The Minimalist Educator Podcast

In today’s episode, Nicole speaks with us about the importance of skill development and agency, no matter the age of our students, and how this can help lighten the load of teachers. Her pare down pointer is about the importance of simplifying and being flexible. Nicole Dissinger is a mentor teacher, professional learning facilitator, and curriculum developer. She has experience teaching and leading globally for 15 years. Nicole holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education with an endorsement in Bilingual Multicultural Education. She has experience with a range of curriculums from Multi-age, state standards, and the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program.Follow Nicole on Instagram:  @nicoledteacherNicole and Tammy have a mini course on EduSpark called Student-Focused Learning: P.A.V.E. the Way to Learner Agency.This episode is sponsored by Plan Z Professional Learning Services - forward-thinking educator support. Contact us on Twitter or Instagram @PlanZPLS.Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In today's episode, we focus on how to build routines and habits to serve our priorities. Our pare down pointers are around feedback and remembering to check in with each other.  Today's episode was brought to you by Plan Z Professional Learning Services, Forward Thinking Educator Support. Find out more at www.PlanZPLServices.com. Follow us @PlanZPLS on Twitter and Instagram.Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In this episode, Allison Rodman shares her wisdom about effective systems and the traps we can fall into when we have ineffective systems. Her pare down pointer is a good reminder about scheduling in time for yourself.Allison Rodman is the Founder and Chief Learning Officer of The Learning Loop, an education consulting organization that provides professional learning design, facilitation, and leadership coaching services to districts, schools, nonprofit organizations, and businesses internationally.Allison is an ASCD faculty member and author of Still Learning: Strengthening Professional and Organizational Capacity (2023) and Personalized Professional Learning: A Job-Embedded Pathway for Elevating Teacher Voice (2019). Her work focuses on adult learners, and she has written for Educational Leadership on professional learning, effective teams, and educator wellness, as well as Education Week’s Classroom Q&A and Edutopia.Allison brings experience as a teacher, instructional coach, school leader, director of teaching and learning, director of professional learning, and board member. Resources Allison mentions:Virtual Course:https://www.thelearningloop.com/imperfectly-productive Resources:https://www.thelearningloop.com/alignment Michael HyattFind Allison's ASCD book, Personalized Professional Learning here.This episode is sponsored by Plan Z Professional Learning Services. Forward-thinking educator support. Contact us @PlanZPLS on Twitter or Instagram. Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In this episode, Dave talks about the Teach like a PIRATE framework and how valuable frameworks can be for our busy lives as educators. His pare down pointer is about taking advice and tips from all walks of life to improve our day to day experience. Dave Burgess is an award-winning educator, highly sought after professional development speaker, and the New York Times best-selling author of Teach Like a Pirate. As president of Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc., he has disrupted the educational publishing industry by releasing over 180 groundbreaking titles from innovative educators from all over the world. Find information about Dave and Teach Like a PIRATE below. Website: https://www.daveburgessconsulting.com/Podcast: The Dave Burgess ShowSend us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In this episode, Chaunté discusses what needs to be considered when prioritizing your time and attention in leadership positions. Her pare down pointer is a reminder about honoring our true selves.Dr. N. Chaunté Garrett has decades of experience in education serving as chief academic officer, building and district level administrator, teacher and superintendent of a K-12 campus in North Carolina. In her career, she has successfully supported and led school transformation efforts in multiple school districts achieving remarkable gains in student achievement and academic growth. As superintendent, the campus achieved meeting academic growth across content areas with all subgroups of students. The foundation of this work is creating equitable learning opportunities and a “whole child” approach emphasizing high quality instruction, STEM, SEL and College and Career Preparation. Dr. Garrett is the Founder and CEO for ELLE Education in which she partners with schools and districts to empower learners and leaders to excel.Today's episode was brought to you by Plan Z Professional Learning Services, Forward Thinking Educator Support. Find out more at www.PlanZPLServices.com. Follow us @PlanZPLS on Twitter and Instagram.Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In today’s episode, we discuss how reconceptualizing waste can help us declutter our work and our lives. We recognize and discuss different types of waste we need to combat. Today’s pare down pointer is about making sure you are not taking your work home with you!Today's episode sponsor is Professional Learning Partnerships. They empower educators to transform learning, leadership, and culture in school districts by leveraging key ideas from brain science, so that all students and adults can thrive.Contact Julia at PLP on social media: Twitter: @julia_skolnikInstagram: @proflearningpartnershipsSend us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In this episode, we speak to Naomi Church, Chief Learning Officer at Growing Minds Consulting, about how to teachers can pare down decisions they make and how best to use their math block. And she shares