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For the past 35 years, Steve Barkley has served as an education consultant to school districts, teacher organizations, state departments of education, and colleges and universities nationally and internationally, facilitating the changes necessary for them to reach students and successfully prepare them for the 21st century. A prolific published author, his weekly blog has evolved into a go-to resource for teachers and administrators all over the world. Visit BarkleyPD.com to learn more.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
How does a teacher gain a maximum positive impact on student learning through partnering with an instructional coach? Kathy Perret and Kenny McKee join the podcast to share insights from their new book, Compassionate Coaching: How Educators Navigate the Barriers to Professional Growth.
Find Kathy & Kenny's book, Compassionate Coaching here.
Contact Kathy Perret: kathyperret@gmail.com
Contact Kenneth McKee: kennethcmckee@gmail.com
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Data team meeting are commonly on the schedules of PLCs, instructional coaches, and administrators. The question that needs to be continually explored is the degree to which this investment in time has a positive impact on long term student achievement. Steve explores some finding around data meetings and connects it to his driving question, "What do our students need us to learn?"
View Adam Geller's article, "Should You Cancel Teacher Data Team Meetings?" here.
Watch Dr. Hill's interview here.
Read the article, "How school leaders can build effective data teams" here.
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Risk-taking is an important element of learning. Risking and succeeding and risking and failing can both produce new learning and confidence. How do caregivers balance between free-range and helicopter parenting?
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Steve identifies 3 strategies that leaders can be doing now to build relational energy with their staff. Relational energy is important because the more you have the more bought in and accountable staff will be for realizing their development goals and increasing student success.
Visit Kim Cameron’s Blog here.
See the slides and video of this presentation here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
The author of Emphasizing the Importance of Play During Distance Learning, Madeleine Rogin, shares her experiences and insights around the role of play for teachers and students. Play tends to provide intrinsic motivation, opportunities for decision making, and spontaneous immersion in the moment; all of which have positive impacts on learning.
Find her article, Emphasizing the Importance of Play During Distance Learning here.
Read the NACYE article, Five Essentials to Meaningful Play here.
Contact Madeline: madeleinerogin@gmail.com
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Steve and Cory Camp from SIBME Coach Replay, discuss how a focus on longer term thinking as we approach teaching and learning may better serve our students. They examine what strengths were developed by teachers, students, and parents during the past year and how coaches can support teachers tapping this learning for building student success.
View the SIBME Video of this Podcast here.
View the Marshmallow and Acorn video here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
What signs signal us as parents that the “rigor” level of our child’s program may need an adjustment? What conversations should parents be having with school staff about rigor? How do we encourage programs that develop well-rounded people who impact the world? Two heads of schools share their experiences.
Read "The Dark Side of Rigor" article here.
Contact Ole: ojorgenson@almadencountryday.org
Contact Percy: percy.abram@bush.edu
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Mindsets influence both conscious and unconscious behaviors we as educators put into practice. In part one of this series, Cory Camp from SIBME Coach Replay joins me to explore how fear of "learning loss" might be replaced with excitement for rejoining our students in a love of learning and being together. How teachers can collaborate as an ecosystem is also examined.
View the SIBME Video of this Podcast
Read Steve’s blog on Reframing Mindsets
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Teachers can invest in conscious planning to create opportunities for students to strengthen executive functioning skills. Experienced teacher and teacher educator, Brenda Watkins, outlines the benefits and example strategies for all grade levels.
Learn More & Register for the Developing Executive Function to Empower Learners course here.
Contact Brenda: bwakins@pls3rdlearning.com
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Kathy Perret and Kenny McKee join the podcast to share insights from their new book, Compassionate Coaching: How Educators Navigate the Barriers to Professional Growth.
“Successful Coaching is a humanistic, compassionate process that places students at its center. Truly effective coaching places people above programs.”
Read Compassionate Coaching here.
Contact Kathy Perret: kathyperret@gmail.com
Contact Kenneth McKee: kennethcmckee@gmail.com