Today on the Learning Vibe we are excited to speak with Chef Rhodes!  Chef Rhodes is the passionate culinary Instructor at Iroquois High School, proud graduate of Western High School, who also donates her time with the Lee Initiative and the Mcatee Community Kitchen in Louisville.  Chef Rhodes discusses how the pandemic and protest have changed her as a Chef and as a Teacher in efforts to better support students.  She uses her love of food to support the community with several initiatives with a servant mindset.  Amanda and I had a great discussion with Chef Rhodes to gain insight on how a Culinary Arts teacher keeps her students engaged while teaching online.  

High school students thrive on sports and coaches share a special and passionate relationship with students.  This week on The Learning Vibe we interview a high school basketball coach to talk about how students and coaches are coping with the complications of trying to share the sport they love and maintain relationship during COVID-19.

Listen as we hear from the newly appointed Kentucky Commissioner of Education, Dr. Glass, as he explains his vision and goals leading through the pandemic and implications for the future of education. 

This week, we welcome Dr. Sandra Hogue and Missy Callaway as they walk through their many seasons of teaching-- discussing what has helped them stay with teaching as a career and the importance of surrounding yourself with folks that have something to teach you.  They discuss the energy and the work of younger teachers and how the synergy naturally happens within all schools.  

This week, we welcome Tracey Roberts, Mental Health Counselor at Coral Ridge Elementary, as she helps walk us through the trauma landscape and the lens of education. Having worked through trauma within students and adults, she has learned the breakthrough comes through authentic relationships and connection- meeting them where they are.  Powerful stuff. 

This episode, join us as we have a conversation with Angie Impellizzeri, a veteran high school media arts teacher, as she shares her thoughts and perspective on teaching with technology, without students present in the lab and sage advice for handling and slowing down the pace of non-traditional instruction -- challenges and successes! 

In this episode, join Dr. Kent as she engages with former educators on what prompted their decisions to leave education.  In uncovering the why from the other side, we can attempt to understand the everyday and unseen stresses of educators and administrators.  

As educators, we are to know so much about so many things.  But in this changing educational landscape, having a beginner's mind is critical to unpacking and learning to be inclusive in planning and daily work in the classroom.  Join in as we continue our conversation with Dr. DeDe Wohlfarth - When did we decide it was not OK to talk about race?