The Teacher's Journey: Recent Episodes
Brian Costello
A conversation with teachers about learning, leading, and life. We hear from educators around the world to find out the stories that made them who they are today.
In this episode Sandra discusses being a woman in the IT field, what we need to do to create more women in technology leadership, and how we can work to ensure all of our students have the opportunities and exposure to technology that will allow them to some day change the world.
Sandra discusses her start in education, her pioneering experiences with education technology while working in the US Virgin Islands, and her passion for providing students with an opportunity to shape the world of tomorrow through experiencing technology today.
In Part 2 we continue Katherine's Journey toward becoming an administrator, her incredible ability to build communities, connect, and also find love through the many incredible things she's done through Social Media.
Katherine talks about her early beginnings in education and the challenges of teaching in a classroom and a community where she was one of the only people who didn't speak Spanish. In Part 1 she talks about the classroom experiences that shaped her future career.
Andrew Dobbie and I talk about the development of his problem solving nature from his earliest moments of realizing he wanted to be a teacher, to his incredible project that has been changing technology usage for schools and empowering students for the past few years. Learn from his wisdom and
In this conversation was talk about reading, the quirks of middle schoolers, and the difficulty of being a parent and the real guilt we feel as educators. Lauren talks about her experiences as a mom, teacher, and parent of a young special needs student. This episode is filled with amazing advice, laughter, and heart felt stories.
In The Edumatch Story, Dr. Sarah Thomas, the founder of Edumatch talks about building the community from idea to one of the largest international grass roots movements for educators and one of the best places to connect and grow.
During Brent's Journey we discuss transitions, creating meaningful shifts in culture, the power of names and the power of sharing our stories. Brent has just released his own book Stories of EduInfluence and has a great podcast, Teaching Tales.
A great conversation with educator, speaker, and future author Micah Shippee. Micah shares his journey and we talk about how to recover from disappointments in your career.
This brief edition of the Teacher's Journey Podcast is a self reflection on my year in 2018, things I am excited to focus on in 2019, and my One Word: Joy
In this episode Dr. Will Deyamport shares his full circle journey from film maker, through education and into becoming a documentary film maker. Through all this we discuss the idea of the Eduprenuer, someone who can both make an impact and an income through education.
Rachelle shares her passion for challenging herself, learning new things, and interesting perspectives from law school to becoming an author.
Allyson shares her stories that build to her incredible journey toward the Path to Serendipity. You can find out more about Allyson at www.allysonapsey.com
Listen to John Wick (Dr. Wick Ed.) share his story that takes us from managing a movie theater, to building and creating a brand new school as principal. John's story takes him from the classroom to an EdTech company creating learning games that respond to user's brain waves, and back to the classroom again. This podcast ran a bit long, but John shares so many great ideas and stories it was hard to stop! Enjoy!
In this podcast we talk to Grove City College professor Dr. Sam Fecich about her experiences in transitioning to higher education as a teacher of teachers. She also talks about her inspiration to write her new book Edumagic!
In this episode I am joined by someone whom I look up and find to be an inspiration in many ways. I first met Rafranz Davis in person when she was a coach at the Google Innovator Academy in Toronto in 2016. After an amazing conversation with her over lunch one day, followed by some great learning Rafranz led for the group, I was enamored. She is a speaker, author, technology advocate, and BTS Fangirl who shares the personal side of her story. Don't miss this amazing episode with Rafranz Davis. You can learn more about her at www.rafranzdavis.com
Mandy discusses her journey through education, dealing with mental health issues, and her book The Fire Within.
On this Journey, Erin shares her experiences working in higher ed, her decision to come back to the classroom after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, the importance of teacher wellness, and how to cultivate challenging social conversations within the classroom.
In part 1 of her Teacher's Journey, Tara shares the beginnings of her journey working for a non-profit before jumping into teaching. While looking for a good fit, she shares where she's been, things she has learned, and talks about how she developed a passion for Coding, Technology Integration, and gender equity in educational technology.
Follow Megan on her journey through starting as an accountant then through thirteen years of teaching High School Math and on to her next step in higher education. Listen as Meghan shares a personal and inspiring story about working through alcoholism, anxiety, and figuring out how she can help herself and others.
On this Journey, Teacher Librarian Katie McNamara shares her story filled with twists, turns, a few shocks, and lots of sincerity. She teaches all of us about the importance of being a learner, finding good people, and being in the right situation.
Jaime shares her personal journey. In this she talks about her family, her challenges, and shares great advice for anyone in the profession. Check out Jaime's great resources at www.arvrinedu.com and her new book Learning Transported!
Dene shares his story, his struggles and his success and goes into what inspired him to create his new book, The Y in You. Also, we get a special performance by Dene, The Teacher Who Sings!
Joy Kirr, author of Shift This, talks about her start in education working with hearing impaired students. She tells several personal stories that help connect where she began to the incredible educator she is today. Listen as Joy shares her lessons, wisdom, and entertaining stories that make up her Teacher's Journey.
Mari shares her inspiring journey from this one time at band camp to bringing a new teacher into the profession. Each step is open, honest, and filled with great insight into what becoming an amazing teacher takes. You can reach Mari at @msventurino on Twitter, read her blog at blog.mariventurino.com and find her book, Fueled by Coffee and Love on Amazon.
Follow Doug's journey as he shares where he built his love of teaching. From the pool to the stage, Doug has found inspiration in a variety of places. Listen as Doug shares his philosophy on giving back to the profession, great advice on teaching, and captivates with entertaining storytelling. This podcast runs longer than any of the others, but you won't even notice! Follow Doug on Twitter at @theweirdteacher read his blog http://hestheweirdteacher.blogspot.com/ and find his books (He's the Weird Teacher, The Teaching Text (Your're Welcome), A Classroom of One, and The Unforgiving Road) on his site or on Amazon!
Adam shares he journey from growing up in the locker room at Fresno State University and being inspired by former New York Giant, Steve Baker to becoming an inspiring innovative force in education. Listen as he shares the power of empowerment and support. Adam is the co-creator of the twitter chat #cvtechtalk and the creator of the Cardinal Innovation Center. Connect with Adam on Twitter at @techcoachjuarez
In this episode I talk with Jennifer Casa Todd, author of the book Social LEADia and teacher librarian in Ontario. Jennifer talks about the work she is passionate about, empowering kids to become leaders in social media as well as the struggles and successes of her journey to becoming an incredible educator.