The Culture-Centered Classroom
By Jocelynn
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The Culture-Centered Classroom podcast is the go-to podcast for teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders ready to step into their power by centering educational equity, celebrating diversity, and affirming culture every single day. This podcast will provide you with powerful reflection questions, learning, and action strategies to elevate your practice and impact the way you guide the next generation of thought leaders. Tune in.
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S7.E14 - Identity is Data: How to Map Your Students’ Patchwork Quilt
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May 13, 2026 |
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S7.E13 - Burnout or Breakthrough? 5 Steps to Re-Engage Your Students
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May 06, 2026 |
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S7.E12 - 4 Treasures My Kids' Interview Revealed about Truth and Trust
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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S7.E11 - My 5 Kids Share the Unscripted Truth - What Do Students Actually Need?
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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S7.E10 - The Experts in the Room: Why You Need a Student Consultation Strategy
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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S7.E9 - Permission to Pivot: Why Changing Course is an Act of Leadership
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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S7.E8 - Soft but Solid: Why You Need to Pause Before You Pivot
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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S7.E7 - How Presence and Appreciation Shape Student Success: A Lesson from the Hallway
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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S7.E6 - 3 Powerful Ways to Turn Any Text into a Mirror, Window, or Sliding Glass Door
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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S7.E5 - Are You Afraid of Getting It Wrong? Let’s Talk About Tokenism in Schools
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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S7.E4 - We Are the World: Why Shared Purpose Changes Classroom Culture
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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S7.E3 - How to Write Lesson Goals That Go Beyond “Students Will Be Able To”
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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S7.E2 - 3 Questions to Plan Lessons That Build Identity, Belonging, and Meaning
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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S7.E1 - Culture Is a Vibe— Did you know Instruction helps Create It?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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S6.E16- Words to Live By: Trust the Becoming through Pause and Surrender
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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S6.E15 - Helping Teachers Become Gate Breakers: Is Math a Gate or a Gateway? w/ JULIANA TAPPER
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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S6.E14 - 5 Zero Cost Ways to Build Classroom Joy
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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S6.E13 - Appropriation or Celebration? How to Understand the Difference
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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S6.E12 - How to Celebrate Students Beyond the Holidays with Care, Culture, and Connection
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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S6.E11 - What do Classroom Celebrations Reveal About Culture, Belonging, and Equity?
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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S6.E10 - I Rise: 3 Commitments to Anchor Your Unfinished Equity Work
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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S6.E9 - 4 Powerful Shifts to Finally Build Real Equity
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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S6.E8 - Backlash Breakdown: The 3 Scripts That Save Your Sanity
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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S6.S7 - W.E.B. Du Bois Was Right – The Quiet Power of Modeling Courage and Joy
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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S6.E6 - From Politics to Policy: Anchoring Your Leadership in Data and Clarity
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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S6.E5 - Fearless Teaching: How to Teach Truth Without Risking Your Job
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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S6.E4 - Are You Giving Up Control or Gaining True Student Agency?
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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S6.E3 - How do you keep hope in the broken places?
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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S6.E2 - Is Your Classroom a Space of Conformity or Freedom?
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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S6.E1 - Tired of Buzzwords? The compelling Truth About Equity in Action
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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BTS- How to Sustain Classroom Belonging All Year: Beyond the First 10 Day
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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BTS- Why Every Piece Matters: Visualizing Your Interconnected Classroom
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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BTS- Celebrate Individuality: How to Use the Uniquely You Tree
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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BTS- Top Strategies for Deeper Classroom Connections & Cohesion
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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BTS-How to Make Learning Visible: Launching Your Classroom's Growth Chain
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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BTS-The Power of One Word: How to Build a Classroom Belonging Wall
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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BTS-Our Classroom, Our Promise: How to Co-Create a Classroom Promise for Belonging
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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BTS-Every Learner, Every Story: Why Their Journey Matters
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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BTS-My Hand, My Story: How to Celebrate Every Student's Unique Story
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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BTS-Beyond the Bell: How to Craft Your Welcoming First Impression
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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S5.E9 - When is Kid's Month?: Rethinking Inclusion
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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S5.E8 - New Year, Elevated Impact - Using Love as a Lens
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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S5.E7 - The Power of Intercultural Competence in Education: An In-Depth Conversation with Joshua Cabral
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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S5.E6 - Choosing to See: The ICUCARE Framework for Equity in Math with Dr. Pamela Seda
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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S5.E5 - How to Foster a Culture of Leadership and Self-Advocacy in Students with Intersecting Identities
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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S5.E4 - How Can Culturally Responsive Teaching Empower Students at the Intersection of Identities?
