curriculum development

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Teach Your Kids Podcast Episodes

• Homeschooling with Naval Ravikant, Nir Eyal, Rachel Thomas, Kerry McDonald, Alycia Wright, Shiren Rattigan, and Lisa Betts-Lacroix: Part 1
• Game-Based Learning: The Prodigy Approach with Rohan Mahimker
• Unlocking Homeschool Success: Julie Bogart on Teaching Writing at Home
• The Homeschool Haven: Why Parents Are Choosing Brooklyn Apple Academy
• A Whole Child Approach With Bank Street Professor Deb Vilas: Transforming Child Life Care

Teach Your Kids Blog Posts

• Family involvement in education 
• Mastery Hours: Core Subjects for Your Power Hours

Books

• We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom - Bettina Love
• Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal - Bettina Love
• Social Studies for a Better World: An Anti-oppressive Approach for Elementary Educators - Noreen Naseem Rodriguez and Katy Swalwell
• On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal - Naomi Klein

Learning Resources

Curriculum 

• Brave Writer
• Writopia Lab

Classes and programs

• Brooklyn Apple Academy (The homeschool co-op in Brooklyn that Britt's son attended.)

Miscellaneous 

• Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Britt Kjerstin Hamre | Faculty Profile | Teachers College, Columbia University
• Teachers College Inclusive Classrooms Project

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Manisha introduces the episode and the highly qualified guest, Dr. Britt Hamre.

00:01:20 - Manisha and Dr. Britt Hamre's past collaborations lend credibility to the episode.

00:03:00 - Dr. Britt Hamre details the elementary inclusive program at Columbia Teachers College.

00:05:40 - Dr. Britt Hamre talks about the importance of inquiry, curiosity, and continuous learning.

00:09:24 - Manisha and Dr. Britt Hamre discuss the utility of teaching techniques like growth mindset and grit.

00:11:20 - Dr. Britt Hamre discusses potential cultural biases associated with the concept of grit, referencing scholar Bettina Love.

00:15:49 - Dr. Britt Hamre emphasizes aligning learning with children's passions and interests.

00:17:54 - Dr. Britt Hamre shares her personal experience with her son's early reading abilities.

00:22:03 - Both host and guest underline the need for fostering civic action and critical thinking in children's education.

00:25:49 - Manisha and Dr. Britt Hamre discuss the educational concept of scaffolding.

00:27:00 - Dr. Britt Hamre discusses her approach to curriculum development.

00:31:00 - Manisha correlates teaching to tech industry practices, emphasizing the value of breaking down complex topics.

00:34:40 - Dr. Britt Hamre discusses the value of trusting the child's natural pace in learning.

00:37:00 - Dr. Britt Hamre shares how different schooling systems can fit different children, based on her own family's experience.

00:40:00 - The conversation shifts towards the diversity in educational experiences and approaches.

00:43:28 - Dr. Britt Hamre recommends the "Understanding by Design" approach to curriculum development.

00:45:57 - The discussion dives into the importance of setting clear outcomes and measurements for learning.

00:49:45 - Dr. Britt Hamre discusses her current educational focus areas, including anti-oppressive teaching methods.

00:51:20 - The episode concludes by emphasizing the importance of community in homeschooling.

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Malathi Renati (Head of Takshashila’s Policy School) and Sowmya Nandan (Head of Corporate Affairs at Takshashila ) are in conversation with Gowthami Saraf who shares her first-hand experience of homeschooling, the benefits and challenges, and how government policies, markets and society can support this emerging but niche education segment.

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In episode 9 part one, Sandy Sohcot, founder and director of the The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program, discusses her initial interest in human rights, and her work with the Women’s Leadership Alliance. She shares her background as the Executive Director for the Rex Foundation, and about the creation of The World As It Could Be. She expounds upon the significance of using the arts to advance human rights education (HRE), and how projects can help students connect in a more visceral way to human rights issues. She touches on the problem of cutting funding for arts education in the USA, and the importance of having administrator advocates in promoting arts and HRE. She then shares a bit about her work with the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and the ongoing obstacle to using human rights language in public forums. She further explains the importance of creating language that connects HRE to social justice movements  – emphasizing how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relates to local issues and can be useful in advancing grassroots activism.

Topics discussed:

• Initial interest in human rights
• Women's Leadership Alliance and connections to HRE
• Work as the Executive Director for the Rex Foundation
• Creation of The World As It Could Be
• Significance of arts in education and its role in advancing HRE
• Work with the San Francisco Human Rights Commission
• HRE and its connections to social justice movements

Visit The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program to learn more about the organization's mission and projects!
 
Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE. 

Introduction and Closing Music Credit: “Awakening-Spring” by Ketsa, from the Album Night Vision. Available at the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/night-vision/awakening-spring/

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Debbie Leifert, Director of Community Service and Special Programs

Pine Crest School

Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, Florida

Pine Crest School is a pre-kindergarten through grade 12 private school with two campuses, one in Fort Lauderdale and one in Boca Raton.

Bio:  

Debbie Leifert is the Director of Community Service and Special Programs at Pine Crest School in South Florida.  Prior to that, she served as the Assistant Head of Lower School at Pine Crest and has done extensive work in curriculum development.  As the Director of Community Service, she primarily serves as a liaison for faculty and students connecting them with the community while creating service learning programs and experiences that help develop a deeper understanding of the needs of the community and beyond and how they as individuals and/or groups can work together to make a positive impact in the world.

Social Media:

Facebook:  Pine Crest School Community Service and Special Programs

Twitter:  @PC_Purpose  and @PineCrestSch

A conversation with Rebecca Durose-Croft, Content and Services Director for Westchester Education UK, about how Westchester partners with education publishers, ed-tech providers, and other education entities to create superior curriculum materials for students and teachers.

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Settle into another episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be interviewing Dr. Marie Smith-East, a clinical assistant professor and the Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program at Duquesne University. Her research focuses on geographic access to health care utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS), particularly for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Dr. Smith-East always knew she wanted to be an educator, but it was through an early encounter with a patient experiencing ICU psychosis that made her realize how to unite her elementary education passion, health education and behavior studies, and nursing experience into a career as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with two doctoral degrees.

Through her conversation with Indrias, Dr. Smith-East touches on important subject matter such as the impact as well as recognition of her work from the Schizophrenia Related Disorders Alliance of America, the ways her pre-COVID telemedicine practice has impacted her post-COVID approach, and how having a community of like-minded fellows through the Minority Fellowship Program continues to inspire her year-over-year not just professionally but personally as well.

If you aim to understand more about geographic information systems as not just a tool to be harnessed but a science to be studied, how the “digital divide” can impact both patients and practitioners alike, or just want to follow along to learn a new approach to curriculum development, then be sure to click play on this episode. To learn more about Dr. Marie Smith-East, visit https://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/marie-smith-east.

Join Jim Connely (McGraw-Hill Education) and Michael Koot (McGraw-Hill Education) as they talk about the game changing Practice Atlas. They will talk about anatomical models, how to assign the practice atlas and much more! 
This product is great for the lecture or laboratory and students can access it 24/7. This product was developed with our world-class instructional design and A&P teams. Jim and Michael talk about article in depth: https://www.mheducation.com/highered/highered/discipline-detail/anatomy-physiology/practice-atlas-for-anatomy-and-physiology.html
Tune in to learn more!