Vince Bustamante, an author and educator who currently works for Edmonton Catholic Schools, joins hosts Angelia and Kathleen for today’s episode of 3Ps in a Pod. Bustamante wrote Great Teaching by Design: From Intention to Implementation in the Visible Learning Classroom with John Hattie, John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey. Bustamante mentions that many resources provide great strategies to improve teaching and learning but that he wanted Great Teaching by Design to look at figuring o...
Sep 30, 2021•14 min
What does it look like for teachers to create inclusive and supportive spaces for the LGBTQ students and teachers in our communities? Join 3Ps co-hosts Donnie and Angelia in this week’s episode to hear from Nat Duran, the youth project manager for the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance. Donnie and Angelia first talk with Duran about the work of the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance and Duran’s recent work with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine. Duran shares both about the ...
Sep 23, 2021•41 min
The books we chose to read to students and have in our classroom hold power. In this episode, 3Ps in a Pod hosts Mary and Marlys continue their focus on literacy from last week’s episode to this conversation with JoEllen McCarthy. McCarthy is an educator whose work centers on the power of books and how to use books as co-teachers. In this episode, she shares the importance of books that represent and tell the stories of people from a variety of identities, cultures, and lived experiences. Mary, ...
Sep 16, 2021•38 min
Does your English language arts teaching center your students’ voices? In today’s episode of 3Ps in a Pod, hosts Mary and Marlys talk with longtime educator Dr. Tracey T. Flores about how literacy efforts can help students feel “loved, honored, and celebrated in really important ways.” Flores is an assistant professor of language and literacy at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches Language Arts Methods and Community Literacies in the K-5 teacher education program. Before moving t...
Sep 09, 2021•30 min
Longtime-education advocate Stephanie Parra joins 3Ps in a Pod hosts Danielle and Angelia to discuss the necessity of supporting Latinx students across Arizona. Parra is the Executive Director of All In Education, an education organization committed to equity for low-income families and communities of color in Arizona. Parra reviews the education landscape for Latinx students in Arizona, especially addressing the discrepancies in representation of Latinx education leaders. She points out that wh...
Sep 02, 2021•30 min
Join 3Ps in a Pod hosts Danielle and Kathleen in hearing from school psychologists and married couple Laura Anderson and Jon Bowen, who also wrote the book The Supportive Classroom: Trauma-Sensitive Strategies for Fostering Resilience and Creating a Safe, Compassionate Environment for All Students. Laura Anderson focuses her work on helping adults best support students. Jon Bowen has worked in a variety of roles in education, including currently working as a social-emotional learning specialist ...
Aug 26, 2021•37 min
How do you use success criteria in your classroom, and how could understanding success criteria advance your students’ learning? That’s what we’re discussing in this episode of 3Ps in a Pod with Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey, two of the authors of The Success Criteria Playbook . 3Ps in a Pod hosts Angelia and Marlys welcome Fisher and Frey back to the podcast and talk about what has changed for them personally and professionally the past two years. Fisher and Frey then talk about what led to their ...
Aug 19, 2021•24 min
It’s a new school year and a new season of 3Ps in a Pod! We’re kicking off this 10th season of the podcast by exploring opportunities and resources available to Arizona’s newest teachers. 3Ps hosts Kathleen and Danielle first talk about some of the ways that the Arizona K12 Center supports new teachers and review the events coming up in this year’s Beginning Teacher Series. They then welcome Michelle Doherty to the conversation. Doherty taught for 25 years and now teaches at Northern Arizona Uni...
Aug 12, 2021•28 min
Join us in kicking off our 10th season of 3Ps in a Pod! Today, we're sharing some exciting things we're doing to make this upcoming season bigger and better than ever. Meet our newest hosts, hear about some of this fall's episodes, and more! Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org or visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/azk12 .
Aug 05, 2021•8 min
For our season finale, we welcome Jaime Casap, former Google Education Evangelist, to 3Ps in a Pod. Hosts Angelia and Danielle share about the impact that Casap has had on their work before inviting him on to the show. Casap reflects on the past year in education, especially the amount everyone has learned and how to use that learning to create a more equitable future for everyone. Looking to the future, Casap talks about the importance of supporting students in becoming the world’s problem solv...
May 13, 2021•38 min
Brianna Winiesdorffer returns to 3Ps in a Pod to talk with hosts Danielle and Kathleen about her first year of teaching as she nears the end of the school year. 3Ps in a Pod first featured Winiesdorffer in March 2020 as she neared her graduation from Northern Arizona University. Danielle and Kathleen then caught up with “Ms. Winnie” a few months into her teaching career last December. We’ve also been sharing about Winiesdorffer’s journey through her first year as a teacher in a collection of blo...
