

Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Steven Miletto
Providing ideas and resources for K-12 teachers and school-based administrators.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 19min
Father's Day - Steve Talks About His Dad - 686
Father's Day is here! Great time to spend time with your kids and family. Lots of great fun. I'm looking forward to spending time with my sons and wife this Father's Day. We have some fun planned. In the past we have played games, gone fishing, hiked, watched movies, bowled, and so much more. Father's Day is awesome! My podcast friend Jeff Ikler - who creates and hosts his show Getting Unstuck - Cultivating Curiosity - had a real cool show this week For Father's Day - Maybe the Best Gift Ever - 314
His focus on his father made me think about my father. So, I decided to do a drift down memory lane. You should take time to listen to Jeff's show. Hope that when you listen to our two shows that you start having fun with your memories.
Thanks for listening.
All the best.
Happy Father's Day!
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Length - 18:56

Jun 11, 2024 • 45min
Jennifer Serravallo - Teaching Reading Across the Day: Methods and Structures for Engaging, Explicit Instruction - 685
Jennifer Serravallo - Teaching Reading Across the Day: Methods and Structures for Engaging, Explicit Instruction. This is episode 685 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Jennifer Serravallo is a NYT bestselling author of more than 15 books and resources, an award-winning educator, a literacy consultant, a frequent speaker at state and national conferences, and a former member of the Parents Magazine editorial board. In 2023, she launched her podcast To the Classroom: Conversations with Researchers and Educators. Jen is best known for creating books and resources rooted in research that help make responsive, strategic, differentiated literacy instruction possible for all teachers. Her books are used around the world and several have been translated into French, Chinese, and Spanish, and will soon be available in Italian.
Jen holds a BA from Vassar College and an MA from Teachers College, where she has also taught graduate and undergraduate classes. Follow Jen on Twitter (@jserravallo) and IG (@jenniferserravallo), learn more from her website/blog: www.jenniferserravallo.com, and join the Reading and Writing Strategies Facebook Community.
Our focus today is Jen's latest book - Teaching Reading Across the Day: Methods and Structures for Engaging, Explicit Instruction.
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Connect & Learn More:
http://www.jenniferserravallo.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-the-classroom-conversations-with/id1671184358
jserravallo@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/JSerravallo
https://instagram.com/jenniferserravallo
Length - 44:51

Jun 7, 2024 • 52min
Mike Duncan - President & CEO of Battelle for Kids - The Future of the Portrait of a Graduate - 684
Mike Duncan - President & CEO of Battelle for Kids - The Future of the Portrait of a Graduate. This is episode 684 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Mike Duncan is the president and CEO of Battelle for Kids. Before his current role, he was one of the longest-serving superintendents in the state of Georgia, having been the superintendent at Pike County Schools since 2005. Before arriving in Pike, he was a high school principal, high school and middle school assistant principal, and a middle school teacher. He earned a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Georgia in 2004. He has been a member of EdLeader21, the national network of Battelle for Kids, for more than a decade and previously served as the network’s advisory vice chair. Today we are going to focus on a new report titled, “
The Future of the Portrait of a Graduate.” So much to talk about and learn…
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.battelleforkids.org/
https://x.com/battelleforkids
https://www.youtube.com/@battelleforkids
https://www.linkedin.com/company/battelleforkids/
Length - 51:42

Jun 4, 2024 • 47min
Frederick C. Buskey - A School Leader's Guide to Reclaiming Purpose - 683
Frederick C. Buskey - A School Leader's Guide to Reclaiming Purpose. This is episode 683 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Frederick Buskey helps school leaders reclaim their purpose! Building on 33 years of k-12 and higher education leadership experience, Frederick provides simple frameworks and practical tools to help leaders make immediate incremental improvements. His new book, A School Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose, helps leaders master six stages to move from spending time putting out fires to investing time in growing teachers. Frederick hosts The Assistant Principal Podcast, writes a daily leadership email, and develops short powerful courses for teachers and those who serve them. Learn more about Frederick on his website at frederickbuskey.com.
Our focus today is his book - A School Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose.
Awesome book!
All school leaders need to read this book.
So much to learn.
Remember to share with your friends, colleagues, peers, family, and everyone else.
Before you go...
You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.
This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.frederickbuskey.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting/
frederick@frederickbuskey.com
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWRS2F6N?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520
Length - 46:40

