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Inspirational Shorts provide brief contributions from educational professionals, advocates, policy makers, and community partners for the advancement of educational effectiveness and equity. Episodes are punctuated with inspirational messages for the EDUP Xcelerated Excellence Community.
March 24, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Elizabeth Power

Guest Elizabeth Power of The Trauma Informed Academy shares inspirational thoughts on how to support students and school staff who experience trauma. Her brilliant insights demystify trauma, explaining it as a human condition...

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March 24, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Ruth Best

Meet Dr. Ruth Best, Assist Dean at the California School of Education (SOE) of Alliant International University. Dr. Best participated in our Inspirational Shorts recorded during the Education 2.0 Conference, 2024 in Las Ve...

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March 26, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Casanova Green — The First-Year College Exp…

Guest ⁠Casanova Green⁠ , director of First-Year experience at ⁠Hocking College⁠ , shares his professional knowledge and passion for ensuring community college student success beginning day one. The first-year experience is vi...

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March 27, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Sylvia Badwi — Supporting Students of Diver…

Our guest, Sylvia Badwi of Agora Prep Academy discusses a unique learning environment that disrupts the traditional, factory-model of education. Agrora Prep in Canada professes a learner-centered educational approach that is ...

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March 28, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Rodney Toulson — Restorative Counseling

Guest Rodney Toulson , owner of Restorative Consulting Services, shares the importance of systemic restorative practices for schools and school districts. The outcome is a transformed learning community. Recorded at the Educa...

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March 28, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Jeannette Eastin — Supporting Grassroots In…

Guest Jeannette Eastin is the founder of Refound Education . Her passion for democratizing education lends itself to supporting families, educators, and communities with innovations and connecting them to vital resources. Jea...

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April 1, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Christopher Bonn — Educational and Assi…

Meet Dr. Christopher Bonn , President and CEO of BonFire Leadership Solutions LLC . He is a former school district superintendent, the author of Igniting Change: The BonFire Principles for Transforming Toxic Organizations , a...

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April 8, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Ty-Quan Payne — The Arts and Social Emotion…

Meet Ty-Quan Payne , Dean of School Culture at Ivy Hill Prep in Brooklyn, NY. Ivy Hill Prep is a small charter school serving grades K-5. Mr. Payne is also an artist and founder of #LovePayne Productions offering independent ...

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April 15, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Alisha Pollard — Developing Students an…

Guest, Dr. Alisha Pollard , is President of Warriors Helping Achieve Triumph (or “WHAT”). What is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to empowering individuals of all ages through enriching experiences and knowled...

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Sept. 18, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Costonzo Bryant-Martin— @CAEPCon on Gen…

Our guest, Dr. Costonzo Bryant-Martin is Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Call Me MiSTER Program at South Carolina State University (SCSU). For this Inspirational Short recorded during the fall 2024 CAEPCo...

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Oct. 29, 2024

Naomi Peña—Supporting Families of Struggling Readers, Literacy Academ…

Our guest, Naomi Peña , is Director of Community Engagement and co-founder for the Literacy Academy Collective . Naomi shares her experiences as a parent and an advocate to assistant families with children struggling in readi...

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