The Wheelhouse Returns: A New Season of Empowering Educators
In this inaugural episode of Season 10, we embark on a profound exploration of the theme "open doors and unlimited possibilities," which serves as a guiding principle for our ongoing dialogue within The Wheelhouse community. We, a collective of dedicated educators, are resolute in our mission to empower students and cultivate an inclusive environment where every individual is acknowledged as distinctive and irreplaceable. As we reassemble after a hiatus, our fervent commitment to disrupting the transactional nature of traditional schooling is reiterated, emphasizing the necessity of fostering spaces where students can thrive with confidence and optimism. Throughout this season, we shall engage in rich conversations, delving into diverse bodies of knowledge that align with our vision. We invite you to listen attentively as we lay the foundation for a season filled with enlightening discussions and collaborative endeavors aimed at enriching the educational landscape for all students.
Season 10 of the Wheelhouse commences with a renewed commitment to fostering an inclusive educational community. The episode features the welcoming of four esteemed colleagues—Kathy Mohney, Michael Pipa, Dr. Alicia Monroe, and Dr. Grant Chandler who collectively aim to create a transformative environment for educators dedicated to empowering students. The overarching theme of this season, 'Open Doors and Unlimited Possibilities,' encapsulates the podcast's mission to inspire educators to rethink traditional schooling dynamics. The hosts engage in profound discussions about the necessity of creating spaces where students feel valued and supported, emphasizing the importance of dismantling barriers that hinder individual growth and self-actualization. They invite listeners to join The Wheelhouse Company, a collaborative effort to engage with like-minded educators who share a commitment to these principles.
Takeaways:
- The Wheelhouse has commenced its tenth season, welcoming back a dedicated team of educators.
- This season's focus is on empowering educators to cultivate open doors and unlimited possibilities for students.
- The Wheelhouse aims to foster an inclusive community of educators who value each child's unique worth and potential.
- Listeners are encouraged to engage through various platforms, including Substack and social media, to deepen conversations.
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Transcript
We're back in the studio and it's season 10.
Speaker A:The conversations have begun and the work continues.
Speaker A:A new episode of the Wheelhouse begins right now.
Speaker A:Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to give us a listen.
Speaker A:Season 10 features a team of four like minded friends and colleagues.
Speaker A:Kathy Mone, Michael Pipa, Dr. Alicia Munro, and yours truly.
Speaker A:We've opened the conversation this season to think about empowering educators to create open doors and unlimited possibilities for each student.
Speaker A:In our first episode of season 10, we're just getting started.
Speaker A:You know, the Wheelhouse exists to create an inclusive community of empowered educators who believe that together we can disrupt the transactional, hurting nature of schooling, to create districts, schools and classrooms where each student feels confident, optimistic, capable, well supported and emboldened to be and to become who they're meant to be.
Speaker A:Episodes of the Wheelhouse will explore bodies of knowledge and expertise that align to this vision and these guiding principles.
Speaker A:Our team and guests are committed to this fundamental challenge to realize what we want for each student to experience in school.
Speaker A:Their ability to prove to each student that they are distinctive and irreplaceable.
Speaker A:Today, we're talking about how you can be a part of the Wheelhouse company.
Speaker A:We'll show you where to find us in social media, how to engage in great conversation with us on substack, and how to dig even deeper in the conversation and in a curated space in Lerne Harbor.
Speaker A:At whatever level you want to connect with us, we're ready to keep this work and this conversation going.
Speaker A:Our children are simply too important not to focus on open doors and unlimited possibilities.
Speaker A:And keep in mind, at the end of the day, what we do for some children is even bigger than cultivating hope or killing dreams.
Speaker A:It's a matter of life and death.
Speaker A:Today's conversation was amazing.
Speaker A:There were so many intriguing ideas that we brought to the space.
Speaker A:I hope you'll listen to the entire episode to hear the details.
Speaker A:Together, let's ensure open doors and unlimited possibilities for each and every student.
Speaker A:And now, episode one and a great conversation with Kathy Mone, Michael Piper, Dr. Alicia Munro, and me.
Speaker A:You're not going to want to miss it.
Speaker A:Take a listen.
Speaker A:Good morning.
Speaker A:Welcome back to the Wheelhouse.
Speaker A:It has been a long time coming because our hiatus was too long.
