Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud

Podcast for Teachers: Collaboration - Teachers/Students/The Greater Community- Learning for All

A Kindergarten and High School Science teacher describe the collaboration they entered with each other, their students, and outside school partners to engage students in inquiry and critical thinking through hands on learning experiences. They recommend the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program: https://www.globe.gov/

Get in touch with Pam Patterson:  ppatterson@hollandcsd.org
Get in touch with Kim Feneziani: kfeneziani@hollandcsd.org

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Coaching Virtually Without Observation

There are situations where the opportunity for a coach to observe the teaching and learning process is not available. Steve models a post conference in this podcast that illustrates a coach’s ability to support teacher reflections following her project based learning activity. Ending a post conference with a pre-conference for their next coaching conversation is included.

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Podcast for Parents: Young People Building Leadership Skills

“I believe that every child is capable of growing into a leader. Leadership looks different for everyone.” These words from educator and author, Todd Nesloney, are the foundation for his encouragement and advice to parents in this podcast. Things we as caretakers should and should not do are highlighted.

Find Todd's books and resources here. 

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Reframing from an Assembly Line System to an Ecosystem

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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Podcast for Teachers: Creating a Classroom Where Students Learn From Mistakes

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. 

Visit Colleen’s website here. 

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Coaching for Efficacy, Agency, and Hope

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.

Visit Angela's website here.

Watch the video clip on languishing here. 

View the Region 13 Coaching magazine here.  

View the Region 13 services here. 

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Podcast for Parents: Conversations and Listening With Tweens

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.

Visit Phyllis' website here. 

Follow Phyllis on Twitter: @Pfagell

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Partnering with Teachers: Creating the School Environment We and Our Students Need and Deserve

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. 

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Podcast for Teachers: The Ikea Effect

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. 

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Reframing: Leading from Love Rather Than Fear

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.

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