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A Focus on Teacher Dignity
Sep 3, 2026
36m 07s
Teacher Leadership Skills vs. Teacher Leadership Positions
Aug 27, 2026
35m 43s
More Than Setting a Goal: Turning Professional Growth Plans into Professional Learning
Aug 20, 2026
16m 32s
Scale-up Leadership Production Behaviors
Aug 13, 2026
34m 19s
Three Questions That Can Change Your School
Aug 6, 2026
16m 23s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 9/3/26 |  A Focus on Teacher Dignity | The author of, "Not One More Teacher Lost," Brad Gaynor, explores the powerful idea that improving education is not only about developing better teachers and leaders, but also about creating the conditions in which they can continue to do their best work. What happens when systems confuse accountability with documentation, support with compliance, and improvement with constant change? Connect with Brad and his work here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 36m 07s | ||||||
| 8/27/26 |  Teacher Leadership Skills vs. Teacher Leadership Positions | “Within every school there is a sleeping giant of teacher leadership which can be a strong catalyst for making change.” (Katzenmeyer and Mollar, "Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Helping Teachers Develop as Leaders") Carly Quiros, from EdAdvance, explores this quote with Steve. What should instructional coaches, school and teacher leaders be modeling and doing to create schools that are “leaderfull?” Find Carly’s Blog in ISTE/ASCD Visit Carly's LinkedIn and get in touch Visit EdAdvance Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 35m 43s | ||||||
| 8/20/26 |  More Than Setting a Goal: Turning Professional Growth Plans into Professional Learning | A meeting to establish a teacher’s professional growth plan goal can either be a perfunctory activity to be checked of the “to do list” or the start of a year-long do --- reflect --- apply cycle that generates professional learning. Ask these questions at the end of the planning meeting: Does the teacher own the goal? Is there something they're curious about? Have they identified something they want to learn rather than simply something they want to accomplish? Do they know what evidence they'll examine? Are they leaving the conversation thinking more deeply than when they entered it? Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 16m 32s | ||||||
| 8/13/26 |  Scale-up Leadership Production Behaviors | Kelly Hastings, founder of Enlightening Leadership and author of Leading Change That Lasts shares thoughts on school leaders planning backwards from desired student outcomes to leadership actions. How do leaders involve and empower teachers in the process? What role does evidence of progress, with cautions around “fidelity,” play in supporting an implementation. Visit the Enlightening Leadership website and Connect with Kelly here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 34m 19s | ||||||
| 8/6/26 |  Three Questions That Can Change Your School | Schools aren't experienced through mission statements or curriculum guides. They're experienced one interaction at a time. What are students experiencing? What are teachers experiencing? How do we know? Coaches can help teachers and leaders gather evidence about experiences that often go unnoticed because they have become routine - or even unconscious. Watch Marcela Andreas Diaz Revultas’ video here. Find Tim Montalvo’s blog here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 16m 23s | ||||||
| 7/30/26 |  Professional Learning: A Key Element of an Eco System for School Change | If professional learning for educators is going to generate increased learning success for students, it needs to be an environment, not an event. Dr. Marisa Ramirez Stukey, co-author of, "Professional Learning Redefined: An Evidence-Based Guide," shares key elements of effective professional learning and the necessary commitments needed from administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers. Visit The Reading League website and get in touch with Dr. Stukey here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 30m 20s | ||||||
| 7/23/26 |  Teachers Engaging with Instructional Coaches to Start the Year | In many schools, it isn’t common to find teachers exploring possibilities and reflecting on observations with instructional coaches early in the school year. Perhaps there is a view that coaching is problem-solving and the idea that coaching around designing is being missed. Hear an example of what that coaching around a teacher’s early planning might sound like. Find Dan Steele’s post here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 15m 50s | ||||||
| 7/16/26 |  The Multiplier Coach: Spotting, Naming, and Growing Teacher Talent | Multipliers, as Liz Wiseman identified ("Multipliers - How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter") don't simply recognize talent—they help it grow and spread. Perhaps that's one of the most important roles of an instructional coach. Rather than identifying what teachers are missing, coaches are on the prowl for the capabilities that are already emerging. Noticing them, naming them and creating opportunities for those talents to become even more powerful and, ultimately, benefit colleagues and students beyond a single classroom. Watch the Positive Psychology in Coaching and Professional Practices video (from Growth Coaching International) here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 17m 14s | ||||||
