 David Shar talks with me about "How Teachers Can Prevent From Burning Out in These Difficult Times and What to Do if You Have a Burnout Problem." This is episode 331 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. The founder of Illuminate PMC, David is a keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer specializing in helping organizations improve their leadership and culture, combat burnout, and design meaningful work. David combines decades of leadership experience with the latest psychological research to help you attract, retain, and motivate top talent. David holds his bachelor’s in human resource management from Colorado State University and his master’s in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Maryland – College Park. He is a current doctoral candidate in business psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where he is studying the interaction between meaningful work and burnout. David is NOT your typical academic – as a scientist/practitioner translator, David makes leadership theory & business psychology accessible, implementable, and fun through the use of humor, stories, and ‘real-world’ examples. Lots to learn today. Don't forget to share and subscribe! Thanks for listening! Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: https://www.illuminatepmc.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidshar/ https://www.facebook.com/IlluminatePMC/ David@Illuminatepmc.com Length - 50:59

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 Brian Buffington and Bucky Bush talk with me about EdTech, GIFS, Gifts for Non-Techies, and Gifts for Techies. This is episode 330 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Brian Buffington is an EDU pioneer, always sniffing out better ways to increase student engagement and learning through technology. He inspires thousands of teachers, admins, and students in regards to instructional technology strategies, professional media production, and digital living education. Brian has presented at national, state, and regional conferences, highlighting EdTech and science education. His background includes teaching middle schoolers about science, owning music venues and vintage clothing shops, and writing songs about cheese and “8th Grade Mustaches”. His most recent endeavors include: creating professional development specifically for teaching during a pandemic entitled, “Into The Unknown”, releasing new music with the songs “Rufio”, “Stretchy Pants”, and “Poo on my Shoe”, and cranking up the #buffmagic to make virtual learning fun and engaging.  Since 2017, he has broadcasted an annual cyber safety event on Facebook LIVE, “A Parent’s Guide to Raising Digital Natives”. In 2019, Brian directed and produced “Vape News”, a PSA video series aimed to combat student vaping. When Brian is not playing with tech, he’s playing House Concerts and singing #happymusicforthemasses. Along with his wife Brooke, he owns a Creative Arts Company, Studio Blue. The Buffingtons reside in Northeast Georgia, where they raise 2 crazy kids and look for adventure. Bucky Bush has a passion for technology tools and services that help make people’s lives easier and more enjoyable. In his work world, Bucky provides technical support services and training to school staff in addition to data analytics services for schools and districts. He is in his 12th year at Northwest RESA where he serves as their Director of Technology Services.   This talk was lots of fun!   Lots to learn today. Please share and subscribe! Thanks for listening. Enjoy!   Connect and Learn More: BrianKBuffington.com BuckyBush.com   Length - 57:43

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 Dung Duong talks with me about his book - Shifting Optics: A Life in Perspective. Awesome talk! Dung has a wonderful outlook on life! This is episode 329 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Dung Duong is an entrepreneur, investor, and optic engineer who’s dedicated to making our world a better place. He supports his wife’s nonprofit, Perspective Charity, which works to give children the opportunity to become impactful doers, contributors, and leaders regardless of their economic or social situation. Dung wrote this book for his three children—Anastasia, Athena, and Radiant—in the hope that they find comfort, snicker at the infinitely bad jokes, and get a different perspective. As a child, Dung Duong fled a third-world country, lived in refugee camps, was jailed, and found himself homeless before immigrating to the United States, ultimately growing up in poverty. A strong student and gifted engineer, Dung eventually found success as an entrepreneur and investor. In telling his full story, Dung doesn’t dwell on what he lacked in his youth. Instead, he focuses on what he did have: intrinsic motivation, a strong will, and the desire to positively impact the world. Perhaps, like Dung, you also have a desire to make the world a better place. In Shifting Optics, Dung shares his stories and honest recollections so that you can take from them perspective, if you wish. Told with a wink and a smile, he offers up his life’s story to show there is always a light in the darkness, there’s always a tomorrow, and there’s always a way to move forward and improve the world in our own unique way. Lots to learn today! Dung was fun to talk with. I think you will have a good time listening! Thanks for listening! Please take time to share and subscribe. Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: dduongus@yahoo.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08J9LJHYH/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.amazon.com/Dung-Duong/e/B08JMF3J6Z/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 http://www.perspectivecharity.org/ Length - 1:03:07

