Home Grown: Transforming Teaching from the Ground Up Keep Indiana Learning

Danielle Shockey is the CEO for the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana.  She joins us to share her experience, wisdom, and insights of a career spent in the service of education and youth.

Today’s podcast is a culmination of the Talk Data to Me four-part series of videos highlighting spreadsheet tools and tips to make analyzing data easier. Our special guests will illustrate how you can put your data in action to effect change in your building, district, or community.

Join facilitators Christy Berger, Brooke Lawson as they talk about best practices for ending the school year on a positive note!

Jennifer Gonzalez is a National Board Certified Teacher with over 10 years of classroom experience. Most of this time was spent teaching middle school language arts, and the rest was at the college level, where she trained pre-service teachers for the classroom. In 2013, she created the website Cult of Pedagogy, where she now works full-time to help teachers of all subjects and grade levels practice and perfect the art of teaching.

During this episode we will hear from school counselors who have stepped up in a big way to lead comprehensive school counseling in their school or district. It doesn’t take an admin license to be a school leader, and these school counselors will share about their journey and approach to developing school counseling programs that are meeting the needs of all students.

 Brittany Tinkler is a Milken Award winner, a certified project-based learning trainer, co-chair of the professional development arm of the Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics, ICTM, and a second grade teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary where she puts all of her expertise into action.  Listen as she shares her experiences that led to her being a champion for struggling students.