Ep.036 features the founders of Allies for Black Voices:
Pooja Tanjore, Roma Sharma, Grace Crangle, & Nikita Sajai.
Allies for Black Voices is a project founded and operated by four brilliant young women in Loudoun County, Virginia. After the murder of George Floyd and the outbreak of Black Lives Matter protests across, Pooja, Roma, Grace, and Nikita felt compelled to act. They realized that social media posts aren't real action, and they understood that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were unable to participate in protests or engage in robust discussions about systemic racism and reform. They pooled their ideas and resources and, after joining forces with the Loudoun County chapter of NOW (National Organization for Women) and their vice president (Jessica Berg -- teacher, writer, activist, and former ClassCast Podcast guest), decided to create a virtual platform to showcase Black speakers who wanted to share their ideas, experiences, and aspirations for improving racial justice in the United States. Each week throughout the summer of 2020, Allies for Black Voices is hosting a live Zoom session featuring different speakers and ideas. The events are free to attend, and they post the videos to their YouTube channel for sharing or viewing after the live event ends. Keep up with their speakers and new events on their Instagram page.
In this episode of the ClassCast Podcast, host Ryan Tibbens talks with Pooja, Roma, Grace, and Nikita about their work for racial justice and how public education factors into our country's race problems and solutions. From activism to curriculum improvement, multiculturalism to book/movie/podcast recommendations, Episode 036 is a deep, content rich discussion about how all Americans can contribute to social improvement.
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ClassCast Podcast Ep.035 features Sara Potler LaHayne, the founder and CEO of Move This World, a social-emotional learning (SEL) program that has served over one million students across 35 states, helping young people to achieve and maintain better mental health, emotional stability, and personal control -- all of which contribute to happiness and educational success. Throughout the episode, Sara and host Ryan Tibbens discuss what SEL is, how it works, what students/parents/teachers do in the Move This World program, and how we can make schools better by treating students as complete, dynamic human beings. SEL has become somewhat of a buzz word in public education lately, but Sara has dedicated over 13 years to building her company, increasing awareness of SEL, and supporting young people across the United States. If you want to learn more about social-emotional learning, the Move This World program, or why helping students with emotional well-being is so important, be sure to listen to the full episode.
Check out Move This World on social media: Facebook: @MoveThisWorld Twitter: @move_thisworld LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-this-world Instagram: @move_thisworld Please like, subscribe, follow, share, and comment wherever you get your podcasts! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 035.1 -- Sara Potler LaHayne -- Social-Emotional Learning & Move This World
This clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.035 features Sara Potler LaHayne, founder and CEO of Move This World, explaining the concept of social-emotional learning (SEL), introducing the Move This World program, and declaring its significance for students of every age and background. SEL has become somewhat of buzz word in education over the last couple of years, but this trend has been built on decades of hard work by school counselors, psychologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs like Sara. If you want to know more about SEL and how it can help the young people in your life or school, this clip is a great starting point.
Be sure to like, subscribe, comment, and share wherever you get your podcasts! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 035.2 -- Sara Potler LaHayne -- Teachers' Roles in Social-Emotional Learning & Move This World
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.035, the CEO & founder of Move This World, Sara Potler LaHayne, explains the roles teachers play in the Move This World program and in social-emotional learning (SEL) in general. Sara points out how teachers must engage in the regular practice to maximize the benefits for the students and themselves; however, because of Move This World's production quality and micro-lesson structure, teachers have to do zero planning. Teacher feedback and buy-in are essential for most student support programs to be successful, and Sara does everything she can to address teachers' needs and increase their participation. If you want to learn more about SEL and teachers' involvement in that education, don't miss this clip.
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ClassCast Podcast Ep.034 features Catina Franklin Sweedy, an unschooling advocate and leader at the Embark Center for Self-Directed Education in Leesburg, Virginia, discussing unschooling, student choice, mentorship, intellectual freedom, and innovation in public education with host Ryan Tibbens. As COVID-19 pressures mount on public schools, students, parents, teachers, and other institutions, many families are unsure of what schooling decisions to make this fall and beyond; this discussion will not only present them with innovative options in the short term but with visions of change and progress to carry our students and schools into a new educational paradigm.
Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, share, and leave a comment wherever you listen to podcasts! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 034.1 -- Unschooling & Educational Options
In this highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.034, self-directed education expert Catina Franklin Sweedy explains the concept of unschooling and how it (and other alternatives) provide families with educational options, both during the pandemic and beyond. In addition to unschooling her own children, Catina has worked at the Embark Center for Self-Directed Education, an unschooling center in Leesburg, Virginia, for over a decade. Her insights into the benefits of freedom, choice, and student efficacy are essential listening for anyone involved in education -- schooling, unschooling, or otherwise.
Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, share, and leave a comment wherever you listen to podcasts! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 034.2 -- Educational Choice
In this highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.034, self-directed education leader Catina Franklin Sweedy and host Ryan Tibbens discuss the value of choice in education -- from homeschooling, unschooling, and traditional schooling to class and content choice, from libertarianism to curiosity. Increasing students "voice and choice" has been trendy in formal education for the last few years, but education leaders always frame it as a surface-level choice, not as a choice between school formats, content areas, and specializations. In this clip, we explore what real choice looks like.
Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, share, and leave a comment wherever you listen to podcasts! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 034.3 -- Catina Franklin Sweedy -- Mentorship & Schooling
In this highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.034, Catina Franklin Sweedy describes her own schooling; she and host Ryan Tibbens then discuss the value of mentorship and making personal connections with teachers and advisors. Catina's career has been two-fold -- a highly sought-after clarinetist and teacher AND a self-directed education leader -- and this clip illuminates the path that led her to both musical success and educational innovation. Host Ryan Tibbens also shares his experiences working with students and offering mentorship to young people in public schools.
Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, share, and leave a comment wherever you listen to podcasts! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 034.4 -- Catina Franklin Sweedy -- Ideal School/College for Kids
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.034, unschooling expert Catina Franklin Sweedy shares her ideas about improving schools (and "unschools") in great detail -- ending compulsory attendance, moving to an interdisciplinary model, enhancing student choice, creating more labs and open facilities, improving the architecture, and more. Host Ryan Tibbens shares many of her visions and adds in one of his own goals -- using vacant commercial real estate for future school facilities. If you are interested in changing and improving the public school model, you can't miss this clip.
Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, share, and leave a comment wherever you listen to podcasts! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 034.5 -- Catina Franklin Sweedy -- Literacy, Numeracy, & Cultural Values
In this highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.034, unschooling advocate Catina Franklin Sweedy and host Ryan Tibbens discuss the importance of literacy and numeracy but disagree somewhat over how to support young people in developing those skills. Still friendly and productive, this is one of the only disagreements in the entire discussion -- Catina advocates full self-direction, and Ryan prefers compulsory direct instruction for literacy and numeracy skills. This leads to discussions of how to implement more choice in schools, how to scale a hybrid plan, and how culture shapes our ideas about what skills are essential. Though it comes from the end of the episode, almost an afterthought, this is one of the most entertaining sections of the discussion.
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