Speaker A:I am super excited, super excited to be sitting here in the Wheelhouse recording studio with three of the coolest people you will ever meet in your entire life.
Speaker A:And if you don't meet them, you at least have the pleasure of listening to them.
Speaker A:So I am Welcoming back to the space, my dear friends, Kathy Mone, Michael Pipa, and Dr. Alicia Monroe.
Speaker A:Welcome to season 10, my dear friends.
Speaker B:Oh, my God, I'm so excited.
Speaker B:Yay.
Speaker C:We're back.
Speaker C:The gang's all back together.
Speaker A:The gang is back.
Speaker A:And the world feels right when the four of us are back together in the recording studio.
Speaker C:It does.
Speaker A:How are you all?
Speaker D:So good and so good to see everybody.
Speaker A:Mm.
Speaker A:We are, of course, super excited to begin season 10 of the Wheelhouse we have been planning.
Speaker A:So just because we were on hiatus doesn't mean we were, like, not thinking about the wheelhouse at all.
Speaker A:We have been doing some major planning, some major structural build.
Speaker A:We've been busy, busy little bees doing the work.
Speaker A:And I think we have an exciting season planned for season 10.
Speaker A:We're calling it open doors and unlimited Possibilities.
Speaker A:And we'll talk more about that theme in episode two.
Speaker A:Before we start bringing in season 10 guests today, I just wanted to talk about, you know, kind of like go behind the screen for a few minutes and talk about this community of like minded educators.
Speaker A:You know, we close every show talking about, you know, hey, are you, Are you a like minded educator?
Speaker A:Do you think like we do?
Speaker A:Hey, we want to, you know, we want to join us, please, in this community.
Speaker A:And we've put some meat to the bones.
Speaker A:We've, we've got lots of options for you, which we'll talk about in a moment about how you can connect to the wheelhouse community.
Speaker A:We're calling that the Wheelhouse Company because that just sounds really cool, right?
Speaker A:The Wheelhouse Company.
Speaker A:But my friends, why are you so geeked about building the wheelhouse Company?
Speaker A:This group of like minded educators?
Speaker A:Why is that such a big deal for you?
Speaker A:Because it is for me.
Speaker A:Why is it a big deal for you?
Speaker C:For me, it's this.
Speaker C:I don't, I don't know if anybody else feels this way, but it's constant thinking about, am I in a space that people are like minded?
Speaker C:So everywhere I go, whether it's the grocery store, my doctor's appointment, any, anywhere, I'm always kind of just searching to see whether or not this is a safe space.
Speaker C:And so building this community allows us to let that guard down, to not be questioning whether or not, but simply being in conversation and being vulnerable, being human, being who we are without having to go through all of that first.
Speaker B:So this is a space for me and Kathy, you were right on it, where I don't have to be an imposter.
Speaker B:I don't have to be forced to Assimilate.
Speaker B:It's a space where, and Grant knows I do a lot of research on the difference between belonging and mattering.
Speaker B:It's a place where I feel valued, I'm heard, I'm seen, and I could take a breather because I'm in a space where I know that I'm loved by my allies.
Speaker B:And that means something to me.
Speaker B:Growing up, being forced to assimilate.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:Whether it's as something, as someone may seem, it may seem simple to someone, but just straightening my hair to fit into professional spaces.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:And it's liberate.
Speaker B:It's liberating for me to now wear locks.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:So I'm just saying this is a brave space for me.
Speaker B:You know, I feel safe, but it's brave because I could have courageous conversations with some allies.
Speaker B:We could agree.
Speaker B:We could agree to disagree, but we're still family and I don't have to change myself in order to fit in.
Speaker B:So thank you to my family.
Speaker D:We love you.
Speaker A:And we were just talking before we started recording and we all bring different perspectives to the work and we're all going to see things just a little bit differently from our own experiences and from who we are as people.
Speaker A:Some things resonate stronger with one person than they do with another, and that is okay.
Speaker A:I certainly can identify.
Speaker A:Alicia.
Speaker A:I don't have locks anymore.
Speaker A:My hair is short, unfortunately, it used to be long, but it's like you think about, as a gay man, you think about what clothes you wear when you're going to present.
Speaker A:We were just at a national conference and I'm like, oh, you know, do I put the, do I put the suit on?
Speaker A:Do I put the sport coat on?
