It's the finale of season 8 and the end of our conversation about all things Powerful Student Care (at least for now).

As this season comes to close, Dr. Grant Chandler, and roundtable members, Kathy Mohney and Michael Pipa, talk about why Powerful Student Care is NOT an initiative. And if it isn't, just what is it any?

Join us as we bring a great season of PSC to it's conclusion. And, we can't wait to be back mid-winter, 2025!!

In this ninth episode of season nine, Dr. Chandler and round table panelists Penny Brockway and Michael Pipa unpack the last chapter of his book, Powerful Student Care: Honoring Each Learner as Distinctive & Irreplaceable, ASCD, 2023.

The last chapter of the book, co-written by Kathleen M. Budge, is a call to action to educators everywhere to disrupt the educational landscape and create a space that honors each student's humanity.

Do we have the courage to act? Can we take feelings of a lack of worth and alienation out of the educational experience?

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In our eighth episode of this season, our panel explores the concept of bravery. The bravery to think about how each student is served by the enterprise of schooling. The bravery to think about how each student experiences the tenets of community. The bravery each parent exhibits when they entrust their children to us, the educators. Do we have the courage to act so that each student knows they are distinctive and irreplaceable?

In this episode we will surface powerful quotes from Chapter 8 of Powerful Student Care: Honoring Each Learner as Distinctive & Irreplaceable, published by ASCD in 2023, and written by Grant A. Chandler & Kathleen M. Budge.

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In our seventh episode of this season, our panel is joined by veteran K-20 educator, author, professor, and founder of Sustained Solutions, Dr. Alicia S. Monroe, as we explore how we honor that each student is here to do well, to cultivate self-efficacy and agency, and to experience the joy in learning .

In this episode we will explore Chapter 6 of Powerful Student Care: Honoring Each Learner as Distinctive & Irreplaceable, published by ASCD in 2023, and written by Grant A. Chandler & Kathleen M. Budge.

What does it look like when we focus our energy on the human experience in our classroom? How does that change the trajectory of not just their learning, but on what matters even more - when we prove to them that this world, this society, this school, and this classroom exists for them.

Join Dr. Monroe and roundtable members, Kathy Mohney, Penny Brockway, and Michael Pipa, as we all think about the power of what we do to prove to each student that they are distinctive and irreplaceable.

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In our sixth episode of this season, our panel is joined by K-12 and higher ed administrator, Jim. Van Nada as we explore how each student is welcomed and valued n Chapter 5 of Powerful Student Care: Honoring Each Learner as Distinctive & Irreplaceable.

What does it look like when we focus our energy on the human experience in our classroom? How does that change the trajectory of not just their learning, but on what matters even more - when we prove to them that this world, this society, this school, and this classroom exists for them.

Join Jim and roundtable members, Kathy Mohney and Michael Pipa, as we all think about the power of what we do to prove to each student how very much they matter.

Don't miss another exciting conversation about Powerful Student Care.

In our fifth episode of this season, our panel is joined by veteran elementary teacher and administrator, Julie Farmer, as we explore Our Way of Thinking in Chapter 4 of Powerful Student Care: Honoring Each Learner as Distinctive & Irreplaceable.

Why is it so exhausting to make decisions or provide answers all day long and how does the Spirit of Inquiry, our Contemplative Practice, better help us understand what each student experiences not just what we intend for them to experience.

Join Julie, and roundtable members Kathy Mohney, Penny Brockway, and Michael Pipa as we all think about the power of the Contemplative Practice.

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Michael Pipa returns as a permanent member of our roundtable. In this episode, Kathy, Michael, and Grant explore big ideas from the third chapter of the book, Powerful Student Care: Honoring Each Learner as Distinctive & Irreplaceable, written by Chandler and Kathleen M. Budge.

Learn about some of the big ideas that they used to create "A Way of Knowing" and be a part of the radical movement to bring humanity to each learner in the classroom.

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We are thrilled to welcome Midwest Virtual Educator Shelby Atkin back to The Wheelhouse in this third episode of season 8. Each of us, Kathy, Penny, Shelby and I, bring our favorite quote from chapter 2 of my book, Powerful Student Care: Honoring Each Learning as Distinctive and Irreplaceable co-written with Kathleen M. Budge.

What does it mean to belong to a community of difference? How is community bigger than just a location? How does love perpetuate love?

You don't want to miss this roundtable conversation.