The Big E.D idea Podcast
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The Big E.D idea Podcast
What if we looked at "positive connections" as a vital ingredient for a child's success equation? At Big Brothers Big Sisters, we are on a quest to defend the potential of ALL kids. By showcasing current/past Bigs and Littles, interviewing experts in the youth development field and discussing some o...
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Casey Gwinn: Imagination is the pathway to Hope!
Casey Gwinn is the visionary behind the Family Justice Center movement, the rapidly developing, international approach of co-locating services for vic...
Scott Galeski: Restorative Mentoring Unlocks Potential!
Scott A. Galeski is an award winning independent filmmaker and a retired police detective from Downriver Detroit Michigan. During his 25 year law enfo...
Audubon Kids Zone and BBBS. Better together for kids!
Audubon Kids Zone, in Henderson, Kentucky, seeks to break the cycle of poverty by focusing on the next generation with educational and social support...
Michael Karcher: Someone's Gotta Be Crazy About The Kid!!
Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D., Professor of Education and Human Development, is the School Counseling Training Program Coordinator at the Universit...
Rob O'Brian: Workplace Mentoring Connects Kids with their Future!
Rob knows a thing or two about the need for workplace mentoring involving our kids.
Listen as he and I discuss programs he has see...
Sarah and Joyce: I am who I am because of you!
Sarah and Joyce were the first Spencer County match for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Indiana back in 2000!
Join the 3 of us as we d...
Matthew Templeton: Mentoring builds YOUR sense of purpose!
Matthew is a current Big with us at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Indiana. As a retired military man, his brings a strong sense of purpose...
DJ Quinn, author of Stick Figures: A Big Brother Remembers
DJ Quinn is a two-time Big Brother / Big Sisters volunteer, having been matched from 1980-1984 with a Little Brother in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He cur...
Hal Bowman: The Boy Crisis
What if I told you there is a crisis right with our boys? What if I told you that our boys aren't doing well??
Join Hal and I as...
Chip Baker: Mentors made me who I am!
Chip Baker is a fourth generation educator. He has been a teacher/coach for over twenty four years. He is a multiple time best-selling Author, Youtube...
Ginger Healy: Connection saves lives!
Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW is a clinical social worker with experience as a non-profit case manager, child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, and...
Ruby Payne, Ph.D: Poverty IS affecting our kids!
In her two decades as a consultant on education and economic class, Ruby has published more than a dozen books and spoken extensively around the globe...
The Rebrand w/ Ryan
Ryan Scott is the Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Indiana. He can be described as goal-driven, servant-led, and incredi...
Joe Brummer: Mentoring involves being trauma-informed!
Joe Brummer is a trauma survivor. Having lived through early exposure to violence, child abuse and neglect, and two violent anti-LGBTQ hate crimes, he...
CJ Reynolds: Your ordinary could be some kid's EXTRAORDINARY!
CJ Reynolds has been a classroom educator for almost 20 years, teaching high school Literature and The History of Hip-Hop in West Philadelphia and Cam...
Lindsey Jensen: Mentoring New Teachers Is Critical!
Dr. Lindsey Jensen was the 2018 Illinois Teacher of the Year, the 2020 NEA Foundation for Teaching Excellence Illinois Awardee, and Vice-President of...
Episode 3.17 with Jeanne McCarty: Experiences make learning stick!
Jeanne McCarty joined Out Teach as the first CEO in 2007. Since then, she has spent her days setting strategy, securing resources, and mobilizing as m...
Episode 3.16 with Alex Valencic: One-size-fits-NONE PD does not work!
Alex T. Valencic is an educator, former small business owner, Boy Scout leader, volunteer drug prevention specialist, and geek of all things. Currentl...
Episode 3.15 with Ginger Healy: We Gotta Regulate to Educate!
Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW is a clinical social worker with almost 30 years of experience in the field. Ginger has worked as a child abuse investigator, h...
Episode 3.14 with Andrea Bitner: Lack of Language NEVER Equals Lack of IQ!!!
Andrea Bitner is an educator, author, and speaker. She lives in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked with students in grades K-12 throughout her twenty-tw...
