Studentcentricity

Current research indicates that kids love reading most when they are young, but by the teens years they read less than six minutes a day. Why does the love of reading too often diminish as kids grow? More importantly, how can we foster a love of reading in students? Follow: @DTWillingham @bamradionetwork @bodymindchild #edchat #AskingWhatIf Dan Willingham is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, and author of several books, most recently Raising Kids Who Read. As President and CEO of the Gesell Institute of Child Development on the Yale campus, Dr. Marci Guddemi leads in the Institute in its mission of promoting the principles of child development in all decision-making for young. Dan Brown is a National Board Certified Teacher and Director of the Future Educators Association. He is the author of The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle.

The first days of school are behind us. Students are settling in and getting comfortable. This is the time when negative student behaviors can begin to emerge. Our guests offer proven tips for keeping your students and classroom on track. Follow: @jessica_minahan @mzteachuh @vincent_kristen @bamradionetwork @bodymindchild #edchat #ece #earlyed #ELL #AskingWhatIf Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA, is a board certified behavior analyst and special educator and a consultant to school’s nationwide (www.jessicaminahan.com). She is an adjunct professor at Boston University, a blogger on The Huffington Post, as well as the author of The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behaviors (Harvard Education Press). Kristen Vincent is Responsive Classroom Program Developer. Melanie Link Taylor teaches both general ed. and Special Ed. She blogs on education topics at MzTeachuh.blogspot.com.

The ranks of students who speak English as a second language continues to grow. In this segment, we share proven tips to quickly connect and build relationships with ELLs. Follow: @spencerideas, @KarenNemethEdM @bamradionetwork @bodymindchild Mary Renck Jalongo is editor-in-chief of Early Childhood Education Journal and the author or editor of over 30 books. She is also editor of the series Educating the Young Child, published by Springer. Karen N. Nemeth, Ed.M. is an author, consultant and presenter focusing on improving early childhood education for children who are dual language learners. She holds leadership positions at NABE, TESOL and NAEYC and hosts a resource website at www.languagecastle.com. After teaching middle school for eleven years, John Spencer is now a professor of instructional technology at George Fox University. He is passionate about creativity, design thinking, and digital literacy. He blogs at spencerideas.org.

Our guests tell us that many parents and teachers see no distinction between praise and encouragement. In fact, there is a big difference between the two and it's important for every teacher to be clear about the distinction. Follow: @tweenteacher @vincent_kristen @Angela_Watson @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIfio Kristen Vincent is Responsive Classroom Program Developer. Angela Watson is a National Board Certified Teacher with 11 years of classroom experience. She currently works as an author, instructional coach, and educational consultant based in Brooklyn, NY. Heather Wolpert-Gawron is an award-winning middle school teacher in Los Angeles. She has authored workbooks on teaching Internet Literacy.

Tune in to get a bundle of great ideas on creating relationships with your students quickly. Follow::@runningdmc @balancedteacher @danbrownteacher @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Mike Anderson is an educational consultant, an award winning teacher, and an author or many books about great teaching and learning (including The First Six Weeks of School and The Well-Balanced Teacher) www.leadinggreatlearning.com. Dawn Casey-Rowe is a teacher, writer, and business owner living in Rhode Island. She is the author of "Don't Sniff the Glue: A Teacher's Misadventures in Education Reform, www.cafecasey.com Dan Brown is a National Board Certified Teacher and Director of the Future Educators Association. He is the author of The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle.

Our guests share why starting the school year with rules for students is a bad idea. They follow by offering a superior alternative. Follow: @markbarnes19 @NancyFlanagan @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Nancy Flanagan is a retired teacher, with 31 years as a K-12 Music specialist in the Hartland, Michigan schools. She is co-founder of the Network of Michigan Educators and her blog, Teacher in a Strange Land. Mark Barnes is a longtime teacher, education author and creator of the new Hack Learning Series for educators. (www.markbarnes19.com)

In this segment we're introduced to the wonder, experiment, learn cycle. Tune in and get some powerful strategies for guiding students through a rigorous inquiry process. Follow: @JasonFlom @AletaMargolis @RothsteinDan @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Dan Rothstein is one of the founders of the Right Question Institute (RQI) and has been part of a team working for the past 25 years on finding the simplest, most effective ways to help all people learn to ask better questions and participate in decisions that affect them. Aleta Margolis founded Center for Inspired Teaching in 1995 to build a better school experience for students by transforming the role of the teacher from information provider to Instigator of Thought; Inspired Teaching's activities include district-wide professional development for inservice teachers, a new teacher preparation program, and the Inspired Teaching Demonstration Public Charter School. Jason Flom taught upper elementary teacher for 11

