Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools

Brenda Mullard has been a licensed art teacher for students in grades K - adult for over 20 years. She has just recently earned her certification as an Integrated Arts Specialist and been given the title of a distinguished educator. She believes that all children should be able to have the arts as part of their life. Kids need to be able to play and experiment with creating and making using different art mediums and materials. Through this experimentation, children develop creative problem-solving techniques that will benefit them throughout their entire life. Because so many art programs are being cut in schools all over the world it is important to her to be able to bring kids art education online in the comfort of their own home and at a time that works for them as well as their families. Take a look at what she has to offer online.https://thevisualartacademy.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JrArtAcademyhttps://www.facebook.com/thevisualartacademy/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lessonsinart/Show SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom.Link to Beth Tweddle podcast interview about her Physical literacy programme

Michael Arterberry, Master Encourager, and Dynamic Motivational Speaker.As a teenager, Michael was fortunate to receive guidance from positive adult role models who helped him overcome adversities and set high expectations for his future. Grateful for the role these mentors played in his own development, Michael decided to dedicate his professional life to helping people navigate the difficulties of life and launch their future into motion. For more than 25 years, he has been helping teens and adults to use what they have gone through as a catalyst for success rather than an obstacle for failure.Michael received the 2010 USA Network’s Characters Unite Award for exceptional commitment to combating prejudice and discrimination while increasing tolerance and acceptance within the community. He is also the recipient of the 2014 100 Men of Color Award for leadership inIn 2008, Michael founded Youth Voices Center, Inc. a non-profit with the mission of helping young people to become active, productive members of society by overcoming their obstacles, their history, stereotypes and even their own self-image and limiting beliefs.Michael is the author of "Be Encouraged: 250 Days of Motivation and Encouragement", a daily motivational book. Additional information about his struggles as a child and a debilitating spinal cord injury as an adult can be found in his wife's book "God was Holding My Hand".Websitewww.michaelarterberry.com,www.youthvoicescenter.orgTo get Michael's book please click https://www.shakethedirtexperience.com/free-bookSocial Media Informationwww.facebook.com/michael.arterberrywww.linkedin.com/michaelarterberryResources mentionedCoach CarterGridiron GangShow SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom.Link to Beth Tweddle podcast interview about her Physical literacy programme

Ashley James is an entrepreneur, coach and podcaster.In this episode we cover how NLP can support us to understand and enable us to control our feeling of anxiety. Ashley takes us step by step through an exercise that shows exactly how we can take control.Knowing how the brain works provides the insights we need to relieve anxiety in 15 seconds!Ashley is a master practitioner and trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line Therapy, Hypnosis, and coaching. This combined with being a massage therapist and Reiki Master shows why Learn True Health is so important to Ashley as a person.Through her Learn True Health podcast interviews, her expert guests teach listeners how to gain health naturally through holistic medicine, diet, supplemental nutrition and lifestyle changes.www.learntruehealth.comSocial Media@learntruehealth‘Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire’Show SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk

Pamela Hall, a multi national award-winning educator, is a speaker and author who’s dedicated to helping educators consciously connect with and grow all learners. Pamela’s a life-long learner leading and inspiring thousands of students and educators.Pamela has appeared on P.B.S., many magazines such as Educator Insights, and local news. She’s a passionate educator who specializes in student relationships, class culture, and hands-on, life applicable learning. She encourages educators to be S.T.R.O.N.G. and embrace self-care.Pamela leads Literate For Life, a non-profit foundation that educates, encourages, and empowers children to be literate. She also shares tips on her mindfulness blog; a blog focused on amplifying all kids, education, and self-care. She’s an ordinary cappuccino drinking, chocolate eating mom and wife from Virginia with an extraordinary passion to make a positive difference.https://www.pamhall2inspire.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PamHall2inspireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pamhall2inspire/Show SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk

