Episodes
April 20, 2021
26. Leading for Equity Requires Us to Ask for Feedback with Matthew Woods
Feedback is the director of change and progress. That's why Matthew Woods, a classroom teacher turned administrator, is so passionate about helping other educators integrate processes that encourage constant feedback in their school culture. Tune in...
April 13, 2021
25. Building a Flexible Curriculum That Regularly Embeds Current Events
If you regularly struggle with having time for important discussions with students, now is the time to change that! With one thing after another coming up in the news and in our communities, we can't afford to stay silent on these issues that are...
April 6, 2021
24. Using Music to Teach for Justice with Christopher Schroeder
Our guest today is music instructor and executive director of the Boston Music Project—an organization that seeks to provide all students with the opportunity to develop musical proficiency, social emotional skills, civic engagement, and creative...
March 30, 2021
23. Planning Series Part 6—Efficient Effective Lesson Planning
This is the last installment of the Planning Series! In this episode, you'll receive five more strategies for creating efficient lesson plans that save you time and engage more students. Want more? Follow me on Instagram: @lindsaybethlyons Liked this...
March 23, 2021
22. Planning Series Part 5—Advancing Wellness
You're listening to Part 5 of the Planning Series. In this episode, I share why wellness belongs in your teacher life. There are multiple types of wellness and it only takes a little effort to go a long way. Want more? Follow me on Instagram:...
March 16, 2021
21. Planning Series Part 4—Clearing the Mind
In part 4 of the Planning series, we are clearing out the clutter that takes up too much valuable space in our minds and instead creating a system that we can keep track of. Want more? Follow me on Instagram: @lindsaybethlyons Liked this...
March 9, 2021
20. Planning Series Part 3—The Beliefs That Get In The Way
Welcome back to the Planning Series! Today, you will learn to figure out what's holding you back when it comes to laying out your aspirations. If you haven't taken time to do more PD because you're worried about spending any time away from grading and...
March 2, 2021
19. Planning Series Part 2—All the Tips
Welcome to part 2 of the Planning Series! Today I am sharing all the tips with you on how to set and accomplish your goals using some tried and true strategies. If you've set action steps before and haven't been able to keep up with it, don't...
Feb. 23, 2021
18. Planning Series Part 1—How do you spend your time?
Who said planning and grading has to take up all of your time? In today's solo episode, Lindsay brings a highly effective strategy to the table as a way to replace the previous time-consuming methods that weren't getting her the results she wanted. If...
Feb. 16, 2021
17. How to Build a Justice-Centered Business with Leah Urzua
We are joined this week by Leah Urzua, a Systems Strategist and an Online Business Manager to Lindsay, with a mission to expand social and racial justice in all areas of life and culture. Today, she goes into the intersections of business and systemic...
Feb. 9, 2021
16. How do we talk about the attack on the Capitol with white students?
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the United States experienced a domestic terrorist attack on its government for the first time in history. Lindsay considers the moments leading up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks about an important discussion...
Feb. 2, 2021
15. Modeling Mindfulness with Morgan Atkins
Mindfulness is more than a yoga class term, it can be a way of life for those who are overwhelmed or unfocused. Today's episode features the experiences of Morgan Atkins, a teacher with an emphasis in SEL (Social Emotional Learning) who managed to...
Jan. 26, 2021
14. What exactly is differentiation?
Today we are breaking down the process of differentiation and using that to serve students with IEPs as well as the whole class. I share some ways you can make your curriculum to suit the needs of all students in a way that isn't overwhelming. Episode...
Jan. 19, 2021
13. Talking to Young Kids About Racial & Social Justice with April Brown
If you've been paying attention this past year, you've noticed that it wasn't until multiple tragedies in the Black community that a large amount of white individuals actually started to acknowledge these systems of racism and oppression. But what if...
Jan. 12, 2021
12. What did my students think of my remote teaching during COVID?
This episode, I dive in to the feedback I receive from student's after my first semester of remote teaching. I address some of the challenges and new methods that came up in the virtual classroom and share how I will refine the process for the...
Jan. 5, 2021
11. Beyond "Performative Partnership" with Afrika Afeni Mills
In this episode, I got to talk with Afrika Afeni Mills. She is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with BetterLesson, and an Education Consultant. I’m so excited for you to hear our conversation today which talks about a variety of...
Dec. 15, 2020
10. What is Teachership?
Ten episodes in, and I'm finally sharing what exactly teachership is! Christina Steinbacher-Reed and Sam A. Rotella coined this term in 2015. In this solo show, I share how they define teachership, and how you can help it come to life in your...
Dec. 8, 2020
9. The Power of Mentors with Annalisa Holcombe
Annalisa Holcombe talks to me about how to set up effective student mentoring programs, why we should all have our own personal Board of Directors, and how we can live into our values at work. Episode Links: Annalisa can be found...
Dec. 1, 2020
8. How to Do a Root Cause Analysis
In this solo show, I talk though how to do an effective root cause for an adaptive challenge in your school. To make these ideas practical, I share examples of root cause analyses from schools in turnaround. Episode Links: Lindsay...
Nov. 24, 2020
7. Leading Antiracist Schools with Accountable Shared Leadership with Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick
Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick is back in this conversational episode in which we talk about how to lead schools committed to antiracism. We talk about a lot in this episode, including: shared leadership structures, student voice, shifting mindsets,...
Nov. 17, 2020
6. Pushing Back Against Teacher Neutrality
The idea of "staying neutral" or "apolitical" as educators is common. In this episode, I push back against the notion of value neutrality in schools, explaining why I've come to this conclusion and how teachers and school leaders who are feeling the...
Nov. 10, 2020
5. Shifting from Assimilationism to a Multilingual Habitus with Kholood Qumei
This week's guest, Kholood Qumei, is a full-time teacher by day and student by night. She is pursuing an EdM in International Education and Development with a concentration in languages, literacies, and cultures, and she speaks with us about shifting...
Nov. 3, 2020
4. Learning as Leading
In this solo show, I summarize the 9 learning tasks for leaders from Preskill & Brookfield’s book, Learning as a way of Leading: Lessons From the Struggle for Social Justice and what this means for leaders in the field of education. Resources...
Oct. 27, 2020
3. The Primacy of Discourse in Laboring for Racial Justice with Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick
Racism denial and discourse scholar, Dr. Cherie Bridges Patrick shares a wealth of knowledge about what is necessary as we labor for racial justice, including: the "primacy of discourse," 4 discourse capacities we can build up, principles of adaptive...