Season 1
June 28, 2021
26 – Treat Each Gift as a Learning Opportunity for All (w Dr. Leyton Schnellert)
In the final episode of season one, Dr. Leyton Schnellert describes how he disrupts both teacher education and academic research by designing learning experiences that are interdisciplinary, inclusive, and always in the context of real classrooms. As...
June 14, 2021
25 – Reimagining Numeracy Instruction (w Kim Petersen & Sheryl Walters)
Math has traditionally been a space dominated by the simple binary of right and wrong answers. However, there are many important competencies, mindsets, and values that students can learn in the Math classroom if we embrace complexity and rethink the...
May 31, 2021
24 – When you Call Them Low, you Teach Them Low (w Ken Williams)
Teacher expectations have a massive impact on student learning, and yet, they are often one of the most forgotten factors in school improvement efforts. In the episode, Ken brings the humor, heart and hammer to call our attention to the limiting...
May 17, 2021
23 – A More Adaptive Way of Working (w Rodney Evans)
It doesn’t matter if you work in a company, a hospital, a not-for-profit organization, or a school, we are all facing the same problem; our ways of working are limiting the potential of humans to adapt to complex challenges. On the episode, we...
May 10, 2021
BONUS – PodSwap! Ready, Set, Growth (w Nick Moskaluk)
I thought I was a unicorn until I met Nick Moskaluk; the only other edupodcaster in Calgary. Turns out, we have even more in common including a reluctance to become a teacher, a love for creativity in the classroom, and a low-key obsession with the...
May 3, 2021
22 – What Will it Take to Transform Education? (w Dr. Greg Bass)
To achieve equity and meet the demands of the future, many of our institutions and operating systems are due for a massive overhaul. But what does exactly does that look like? Is it a rapid revolution or an incremental pivot? A visionary leader or a...
April 19, 2021
21 – Where are all the Teachers of Colour? (w Gerardo Muñoz & Kevin Adams)
As male teachers of colour in their school district, Gerardo and Kev felt like unicorns. That is, until they found each other and started to talk about their shared experiences on a podcast called Too Dope Teachers and a Mic, connecting with thousands...
April 5, 2021
20 – Are my Students Engaged? (w Dr Sharon Friesen)
Engagement is a key outcome of every teacher’s practice, but what does it actually look like? In 2009, Dr. Sharon Friesen led a study to figure out how many students across Canada were engaged in school socially, academically, and intellectually....
March 29, 2021
BONUS - PodSwap! The Ed Podcast (w Shane Lawrence)
PodSwap(n): when two podcasters jump on each others' shows to double down on the awesome. In this bonus episode, I chat with Shane Lawrence, host of The Ed Podcast. We dig into podcasting (obviously), what he's learned after interviewing over 160...
March 22, 2021
19 – The Opportunities of Online Learning (w Natalie Conway)
In his book Atomic Habits, author James Clear says, “Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior.” So how might a teacher’s practice change if they were no longer within the walls of a traditional classroom? On the episode,...