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 Houston Kraft talks about his book - Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide for the Way We Think, Talk, and Act in Kindness. This is episode 328 of Teaching Learning Leading K12. Houston Kraft is a speaker, facilitator, kindness advocate and according to his Twitter account - a professional hugger. Houston’s job is to practice kindness. In high school, he started an organization called Random Acts of Kindness, Etc. (R.A.K.E.) to create a more connected, compassionate campus.  In college, he created Our Kindness with a focus on service, community building, and reducing anxiety through intentional acts of care.  Over the next eight years, Houston spoke at over 600 schools, organizations, and events globally to over a half a million people. He has spoken in over thirty states, Mexico, Canada, and Uganda. In 2016, Houston co-created Character Strong, which provides curriculum and training for safer and kinder schools and has already worked with 2,000 schools internationally, serving over one million students with their message, daily. In 2019, Houston was featured by Lay’s for their Spreading Smiles campaign. He has been featured on the Huffington Post and highlighted by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. His messages about character, leadership, compassion, and kindness resonate with audiences age 5 to 95. Houston is the author of Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide For the Way We Think, Talk, and Act in Kindness with a 30 Act Starter Plan, Journal Prompts, and Practical Exercises. DEEP KINDNESS is a call to action, beckoning us to a deeper understanding that calls readers to move past the surface level ‘confetti kindness’ marked by cutesy phrases and empty gestures. Instead, Kraft reveals, deep kindness is an ever-growing skillset rooted in empathy, perspective-taking, resilience, courage, and forgiveness. Featuring a 30-act starter plan, journal prompts, and practical exercises, DEEP KINDNESS dives into the types of kindness the world needs most today, taking an honest look at the gap between our belief in kindness and our ability to practice it well. Lots to learn today. Thanks for listening. Please take the time to share with others and encourage them to subscribe to the podcast. Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: https://deepkindness.com/ https://www.houstonkraft.com/ https://www.instagram.com/HOUSTONKRAFT/ https://characterstrong.com/ @careacter -twitter https://www.instagram.com/characterstrong/ https://www.facebook.com/getcharacterstrong/ https://twitter.com/houstonkraft https://www.characterstrong.com/houstonkraft   Length - 53:01

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 Mauro Guillen talks with me about his Wall Street Journal bestselling book - 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything. This is episode 327 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Mauro F. Guillén is one of the most original thinkers at the Wharton School, where he holds the Zandman Professorship in International Management and teaches in its flagship Advanced Management Program and many other courses for executives, MBAs, and undergraduates.  An expert on global market trends, he is a sought-after speaker and consultant. He combines his training as a sociologist at Yale and as a business economist in his native Spain to methodically identify and quantify the most promising opportunities at the intersection of demographic, economic, and technological developments. His online classes on Coursera and edX have attracted over 100,000 participants from around the world. He has won multiple teaching awards at Wharton, where his presentation on global market trends has become a permanent feature of over fifty executive education programs annually. As Director of the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies between 2007 and 2019 he revolutionized the world’s premier graduate international program combining the Wharton MBA with a degree in International Studies by launching innovative learning experiences such as the Global Knowledge Lab, the Lauder Intercultural Ventures, and the first Africa-focused academic program at a major business school. These contributions earned him the Aspen Institute’s Faculty Pioneer Award. His research, teaching, and speaking incorporates both numerical assessments of trends and illuminating examples from business, politics, and everyday life. He shows in accessible terms that one can accurately forecast trends by systematically following the babies and following the money into the future.  He is the author of the book Wall Street Journal bestseller... 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything.  Lots to learn today! Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share and subscribe. Enjoy!   Connect and Learn More: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250268176?tag=macsupaduinstalpa-20 https://us.macmillan.com/smp/ https://www.mauroguillen.com/ https://www.facebook.com/public/Mauro-Guillen https://twitter.com/MauroFGuillen https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauro-guillen-719baa1b/ Length - 55:23