May 31, 2024 • 34min
Natalie Kuldell - Founder & Executive Director - BioBuilder: Educating a Future-Ready Workforce - 682
Natalie Kuldell - Founder & Executive Director - BioBuilder: Educating a Future-Ready Workforce. This is episode 682 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Dr. Natalie Kuldell, founder and executive director of BioBuilder, which is a nonprofit helping to educate a future-ready workforce that will solve some of the world’s greatest challenges by bringing tomorrow’s science into today’s classrooms.
Recognized in 2020 as a STEM Trailblazer by the Million Women Mentors and with the HA Rey Curiosity Award, Natalie is a highly regarded educator and curriculum developer who has taught for more than a dozen years in the Department of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She studied Chemistry as an undergraduate at Cornell, completed her doctoral and postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School, and taught at Wellesley College before joining the faculty at MIT in 2003.
Our focus is on BioBuilder and creating STEM career pathways.
So much to learn and think about.
Remember to share with your friends, colleagues, peers, family, and everyone else.
Before you go...
You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.
This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!
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Connect & Learn More:
https://biobuilder.org/
https://biobuilder.org/biobuilder-podcast/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/biobuilder-educational-foundation/
https://www.instagram.com/systems_sally
https://www.youtube.com/@BioBuilder
https://twitter.com/SystemsSally
https://www.facebook.com/BioBuilderFoundation/
Length - 34:25

May 24, 2024 • 52min
Jeremy S. Adams - Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans - 681
Jeremy S. Adams - Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans. This is episode 681 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Jeremy S. Adams has taught at Bakersfield High School for 26 years. He is the Daughters of the American Revolution 2014 California Teacher of the Year. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, the LA Times, The Washington Post, and countless other outlets. He is an Amazon best-selling author, and his newest book is entitled LESSONS IN LIBERTY: Thirty Lessons for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans (HarperCollins).
Awesome conversation!
Incredible stories.
So much to learn.
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Before you go...
You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.
This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!
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Connect & Learn More:
https://jeremysadamsauthor.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jeremysadams1976/
@JeremyAdams6
Jeremy’s Amazon Author’s Page
https://teachinglearningleadingk12.podbean.com/e/103-jeremy-s-adams-the-secrets-of-timeless-teachers/ (103)
https://teachinglearningleadingk12.podbean.com/e/123-full-classrooms-empty-selves-with-jeremy-s-adams/ (123)
https://stevenmiletto.com/300
https://stevenmiletto.com/399
https://stevenmiletto.com/508
Length - 52:03

May 21, 2024 • 37min
Danny Kofke - Money Management, Mentoro, and the podcast Run with the Bulls - 680
Danny Kofke - Money Management, Mentoro, and the podcast Run with the Bulls. This is episode 680 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
After being an elementary school teacher for 18 years, Danny Kofke recently left the classroom to work with Mentoro - a financial education company. His love of teaching and personal finance led him to write five personal finance books including The Wealthy Teacher: Lessons for Prospering on a School Teacher’s Salary.
Danny’s everyday approach to handling money has led him to appear on numerous television shows including Fox & Friends, The CBS Early Show, CNN’s Newsroom, the 700 Club and The Clark Howard Show. He has also been interviewed on over 600 radio shows and featured in a number of publications including USA Today, Yahoo.com, The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine and The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
He wants to show others if this former schoolteacher can do well financially, they can too!
Our focus today is Money Management, Mentoro, and the podcast Run with the Bulls
So much to learn and think about.
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Connect & Learn More:
dannykofke@gmail.com
https://blubrry.com/runwiththebulls/
https://www.mymentoro.com
https://twitter.com/mentorogroup
https://www.instagram.com/mentorogroup/
https://www.facebook.com/mentorogroup
https://www.youtube.com/@MyMentoro
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannykofke/
https://www.tiktok.com/@mentoro_group/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Danny-Kofke/author/B003DFRR7I?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1714131979&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
https://teachinglearningleadingk12.podbean.com/e/episode-39-financial-wisdom-with-danny-kofke/
https://teachinglearningleadingk12.podbean.com/e/episode-63-ava-kofke-the-financial-angel/
https://www.stevenmiletto.com/danny-kofke-can-i-borrow-400-how-to-never-have-to-ask-this-question-again-win-the-game-of-financial-freedom-311/
Length - 37:17

