Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Debra Wilson, Founder of S’cool Moves and a graduate from the University of Southern Queensland Professional Studies Program, discusses the Polyvagal Theory in education and the importance of creating a supportive environment for teachers and students. She explores the concept of co-regulation and the use of ventral resources for nervous system regulation. The chapter also includes a moving conversation about the impact of a phenomenal teacher and concludes with gratitude and promotion for Deborah's book.

Brook Bock - Chief Product Officer - Lightspeed Systems: Helping Students Be Safe and More Efficient in this Technological World. This is episode 596 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lightspeed products filter student and staff internet access, look for warning signs in student online activity, manage software across every district device, and give administrators the data they need to make effective decisions about the quality and efficiency of their students’ online educational experience. Today, I am talking with Brook Bock who is the Chief Product Officer at Lightspeed Systems A veteran in the education space, Brook Bock has led the product vision, portfolio strategy and global expansion for top tier K–12 serving companies such as College Board and BlackBoard. In her role at Lightspeed Systems as Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Brook is responsible for Lightspeed’s product strategy and platform growth to ensure educators and school staff have the tools they need to advance student safety and educational effectiveness. 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: bbock@lightspeedsystems.com https://www.lightspeedsystems.com/ Lightspeed Systems (@lightspeedsystems_) • Instagram photos and videos (19) Lightspeed Systems (@lightspeedsys) / Twitter Facebook (45) Lightspeed Systems: Overview | LinkedIn Length - 32:07

Ihor Bauman - Workee: A Software Platform to Help You Build Your Business. This is episode 595 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Ihor Bauman is the CEO & Co-founder of Workee. He has 7 years of experience in management consulting, product development and business strategy. Ihor is a Forbes Business Council Member, and he has a master’s degree in finance. A little about Workee… Workee is creating the Future of Work for freelancers worldwide. Workee is a software platform that builds business for freelancers, helping to scale and autopilot their business routing as bookings, payments, client and work management out of the box with 0% fees. Lots to learn. Don't forget the special promo code Ihor100 to get one month free. 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://workee.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ihor-bauman/ (415) 652-31-74 220 East 23rd St, New York, NY 10010 https://twitter.com/Workee_Inc https://www.instagram.com/workee.inc/ https://www.facebook.com/WorkeeInc https://www.linkedin.com/company/workee-inc/ hey@workee.net https://workee.net/blog Length- 28:03

Ed Hess - Own Your Work Journey: The Path to Meaningful Work and Happiness in the Age of Smart Technology and Radical Change. This is episode 594 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Edward D. Hess is a Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; Batten Faculty Fellow & Batten Executive-in-Residence Emeritus at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. He received his B.S. from the University of Florida; his J.D. from the University of Virginia and his L.L.M. from New York University. Professor Hess spent more than 20 years in the business world as a senior executive at Warburg Paribas Becker, Boettcher & Company, the Robert M. Bass Group and Arthur Andersen.  He joined academia in 2002 as an Adjunct Professor of Organization and Management at the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University where he taught in the Business Undergraduate and MBA Programs and was the Founder and Executive Director of both “The Center for Entrepreneurship and Corporate Growth” and “The Values-Based Leadership Institute.”  In 2007, he joined the faculty of the Darden Graduate School of Business as Professor of Business Administration and the first Batten Executive-in- Residence. He has taught in the MBA & EMBA Programs; in over 21 Executive Education programs at Darden, IESE (Barcelona), the Indian School of Business, Georgia Tech; and AVT Denmark. He is the author of 14 other books and well over 160 practitioner articles and over 60 Darden cases, etc. dealing with innovation and learning cultures, systems, and processes.  The common theme of his work is high individual and organizational performance.  He is a Certified “Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching Coach.”  Our focus today is his book Own Your Work Journey! The Path to Meaningful Work and Happiness in the Age of Smart Technology and Radical Change! 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: Own Your Work Journey ed Hess - Hyper Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change Edward D. Hess | UVA Darden School of Business (virginia.edu) (373) ed hess - YouTube (20) ed hess -edhess.org (@HessEdward) / Twitter (40) Edward Hess | LinkedIn https://www.facebook.com/ownyourworkjourney Length - 01:11:31

Elizabeth B. Splaine, author of the Dr. Julian Stryker series and Devil’s Grace, discusses her latest novel, Steel Butterflies, which uncovers WWII secrets. Ebony and her best friend, Connor, uncover Madame Celeste DeWitt's secrets while grappling with their own pasts. The podcast explores the importance of communication, setting, and personal responses, and invites listener reviews.

