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Top of the Class
This podcast was developed by educators for educators of all kinds, so whether you’re an undergraduate student studying to become a teacher, maybe you’re a paraprofessional, a classroom teacher, a master’s student, or an administrator, you are welcome here and we hope you’ll join us each month.
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Top of the Class Episode 63 – Executive Presence – Emily & Meredith
Welcome to today’s episode! We’re diving into a topic that goes beyond lesson plans and teaching strategies—executive presence in education. Often ass...
Top of the Class Episode 62 – Working with Different Personalities – Dr. Alicia Kozimor
In today’s episode, we’re delving into the art and science of working with personalities and appreciation language. What better a topic to be released...
Top of the Class Episode 61 – What is Teacher Licensure? – Dr. Jeremy Hayden
Well, we know that we have taken a little bit of a hiatus on Top of the Class these past few months. Life has been nothing short of a whirlwind, but w...
Top of the Class Episode 60- Financial Literacy for Educators- Part II -Monica Martinez
So, we are back with Part II of our financial literacy conversation with our expert, Monica Martinez! We are here to chat about what financial literac...
Top of the Class Episode 59- Financial Literacy for Educators- Part I -Monica Martinez
This is part one of a 2-part special! Today we bring to you a conversation that is not always an easy one to dig into, but one that is so important to...
SPECIAL 75th Recording: Top of the Class Extra Credit- Why We Love Teachers with Emily & Meredith
Special 75th Recording: This is a very special launch for a very special profession and we couldn't think of a better episode than this one! We have o...
Top of the Class Episode 58- Character Education: Shared Leadership/The Practical Wisdom Framework with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
We are excited to wrap up our special 4-part series on Character Education today. If you missed the first 3 episodes in this series, be sure to go bac...
Top of the Class Episode 57-Character Education: The Caught, Taught, Sought Model with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
Welcome back! We are so excited to dive into the 3rd of a special 4 part series all about Character Education. If you didn’t catch our first 2 episode...
Top of the Class Episode 56- Character Education: Actionable Steps with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
We are here with the 2nd episode in our special 4-part series on Character Educaiton! If you missed the 1st episode in the series, be sure to take a p...
Top of the Class Episode 55- Character Education: Where to Begin & Defining Core Values with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
We are here to dive into a really important series on Top of the Class. We are about to jump into a special 4-part series around Character Education....
Top of the Class Episode 54-Alternative Pathways to Educator Licensure-Dr. Carol Lippert and Carolyn Mann
We wanted to bring to you all a topic that has been on our minds for some time now. We have been in countless meetings, sessions, and conversations al...
Top of the Class Episode 53-Why We Appreciate Being an Educator with Julianne Bridwell & Ryan Reid
Recently, we celebrated a VERY important week. As the academic school year winds down each year, we have Teacher Appreciation Week. While we celebrate...
Top of the Class Episode 52-Servant Leadership-Part 4 with Nicholas Johnson
We are back with the 4th and FINAL episode in our special 4-part series on servant leadership. This topic has been rich with good reminders, tips, and...
Top of the Class Episode 51-Servant Leadership-Part 3-with Melissa Woodward
We are back…for part 3 of a very special FOUR-part series all on servant leadership. We know that it might not be a term used at all places of work, b...
Top of the Class Episode 50-Servant Leadership-Part 2-with Emily Hollendoner
Well, we are back for another wonderful episode. This is Part II of our Servant Leadership Series. If you missed Part I, we chatted with an alum who w...
Top of the Class Extra Credit-Why We LOVE GCU with Emily & Meredith
With today being Valentine's Day, we thought that this was the perfect day to share the LOVE. In this Extra Credit episode, Emily and Meredith dive in...
Top of the Class Episode 49-Servant Leadership-Part I-with Shay Quitno
Today, we have a fun episode that is actually part of a FOUR-part series! For the next few episodes, we are going to be talking all about servant lead...
Top of the Class Episode 48-Bringing Character Ed to Classrooms with Emily Farkas
We are beyond thrilled about today’s episode. This has been a topic that is very important to us here at GCU and in the College of Education, but also...
Top of the Class Episode 47-Back-to-School Basics with Dr. Victor Diaz
We are so excited right now. As we record this episode, we have been bombarded with all of the back-to-school media, commercials, pictures on social m...
Top of the Class Episode 46-Students with Exceptionalities & Online/Hybrid Environments with Dusty Sanchez and Julie Blair
Today, we are going to talk about a really special topic. We wanted to discuss those online and hybrid environments, specifically how we can best supp...
