Indian Prairie Podcast
Indian Prairie School District 204 is excited to share the Indian Prairie Podcast. Current hosts Candy Michelli, Director of Professional Learning, and Brian Giovanini, Director of Innovation are joined by teachers and administrators to discuss the work being done to fulfill the district’s mission “to inspire all students to achieve their greatest potential.”
Episodes
Candy and Brian are joined by Board President Laurie Donahue, Superintendent Dr. Adrian Talley, and Chief School Business Official Matt Shipley to discuss priorities 3 and 4 of the Strategic Plan and how it guides the district’s work and buildings.
Candy and Brian are joined by Board President Laurie Donahue, Superintendent Dr. Adrian Talley, Deputy Superintendent Doug Eccarius and Fry Elementary Principal Laurie Hillman to discuss the priorities 1 and 2 of the Strategic Plan and how it guides the district’s work and buildings.
Candy and Brian are joined by Andy Fekete, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Amanda Eischen, White Eagle, 4th Grade teacher. Andy and Amanda discuss last year’s STEM Summer Camp experience and plans for future summer camps.
Candy and Brian are joined by the Executive Director of Equity, Nader Najjar. Nader discusses his upcoming work and how his team is supporting teachers with embedding equity instructional practices in their classrooms.
Candy and Brian are joined by Matt Shipley, Chief School Business Official, and John Robinson, Director of Building & Grounds. Matt and John share some of the capital projects that are currently happening and how the team is looking at capital projects in the future to ensure our learning environments are safe and support our educational programs.
Candy and Brian are joined by Lynn Baranak, Family & Consumer Science Teacher and Grow Your Own Teacher Coordinator at Waubonsie Valley School and one of her senior students who took part in the year long Grow Your Own Teacher program. The episode is a follow-up to our conversation with Dr. Lee and Mrs. Harry about exposing students to career opportunities in education.
Candy and Brian are joined by Rhonda Jenkins, LMC Director at Kendall Elementary School, and two fifth grade students to share about their 5th grade Podcast club. The students provide an overview of their experience and some of the amazing topics they are sharing through podcasts.
Candy and Brian are joined by Anthony Tegtmeyer, Technology & Engineering Teacher at Neuqua Valley High School, and Tylen Fleming, a Neuqua Valley Senior, to share insights about the student experience it the Project Lead The Way Engineering Design and Development course.
Candy and Brian are joined by Daryl Silberman, Waubonsie Valley Orchestra Director, and Dawn Forkner, SEL and Wellness Coordinator, to discuss the importance of staff wellness. Daryl and Dawn discuss their personal wellness journey in addition to sharing resources for our IPSD community.
Candy and Brian are joined by Katie Popp, President of Indian Prairie Education Association, and Piper Kottman, Kindergarten teacher at Kendall Elementary School, to discuss a mentoring program that Indian Prairie School District has partnered with Illinois Educators Association to implement.
Katie and Piper share about their roles as mentors for early career educators and some of the things they have learned during the mentorin...
Candy and Brian are joined by Dr. Rachel Mahmood, 5th Grade Teacher at Georgetown and Ann Cluxton, English teacher & at Metea Valley High School to share their insights about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in District 204.
Rachel and Ann share their learning journey about equity, diversity, and inclusion. They also dive into how equity, diversity and inclusion emerge in their classrooms and how they support their colleagues i...
Candy and Brian are joined by Mike Purcell, Director of High School Curriculum and Quynh Harvey, Metea Valley Assistant Principal of Curriculum & Instruction to celebrate work at the high school level.
Mike and Quynh celebrate the work of the district committees to support students as they started this school and intentional SEL time and lessons that are being implemented at the high school level. Quynh and Mike also dive into in...
Candy and Brian are joined by Don Devany, Fine Arts Department Chair at Metea Valley, and Mark Duker, Fine Arts Department Chair at Waubonsie Valley, to share their insights on preparing for the December music concerts.
Don and Mark celebrate the past 30 years of December concerts and give us a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes as the continuous music performance is happening. Don and Mark also thank all the stakeholders ...
Candy and Brian are joined by Tarah Fowler, Director of Middle School Curriculum, and Jessica Bogie, District Math Coordinator, to discuss Middle School Math resource updates.
Tarah and Jessica share the process to adopt the new middle math resource and dive into instructional math best practices. The group also shares resources available to staff this year and the process they will use to make sure common assessments and resourc...
Candy and Brian are joined by Chrissy Ensign, Gombert LMC Director and Sara Voller, Gombert 3rd Grade teacher to discuss their collaboration as Teacher and LMC Director and LMC Director and Tech Liaison.
Chrissy and Sara highlight Gombert staff collaboration, Portrait of a Graduate competencies, World of Work connections, and much more. Chrissy and Sara highlight their team’s efforts to support all Gombert students
Candy and Brian are joined by Joan Peterson and Charmonique Joiner to discuss curriculum and instruction updates at the elementary school level.
Joan and Charmonique highlight the amazing work happening at the elementary school level and share some updates on our updated Social Studies curriculum.
Candy and Brian are joined by Alli Landstrom, Peterson Elementary School Principal and Dave Worst, Springbrook Elementary School Principal to discuss the excitement of starting a new school year.
Alli and Dave share their excitement for welcoming staff and students this school year. The group also dives into some beginning of the year traditions in 204 and great reminders about why education is an amazing profession.
Candy and Brian are joined by Dr. Louis Lee, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, and Carey Beth-Harry, Director of Human Resources, to discuss Indian Prairie School District's Grow Your Own Teacher program.
Louis and Carey discuss the Grow Your Own Teacher program and why it is so important for our district to provide our students an opportunity to explore career opportunities in Education. Louis and Carey also share inf...
Candy and Brian are joined by Rodney Mack, Indian Prairie's new Chief Technology Officer, to discuss the future of Technology Services in our district.
Rod shares his educational journey and shares some work that his team will be working on over the next few years to support instruction and student learning. Welcome Rod to District 204!
Candy and Brian are joined by Rachel Witkowski, Peterson Student Services Coordinator, and Sherry Fredericks, Granger Assistant Principal, to discuss inclusive teaching practices in District 204 and their individual buildings.
Rachel and Sherry discuss the importance of an inclusive learning environment for all students in their buildings. Rachel and Sherry dive into a variety of topics to support stron...
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