From Pockets In the Community to Impactful Partnerships with Briellen Griffin

Bio:

• Justin currently teaches physical education and health, in Central NJ.  He previously taught in Springfield, Mercer County Special Services and Lambertville Public School. He is the brains behind #slowchatpe and slowchatpe.com. He is also the co-creator of voxerpe.com, nlpc.us, and the Voxer physical education chat which has 500 physical education teachers from all over the world. Justin is also the technology director for the NJ AHPERD which is the NJ state organization for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, and Drivers Education programs. Justin provides professional development to school districts across the nation as well keynoting conferences. In his spare time, he helps organize EdCamps, attends conferences, and raising his family.
• Twitter: @SchleiderJustin
• Email: Schlei99@gmail.com
• Website: https://slowchatpe.com

• Host: Elissa Frazier
• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com
• Twitter: @fraziersvision
• Designed To Thrive Podcast is a produced by NIA Development and Educational Design Solutions

Taylor Gilley (Guest)

• Taylor Gilley is a Lead Instructional Specialist in an urban school district in Texas
• She is passionate about creating culturally responsive classrooms and building teacher capacity, specializing in novice teacher development.
• Email her at: drtaylorgilley@gmail.com

Elissa Frazier (Host)

• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com
• Twitter: @fraziersvision
• Email: fraziersvision@gmail.com

Dr. Nicolette James

• www.educazen.org

Elissa Frazier

• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com
• Twitter: @fraziersvision

Dr. Nicolette James is a master educator, coach, trainer, and entrepreneur. She serves as an administrator and full-time instructor at a suburban secondary high school and is an adjunct professor at several local colleges. Nicollete is a staunch wellness advocate and empowerment coach. Her passion lies in the areas of self-care, self-development, and social-emotional practices for teaching, leading, and learning. She coaches and mentors educators and students in pursuing their professional and academic aspirations while cultivating and maintaining holistic health lives.  Nicolette is the founder of NPowered Education and Life Design and Intentional Educators, small businesses designed to support doers and difference-makers in teaching, learning,and living the best practices of mindset, mindfulness, and reflection for personal, academic, and professional success.  Nicollette earned her doctorate from St. Johns’ University and holds several post-graduate and professional degrees in various areas.

Jorge Valenzuela 

• Education Coach, Author and Advocate
• Lifelong Learning Defined
• Twitter/Instagram: @JorgeDoesPBL
• Resources: ISTE SEL in Action

Elissa Frazier

• Twitter/@fraziersvision
• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com

Lorena Germán is an ELA teacher, teacher-leader, curriculum designer, author, and speaker. She is an advocate for culturally sustaining pedagogy anti-racist education. She is the chair of the National Council of English Teacher’s Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English and she is the founder of “The Multicultural Classroom.” Finally, she is the co-founder of #DisruptTexts and the Director of Pedagogy at EduColor. 

Show highlights:

• Knowing your why, not just what and the task connected
• Teaching as personal and political
• Importance of safe spaces & healing from school-based trauma
• Building your PLN, and building community with organizations like NCTE, which can give teachers the language to use when making important changes that challenge the status quo.

Lorena Germán

• Twitter: @nenagerman
• Website: www.multiculturalclassroomconsulting.com
• Instagram: @lorenagermn

Elissa Frazier

• Twitter: @fraziersvision
• Email Elissa at: elissajfrazier@gmail.com

Derek has over 20 years experience as a middle school principal, assistant principal and middle school math teacher. He is passionate about serving others and helping teachers and teacher teams change their practices, beliefs, and skills to meet the needs of schools and school communities. In 2014, Derek was recognized as a  National Digital Principal of the Year. And, in 2018 he was asked to join a panel of experts on Capital Hill to discuss how to rethink middle school education with lawmakers and address critical needs.

Derek is also the co-author of the book: The Revolution: It’s Time to Empower Change in Our Schools.

Derek McCoy

• Twitter: @mccoyderek
• Email: derekmccoy.edu@gmail.com

Elissa Frazier

• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com
• Twitter: @fraziersvision

• Maiya Turner
  • @maiyaturnered
• Elissa Frazier
  • @fraziersvision
  • Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com

Dr. Will Deyamport III

As seen on Forbes.com, Schoology Exchange, District Administration, EdSurge, iNACOL, and TechEdge magazine, Will Deyamport, III, Ed.D. is a District Instructional Technologist for Hattiesburg Public School District. Dr. Will, as he is better known as, specializes in assisting educators in going digital. In this role, he delivers in-person and virtual training and coaching, designs and delivers online professional development courses, and live webinars for teachers in grades K-12.  

Additionally, Dr. Will is a podcaster, writer, documentary filmmaker, and educational consultant.

• Twitter @iamdrwill
• IG @iamdrwill
• http://www.thedrwillshow.com

Elissa Frazier

• Twitter @fraziersvision
• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com

Hedreich Nichols

• https://hedreich.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIuJbBSmeAo6d98SDC_zanQ
• Twitter: @hedreich

Elissa Frazier

• Twitter: @fraziersvision
• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com

Nyree Clark

• https://nyreeclark.com
• Twitter @msnyreeclark
• Email: msnyreeclark@gmail.com

ColorCoded Community (Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms)

• https://www.colorcodededu.com

Elissa Frazier

• Email: elissajfrazier@gmail.com
• Twitter: @fraziersvision