Chris Tudor is the founder of MASSOLIT, an education website that works with university academics to create short video lectures for GCSE and A Level students. Since it was founded in September 2013, the site's 3,000 lectures have been watched more than 4.5 million times.The lectures cover English Literature, History, Philosophy, Classics & Ancient History, Psychology, Government & Politicshttps://www.massolit.io/Twitter: @themassolitFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/massolit/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWITMkkllOYZmyVWzQm5kuwResources mentionedThe Lean Startup by Eric Ries'Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire'Show SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk

Yoginis Yoga - Specialists in children's well-being and mental health online and onsite training for teachers and childcare providers.Susan Hartley was one of the first children‘s yoga teachers in England having trained with ‘Yoga Bugs’ before they became famous on ‘Dragons Den’. After several years teaching their storytelling based yoga programme in schools and nurseries, she found it exhausting constantly coming up with new stories and also found that this approach didn’t suit all children. Ever entrepreneurial she soon started to develop her own teaching methods and created the “Kind Hearts, Kind Words, Kind Thoughts” promise the Yoginis Yoga Programme is based around today. Susan adds “This is how we co-regulate with the children. They connect with the promise and take it outside the yoga circle and begin to use it to self-regulate. Spreading kindness is key to happiness and so this is an essential part of our mission“.Susan engaged with educators and began to study neuroscience and brain development, liaising with researchers in these areas specifically concerned with early years and found that children learn best through routine, structure and repetition in a fun, non-threatening environment and that the first seven years of life are crucial in determining the adults we become. She used this knowledge to move away from teaching yoga as a purely physical activity which was entertaining to children to actually using these ancient techniques to enhance children’s learning and to embed healthy habits and breathing and mindfulness techniques as skills for life.Teaching in this new way proved to be successful and she soon became known locally as ‘Yoga Sue’!Literally thousands of children have benefited from what has now become the core Yoginis Yoga programme over the years, both in mainstream and special needs settings. As people increasingly began to notice the effectiveness of this unique programme, more and more settings wanted to book sessions, but Sue couldn’t be everywhere and one day someone asked if she could teach teachers how to deliver these sessions, and the idea for Yoginis Yoga Training was born.The majority of children‘s yoga programmes work by training yoga teachers or those with a general interest in yoga, but Yoginis Yoga are different, they believe that educators are best placed to deliver their grab and go programmes as they know the needs of the children and the yoga programmes can be used as full sessions and as part of school day and as such they specialise in children’s mental health and wellbeing training for educators of children aged 2-11.www.yoginisyoga.uktwitter.com/yoginisyogawww.facebook.com/yoginisyogaLinkedin.com/company/yoginis-yoga-training-ltd Show SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk 

Dr. Mark T Wade joined me on the Learning on Fire podcast and explored the most important learning and educational moments that shaped his life. This bonus episode shares some insightful understanding of what is important in life. As someone who is very successful it was wonderful hear that the advice he remembers and lives by today: 'Don’t take time for granted''Appreciate the small moments' The advice he would you give his younger self: 'You can do and be whatever you want as long as you love it and are committed.'Dr. Mark T Wade having 2 doctorates went from a brick & mortar clinic to online multi-million dollar education business in the health space.He has created a top rated podcast, a sold out mastermind for entrepreneurs featuring the likes of John Lee Dumas, Pat Flynn, Lewis Howes & Jeff Walker, & a one of a kind SAAS company called Virtual Summits Software.With his brand HustleAndScale.com Dr. Mark helps entrepreneurs scale their side hustles with a technique called the One-Day Summit Formula. The same strategy he used to build that multi million-dollar business in the health space. (Still a success today: American Posture Institute).It’s one of the top list building techniques available & it even works for beginners and brick & mortar businesses.Dr. Mark has expert insights on going from side hustle to success, losing a million dollar business – the lessons learned, but his most popular message for most audiences come from the list building strategy that has helped thousands kick start, launch & grow their businesses.Questions asked on the Podcast:Who are you?What does your life look like now and how is it different from when you were growing up?What was valuable about your school experience?Which teachers do you remember and why?Who did you admire when you were young?What was it about that person that had such an impact?What was the best piece of advice you have ever been given and who gave it to you?What advice would you give your younger self?What does your future look like?What podcast, book, video, film, song or other resource has had the biggest impact on your life and why? Resources Mentioned Good to Great – Jim CollinsThe Dip – Seth Godin Contact InformationHustle & Scale Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HustleAndScale/API Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPostureInstitute/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HustleAndScale/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hustleandscale/Website: www.HustleAndScale.com'Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire'

