California's Best Teachers Podcast Castos https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com Interviews with some of the best teachers in California. Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:11:00 +0000 en © 2021 US https://episodes.castos.com/5fe276e50ff671-47044638/images/ca-best-teacher-44202373-1-.png California's Best Teachers Podcast https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com Interviews with some of the best teachers in California. Jordan Mattox episodic Interviews with some of the best teachers in California. Jordan Mattox jordanmattox@gmail.com false https://feeds.castos.com/41wdr yes yes <![CDATA[Allison Cyr, 3rd Grade Teacher and CA Teacher of the Year]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:11:00 +0000 Jordan Mattox https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/podcasts/21946/episodes/allison-cyr-3rd-grade-teacher-and-ca-teacher-of-the-year https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/episodes/allison-cyr-3rd-grade-teacher-and-ca-teacher-of-the-year Allison Cyr, a teacher with the Desert Sands Unified School District, was named a 2021 California Teacher of the Year. Cyr is a third-grade teacher at Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School in Indio.

Books

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon

Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard: Finding Your Purpose and Putting it to Work by Linda Cliatt-Wayman

Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute 

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore 

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Books

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon

Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard: Finding Your Purpose and Putting it to Work by Linda Cliatt-Wayman

Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute 

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore 

]]> 01:01:03 <![CDATA[Jim Klipfel, Social Studies Teacher and California's 2021 Teacher of the Year ]]> Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:25:00 +0000 Jordan Mattox https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/podcasts/21946/episodes/jim-klipfel-social-studies-teacher-and-california39s-2021-teacher-of-the-year https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/episodes/jim-klipfel-social-studies-teacher-and-california39s-2021-teacher-of-the-year Today, we have Jim Klipfel on the show. Jim was announced as being California’s Teacher of the Year for 2021. He is now in contention for national teacher of the year award. Jim is a high school history teacher and has thirty years of insight to share with us.

Books Recommended

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Leaders of Learning by Richard DuFour and Robert Marzano

What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action by Robert Marzano 

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How the Got that Way by Amanda Ripley 

 

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Books Recommended

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Leaders of Learning by Richard DuFour and Robert Marzano

What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action by Robert Marzano 

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How the Got that Way by Amanda Ripley 

 

]]> 00:54:44 <![CDATA[Rosie Reed, English Teacher from Walnut Creek]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:39:00 +0000 Jordan Mattox https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/podcasts/21946/episodes/rosie-reed-english-teacher-from-walnut-creek https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/episodes/rosie-reed-english-teacher-from-walnut-creek Rosie Reid Teaches teaches English to ninth through twelfth grade students at Northgate High School, Mount Diablo Unified School District in Walnut Creek and was the 2019 California Teacher of the Year.

 

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]]> 00:41:53 <![CDATA[Jaime Brown, IB English and Film Studies Teacher from San Diego, CA ]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:27:00 +0000 Jordan Mattox https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/podcasts/21946/episodes/jaime-brown-ib-english-and-film-studies-teacher-from-san-diego-ca https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/episodes/jaime-brown-ib-english-and-film-studies-teacher-from-san-diego-ca Today, we are talking to Jaime Brown who teaches IB English and Film Studies at San Diego High School, where she also attended. She has encouraged her students to volunteer at film festivals and developed a partnership with the San Diego Film Critics Society.

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]]> 00:36:35 <![CDATA[Tim Smith, Award Winning Math Teacher from Elk Grove, CA ]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:19:00 +0000 Jordan Mattox https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/podcasts/21946/episodes/tim-smith-award-winning-math-teacher-from-elk-grove-ca https://californias-best-teachers-podcast.castos.com/episodes/tim-smith-award-winning-math-teacher-from-elk-grove-ca Today, we are speaking with Tim Smith, who was one California’s teachers of the year and was nominated for National Teacher of the Year. Smith is a math teacher from Elk Grove.

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