We. Are. Back. We had a few technical difficulties, but the tech department (Carly and Lyndsey) were able to get season 3 up and running! In this episode we do a summer recap and chat with the new members of PDC. This would have been the number one podcast last Wednesday if we could have aired it! Happy listening ✨

Our first grade friends are back! In this feel good episode, students from Stacia Almeida’s class read books they wrote for their Young Authors project with a Melinda Neilander. Enjoy!

Tara Auld’s CVMS students are back with another project. This time we learn so many fun facts about ancient China… who knew The Great Wall of China was so long!

We are back with the long awaited part 2 from the Modern Learning Conference. In this episode we catch up with the nominees and learn about the great things happening at their schools and in their classrooms.

Introducing the newest member of PDC… April Crandall! In this episode, we learn about April’s journey to teaching and other interesting facts about her life. Happy listening!

Live from New York, it’s Katie Martin! 🗽While in New York City at The Learning and the Brain Conference, we had the pleasure of talking to author, educator, and Chief Impact Officer at Learner-Centered Collaborative, Katie Martin. Listen as we talk about modern high schools, personalized learning, AI, and how her book inspired one of the most popular in service classes to date; The Learning Project. Huge thanks to Katie for spending time with us after a big day of being the keynote speaker as well as hosting an afternoon session. Happy listening!

This week we have the legend herself, Shari Chappell! Shari is an avid listener and since we have heard so much about the Hot Dog of the Week, we had to learn more about it! She explains how it started and how the tradition is still going strong. 🌭

In this episode, we talk about the new GPA and how it is a more robust predictor of student success! We talk about the science of hope and what it looks like in the classroom. ✨