Episodes
Sept. 18, 2023
Episode # 262: Elijah Carbajal
Elijah Carbajal is a teacher who followed in the footsteps of teachers in his family. He has served as an educator in the state of New Mexico since 2014 and is currently a Title I Reading Interventionist. He is the author of the book A Place They Lov...
Sept. 14, 2023
Episode # 261: Dr. Matthew Woods
Dr. Matthew Woods has served for more than 12 years assisting students, educators, and schools in a variety of roles. His professional experience includes being a high school social studies teacher, a middle and high school assistant principal, a mid...
Sept. 11, 2023
Episode #260: Rhonda Roos
Rhonda J. Roos, PhD is an educational consultant coaching principals, district leaders, and administrative teams in the complex and ever-challenging work of leading schools. She is a former assistant superintendent in New Albany, Indiana where she le...
Sept. 4, 2023
Episode #259: Dr. Jerod Philipps
Dr. Jerod Philipps, Sr.. is a Principal at the elementary level in Delaware. He stepped into this role halfway through June 2021 after being the Assistant Principal at the same school since July 2018. In early February ‘23, he accepted the role of pr...
Aug. 31, 2023
Episode #258: Rachel Carrillo-Fairchild
Rachel Carrillo-Fairchild Rachel is a partner consultant with The Core Collaborative. Rachel brings with her 30 years of education experience. She has been a classroom teacher, mathematics coach, and resource teacher as well as a school leader. Rache...
Aug. 27, 2023
Episode #257: Dr. Rob Martinez
Dr. Robert A Martinez, is well known as "Resiliency Guy" and "Dr. Rob." He is a 35-year educator, focuses on issues of #resilience and strives to build environments where children and adults can grow and work in peace. Dr. Martinez has continually fo...
Aug. 21, 2023
Episode #256: Jeff Bradbury
Jeff Bradbury is a Director of Digital Learning and the creator of the TeacherCast Educational Network. With a background in Music Education, Jeff began performing in front of live audiences at a very early age. He grew to love the opportunities he h...
Aug. 17, 2023
Episode #255: Adrian Gordon
Adrian Gordon is an active performer, composer, and music educator living in Charlotte, NC. His colorful compositions are captivating for musicians of all ages from very easy to advanced levels. Over the years Gordon has written several acclaimed wor...
Aug. 10, 2023
Episode #254: Crystal Frommert
Crystal Frommert, M.Ed, has over 20 years’ experience as an educator in middle and high school. Crystal has taught math, computer science, and social justice in public, parochial, and international schools. Beyond teaching, she has served as an instr...
Aug. 7, 2023
Episode #253: Ryan Donlan
Ryan Donlan, EdD, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership in the Bayh College of Education at Indiana State University, served for 20 years in traditional and charter schools in K–12 education—in teaching as well as school and district ...
July 30, 2023
Episode #252: Hans Hageman
Hans Eric Hageman is a graduate of Princeton and Columbia University Law School, He has started and led organizations for underserved children in Harlem, NY, Kenya, and Lucknow, India. He is a recipient of the Robin Hood Foundation Heroes Award and t...
July 27, 2023
Episode #251: Angela Jerabek
Angela Jerabek is the founder and executive director of BARR Center. Jerabek developed the BARR model 20 years ago and has expanded it from one school in the Midwest to more than 200 schools. Jerabek has published five books, several op-eds and artic...
July 23, 2023
Episode #250: Ryan Steuer
Ryan Steuer inspires educators across the country as the founder of Magnify Learning, a PBL professional development organization that equips educators to engage learners, tackle boredom, and transform classrooms. Prior to founding Magnify Learning, ...
July 16, 2023
Episode #249: Dr. Christopher Slaton
Dr. Christopher Slaton practices Education and Science to help you inform your brain and to discipline your body through the process of how you focus to live, learn, think, and respond to tension, stress, or pressure. He is the author of 'Education a...
July 13, 2023
Episode #248: Terri Eichholz
Terri Eichholz 29 years of classroom experience from K-12. M.A. in Teaching. She specializes in Gifted and Talented Education, Maker Education, Ed Tech Integration, and STEAM. She's worked for SAISD and NEISD in San Antonio, Texas, and currently cons...
July 5, 2023
Episode #247: Bryson Tarbet
Bryson Tarbet is a preK-6th grade general music teacher just outside of Columbus, Ohio. He received his Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education from Ohio Wesleyan University his Master of Music in Music Education with a Kodály emphasis from Capital ...
July 2, 2023
Episode #246: Dawn Harris
Dawn Harris is a passionate and energetic educator who lives by the motto, “Relationships First.” Her enthusiasm for creating connections is infectious and she thrives on the opportunity to learn about the things that motivate and inspire teachers an...
June 25, 2023
Episode #245: Destiny Wagner & Kristofer Thurston
Destiny Wagner is an educator with over 20 years' experience as both a classroom teacher (physics) and an instructional technology coach. With a proven record of creating and delivering professional development, her goal is to leverage my expertise t...
June 22, 2023
Episode #244: Kip Shubert
Kip is an educator and coach who is driven to lead and love staff and students to believe and discover that they are the greatest miracle in the world. Having almost thirty years’ experience in education, Kip is sharing that secret sauce as an educat...
June 14, 2023
Episode #243: Darcy Bakkegard
Darcy Bakkegard is an English/theatre teacher and professional development coach who got tired of traditional sit-n-get PD and now creates the type of PD she always wanted with the Educators’ Lab. With 10 years of experience teaching English and thea...
June 12, 2023
Episode #242: Grayson McKinney & Zach Rondot
Grayson McKinney & Zach Rondot are co-authors of "The Expert Effect: A Three-Part System to Break down the Walls of Your Class".
Grayson McKinney is an elementary educator from East Grand Rapids, Michigan who is known for his innovative approaches to...
June 7, 2023
Episode #241: Brian Zevotek
As a 25+ year veteran teacher, Brian has served many roles from Middle School Science teacher to Department Chair, Instructional Technology Specialist, STEM Coach, and PBL Coach. In 2012, he was one of ten teachers honored as National Teacher Innovat...
June 4, 2023
Episode #240: Kim Hamer
On April 16, 2009, Kim Hamer watched her 44-yr-old husband take his last breath. During his illness and after his death, she was amazed by the helpful ways their coworkers, bosses, friends, and family supported them. Kim started calling their kind ac...
May 29, 2023
Episode #239: Vicki Wilson
Vicki Wilson is an educator, serving children and the field for over 28 years as a teacher and principal. She is passionate about education and strive to make it better every day. She is particularly interested in educator learning, leadership, organ...