ShiftED

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Join us on this auditory journey with ShiftED’s hosts, Kerry & Amy, as we seek to educate and equip students and teachers with relevant information about adoption, child welfare, and culturally-relevant stories. We’ll also have some fun along the way.

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In this episode of ShiftED, we get to hear Yvonne Muñoz share her story about becoming a teen mom while she was in high school. Yvonne works at Gladney now, but her story of being a teen mom plays into how she actually came to work in the social work field and how she ended up working for Gladney’s team of Options Counselors!

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In this episode of ShiftED, we’re continuing our 2-part Melson Marathon with Mark & Jennifer and their two daughters, Lilly & Maddie. First up, Mark, who we talked with in the last episode of ShiftED, joins his wife, Jennifer, for a conversation on why adoption is so special to their family. We get to hear their touching story of adopting through the Gladney New Beginnings program that facilitates matched adoptions through ...

In this episode of ShiftED, we’re sitting down with Mark Melson, the President & CEO of the Gladney Center for Adoption. Mark is the first guest on a new ShiftED segment called, “Career Day!” where we sit down with different people and ask them all about their job, how they got to their job and the education path that took them to their job. Mark talks with us about what it’s like to work in the field of adoption and lead a non...

In this episode of ShiftED, we’re talking with Noah Rodgers — AdoptED’s content creator (like, the guy who made all the videos in our virtual classroom!). Noah walks us through how videos get made and why content is so important for AdoptED and its lessons. Plus, he has a pretty incredible story about a contest that he may or may not have won from a musical artist whose name you might recognize. 🤔 We love Noah and couldn’t imagine...

In this episode of ShiftED, we talk with the AdoptED educators — also known as Adoption Education Specialists — about what the program looks like on the ground. Kerry & Amy will walk you through a day in the life of a guest presenter going into schools all over the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex to present AdoptED’s curriculum (when we still could). They’ll also walk through the details of preparing and transitioning to a virtual ...

In this episode of ShiftED, we talk with Jennifer Lanter, VP of Communications & Education at the Gladney Center for Adoption, and creator of AdoptED, about the history behind the program called AdoptED. We figured we’d start from the top so we’re all on the same page right from the beginning of our little podcasting adventure. 😉

Jennifer is the expert in this area because she had the idea that eventually turned into AdoptED a...