Hearing from the Arizona Teacher of the Year Semifinalists, S12 Episode 9
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Release Date: 10/06/2022
Leading with Inquiry Part 2: Provocations
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We’re continuing our series with Jessica Vance on leading with inquiry, this time focused on provocations. In the last episode of 3Ps in a Pod, Jessica set the stage for what inquiry in leadership is. Today, Jessica and host Paula Watkins dive into a discussion about provocations, what they are, how to use them, and why they’re important. Jessica and Paula also touch on some of the misconceptions about provocations. They discuss how provocations are not the same as anticipatory sets, how teachers are not the only ones to introduce provocations, and the idea that using provocations takes...
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Leading with Inquiry Part 1: Getting Curious about Inquiry
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What does it mean to lead with inquiry? And what does that actually look like in a classroom or when working with other adults? Today, we begin a four-part series exploring those questions and more about leading with inquiry. 3Ps host Paula Watkins and Jessica Vance, the author of Leading With a Lens of Inquiry, will lead us through this exploration, setting the stage in our first episodes about what inquiry is and how to integrate it into leadership. In the final two episodes, you’ll hear Jessica and Paula engage in an inquiry-focused coaching conversation as an example of how others can...
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Welcoming New Teachers to National Board Certification
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Today we welcome Danielle Brown, NBCT, a former host of 3Ps in a Pod, and now the senior manager of candidate experience at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. She and host Donnie Dicus discuss the changing landscape of education and how the National Board is approaching some of that change. Brown first shares how her role at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards combines her passion for National Board Certification with what her work had been at the Arizona K12 Center supporting new teachers before talking about how early career educators can now...
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Arizona’s Educational Progress with Education Forward Arizona
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3Ps in a Pod is back, and we’re kicking off our 13th season by exploring the Arizona Education Progress Meter. Connected with that progress meter is the Achieve 60 AZ Action Plan, which sets the goal of having 60 percent educational attainment in Arizona by 2030. That means 60% of the state’s population of working adults will have a certificate, license, or degree. Host Paula Watkins welcomes Rich Nickel, president of Education Forward Arizona, and Donna Davis, CEO of Education Forward Arizona. Nickel and Davis share how multiple Arizona stakeholders came together to create the...
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Teaching While Always Learning with Author Tom Rademacher, S12 Episode 16
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Today, we welcome author and Minnesota’s 2014 Teacher of the Year to the podcast. Hosts Donnie and Kathleen talk with Rademacher about his two loves of teaching and writing. His books, and , combine both those aspects of Rademacher’s work. Rademacher shares his reflections about the teacher shortage and what has and hasn’t changed for today’s new teachers compared to when he entered the classroom. He also discusses how he approaches diversity, equity, and inclusion in his practice as a white male and the need to continue learning. That learning often comes directly...
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Revisiting Service and Leadership with Dr. Nancy Pratt, S12 Episode 14
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This week of Veterans Day, we’re revisiting an episode from November 11, 2020, when hosts Angelia and Danielle welcomed Dr. Nancy Pratt to 3Ps in a Pod to share about her military experience and how that has carried into her education career. Then the Director of Instruction and Innovation at Cave Creek Unified School District, Pratt is now the Director of Instruction at Buckeye Elementary School District. But before realizing her interest in teaching, Pratt was a young woman in a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) military briefing class at Arizona State University, realizing she had...
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Preparing New Teachers through the Arizona Teacher Residency, S12 Episode 13
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One year ago, the Arizona Department of Education and Northern Arizona University came together to announce the creation of the Arizona Teacher Residency. Housed within the Arizona K12 Center, the Arizona Teacher Residency now has its first cohort of residents working in the classrooms of supervising teachers in Osborn, Roosevelt, and Tempe Elementary school districts. Today, you’ll hear from one resident and supervising teacher pair about their experience with the program so far. 3Ps in a Pod host Kathy Wiebke welcomes Arizona Teacher Residency Director Dr. Victoria Theisen-Homer to the...
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Connecting with the 2023 Arizona Teacher of the Year Ty White, S12 Episode 12
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Just three days after being named the 2023 Arizona Teacher of the Year, chemistry teacher Ty White joined us for a conversation about what brought him into teaching, how he approaches his practice, and about receiving this exciting honor. 3Ps in a Pod host Josh Meibos welcomes Ty White to the podcast, who talks through the evening he was named the ’s 2023 Arizona Teacher of the Year and shares about the significance of having two of his elementary school teachers join him at the Teacher of the Year celebration. White also shares about some of the larger projects he has coordinated with...
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The State of the Teacher Shortage with Dr. Richard Ingersoll, S12 Episode 11
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Arizona has been in a teacher shortage for years, and today we explore this issue with Dr. , a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and expert on the K-12 teaching force, about what he sees as the foundational issues of this shortage and what steps may help us move forward. Ingersoll is recognized for his research in teacher turnover and workplace trends and the impact of beginning teacher induction and mentoring. In this episode, he shares with hosts Kathleen and Kathy about what he sees leading to the teacher shortage seen in Arizona and across the country. He reflects on what changes...
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Whole Student Learning Through Art, Music, and Physical Education, S12 Episode 10
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Today, we’re focusing in on special area teachers and classes by welcoming an art teacher, music teacher, and physical education teacher to the podcast to discuss the importance of these special areas and what they’d like other educators to know. Hosts Josh and Donnie welcome to the podcast Kyle Bragg, an elementary physical education in Scottsdale Unified School District, Rusty Carle-Ogren, a middle school band in Sahuarita Unified District, and Jen Pulbratek, a high school ceramics teacher in Peoria Unified School District. Bragg, Carle-Ogren, and Pulbratek share about the unique...
info_outlineBe inspired by the five teacher leaders on today’s episode of 3Ps in a Pod. The five semifinalists from the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2023 Teacher of the Year consideration join us to share about their teaching journeys, the affirmation they’ve received through this recognition, and what they hope to do with their platform.
The 2023 Teacher of the Year semifinalists are Jaime Camero, who teaches at Douglas Elementary in Flowing Wells Unified School District; Zel Fowler, who teaches at Emerson Elementary in Phoenix Elementary School District; Erin Henderson, who teaches at North High School in Phoenix Union High School District; Christina Musselman, who teaches at Starline Elementary in Lake Havasu Unified School District, and Robyn Yewell, who teaches at Winifred Harelson Elementary in Amphitheater Public Schools.
These five outstanding Arizona teachers share about the unique vision they bring to their practice and how the Teacher of the Year process has helped them feel affirmed and celebrated for the work they do. They also share what they hope to do with their new platform as Arizona Teacher of the Year Semifinalists and how they want to elevate the teaching profession.
Learn more about the Arizona Educational Foundation’s Teacher of the Year program at azedfoundation.org, and look forward to hearing from the Teacher of the Year Finalists and the 2023 Teacher of the Year in upcoming episodes!
Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.