Our guests are unequivocal: students need to touch and be touched to maximize teaching and learning. Discover why fist bumps, high fives and tactile experiences all matter. Follow: @sianbeilock @jesslahey @flourishingkids @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Sian Beilock, an associate professor of psychology at The University of Chicago, is one of the foremost experts on the brain science behind performance under stress. Jessica Lahey is an educator, writer and speaker. She writes the bi-weekly New York Times column, “The Parent-Teacher Conference,” is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and commentator at Vermont Public Radio. Her book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed (2015). Joan Young is middle school learning specialist after teaching Kindergarten/1st grade and 4th grade for many years.

The research shows that teacher expectations impact student performance. Though most teachers already know this, what may not be so well known are the myriad ways we subtly send contradictory messages to students. Learn how to make sure your words match your actions in the classroom. Follow: @desautels_ phd @TeacherJenCarey @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Deborah J. Stipek, Ph.D. is the I James Quillen Dean and the Judy Koch Professor of Education at Stanford University. Her doctorate is from Yale University in developmental psychology. Lori Desautels is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Marian University teaching the the neuro-diversity of learning. Jennifer Carey is Director of Educational Technology at the Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Florida. Jennifer blogs at IndianaJen.com and has more than a dozen years of educational technology experience.

Our guests say that if basics student needs are not met, learning is difficult and in some cases impossible. What are the basic needs that must be met to enable learning? Follow: @PeterMDeWitt @desautels_ phd @innovations-ka @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Kay Albrecht, Ph.D. is president of Innovations in Early Childhood Education, Houston, TX. Teaching in some capacity has been the bulk of Kay's life work. She created Exchange's Out of the Box Early Childhood Training Kits, wrote The Right Fit: Recruiting, Selecting, and Orienting Staff. Lori L Desautels, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Marian University teaching the the neuro-diversity of learning and the implications for the teaching and learning process looking at students with pain based behaviors. Author of "Unwritten, The Story of a Living System," (winter 2015). Peter DeWitt (Ed.D.) is a former school principal in Upstate, NY, and he is now a Visible Learning trainer. His syn

The consensus among our guests in this segment is that zero tolerance behavior policies don't work. What then are the tools and strategies that do? Follow: @sarahdavidon, @ECEPolicyWorks @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Sarah Davidon, M.Ed. is on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine working on policy and systems-building initiatives related to early childhood social and emotional development. Sarah co-authored Colorado’s Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Mental Health and is the board president of the Colorado Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. Gail Innis has worked for Michigan State University Extension for 24 years; providing research and evidence based education to Michigan residents in the area of parenting education, family resource management, anger management and stress. Susan Ochshorn is the founder of ECEPolicyWorks, a New York consulting firm that links early childhood research, policy, and practice, laying the

To those who believe that sitting still and paying attention equals learning, fidgeting is simply an undesirable student behavior. Others see much more. Join this fascinating discussion. Follow: @timbernook @mzteachuh @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork Dr. Dustin Sarver is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and researcher at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the Department of Pediatrics. His clinical and research interests are in the assessment and treatment of ADHD and its consequences. Angela Hanscom is a pediatric occupational therapist and the founder of TimberNook, which focuses on nature-centered developmental programming in New England. She is also the author of the upcoming nonfiction book, Balanced & Barefoot, which discusses the effects of restricted movement and lack of outdoor playtime on overall sensory development in children.  Melanie Link Taylor teaches both general ed. and Special Ed. She blogs on education topics MzTeachuh.blogspot.com.

Is rote memorization dead or is there still a place for it in 21st -century learning? Tune in to this fascinating discussion. Follow: @lernbetr @blairteach @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World, serves as an Expert In Residence at Harvard University's new Innovation Lab. Prior to this appointment, Tony was the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard, and the founder and co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Ben Johnson is a lifelong educator with experience in grades k-16, from teacher to campus administrator to district office. He currently is the principal of San Antonio Technology Academy. He is the author of Teaching Students to Dig Deeper and author of article, "When Rote Learning Makes Sense". Nancy Blair has returned to public education as a middle school principal

One of the factors that limits risk taking in learning and teaching is the fear of being wrong. In this segment we explore this fear and offer solutions. Follow: @suzieboss @ainissaramirez @PeterMDeWitt @Myers_Berkowicz @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Ainissa Ramirez is a scientist, speaker, and the author of two books (Newton's Football; Save Our Science). She co-hosts a science podcast called Science Underground. Peter DeWitt (Ed.D.) is a former school principal in Upstate, NY, and he is now a Visible Learning trainer. His syndicated blog Finding Common Ground is published by Education Week and he is a freelance writer for Vanguard Magazine. Jill Berkowicz Ed.D. works with school districts and building eaders facing the current challenges of evaluation for the improvement of teacher and leader performance, as they lead systems in service to children. She consults for Learner-Centered Initiatives.