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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S5.E3 - Beyond Single Stories: Embracing Intersectionality in the Classroom
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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S5.E2 - Why Intersectionality Matters in Education: Tips for Culturally Inclusive Classrooms
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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S5.E1 - 4 Ways to Celebrate & Honor Hispanic Heritage Month
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL* - 3 types of Comprehensive Support for Educators to Build Stronger Schools
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - From Insight to Action: Reimagining Learning for Heartfelt, Equity-Centered Education
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - How Can Leveraging Student Stories Help you Center Equity?
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - Creating Safe Spaces: Encouraging Students to Share Their Stories
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - Elevate Your Teaching Game: Recognizing and Managing Your Capacity Like a Pro
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL 2024* - Headed back to school? I want to have a compelling chat about you
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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S4.E18 - Reenacting American Slavery and Segregation is wrong, especially during Black History month
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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S4. E17 - Why Sing Two Anthems? Joyfully Lifting Every Voice During Super Bowl Sunday
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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S4.E16 - BLACK HISTORY MONTH - 3 Questions I get Asked About Teaching & Celebrating Black History month
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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S4.E15 - What does the Sandwich Generation have to do with Developing Cultural Competency?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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S4.E14 - POV: Your Child is so Well Behaved and other Vague Compliments
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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S4.E13 - The Classroom Culture Reboot
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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S4.E12 - Discover Your North Star - Choosing One Compelling Focus Word 2024
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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S4.E11 - Two Keys for Success on Your Educational Equity Journey
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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S4.E10 - Put Equity First - Ask These 3 Questions When Choosing Reading Materials
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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S4.E9 - Two Dynamic Types of Books You Must Have in Your Classroom Library
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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S4.E8 - Celebrating Winter Holidays Around the World - 3 Best Practices
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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S4.E7 - Unearthing Joy: A Conversation on Justice, Equity, and Liberation w/ Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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S4.E6 - Is Creating a Joyful and Culturally Inclusive Classroom Really Achievable?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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S4.E5 - 4 Fantastic and Easy Activities for Celebrating Student Joy
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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S4.E4 - Level Up! Defining, Elevating & Celebrating Student Joy is Equity
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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S4.E3 - Joy is the Jump off for an Equity focused classroom
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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S4.E2 - Teacher Joy: You want an Equity Focused Classroom? Start with teacher Joy
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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S4.E1 - Being the change: Empowerment, Elevation, and Equity in Education
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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*Back to School BONUS VI* - Practical Advice for Sustainable Change in Your Classroom
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS V* - Frame Your Lessons with 3 anchor questions
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS IV* - Do you co-create norms with your students?
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS III* - How do I get to know my students' rich cultural identities?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS II* - Introducing Joy!
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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*BACK TO SCHOOL BONUS* - Your First Priority
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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S3.E24 - The Beginning in the End - Can I share a story with you?
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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S3.E23 - Charting Your Course: Mapping Out the Next Brave Steps on Your Equity Journey
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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S3.E22 - How to become a teacher on a Native American Reservation: Celebrating Indigenous Culture w/ Brittany Roberts
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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S3.E21 - 3 Lessons Learned on the Equity Journey: Thriving in the Messy Middle
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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S3.E20 - Trauma Supportive Teaching: One Key Component for Successfully Supporting Your Students
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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S3.E19 - Finding Your Footing: Navigating the Nervous Start of Your Equity Journey
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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S3.E18 - Powerful AI in Education: Does it support Equity, Diversity, and Cultural Inclusion? with Nneka McGee
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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S3.E17 - The Happenings for Summer 2023 - Reflect, Learn, and Plan for Success Next School Year
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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S3.E16 - Sorry, Beyonce. I Did Not Wake Up Like This
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May 17, 2023 |
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S3.E15 - The Music Classroom: Keys for centering equity and celebrating diversity w/ Ashley Cuthbertson
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May 10, 2023 |
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S3.E14 - 3 Simple Ways to kick implementation overwhelm to the curb
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May 05, 2023 |
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S3.E13 - 4 Seasons of change: Why are you hiding from the rain?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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S3.E12 - The # 1 challenge with effectively using restorative and social emotional practices
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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S3.E11 - 3 Ways to identify powerful missing voices in your curriculum and classroom w/ Carlo L'Chelle Dawson
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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S3.E10 - Perspective is your superpower: 3 ways to harness it for positive impact
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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S3.E9 - 5 Strategies for effectively navigating complex conversations in your classroom
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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S3.E8 - Show Your Students You Love Them by Using the Universal Love Language
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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S3.E7 - 6 Dynamic Scholars You Should Know to Increase Capacity for Your Equity Journey
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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S3.E6 - Inspiring Power Questions: If not you, then who? If not now, when?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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S3.E5 - What starts with a courageous decision and ends with brave actions?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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S3.E4 - Can you Center Black Joy while Teaching Hard History? with De'Ana Forbes
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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S3.E3 - Happy Equitable Valentines Day to You and Your Students - 3 Considerations
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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S3.E2 - The Importance of finding Black Joy in Books to share with your students with Naima Russell
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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S3.E1 - One Power Strategy for Prioritizing the Big Rocks in Education
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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*BONUS* - Interview with MY children about their one powerful focus word for 2023
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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*BONUS* - How Choosing a Focus Word Helps me Connect the Dots in the New Year
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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S2.E25 - Cultural Awareness: Why is it important for your lessons to help develop cultural competence?
