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As a teacher, you support, encourage, and challenge students in their quest to be their best every year. At KC-RPDC, our mission is to support, encourage, and challenge teachers through meaningful professional development. Join us as we speak with influencers and leaders in education and build a community of inspired teachers.
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Episode 24 - The Wednesday Exchange: 4 Elements of Trust Leadership
Teresa brings the four elements of trust in leadership to our attention. Reliability, Acceptance, Openness, and Congruence are the elements that leaders need to build trust throughout their organizations.
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Episode 23: The Wednesday Exchange - Remote Learning Receives an "F"
Teresa Tulipana and Brett Coffman discuss the Wall Street Journal article, "The results are in on remote learning: It didn't work." Give us your thoughts about remote learning by emailing coffmanb@umkc.edu.
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Conversations about Race: Epilogue - Parting Thoughts
We wanted to follow up with our guests, Ovie Oghenejobo, Jordan Lewis, and Tina Ellsworth and give them a chance to express their thoughts about our discussions.
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Conversations about Race: Episode 4 What's Next for Schools?
This is our fourth and final episode in our series, "Conversations about Race." In this episode we look at "What's next for schools?" From recruiting black and brown teachers, increasing black leadership in suburban district offices, to changing curriculum to reflect black history, literature, art, science, philosophy, and ideas, these are some of the topics discussed.
Our guests are Tina Ellsworth, a social studies coordinator for an area school district, Ovie Oghenejobo, a sociology teacher at Lee's Summit North High School, and Jordan Lewis, a counselor and social worker with Youthrive.
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Conversations about Race: Episode Three - What Was Surprising After George Floyd's Murder?
In our third episode of our four part series on "Conversations about Race." We delve into the surprises that have come out of the protests following the murder of George Floyd two weeks ago. From gaslighting and the community response to the protests and riots, to the positive actions of young people, our panel discusses their takeaways.
My guests are Ovie Oghenejobo, a sociology teacher at Lee's Summit North High School, Jordan Lewis, a counselor and social worker for Youthrive, and Tina Ellsworth, a social studies coordinator in an area suburban school district.
If you have comments, feed back, or would like to know how to get in touch with our presenters send your requests to coffmanb@umkc.edu.
Our fourth and final episode in this series "What's next for schools" will be released June 9th. -
Conversations about Race: Episode Two - Who needs to hear this message?
This is the second episode in a series of four regarding "Conversations about Race." In this episode, we explore who needs to hear, experience, and have conversations about race. My guests are Jordan Lewis, a counselor and social worker from Youthrive in Kansas, Ovie Oghenejobo, a sociology teacher at Lee's Summit North High School, and Tina Ellsworth, a social studies coordinator for a suburban area school district.
We would love to hear your comments, feedback, ideas, and questions about the episode. Please email coffmanb@umkc.edu to have our voice heard by our panel. We will address your comments in followup podcasts.
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