It’s been a pretty epic June at KQED for me and the rest of the KQED teacher professional learning team. It kicked off with the public launch of the brand new KQED Teach! As I mentioned last month, we’ve been seriously in need of an upgrade to our learning management system that houses our online …
It’s been an exciting past few weeks in my professional life, so I’m glad to take a few moments to reflect on the work we’ve done. Led Our First Teacher Meetup in the New KQED! On April 16, I was delighted to lead the final meetup of the 2022 Bay Area Media Literacy PLC, a …
Thirteen years ago I was a new educator at Global Kids in New York City. I was co-leading an ambitious virtual summer camp called “I Dig Zambia” in collaboration with the Field Museum of Chicago. Along with all the challenges of putting on a science camp with 20+ students in two locations, I had been …
“Hi, my name is Maya. I go to school in the Richmond and I love badminton!” The “North Star” of our education department is to “elevate diverse youth voices.” As a diverse team, we operationalize this goal through a number of different strategies. My job as the manager of online learning is focused on supporting …
It’s been a positive month for my work at KQED Education. It’s starting feel like we are transitioning toward a more “normal” work flow, with more days spent in the actual office, student visitors to our HQ, conference presentations and workshops filling our days. Some highlights: Co-led session at California Dance Educators Association on how …
It’s almost the end of 2021, and what a strange year it has been! The pandemic has again been the main driver of changes to our work, along with a renewed focus on racial justice and equity, both in the larger education system and within KQED as a company. I feel so blessed that I …
So I just finished School of Chocolate on Netflix. I honestly had low expectations as yet another reality cooking competition. But I have to say I found a lot to like about the show lead / master chocolatier Amaury Guichon’s approach to supporting and teaching the competitors. Some of my observations: Amaury begins every challenge demoing for …
I”m thrilled to announce that I am leading up a new professional learning community focused on Bay Area educators who want to earn the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED. We’re calling it the Bay Area Media Literacy PLC (professional learning community.) Getting to work with and support local teachers is one of the …
In November, my manager Randy Depew and I gave a lightning talk for the virtual Open Education Conference. Our topic was “KQED Media Academy: Designing Open PD that is Open to All Educators”. It was a great opportunity for us to talk about how we have designed our KQED Media Academy courses to be as …
From a teacher friend. TLDR; even imperfect but heartfelt actions of compassion can effect your students in ways you may never know. The day after the Capitol Riots, I was sitting in my classroom before school, and I got a phone call from another math teacher. He wanted to know what I was going to …