As a Woman in School Leadership: A Guide for Educators, Allies, and Advocates," shares insights from interviews she conducted with over 70 successful female school leaders. Her discoveries are important to female educators at different stages in their leadership development and roles. Equally important, Kim provides reflection for school leaders, regardless of gender, who need to be addressing their role in identifying and supporting more females to be engaged in school leadership. Our students deserve a diverse and representative educator community. We all have a responsibility.

Find Kim's book, "Finding Your Path As a Woman in School Leadership" here.
Connect and learn more about Kim’s work here.  

Strengthening Professional and Organizational Capacity

Allie Rodman, the founder of The Learning Loop and author of "Still Learning: Strengthening Professional and Organizational Capacity," explores critical elements for teacher, team, and organizational learning. Consider the roles of stillness, pause and reflection in generating educator learning. Explore learning as an individual educator, team member, and as an organization.

Listen to earlier podcasts with Allie:

Professional Learning—Let’s Not Go Back to Normal!

My Professional Learning – How Do I Make the Most Of What I’ve Learned During Virtual and Hybrid Teaching

Connect with Allie & visit The Learning loop website here.

Can AI Be a Teaching Partner?

Kylie Hand and Jennifer Baron, from the Innovative Educational Services Division at Chester County Intermediate Unit in PA, share opportunities for teachers to partner with AI to impact student learning. They discuss options for teachers getting ready to explore as well as teachers who are engaged in "what’s possible.”  Many resources ranging from safe and responsible usage to differentiating learning options to a source of feedback for students are offered.

Resources: 

• Future of Work Report - LinkedIn 
• Value Add of Technology on Teaching Framework 
• TeachAI.org  
• AI Tools List 
• Assessment Reform in the Age of AI 
• Common Sense Media’s AI’s Impact on Kids 

AI in Education News & Guidance 

• AI for Education 
• AIxEducation 
• Common Sense Media AI 
• EDSafeAI 
• EngageAI Institute 
• GSV: AI & Education 
• TeachAI 
• The AI Educator 
• UNESCO 

AI Curriculum Resources 

• AI4K12 
• AIedu 
• Code.org/AI 
• CSTA 
• DataScience4Everyone 
• PA'S AI Resources for CSEdWeek2023 

Individuals  

• Rebecca Bultsma 
• Monica Burns 
• Vicki Davis 
• Dr. Kip Glazer 
• Dr. Josh Ecker 
• Kylie Hand 
• AJ Juliani 
• Dr. Ethan Mollick
• Charlie Reisinger 
• Dr. Demetrius Roberts 
• John Spencer  

Our Contact Info: 

Kylie Hand, Director of Learning Design & EdTech, Chester County Intermediate Unit: KylieH@cciu.org 

Personal Social Media: 

• X: @mrskyliehand 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyliehand/  

Jen Baron, Online Learning Design Specialist, Chester County Intermediate Unit: JenniferBa@cciu.org  

Personal Social Media: 

• X: @JenBaron96 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-baron-702ab81aa

 

The Power of Rapport

“If a leader wants to be seen as trustworthy, he or she needs to build a connection through rapport”, shares Mike Gilmour, elementary principal, and the author of "The Power of Rapport." Mike walks through six focus areas for building rapport, all of which can be consciously practices and coached: Body Language, Communication, Authenticity, Consistency, Energy and Enthusiasm, Intentionality.

Connect with Mike Gilmour on LinkedIn or at: https://thepowerofrapport.com/

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We Need Professional Development Around Grading

Author, teacher, and education policy doctoral candidate, Sarah Morris, explores the research around teachers’ grading decisions. Many teachers have received little if any professional development that produces reflection on the impact of their grading practices. The inequity of some grading practices cannot be decreased without teachers’ realization of the impact of their practices and exploration of possibilities.

Read Sarah's article, "I Used to Think I Was a Fair Grader. Now, I Look Back and Cringe" here.

Contact Sarah: srm041@uark.edu

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Prompting Students to Sketch to Learn

Biology and Earth Science teacher and author, Wendi Pillars, provides a look at the power of sketching in teaching and learning. Sketching provides an opportunity for students to engage with content in a non-threating and low stakes world. Time for sketching can guide a synthesis of learning. Studies show that information is recalled exponentially more when paired with visuals than without them.

"Using sketching can add laughter and boost confidence to take risk both intellectually and creatively which is ideal for building community and ensuring understanding"

Find Wendi’s books here. 
Find her on X (Twitter) - @wendi322 

Students Mentoring Students

Learn about a well-established program that has senior students serving as mentors to incoming freshman. Terrence Johnson, the designer and implementor of the program at Cumberland Regional High School in NJ, provides details around the program’s elements. Alumni mentors return as part of new mentor training and share their experience of the program’s lasting impact on them post high school. As you listen, consider insights for initiating or strengthening your programs.

Read about the program here.
Connect with Terrence Johnson: johnson@crhsd.org

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Tapping Teaching’s Satisfaction

“What to do when the magic is missing?” is the question that Foley Burckardt, a learning coordinator at the University of Chicago, explores in this podcast. How can coaches assist teachers who find themselves burned out, frustrated, fatigued, or rudderless do a reset?

Read Foley's article, "Teaching and Learning: What to Do When the Magic Is Missing" here.

Email Foley: foleyburckardt@gmail.com

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Is Your Grading Equitable?

The author of, "I Used to Think I Was a Fair Grader. Now I look Back and Cringe," Sarah Morris, shares the unconscious grading decisions she made as a teacher. As she learned about the impact of inequitable practices, she found changes she could implement that did not need any change in system policy. As an education policy researcher, she provides the needs for change and the possible alternatives.

Email Sarah: srm041@uark.edu

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Leadership Coaching

Dr. Andrew Crouse, the superintendent of the American Cooperative School in La Paz Bolivia, shares insights around school leaders being coached, coaching administrator and teacher leaders, and building coachability. Consider the characteristics of coachability and how you promote them.

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