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 Raj Valli: Founder & CEO of Thinkster talks with me about Thinkster Math, Thinkster apps, test prep, and tutoring. This is episode 326 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Raj Valli founded - Thinkster.  He is a data and statistics guy at heart. As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, he helped multi-billion dollar companies save money by making sure that their products and services were of the highest quality. Six Sigma means having less than 3.4 defects per 1 million pieces of anything you produce - engines, coffee cups, your shirt...tutoring….anything! That’s outstanding almost defect-free quality! He has worked for major multi-billion dollar corporations leading functional areas in marketing, finance, operations, strategy, and M&A, across Aerospace, Automotive, Life Sciences, Chemicals, Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Industrial Controls, BioTech, Services, and Software. He spent 20+ years volunteering his time to help provide basic education for underprivileged children. Several years ago, his daughters were using a worksheet based math learning program (like Kumon, Mathnasium) to help accelerate their math learning. He was frustrated by the lack of progress they were having in truly understanding math concepts. They were getting really good in the process of solving math problems in a very formulaic way without really understanding why they were doing what they were doing. He looked everywhere for a math program that would let his daughter’s learn math for life and not just for a test or completing homework.  He wanted a guaranteed approach to learning math. Not hope. But GUARANTEED! Like, Six-Sigma defect-free!  He knew that if they had a real strong foundation in math, it would take them places. He found nothing other than a few books on the topic or needed to hire an excellent math tutor for $100/hour. He took matters into his own hands and looked for efficient and fool-proof ways of getting students to learn not only math, but to develop a strong foundation in problem solving skills and to help them improve their critical thinking and logical reasoning skills.  He wanted them to develop the capacity to unpack and solve ANY problems in life - not just math problems. His strategy worked so well, that it got his daughters to ace math in middle and high school and eventually it also helped them into a top Ivy League University. This strategy became Thinkster….   Lots to learn today. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share & subscribe. Enjoy!   Connect and Learn More: https://hellothinkster.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYJdwYjaKLSYovlcW8x_GHw https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajvalli/ https://twitter.com/hellothinkster https://www.facebook.com/ThinksterMath/?fref=ts   Length - 46:03

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 Lee Matthew Goldberg talks with me about writing, character development, and his newest thriller - The Ancestor. This is episode 325 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of the novels - The Desire Card, The Mentor, Slow Down and now - The Ancestor. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the 2018 Prix du Polar.  He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Fringe, dedicated to publishing fiction that's outside-of-the-box.  His pilots and screenplays have been finalists in Script Pipeline, Book Pipeline, Stage 32, We Screenplay, the New York Screenplay, Screencraft, and the Hollywood Screenplay contests. After graduating with an MFA from the New School, his writing has also appeared in the anthology Dirty Boulevard, The Millions, Cagibi, The Montreal Review, The Adirondack Review, The New Plains Review, Underwood Press and others.  He is the co-curator of The Guerrilla Lit Reading Series and lives in New York City.  Today, we are focused on Lee’s most recent thriller - The Ancestor… Here is a little about The Ancestor: A man wakes up in present-day Alaskan wilderness with no idea who he is, nothing on him save an empty journal with the date 1898 and a mirror.    He sees another man hunting nearby, astounded that they look exactly alike except for his own beard. After following this other man home, he witnesses a wife and child that brings forth a rush of memories of his own wife and child, except he's certain they do not exist in modern times—but from his life in the late 1800s.   After recalling his name is Wyatt, he worms his way into his doppelganger Travis Barlow's life. Memories become unearthed the more time he spends, making him believe that he'd been frozen after coming to Alaska during the Gold Rush and that Travis is his great-great grandson. Wyatt is certain gold still exists in the area and finding it with Travis will ingratiate himself to the family, especially with Travis's wife Callie, once Wyatt falls in love.    This turns into a dangerous obsession affecting the Barlows and everyone in their small town since Wyatt can't be tamed until he also discovers the meaning of why he was able to be preserved on ice for over a century.  Lots to learn today! Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share and subscribe. Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: @LeeMatthewG http://www.leematthewgoldberg.com/ https://www.instagram.com/leematthewgoldberg/ https://www.facebook.com/LeeMatthewGoldberg https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-matthew-goldberg-558758178/ https://www.youtube.com/user/leemgol   Length - 42:57

