Whole Brain Teaching The Podcast

WBT Transformation Stories with Susannah Austin

Rhonda and I are back with another installment of WBT Transformation Stories!  This week, we sat down with Executive Board Member, Susannah Austin, to discuss how Glorious Kindess has changed her fourth grade classroom.

 

We hope these stories of transformation are encouraging you to either keep doing what you are doing if you are a veteran Whole Brain Teacher, or start something new if you are brand new to Whole Brain Teaching.  We are here to help any way we can along the way!

 

Thank you for listening, following, and sharing!

WBT Transformation Stories with Joanna Willis

Welcome back to Whole Brain Teaching the Podcast!  We are kicking off a new podcast series called Transformations!  Whole Brain Teaching Success Stories!  We begin this series by having Executive Board Member, Joanna Willis, on to discuss how she uses the Magic Circle to increase critical thinking in her classroom.

 

We are here to help you with your WBT journey!  Leave us your questions and comments and let us know about your transformation story with WBT!

Power League: Unleash the Inexhaustible Resource of Student Engergy!

Happy New Year to all our Listeners!  We are so excited to bring you more on Coach's Power League!  This week, Rhonda, Coach, and I discussed how to unleash student energy in your classroom as students compete with peers across grade levels worldwide through Power League!

We are thankful that you join us each and every week!  Please don't forget to share these episodes with your collegues and your administration!

We are so excited to spend 2026 with you!  Happy listening!

High Roller League: Start Training Now!

Welcome back, Listeners!  Rhonda and I hope you had a wonderful Fall/Thanksgiving break!  We are back this week to talk with the ever-energetic Coach Chris Biffle about a new game that he is so excited about, he is dedicating an entire Facebook page to it: HIGH ROLLER LEAGUE: START TRAINING NOW!

 

This new game is guaranteed not only to bring funtricity and joy into your classroom, but it will have your students practicing Grammar, ELA, and Writing skills while competing against themselves and other countries around the world to IMPROVE their score!  Once again, the genius mind of Coach has made this so easy, you can listen to the podcast in the morning and implement it the very same day!  During this hectic time of the year, it is exactly what teachers need!

 

Thank you so much for your continued support of the Podcast!  Continue to share it everywhere! 

Prime Coaching: A Common Sense Way to Help Disengaged Kids (5 minute Podcast)!!

Welcome back to Whole Brain Teaching the Podcast!  Rhonda and I are joined again this week by the one and only Coach Chris Biffle!  This week we are tackling  disengaged students with Prime Coaching! Primes are kiddos that are primed to learn, but for whatever reason, may be disengaged.  We hope this 5-minute podcast will help you by re-energizing your Primes and your classroom as a whole!

Be sure to continue to give us your feedback on this latest format of 5-minute podcasts.  Our hope is that you listen on your way to school and then are able to easily implement the strategy the moment your students arrive through your door!

Thank you for listening!  We could not do this without YOU!  Happy Thanksgiving!  We will post another podcast in about 2 weeks!

Instant Student Leaders!! (5 Minute Podcast)

This week on our 5-minute WBT Podcast, Rhonda and I sat down with Coach Chris Biffle to discuss how to create exceptional student leaders in your classroom!  This approach is so quick and easy, I'm kicking myself for not trying it sooner!

We hope you are enjoying this new format of the podcast.  Our goal is to give you quick solutions to some of our most challenging issues in the classroom.  We want to make it as easy as listening on your way to work and then implementing it that very same day!  Let us know your thoughts!

We will be back next week with another 5-minute podcast before we take a week off for the Thanksgiving holidays.  We are thankful for YOU!  YOU are why we do what we do!

Got Quarreling Students? Ro-Sham-Bo 'em!! (5 Minute Podcast)

Rhonda and I are so excited to be back with another 5-minute podcast!  This week, we sit down with Coach Chris Biffle to discuss how to help quarreling students (and you) with the beloved game of Ro-Sham-Bo (also known as Rock, Paper, Scissors)!  I don't know about you, but this time of the year when there are so many fun activities that take us out of our normal routine, students can become more quarrelsome.  I for sure am dealing with this!  So why not take a 2-minute break to play Ro-Sham-Bo and drop some compliments on one another?

We hope you find this 5-minute podcast valuable.  Our goal is to give you no-prep strategies that you can implement immediately!  Thank you for listening and sharing the podcast!  Your love for the podcast continues to fuel us!  We are here to help YOU because what you are doing as an educator is so incredibly valuable!

Leave your comments and suggestions on our Facebook and Instagram pages!  Let us see how you are using Ro-Sham-Bo in your classrooms!

Increase the Power of Class/Yes with Math Facts (5 Minute Podcasts)!

Rhonda and I  are back with a new series from the brain of Coach Chris Biffle!  We are starting a series of podcasts that are literally 5 minutes long!  You can listen to these podcasts right before school and implement the ideas that day!

Our first 5-minute podcast is Increase the Power of Class/Yes with Math Facts.  I don't know about you, but this comes at the perfect time as we are starting our unit on multiplication!

We hope you enjoy these shorter podcasts!  Please let us know your thoughts on the format on our Facebook pages!  Are there any other strategies you think we can condense into a 5-minute podcast?

We are here for you!  Thank you for liking, subscribing, and sharing!  We can't do this without YOU!

Miracle 3 in Teaching Heaven: The Astonishing Power of Mega-Millions Dice Roll!!!

Rhonda and I are back again this week to sit down with Coach Chris Biffle to talk about Miracle 3 in Teaching Heaven!  Have you used the power of Dice rolls in your classroom?  Do your students excitedly wait for you to roll that glorious cube, all the while chanting for a 1, 2, 3, or 6 to show up?  If you haven't experienced this part of teaching Heaven yet, hold onto your socks!  In this episode, Coach breaks down not only the Dice Roll, but the Mega-Million Dice Roll!  What?!?!  You do NOT want to miss this episode! 

We are so thankful for your listenership!  Please continue to like, share, subscribe, and follow to get the latest podcast as soon as it drops!

We'll be back in two weeks with another series... it will center around our most Beloved of Students... Primes!

Miracle 2 in Teaching Heaven: The Quintuple Power of “Uh Oh! Switch!”

Rhonda and I are back with Coach B. for Miracle 2 in Teaching Heaven: The Quintuple Power of "Uh Oh! Switch!"  If you are not familiar with this strategy, buckle up!  Uh Oh! Switch will improve and increase your engagement 5-fold (if not more)!

Be sure to leave your questions and comments on how any of the strategies are helping to improve your classroom.  In addition, let us know how we can help you with anything we have discussed on the podcast!

We will not be recording a podcast next week, but we WILL be back recording on September 28th with Coach's Miracle 3 in Teaching Heaven!

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