Podcast PD with Kristina

Podcast PD with Kristina is a practical professional learning podcast for educators who want strategies that actually work in real classrooms. Hosted by school leader and educator Kristina Lamia, this series explores the science of behavior, trauma-informed practices, and classroom strategies that support both student regulation and teacher wellbeing. Each episode connects brain research with real school experiences, helping educators understand why student behavior happens and how to respond in ways that build safety, trust, and learning. Topics include de-escalation strategies, transitions, behavior as communication, nervous system regulation, and practical language teachers can use in challenging moments. This podcast is designed for teachers, support staff, and school leaders who are navigating increasingly complex student needs and want realistic tools they can use immediately. Because behavior moments are not interruptions to learning. T

Podcast PD with Kristina is a education podcast hosted by Kristina Lamia, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kristina Lamia hosts Podcast PD with Kristina, a education show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #2

  The Token Economy: Episode 2, The Story I'm Finally Ready To Tell

  May 14, 202615 minS2

  <p><b>In this deeply personal episode of The Token Economy, Kristina shares the story she is finally ready to tell — growing up as an eldest daughter in a changing world, becoming an educator and school leader through crisis and instability, navigating pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, medical trauma, COVID, motherhood, divorce, and professional identity shifts. This episode explores what it means to “keep going,” what it costs to survive inside systems that do not always hold people well, and why The Token Economy is ultimately about truth, repair, connection, and creating space for people to stop performing okay.</b></p><p></p>...

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  The Token Economy: Episode 1: What Did It Cost to Show Up Here?

  May 5, 202611 minS2

  <p><b>Episode 1: What Did It Cost to Show Up Here?</b></p><p>In the first episode of The Token Economy, Kristina begins with the story she was handed: born in the 1980s, raised in a working-class family, taught to value hard work, loyalty, resilience, and doing what was expected. Through personal reflection, she begins to unpack the invisible “tokens” she learned to earn and spend in order to be seen as good, successful, lovable, and strong. This episode sets the foundation for the series by asking a powerful question: what parts of ourselves did we trade away in orde...

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  Podcast PD Episode 8: It Starts With Us: The Small Shifts That Change Everything

  Apr 24, 202615 minS0

  <p>What you say—and how you say it—shapes everything. In this episode, we break down the small, everyday moves adults make that either escalate behavior or create calm, connected classrooms. Real talk, real strategies, and shifts you can use immediately.</p>

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  Podcast PD Episode 7: The Emotional Load of Teaching

  Mar 27, 202610 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Podcast PD with Kristina, we shift the focus from students to something just as important—but often overlooked: the emotional experience of educators.</p><p>Teaching is more than lesson planning and instruction. It is emotional labor, constant decision-making, and ongoing nervous system regulation. Drawing on research in emotional labor (Hochschild), decision fatigue (Baumeister), polyvagal theory (Porges), and trauma-informed practices, this episode explores why the work feels so heavy—and why that feeling is not a personal failure, but a predictable response to the demands of the job.</p><p>We unpack how a dysregulated adul...

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  Episode 6: When It Still Escalates: Co-Regulation in Real Classroom Moments

  Mar 20, 202621 minS0

  <p>In Episode 6, we take the next step in trauma-informed practice and focus on what to do when behavior escalates despite strong Tier 1 supports, clear routines, and intentional teacher language. This episode is grounded in staff feedback and real classroom experiences, addressing one of the most common challenges educators shared: how to respond in the moment when one student’s dysregulation impacts the entire room.</p><p>Building on the foundation of brain science, this episode explores co-regulation as the key to de-escalation. You’ll learn how nervous systems influence one another, why managing the classroom environment matters just as much...

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