67. Minority Educators as Educational Leaders With Dr. Jose Medina

On today's podcast I take you on a little journey about me learning to accept and embrace my very particular foreign accent. A podcast for language teachers, language lovers and anyone who knows somebody "with an accent".

In this episode, we discuss the lack of minority educators in leadership positions. The role of language teachers and the power of utilizing social media to learn and grow professionally.  Important Links: Connect with Dr. Jose Medina Hernandez.  http://drjosemedina.com/services/ Dr. Jose Medina's twitter Dr. Jose Medina's Instagram

In this episode, we discuss the lack of minority educators in leadership positions. The role of language teachers and the power of utilizing social media to learn and grow professionally.  Important Links: Sign Up For The 2.0 Teach Your Heart Out Virtual Conferences Connect with Dr. Jose Medina Hernandez.  http://drjosemedina.com/services/ Dr. Jose Medina's twitter Dr. Jose Medina's Instagram  

Welcome to the Minority Educator series with special guest Doctor Jose Medina Hernandez.  Chief Educational Advocate at Dr. José Medina: Educational Solutions.  In this episode, you will get to hear the first half of our powerful interview with Dr. Jose Medina, who shares with us his expertise in the Dual Language Education. He takes us through his journey as a child who had a traumatic entrance in the educational system. Kicked out of kinder garden at the age of five and roll in into his new class strapped to a gurney in a pool of his own urine. Looked over by his teachers and pears for many years, for being a nervous kid who was afraid of most things.  Despite his difficult childhood, he grew up to be a men who embraced his sexuality as a gay person and became a successful entrepreneur, who today travels the world to serve dual lingual schools all over the world and bring his message to create access to education for the oppressed student. Tune it to hear it all.  Important Links: Sign Up For The 2.0 Teach Your Heart Out Virtual Conferences Connect with Dr. Jose Medina Hernandez.  http://drjosemedina.com/services/ Dr. Jose Medina's twitter Dr. Jose Medina's Instagram    

Chrisitna is a full time high school English teacher with more than a decade of experience in the classroom who is here to share her experience with teaching remotely. Tune in to hear what has been working for her and and to find out her biggest take aways from this season in her teaching career.  Important Links: Visit Christina's blog Follow Christina On Instagram Sign Up For The 2.0 Teach Your Heart Out Virtual Conferences  

Creating strong relationships with our students in an era of remote and hybrid teaching is harder than ever. Today's episode brings to you "The Dot Activity" a fun and engaging lesson for you to do with your kids at any age, any class, no special material or planing needed.  Important Links: Sign Up For The 2.0 Teach Your Heart Out Virtual Conferences Jed Dearybury's Instagram Buy The Playful Classroom Book

Imposter Syndrome is the feeling that you haven’t earned your success, you simply got lucky, and you’re a fraud or “imposter” around people who actually earned it and know what they’re doing. It makes one feel that they do not have the skills or expertise to hold your current job.  Tune in to find out if you have it and learn how to overcome it.  Important Links: Sign Up For The 2.0 Teach Your Heart Out Virtual Conferences  

Worry about what you should focus on this unusual school year? Would like some guidance to make sure you are doing the best you can for your students right now? Tune in today to take notes of the five most important elements that educators should implant into their practices today.  Important Links: Sign Up For The 2.0 Teach Your Heart Out Virtual Conferences      

We are back! Today's podcast seeks to help you understand the most difficult situations in which often we find ourselves in. If you are going through a hard season in your life and need some hope and guidance about how to get out of that funk, or simply need some inspiration to help you teach a vary valuable lesson to your kids, tune in and take a listen.  Importan Links: Sign Up For The 2.0 Virtual Teach Your Heart Out Conferences

Today's episode brings to you the stories of 15 educators all across America, who are sharing insights about how they and their districts are dealing with the Covid - 19 madness that no one was prepared  for. Get to know how they are feeling, their concerns, worries, and what they are doing to still be able to serve their students from the distance during this critical times for all.  Credits: Thank you so much to everyone who collaborated and donated their time and efforts to produce today's podcast. Rosa Casado              @Educandoentremundos Denise Nikole            @denise.nikole_ Laura DeMars            @teachingfrombeyondthedesk Maria Hampton          @laprofesoraviajera Mary Crouch               @maryecrouch Stephanie Edmonds    @class.disruption Olivia Bertels              @missbertels_ Libby Klinner              @theprimarypartner Paula Petrowitsch        @profetips Nicole Marte              @marteinthemiddle Chris Rogers              @elprofeloco_proferogers Gwendolyn Henshaw   @teachingwitha6thsense Sam                            @peacock_poet Skylar Billingsley        @the_heart_in_teaching Valeria Hernandez      @bilingualdiaries