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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S2.24 - Diversity is not a bad word - 3 ways to See it, share it, and celebrate it in your classroom
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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S2.E23 - Equity in Education - 3 Tips for centering equity to support all your students
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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S2.E22 - Create the Math Class you Dream about and your Students Deserve with Mona Iehl
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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S2.E21 - The National Day of Mourning & The Truth About Thanksgiving
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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S2.E20 - Trauma informed teaching: 5 Surprisingly Simple Ways to use it in your classroom with Michael Sivert
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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S2.E19 - Want to create powerful Thanksgiving Lessons? Start with these 3 questions
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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S2.E18 - Supporting Multilingual Learners: 3 Tips for General Education Teachers w/ Courtney Morgan
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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S2.E17 - 5 simple things you can do to make your classroom more inclusive today!
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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S2.E16 - Relationship Building 101: 3 Key Ingredients for Developing a Strong Classroom Community w/ Joscelyn Reed
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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S2.E15 - Cancel Culture: How to Reframe Your Lessons About Christopher Columbus
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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S2.E14 - How to use positive psychology and teach coping skills in your classroom with Jonee' Anderson
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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S2.E13 - Honoring Jewish Heritage - Sharing and Celebrating with all your students
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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S2.E12 - Defining Culture with your students - 3 impactful benefits
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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S2.E11 - How Can a Substitute Teacher use culturally responsive pedagogy?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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S2.E10 - More than a Month - 3 Tips for Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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S2.E9 - Quick check in! How is it going with your one focus word?
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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S2.E8 - 5 ways to use culturally relevant and responsive teaching in your classroom
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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S2.E7 - The Golden Rule: Do you encourage students to follow the golden rule in class?
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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S2.E6 - Will you show up for the powerful professional and personal shift?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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S2.E5 - 4 Helpful types of resources for creating a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming classroom
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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S2.E4 - 3 Strategies for establishing effective and essential classroom norms
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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S2.E3 - Curious about questions to ask students to create a welcoming classroom this year?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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S2.E2 - A few top tips for creating a welcoming and inclusive classroom from day one
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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S2.E1 - How do I create the type of classroom I want to have this school year?
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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S1.E20 - What's holding you back from creating culturally responsive lessons with impact?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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S1.E19 - Lessons with impact series: How to create powerful culturally responsive science lessons
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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S1.E18 - Lessons with Impact Series: 3 Ways to Effectively Create culturally relevant E/LA Lessons
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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S1.E17 - Lessons with Impact Series: 3 tips for creating culturally responsive social studies lessons
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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S1.E16 - Lessons with Impact Series: Can Math Lessons Really Be Culturally Responsive?
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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S1.E15 - 3 Reasons why you are the perfect teacher to create culturally responsive lessons
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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S1.E14 - Five of my favorite female authors - Books for you and your students
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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S1.E13 - Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Week
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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S1.E12 - Can you spark joy in your students by creating culturally relevant lessons?
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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S1.E11 - Why it is Important to Show up as Your Authentic Self in the Classroom
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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S1.E10 - Five Habits of a Culturally Competent Educator
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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S1.E9 - The First Powerful Step in Creating a Culturally Inclusive and Welcoming Classroom
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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S1.E8 - Five Fun Ways to Celebrate Black History and Black Present
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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S1.E7 - 9 Powerful People - What are Black Greek organizations? Why are they important?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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S1.E6 - How three reflection questions can super charge your lesson plans
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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S1.E5 - New Year - Choosing Your One Powerful Focus Word
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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S1.E4 - The Power of Having Your Students Choose Their One Word for the year
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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S1.E3 - 3 Benefits of Creating a Culture-Centered Classroom
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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S1.E2 - What is Culture? How can it Help Unlock Exciting and Remarkable Student Potential?
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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S1.E1 - A Seed of Promise (An Introduction)
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Dec 08, 2021 |