Suzy Pepper Rollins: The Promise of Acceleration: A Strength-Based Plan to Propel Academically Vulnerable Learners. This is episode 583 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Suzy Pepper Rollins is an author, consultant, and speaker who works with schools across North America to create success in ALL learners. Her particular passion is to change the academic trajectory of vulnerable learners. She is the author of Learning in the Fast Lane and Teaching in the Fast Lane, both by ASCD. Her book Teaching Vulnerable Learners (W.W. Norton) details strategies for students who are bored, discouraged, or just ready to give up. In addition, she is the founder of Math in the Fast Lane, which aligns with her principles of captivating, hands-on tasks. (www.MathinFastLane.com.) Suzy can be reached at her website, www.SuzyPepperRollins.com or via Twitter @myedexpert. Our focus today is her book - The Promise of Acceleration: A Strength-Based Plan to Propel Academically Vulnerable Learners. So much to learn. What a fun talk! Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: https://suzypepperrollins.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzy-pepper-rollins-5851ab4/ https://www.facebook.com/myedexpert/ https://myedexpert.com/ https://twitter.com/myedexpert https://www.facebook.com/MathintheFastLane Length - 43:36

Del H. Smith - Discovering Life's Purpose: Reexamining the Club. This is episode 582 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Del H. Smith was an international marketing consultant. His clients included IBM, Microsoft, Dell Computers, Hewlett Packard, and many other global companies. He has developed financial and sales process methodologies that have been adopted in over a dozen countries. Upon retirement, he directed his business experience to the development of reason-based thought processes in pursuit of establishing one’s life purpose. He is the author of an inspiring book, Discovering Life’s Purpose: Re-Examining the Club. Also, he is the developer of an Experiential Learning methodology that applies one’s unique life experience to their reason-based thinking.  Del has devoted two decades of research into discovering the purpose of life. His research includes the study of philosophy and participation in religious retreats. His research is fueled by extensive reading of books by atheists, spiritualists, and religious apologists.  His personal pursuit of life’s purpose ran the gamut from atheist to unfulfilled convert to fervent Christian. His journey involved a critical examination of The Club, the multi-denominational Christian Church. Smith has developed a video channel, entitled the Meaning of Life Video Series, as well as a blog. Del's family includes his three children, their late mother, his three grandchildren and his wife, Marcelle. He lives in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Our focus will be Del's book Discovering Life’s Purpose: Re-examining the Club. So much to learn. Great conversation! Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: https://www.delhsmith.com/ https://www.facebook.com/delsmithwriter/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/del-smith-writer/ Length - 50:52

Mark Wilson - What They Didn't Teach You in Fancy Leadership School: A Guide for Successful School Leadership. This is episode 581 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Mark Wilson was a teacher… and a coach… and a principal. Since 2012, he’s been teaching and coaching principals. (And assistant principals and aspiring leaders as well.)  Dr. Wilson has been teaching leadership through classes, through coaching, and through consulting. He’s worked with leaders throughout the US and leads multiple innovative leadership efforts throughout Georgia. Mark has collaborated with Departments of Education, RESAs, School Systems, National Associations, and thought leaders across the country. Before his current work supporting and developing leaders, Mark was the principal of Morgan County High School in Madison, GA where, because of the great work of his teachers, students and parents, he was named the National Principal of the Year by the NASSP (National Association of Secondary School Principals).  Mark is committed to learning, teaching, and encouraging others to be well and successful. Today, we are focused on his latest book - What They Didn’t Teach You in Fancy Leadership School: A Guide for Successful School Leadership Great book! If only I had this book when I was a principal. Excellent conversation. Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: mark.wilson.ga@gmail.com https://Principal-matters.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0YewjrYJ_99nPRdMbFkVQ https://www.instagram.com/markwilsonga/ https://www.instagram.com/the.leadership.school/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-wilson-52449912/ https://twitter.com/MarkWilsonGA Length - 01:00:02

Dr. Judith Peck shares her book Dynamic Play & Creative Movement: Powering Body & Brain. This is episode 580 of Teaching Learning Leading K-12, an audio podcast. Dr. Judith Peck is Professor Emerita of Art, Ramapo College of New Jersey. She is author of several fiction and non-fiction works and a sculptor with work in eighty collections, including the Yale Gallery of Art, the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Israel, libraries, universities, and cultural and religious institutions here and abroad.  Dr. Peck holds a doctoral degree from New York University and two master's degrees from Columbia University. She is recipient of the 2020 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and has completed the first draft of a 4th novel about an art therapist who helps solve a school shooting.  Judith grew up in Baltimore Maryland. She has four grown children and twelve grandchildren and resides in Mahwah, New Jersey.  Images and videos of her sculpture can be viewed at www.jpecksculpture.com.  Descriptions of her books can be seen at www.iapbooks.com Our focus today is on her book… Dynamic Play and Creative Movement: Powering Body and Brain A little bit about her book … Dynamic Play and Creative Movement offers accessible methods to enliven and enrich education for young children from ages four to eleven using imagination, movement and improvisation. Preschool and elementary grade teachers will find the material directly usable in their classrooms to foster creativity and cognitive understanding in children. Awesome talk! So much to learn. Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: https://jpecksculpture.com/ https://iapbooks.com/ https://www.routledge.com/Dynamic-Play-and-Creative-Movement-Powering-Body-and-Brain/Peck/p/book/9781032184944 Length - 47:18

