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Appearances
Below is a list of locations and recordings where you can hear me talking more about education, technology, and professional development. And usually some ridiculousness or another. Teach Better Talk Podcast – You’re Doing Enough In 2020, the Teach Better Talk Podcast invited me on to talk about failure, finding the good in emergency remote…
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Podcast Archive
All episodes of The Planning Period Podcast are still available to listen to. Listen to me interview some of the biggest and most interesting people in education and ask them my three questions.
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Three Biggest Data Mistakes School Leaders Make
As school leaders, we know that data drives decision-making. From tracking student progress to identifying intervention needs, our spreadsheets hold the key to unlocking student success. But too often, we find ourselves stuck in inefficient workflows, spending more time organizing, manipulating, and simplifying data than actually using it to make impactful decisions. Over the last…
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Ryan Tibbens – The Need For Flexibility
Hello, and welcome to Episode 157 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Ryan Tibbens. Ryan is a high school English teacher out of Northern Virginia, and the host of the Classcast Podcast, a self-described podcast about education for…
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Aviva Levin – Teaching Students, Not A Subject
Hello, and welcome to Episode 156 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Aviva Levin. Aviva is a Canadian living in Seattle, WA working on her graduate degree. She was a French and Social Studies teacher in Canada before…
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Joshua Stamper – Aspire to Lead
Hello, and welcome to Episode 155 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Joshua Stamper. Joshua is a middle school assistant principal, host of the Aspire Podcast, member of the Teach Better Team, and author of upcoming Aspire to…
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Joseph Pizzo – Roar of the Greasepaint, Smell of the Crowd
Hello, and welcome to Episode 154 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Joseph Pizzo. Joe is a 47 year teacher of middle school students. He is passionate about his content in English, his students, and learning. Joseph and…
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Kyle Hamstra – Impacting Lives
Hello, and welcome to Episode 153 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Kyle Hamstra. Kyle is a STEM specialist, former 5th grade teacher, and edtech advocate. He and I have been loosely connected for the last few years,…
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Stefanie Rothstein – Safe Risk Taking
Hello, and welcome to Episode 152 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Stefanie Rothstein. Stef is a former elementary teacher, and is now an instructional coach and social emotional learning coordinator, founder of two businesses and a non-profit,…
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Alexis Wiggins – Bring Out The “Better Than an A”
Hello, and welcome to Episode 151 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Alexis Wiggins. Alexis is a high school English Teacher, former instructional coach, and author of “The Best Class You Never Taught.” Former guest Craig Randall connected…
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Hans Appel – It’s Not About a Curriculum
Hello, and welcome to Episode 150 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Hans Appel. Hans is a middle school counselor in Washington, the co-creator of the Award Winning Culture brand, book, and podcast, and a member of the…
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Chelsea Bonilla – VR Magic School Bus Style
Hello, and welcome to Episode 149 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Chelsea Bonilla. Chelsea has been an educator for over 14 years and spent time with language learners and lead into incorporating VR into her class. She…
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Ken Shelton – Equity and Techquity
Hello, and welcome to Episode 148 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Ken Shelton. Ken is the next in my podcasting blind dates series. He has been an educator for more than 20 years. He spent time as…
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Tesha Fritzgerald – Listening and Learning First
Hello, and welcome to Episode 147 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Tesha Fritzgerald. Tesha is a self-described coach, Universal Design for Learning specialist, and newly published author. A friend of mine suggested that Tesha would make a…
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Audrey Thornborrow – Trust in Students
Hello, and welcome to Episode 146 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Audrey Thornborrow. Audrey is an instructional coach out of Minnesota and a blogger on the OnEducationPodcast website. Her and I have interacted a few times on…
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Don Goble – Student Media Literacy
Hello, and welcome to Episode 144 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Don Goble. Don is a public high school teacher, He started his adult life as a radio broadcaster, moved into IT company, and then changed careers…
