Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Hosho McCreesh - Psalms from the Badlands: 150 Psalms or Haiku Style Poems about the American Southwest. This is episode 773 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Hosho McCreesh is currently writing & painting in the gypsum & caliche badlands of the 

American Southwest. His work has appeared widely in print, audio, & online.

Our focus today is his work…. Psalms from the Badlands.

Awesome writing!

Excellen...

Annie Kessler - City Year New York and Student Success Coaches. This is episode 772 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Annie Kessler is a dedicated leader committed to advancing educational equity. She started her career in education as a City Year New York AmeriCorps Member, serving in a 5th grade classroom at PS48X in the South Bronx after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English at Loyola College in Baltimore, ...

Lee Matthew Goldberg- Miles in Time - Book 1: Solve the Mystery, Save the Future. This is episode 771 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Lee Matthew Goldberg is the Anthony, Lefty, and Prix du Polar nominated author of fifteen novels including THE ANCESTOR and THE MENTOR, and THE GREAT GIMMELMANS along with his five-book DESIRE CARD series and the RUNAWAY TRAIN trilogy. 

MILES IN TIME came out May 2025. 

After gr...

Joshua Ray - Finding Your Balance: Personal and Professional Wellness Strategies for Effective Educational Leadership. This is episode 770 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Joshua Ray, EdD, is an educational speaker and author who has led the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process at the elementary, secondary, and district level. He is passionate about building healthy school cultures, the work...

Theresa M. Callaghan, PhD - Help! I'm Covered in Adjectives - Cosmetic Claims & the Consumer: Navigating Science, Regulations, and Myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Ed. This is episode 769 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Theresa M. Callaghan, Ph.D. is a leading biochemist and skincare scientist with over 35 years of experience in international corporate skincare research. She is the author of Help! I’m Cov...

Ryan Gottfredson - Becoming Better: The Groundbreaking Science of Personal Transformation. This is episode 768 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is a cutting-edge leadership development author, researcher, and consultant. He helps organizations vertically develop their leaders primarily through a focus on mindsets. Ryan is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of Succe...

Madelyn Simon - Writer & Artist: Poppy's Sweet Sibling Story. This is episode 767 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Madelyn Simon is a proud native New Yorker who grew up with a love of nature… especially plants and animals. She loved it so much that in 1979 she started Madelyn Simon & Associates Inc. where they designed, installed, and maintained live plants both indoors and out. The company grew (forgi...

Clement Townsend - VideoPro Learning: Helping Educators Turn Classwork into Dynamic Multimedia Assignments. This is episode 766 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Clement Townsend lives in Chicago and is the founder of the innovative Video Pro Learning platform.  This platform boosts student engagement, increases motivation, and develops creativity so students can be future ready.  Clement spent the last 7 years ...

Mitch Weisburgh - Mindshifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success. This is episode 765 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Mitch Weisburgh’s goal is to grow a critical mass of people who live happy, productive lives, who are resilient and resourceful in the face of obstacles, adversaries, and unintended outcomes.

From 1981 through 2000, Mitch founded and ran Personal Computer Learning Cent...

Larry Ainsworth - Integrating Teaching and Learning: Timeless Essentials for Creating Integrated Units of Study. This is episode 764 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Larry Ainsworth is the author or co-author of more than 20 books, including his most popular titles: Rigorous Curriculum Design; Common Formative Assessments 2.0; Prioritizing Common Core State Standards; Power Standards; “Unwrapping” Common Core ...

Kurt Baumeister - Twighlight of the Gods: A Novel. This is episode 763 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. 

Kurt Baumeister’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Electric Literature, Rain Taxi, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, The Weeklings, and other outlets. An acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books, Baumeister holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and is a...

Gavin Grift - Emerge: The 5 Most Common Challenges Faced by Middle Leaders and How to Overcome Them. This is episode 762 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. 

Gavin Grift is a globally recognized thought leader in leadership development, renowned for his deep work on the ‘inner game’ of leadership. As the founder and CEO of Grift Education, Gavin has spent decades helping school leaders develop the thinking skills ...

Kevin Stoller - Better Learning Podcast - talks with Steve about the 1984 movie: Teachers. This is episode 761 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

The Better Learning Podcast combines education and entertainment in a fresh, engaging format where guests share their favorite school-related movies. Host Kevin Stoller leads dynamic conversations, exploring memorable scenes, iconic characters, and timeless lessons throu...

Steve Haberlin - Calming Student Stress: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Learning in K-12 Classrooms. This is episode 760 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Steve Haberlin, PhD, is an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida. 

Dr. Haberlin’s research focuses on the impleme...

Ben Tanzer - After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema. This is episode 759 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Emmy-award winner Ben Tanzer's acclaimed work includes the novel - The Missing, the short story collection UPSTATE, the science fiction novel Orphans and the essay collections Lost in Space and Be Cool. 

Ben is a Story South and Pushcart nominee, a finalist for the Annual National Indie Exce...

Craig Gehring - MasteryPrep: Helping Students Improve Their SAT & ACT Scores. This is episode 758 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Craig Gehring is the founder and CEO of MasteryPrep. 

After he earned perfect scores on the ACT and SAT, Craig started tutoring to help students earn scholarships. He found that most students need more support than what traditional test prep programs provide. That was the gene...

Adam Geller - Observation Copilot: Turning Classroom Observation Notes into Feedback for Teachers. This is episode 757 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Adam Geller is the Founder & CEO of Edthena which harnesses the power of AI and video coaching to enhance professional learning, boost teacher retention, and improve student outcomes.

He started his career in education as a science teacher in St. Louis, Miss...

Lisa Gitelson - The Fresh Air Fund: Because a Summer Can Last a Lifetime. This is episode 756 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Lisa Gitelson is the CEO of The Fresh Air Fund.

Each year the nearly 148-year-old nonprofit invites about 3,000 low-income New York City-based children ages 8-18 to spend the summer swimming, rowing, hiking, and stargazing in Fresh Air Fund camps.

Throughout Lisa’s career in public se...

Sandra Jin - Bridging the Gap Between AI Optimism and Action Through PD. This is episode 755 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Sandra Jin is the Director of Innovation at Leading Educators, driven by her belief in self-determination as a fundamental right for every child. A former teacher inspired by her classroom experiences, she designs programs at the intersection of pedagogy, student agency, and technology.

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