Invitations to Listen Podcast

Listen in on this conversation with Krissy Ronan, librarian at Marshall High School, and high school senior Aria as they share the importance of libraries offering windows, mirrors, and sliding doors into multiple perspectives and identities. "All reading is good reading" as Krissy shares. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you know when our next episode is released and leave a review because your feedback counts! Twitter: Summer Johnson - @scholarcation Nishi Langhorne - @MrsLanghorne Krissy Ronan - @GCMLibrary

Join Scherrie Dalton and Marissa Petty, two learning leaders from Key MS, as they share their journey through joining our FCPSOnward Learning Leader Cohort, reading the book Street Data, and implementing equity transformation cycles at their school. They share the power of centering student voices and making small shifts that personalize and humanize learning. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you know when our next episode is released and leave a review because your feedback counts! Twitter: Summer Johnson - @scholarcation Nishi Langhorne - @MrsLanghorne Marissa Petty - @MsPettyTweets Scherrie Dalton - @scherriead

Listen in on this conversation with Mollie Safran, Social Studies teacher at Fairfax High, as she defines and discusses queer pedagogy. We talk about how power is used to maintain privilege, how queer can be used as a verb to challenge normative understanding of what it means to be, and how queer pedagogy allows students opportunities to examine and disrupt existing power structures. She shares practical strategies teacher can immediately implement in their classrooms to make them more equitable. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you know when our next episode is released and leave a review because your feedback counts! Twitter: Summer Johnson - @scholarcation Nishi Langhorne - @MrsLanghorne Mollie Safran - @safsocialstudy

Join us for the third part in this three-part series on student tech leaders in schools! Leslie Leisey and Nishi speak with Jessie Davis, student at Chantilly HS, as she shares about her evolution from a tech aide at Poplar Tree ES to a facilitator of professional learning for teachers at Rocky Run MS. She now leads her peers by supporting them with their technology challenges and advocating for the use of technology to enhance learning and engagement. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you know when our next episode is released and leave a review because your feedback counts! Twitter: Summer Johnson - @scholarcation Nishi Langhorne - @MrsLanghorne Leslie Leisey - @LeslieLeisey

Join us for the second part in our three-part series on student tech leaders in schools! Summer and Nishi speak with Pam Galietta, School-Based Technology Specialist at Rocky Run Middle School, Amy Goodloe, Principal at Rocky Run, and two students who are also members of the Tech Padawans, a student technology leadership group that supports the school in leveraging technology for meaningful learning experience for all students. This inspiring conversation speaks to the power of elevating student voice, building overall school capacity through student leadership, and the steps schools can take to start their own student technology leadership teams. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you know when our next episode is released and leave a review because your feedback counts! Twitter: Summer Johnson - @scholarcation Nishi Langhorne - @MrsLanghorne Pam Galietta - @plgalietta Amy Goodloe - @DrGoodloe