Learning Curve with Mr. Chazz

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**Learning Curve with Mr. Chazz**

Join America’s favorite teacher, Mr. Chazz, as he helps parents and teachers navigate the challenges and triumphs of raising and teaching children. Featuring insightful conversations and practical advice delivered with Mr. Chazz’s signature compassion and wit – Learning Curve with Mr. Chazz gives listeners tips for fostering patience and empathy for both themselves and the kids in their lives. Learning Curve with Mr. Chazz is the most supportive space in podcasting for parenting tips and teaching wisdom, as Mr. Chazz says, “avoid being a perfectionist, become an improvenist, the goal isn’t to be perfect every day, the goal is to just be a little bit better every day”.

Latest Episodes:

Hire for Heart, Train for Skill : Building a Healthy School Culture Oct 28, 2026

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Building a healthy culture with Noreen

Wed, 30 Sept 26

Head of School at Little Village School in Missouri City, Texas
Runs whole-school transformations for ECE, childcare, and Montessori schools via Trainbright
Montessori practitioner for 18 years, started as a receptionist at a boutique school
Mother of two college-bound sons; credits Montessori with improving her parenting

Core hiring philosophy: find people with heart, train the skill
Structured onboarding with clear probationary stages
Experienced hires can be harder to mold than newcomers
“Fire fast” when fit is clearly wrong
State-funded apprenticeship programs worth exploring for pipeline (New York likely has equivalents)

“The leader brings the weather”: team mirrors the leader’s behavior exactly
Reframing negative language in real time
Core value: child first, then growth mindset
Feedback is gold: someone giving feedback is investing in you

Goal of conflict is not to eliminate it but to keep it from turning personal
Conflict as communication: frustration or pushback means “work with me here”
Preparing leaders for difficult conversations

Core values are what you already are, not aspirational statements
Values must be visible in how hard decisions get made, not just on the wall
Little Village screens parent community, not just staff
Parent education as a core part of childcare

For leaders: “You can’t teach fire safety during a fire.” Observe, bring calm, wait until everyone is ready to receive the message
For parents: “It’s not that deep.” Reactive behavior is brain-body mechanics, not a verdict on your parenting. Apologize quickly; ego weakens relationships
For teachers: Observe before you act. 80% of classroom problems stem from lack of observation

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How to Disrupt R*pe Culture and Create a Culture of Consent with Rosalia Rivera Oct 08, 2026

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The Six-Part Prevention Framework (Mr. Chazz’s Synthesis of the conversation)

Consent culture and checking in, embedded from toddlerhood
Safe adults: regulated, non-punitive, curious, able to repair
Safe peer communities, fostered by connected parents and teachers
Sexual health values: adults clarify what they want to model before conversations arrive
Advocacy and reporting: teaching kids to speak up, with language and practice
Identifying safe relationships and groups: the foundation for navigating fraternities, group chats, and beyond

All six are interdependent; none works without the others
Guest’s closing note: these lessons happen in small daily moments, not just formal book readings

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Understanding R*pe Culture vs Consent Culture with Rosalia Rivera from Consent Parenting Oct 06, 2026

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Why Children Stay Silent

Belonging need overrides safety rules

Kids will violate known rules to preserve a friendship or peer connection

Fear of losing the group is neurologically equivalent to exile

Tattling vs. reporting distinction never taught

Tattling: getting someone in trouble for non-safety issues

Reporting: telling a trusted adult about something unsafe, to or from anyone

Kids fear getting a friend in trouble, not just themselves

Fear of consequences compounds silence

Losing devices, games, or friendships if they disclose

Punishment-based parenting makes disclosure feel risky

90% of abuse is by someone the child knows and trusts

Child often wants the behavior to stop, not the person removed

Fear of the unknown outcome keeps them quiet

Consent Culture in Early Childhood

Birdhouse (Chazz’s Brooklyn school) models consent from ages 2-5

Adults prompt: “Do you like that?” then shift to peer-to-peer checking in

Mixed-age groups create natural power dynamic teaching moments

Goal: children eventually check in without adult prompting

Checking in changes the receiver’s experience too

Being asked “do you like this?” opens kids to genuine self-reflection

Same behavior lands differently when consent is sought vs. assumed

Tickling example: don’t remove the experience, teach the check-in

Sensory-seeking kids may want touch; the lesson is voice, not avoidance

Intervention, Redirection, and Education

Three-part framework when boundary crossing occurs:

a. Intervention: name what’s not okay

b. Redirection: offer an alternative way to play

c. Education: explain why, without shaming either child

Root cause matters: was it curiosity, desire for connection, or coercion?

Coercive behavior (knowing it’s wrong and continuing) is a red flag requiring escalation

Most peer sexual play is exploratory, not predatory

Chazz’s preschool story illustrates the dynamic

Friend used “I won’t be your best friend” as leverage, a learned threat pattern

Adult intervention happened but education was incomplete

Threat behavior in a 3-year-old reflects what she absorbed from her own environment

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How to Regulate and Respond to Children (Quick Notes) Sep 25, 2026

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I go through the 5 steps of Self Regulation with a specific parenting example

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Assessing Assertiveness and Building Community (Look at the description for a community event in Brooklyn) Sep 22, 2026

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In this podcast episode I share about a $35 Brooklyn Parenting and Teaching Q&A event with Dr. Shefali. However, I can get you into the even for FREE, if you reach out to me with you name and email through instagram or email.

This is the event link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-shefali-with-lindsey-simcik-radha-agrawal-at-lapc-tickets-1998514748411?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

I also discuss how to assess if you or someone else is improving their skill of assertiveness

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The Continuous Process of Improving Teacher Benefits Sep 19, 2026

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In this episode I talk about the unique benefits we provide to our Teachers/Safekeepers and the process of continuing to improve benefits for Safekeepers in a Conscious Discipline way.

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Start of the School Year Pep Talk Sep 17, 2026

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The Beginning of Birdhouse Part 2 Sep 11, 2026

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The Beginning of birdhouse Aug 30, 2026

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Mr. Chazz and Sydney reflect on how birdhouse was started. We reflect on some of the adult skills that were needed to even start birdhouse. The same skills we open this school to teach children, were the same skills we needed to just start the school.

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Mr Chazz Is Back! Aug 25, 2026

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This is a reintroduction podcast.

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