Episode 3.13 with James Moffett: Let's be Rigorous and Relevant with our Relationships!
ames is an elementary school principal who has created, implemented, and helped others create and implement trauma-informed practices in their schools...
Episode 3.12 with CJ Reynolds: Teachers are the pros. Treat them like it!
CJ Reynolds' has taught ninth grade Literature and the History of Hip-Hop for nearly 20 years in Camden, NJ, and West Philadelphia. His mission is to...
Episode 3.11 with Meagan Baldwin: We need movement in order to learn!
Meagan is a Bal-A-Vis-X practitioner/trainer, and an educator with about 22 years of experience in both general and special education. In her private...
Episode 3.10 with Charle Peck: Our School Community MUST Thrive!
Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. With over 20 years...
Episode 3.9 with Elijah Carbajal: School should be a place we ALL love to be!
Elijah is a teacher, like his mom, uncle, and grandparents before him. He has been teaching in the state of New Mexico since 2014, currently working i...
Episode 3.8 with Bradley Lands: Teach our kids to be knowledge-ABLE!!
Bradley Lands is the author of the book Knowledge-ABLE, owner of UpLearn LLC, the Director of Technology and Innovation at The Langley School, a Googl...
Episode 3.7 with Kim Strobel: Help Educators Claim Their Joy!
We all know our educators are struggling. With the demands/stresses of the world coming into our schools each day, the importance of our work couldn't...
Episode 3.6 with Joe Brummer: Stop Adultifying Children!
Joe Brummer is a trauma-survivor having lived through early exposure to violence, child abuse and neglect, and 2 separate violent anti-LGBTQ hate crim...
Episode 3.5 with Don Berg: Engagement IS a solvable problem!
Don Berg is an author, researcher, alternative education practitioner, and leader. As the Executive Director of Deeper Learning Advocates he is on a m...
Episode 3.4 with Eric Sinclair: We must find a place for AI in our classrooms!
You might have heard about the program Chatgpt. It is quickly changing the landscape of English classes all around the country! Join Eric and I as we...
Episode 3.3 with Erin Lewis: Creative Problem Solving in Education
Erin Lewis joined the Center for Innovation & Change in June 2015 as a program director, became interim director in 2019, and was appointed executive...
Episode 3.2 with Jeff Kubiak: Let's standardize mental health!
Jeff is currently an educator, author and speaker in Northern California. Having taught for ten years as an elementary school teacher in grades 4, 5,...
Episode 3.1 with Dr. Lori Desautels: We are built to wobble, not break!
Dr. Lori Desautels, has been an Assistant Professor at Butler University since 2016 where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the...
Episode 2.29 with Becky Schnekser: ED should be an experience, NOT a lesson!
Becky Schnekser is an elementary teacher, explorer, field scientist and author of Expedition Science: Empowering learners through exploration.
Y...
Episode 2.28 with Jessica Vance: Inquiry thrives when all are involved!
Jessica is the author of Leading with a Lens of Inquiry.
With a professional teaching background in both the private and public international s...
Episode 2.27 with Dr. Christopher Jochum: We must support our leaders to support our schools!
Dr. Christopher Jochum is the chair of the Department of Teacher Education at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. With an enrollment of approx...
Episode 2.26 with Brian DeLuca: Make Learning Visible with Microcredentials!
Brian LaDuca is the founding Executive Director of the Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation (IACT) at the University of Dayton. His rese...
Episode 2.25 with Allyson Apsey: Leading the Whole Teacher
Allyson Apsey is an educational leader focused on creating need-satisfying school environments for students and staff where they feel seen and valued....
Episode 2.24 with Nick Mann: We MUST be proactive with mental health!
Nick Mann is a former Marine Captain, creator of the popular Advocate Daily Wellness Program and Student/Teacher Fit app. He also runs a wilderness t...
Episode 2.23 with Melissa Wright: Start small to build BIG relationships!
Melissa Wright is a passionate educator that is driven to help schools create a place where students belong and everyone feels like they matter. By s...