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• Educational Change: The Impossible Dream (Remarkable Chatter #20)
  Change is hard.  Unfortunately the bigger and more entrenched the organization, the harder it becomes to achieve true systemic change.  That’s why advocates of school reform often become discouraged when change seems to occur at a glacial pace.  In this episode of Remarkable Chatter, Curtis Chandler, the 2011 Kansas State Teacher of the Year, targets his top […]
• Project Based Learning With Special Guest Ginger Lewman (SpedCast #12)
  Topic today is Project Based Learning: special guest Ginger Lewman, whose passion and   expertise  (or one of them anyway) is Project Based Learning. Ginger has been working with districts on connecting it with the new Common Core State standards. Given the diversity of Special Education, I believe our listeners will be asking how can PBL benefit? Key Questi […]
• Sue Givens, Superintendent, El Dorado USD #490 (KSSA Talk #11)
  Sue Givens, Superintendent, El Dorado USD #490 Sue Givens is currently Superintendent of Schools in El Dorado – USD 490. A proud product of Kansas public education, Givens attended both Highland and Midway of Denton high schools, then earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Emporia State and Wichita State Universities, respectively. Formerly assistant […]
• Special Education And The Common Core (SpedCast #11)
  Special Education and the Common Core Standards! “a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”… a journey to nowhere also begins with one step! As educators begin to implement purposeful application of the new College and Career Readiness State Standards, it is important to take  a deeper look at the implications for special populations.  Key question […]
• Dr. Doug Moeckel, Deputy Executive Director (KSSA Talk #10)
  Dr. Doug Moeckel Dr. Doug Moeckel is the Deputy Director at KASB. His primary duties include board of education training, superintendent searches and strategic planning. Dr. Moeckel’s experiences include 36 years in education including administration, teaching and coaching. His administrative experience includes time as superintendent of schools in Ellsworth […]
• Former Principal, Current KSBE Member, Jim McNeice (Remarkable Principal #10)
  Jim McNeice Mr. Jim Mc Niece was elected to serve on the Kansas State Board of Education in November of 2012. He represents District 10 which includes parts of South Central Kansas, as well as a portion of the City of Wichita. Mr. Mc Niece has served for over 30 years as a teacher, coach and principal in the State of Kansas in both public and catholic school […]
• RP #9 Julie Wilson KNEA Uniserve Director
  Mrs. Julie Wilson Mrs. Wilson is the Ark Valley Uniserv Director for the Kansas National Education Association. She has been a classroom teacher and a Middle School Principal.  She has served on numerous curricular and policy committees and has worked with many principals, teachers and boards of educations.  The post RP #9 Julie Wilson KNEA Uniserve Director […]
• RP #8 Dr. Diane DeBacker, Kansas Commissioner of Education
  Dr. Diane DeBacker, Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. DeBacker was appointed to the post of Commissioner of Education in September of 2010.  She had served as interim commissioner for a year previous to her appointment.  Prior to that she was Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Learning and Innovative Services for two years. Dr. DeBacker has served as […]
• Learning by Doing with the Life Practice Model (Remarkable Chatter #19)
  Ginger Lewman, ESSDACK educational consultant, joins Steve Wyckoff and Bill Hagerman, superintendent at USD 309 Nickerson, Kansas as they discuss project/problem based learning.  Ginger worked for five years establishing a PBL charter school where she developed the curriculum used by the students in grades 5–8.  Ginger talks about what she learned from her e […]
• College and Career Ready Instructional Frameworks (Remarkable Chatter #18)
  As schools across Kansas incorporate the new College and Career Ready State Standards into classroom instruction, they face many challenges such as insuring staff buy-in, developing a common language for collaboration, and establishing common practices for implementation.  To address these issues, USD 313 Buhler developed instructional frameworks that incorp […]