Shared Burdens, Triumphs - Women Leading Through Systems

Mirror, Window, or Sliding Glass Door?

COMMENTS: Drop Your Thoughts [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/fan_mail/new] Mirror, Window, or Sliding Glass Door? (The Identity Reaction). In today's, we are doing something a little different. We are having a "Reaction Conversation" to close out the four-episode journey exploring educator identity. I recently sat down with an article by Professor Shaylyn Marks in the Spring 2026 issue of American Educator magazine titled "Being Seen."  Being Seen [https://www.aft.org/ae/spring2026/marks] article by Professor Shaylyn Marks Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/support] Sponsor: Pinecone Tutoring Service [https://www.pineconetutoring.com]

Conformed and Commissioned Texas 2036 Narrative Victory

COMMENTS: Drop Your Thoughts [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/fan_mail/new] In today's show, we discuss how classrooms AND DISTRICTS are filled with high-stakes, complex policies and students who are searching for more than just a grade. Under State policy Texas 2036, parental expectations, and student needs. Download and printable Vison Mapping Guide [https://canva.link/p4klerl39m52rjw] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/support] Sponsor: Pinecone Tutoring Service [https://www.pineconetutoring.com]

What's Your Educator Identity?

COMMENTS: Drop Your Thoughts [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/fan_mail/new] Reacting to Education Week Article "I Don’t Have to Love My Students to Be a Good Teacher. [https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-i-dont-have-to-love-my-students-to-be-a-good-teacher/2022/03]"  In today's episode, we are venturing into territory that might feel a bit jarring. Perhaps even a little “off limits” for the typical faculty room or teacher’s lounge conversation. Conversation will provide a space where educators face the friction of the profession and seek the masterpiece hidden within. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/support] Sponsor: Pinecone Tutoring Service [https://www.pineconetutoring.com]

Female Pinecone Unfolding – Self as Image-Bearer

COMMENTS: Drop Your Thoughts [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/fan_mail/new] Today's podcast guides educators through job loss, rejections, and contract endings during Women’s History Month of March. The female pinecone serves as a metaphor for the unfolding of hidden beauty amid hardship and change. Receive journal prompts and S.W.O.T./N.O.I.S.E. analysis tools to reframe setbacks and change as growth.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/support] Sponsor: Pinecone Tutoring Service [https://www.pineconetutoring.com]

Shared Burdens, Triumphs - Women Leading Through Systems

COMMENTS: Drop Your Thoughts [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/fan_mail/new] Legacy of the late Bishop Charles J. Reed. Shared Burdens, Triumphs - Women Leading Through Systems that celebrates how women leaders transformed exclusion into shared responsibility, cola boring with the late Bishop C.J. across reformed Protestant fellowships to foster equity, distributive leadership and systemic advancement in biblically led church cultural. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2420869/support] Sponsor: Pinecone Tutoring Service [https://www.pineconetutoring.com]