Speaker A:You know, I was doing a big presentation last week and I put it on and then I was like, nah.
Speaker A:And then I took it right off and put something else on that was a more comfortable.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And more comfortable, but it was also a little bit more.
Speaker A:Less corporate.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And I was not, I was not feeling the corporate, the corporate push there.
Speaker A:Michael, anything you want to say?
Speaker A:What does this like minded space, this like minded group of educators feel like sound like to you?
Speaker A:Why is it so important?
Speaker D:I think in the beginning of my career, I was lucky enough to understand the basic principles of humanity at the center of the work without having to talk about it.
Speaker D:I had colleagues who just lived was a cultural understanding among us.
Speaker D:And that has changed over the last three decades.
Speaker D:And we're in a place now where it becomes a daring thing to restate the principles of humanity at the center of our work, educating young people.
Speaker D:But that's what it is.
Speaker D:And if this is the landscape, fine.
Speaker D:Each of us knows how to navigate that landscape.
Speaker D:But it also pushes me personally to be putting words to the things that are most dear and most important about learning and about human beings.
Speaker D:So the like mindedness is that opportunity to listen to each other, find the words, to state the principles.
Speaker D:Because when others attempt to seize the narrative, as they have done in a hundred years ago, it's the anniversary of the Scopes trial.
Speaker D:You know, we've been in this territory before.
Speaker D:Um, it is hard work being a nation, a national community, and it requires extraordinary things of us.
Speaker D:And being like minded about the right things is super important.
Speaker A:And, and being like minded, you know, I just want to emphasize, doesn't mean we're going to agree on everything.
Speaker A:But there are core tenets that we do that we do believe in.
Speaker A:We believe that every single human being is of infinite value.
Speaker A:Regardless of who you are, what your name is, where you were born, what you look like, none of that matters in terms of your value.
Speaker A:What it matters about is it brings tremendous character and tremendous, brings interest to the table.
Speaker A:So you don't have to agree with everything grand.
Speaker A:Chandler might be a little bit.
Speaker A:He might be a little bit more left than you.
Speaker A:Who knows?
Speaker A:You know, who knows?
Speaker A:But if you value the infinite value of every human being, especially every child, then this is the space for you.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:This is the space for you.
Speaker B:It's the different worldviews that makes our space rich and robust.
Speaker B:So if we're going to holistically approach some of these perils that are just innate within the system of education, it's going to take more than one worldview to really look at a paradigm and consider what that shift might possibly be.
Speaker B:And that's the richness that we bring to the space and that we honor.
Speaker B:And one of Grant's favorite words is dignify in the space.
Speaker B:That's who we are.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:And I think two things I just want to pull.
Speaker A:We'll talk about what you loved about season nine in a moment, but two things that I think really bring clarity to this part of the conversation is when Matt Pinchonot defined diversity as just something or someone other than yourself.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I mean, how simple is that?
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:How simple and yet how incredibly powerful is that?
Speaker A:So thank you, Matt, for bringing that to us.
Speaker A:And I think the other thought that came to mind was as you all were talking is what Mel King said, right.
Speaker A:This is the space I'm going To paraphrase it and adapt it for us.
Speaker A:But the wheelhouse is the space where each of us can breathe.
Speaker A:And I think the important part of this work is we need to remember that as educators, our job.
Speaker A:Our job above all else, is to create space where each of our children, each.
Speaker A:Each one of them can breathe.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker C:I mean, we have to take away this feeling of being unsafe simply for existing, for who I am.
Speaker C:So how do we have conversations, honest conversations, about anything in life, if we are in a space that we're fearful of who we're with in the space we're in simply for existing in our skin, in our person, in our humanity?
Speaker C:And that's what this is about.
Speaker C:It's not about saying you have to agree with everything that comes out of our mouths, but we want to create a space that, as human beings, that you are distinctive and irreplaceable, so we can have those conversations.
Speaker C:You are safe.
Speaker C:We are a community in which everyone matters.
Speaker A:Each and everyone.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:So we've created an infrastructure for you to engage with us.
Speaker A:So Kathy is doing a stellar job.
Speaker A:And you will find the wheelhouse and Students Matter on.
Speaker A:I'm going to let her talk, but on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Speaker A:So how do you find us there, Kathy?
Speaker C:So right now on LinkedIn, we start with my.
