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Educators are the key-holders to unlocking learning for their students. As always, our department's goal is to provide educators with resources and tools--the keys--to enable and accelerate learning for all students.

Thanks for joining us on our podcast journey.

 

New Episodes release every other week (during the school year) on Mondays at 6:00 am MST.

 

Gilbert Public Schools Educators: You can receive 1 hour of re-certification credit for listening to a podcast episode, click here for the podcast learning playlist: Employee Hub.

Dec 5, 2022

Guest: Julia Salce, Instructional Specialist 

In this episode, Julia & Brit continue their conversation about using wait time in the classroom and its powerful effects on teachers. They also suggest strategies for Wait Time 1 & Wait Time 2. 

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Nov 14, 2022

Guest: Julia Salce, M.Ed, NBCT & Instructional Specialist 

In this episode, Julia and Brit GEEK OUT over their new learning about "wait time." We chat about how the brain learns through a "race-car vs. hiker brain" analogy and reveal how crucial wait time is for critical thinking and learner efficacy.

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Oct 31, 2022

Guests: Courtney McIntosh and Jennifer Reagan, Special Education Coordinators

In this episode, Courtney and Jen answer four commonly asked questions from general education teachers about special education, including the similarities and differences between IEPs and 504 plans, as well as what basic understandings all...


Oct 17, 2022

Guest: Lindsay Wilson, Instructional Coach

In this episode, Lindsay shares two strategies that create frequent opportunities to collect student classroom data that will help teachers make data driven decisions in their classrooms.

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Sep 19, 2022

Guest: Shawn Abele, District Technology Coordinator

In this episode, Shawn shares several great tips and technology tools to assist students and teachers. We discuss how to use tech for engagement, efficiency, and ease. 

Other top tools from Shawn:

  • Google Slides
  • Canva
  • Whiteboard.chat
  • Blooket
  • Gimkit
  • Quizziz

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