In this solo show Mark shares his thoughts and experience of what learning has really meant during lockdown.It seems amazing that governments are declaring children need to catchup with missed work. How can there be no allowance for the world shutting down? Why does life have to look the same as before?Surely if nothing else recent events have shown us all that life has to reflect what is happening to and for us?You wouldn't expect someone to run a race with a broken leg you would reframe the expectations and goals. Let's take this opportunity to do the same for education.If you want to get involved with the conversation sign up to our email list and join the Education on Fire Private Facebook Group.www.EducationOnFire.comShow Sponsor The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk

Imagen gives the opportunity for agencies and brands to collaborate with Gen ZImagen is a Gen Z startup based in Shoreditch, East London. Their mission is to help Gen Z to shape their future. They enable agencies and brands collaborate with Gen Z for brutally honest insights about branding, marketing or products. No more guessing, they crowdsource the best feedback, ideas and insights from their Gen Z consultant community to enables agencies and brands to build all of the above with Gen Z in the room!Agencies and brands choose a business challenge they’re facing that they believe Gen Z can help to solve.Whether it’s the need to sense check a marketing campaign, create a new product for Gen Z or to develop an entire brand aimed at this generation.Imagen crowdsources the best feedback, ideas and insights from their Gen Z consultant community to solve this business challenge and enables those consultants to collaborate with the agencies and brands senior leadership team to co-create the solution.Imagen Co-founder and CEO, Jay Richards is the 5th of 6 children from migrant parents. From a rebellious start while at school to now the Founder of Imagen and a Forbes 30under30 entrepreneur, he credits his Business Studies teacher at school for guiding his sense of entrepreneurship in the right direction at the right time and now aims to provide opportunities for Gen Z to shape their future.Cat Agostinho is Co-founder and COO of Imagen. Cat has been a supporter and promoter of talent throughout her career and also founded dawn in 2009 - a community dedicated to inspiring and developing women’s careers both personally & professionally. Cat was listed as an IPA Women of Tomorrow Finalist 2018 and a contributing member to the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN).“Imagen is our way of tipping the balance, of helping the underestimated to solve the problems that others are missing and bring true diversity of thought into the rooms that need it.Enabling agencies and brands to access our phenomenal Gen Z consultant community is game changing, our consultants get the amazing opportunity to work side by side with some unbelievably talented experts!” – Jay Richards, Imagen Founderhttps://imageninsights.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/imageninsight/https://www.instagram.com/weareimagen/https://twitter.com/weareimagenhttps://twitter.com/Cat_Ahttps://twitter.com/jaykrichardshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jaykrichards/https://www.linkedin.com/in/cat-agostinho-227a053/How I built this podcast‘Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire’Show Sponsor The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and schools a voice at governmental level at consultative meetings with ministers for schools.For full details of how they can support you please visit their website at nape.org.uk

What do you think is the most important advice you could give your children so they can grow up to be the best version of themselves?This bonus episode is a compilation of responses to that question from my first 9 guests who appeared on the Learning on Fire Podcast.This podcast had some wonderful conversations around 10 set questions:1. Who are you?2. What does your life look like now and how is it different from when you were growing up?3. What was valuable about your school experience?4. Which teachers do you remember and why?5. Who did you admire when you were young?6. What was it about that person that had such an impact?7. What was the best piece of advice you have ever been given and who gave it to you?8. What advice would you give your younger self?9. What does your future look like?10. What podcast, book, video, film, song or other resource has had the biggest impact on your life and why?We are not producing any new shows for Learning on Fire but wanted to make sure you had the opportunity to hear some of these inspiring people share their story. Click the link below for the full collection playlist.https://player.captivate.fm/collection/ee7ba3a7-3cf0-40cd-9f34-0236066e84c1For more details about how to use the podcast player and see the show notes etc please click here.