Ep: 49 - Our Growing Team
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Jenn hosts the two newest members of the Strive Team, Alicia Vanderwerf, OCT, RECE, one of the Professional Learning Specialists, and Andera Novak, the Marketing and Communication s Specialist. Together, they share a bit about themselves and what they're excited to bring to the community. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 48 - Community of Practice: Preschool Educators
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Amy hosts Atticus Faulkner, the facilitator of the Community of Practice: Preschool Educators. Atticus shares about the first session of this new opportunity and discusses what to expect if you attend. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 47 - Community of Practice: Toddler Educators
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Amy hosts Victoria Allen, RECE, the facilitator of the Community of Practice: Toddler Educators. Victoria introduces this new opportunity and discusses what to expect if you attend. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 46 - Community of Practice: Early ON/ON y va & Family Centre Teams
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Bre hosts Kimiko Boon-Owens, RECE, and Jenn Fenn, RECE, the facilitators of the Community of Practice: EarlyON/ON y va & Family Centre Teams. Together, they talk about this new opportunity and what to expect if you attend. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 44 - The Language in Care
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Amy and Olivia co-host Raheek Kadhum, RECE, to discuss the importance of language in early childhood education and care settings. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 43 - Connecting with Wellness
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Kayla hosts Kirsti Cheese and Mike Masse to dive into the innovative new system approach they developed to help children, families, community connectors, and educators connect with mindfulness and well-being. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 42 - Community of Practice: School Age Educators
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Amy hosts Kale Cabrera, the facilitator of the upcoming Community of Practice: School Age Educators at Strive. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 41 - Community of Practice: Leadership
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Kayla Paquette, RECE, Strive Community Animator, and Bre Piccolotto, RECE, Strive Data Specialist, co-host to introduce the Community of Practice: Leadership at Strive. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 40 - Community of Practice: Infant Educators
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Bre hosts Paula Dibbits, RECE, the facilitator of the Community of Practice: Infant Educators at Strive. Paula talks about the value of this community of practice and what to expect if you attend. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 34 - The Necessity of Foundations
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Kayla and Liv co-host to talk about foundational learning. Together, Kayla and Liv challenge negative framing of this learning while explaining Strive’s intentions in revisiting foundational ECEC skills and concepts. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 33 - The Story Data Tells
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Kayla and Bre co-host to dive into data. As the Strive team continues to grow and rethink the ways we approach our work, Kayla and Bre discuss the ways in which the team plans to use data to build a story of professional learning. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 31- Resource Centre Evolution
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, the Strive Resource Centre Specialists, Liz Gannon, RECE, and Sara D’Alessandro, RECE, co-host to share some very exciting upcoming changes to the ECE Professional Resource Centre. Together, they discuss their plans to align their work with their pedagogical focus and delight in some of their favourite new resources. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 30 - Rethinking Relationships
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Raluca is joined by Atticus Faulkner, RECE, to dive further into supporting and addressing needs in early years programs. Atticus recently joined our community as the educator story at Winter Rethink 2024, where he discussed how he and his program team implemented All Kids Belong resources to support their children. In addition to sharing more of his own story and passion for this work, Atticus takes us further into the relationship building that supports children with emotion recognition and regulation. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 29 - Animating Mentorship
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Kayla Bartlett, BA, RECE, and Haille Ifabumuyi, HBECL, MA, RECE, co-host to revisit and disseminate their work around mentorship as Community Animators. Though this work was conducted regionally, Kayla and Haille found many similar ideas and needs around mentorship. Together, they discuss how they plan to translate their work into sustainable, accessible actions and resources for the community to support mentoring. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 26 - The Love of Learning
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Ally is joined by Raluca Wood, MPEd, HBECL, RECE, the interim Professional Learning Lead at Strive. Raluca shares parts of her professional journey, her passion for ECEC, and her motivations for bringing inspired professional learning in her new role. We also say goodbye to Ally as this is her final episode as host before going on maternity leave. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 25 - Little Moments, Big Impact
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Ally is joined by some members of the Licensed Child Care Network (LCCN) Marketing Committee, Nicole Blanchette, RECE, Kathy Harris, RECE, Julie Keens, RECE, Jennifer Smith, and Joe Winser. In this episode, they discuss LCCN’s new marketing campaign, Little Moments, Big Impact. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Ep: 24 - Transformative Environments
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Ally is joined by a team of Orchard Park Early Learning Centre toddler educators, Lindsay Lamb, RECE, and Tracy Small, RECE, and their centre director, Lauren Goossens, RECE. Inspired by Ally’s Extreme Makeover: Classroom Edition professional learning session, this team undertook a big change in their space. In this episode, they share the challenges, triumphs, and reflections through the process. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!
Minisode: 14 - Year End Reflection YEAR END 2023
In this special 2023 year end minisode, join (most of) the Strive Team as they reflect on their favourite professional learning opportunities and podcast episodes.
Minisode: 13 - Early Years Appreciation YEAR END 2023
In this special 2023 year end minisode, listen to early childhood education and care professionals talk about what excites them about their work. Recorded on October 17, this special minisode was created to celebrate ECE and Child Care Worker Appreciation Day.
Ep: 22 - Revisiting Research
Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, The Strive Professional Learning Assistants, Amy Petrarca, RECE and Olivia Musico, RECE, co-host each other, diving into their Capstone Research Projects from their Early Childhood Leadership Degrees. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!