The Next Education Workforce™ podcast is back! For this three-part miniseries, we have invited experts from across the education landscape to discuss elements of strategic school staffing in advance of the virtual Strategic School Staffing Summit from Feb. 7–8, 2024. Kelly Kovacic-Duran, principal consultant at Education First, joined Brent Maddin of the Next Education Workforce™ to discuss how strategic school staffing can benefit both educators and learners. Kelly shares how schools can be the unit of change in addressing challenges in education and how this is a pivotal moment to think abou ..read more

The Next Education Workforce™ podcast is back! For this three-part miniseries, we have invited experts from across the education landscape to discuss elements of strategic school staffing in advance of the Strategic School Staffing Summit from Feb. 7–8, 2024. In this episode, we discuss collective bargaining and how can we use it to promote strategic school staffing? Rob Weil of the American Federation of Teachers joins Brent Maddin of the Next Education Workforce™ to discuss this and other issues educators face in the one teacher, one classroom model. Rob Weil will be one of nearly 100 presen ..read more

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. John B. King, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education, and president and CEO of the Education Trust, an education civil rights organization focusing on education equity for low-income students and students of color, about equity and the education workforce today.  2:48: Dr. King describes how his perspective has been influenced by his experiences as a student, as a classroom teacher and as a civil servant and policymaker. “The thing that saved me was school. The consistency, the nurturing relationships, the engagement at school is the reason I’m alive today ..read more

Brent Maddin talks with Brad Jupp, former Senior Program Advisor, U.S. Department of Education , in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Brad will be a featured expert. Comments? Feedback? Ideas? Drop us a line at edworkforce@asu.edu.  Follow MLFTC on Twitter at @asueducation and share this episode with #NextEducationWorkforce. 0:53: Brad reflects on parents’ perceptions of students who choose to pursue a career in education and makes recommendations for how the profession needs to change in order to incre ..read more

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. Mahnaz Charania, Senior Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Mahnaz will be a featured expert. Comments? Feedback? Ideas? Drop us a line at edworkforce@asu.edu.  Follow MLFTC on Twitter at @asueducation and follow Mahnaz at @mahnazcharania. Share this episode with #NextEducationWorkforce. 0:58: Mahnaz defines social capital, makes the connection between social capital and equity, and describes the framework she has develop ..read more

Brent Maddin talks with Virgel Hammonds, Chief Learning Officer at  KnowledgeWorks, in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Virgel will be a featured expert. Comments? Feedback? Ideas? Drop us a line at edworkforce@asu.edu.  Follow MLFTC on Twitter at @asueducation and follow Virgel at @VirgelHammonds. Share this episode with #NextEducationWorkforce. 1:10: Virgel describes the learning communities he has served in the past and communicates the importance of giving students the opportunity to develop t ..read more

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. Cassandra Herring, President and CEO of the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Cassandra will be a featured expert. Comments? Feedback? Ideas? Drop us a line at edworkforce@asu.edu.  Follow MLFTC on Twitter at @asueducation and follow Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity at @Branch_EDU. Share this episode with #NextEducationWorkforce. 1:02: Cassandra reacts to the “big idea” of a Next Education Workforce and its relationship to teac ..read more

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. Nicole Thompson, Division Director of Teacher Preparation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Nicole will be a featured expert. Comments? Feedback? Ideas? Drop us a line at edworkforce@asu.edu.  Follow MLFTC on Twitter at @asueducation. Share this episode with #NextEducationWorkforce. 0:59: Nicole describes how MLFTC’s professional experiences looked when teacher candidates worked closely with only one mentor teacher and how the division ..read more

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