Episodes
May 1, 2024
Rob O'Brian: Workplace Mentoring Connects Kids with their Future!
Rob knows a thing or two about the need for workplace mentoring involving our kids. Listen as he and I discuss programs he has seen and why the need is greater than ever to connect our kids' present to their future! Rob O’Br…
March 17, 2024
Sarah and Joyce: I am who I am because of you!
Sarah and Joyce were the first Spencer County match for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Indiana back in 2000! Join the 3 of us as we discuss how life was like when their match began, their favorite memories and how …
Feb. 19, 2024
Matthew Templeton: Mentoring builds YOUR sense of purpose!
Matthew is a current Big with us at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Indiana. As a retired military man, his brings a strong sense of purpose for improving the community in which he lives with his wife and children. …
Feb. 12, 2024
DJ Quinn, author of Stick Figures: A Big Brother Remembers
DJ Quinn is a two-time Big Brother / Big Sisters volunteer, having been matched from 1980-1984 with a Little Brother in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He currently assists with mentor programs in the Pierce County Juvenile Court sy…
Jan. 22, 2024
Hal Bowman: The Boy Crisis
What if I told you there is a crisis right with our boys? What if I told you that our boys aren't doing well?? Join Hal and I as we discuss an issue that noone is talking about: the boy crisis! After spending over 2 decades …
Jan. 14, 2024
Chip Baker: Mentors made me who I am!
Chip Baker is a fourth generation educator. He has been a teacher/coach for over twenty four years. He is a multiple time best-selling Author, Youtuber/Podcaster, Transformational Speaker and Life Coach. He is the Greater Ho…
Jan. 8, 2024
Ginger Healy: Connection saves lives!
Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW is a clinical social worker with experience as a non-profit case manager, child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, and school social worker. She spent 15 years as the social service supervisor…
Jan. 3, 2024
Ruby Payne, Ph.D: Poverty IS affecting our kids!
In her two decades as a consultant on education and economic class, Ruby has published more than a dozen books and spoken extensively around the globe. Ruby empowers educators and community leaders to address issues of pover…
Jan. 1, 2024
The Rebrand w/ Ryan
Ryan Scott is the Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Indiana. He can be described as goal-driven, servant-led, and incredibly relentless in his pursuit to fight for ALL kids! Prior to coming on bo…
Jan. 1, 2024
Joe Brummer: Mentoring involves being trauma-informed!
Joe Brummer is a trauma survivor. Having lived through early exposure to violence, child abuse and neglect, and two violent anti-LGBTQ hate crimes, he turned his healing journey into a career in peacebuilding, restorative ju…
Jan. 1, 2024
CJ Reynolds: Your ordinary could be some kid's EXTRAORDINARY!
CJ Reynolds has been a classroom educator for almost 20 years, teaching high school Literature and The History of Hip-Hop in West Philadelphia and Camden, NJ. He is also the author of Teach Your Class Off: The Real Rap Guide…
Jan. 1, 2024
Lindsey Jensen: Mentoring New Teachers Is Critical!
Dr. Lindsey Jensen was the 2018 Illinois Teacher of the Year, the 2020 NEA Foundation for Teaching Excellence Illinois Awardee, and Vice-President of the Illinois State Teachers of the Year. Her work has been featured in IL-…
Sept. 22, 2023
Episode 3.17 with Jeanne McCarty: Experiences make learning stick!
Jeanne McCarty joined Out Teach as the first CEO in 2007. Since then, she has spent her days setting strategy, securing resources, and mobilizing as many people as she can to help all children, no matter their resources, to …
May 12, 2023
Episode 3.16 with Alex Valencic: One-size-fits-NONE PD does not work!
Alex T. Valencic is an educator, former small business owner, Boy Scout leader, volunteer drug prevention specialist, and geek of all things. Currently the Professional Learning Coordinator for Freeport SD 145, home of the P…
May 6, 2023
Episode 3.15 with Ginger Healy: We Gotta Regulate to Educate!
Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW is a clinical social worker with almost 30 years of experience in the field. Ginger has worked as a child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, and school therapist. She spent 15 years as the soc…
April 21, 2023
Episode 3.14 with Andrea Bitner: Lack of Language NEVER Equals Lack of IQ!!!
Andrea Bitner is an educator, author, and speaker. She lives in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked with students in grades K-12 throughout her twenty-two years in public education from all around the world. Her first book, “ T…
April 14, 2023
Episode 3.13 with James Moffett: Let's be Rigorous and Relevant with our Relationships!
ames is an elementary school principal who has created, implemented, and helped others create and implement trauma-informed practices in their schools. Throughout his career, he has taught various demographic groups, observi…
April 7, 2023
Episode 3.12 with CJ Reynolds: Teachers are the pros. Treat them like it!
CJ Reynolds' has taught ninth grade Literature and the History of Hip-Hop for nearly 20 years in Camden, NJ, and West Philadelphia. His mission is to help all educators become the change makers they're called to be. He seeks…
March 24, 2023
Episode 3.11 with Meagan Baldwin: We need movement in order to learn!
Meagan is a Bal-A-Vis-X practitioner/trainer, and an educator with about 22 years of experience in both general and special education. In her private Bal-A-Vis-X studio, she teaches Bal-A-Vis-X exercises to both children and…
March 17, 2023
Episode 3.10 with Charle Peck: Our School Community MUST Thrive!
Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. With over 20 years of education and mental health leadership experience, she has the unique l…
March 6, 2023
Episode 3.9 with Elijah Carbajal: School should be a place we ALL love to be!
Elijah is a teacher, like his mom, uncle, and grandparents before him. He has been teaching in the state of New Mexico since 2014, currently working in the Albuquerque Public School district. Elijah enjoys podcasting about a…
Feb. 23, 2023
Episode 3.8 with Bradley Lands: Teach our kids to be knowledge-ABLE!!
Bradley Lands is the author of the book Knowledge-ABLE , owner of UpLearn LLC, the Director of Technology and Innovation at The Langley School, a Google Certified Innovator, a Google Certified Trainer, an Apple Distinguished…
Feb. 16, 2023
Episode 3.7 with Kim Strobel: Help Educators Claim Their Joy!
We all know our educators are struggling. With the demands/stresses of the world coming into our schools each day, the importance of our work couldn't be any more important! If want our kids to be successful, we must FIRST …
Feb. 6, 2023
Episode 3.6 with Joe Brummer: Stop Adultifying Children!
Joe Brummer is a trauma-survivor having lived through early exposure to violence, child abuse and neglect, and 2 separate violent anti-LGBTQ hate crimes a decade apart. Joe has turned his healing journey into a career in pe…