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Glenn Whitman – Neuroscience in Education
Hello, and welcome to Episode 145 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Glenn Whitman. Glenn is the next in the line of podcasting blind dates. Glenn is a 25+ year educator out of DC area, and is the…
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Jesus Huerta – Passion for 3D Printing
Hello, and welcome to Episode 143 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Jesus Huerta. Jesus is a 6th grade teacher in southern California, at a border town on the Mexican border. Jesus is the next in the line…
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Sean Forde – Global Collaboration
Hello, and welcome to Episode 142 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Sean Forde. Sean is the first in what will be a long series of podcasting blind dates for the show. I reached out on Twitter to…
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Amanda Macias – Team Uniquorn
Hello, and welcome to Episode 141 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Amanda Macias. Amanda is and instructional coach out of southern California, and she is also part of the InsideParticipate Twitch channel, and a regular participant on…
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Craig Randall – Trust Based Observations
Hello, and welcome to Episode 140 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Craig Randall. Craig is a former elementary and middle school counselor, college basketball coach, principal, and now an author. I heard him on Dan Kreiness’ podcast…
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Jennifer Appel – It’s OK To Have Fun
Hello, and welcome to Episode 139 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Jennifer Appel. Jennifer is an innovation coach, speaker, author, and Chief Heart Officer at the Teach Better Team. Her and her husband, hopefully future guest of…
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Becky Lattof – Believe in People
Hello, and welcome to Episode 138 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Becky Lattof. Becky is a former STEM and 5th grade teacher. Her and I met through Steve Isaacs and his Sandbox show with Mike Washburn. Becky…
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Dan Kreiness – Leadership In Schools
Hello, and welcome to Episode 137 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Dan Kreiness. Dan is a fellow podcaster, host of the Leader of Learning Podcast, an instructional coach out of Long Island, and good friend of mine…
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Sarah Anne Lalonde – Being Back with Kids
Hello, and welcome to Episode 136 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Sarah Anne Lalonde. Sarah should need little introduction, because she is amazing and you should be following her, and because she is an amazing friend of…
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Dr. Sheldon Eakins – Leading Equity
Hello, and welcome to Episode 135 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Dr. Sheldon Eakins. In my mind, there is a list of people I have wanted to have on the show when the time was right. I…
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Jeff Gargas – He’s a Pretty Weed
Hello, and welcome to Episode 134 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Jeff Gargas. Jeff is the COO and one of the co-founders of the Teach Better Team. The team is dedicated to helping teachers, schools, and districts…
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Bruce Reicher – Scripted TV Production Classes
Hello, and welcome to Episode 133 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Bruce Reicher. Bruce is a middle school TV production teacher out of New Jersey. He listened and chatted with me about a few episodes of the…
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My Mental Health Journey
To hear a recording of me reading this post, checkout the podcast episode. Today, I want to tell you a story. Spoiler Alert: I have anxiety and depression. I haven’t said that in public before. In fact, I’ve only said that to about five people in my life at all. I didn’t know I had…
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Brad Shreffler – My Mental Health Journey
Hello, and welcome to Episode 132 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show it is just me talking to you. I rarely editorialize on the podcast, but there have been things happening over the last 6 months or so that I feel compelled…
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Gretchen Eisenhut – Thirst for Learning
Hello, and welcome to Episode 131 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Gretchen Eisenhut. Gretchen is a Title I elementary teacher out of California. She was recommended as a guest to me by Shane Lawrence, and on his…
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Mandy Froehlich – Teacher Self Care and Mental Health
Hello, and welcome to Episode 130 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Mandy Froehlich. Mandy is a former elementary teacher and technology director for a district. She is now a full-time consultant, author, and speaker. I’ve heard her…
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Justin Ballou – Competency Based Learning
Hello, and welcome to Episode 129 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Justin Ballou. Justin is a high school social studies teacher out of New Hampshire who is focused on applied competency based learning. Justin and I talk…