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 Micki Boas talks with us about her book - One in Five: How We are Fighting for Our Dyslexic Kids in a System that is Failing Them. This is episode 324 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Micki Boas is a marketing consultant and entrepreneur who has worked with a range of iconic brands, including NIKE, Samsung, the ACLU, the United Nations, and Fusion, to find bold, provocative solutions for broken systems.  When Boas’ older son was diagnosed with dyslexia, ittook her four years of legal battles that drained her savings, battered her self-esteem, and pulled her family apart to find an education that fit his needs.  As a result, she created Invisible Red Tape, a thought leadership forum and online advising platform designed to expose the inequalities in education for children with dyslexia, and crowdsource an insider’s guide to practical solutions. A little about … One in Five: How We are Fighting For Our Dyslexic Kids in a System that is Failing Them… One mom determined to get the best education for her dyslexic son, offers practical tips and advice for other parents navigating the public-school system. Both a rallying cry and an invaluable resource, One in Five details the national education crisis as it impacts the one in five children who have dyslexia. Micki Boas, mother to two dyslexic sons, wrote this book because too many parents feel isolated and defeated in their efforts to secure an equal chance for their children. Lots to learn today. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to share & subscribe. Enjoy! Connect & Learn More: http://mickiboas.com/ https://www.invisibleredtape.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mboas22/ https://twitter.com/mickiboas https://www.facebook.com/invisibleredtape/   Length - 34:01

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 Howie Berman, the executive director of ACTFL, talks about the ACTFL  and Supporting Language Educators & Learners. This is episode 323 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Howie Berman is an association executive with nearly 20 years of experience working with non-profit membership organizations. He currently serves as Executive Director for ACTFL, the largest organization in the U.S. serving the needs of language educators and learners.  As ACTFL’s chief staff executive, he is responsible for continuing to enhance ACTFL’s reputation and influence in the language education community while overseeing the implementation of all policies and actions approved by the ACTFL Board of Directors.  He is passionate about making ACTFL’s mission of providing vision, leadership, and support for quality teaching and learning of languages a reality. Howie has also held the positions of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Director of Membership and Administration at ACTFL. Prior to his work at ACTFL, Howie held positions at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT). He received his BA in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Richmond and his MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago. Howie holds a Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and serves on the Executive Committees of the Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL) and the Trust for Insuring Educators (TIE). Howie is also a member of the AAAS America’s Languages Working Group. He is a frequent presenter and contributor on topics such as language advocacy and outreach, the Seal of Biliteracy, and teacher recruitment & retention. Lots to learn today! Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share & subscribe. Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: https://www.actfl.org/ https://www.youtube.com/user/actfl https://www.instagram.com/actfl/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/actfl/ https://twitter.com/actfl https://www.pinterest.com/actfl/ https://www.facebook.com/actfl   https://www.linkedin.com/in/howiebermancae/     Length - 55:07

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David Miletto explains his book - Images of an Idea Lost. This is episode 322 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. You may remember that over the last year I published a 4 part series with David Miletto - episodes 266, 271, 277, and 280.  We talked about Italian heritage, life in and around Chicago, growing up in the late 50s, 60’s and early 1970s, he shared some family stories and we talked about his art work. Toward the end of the last part - episode 280...he was getting close to publishing his book. David is an incredible cook, lover of life, artist and now an author. His book Images of an Idea Lost (available on Apple Books and KOBO) Here is the description of Images of an Idea Lost:The beautiful July morning,when he first saw beauty descend the staircase,had become a distant memory.Then on a December evening,as he began to write a letter to her, the phone rang. Images of an Idea Lost is the true storyof Lynda and David’s twenty-five year relationship.The passion and the depth of their bondwas born in the threshold of a dream, in the bright sunshine of that July day. But it is a story that is veiled in a mystery, for it would become a tragedythat would have made the ancient Greeks cry.  You can learn more about David, his book and his artwork at www.davidmiletto.com .Lots to learn today!Thanks for listening!Don't forget to share and subscribe.Enjoy! Connect with David:www.davidmiletto.comdgmiletto@gmail.comdavidTWR@hotmail.com847-867-1876 Length - 54:15