Kathy Joseph talks with me about her book The Lightning Tamers: Trues Stories of the Dreamers and Schemers Who Harnessed Electricity and Transformed Our World. This is episode 579 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kathy Joseph splits her time between writing her next book, making documentary videos based on her books for her YouTube channel, and giving talks about the history of science and the importance of context for learning science. Kathy attributes her novel’s depth and breadth partially to her YouTube channel, Kathy Loves Physics. She uses her channel to test out her ideas in documentary form and learn from her brilliant viewers, making this book an interactive experience. Despite her simple video format, Kathy has hit a nerve, and her channel has over six million views and over 98,000 subscribers. Kathy also puts all of her scripts on her website and dives into other fascinating scientific topics on her blog, spanning a broad range of topics like the history of the Nobel Prize, the birth of wireless, and the early history of quantum mechanics. Kathy has earned four higher education degrees in physics, engineering, and science education, but she feels as if her real education came from spending 12 years as a public high school physics teacher. She is an alumnus of the University of Chicago, Penn State, and the University of Utah. Kathy lives near San Francisco with her fabulous husband, Mike, her amazing children, Alicia and Alex, and one very cranky cat aptly named Brutus. Learn more at www.KathyLovesPhysics.com.   Our focus today will be on Kathy’s book - The Lightning Tamers: True Stories of the Dreamers and Schemers Who Harnessed Electricity and Transformed Our World So much to learn. Awesome talk! What an incredible book! So much cool stuff that you had probably never heard about before. Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: https://kathylovesphysics.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/KathyLovesPhysicsHistory https://www.instagram.com/kathylovesphysics/ https://www.facebook.com/KathyLovesPhysics https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Tamers-Harnessed-Electricity-Transformed/dp/B0B4ZFCGSM/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1657561395&sr=8-1 Length - 56:48

Miriam Plotinsky - Lead Like a Teacher: How to Elevate Experience in Your School. This is episode 578 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Miriam Plotinsky is an author and instructional specialist who addresses challenges in both teaching and leading across schools with a wide range of differentiated needs. A strong advocate for student-centered learning, she provides coaching and professional development for teachers and administrators. Her first book, Teach More, Hover Less: How to Stop Micromanaging Your Secondary Classroom (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022), is a practical guide to a student-centered instructional approach that removes the necessity of teacher micromanagement. Her second book, Lead Like a Teacher: How to Elevate Expertise in Your School (W.W. Norton & Company, 2023) addresses how to close the “empathy gap” between administrators and teachers by bringing forth the instructional expertise and perspectives of teachers.  Her third book, Writing Their Future Selves: Instructional Strategies to Affirm Student Identity (W.W. Norton & Company) is slated for late 2023. Miriam writes for a wide array of education publications and is a regular guest on international podcasts. She is also a National Board-Certified Teacher with additional certification in administration and supervision. Our focus today is Miriams’s recent book - Lead Like a Teacher: How to Elevate Expertise in Your School. So much to learn. Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening!   Connect & Learn More: https://miriamplotinsky.com/ https://twitter.com/mirplomcps https://www.facebook.com/MiriamPlotinsky/ https://twitter.com/mirplomcps https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-plotinsky-b739a3189/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Miriam-Plotinsky/author/B09H3BF42R https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324030836 Length - 49:20

  Dr. Frederick Buskey: Strategic Leadership Consulting, LLC, Assistant Principals, and The Assistant Principal Podcast. This is episode 577 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr Frederick Buskey is the founder and lead consultant of Strategic Leadership Consulting, LLC. His mission is to help busy leaders learn to act strategically each day. He notes, “One of the big ironies of leadership is that while we look to leaders for vision and inspiration, most are too busy managing day-to-day operations to actually move the organization towards the vision.” After observing the same situation with leaders in organizations across multiple industries, he decided to tackle this issue head on and, in July 2018, founded Strategic Leadership Consulting, LLC. Dr. Buskey has been a teacher, coach, and change agent for over 30 years. Most recently, he invested 13 years developing and coordinating training programs for aspiring school leaders at Clemson University (2013-2019) and Western Carolina University (2006-2013). At both schools, he led innovative redesigns of old programs.  He has written extensively on leadership development, ethics, and the dark side of leadership, in both scholarly and practitioner journals. His current work focuses on combining what research tells us about leading organizations with the realities faced by real people in real organizations.  He also is the host of The Assistant Principal Podcast Frederick has a unique blend of scholarly training (EdD in Organizational Leadership from Bowling Green State University), athletic coaching, P-12 teaching and administration (17 years), and public and private sector leadership development (20+ years). His experience over the years has provided him with multiple perspectives and insight into the fundamental truths of leadership. So much to talk about today… Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ https://www.instagram.com/fbuskey/ https://www.facebook.com/frederickcb https://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting/ tel:1(828)550-3790 Length - 57:02

