Learning to teach better with Dr. Rick Balkin, Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education at the University of Mississippi, as we discuss his new book Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Purchase Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing by Dr. Read more…
…the only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it – and then dismantle it. Ibram X. Kendi Learning to teach better with Dr. Linda Angotti, Emerita Professor in Music Education from Kent State University as we discuss the featured book, How to Be an Antiracist by Read more…
On this episode of the podcast I was joined by Lo Alaman, Artist and Creative Minister at The Woodlands United Methodist Church – Harvest Campus. Better yet he is a friend and former youth minister to my oldest son and an outstanding person to talk to for this podcast. This is Read more…
It is not light that is needed, but fire. Frederick Douglass More and more I am convinced that the most powerful lever for change is our schools and our teachers. Systemic change can be catalyzed through the actions of teachers and students as they attempt to shape the world into Read more…
What is the center of your teaching? Are you tech-wise? For some, the answer to the question above might be, “a screen”. In the midst of a global pandemic, with remote/online learning at an all time high, there has never such a push forward in technologically mediated learning. As we Read more…
The Enneagram is a tool that awakens our compassion for people just as they are, not the people we wish they would become so our lives would become easier. Ian Morgan Cron During the global pandemic I have had a number of moments to reflect on what I am learning Read more…
It was this combination of passion and perseverance that made high achievers special. In a word, they had grit. Angela Duckworth What does it look like to foster grit through teaching? To help those we teach persevere with purpose? What does it mean to engage in deliberate practice? And what Read more…
Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. James Clear, Author of Atomic Habits The quote above captures the thesis of James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. To adopt specific Read more…
How do you choose to respond? Imagine getting up way before the crack of dawn, chilled to the bone and being surrounded by foul smelling fish…doesn’t quite sound like a recipe for inspiration. But through the story of a business leader in need of help and a fishmonger who provides Read more…
It can never hurt to ask. When the first birthday of the Amidon Planet Podcast was approaching I knew that I wanted to ask Gloria Ladson-Billings (President of the National Academy of Education and Professor Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison) to be a guest. She has influenced my teaching, Read more…