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Bob Lenz & Laureen Adams talk with me about PBLWorks, Project Based Learning, and Overcoming the COVID Slide. This is episode 321 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.Bob Lenz:Bob became CEO of PBLWorks on June 1, 2015. Before taking the helm at PBLWorks, he was the co-founder of Envision Education and served as its CEO and Chief of Innovation until 2015. Under Bob’s leadership, Envision Education put into practice a highly successful redesign model that has opened a path to college and college retention for underserved urban students at Envision’s three Bay Area arts and technology high schools.He is recognized nationally as a leader in high school redesign, Project Based Learning, 21st century skills education, and performance assessment. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has recognized Bob as a Senior Deeper Learning Fellow. He is the author of Transforming Schools: Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment and Common Core Standards, recently published by Jossey-Bass Wiley. Bob was the first in his family to receive a four-year college degree, obtaining a BA from St. Mary’s College and an MA in education from San Francisco State University. When he is not spending time with his family in San Rafael, CA, he is stand-up paddling, riding his bike, and playing rugby. Laureen Adams:Laureen is the Curriculum and Project Manager at PBLWorks.Laureen began her teaching career as a New York City Teaching Fellow where she worked at a South Bronx middle school teaching 7-8 English and Social Studies.  By her third year teaching, she became a founding teacher in a small school when the middle school building split.  It was there that she learned about Project Based Learning and began working with the leadership team to develop PBL curriculum for the English department.  After several years in New York, she moved to Oakland, CA and started working as a high school English teacher with Envision Schools. Laureen taught English (9-12) and served as a Lead Teacher. Laureen received B.A.s in African/African American Studies and English from UC Davis. She earned a M.S. in English Education from Lehman College (CUNY). She also earned a Master of Arts in Education and a Ph.D in Education with an emphasis on Teaching, Learning, and Culture and an Africana Studies Certificate from Claremont Graduate University. Lots to learn today.Thanks for listening.Don't forget to share and subscribe.Enjoy!Connect and Learn More:https://www.pblworks.org/https://www.pblworks.org/for-familieshttps://www.pblworks.org/author/bob-lenzhttps://www.pblworks.org/author/laureen-adamshttps://www.facebook.com/PBLWorks/https://www.instagram.com/pblworks/https://twitter.com/pblworksLength - 40:13

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 Rick Wormeli talks with me about assessment, the importance of using retakes & redo's, the power of summarization, why you should use metaphors & analogies, and grading practices that work. This is episode 320 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. One of the first Nationally Board Certified teachers in America, Rick brings innovation, energy, validity and high standards to both his presentations and his instructional practice, which include 39 years teaching math, science, English, physical education, health, and history, as well as coaching teachers and principals.  Rick's work has been reported in numerous media, including ABC's Good Morning America, Hardball with Chris Matthews, National Geographic and Good Housekeeping magazines, What Matters Most: Teaching for the 21st Century, and the Washington Post.  He is a columnist for AMLE Magazine and a frequent contributor to ASCD's Education Leadership magazine.  He is the author of the award-winning book Meet Me in the Middle as well as the best-selling books Day One and Beyond, Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom (Second Edition), Differentiation: From Planning to Practice, and Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching any Subject, all five from Stenhouse Publishers, as well as Summarization in any Subject: 60 Innovative and Tech-Infused Strategies for Deeper Student Learning and  The Collected Writings (So Far) of Rick Wormeli: Crazy Good Stuff I Learned about Teaching Along the Way, both published by ASCD. With his substantive presentations, sense of humor and unconventional approaches, he has been asked to present to teachers and administrators in all 50 states, Canada, China, Europe, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Australia, the Middle East, and at the White House.  He is a seasoned veteran of many international webcasts, and he is Disney's American Teacher Awards 1996 Outstanding English Teacher of the Nation.  He won the 2008 James P. Garvin award from the New England League of Middle Schools for Teaching Excellence, Service and Leadership, and he has been a consultant for National Public Radio, USA Today, Court TV and the Smithsonian Institution's Natural Partners Program and their search for the giant squid.  Rick lives in Herndon, Virginia, with his wife, Kelly, and both are proud of recently launching the last of their children into adulthood.  With the kids' college years now behind them, Rick and Kelly are now eagerly spending their childrens' inheritance while Rick works on his first young adult fiction novel and a new book on changing the culture of a school for ethical grading practices. Lots to learn today! Thanks for listening! Don't forget to share and subscribe! Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: https://www.rickwormeli.com/ Fair isn’t Always Equal, 2nd Ed Fair Isn’t Always Equal, 2nd Ed (Amazon) Summarization in Any Subject: 60 Innovative, Tech-Infused Strategies for Deeper Student Learning, 2nd Edition Differentiation: From Planning to Practice, Grades 6-12 Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject rick@rickwormeli.onmicrosoft.com @rickwormeli2 - Twitter Length - 01:15:21

