Dan Fouts is a practicing high school social studies teacher from the Chicagoland area with 30 years of experience. In this role he has led curriculum teams, served as departmental instructional coach and spearheaded the creation of a philosophy elective which he has taught for 10 years. Critical thinking, love of questioning and conversation are what Dan values most in … Read More
Episode #130: Stephanie Rothstein
Stephanie Rothstein is an Educational Leader focused on making education more collaborative and less competitive. She advocates for modeling the risks we expect of our students and shared about this in her TedX Talk “My Year of Yes to Me” published on Ted.com. In her 18 plus years in education, Stephanie has taught grades 9-12 English, Yearbook, AVID and chaired … Read More
Episode #129: Debbie Godfrey
Debbie Godfrey has helped parents around the world for 30 years. She helps parents go from despair to hope with practical, hands-on ideas. Parents that take Debbie’s workshops leave ready to try new ideas with their children. Through her business, POSITIVE PARENTING in schools and community centers around the world. Debbie is recognized for her humor and compassion while teaching … Read More
Episode #128: Katie Powell
Katie Powell is the director for middle level programs for the Association for Middle Level Education. She began teaching in 2005 and has served as a special education teacher, Title I teacher, instructional coach, and classroom teacher. Katie’s first book, Boredom Busters, grew out of this focus on providing interventions for struggling students by leveraging curiosity and fun to increase … Read More
Episode #127: Lisa Caprelli
Lisa Caprelli is a speaker, songwriter and an award-winning author of the unicorn book series, Unicorn Jazz. ™ She is an author of 17 books, and has produced music videos for kids. Lisa is the producer and director of Unicorn Jazz Presents The Thing I Do – Seasons 2, a family show on Amazon TV. Lisa was inspired by Sesame … Read More
