SEL in EDU

Real stories. Practical insights. Everyday Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

SEL in EDU is a education podcast hosted by Powered by Resonance Education, with 100 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.

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  Episode #101

  101: It's Okay Not to Know with Brenda Do

  Aug 14, 202637 min

  When Brenda Do watched her young nephew drop a container of leftovers and instantly call himself "so stupid," it broke her heart and sparked a question she couldn't put down. A copywriter by trade, Brenda went down a research rabbit hole into Carol Dweck's work on mindset, her own experience growing up where perfection was the baseline, and why children learn to fear getting things wrong. The result is her picture book "It's Okay Not to Know." In this conversation, Brenda and Krista talk about mistakes as a gift, choosing curiosity over self-judgment, and why "staying in your lane" quietly shrinks a child's sense of what is possible. They also make the case that picture books belong with older students, not just K-2, as a doorway into voice, worth, and taking bold risks. If you have ever mistaken not knowing for not being capable, this one is for you and your students. Connect with Brenda via her website .

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  Episode #100

  100: One Caring, Consistent Adult: What It Means to Be a CASA with Dr. Michele Ogden

  Jul 31, 202636 min

  Dr. Michele Ogden has spent her career in California schools as a teacher and principal, but some of her most meaningful work happens outside of them: eight years as a CASA, a court-appointed special advocate for youth in foster care. In this episode, Michele explains what the role actually involves, from ramen outings and first train rides to the one-page court reports a judge reads before every hearing. She shares how she built trust with a teenager who couldn’t believe a volunteer would keep showing up (“They don’t pay you?”), and how the work reshaped her classroom... the way she welcomes students who arrive late, and how she talks about weekends and vacations now that she knows home isn’t a soft place to land for every child. She also covers the practical side: the training, the time commitment, and why educators’ skills translate so naturally to advocacy. If you’ve been looking for a way to be one caring, consistent adult in a child’s life, this conversation shows what that looks and sounds like in practice.

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  SEL in EDU

  099: Purpose as the North Star with Thom Stecher

  Jul 28, 202627 min

  In part four of the To Be Continued series, Krista sits down again with Thom Stecher, an educational consultant who has spent more than four decades mentoring students, teachers, and school leaders. Perspective, possibility, and passion led him here: to purpose. Thom describes purpose as a North Star and, more surprisingly, as a discipline. Passion moves us, he says, but purpose is what channels that energy into work that lasts. He and Krista trace where purpose comes from and how it shifts across a life, from the dinner table where his father put down his fork and said he wanted to make a difference, to the cornfield where his grandfather taught him that as long as you are breathing, there is work to do. Along the way, they get honest about ego, humility, and the daily practices that keep us on track. This is a conversation for any educator wondering whether purpose is something you find once, or something you keep refining.

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  Episode #98

  098P: Literacy, Money, and Joy: Building a Generation of Changemakers with Dr. De'Shawn Washington

  Jun 23, 202651 min

  What does it mean to truly prepare students for life? In episode 98 of SELinEDU, I sit down with Dr. De'Shawn Washington, 2024 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year and founder of Cultivating Changemakers, for a conversation that weaves together three things every student deserves: the ability to read, the knowledge to manage money, and the freedom to learn with joy. We dig into why over 60% of Massachusetts third graders are reading below grade level, why less than 10% of students are getting financial literacy education, and why neither of those things can be fixed without joy at the center of how we teach. Dr. Washington reminds us that joy is not a reward for academic success. It lives within us, and it is our job as educators to help students find it, name it, and keep it. This one is worth your full attention. Connect with Dr. Washington via his website and LinkedIn !

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  Episode #97

  097: Embracing AI, SEL, and Student Voice with Stephanie Clinise

  May 26, 202654 min

  In this episode of SEL in EDU, high school educator Stephanie Clinise discusses how AI can be a supportive tool in classrooms, fostering student voice, agency, and meaningful learning. She and Krista explore practical strategies, the importance of authenticity, and the future of technology in education. Main Topics: Integrating AI in the classroom without replacing routines Using AI to support student voice, agency, and process-based learning The role of social-emotional learning in tech-enabled environments Strategies for personalized and differentiated instruction with AI tools The importance of teacher authenticity and creating safe spaces for students Perspectives on AI and younger students: elementary to high school Building teacher-student relationships through shared experiences and transparency The significance of relevant, contextual learning and student passions Navigating the evolving digital landscape and nurturing critical digital literacy

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