In this episode, Melissa and Nicole chat with: Kris Felicello, author of The Teacher and The Admin, TED Talk Speaker, and District Admin from NY Taylor Armstrong, Assistant Director of Technology for multiple school districts in AL, founding member of the Education Never Dies Movement, and originator of the #BeTheCompass movement on Twitter Jen Vanderputten, advocate for special needs children and a mom from NC who found herself homeschooling unexpectedly while waiting for her son's proper placement in an appropriate program Lori Delisle, a mom from CA who homeschooled her three boys until the oldest was in 7G. This panel discusses the benefits and challenges of homeschooling and offers some advice to those of us who are finding ourselves unexpectedly homeschooling during the school shutdowns. #PullUpASeat
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You can find Kris Felicello's book here, and his TED Talk here. Follow Taylor's Education Never Dies movement here.
CREDITS
Melissa Sidebotham, M.Ed.: Co-creator, Co-host, and Executive Producer. Mom of three. Principal of hundreds, teacher of thousands over the past 25+ years in education, and children's book author for EduMatch Publishing,
Nicole Biscotti, M.Ed.: Co-creator, Co-host, and Executive Producer. Mom of four, teacher of thousands over the the past 10 years of education. ADHD advocate, and author for EduMatch Publishing.