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    Education

    Always A Lesson’s Empowering Educators Podcast

    Educators, this podcast will leave you feeling empowered with actionable steps to implement into your role immediately. Gretchen shares stories, lessons learned and practical tips. Buckle up for a transformation unlike no other!

    Listen as you work out, clean the house, do errands and so much more. This show is an excellent source of professional development, inspiration, empowerment, as well as techniques and strategies that are best practices. Lessons shared applicable to all educators!. #education

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    296: Building Relationships with Jana Lee Jul 24, 2023
    Show notes

    You'll enjoy this special summer interview series as Jana Lee shares about all the unique hats she's worn in education and how her journey in education has evolved. Get ready to be empowered as Jana shares how everyone has an X-factor and something unique to bring to the world of education.

    Quotables

    *All quotables are from the interviewee

    • Teachers have it really hard. It doesn’t have to be like that.

    • Sometimes we forget that there’s so much out there in the impact we can have as educators.

    • Never underestimate the power of building relationships.


    About Jana:

    Jana Lee is the proud founder of New Jersey's first all-girls, district, public school, she has spent the last 15 years surrounding herself with forward-thinkers in the educational space. As educator, leader, adjunct instructor, literacy specialist, and Executive Director of Jana Lee Consulting, LLC, Jana has gained valuable insight into the significance of collaboration, strategic teacher-leadership, and data-driven approaches for effecting transformative change within classrooms, schools and districts. Jana, who will complete her Doctor of Philosophy in Reading, Language, and Literacy in winter, 2023, continues to be most impressed by the people who work in and support our schools- the ultimate champions of student learning.

    Connect with Jana:

    • Website: janaleeconsulting.com
    • Instagram: @misslee_edconsulting
    • Twitter: @misslee_ed
    • Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/janaclee

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    • Email: gretchen@alwaysalesson.com
    • Blog: Always A Lesson
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    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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    Bonus: We All Need Something Jul 17, 2023
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    In this special bonus episode, Gretchen shares about her journey from classroom teacher to teacher leader and how her mentor helped her along the way. She now empowers other teacher leaders to impact their school districts positively. Gretchen shares how she can specifically help teacher leaders and gives a special invitation to join her exclusive, Fall Mastermind at the end of the episode.

    Join the Mastermind here!

    Quotables

    • Few actually achieve it [their dreams] because of that piece of knowing how to turn it into a plan.

    • Everyone dreams. Most people take action but very few achieve.


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    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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    295: Teacher Impact with Heidi Davis Jul 10, 2023
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    In this special summer interview series on the Empowering Educators podcast, Gretchen interviews Heidi Davis. Heidi brings value and wisdom to the show as she shares about her experience in a variety of different educational roles. Heidi shares her secrets of how she ignites her passion in education so that you can be an empowered and great educator in the upcoming school year.

    Quotables

    *All quotables are from the interviewee

    • Be able to go with the flow and be flexible. You never know what the day is going to bring.

    • Knowing what’s going on in your students’ lives makes a huge impact on the difference your education is going to make.

    • Don’t take yourself too seriously, it’ll be okay.


    About Heidi

    Heidi Davis has been teaching for 10 years and has taught 6th grade, been a reading interventionist, an instructional coach, and is currently teaching third grade. She is married to her high school sweetheart and she has two kids. Heidi lives in a small town in West Virginia and she loves to spend time outdoors and being with family. Heidi's favorite past time is reading. She is passionate about helping teachers find their way through the difficult times with the help of God and to find their way back to loving teaching again.

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    • IG @heidi_m_davis

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    • Email: gretchen@alwaysalesson.com
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    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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    294: Reignite Your Passion with Ashley Hubner Jun 26, 2023
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    Tune in as you listen to this special Summer Series episode on the Empowering Educators Podcast. In this episode, Gretchen interviews Ashley Hubner. You will feel empowered as you hear Ashley's story of being a classroom teacher, instructional coach and curriculum specialist. You'll love her advice on how to reignite your passion, listen today!

    Quotables

    *All quotables are from the interviewee

    • In education today, you have to be very flexible and adaptable.

    • There are so many good educators everywhere in the world. If we were to collaborate a lot more outside of our own little silos, we could make education great.


    About Ashley

    Ashley has been an Instructional Coach and Curriculum Specialist since 2013. Her background contains experience in systematic planning, curriculum design, professional development, and intervention. She provides quality professional development at the campus and district levels to improve classroom instruction within schools. Ashley is dedicated to impacting student growth by building capacity within schools through coaching, mentoring, and professional development. She enjoys working with stakeholders to build instructional effectiveness within classrooms while cultivating a positive school culture. Ashley started ACCESS to impact the success of students. She believes education is an ever-changing world, so as educators, we must be life-long learners. We must be prepared to meet all learners’ needs as education changes. Together, we can find student-centered solutions that will give all students access to a profound learning environment, every day. Purchase Ashley's book she mentions here: https://coachingaccess.net/sales-landing/

    Connect with Ashley:

    • Facebook @coaching.access
    • IG @coaching_access
    • Twitter @coaching_access
    • Linkedin @accesscoach
    • Website: https://coachingaccess.net/

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    • Email: gretchen@alwaysalesson.com
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    • Instagram: Always.A.Lesson
    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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    Bonus: The Secret Sauce of Collaboration Jun 19, 2023
    Show notes

    What is collaboration? What is it not? In this short and sweet episode, Gretchen talks all about collaboration amongst teachers. Stay tuned until the end as Gretchen gives you a special opportunity for collaboration amongst other teacher leaders.

    Join the Mastermind here!