May 06, 2021•19 min
Sophie Allen-Etchart’s passion for literacy led her to create an Arizona organization to help develop a love of reading and learning in Arizona students. In today’s episode of 3Ps in a Pod, hosts Danielle and Kathleen welcome Allen-Etchardt to the podcast to talk about the impact of literacy comprehension and the work of the organization she leads, Read Better Be Better . Allen-Etchart shares about Read Better Be Better’s work, how it has advanced since its start in 2014, and the meaningful chan...
Apr 29, 2021•35 min
Join 3Ps hosts Kathleen and Donnie for a conversation with the 2020 National Teacher of the Year, Tabatha Rosproy. Rosproy is a preschool teacher in Kansas and the first early childhood teacher to be named National Teacher of the Year. She shares with Kathleen and Donnie the experience of earning that title and about what first brought her into teaching. She also reflects on teacher leadership and shares the philosophy she learned with the Kansas Leadership Center that “leadership is an activity...
Apr 22, 2021•17 min
The National Board Certified Teacher journey doesn’t end with certification. In today’s episode, we cover one area that follows after certification: the maintenance of your National Board Certification. NBCTs Hannah Jones and Alexis LaDuca join 3Ps in a Pod hosts and NBCTs Donnie Dicus and Kathleen Paulsen to talk about what the original National Board Certification process meant to them, what NCBTs must do to maintain their certification, and why they decided to pursue that process. If you are ...
Apr 15, 2021•31 min
In what ways are we serving all students in all schools? What does social justice look like in pedagogy? Mary and Danielle are digging into those questions with Dr. Gholnecsar “Gholdy” Muhammad on this episode of 3Ps in a Pod. Dr. Muhammad breaks down the four-layered framework as goals for time spent in teaching and learning. She calls us to think about how we can unearth truth and knowledge and not just accept what we think we know. She also calls us to think about how we can leverage critical...
Apr 08, 2021•29 min
Today, 3Ps in a Pod hosts Danielle and Angelia welcome global educator Dr. Jennifer Williams to the podcast. Join them as they explore Dr. Williams’ work of using EdTech for global social good and what to expect at Camp Plug and Play 16.0 happening June 14-18, 2021. Dr. Williams has taught in both traditional and Montessori K-12 educational settings. She is the Executive Director of Take Action Global, a non-profit organization, and is also a professor who loves working with future teachers in t...
Apr 01, 2021•30 min
In today’s policy-focused episode of 3Ps in a Pod, we explore the history and future of Arizona’s Proposition 208. Hosts Danielle and Donnie welcome Beth Lewis, executive director of Save Our Schools Arizona, and Joe Thomas, president of Arizona Education Association, to 3Ps in a Pod. Lewis reflects on her roles as both a teacher and an advocate before reviewing the journey of Prop 208 through the past years, leading up to collecting signatures and having the ballot initiative pass in the midst ...
Mar 26, 2021•29 min
Explore the new Arizona Science Standards in this PD in 30 segment of 3Ps in a Pod with Rebecca Garelli, science and STEM specialist at the Arizona Department of Education, and Robyn Yewell, fifth-grade educator at Harelson Elementary School in the Amphitheater Unified District. PD in 30 is exactly what it sounds like: a professional development session in 30 minutes or less. Garelli and Yewell will be using the document linked here to talk through what has changed in the standards and what educ...
Mar 18, 2021•29 min
Today, 3Ps in a Pod hosts Donnie and Kathleen welcome math specialist John SanGiovanni to the podcast. While their conversation centers on math instruction, many of the strategies they discuss apply to all teachers. SanGiovanni is a mathematics supervisor in Howard County, Maryland, and the author of several books including Productive Math Struggle and Mine the Gap for Mathematical Understanding . In this episode, he talks about the importance of planning for instruction and getting to know your...
Mar 11, 2021•24 min
Are you familiar with identity safety and what that looks like in your classroom? Dr. Becki Cohn-Vargas joins 3Ps in a Pod hosts Angelia and Kathleen to talk about identity safe teaching and identity safe classrooms. Dr. Cohn-Vargas and Dr. Dorothy Steele authored the book Identity Safe Classrooms: Places to Belong and Learn . Dr. Cohn-Vargas also authored Identity Safe Classrooms: Pathways to Belonging and Learning with Alexandrea Creer Kahn and Amy Epstein in 2021. She speaks to both of these ...
