Episodes

  • 3.10 - Governance of the Board
    Jan 30 2023

    Welcome back to When the Wind Blows...a podcast for parents, teachers, leaders, and anyone vested in the world of education. Thank you, Sean, I am Erin Barnes, host of the show...and today’s co-host is Ed Long

    1. Who are you and what is your role in Epic?
    2. You are a volunteer. Why Epic? What excites you about this model over your local B&M? Why not try to be on that board?
    3. What should be expected of a board member at Epic?
    4. Magic Wand - What is your number one priority you’d still like to see resolved at Epic?
    5. The aspirations were created last school year. What is your opinion of the work we are doing now, how would you like to see us manage or push to them in the future?
    6. What does a future-ready grad mean to you and the board?

    Governance doesn’t deal in the how.

    It deals in the why and the what.

    It empowers the education team to excel at the how as they achieve clear whats for very valued whys.

    Please tune in next week where we are rethinking how leadership and education can better prepare the next generation for a rapidly evolving world

    Lightening Round

    Sweet or Savory?

    Fav day of the week?

    Nickname your parents call or called you?

    Books or audiobooks?

    Audiobooks or podcasts?

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    37 mins
  • 3.9 Charter Connect Guest Host
    Jan 22 2023

    No show notes for today. We are bringing you an episode that we guest hosted with Charter Connect.

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    50 mins
  • 3.8 - Teacher Shortage Solutions
    Jan 15 2023

    Welcome back to When the Wind Blows...a podcast for parents, teachers, leaders, and anyone vested in the world of education. I am Erin Barnes, host of the show...and today we have Dr Patricia Cook on the show.

    1. What inspired you to become a professor of teaching?
    2. What is your teaching philosophy?
    3. How do you accommodate different learning styles in your adult classes?
    4. How are students involved in this learning process?
    5. Can you share a specific experience or candidate that you found particularly rewarding as a leader of this program?
    6. How do you stay current with developments in the field of teaching and education?

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    48 mins
  • 3.7 - Play Based Edu
    Sep 18 2022

    Welcome back to When the Wind Blows...a podcast for parents, teachers, leaders and anyone vested in the world of education. I am Erin Barnes, host of the show...and today’s co-host is Jacob Rosecrants.

    1. HB1569 was a bill you authored, and was signed into law…what is this bill/law? How should parents and teachers understand it? How can they initiate it?
    2. Understanding play…talk to me about the value of Play when it comes to education
    3. Do you believe that executive function skills are developed in play?
    4. Same Q but with soft skills

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/2234191930205661

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    53 mins
  • 3.6 - Dyslexic not Dumb
    Sep 11 2022

    Welcome back to When the Wind Blows...a podcast for parents, teachers, leaders and anyone vested in the world of education. I am Erin Barnes, host of the show...and today’s co-host is Kara Jamet C.A.L.T (Certified Academic Language Therapist, Epic teacher and now Epic principal.

    1. What is dyslexia?
    2. Oklahoma passed the Dyslexia screening bill that is now in effect this year. What was this bill designed for? What doesn't it do?

    My daughter is dyslexic - Remediation was killing her love of learning. If you aren't careful, you get people’s minds thinking more about failure prevention. Cheating was my method of this…than about making it bigger, better, more peaceful, more astounding.

    Interventions -

    You're not broken, but you're not amazing yet. So we play to her strengths and manage around her weaknesses. I try to leave space for her to make her mistakes and to model what it is I am doing.

    This is soooo far from what I thought I would be doing at her age.

    • Podcasting
    • Presenting with visuals
    • Video production
    • Why don’t you show me

    I didn’t know or find out I was dyslexic until I was in my late 30’s. But I knew my weaknesses long before then. I am a doer. I will get my hands dirty and do all kinds of heavy lifting, but I also found that surrounding myself with people that were smarter than me in the areas I was weak was necessary.

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    35 mins
  • 3.5 - 6 Habits of a Highly Productive Erin
    Aug 28 2022

    Welcome back to When the Wind Blows...a podcast for parents, teachers, leaders, and anyone vested in the world of education. I am Erin Barnes, host of the show.

    1. Ruthlessly Cut away the unimportant
      1. You have time for what you make time for
    2. Plan and Set Timelines
    3. Tap into inspiration, but watch for the double-edged sword
      1. Pinterest
      2. Books
      3. Journaling
      4. Tiktok
      5. podcasts
    4. Remove productivity Pitstops
      1. FB, Insta, TikTok
    5. Create Barriers to entry, don't be too accessible
    6. Optimize time pockets, keeping a book, podcast, journal

    All right, that is all the time we have for today. Tune in next week where we are rethinking how leadership and education can better prepare the next generation for a rapidly evolving world

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    28 mins
  • 3.4 - Passion Driven Edu
    Aug 15 2022

    Welcome back to When the Wind Blows...a podcast for parents, teachers, leaders, and anyone vested in the world of education. I am Erin Barnes, host of the show...and today’s co-hosts

    1. Who are you and what is your role in education?
    2. Passion gave us the light bulb and put us on the moon. Jen, what are you passionate about?
    3. What are the characteristics/mindsets of a passionate person?
    4. How do you currently cultivate passion in your classroom?
    5. What kind of barriers prevent passion in ourselves and our students?
    6. How does emphasizing passion in the classroom help develop a growth mindset in our students?

    Word Association game

    • Monopoly
    • Museums
    • Ice
    • Tupperware
    • Flip Flop
    • Elevator
    • Video Games
    • Motorcycles

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    31 mins
  • 3.3 - My Resource Playbook
    Aug 7 2022

    Welcome back to When the Wind Blows...a podcast for parents, teachers, leaders, and anyone vested in the world of education. I am Erin Barnes, host of the show.

    Pull yourself up by the bootstraps - It takes a village, I didn't do it alone

    GenX - The world through a small box -short cuts but I don't think so

    Tiktok

    • Gary Vaynerchuk - Gary Vee
    • Hank Green - Crash course
    • Motiversity
    • Motivation Mindset
    • GB and Me
    • Elyse Myers
    • Vinh Giang

    Youtube

    • TedEd
    • Crashcourse
    • Tyler DeWitt
    • Bozeman Science
    • WiseCrack - Thug Notes Season 1
    • Scott Haselwood
    • How to Adult

    Podcasts

    • James Altucher
    • Tony Robbins
    • Revisionist History - Malcolm Gladwell
    • WorkLife with Adam Grant
    • A Little Off Topic - Speak Creative

    My Youtube Channel

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    37 mins