Episode #269: Grace Stevens

Dana GoodierOut of the Trenches Podcast

A former corporate girl, Grace quit VP life to pursue her dream job as a public school teacher. After 20 years in the classroom, she now focuses full-time on helping educators have a more positive teaching experience. Grace combines her signature mantra, “Your energy teaches more than your lesson plans,” with two decades of study in behavioral therapy, positive psychology, and … Read More

Episode #268: Katie Trowbridge

Dana GoodierOut of the Trenches Podcast

Katie Trowbridge has over two decades of experience as a teacher and mentor.  She is President and CEO of Curiosity 2 CREATE, a nonprofit organization focused on helping educators incorporate creative and critical thinking strategies into their existing curricula and build creative classroom environments.  Katie is also co-founder of the Creative Thinking Network, an online network to assist teachers in adding … Read More

Episode #267: Nicole S. Brown

Dana GoodierOut of the Trenches Podcast

Nicole S. Brown is the author of School Days, Holidays, and All Days That Lie Between, More School Days, Holidays,and All Days That Lie Between, Many More School Days, Holidays,and All Days That Lie Between, Who Do You Love? Love Story in Poetry, Who Do You Love? Love Story in Poetry (clean cut), God’s Calling You to Live a Life That’s True, All About Slime, All About Slime … Read More

Episode #266: Kyle Hill

Dana GoodierOut of the Trenches Podcast

Kyle Hill is a District Special Education Resource Lead / Founder of RechargED Family. He is an award-winning educator who has worked in special education for 25 years in the state of Delaware.  His first 20 years teaching was as a special education teacher in an elementary school, but since, he has been working as a district-wide Resource Lead, in an attempt to … Read More

Episode #265: Natalie Vardabasso

Dana GoodierOut of the Trenches Podcast

Natalie Vardabasso is an Education Consultant, Speaker, Podcast Host who has served as a high school and middle school teacher, instructional coach, and assessment lead in a K-12 context where she led her community through assessment and grading transformation. Her mission is to reimagine education through a liberating praxis, and she is currently doing that as a full-time consultant, host of … Read More