The Schools of Well-Being podcast invites you to listen to conversations I am having with fellow researchers and academics who explain the schools of through that influence what they think well-being and well-becoming means and how it connects to schools, students, teachers, educational leaders, and communities. I also have vibrant conversations with K-12 educators about the inspiring ways their schools are living out well-being and well-becoming. Our motto for this podcast? Come for the joy, stay for the flourishing! Listen to "Schools of Well-Being" podcast: http://wellbeinginschools.ca/podcasts/ or at Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or many other podcast distributors.
Season 1 APRIL 22, 2020 Pilot Episode: Welcome to Schools of Well-Being In this first episode, I tell a few stories about who I am, why I’m launching this podcast to connect to my wider educational community during the COVID-19 pandemic, and why we hope you will keep listening to the episodes on well-being in schools that will be released in the upcoming weeks. APRIL 29, 2020 Talking to Thomas Falkenberg: Conceptualizing Well-being and Well-becoming in Schools Today I talk to Dr. Thomas Falkenberg (Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba). Thomas is a leader in the area of well-being in schools in Manitoba and across Canada. In this episode, Thomas shares his work creating a conceptual framework for well-being and well-becoming in schools and describes some of the collaborative partnerships he has initiated at school, divisional, and provincial levels. MAY 6, 2020 Well-being in Transitions from Middle to High School: Pembina Trails School Division In this episode, I have a conversation with Jane Friesen (Director of Clinical and Extended Services for Pembina Trails School Division), Shannon Tipping (Principal of École Viscount Alexander) and Colleen Roberts (Principal of General Byng School). We talk about their three-year WB2 (Well-being and Well-becoming in Schools) Project, which focuses on improving well-being for students as they transition from middle school to high school. MAY 13, 2020 Finding Hope in Middle School: Dr. George Johnson Middle School This episode is a lively, thought-provoking conversation with James Gibbs (Principal), Raya Charrier (Gr. 7 and 8 teacher and Assistant Principal) and Kelly Croy (Guidance Counselor) at Dr. George Johnson School, a middle school that is located in Gimli, Manitoba. We discuss the important connection between hope and middle school students’ well-being. MAY 20, 2020 Planting Seeds for Well-Becoming: Jameswood Alternative School I have a conversation with teacher Lisa Neufeld about Jameswood Alternative School’s approach to student and staff well-being before Covid-19, and the work for well-becoming that she and her colleagues are continuing to engage in with the resilient youth population from her school during this time of social distancing. MAY 27, 2020 Distributive Social Justice and Well-Becoming: Heather Krepski In this episode I talk to University of Manitoba doctoral candidate Heather Krepski about how she conceptualizes well-becoming for children and the important connections between social justice and student well-becoming. JUNE 3, 2020 Season Finale: Summer Season to Start on June 24 In this short episode I reflect on our first “Spring Season” of the podcast, thank educators for their incredible work during Covid-19, and talk about the upcoming Summer season that will begin again on June 24, 2020 Season 2 JUNE 24, 2020 Contemplative Studies in Education: Wayne Serebrin We begin this season with a very timely and important conversation about compassion and contemplative studies in education with Dr. Wayne Serebrin (Associate Professor in the Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Department at the University of Manitoba). JULY 8, 2020 Land-Based Education and Belonging: Juniper Elementary School I talk to Lucy Mayor and Sherri Alexander about the well-being of belonging through a land-based program at Juniper Elementary School. We wanted to make one quick correction here in the notes that Thompson, Manitoba is a community of 14 000, not 1400! Happy listening. JULY 22, 2020 Interconnections, Educational Leadership, and Well-Being: Barb Isaak In this episode, I talk to Barb Isaac, Executive Director of Manitoba Association of School Superintendents, about the WB2 (Well-being and Well-becoming in Schools) Partnership. We also discuss the importance of interconnections and relationships in flourishing educational leadership.