May 17, 2024 • 54min
Spencer Fleury - I Blame Myself But Also You and Other Stories - 679
Spencer Fleury - I Blame Myself But Also You and Other Stories. This is episode 679 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Spencer Fleury has worked as a sailor, copywriter, economics and geography professor, and record store clerk, among other disreputable occupations. He is the author of the novel HOW I'M SPENDING MY AFTERLIFE (2021) and the story collection I BLAME MYSELF BUT ALSO YOU (AND OTHER STORIES) (Malarkey Books, 2024).
Awesome stories!
The story telling engages the reader!
Spencer makes you want to read more.
Thanks for listening!
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This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!
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Connect & Learn More:
spencer.fleury@gmail.com
https://www.spencerfleury.com
https://instagram.com/spencerfleuryauthor
Length - 54:20

May 13, 2024 • 53min
Vince Shorb - Founder & CEO of the National Financial Educators Council: Financial Education Reform in High Schools - 678
Vince Shorb - Founder & CEO of the National Financial Educators Council: Financial Education Reform in High Schools. This is episode 678 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Vince Shorb stands as a prominent advocate for financial education and reform in high school subjects nationwide. His primary objective is to ensure that today’s youth graduate with the practical skills they need to navigate life’s challenges and empower them with essential knowledge for leading secure, fulfilling lives.
Drawing from his extensive 30-year experience in the financial services and financial education sectors, Shorb has witnessed firsthand the financial struggles Americans face. He acknowledges that many long-term issues originate in early adulthood, often stemming from students graduating with insufficient or no financial education and lacking the essential skills sought by employers in the modern workforce.
In 2006, Shorb took a pivotal step toward addressing this issue by establishing the National Financial Educators Council (NFEC), an organization committed to tackling the epidemic of financial illiteracy. As the current CEO of the NFEC, he leads an IACET Accredited company and a Certified B Corporation, further underscoring his dedication to advancing financial education and subject reform in U.S. high schools.
Great conversation!
So much to think about!
Thanks for listening!
Don't forget to share with someone.
Before you go...
You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.
This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!
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Connect & Learn More:
https://www.financialeducatorscouncil.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinceshorb/
vince@financialeducatorscouncil.org
Length - 52:36

May 9, 2024 • 45min
Michael Daigle - Dragony Rising: A New Frank Nagler Mystery - 677
Michael Stephen Daigle - Dragony Rising: A New Frank Nagler Mystery. This is episode 677 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Michael Stephen Daigle lives in N.J. with his family. He was an award-winning journalist for more than four decades, including 25 years in New Jersey at the Bridgewater Courier-News and the Morris County Daily Record. After graduation from Binghamton University, he wrote his first novel at 22, and a second at 24. The second one years later became the first book of his multi-award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series: “The Swamps of Jersey” (2014); “A Game Called Dead” (2016); and “The Weight of Living” (2017), “The Red Hand” (2019) and “Dragony Rising,” (2022). Kirkus Reviews called Nagler, “One of modern fiction’s expertly drawn detectives.”
Our focus today is Michael’s Novel - Dragony Rising.
Cool story!
Awesome talk!
Thanks for listening!
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This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.
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Connect & Learn More:
https://michaelstephendaigle.com
https://twitter.com/50eagle50
https://www.instagram.com/daigle3306
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-daigle-
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michael-Stephen-Daigle/author/B00P5WBOQC?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1644543964&sr=1-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
https://stevenmiletto.com/302
Length - 45:07


