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Selects: Reinventing K12 Education (S4E2)

This Selects episode was originally published on June 21, 2022

--- Original Show Notes ---

Clarin Collins, Sean Leahy, Robin Lake, and Brent Maddin come together to discuss the current landscape of challenges facing public education. The worldwide pandemic opened many eyes to the current struggles teachers face and encouraged many institutions to change their education models, one such example being the NEXT Education Workforce. Through discussion we are guided along the possibilities of where public education can lead, as well as the current challenges that many school districts are facing.

In this episode you can learn about the work that is being done through the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and the Next Education Workforce, as well as the Center on Reinventing Public Education.

(3:15) - Brent Maddin talks about his role and explains the mission and work of the NEXT Education workforce.

(5:38) - Robin talks about the Center on Reinventing Public Education and how the Center became affiliated with ASU and MLFTC

(8:54) - The panel explores the new opportunities stemming from the partnership between MLFTC & CRPE.

(15:25) - We discuss the seriousness of the current challenges facing the public education system

(21:32) - We discuss how the pandemic affected school districts’ attitude towards working with the NEXT Education workforce?

(27:00) - The panel discusses the optimistic opportunities for positive change in the education structure

(32:50) - Futures projection - we get Brent and Robin’s take on where they see public education going in the next 30 years

(37:40) - We ask the question “How would someone from 30 years in the past react to our current education situation?”

(41:35) - Pushing the boundaries - we ask our guests “Where do you see public education going in the next 100 years?”

(48:00) - We get some great ideas on resources and other elements of our guests work at NEW and CRPE (links below in the show notes)

About our Guests:

The Learning Futures Podcast is produced at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. The Executive Producer is Dr. Sean Leahy, the show is produced by Dr. Clarin Collins and Karina Muñoz Baltazar, with technical production provided by Jacob Snider.

Learning Futures

enAugust 15, 2023

public education

student-teacher relationships

evolving education

community teaching

next education workforce

Futures of Teacher Candidates and Residency Experiences

Tammy Reithmann and Erika Flores join our hosts Drs. Clarin Collins and Sean Leahy to discuss the state of preparing educators in Arizona and how the pandemic has provided new opportunities and challenges. Although an undisputed tragedy, COVID-19 had some unlikely positive effects on the education system, such as bringing teachers together as a team and demonstrating the resilience of their students. As the state of the world slowly returns to a new “normal”, the discussion turns to how we can retain and build off of these positive changes to bring educators across Arizona (and by extension the others) together into a better system.

(3:22) -Tammy & Erika explain their roles with the teacher candidates and school districts of AZ.

(5:13) - Were there any bright spots that we learned from the pandemic’s effect on education?

(7:54) - Have any of the pandemic-related changes been retained as we adjust back to normal?

(10:08) - How do you keep teacher candidates inspired/do they need to be inspired to begin with?

(15:00) - During the pandemic, families had to become more involved with their children’s education – is that trend being sustained?

(16:24) - What can we do to make the environment around educators and teacher candidates better?

(20:49) - What are some of the challenges or opportunities in creating this next generation of educators?

(23:50) - What are the perceived and received reactions towards approaching teaching as a team effort?

(30:11) - How does a rural education district prepare for uncertainty vs. how does an urban district prepare?

(37:48) - How do we address the gap between the rural and non-rural communities to prevent it from getting wider?

(41:23) - What does the desired picture of education look like 30 years into the future?

(43:57) - Guests’ plugs and websites

About our guests:

The Learning Futures Podcast is produced at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. The Executive Producer is Dr. Sean Leahy, the show is produced by Dr. Clarin Collins and Karina Muñoz Baltazar, with technical production provided by Jacob Snider.

enJune 28, 2022

Reinventing K12 Education