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 Maka Kartheiser talks about her book - A Soul Divided: Memoir of a Modern Emigrant. This is episode 319 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. A child of the dark years of the Soviet Union, Maka Kartheiser came to America in the 1990s. By 2004, she made the USA her permanent home and relocated her three boys to Chicago. For many years she felt torn between two continents seemingly worlds apart.  How did she find her sense of place and purpose? What did she come to love about America? How does she find comfort in memories of the unique culture of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia? Maka invites us into her life, to love, cry, fear, and hope alongside her in a new, poignant and touching book,  A Soul Divided: Memoir of a Modern Emigrant.  It’s her fourth book, and it reveals life in the Soviet Union and America through the eyes of a courageous and inspiring woman. Lots to learn today! Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share and subscribe. Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: https://www.makakartheiser.com/ https://www.facebook.com/asouldividedbook/ https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Divided-Memoir-Modern-Emigrant/dp/1548483281/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Length - 38:33  

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 Cynthia Long: Learning to Sign, Free Resources, and Learning Opportunities. This is episode 318 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Cynthia Long is a Nationally Certified Interpreter and founder of Sign Baby Sign. Cynthia has extensive experience homeschooling and interpreting in the classroom settings at primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels and is dedicated to providing ASL teaching resources to schools and families across the US.  After years of working in the education system, Cynthia questioned where the resources for teaching sign language were.  She could find the ABCs and numbers 1-10, but teachers needed more than that for their students to be successful. Cynthia decided to make it happen. ASL Teaching Resources was created as the answer. All of the ASL resources available on Cynthia’s website were developed from years of experience in educational systems as a Nationally Certified Interpreter. ASL Teaching Resources has hundreds of sign resources to use to teach hearing, deaf, and special needs children. Thanks for listening. Lots to learn today! Don't forget to share and subscribe... Enjoy! Connect and Learn More: https://aslteachingresources.com/ https://aslteachingresources.com/podcasts/ https://aslteachingresources.com/product-category/asl-online-courses/ https://twitter.com/signbabysign2me https://www.facebook.com/signbabysign ASL YouTube Channel ASL Pinterest Page ASL Instagram Page Length - 33:31

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    Russell Heath discusses his latest thriller - Rinn's Crossing. This is episode 317 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. In his teens, Russell Heath hitchhiked to Alaska and lived in a cabin on the banks of the Tanana River; in his twenties, he lived in Italy and then traveled overland across the Sahara, through the jungles and over the savannas of Africa and into southern Asia. In his thirties, he sailed alone around the world in a 25 foot wooden boat; in his forties, he wrote novels; and in his fifties he bicycled the spine of the Rockies from Alaska to Mexico. He’s worked on the Alaska Pipeline, as an environmental lobbyist in the Alaska Legislature, and run a storied environmental organization fighting to protect Alaska’s coastal rainforests. In 2010, wanting more frenzy in his life, he moved to New York City where he dug deep into leadership development and coaching. He now lives in a cabin on the coast of Maine coaching business and non-profit leaders intent on making big things happen in the world. He is the author of the books - Broken Angels and Rinn’s Crossing… Today we are focused on Rinn’s Crossing…   About Rinn’s Crossing: On a remote Alaskan island, Rinn Vaness commits a minor felony. His former lover is arrested for the crime—and a murder someone tried to pin on him. Out on bail, Kit Olinsky fights a scorched-earth battle in the state legislature to save the Alaska she loves. She can only win if she betrays her friend Dan Wakefield, a Native fighting desperately for what was promised to his people a generation ago. In the back rooms of the legislature, Senator Billy Macon manipulates Alaska’s grimy politics with vindictive mastery in the drive to the governor’s mansion. Like a lone wolf, Rinn slips out of the forest to protect Kit, never suspecting that he has more at stake than a lonely prison cell. Awesome talk today! Lots to learn. Don't forget to share and subscribe. Enjoy! Connect with Russell: https://russellheathauthor.com/ https://russellheath.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellheathcoaching/ @rslheath - Twitter https://www.facebook.com/RussellHeathAuthor/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP77fBTaqx2yGIEu0IudPCw/featured www.koehlerbooks.com   Length - 1:06:48

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