Edmentum Podcast: We're reviewing the basics of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) with our Chief Academic Officer, Dave Adams.

The Basics Of The Every Student Succeeds Act

In this first episode of the Edmentum Podcast, David Cicero sits down with David Adams, director of social-emotional learning at The Urban Assembly and member of the CASEL board of directors, to disucss how to identify and promote SEL in core instruction.

#1: Identifying and Promoting SEL in Core Instruction with David Adams

In this second episode of the Edmentum Podcast, David Cicero sits down with Liz Gallo, founder of WhyMaker, which helps schools implement design thinking, to discuss how to use empathy to increase academic engagement. 

To find the workbook that Liz mentions in the podcast, click this link: https://www.whymaker.co/designing_for_humans.html

#2: Using Empathy to Increase Academic Engagement with Liz Gallo

Michael Linsin joins us for episode 3 of the Edmentum podcast. He is the author of Happy Teacher Habits, 11 Habits of the Happiest Most Effective Teachers on Earth. Drawing from 30 years of experience as a classroom teacher and educational counselor, he explains the secret to inspiring students to pay attention and work hard is through “active learning” activities. Though as I discovered, it may not be the sort of active learning you are used to.

#3: Happier Teachers Cause Emotionally Active Learning with Michael Linsin

In our 4th episode of the Edmentum Podcast, Host David Cicero sits down with Dee Maynard, an Education veteran with over 20 years of experience teaching both in and out of the traditional classroom. Today, she is the education program manager at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, and integral part of the astronaut training experience or ATX.

#4: Immersive Learning and Partnerships with Dee Maynard

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