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Michael Drezek – Educator Burnout
Hello, and welcome to Episode 128 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Michael Drezek. Michael is a technology integrator out of New York. He and I met at ISTE last year and just haven’t been able to line…
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Lee Wright – Education is a Practice
Hello, and welcome to Episode 127 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Lee Wright. I met Lee last week when former guest Roxy invited him to join our OrlandoCoffeeEdu virtual chat. He was so much fun to talk…
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Matthew Ketchum – Coaching, Coding, and Connecting
Hello, and welcome to Episode 126 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Matthew Ketchum. Matthew is the co-host of the TNT EdTech Podcast with former guest Scott Nunes. He’s also a district technology coach out of California. Matthew…
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Madhu Govind – Early Learners and Technology
Hello, and welcome to Episode 125 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Madhu Govind. Madhu is a doctorial student focused on technology in early learners at the Tuffts University DevTech Research Group, and a former special education teacher…
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Roxy Bitere – It’s Just Roxy
Hello, and welcome to Episode 124 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Roxy Bitere. Roxy is a 9th Grade English teacher near me. We have met a few times now for EdCamps and other local events and I…
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Erin Kiger – People Aren’t The Problem
Hello, and welcome to Episode 123 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Erin Kiger. Erin is an instructional coach at a charter school in my area. We were connected by our mutual friend when she was going to…
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Rae Hughart – Don’t be Comfortable with Complacency
Hello, and welcome to Episode 122 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Rae Hughart. Rae is a 6th grade math teacher in Illinois, and a member of the TeachBetter Team, a group of educators driven to share great…
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Kim Edmondson – Answering the ‘So What?’
Hello, and welcome to Episode 121 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Kim Edmondson. Kim is a social studies and English teacher, and soon to be PhD student at the University of Alberta. She focused her research in…
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Michael Matera – The Balance of The Art and Science of Teaching
Hello, and welcome to Episode 120 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Michael Matera. Michael is a 6th grade world history teacher and an expert in all things gamification. He believes in the importance of finding the joy…
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Distance Learning Panel
Hello, and welcome to Episode 119 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Blair Mishleu and Jon Spike. Blair and Jon are both specialists with digital and distance learning. I reached out to them and asked if they would…
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Paolo Tolomeo – Passion in the Classroom
Hello, and welcome to Episode 118 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Paolo Tolomeo. Paolo is a 4th grade teacher who is passionate about gamifying his classroom. He was also a 2020 PA Teacher of the Year Finalist.…
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Dan Roeder – Clear and Honest Communication
Hello, and welcome to Episode 117 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Dan Roeder. Dan is an education specialist, performer, composer, and collaborator. He reached out to me to ask some questions about starting his own podcast, and…
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Dr. Jacie Maslyk – Taking Risks
Hello, and welcome to Episode 116 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Dr. Jacie Maslyk. Jacie is an Assistant Superintendent for a school district in Pittsburg, as well as an author, presenter, and consultant. I heard her on…
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Katelynn Giordano – Equity and Running 6th Graders
Hello, and welcome to Episode 115 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Katelynn Giordano. Katelynn is a Middle School English teacher, blogger, and content editor for the Teach Better Team. I reached out to one of my Edu…
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Dr. Monica Burns – Class Tech Tips
Hello, and welcome to Episode 114 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Dr. Monica Burns. Monica is an EdTech and curriculum consultant, author of multiple books, including Tasks Before Apps, #FormativeTech, and Deeper Learning with QR Codes and…
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Dr. Andy Jacks – Questioning Your Assumptions
Hello, and welcome to Episode 113 of the Planning Period Podcast, part of the OnPodcastMedia Network. I’m your host, Brad Shreffler. This week on the show I am joined by Dr. Andy Jacks. Dr. Jacks is a nationally distinguished principal, and former Virginia Principal of the Year. I heard Andy on an episode of Vicki Davis’…
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