Welcome to the Heart of the School Podcast with Susanne Goodin. Our goal is to build our community up by showcasing the amazing people that work in Elmore County schools. We want to educate our students, parents, and neighbors on all the great things we have going in our school system. Come join us as we change the way people look at public schools!
"We Are Simply Support" Elmore County Superintendent Richard Dennis
Visit our website: https://www.elmoreco.com (https://www.elmoreco.com) We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
31 Jul 2026
The Life of a Librarian with Courtney Gagnon
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We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
27 Jul 2026
The First Year Teacher Journey with Dominees Johnson
Visit our website: https://www.elmoreco.com (https://www.elmoreco.com) We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
24 Jul 2026
Teachers Wear Many Hats with Heather Saxman
Visit our website: https://www.elmoreco.com (https://www.elmoreco.com) We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
23 Jul 2026
What is life like for a lunchroom lady at a school with Jamie Johnson
Visit our website: https://www.elmoreco.com (https://www.elmoreco.com) We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
23 Jul 2026
Preparing Kids For the Future with Tracy Wright
Visit our website: https://www.elmoreco.com (https://www.elmoreco.com) We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
4 May 2026
The Millennial Principal Cory Eckstein
Visit our website: https://www.elmoreco.com (https://www.elmoreco.com) We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
3 Apr 2026
The Heart of a High School English Teacher | Mary Jones
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We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
16 Mar 2026
How can you help your teenager find the right career path? Meet our career coach!
Visit our website: https://www.elmoreco.com (https://www.elmoreco.com) We want the best teachers and students here in Elmore County Schools! If you’re looking for a career in teaching or searching for an amazing school system for your little one, Elmore County is the place for you. Visit our website for more information about attending Elmore County Schools or joining our team to help educate our amazing students!
20 Feb 2026
School Attendance with Judge Baxley and Shay Jackson
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This Heart of the School episode, features host Suzanne Goodin in conversation with Judge Baxley, one of the district judges for Elmore County, and Shay Jackson, the director of administrative services. The podcast was created to inform the community about the people who work in and around the schools, and for students to learn about the school system's offerings. The conversation focuses on truancy and efforts in Elmore County to improve student attendance.
Judge Baxley noted that people caught in a cycle of committing crimes and serving prison time often lack an education, having found themselves in a life of poverty from which they could not escape without schooling. He observed that this lack of education was often because they "just didn't go to school". He was convinced that enforcing truancy laws and connecting families to services could make a fundamental change in the community, based on his experience and the high absenteeism rate in Elmore County.
The goal of enforcing the law is not punishment or putting people in jail, but rather to educate parents and children about the benefits of education and to acquaint them with available services. Services available through the juvenile court and partners can address issues such as: Need for special education. Transportation assistance. IEPs or 504s. Counseling. It is the law that children between the ages of six and seventeen are required to attend school, and consequences exist for both children and parents who do not comply, though punishment is not the primary goal.
The video addresses the public belief that the attendance push is a "gotcha" intended to file charges on families. Ms. Jackson and Judge Baxley strongly deny this, asserting that the intent is to act in the best interest of the child. They emphasize that missing school means missing instructional time, social skills development, and teaching on how to be productive citizens. The push for attendance is not about money, as funding for teacher units is based on the ADM (Average Daily Membership) 20 days after Labor Day and daily attendance has "nothing to do with funding".
7 Feb 2026
Why Start a Podcast For a School System? Meet Susanne Goodin
In this episode of the Heart of the School we meet our host Susanne Goodin. A 30 year veteran of the public school system. We walk through her career, the challenges she sees for our teachers and students, and what our hopes for the podcast are! Susanne was a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and now the HR director for Elmore county schools. She truly loves her community and the people that help her further our children's futures!
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