As collaboration becomes more important in the real world, peer to peer learning is gaining momentum. In this segment we look at the benefits, the tools and best practices for peer to pear learning. Follow: @suzieboss @ShellTerrell @datruss @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Suzie Boss, education writer and consultant, is the author of several books, including Reinventing Project-Based Learning and Bringing Innovation to School. She is a regular contributor to Edutopia and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Shelly Sanchez Terrell is a teacher trainer, the author of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators, and an international speaker. David Truss has been blogging at Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts for 7 years now. His online profiles describe him as: A husband, a parent… An educator, a student… A thinker, a dreamer… An agent of change. He is currently a Vice Principal of Coquitlam Open Learning and the Inquiry Hub, in Coquitlam SD#43 (BC, Canada)

There is quite a bit of research on the impact of stress on students. In short, stress impedes learning and can cause an array of maladies. In this segment we explore ways to reduce student stress. Follow: @CherylTeaches @tweenteacher @chalsuccess @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Cheryl Mizerny is a veteran educator with 20+ years’ experience–most at the middle school level. She began her career in special education, became a teacher consultant and adjunct professor of Educational Psychology, and currently teaches 6th grade English in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cheryl writes about student motivation and engagement at The Accidental English Teacher. Denise Pope, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education and Co-founder of Challenge Success, a research and intervention project that provides schools and families the tools they need to raise healthy, motivated students. Challenge Success is an expanded version of the SOS: Stressed-O

Our guests agree that social-emotional learning is a prerequisite to all learning. How is social-emotional learning developed? What are the key competencies and challenges? What are some practical ways to teach social-emotional skills in the classroom? Follow: @Teach_Preschool @SETLLab @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf A well-known early childhood educator, Ellen Booth Church, spent several years as both a pre-k and kindergarten teacher before becoming an early childhood assistant professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Nova South Eastern University. Ellen is an author of many books for teachers and parents. Dr. Katherine (Kate) Zinsser is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is an applied developmental psychologist and director of the Social-Emotional Teaching and Learning Lab at UIC. Deborah J. Stewart, M.Ed.,over 20 years experience in the field of ear

Our guests tell us that joy is an essential component of learning. Tune in as we explore the role of joy in learning and discover how to create more of it in our classrooms. Follow: @TonySinanis @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Susan Engel is a professor of psychology at Williams College, where she also directs the program in teaching. She is author of, The End of the Rainbow: How Educating for Happiness (Not Money) Would Transform Our Schools and The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood. Steven Wolk is a professor in the Teacher Education Department at Northeastern Illinois University. He is a former elementary and middle school teacher and his latest book is Caring Hearts & Critical Minds.Tony Sinanis is currently the Lead Learner of Cantiague Elementary School in Jericho, New York. Cantiague was named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School and Tony received the 2014 New York State Elementary Principal of the Year Award and the national 2013 Bam

When students have input in their motivation to learn can rise. In this segment we explore strategies for using student choice to drive motivation and learning. Follow: @JMcCarthyEdS @jhblock @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Joshua Block teaches students English and History at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. His work with students integrates inquiry, project-based learning, technology, student performance, and public art. John McCarthy is a national consultant on Differentiation, Edutopia contributor, adjunct professor, co-moderator of the Differentiation chat group: #DI4ALL at www.di4all.org.

One of the most common ways to teach reading and fluency is through popcorn or round-robin reading before the class. Our guests identify the shortcomings of this approach and offer several better strategies. Follow: @mzteachuh @adamsteaching @finleyt @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Todd Finley, PhD is an English education professor at East Carolina University, an assistant editor and blogger for Edutopia, and a co-author of a forthcoming book on classroom design for Rowman and Littlefield. Julie Adams, founder of Adams Educational Consulting (AEC), is an educational consultant providing CCSS Critical Thinking, Neuroscience, Content Literacy, Writing, School Culture, Digital Literacy and Instructional Leadership training and coaching to public and private schools world-wide. Melanie Link Taylor teaches both general ed. and Special Ed. She blogs on education topics MzTeachuh.blogspot.com.