In this episode I speak with Ginger Lewman who is someone everyone needs to add to their tribe! She has a powerful lens of project based learning and how to rethink our roles in education without being too superficial and fake. She is the real deal and someone who has challenged my thinking since I met her in 2012. This episode will give you much food for thought as you think about your own classroom and how to better serve students.

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Topics We Explore

1. How do we infuse project based learning in state of education with so much pressure and focus on standardized testing and sameness of PLC?
2. How can you expect me to do project based learning in my classroom? How can you expect me to do this type of teaching with my class size, my lack of resources, etc.
3. Issue of trauma with our students and ourselves
4. What is one thing that if we don’t change it, then nothing else changes?
5. We cannot get students to high levels of executive functioning through PBL until we have them feel safe and calm. Same is true for teachers!
6. PD needs to be rethought to dive into the stick grey areas and not just black and white simple concepts that don’t lead to change.
7. The importance of communication, listening, and being curious
8. Leadership is not a title

Show Notes & Quotes

• Kansans Can
• ACES

Previous blog posts featuring Ginger

• Where I first met Ginger back in 2012!
  • A New System For Identifying Gifted Education – My New Pursuit and Passion https://wp.me/p4covo-9N
• #NAG17 Reflection, Process, and Next Steps https://wp.me/p4covo-1PG
• 034: Living On The Edge of Chaos Podcast with Ginger Lewman https://wp.me/p4covo-1LM
• 2 Essential Books To Read on Learning https://wp.me/p4covo-1Mq
• NCCE Conference Part 1: Overview of Education Change https://wp.me/p4covo-1Bc
• The Most Powerful Lesson From #MIEExpert15 US Forum at #ISTE2015 https://wp.me/p4covo-1rl
• Reflecting on my Global Classroom presentation at #wcgtc13 #coffeechugPLN https://wp.me/p4covo-20
• What do I think of the WCGTC after one day? #WCGTC13 #coffeechugPLN https://wp.me/p4covo-21
• WDYLTW 4.18.13 Recording and Thoughts https://wp.me/p4covo-4o

WHERE TO FIND Ginger

Website – https://gingerlewman.com/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/gingerlewman

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/GingerLewman/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/GingerLewman

Her book, Lessons for LifePractice Learning by Ginger Lewman  https://amzn.to/2XdHSFO