Speaker C:My account, so under Kathy Moni.
Speaker C:And then each of us then takes that and adds it to our accounts.
Speaker C:But we will be creating a Students Matter account.
Speaker C:So we will start there, and then all of our work will stem from that particular account.
Speaker C:And then we'll.
Speaker C:We'll continue to add and create and grow our network from each of those.
Speaker C:So.
Speaker C:And then on Instagram, it is through Students Matter.
Speaker C:So you can find us on both LinkedIn and Instagram @ this time.
Speaker C:And then we also then add that to our personal Facebook pages.
Speaker C:So any of us can be found.
Speaker C:Except for Grant.
Speaker C:Grant doesn't live in the world of Instagram and Facebook, but the rest of us, I think you can find on each of those platforms.
Speaker C:But all of us live in the world of LinkedIn and have networks there or a network of a community that we're building in that area.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:And Kathy, she does a phenomenal job of sharing and highlighting what's happening in the wheelhouse in those two areas, both LinkedIn and Instagram.
Speaker A:And of course, you can find any of the four of us there as well.
Speaker A:So if you're interested in not just what Dr. Monroe does with the wheelhouse, there's a lot of other great stuff that she's doing and sharing on LinkedIn as well.
Speaker A:So you can follow each and every one of us on LinkedIn as well.
Speaker A:And then we started another level.
Speaker A:We started substack, so the wheelhouse.substack.com and we are.
Speaker A:So we started that in season nine.
Speaker A:We're going to grow that and Michael Pipa is going to moderate some conversations in the substack.
Speaker A:Anything you want to say about that so far, Michael?
Speaker D:Only that we're working on how as we post episodes, we to substack that it will allow you, our listeners, to immediately comment and share your thoughts.
Speaker D:And that's really the one of the most exciting aspects of this that we're ready to explore how to develop our conversation with all of you so that we feel that connection and you're feeling some responsiveness from us to how the conversation is landing for you.
Speaker D:So that will continue to develop over this season for sure.
Speaker A:We're super excited about that.
Speaker A:We started it last year.
Speaker A:Michael's going to take it to the next level because he's so darn smart and it's going to be really, really cool.
Speaker A:And we even are linking the podcast there.
Speaker A:So if you don't subscribe to itunes or Spotify and you don't want to go to, you can certainly find us on the Wheelhouse website.
Speaker A:But you can also just go to Substack because the links are there as well.
Speaker A:So that can also serve as your one stop shop for the Wheelhouse.
Speaker A:You can listen, you can make comments, all of that right there.
Speaker A:And if you subscribe to Substack, then every time we post an update, you will be notified.
Speaker A:It'll go right to your email.
Speaker A:So that is really cool.
Speaker A:And then of course, if you want to go even deeper, we've been talking a lot this morning about safe space, right.
Speaker A:So you can also join us on the Wheelhouse community, which is in Learn harbor, which is an online platform hosted and curated by Students Matter.
Speaker A:So there you would actually email me, you can create an account, you can ask for admission into the Wheelhouse community.
Speaker A:And that is a curated safe space.
Speaker A:Even safer because we can go even deeper into conversation.
Speaker A:So if you're like, oh, I love what's happening on Substack, but I want to go even deeper and I want to talk about, I want to talk about difficult issues, then the Wheelhouse community is the place that you can do that.
Speaker A:And you're surrounded by a protective wall, right?
Speaker A:So that is a space where it is completely only read and only appreciated and enjoyed by like minded Educators.
Speaker A:So that is also available at learn harbor.
Speaker A:That's learnharbor.thinkific.com and I'll put all of that in the show notes as well.
Speaker A:But I hope what you see is we're creating many different ways for you to connect with us, because the podcast is, we love doing the podcast, but that's just the beginning of the work, right?
Speaker A: g, especially, I will say, in: Speaker A:So, my friends, let's turn the page just for a moment as we get super ready for, right, to launch this.
Speaker A:This begins season 10.
Speaker A:Let's talk for a moment.
Speaker A:What did you love about season nine?
Speaker A:I loved it.
Speaker A:I loved every single word, every single breath, every single noise that came from season nine, whether it was intended or not, every dog bark, if there was one.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I loved it.
Speaker A:I absolutely loved it.
Speaker A:What did you love about season nine?
