The Extraordinary Educators Podcast

About The Extraordinary Educators Podcast

Best practices, tips, and stories to help you be extraordinary in your classroom and beyond, featuring Curriculum Associates' Manager, Voice of the Customer, Hayley Browning.

Publisher

Hayley Browning

Category

education · education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jan 2020

Latest episode

4 May 2026

Latest episodes

228 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 May 2026

   Teacher Appreciation Week: The Power of Connection

   On this special Teacher Appreciation Week episode, we bring back a tight-knit crew of past Extraordinary Educators to share about the power of connection. We talk about why community matters, how cross-state connections fuel growth, and what it takes to find your people and keep showing up for them. We dig into what connection really does for educator well-being and professional growth. "The Cousins," as they refer to themselves, share how their group chat becomes a safe place to decompress, ...

2. 

   15 Dec 2025

   Focusing on Progress Over Mastery with Dr. Derek Briggs

   What if a “wrong” answer tells you more than a correct one? In today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Derek Briggs, professor of educational assessment at the University of Colorado Boulder, to unpack why assessment should go beyond testing, and instead focus on progress over mastery. Derek shows how context and thinking processes matter just as much as outcomes, and why mastery is not always simply laid out. To support a deeper understanding of progress, we explore a roadmap for measuri...

3. 

   10 Dec 2025

   Embracing Problem-Based Math Curriculum with Karen Gauthier

   In today's episode, we sit down with STEM Coordinator, and veteran educator, Karen Gauthier to unpack how a problem-based curriculum turns learners into mathematicians who reason, justify, and connect strategies with confidence. Karen traces her 37-year journey from classroom teacher to district leader and explains why shifting to a problem-based math curriculum changed everything. We examine the Try-Discuss Connect routine, showing how rich tasks with multiple entry points invite diverse st...

Who has been a guest on The Extraordinary Educators Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jill Rosenblum
• Brooke Schmidt
• Toby Mitchell
• Kelly Sia
• Liz Peyser

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

57 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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