Top of the Class Episode 45-Educator Vocal Health with Dr. Rachel Velarde
Today we have a really interesting topic that is new to us on Top of the Class. We are so lucky to know experts in the field who bring a wide variety...
Top of the Class Episode 44-Professional Ethics with Dr. Troy Hutchings
Today we come to you all with a very timely discussion. We are here to chat about ethics and our professional practice as educators. Many of us likely...
Extra Credit: Alternative Pathways to Teaching with Lindy Gaudiano
Today we are going to chat a bit about some of the challenges that we are faced with today in the field of education. As many of us know, there is a n...
Top of the Class Episode 43-Setting Appropriate Boundaries with Meredith and Emily
Today’s episode comes to us after discussions with many of you on what parts of being an educator challenge and mystify you the most. For many of you,...
Extra Credit Episode: Tips to Running a Successful Virtual Meeting with Tiffany Newell
Many of us are hosting and running virtual meetings these days, so we thought we’d bring in an amazing expert, Tiffany Newell, who can teach us all th...
Top of the Class Episode 42-Creating the Ultimate Teacher Capsule Wardrobe with Dr. Brandon Juarez
The world and the field of education are going through some transformation right now. We cover lots of serious topics on this show, but we wanted to d...
Top of the Class Episode 41-Our Field of Education Today
We know that there are so many changes that we are seeing in the field of education right now...some from needs found from the pandemic. In this epis...
Top of the Class Episode 40-GCU and COE Updates with Emily and Meredith
This is a fun little episode with Meredith and Emily as they share some updates in the College of Education and with Grand Canyon University. They wil...
Top of the Class Episode 39-Culturally Responsive Teaching with Justin Campbell
Today we come to you all with a very important discussion and topic. We are here to chat about culturally responsive teaching. Now, as teachers, we kn...
Top of the Class Episode 38-Part 2: Our Students’ Health in Trying Times with Dr. Stephanie Nilsen and Dr. Crystal McCabe
This is Part 2 of our episode on supporting our students’ mental health during trying times, so if you haven’t had the chance, be sure to check out Pa...
Top of the Class Episode 38-Part 1: Our Students’ Health in Trying Times with Dr. Stephanie Nilsen and Dr. Crystal McCabe
SPECIAL RELAUNCH EPISODE: After a few months, Top of the Class is back! We’ve had many requests lately from you, our listeners, on how to support our...
Top of the Class Episode 37: Creating the Ultimate Teacher Capsule Wardrobe with Meredith and Emily
There’s so much going on these days, especially in the field of education. To add to the mix of the MANY things teachers think about, many of us are l...
Top of the Class Episode 36: It Starts With You: Self-Care and Compassion Satisfaction in Teaching: Jamie Valderrama
In this episode, we wanted to continue conversations that we have started to have in our past episodes. We have touched a bit on the wide range of exp...
Top of the Class Episode 35-Teacher of the Year and National Board Certified Teacher: Dr. Beth Maloney
We are so excited to kick off this new year with such an amazing episode! We love bringing to you, our listeners, all the best and brightest in the fi...
Top of the Class Episode 34-Faith in the Public School System with Dr. Paul Danuser
As we are in the thick of the holiday season, this is a very timely and perhaps much needed conversation. In this episode, we are going to chat about...
Top of the Class Episode 33- Addressing the Biggest Challenges Facing Education with Nathan Hollis II
We polled you all on Twitter and Google Forms and many of you all reported back that you wanted to know more about how to become a teacher advocate. A...
Top of the Class-Extra Credit-Three Trending Tech Tools in Education: Amanda Errington
As K-12 education has shifted towards virtual learning, we want to make sure we’re on the cutting edge of the latest and greatest tech tools. In this...
Top of the Class Episode 32-Being a Teacher Advocate: 2019 Arizona Teacher of the Year-Kareem Neal
Wow! In this episode, we have such a special treat for you all! We are beyond thrilled and a little star-struck to welcome the 2019 Arizona Teacher of...
Top of the Class-Extra Credit-Teaching in COVID-19: Virtual and Hybrid Learning Tips with Emily & Meredith
We know this is a wild and unprecedented time for all you educators out there, and we just want you to know that while we don’t know what the right an...
Top of the Class Episode 31: Save the Drama…. For the Classroom with Michael Kary
We just can't help ourselves with a "punny" title! We know that times are so very different than when we first recorded this episode. However, we thin...