| 7/9/26 |  Why Teacher Conversations Matter More Than Meetings | Teacher to teacher conversations are powerful when they expose us to perspectives we would not generate on our own. Left to ourselves, we tend to revisit familiar assumptions, interpretations, and solutions. We think within the boundaries of our current mental models. Dialogue creates the opportunity for those mental models to be challenged, refined, or expanded. How do instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and administrators support those dialogues? Listen to Naquin’s podcast, "What educators should know when talking with one another" here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 19m 31s | ||||||
| 7/2/26 |  Learning with Wow, Awe, and Wonder | Michael Hernandez, the author of, "Storytelling With Purpose: Digital Projects to Ignite Student Curiosity" and "The Uncheatable Assessment Course," shares insights on authentic learning. How can we create learning tasks and assessments that encourage and strengthen students' curiosity - supporting them in becoming engaged and inquisitive scholars and citizens. Read Michael's article, When Assignments Invite Wonder here. Find his book, "Storytelling With Purpose: Digital Projects to Ignite Student Curiosity" here. Find the Uncheatable Assessments Course here. Contact Michael: LinkedIn | Instagram | [email protected] Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 33m 57s | ||||||
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| 6/25/26 |  Wandering and Wondering for All Learners | "It’s time to treat curiosity as the superpower it is. We can build students’ ability to use this learning power by giving them the tools, time, and encouragement to wield it effectively." Dr. Teresa Hill, the superintendent of South Holland Schools in Illinois and the author of, "The Instructional Leaders Guide to Closing Achievement Gaps: Five Keys for Improving Student Outcomes," highlights the “why and how” to empower learning with curiosity. Curiosity is a key to her motto, "All children can learn….. Period." Read Dr. Hill's ASCD article, "Curiosity Is a Superpower" here. Find Dr. Hill on LinkedIn here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 33m 47s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  Building Your Coaching Impact: Confidence, Communication, Connections | Leadership coach for educators and business leaders, Julie Schniers, shares her insights around coaching others to create opportunities for growth, self- discovery, increased confidence, and a focus to accomplish their goals. She focusses on the importance of communication, connections, and confidence. Coaching curiosity is a key. Visit Julie's website and connect here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 36m 55s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  Supporting Teacher Wellbeing | Keith Young, a co-author of, "The Teaching Strategy Handbook: 200+ Solutions for Common Classroom Challenges," explores the strategies from the book’s Chapter 8, "Teacher Burnout and Stress." Keith shares the practices individual teachers can implement as well as the roles that teacher leaders, instructional coaches and administrators can play in support of teachers. The impact that effective PLCs can play is highlighted. Coaches can support teachers in exploring “circles of influence” as a way of focusing energy investment. Having options addressed throughout "The Teaching Strategy Handbook" support teacher wellbeing. Listen to Keith’s earlier podcast, "Observing and Coaching Classroom Management" here. Visit Keith's website and get in touch here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 42m 42s | ||||||
| 6/4/26 |  A Coaching Model of Coachability | It’s rather clear to most people that to be an effective coach one needs an appropriate mindset for investing in the growth of others and a set of listening and verbal skills for coaching conferencing. Less often considered are the mindsets and skills needed to gain from coaching input. We might label it as one’s coachability. Robyn Vierra, the Teaching and Learning Coordinator at the American School in New Delhi, shares her experiences with being coached. Consider your coachability as you hear Robyn’s story. Connect with Robyn: [email protected] Find the Instructional Coaching Micro-Credential Program here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 19m 57s | ||||||
| 5/28/26 |  Real Objects, Curiosity, and Inquiry | Tania Lattanzio from Innovative Global Education examines the impact of real objects and the real environment on student learning: When real objects and real environments are the starting point: Curiosity leads the learning. Questioning feels purposeful. Wonder is protected. Understanding grows from evidence. It communicates that learning is not about receiving information, but about making sense of the world. Honoring students as thinkers. Visit the Innovative Global Education website and connect with Tania here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 35m 54s | ||||||
| 5/21/26 |  Building Teachers' Trust for AI Adoption | Roney Nascimento, an IB Diploma Mathematics Teacher and AI solutions developer describes his response to this insight. "Teachers weren’t avoiding AI because they didn’t understand it. They were avoiding it because they didn’t trust it or trust themselves to use it responsibly. They were skeptical and wary." Gain insights for your professional learning design both in and out of technology adoption. Read Roney's ASCD article here. Find Roney's book, "Generative AI for Teachers: A Practical Guide to Educational Technology" here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 28m 40s | ||||||
| 5/14/26 |  Coaching Around the Fidelity Question | Have you heard this from school leaders? “We invested heavily in this new curricular program. Teachers were invited to give input during the decision-making process. Resources were purchased. Training was completed. Expectations were communicated. We all want greater consistency across classrooms and stronger outcomes for students. So why aren’t teachers implementing the program with fidelity?” Fidelity to purpose that engages teachers as professional partners is likely necessary. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 15m 11s | ||||||
