Dumplings Over Flowers: Recent Episodes

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Join our hosts, siblings Izzy and Nicole, as they give a behind the scenes peek of their combined 50 years of teaching experience while they demonstrate & celebrate the importance of substance over appearance. This is... Dumplings Over Flowers.

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Izzy and Nicole are BACK. Live from the Air Show in Not-So-Sunny San Diego, Izzy and Nicole are joined by multiple Special Guests as they discuss AI in education.

Special Guests:

-Marisa Janicek, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services, El Segundo Unified School District

-April Strawn, Teacher, El Segundo High School

-Juliana Finegan, VP, Educator Experience, Vivi

-Hayley Spira-Bauer, COO, Fullmind

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Sometimes teaching asks more of you than you'd expect. Join Izzy and Nicole on this episode as they discuss expectation, commitment, and self reflection.

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Izzy and Nicole are going OFF WHEEL! It's summer time and Dumplings Pod is ready to drop some wisdom before the school year starts. Join Izzy and Nicole as they give some insight into their teaching methodology and give a sneak peak into the Mosaic Learning Architect Academy.

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Join Izzy and Nicole on another episode of Dumplings Over Flowers. How many tendons are in the human ankle? Well, we know there are at least 4....

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Join Izzy and Nicole in this week's episode of Dumplings Over Flowers. Today, we're talking about Legacy, as Izzy and Nicole discuss the mark you leave on your students, and the mark your students leave on you.

Interested in the Mosaic Learning Architect Academy? Register at mosaicip.com/mla

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Izzy and Nicole are BACK with another episode of Dumplings Over Flowers. In today's episode, Izzy and Nicole think back on an interesting bowl of soup they had in New York, which inspires a conversation on being comfortable in different environments, being sensitive to differences, and how to relate to someone else's world as an educator.

You can register for the Mosaic Learning Architect Academy at www.mosaicip.com/mla

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Nicole and Izzy have their own sort of Executive Washroom... Actually, its more like a secret bathroom... at school... in the basement. This episode, we talk about Night Owls, finding the optimal work time for your chronotype, making the most of the lulls in the day, and (of course) bathrooms.

Resources from today's episode:

Daniel Pink's Book, "When." https://www.danpink.com/books/when/

Daniel Pink's Discussion Guide for Educators PDF: https://www.danpink.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Discussion-Guide-for-Educators.pdf

Learn more about Mosaic Instructional planning at: www.mosaicip.com

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Hey everybody! Just doing some housekeeping and letting everyone know what's happing in our world.

We took some time off this month for the Holiday, so this week's episode is delayed and being posted at the end of the week.

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Learn more about Mosaic Instructional Planning at www.mosaicip.com

We have some guests on the podcast coming soon, so keep an eye out for those new episodes!

We'll see you next time!

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From New York AND Dallas, Izzy and Nicole are remote today! Join us in our first remotely recorded episode (thank you technology... and Waterman), as Izzy and Nicole talk about seeing things from different perspectives, implement a "Yes, and" exercise, and make a few poop jokes... It's Dumplings Over Flowers!

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Join Izzy and Nicole live from the exhibit hall at FETC 2023 in New Orleans! Izzy and Nicole talk about using Iron Chef in their teacher training, adapting to curve balls thrown in the classroom, and using structure but not getting stuck in it.

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Izzy and Nicole are on location in New Orleans for FETC and couldn't pass up a chance to record an ep! Izzy and Nicole discuss the meaning of New Orleans bead colors, the effects of big changes in the classroom, and a dog the size of a small camel (at least, that's what Izzy says...).

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Who are your Hollywood Heroes? Izzy and Nicole talk teachers in film, what makes them great, why we love them, and how that applies, or differs, from real life teaching. Also, Nicole gives a dramatic Nando impression.

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It's a special Mini Episode (Mini-sode)! Izzy and Nicole are at our Podcast Launch Party in New Orleans and pull some party guests in to ask the question, "How do YOU choose dumplings over flowers?"

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Nicole and Izzy discuss Karaoke, Walk Up Songs, and occasionally "go off the rails."

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Izzy and Nicole discuss Daniel Pink, nappuccinos, and making space to reset during your day.

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In this Episode, Nicole and Izzy think back to a friend with "golden pipes," talk about shaping behaviors, and Nicole recalls an early teaching moment about doing homework in pen vs. pencil.

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Join Izzy and Nicole in our first episode of Dumplings Over Flowers. In this episode they discuss an interesting First/Last day teacher experience,  teacher attrition, and "hanging in there."