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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

Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Reframing from an Assembly Line System to an Ecosystem
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
This is the second podcast in a series on reframing our mindsets and reframing problems. Many of our processes in schools are more mechanical than emergent. This frequently doesn’t fit with learning which is often messy, irregular, non-linear, spontaneous and complex. Margaret Wheatley describes us as thinkers who play and tinker as we adapt and seek meaning. How do we design schools to more closely support these activities?
Read Sam Chaltain's "Rules for New Schools" here.
Ready Margaret Wheatley's article on unplanned organization here.
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Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Podcast for Teachers: Creating a Classroom Where Students Learn From Mistakes
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
The author of Risk. Fail. Rise… A Teacher’s Guide to Learning from Mistakes, Colleen Cruz, describes why we want to create “a mistake welcoming school.” What mistakes do we frequently make when responding to learners’ mistakes? How can teachers reflect out loud on our mistakes as a model for students.
Read "Risk. Fail. Rise." here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Coaching for Efficacy, Agency, and Hope
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Angela Buckingham, an experienced instructional coach and coaching trainer, shares her insights around the role of hope and reflection as educators deal with the impacts of the pandemic in the last year. She connects Snyder’s theory of hope (goals, pathways and agency) to our role as coaches.
Watch the video clip on languishing here.
View the Region 13 Coaching magazine here.
View the Region 13 services here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Podcast for Parents: Conversations and Listening With Tweens
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Phyllis Fagell, parent, school counselor, private therapist and author shares insights for parenting with Tweens (ages 10-14). She combines her personal experiences with research finding to support the engagement of tweens in conversation when at times they appear to be disinterested. Several “myths” are uncovered.
Follow Phyllis on Twitter: @Pfagell
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Dr Marie-Nathalie Beaudion, the author of Creating a Positive School Culture: How Principals and Teachers Can Solve Problems Together joins Steve to examine the importance of the adult environment that will be critical to schools having the social-emotional environment that is important for students. Many school leaders focused on the care of teachers during virtual and hybrid teaching months. How will we keep that focus as classrooms open and new learning communities form?
Visit Marie-Nathalie's website here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Podcast for Teachers: The Ikea Effect
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
The IKEA Effect occurs when people successfully complete a labor-intense task and value the fruits of their labor and the products they have created. As teachers we look to empower students by increasing voice and choice in selecting learning outcomes and providing appropriate scaffolding when needed and requested.
Read Angela Duckworth's Blog on the Ikea Effect here.
Listen to Steve interview Joe Griffith about the Homelessness Simulation project here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Thursday May 27, 2021
Reframing: Leading from Love Rather Than Fear
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
We often need to reframe our mindset or the way we define a problem in order to make real progress. In this first part of a series on reframing, Steve examines reframing from a focus on fear to a focus on love. How do our choices and decisions change if we shift from minimizing the negative impact of the pandemic on students to maximizing students’ opportunities?
Read Adam Fishman’s blog, "Reframing The Climate Problem: Addressing The Root of The Issue" here.
Listen to the Wallace Foundation Podcast here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Tuesday May 25, 2021
Podcast for Parents: Parents Supporting Play
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Author, Kindergarten teacher, dance teacher, and parent, Madeleine Rogin, illustrates the impact of play for wellness and learning. Memories of joyful and meaningful play experiences help bind families together emotionally, even long after children are grown. A great reward for all involved.
Read Madeleine's article, "Emphasizing the Importance of Play During Distance Learning" here.
Read Madeleine's article, "Five Essentials to Meaningful Play" here.
Get in touch with Madeleine: madeleinerogin@gmail.com
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Thursday May 20, 2021
Questioning Skills in Coaching
Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
Steve explores three areas of questioning to guide coaching conversations: Finding out and Knowing, Reflection, and Exploring Future Actions. Examples used in pre and post conferencing are included.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Hear how this teacher’s joyful mindset resulted in a classroom where student learning excelled. Brittany Cabrera describes why “keeping it simple” is a key to joyfulness.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!