Whole Brain Teaching The Podcast

Talking WBT Strategies with Joanna Willis

For episode 55, Rhonda and I sat down with Platinum Certified WBT Instructor, Joanna Willis to discuss her WBT journey and the strategies she has found to be incredibly beneficial in her classroom.  She shares so much information with us!  You don't want to miss a moment of this podcast!

Thank you for following, liking, and sharing this podcast!  We always hope that what we do will help you feel more confident using WBT in your classroom.  We are here for you and we are extremely thankful for you!

WBT and Dual Language Classrooms with Crystal Caballero

What a complete pleasure for Rhonda and I to sit down with Executive Board Member, Crystal Caballero, to discuss how WBT is used in her dual language classroom.  This podcast shows the power of WBT to cross languages so ALL students can learn!  We are thankful for our time with Crystal and whether or not you have a dual language classroom, you will gleen so much from this podcast!  We can't wait to have Crystal come back in the future and share more of her WBT journey with us!

A program note: at this time Rhonda and I are only able to produce and upload 1 podcast a month.  Crystal's podcast will be the only podcast uploaded for October.  We have one in the works for November and December.  With all the new and exciting ideas coming down from Coach, we hope to go back to our normal podcast schedule of uploading two podcasts a month as we enter 2023!

Until then, we hope you will continue to listen and share all the podcasts in our library.  We are so thankful for each and every one of you and for ALL your continued support!

Weaving Growth with Sarah Meador

We recently sat down with the amazing Sarah Meador, Whole Brain Teaching Executive Board Member, to discuss how Whole Brain Teaching strategies weave growth and growth mindset into our entire classroom!

In this episode Sarah talks about Super Speed games and other ways to help students improve in several areas in today's classrooms!

Please like, share, follow, and subscribe!  We are so thankful for you!!

Wonder Words with Stephanie Meder

Rhonda and I welcome back Executive Board Member, Stephanie Meder, to the podcast to talk about a powerful Whole Brain Teaching strategy... Wonder Words!  Stephanie breaks down how to start using WW in your classroom to enable your students to become deep critical thinkers!

Don't forget to follow, like, and share this podcast and ALL our podcasts with your teacher friends!  We are truly grateful!

Updated Scoreboard with Sarah Meador

Welcome to another episode, Listeners!  We were so excited to get to sit down with Executive Board Member Sarah Meador to discuss some important tweaks to the Scoreboard!  She explains everthing so concise and clearly!  We are always so thankful when Sarah visits the podcast!  She is such an amazing friend of the podcast and we appreciate her so much!

If you haven't used the Scoreboard in your classroom, but want to get it going, this is the podcast for you!  If you have been using the Scoreboard, but want to know how to amp it up... this is the podcast for you!  In other words, don't miss this podcast!

We are thankful for YOU!  Thank you so much for listening and sharing this podcast and all the WBT Podcasts with others!

Here's to an amazing school year!

Strong 5 with Andre Deshotel

Rhonda and I have been waiting with such excitement to release this podcast!  It took everything in us NOT to release it early!!  Here it is... our Strong 5 podcast with Andre Deshotel!!

I'm not even going to TRY to give you a morsal of the amount of GREATNESS in this podcast.  It is a MUST listen-to for every teacher!! Run... don't walk... and download it TODAY!  Share it with every teacher you know! 

Thank you so much for listening!  

Day 1 in a WBT Classroom: Lessons 6-10

Coach, once again, joins Rhonda and I to continue our conversation about how to start your WBT Classroom on Day 1!  This episode, Coach explains Lessons 6-10 with us.  He breaks the Magic Circle down into shortcuts that give teachers such flexibility!  We hope you not only listen and learn so much from Coach B., but we also hope these two podcasts over Day 1 in a WBT Classroom allow you to have a dynamic, engaging school year!

Don't forget our 1-hour Zooms are still going on all summer.  Our National Conference registration is up and running!  Head over to the Whole Brain Teaching Website and sign up!

As always, thank you so much for listening!  We wouldn't be here without YOU and we don't take that for granted!

2nd Year Anniversary of WBT the Podcast

In this BONUS episode, Rhonda and I reminice about our 2 years doing the podcast together.  It has been an amazing ride with a huge learning curve, but we are here for it!

Grab a cup of coffee or your beverage of choice, pull up a chair, and join us as we talk about our joys and struggles, professionally and personally, over the last year doing Whole Brain Teaching the Podcast.  We consider all of you true friends, so we wanted to absolutely include you in our walk down memory lane!

Just a quick side note... the stats have changed dramatically since the recording of this episode.  As of this release, we now have 71K downloads and 771 followers!  We are completely honored and blown away by your love and support of the podcast!

YOU are why we do what we do!!

Happy Anniversary, Rhonda!  Onto YEAR 3!!

Day 1 in a WBT Classroom: Lessons 1-5

Rhonda and I hope you are enjoying these latest podcasts with Coach Chris Biffle as much as we are!  We are grateful for all the time he has taken over the last few episodes to share so much of New World WBT with us and with YOU!

In this episode, Coach shares with us what to do on Day 1 in a WBT classroom.  We were a little nervous because he wanted to share FIVE lessons with us to do on the very first day.  However, when you hear how simple, yet POWERFUL these lessons are, you are going to be so glad you tuned in!  WBT's goal is "Only Connect" and these Day 1 lessons will begin to foster those all important, year long connections with our students!  We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Don't forget all the 1-hour conferences being offered this summer!  In addition, stay tuned to find out when to sign up for the Virtual National Conference July 25-27!  Finally, don't forget about our 2nd Anniversary episode of the podcast coming out on Friday, July 8th!

As always, your support means EVERYTHING!!

Fiver: Social/Emotional Connections

In this podcast episode, Coach Chris Biffle once again sits down with Rhonda and I.  These conversations are so rich!  This week we discuss Fiver.  This is an amazing social/emotional component of WBT.  It is so needed in today's classrooms!  With so many opstacles facing our students that cause them to feel 'disconnected', Fiver is a strategic way to make those all-so-important connections with those we are privileged to teach daily. 

These podcasts with Coach are such a wonderful way to learn about all the new things happening with WBT.  Another great way to learn is by attending the AMAZING 1-hour conferences.  Head over to www.wholebrainteaching.com to learn more and to sign up for as Zoom sessions many as you want!  They are all 100%, totally FREE!  These conferences are broken down by subject matter, so if you want to learn more about Fiver as we have discussed here, sign up for a FREE 1-hour conference to go even deeper.

Don't forget our National Conferences happening July 25, 26, and 27!  Stay close to all our Facebook pages, Instagram pages, and the Whole Brain Teaching website so you don't miss out. 

Click this link to help you stay connected: bit.ly/WholeBrain3.

Thank you so much for making this podcast a part of your day!!  We love spending time with you!