Warriors of Education Podcast brings you heartwarming and real conversations with teachers and educators from across the country. Made BY a teacher, this is a podcast for teachers, and for those who want to better understand the experiences of today's teachers.
The Benefits of Mindfulness In Education: A Conversation With Author And Educator Andrew Jordan Nance
On Season 2 Episode 16- I speak to Andrew Jordan Nance author of the children's book Puppy Mind and mindfulness educator. We speak about the connection to theatre education and mindfulness training, the benefits of meditation and how young minds really take to this work. "Mindfulness is breathtaking!"
Andrew Jordan Nance has been an educator since 1990. He is the author of four published books; The Barefoot King, The Lion in Me, Mindful Arts in the Classroom, and the bestseller, Puppy Mind. He is the founder of Mindful Arts San Francisco; a program of the San Francisco Education Fund that provides volunteer mindfulness educators to teach in SF public schools. On KTVU’s SF Loves Learning Mr. Nance was the featured Mindfulness Teacher and his adapted five-episode series of Puppy Mind premiered on KTVU and is distributed to school districts around the country. For almost thirty years he taught performing arts to students from diverse backgrounds, and for eighteen years he was the Conservatory Director at San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theatre Center. Nance is also an award-winning actor and director. He is on the board of directors of several educational nonprofit organizations including Mindful Life Project in Richmond, California and San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theater Center. He is the recipient of the Points of Light Award, a national honor recognizing his volunteer efforts to bring mindfulness to youth.
You can find Andrew on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as Andrew Jordan Nance
8 Nov 2021
Creating Boundaries And Overcoming Burnout: A Conversation With Author/Teacher Dawn LeRoux
This week on Season 2 Episode 15, I speak to Dawn Le Roux a teacher in Mauritius, an island off of the coast of Madagascar and author of the book Ripple Effects- You're Not Crazy: Teaching In A New Era, about how teachers can create systematic change through rewriting the "good teacher" narrative, building an internal sanctuary, becoming comfortable in conflict and establishing clear boundaries. After dealing with her final burnout during the pandemic Dawn faced the choice of choosing herself or choosing teaching. We learn about how she overcame her burnout and in turn wrote a book about this journey
Dawn teaches Biology, Environmental Sciences, and General Sciences to ages 12-18. She was the youngest appointee as departmental Head of Science at the age of 27, and has successfully led the
department from strength to strength since she took up the position in 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Sciences (Hons) from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, specialising in Human Sciences and Neuropsychology. She lives in Mauritius with her family
1 Nov 2021
Teaching Through A Pandemic In The UK: A Conversation With Daniela Florio
On Season 2, Episode 14 We head to Surrey, England to speak to secondary language teacher Daniela Florio. We talk about the similarities and differences between how the US handled education during covid and what was happening in the UK. "What we were hearing was that the US was leading the world in online learning" while things were very different than that here in the US.
Daniela Florio came to Surrey from Italy in 1992. She has taught languages in several secondary schools. In addition she teaches Italian as well as Italian cooking.
Her website is: https://fluentwithdani.com
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