    Quotables

    • We cannot confusing talking with true collaboration.
    • We have to push each other’s thinking.
    • Tuning people out when it doesn’t apply to you is not a way to be a good collaborator.

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    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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    293: Get Empowered with Michelle Ruhe Jun 12, 2023
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    In this episode of the Empowering Educators podcast, Gretchen interviews Michelle Ruhe. Michelle shares all about her journey in education. Throughout the interview, Michelle shares wisdom and encouragement to all educators that will empower you to be elite no matter where you are at in your journey.

    Quotables

    *All quotables are from the interviewee

    • It’s not about the knowledge. It’s about the people.

    • The reason you’re here right now, in this situation is because you’re supposed to learn something and think about what that is.

    • Even though it’s stressful, there’s a tremendous benefit to the lesson you’re going to learn from it once you get through the hard part.


    About Michelle

    Michelle helps teachers and school leaders implement best instructional practices in literacy, as she stays very current in the latest research findings. She's in classrooms every day, working alongside teachers, helping students grow. Michelle keeps things simple, where impactful student learning, not cutesy fluff, is at the forefront. This is the recipe that leads to maximum student success and reduced teacher overwhelm. Her 15 years of classroom experience include: -Kindergarten -First Grade -Second Grade -Fourth Grade -Lead Teacher -Teaching in 4 different states -Opened 2 new buildings -Looped twice and then serving as a literacy interventionist, K-5 for 5 years, and have now been a literacy coach for three years. Additionally, as part of the school's leadership team, she gets to partner with administration to plan and implement next steps forward for greater student achievement in literacy.

    Connect with Michelle:

    • IG @coach_fromthecouch
    • Twitter @MichelleRuhe
    • Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-ruhe/
    • Website: www.coachfromthecouch.com

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    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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    292: Wisdom with Courtney Tate May 29, 2023
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    Meet Courtney Tate in this special interview episode on the Empowering Educators Podcast. Courtney shares her journey from teacher to teacher leader and everything that helped her along the way. She shares special nuggets of wisdom that will have you leaving empowered so that you can go out and be great!

    Quotables

    *All quotables are from the interviewee

    • Step back and think about why you are doing this work.

    • Be patient but give yourself grace and give your students grace.

    • You have to be doing well mentally and emotionally to be showing up well for your students and your colleagues. Take care of yourself and take time for yourself.


    About Courtney

    Courtney Tate is from Gastonia. Over the past nine years, Courtney has worked with teachers, facilitators, and school leaders to lead professional development and coaching to address the assessed needs of the school. Her mission is to build the capacity of teachers and leaders to have a positive impact on student achievement one goal at a time.

    Connect with Courtney:

    • IG @ctatewrites
    • Facebook: CourtneyTateConsulting
    • Website https://courtneystate.com/

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    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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    291: Growing into Leadership with Casey Watts May 15, 2023
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    In this episode of the Empowering Educators Podcast, Gretchen interviews Casey Watts. Casey gives practical and applicable advice that is easy to follow. You'll step away from this interview with powerful nuggets of wisdom that you'll be able to use right away!

    Quotables

    *All quotables are from the interviewee

    • If you can hone your resiliency as a classroom teacher and be ready to shape shift it as you move into an instructional leadership role you will have so much more confidence and clarity about what you bring to the table as a leader.

    • Part of growing into leadership is being the courageous person that owns their current reality but does not accept it for what it is.

    • When we find passion in what we are doing, even the hard things become easier or manageable.


    About Casey

    Casey Watts is an Impact Coach and Consultant as well as a school-based instructional specialist in East Texas. She received her Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Elementary Education and her Master's Degree of Education from Stephen F. Austin State University. Over the past several years, she has focused her research and work on effective collaboration that leads to collective efficacy. In this work, she has recognized the importance of internal and external components that are absolutely necessary for cohesive, vision-driven teams. In her experience, she has realized that this is possible, even when you feel overwhelmed by resistance and roadblocks.

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    • IG @catchingupwithcasey
    • Facebook @catchingupwithcasey
    • Website www.catchingupwithcasey.com

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    • Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    290: Developing as a Teacher with Melissa Morrison May 01, 2023
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    Tune into this episode of the Empowering Educators podcast to hear Gretchen interview Melissa Morrison. Melissa has a passion for quality writing instruction within the classroom. You'll love hearing her story of how she went from a psychology degree, to teacher, to consultant. Hit play and get empowered!

    Quotables

    *All quotables are from the interviewee
    • Change takes time.
    • Regardless of what you teach, you have to honestly and truly care about your students.
    • You have to be willing to continually fine tune your practice.
    • It’s okay to not be great at something right away.

    About Melissa

    Melissa was an elementary teacher for 10 years. After being in the classroom, she decided to become a consultant and has done so for the past 4 years. Melissa is passionate about bringing high quality literacy (especially writing) instruction to schools and teachers.

    Links Mentioned:

    Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom https://amzn.to/3GvD4UT

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    • IG teachingtotransformllc
    • Facebook teachingtotransformllc
    • Website www.teaching-to-transform.com

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    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    289: The Reading Rollercoaster Apr 17, 2023
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    In this episode of the Empowering Educators Podcast, Gretchen shares about a personal struggle she has had in her own child's education journey. Gretchen shares about how she navigated the challenges, acted quickly and was able to advocate strongly for what her daughter needed. As always, Gretchen leaves you with practical tips and applications on how you can use the lessons she's learned in your own EDU journey. Quotables

    • Productive struggle is part of the process.
    • You have to advocate for yourself and those you represent.
    • There’s a fine line between struggling and making progress.
    • Advocate for what you need and advocate for what you want.

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    • Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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    This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
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