Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning, a Strive Podcast. Join Ally Scott, Strive Project Manager, as she introduces Strive and highlights our intentions for this podcast. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!

Ep: 00 - Teaser

Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In our first episode, we introduce the Strive team, dig into our why, set intentions, play a game, and laugh...a lot! Joyful chaos abounds! Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!

Ep: 01 - Welcome to the Podcast

Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! 

In this episode, Ally is joined by Jenny Britt, Outdoor Play Specialist at the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario, to talk all things outdoor play. 

Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!

Links: https://linktr.ee/leadinginspiredlearningpod

Ep: 02 - The Magic of Outdoor Play with Jenny Britt

Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! 

In this episode, Bre is joined by Danielle Pusateri, full-time ECE Professor at Humber College and Doctoral Candidate at Northeastern University, to discuss gender justice in early childhood education.

Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!

Links: https://linktr.ee/leadinginspiredlearningpod

Ep: 03 - Gender Justice in ECE with Danielle Pusateri

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Jim Knight about instructional coaching, trust, credibility, humility and mutually humanising conversations. Jim is Founder and Senior Partner of Instructional Coaching Group (ICG), a research associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning and instructional coaching. Jim earned his PhD in Education from the University of Kansas and has won several university teaching, innovation, and service awards. The pioneering work Jim and his colleagues have conducted has led to many innovations that are now central to professional development in schools. Jim’s books include ‘Instructional Coaching’, ‘Focus on Teaching’, ‘Unmistakable Impact, ‘High-Impact Instruction, ‘Better Conversations’, ‘The Impact Cycle, and ‘The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching’. Jim conducts coaching workshops, hosts the Facebook Live series ‘Coaching Conversations’, and provides consulting for coaching programs around the world.

Want to know more?
- https://www.instructionalcoaching.com/ 
- https://www.facebook.com/instructional.coaching 

Join the conversation on social media.
- Jim: @jimknight99 on Twitter and Instagram.
- Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram.
- The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Jim Knight on humanising conversations and instructional coaching

Deborah Netolicky talks with Professor Rachel Lofthouse about mentoring and coaching in education. Rachel is Professor of Teacher Education in the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University, and the Director of CollectiveED: The Centre for Mentoring, Coaching and Professional Learning. She has been an educator for more than 30 years, including as a Geography teacher, a teacher educator, and a researcher. Her research focuses on professional learning, especially how teachers learn and how they can be supported to put that learning into practice. Rachel works with student teachers and their school-based mentors, teacher coaches, postgraduate students and school leaders as well as a range of educational practitioners, including those interested in community curriculum development and professional coaching for speech and language support in multicultural early years and primary settings. She encourages professionals to find practices through which they can build their workplace expertise while developing critical reflection and their ability to contribute to, and draw productively on, the knowledge base for teaching and learning. Rachel has published in peer-reviewed journals on the subjects of coaching and mentoring, the innovative use of video to support practice development, practitioner enquiry and professional learning. 

Want to know more?
- www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/professor-rachel-lofthouse/
- www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/collectived/ 

Join the conversation on social media.
- Rachel: @DrRLofthouse on Twitter.
- Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram.
- The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Rachel Lofthouse on mentoring and coaching in education

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Claire Golledge about school leadership, education research, aboriginal education and culturally nourishing schooling. Claire is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Sydney, the co-ordinator of - Secondary Human Society and its Environment Curriculum - in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work, and a Researcher for the Culturally Nourishing Schooling project. Prior to taking up her position at the University, Claire led pedagogy, teacher learning, and innovation at independent Sydney schools.

Want to know more?
- https://www.culturallynourishingschooling.org.au/
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s41297-024-00239-w
-  https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.252

Join the conversation on social media.
- Claire: @dr_golledge on X
- Deb: @debsnet on X and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram
- The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on X and Instagram

Claire Golledge on leading culturally nourishing schooling

Audio recording from WestEd's Blog post, "Summer Professional Development for Your State, District, or School: Key Considerations." 
https://www.wested.org/blog/summer-professional-development-for-your-state-district-or-school-key-considerations/

How can school leaders select high-quality professional development for their teaching and administrative staff? Listen to these key considerations from WestEd to guide your selection process.

Summer Professional Development for Your State, District, or School: Key Considerations

An inspiring space for cosy conversations about all things Early Childhood Education and Care. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!

The Edu Salon podcast is a space for connection and conversation around education. Each episode, Dr Deborah Netolicky talks with a global education thought leader to provide insights into where education is now and where it might move next.

Like the French salons of the 18th century, this podcast is a place for a diverse range of voices to explore ideas and generate discussion in order to change the world for the better. It has at its heart a focus on humanity, equity, democracy, and the experiences of young people.

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, Amazon Music and Audible.

Join the conversation on Instagram @theedusalon and by connecting with Deb on LinkedIn.

New tracks tagged #professional learning