| 5/7/26 |  The Intersection of Curriculum, Technology, and People to Deliver Learning Outcomes | Sari Factor, the Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer at Imagine Learning, explores the intersection of curriculum, technology, and people. These questions are explored: What makes a curriculum high quality? How can technology best support the teaching and learning process? What role might AI play in extending this intersection? How should schools be considering the questions around screen time? What role do instructional coaches and school leaders have in supporting high quality learning? Visit the Imagine Learning website here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 25m 00s | ||||||
| 4/30/26 |  Coachee Driven Coaching | As a guest on another podcast, I was asked what were my thoughts, after all my years in the coaching field, what the ideas and ideals of coaching done well would be? "Coaching done well"begins with the coachee’s thinking driving the work, and continues with the coach intentionally choosing responses that move that thinking forward. It isn’t about selecting the "right" strategy —it’s about selecting the response that best supports the coachee’s reflection and growth at that moment. Check out the Coaching Done Well Podcast here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 13m 16s | ||||||
| 4/23/26 |  Rigor and Scaffolding | Rigor doesn’t mean more work, and it doesn’t mean figuring it out on your own without support. It should mean achievement at a level just outside of a student’s ability to do things unaided. Just like temporary building support structures, scaffolds for learners are designed to provide access to rigorous learning for all. We want our learners to have what they need to experience productive struggle at a higher level of challenge. James Fester describes strategies to create that support. Read James' article, "How to Scaffold Learning and Maintain Rigor" here. Visit the National Park Classroom website here. Visit James' website and get in contact here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 31m 14s | ||||||
| 4/16/26 |  Building Resourcefulness, Resilience, and Collaboration | Resourcefulness, resilience, and collaboration are critical mindsets, and skill sets, for students to develop. For schools to support those outcomes, educators must have the opportunity to develop the same. Mitch Weisburgh, the author of, "Mindshifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success," explores the importance and possibilities. What’s the role of wellbeing and hope in achieving long term, deep learning? Visit the Mindshifting Website & connect with Mitch here. Download "Why We React Instead of Respond" — a free MindShifting Conversation Circle for your educator team here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 39m 18s | ||||||
| 4/9/26 |  Starting Post-Conference Conversations That Lead to Reflection | What’s one of the first questions you tend to ask a teacher after you’ve broken the ice in a post-conference? Here’s one I hear very often: “How do you think that went?" I cringe a little when I hear that question. The reason is something I learned the hard way early in my coaching career. That question can lead to teachers protecting and the moment protection enters the conversation, reflection usually leaves it. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 10m 17s | ||||||
| 4/2/26 |  Inside-Out vs. Outside-In Observation | Classroom observations can become overly focused on our unconscious bias toward traditional signs of quality teaching and learning. Observers can focus on teaching moves and the appearance of engagement but miss what matters most: are students making sense of the learning. Experienced educator, Dr. Michael McDowell shares the need to “flip” our view in observation to look past surface signals of teaching and learning rituals and perhaps disrupt them. Read "Flipping the Lens on Classroom Observations With the ‘Inside-Out’ Method" here. Visit the Hinge Education website and connect with Michael here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 22m 53s | ||||||
| 3/26/26 |  Building a Culture of Growth With Learning Walks | "When leaders consistently show up in classrooms, not to judge, but to learn and support, they help to create schools where continuous improvement is not an initiative but a way of life." (Dr. Raymond Schmidt) Dr. Schmidt describes how learning walks can build alignment among a teaching staff and administrative team. He explores elements pre, during, and post learning walk observations that build professional learning as continuous and collective, not a one-time event. Read "From Presence to Practice: How Learning Walks and SMART Feedback Strengthen Instructional Leadership in K–12 Schools" here. Visit Dr. Schmidt' LinkedIn here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 32m 14s | ||||||
| 3/19/26 |  School Staff Learning - Increasing Student Success | How does a staff’s engagement in reflection generate increased staff learning that promotes ownership and accountability for student success? Highly experienced school leader, Dr. Matt Horvath, explores leaders work with coaching, PLCs, and professional learning for classified staff. The podcast provides insights and questions to promote your reflection. Email Matt: [email protected] Visit Matt's Leadership Nexus Consulting website here. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! | 34m 01s | ||||||
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