her pare down pointer about getting picky!Naomi Church is a speaker, author, experienced educator, and credentialed coach. She served in very large public school districts for almost 20 years as a Professional Development Specialist, Math intervention specialist, RtI Coordinator, Instructional Coach, and teacher leader. Naomi created a Mathematics for Struggling Learners training for the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS) that is being implemented across the State of Florida. In her role as the Chief Learning Officer of Growing Minds Consulting, Naomi now works with schools, districts and departments of education to help make education more inclusive and equitable for all. As the President of Learning Forward Florida, Naomi is helping to re-envision professional learning for educators to maximize engagement, value and implementation. Naomi is passionate about professional learning and building capacity in teachers and families to increase student success.Resources written by Naomi:The Value of Choice Blog PostThe Homework Debate: What is the ‘Right’ Homework? Blog Post Reteaching vs. Remediation Blog Post Resources Naomi recommends:Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning by Peter LiljedahlProductive Math Struggle: A 6-Point action Plan for Fostering Perseverance by John SanGiovanni, Susie Klatt, Kevin DykemaMath Fact fluency: 60+ Games and Assessment Tools to Support Learning and Retention by Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina KlingMath Fact Fluency Companion WebsiteThis episode is sponsored by EdmundsOut Enterprises LLC, fostering acceptance of children and adults with autism in our schools and communities through knowledge and understanding.Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In today’s episode, Jim Knight shares his years of wisdom and experience leading the field in instructional coaching. His pare down pointer is a reminder about the power of letting people make the decisions.Jim Knight, Founder and Senior Partner of Instructional Coaching Group (ICG), is also a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning and instructional coaching. Jim earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards.The pioneering work Jim and his colleagues have conducted has led to many innovations that are now central to professional development in schools. Jim has written several books, most recently The Impact Cycle (2018), and The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching (2021). Knight has also authored articles on instructional coaching and professional learning in publications such as Educational Leadership.Through ICG, Knight conducts coaching workshops, hosts the Facebook Live Program, “Coaching Conversations,” and provides consulting for coaching programs around the world.Find out more about Jim and his work below. https://www.instructionalcoaching.com/https://ascd.org/el/articles/how-language-helps-or-hinders-thinkinghttps://ascd.org/el/articles/should-coaches-give-feedback-its-complicatedToday's episode sponsor is Instructional Coaching Group. They help educators learn and implement the 7 Success Factors for sustaining a great coaching program.Based on Jim Knight’s 20+ years of instructional coaching research. Be sure to learn more about their coaching conference here!Find Jim on Social MediaTwitter:  @jimknight99Instagram: @jimknight99Linkedin:  linkedin.com/in/jim-knight-158b6b22Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In this episode, Monica Burns, EdTech Specialist talks about how to choose tools for teaching and for your role. We touched on AI and digital life. Her pare down pointer - don’t discount those little emojis!Dr. Monica Burns is a Curriculum and EdTech Consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator and Founder of ClassTechTips.com. As a classroom teacher in New York City, Monica used digital tools to create an engaging, differentiated learning experience to meet the unique needs of her students. Monica started her blog ClassTechTips.com in 2012 to help make EdTech easier for fellow educators, and launched the Easy EdTech Podcast and her membership site the Easy EdTech Club to support educators who want to simplify and streamline technology integration.Since starting ClassTechTips.com, Monica has led workshops and webinars, and provided keynote presentations to teachers, instructional coaches, administrators and tech-enthusiasts at numerous national and international conferences including SXSWedu, ISTE, FETC and EduTECH. Monica is the author of EdTech Essentials: The Top 10 Technology Strategies for All Learning Environments (ASCD, 2021), Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom (ASCD, 2017) four quick reference guides for ASCD including, “Using AI Chatbots to Enhance Planning and Instruction” and “Classroom Technology Tips.” Find all of Monica's free resources here. Listen to her EasyEdTech podcast here. Find Monica's book publications here.This episode is sponsored by Plan Z Professional Learning Services. Forward thinking educator support. Find out more at planzplservices.com.Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.

In today’s episode, we chat about the Triple P Cycle - the cycle of thinking and acting we go through when working towards minimalism in education. We discuss the different phases of the cycle as well as how important it is to be flexible in our approach to making these changes to our work. Today’s pare down pointer is a timely reminder about reflection!Today's episode is sponsored by Ignite Your S.H.I.N.E.® - The secret to a school environment where all want to be! Keep your staff’s fire for educating blazing and your students achieving with research supported keynotes, workshops, and coaching that skyrocket Success Skills, Close the Learning Gaps through Micro-Skills, and amplify Engaging Instruction.Send us a textSupport the show Buy The Minimalist Teacher book from ASCD+ISTE.Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.