Elizabeth Breau, PhD - History According to SAT: A Content Guide to SAT Reading and Writing. This is episode 592 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Elizabeth Breau, Ph.D. is a lifelong educator, parent, and author. Elizabeth has over 25 years of experience as an English teacher for grades 7-12, including co-teaching an interdisciplinary English/history class that produced a magazine, and for which she won the College Board Bob Costas Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing.  She has also taught a variety of university classes in composition, literature, technical writing, public speaking, and women's studies.  Dr. Breau is the author of History According to SAT: A Content Guide to SAT Reading and Writing, which she wrote to help students understand the history passages that comprise about 40% of passages that students read on the SAT”. Her book is a 2023 Nonfiction Authors Association Silver Award winner. She has published scholarly articles, book reviews, including many about history books, and lifestyle- one of which appears in Chicken Soup for the Divorced Soul.  After earning a B.A. in English and History from Rutgers University, she earned a Doctorate in English Language and Literature Letters from Vanderbilt University. Elizabeth resides in Albany, NY.  Her hobbies include reading, walking, anti-gravity yoga and other aerial classes, camping, canoeing, gardening, and having adventures with her rambunctious dog.  For more information, please consult: www.elizabethbreau.net 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.historyaccordingtosat.com/ www.elizabethbreau.net Length - 57:07

Mary Pieroni Harper - The Sound of Her Voice: My Blind Parent's Story. This is episode 591 of my podcast Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Mary Pieroni Harper is a happily retired psychotherapist and author of The Sound of Her Voice: My Blind Parents’ Story. Her stirring book documents the remarkable lives of her parents from the time they fell in love at the Indiana School for the Blind through their challenges, determination, and successes as blind people. Born in Muncie, Indiana and a graduate of the University of Virginia, Harper earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Houston. Perhaps as a legacy from helping her parents with everything from reading their mail to them to inspecting their clothing for spots, she has always been interested in helping others. She became active in the Fibromyalgia Association of Houston after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 1992 and has served in leadership capacities, including newsletter editor of The Fibromyalgia Connection, and as president for 15 years. Harper has two adult children and loves being a grandmother. They are part of the legacy her husband, Jeff, left behind when he died after a short battle with cancer in 2012. She lives with a blind rescue cat in Houston, Texas. For more information, please consult: www.MaryPHarper.com What an inspiring story! 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.marypharper.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MaryHarperAuthor https://www.instagram.com/mary_p_harper/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-harper-ba8a8829/ Length - 49:03  

Sensei Miwako: Learning Math Using the Abacus. This is episode 590 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. With over two decades of Abacus teaching experience, Sensei Miwako has had the pleasure of helping students achieve greatness and tangible skills that serve them now and in the future. She helps parents find the solution to unlocking their child's patience, memory, concentration, natural intelligence, and so much more! Her journey began when she founded JAMS. It is the only math school in the Portland and Beaverton area certified by the League for Soroban Abacus. We use the teachings of Abacus & Anzan instruction to build a solid and strong foundation of mental mathematics with lifelong skills. Mental math calculation is a skill that children retain for life. Abacus gives any child the skills and confidence to excel in STEM-related subjects beyond the classroom. When a child experiences success, they naturally grow in confidence and self-esteem, as well as in their desire to continue the pursuit of that success. What’s more, with our specialized instruction, your child will build a solid and strong foundation of mental mathematics with lifelong skills. "This is also why we have started offering Abacus Online, https://www.abacusonlineclasses.com/ for anyone and everyone to unlock their brain's full potential. I believe it is my mission to help you find the secret to keeping your brain healthy no matter the age." Lots to learn 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.abacusonlineclasses.com/ https://jamsportland.com/ https://www.facebook.com/abacusjams/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/senseimiwako/ https://www.instagram.com/jamsportland/ Length - 45:14

Hesha Abrams - Holding the Calm: The Secret to Resolving Conflict and Defusing Tension. This is episode 589 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Hesha Abrams is a professional peacemaker, an internationally acclaimed master attorney mediator, negotiator, and author, known for crafting highly creative settlements and resolutions in very difficult matters. With 30+ years in the trenches of resolving human conflict, she has recently distilled her skills into an easy-to-use tool kit, her new book, "Holding the Calm: The Secret to Resolving Conflict and Defusing Tension". Through stories and examples, she shares her secrets enabling anyone to learn how to approach tense situations to prevent explosions, disarm conflicts, and reduce drama. It is her mission to help make our world, our businesses, and our relationships less acrimonious and more harmonious. Today we are focused on Hesha’s book - Holding the Calm: The Secret to Resolving Conflict and Defusing Tension. Powerful conversation! Practical! 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: https://www.holdingthecalm.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPcPngGiIF-GlC8w1l3sH8A https://www.facebook.com/HeshaAbramsHoldingTheCalm Length - 51:56

Dr. Andrea Furlan, an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Staff Physician, discusses her book on conquering chronic pain. They explore the concepts of chronic pain, the brain's role in pain perception, and the different types of pain. Fascinating conversation with lots to learn!