Mar 04, 2021•20 min
We hear time and time again how important relationships are and how social-emotional learning needs to be a constant part of teaching. While we know their importance, it can be challenging to actually put into practice how we envision, especially as we navigate virtual and hybrid teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. 3Ps in a Pod hosts Angelia and Kathleen talk with Dr. John Hannigan and Jessica Hannigan about their understanding and approach to social-emotional learning. As the authors of “ SE...
Feb 25, 2021•32 min
Last week, 3Ps in a Pod featured Dr. Dana Suskind and the research she has done at the TMW Center for Early Learning and Public Health about early language and literacy development. This week, 3Ps hosts Danielle and Mary continue that conversation by talking about local efforts toward supporting some of Arizona’s youngest learners. This episode will help build your own understanding of early language and literacy development, as well as provide you with information and resources that are availab...
Feb 18, 2021•50 min
While classroom teachers are significant in every student’s learning journey, that journey begins before children ever enter a school. Today, 3Ps hosts Danielle and Mary welcome on Dr. Dana Suskind, Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago, Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and Founder and Director of Thirty Million Words. Dr. Suskind shares about how her career as a cochlear implant surgeon led her to recognize the range of language development in her patients. Her cu...
Feb 11, 2021•30 min
In today’s episode, we’re exploring culturally responsive teaching with Kristen and Justin Campbell, the founders of The Urban Connection Project . Hosts Kathleen and Angelia welcome the Campbells to 3Ps in a Pod to share about their work with the organization they lead and its focus on culturally responsive teaching. The Campbells share how their experiences growing up and then as classroom teachers led to their creation of The Urban Connection Project. They then detail how they understand cult...
Feb 04, 2021•18 min
What is teacher-led inquiry? What is student-led inquiry? How do they interact? We’re digging into those questions with educators and inquirers Kass Minor and Trevor MacKenzie on this episode of 3Ps in a Pod. Minor and MacKenzie break down the broad concept of inquiry into what it means for educators, leaders, and students day to day and how it intersects with conversations about equity and social justice. Minor and MacKenzie talk both about the ideas involved in approaching life and teaching wi...
Jan 28, 2021•42 min
In this episode, we’re continuing our conversation from last week about inclusion in Tempe Union High School District. Hosts Kathleen, Mary, and Angelia reflect on last week’s episode when they spoke with Tempe Union High School District Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil and several Tempe Union students, pointing out connections to the conversation you’ll hear with Tempe Union teachers. They then turn the discussion over to teachers Cheryl Jannuzzi, Chanda McDonald, Raquel Salas, and Shauna Deme...
Jan 21, 2021•35 min
We’re starting off our ninth season of 3Ps in a Pod with two episodes focused on discussions of race and inclusion in schools. We’ve partnered with Tempe Union High School District’s superintendent, teachers, and students to highlight the conversations happening in their community. In this episode, hosts Angelia, Kathleen, and Mary talk with Tempe Union Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil about the breadth and diversity of the district and his excitement for the work Tempe Union has done and conti...
Jan 14, 2021•48 min
No one predicted just how challenging this year would be, especially for teachers. In this holiday season and as we prepare for the close of 2020, we wanted to reflect on our gratitude for you and all Arizona educators. In this episode, all five 3Ps in a Pod hosts share about the meaningful moments of gratitude they felt as teachers from students and families. Then, a variety of educators and leaders from Arizona and across the country express their gratitude for you! You’ll recognize many of th...
Dec 17, 2020•30 min
You may know Andy Hargreaves for his educational research, but in his newest book, he pairs his personal educational insights with his own story. In this week’s episode of 3Ps in a Pod, hosts Angelia and Donnie talk with Hargreaves about his new memoir, Moving , and the idea of social mobility that he highlights through the book. Social mobility refers to the chance and opportunity to move up in economic or social standing, Hargreaves explains. In this episode, he reflects on education’s role in...
Dec 10, 2020•38 min
You may remember hearing from Brianna Winiesdorffer in a 3Ps in a Pod episode last March . After graduating from Northern Arizona University in the spring, Winiesdorffer is now a math resource teacher at Coconino High School in Flagstaff Unified School District. In this episode, Winiesdorffer catches up with hosts Danielle and Kathleen about her transition from pre-service to first-year teaching and what resources and support she’s received through the Arizona Teachers Academy . She also shares ...
Dec 03, 2020•21 min