Manuj Aggarwal: Artificial Intelligence and Our World. This is episode 576 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Manuj went from a low-wage worker in India earning just $2 a day working for his father in warehouses to working with the top companies in the world. He shook off limiting beliefs and created his own path as a thought leader in Artificial Intelligence over the past two decades. Recently, he spoke alongside the Nobel Prize Winner at the United Nations. Manuj is the author of two best-selling books, and the host of the podcast - Bootstrapping Your Dreams, where he helps entrepreneurs live their dreams. Right now, the podcast is listed in the top 0.1% worldwide according to Listen to Notes for podcasts related to entrepreneurship. He says, “If you want to finally rise above your past limiting beliefs, family philosophies, and upbringing, I can help.” Manuj knows what it takes to remove your poorly functioning operating system and replace it with a new mindset made to hold all your dreams and ambitions. He has been in AI for 15 years and has 4 patents in AI. Manuj has served clients like Microsoft, IBM, Pearson Education, and more, producing $500 million in value for them. His work has impacted over 10 million lives. Our focus today is How AI is going to change our world. Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: https://manujaggarwal.com/ https://twitter.com/manujagro https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwal/ https://www.tiktok.com/@manujagro https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwal https://www.youtube.com/@manujagro https://www.espeakers.com/marketplace/profile/46117/preview contact@manujaggarwal.com Length - 48:15

  Suzanne Sprague of Virtual Science Teachers Interviews Steve Miletto, the host of Teaching Learning Leading K12, about his career path, assisting others, and podcasting. This is episode 575 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Suzanne Sprague of Virtual Science Teachers talked with me on episode 560. This time she is interviewing me. We talk about my career path in public education (after all I am in my 37th year now), assisting others and the many forms that it takes, and a little bit about learning to podcast and the different lessons that I have learned over the years.  Had a great time talking with Suzanne. This was fun to be the one being interviewed. Hope you like it. Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect with Suzanne: Virtual Science Teachers Suzanne Sprague: Virtual Science Teachers - Providing Free Science Learning Resources https://virtualscienceteachers.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/virtual-science-teachers/ https://www.instagram.com/virtual_science_teachers/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/5233556330070513 Connect with Steve: https://stevenmiletto.com (20) Steve Miletto (@SRMiletto) / Twitter Steven Miletto (@srmiletto) • Instagram photos and videos (454) Steven Miletto - YouTube (56) Steven Miletto | LinkedIn Teaching Learning Leading K12 (smiletto) - Profile | Pinterest   Length - 59:16

Patty Mechael - The Antidotes: Pollution Solution. This is episode 574 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Patricia (Patty) Mechael is an award-winning, internationally recognized digital health specialist of three decades. Her work has been honored by the John Hopkins University Knowledge for the World Distinguished Alumnus Award, the British Council UK Education Social Impact Award, and the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Resident Fellowship. On top of being a public health specialist, Patty is also a mom and author, who combines her passions for technology and innovation, science, women's rights, and the environment to inspire kids and adults through her writing.  Drawing on her career in global health, Patty's works wrestle with the toughest public health and societal issues of our time, including the environment, pandemic preparedness, responsible technology and AI, and mental health. She is recognized as a pioneer in the use of mobile and other technologies for health.   In addition to having several books published, including her debut novel, The Antidotes, Patty has penned more than 100 publications on various aspects of public health and technology in scientific and health journals. Her writing draws on her more than 30 years of work in 45 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America.  She earned a PhD in Public Health and Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Master's in Health Science in International Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.  She resides in Washington D.C. For more information, see www.patriciamechael.com.  You can also follow The Antidotes on Instagram @theantidotesseries!  Cool conversation! Lots to learn! Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on, and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be so cool. Thanks! If you are listening on Apple Podcasts on your phone, go to the logo - click so that you are on the main page with a listing of the episodes for my podcast and scroll to the bottom. There you will see a place to rate and review. Could you review me? That would be so cool. Thank you! 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! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: Patricia Mechael Patty Mechael (@theantidotesseries) • Instagram photos and videos Length - 40:16