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School Interrupted
The school landscape is in need of a gentle revolution - one that creates significant change - but one that is done with love and respect. Join Dr. Debbie Pushor and former graduate students in discussions about the transformative nature of parent engagement in schools. From co-constructing teaching and learning in nature with parents to looking inward as teachers at one’s white savior complex, from inspiring change in schools to make them more familycentric to the challenges and triumphs of creating meaningful relationships with parents as a teacher, you’ll find it all here. These brilliant and engaging explorations are for educators, parents, and learners alike. Join us on the shifting landscape of schools, this is School Interrupted. This podcast is sponsored by Debbie Pushor Engagement Group.
Episodes
11 episodes
Honouring Parents as Educational Partners
When you think about education, whose job is it to teach the child? This question can cause a bit of contention when people view teaching as only the teacher’s job. This week's host is Jessica Wall, a Kindergarten teacher in rural Saskatchewan....
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37:00
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Co-Creating Nature Experiences from Parent Funds of Knowledge
“It takes a village to raise a child” - ProverbWhat possibilities await when we tap into one of our greatest resources and engage in meaningful conversations? Join host, Haylee Olver, and parent guest, Lance Zacharias, in a meaningful co...
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Welcoming Parent Engagement Through Technology
“The technology you use impresses no one. The experience you create with it is everything.” Sean Gerety. For years, technology was something new that many teachers resisted. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, technology became part of...
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41:34
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Parent Indigenous Knowledge in the Public-School Curriculum
How can indigenous parent knowledge be incorporated into the school curriculum? Can we infuse the curriculum with Indigenous knowledge from parents and others and fold it into a curriculum that is westernized by nature?Join host Tom Clax...
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29:55
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Embracing Culture in Schools
Imagine a school community where all parents and children feel included and accepted, where cultural knowledge and diversity are embraced. Our host for this week’s episode is Katelyn Hopkins, a passionate Kindergarten teacher who works in rural...
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41:13
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Authentic Parent Engagement: Two Unique Perspectives
There’s a lot of talk about how to engage families in schools, it’s an important issue to discuss. We want families to be part of a student’s education and we want them to feel welcome on the school landscape. Part of the conversation around th...
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43:55
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A Shift in Mindset: From Saviour to Ally
Within the broad field of parent engagement, this episode zeroes in on a topic that may make some people uncomfortable. The topic of white Privilege. White privilege is something that our hosts, Randi and Andrea, grew up with and had no idea ex...
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30:03
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Motherhood & How it Impacts Our Teaching
"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born" - RajneeshStacey Crowe hosts this week's episode alongside her guest Melanie Lynchuk. Join them as they chat about their experience of becoming new moms while taking their master's pr...
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Teachers & Parents: Changing Mindsets, Building Relationships
The simple act of a parent-teacher relationship can have a profound effect on the student. Join Michael Crowe on this week's episode, where he talks about changing mindsets and building relationships between teachers and parents. Michael will b...
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From Schoolcentric to Familycentric: A Gentle Revolution
Debbie is a mother and educator with parent engagement as her driving focus. Having experienced schooling as a student from Grade 1 through doctorate, as a public school teacher, consultant, principal, senior administrator, and now as a researc...
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