Speaker C:I think the same thing.
Speaker C:Building on what you just said, I think each of our guests, they were incredible.
Speaker C:I mean, we've said multiple times there's nothing about this podcast that's scripted.
Speaker C:We might have throw some questions, be like conversation starters, but wherever we go, we go.
Speaker C:And to have such profound conversations, to walk away thinking so deeply and in wanting more, thinking that I want to spend time with this person, I want to be in the same space with them, it just, it was incredible to be connected with other human beings that I otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet and to be in conversation with.
Speaker C:So that's, I love that.
Speaker C:I love that we opened up the wheelhouse to additional voices.
Speaker D:There's something about when you said unscripted, there's something about the conversation that happens.
Speaker D:And each of us, when we first came onto the show, experienced a pretty good case of nerves.
Speaker D:We wanted to just earn our place.
Speaker D:And that lasts for about 10 seconds.
Speaker D:And there's just a great deal of warmth that each of us brings to the conversation that settles all of us pretty quickly.
Speaker D:And then the joy I feel watching a person I'm meeting for the first time really unfurl in the conversation.
Speaker D:And there are these revelations about their experiences, their unique take, their powerful insights that in each one of those guest conversations, I felt lifted and so renewed and so grateful.
Speaker D:And then the other piece was our two part party at the end where we had so many of our guests able to return and all of those people in the same space.
Speaker D:It just felt wonderful for them to meet each other, to hear each other and For a lot of new threads to start in that conversation.
Speaker D:Those were my favorite things.
Speaker A:And we love the reunion so much that that is our new format.
Speaker A:So any guests that you HEAR during season 10, we've invited them to join us for a two part finale.
Speaker A:And those will be the last two Tuesdays in September.
Speaker A:So if you, you know, when you hear Dr. Keisha Chandler, my sister, when you hear her talking and you're like.
Speaker B:Oh, I want to hear more.
Speaker A:Well, she'll be back.
Speaker A:She'll be back at the reunion, right?
Speaker A:So we kind of stumbled on the.
Speaker A:On the Real Housewives of whatever reunion style.
Speaker A:We love it, right?
Speaker A:So, Andy Cohen, watch out.
Speaker A:I'm taking your job.
Speaker B:I had wanted to add, so I just appreciate and I definitely celebrate and uplift Kathy and Michael and what they said.
Speaker B:So I second both that and then some.
Speaker B:But I also want to celebrate Grant's persistence.
Speaker B:I remember even.
Speaker B:And that.
Speaker B:And that's.
Speaker B:That was season nine for me, not only being welcome to the table.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:But seeing him kind of muddle through.
Speaker B:Where are we going to go with this?
Speaker B:And just leading by example.
Speaker B:Oftentimes he's such a humble servant that we don't get to give him his flowers.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:So it's about his persistence.
Speaker B:And I remember him having these conversations.
Speaker B:He'd be like, girlfriend.
Speaker B:And I'm like, no, you have to do this work.
Speaker B:This is the work, right?
Speaker B:We lead by example.
Speaker B:There are ebbs and float of this work and for him to receive that from me.
Speaker B:And now look at season nine moving into season ten.
Speaker B:This has been just a phenomenal example of peaks and valleys.
Speaker B:That is just natural to the process that we should applaud and we should celebrate.
Speaker B:So season nine for me is that season nine happened and I was welcome to the table.
Speaker B:So that's my contribution.
Speaker A:Well, thank you for your kind words.
Speaker A:It's been really interesting.
Speaker A:And Kathy has been on this journey with me since season four, five, somewhere around there, right.
Speaker A:And we have done that.
Speaker A:There were a couple of seasons that was a solo show for a while and then we changed that up.
Speaker A:What I love is Michael was a guest first.
Speaker A:And then we're like, gotta have some more of that Michael.
Speaker A:So we gotta bring him on.
Speaker A:And the same with Alicia.
Speaker A:Alicia was a guest and I'm like, oh, well, that wasn't enough.
Speaker A:We got to bring it.
Speaker A:And everybody says, everybody says that when they join for the very first time, they are struck.
Speaker A:They're struck by the warmth and the welcome that they get in the wheelhouse.
Speaker A:And so I hope that as you're listening to the Wheelhouse, I hope you feel that.
Speaker A:I hope you feel this tremendous sense of, hey, welcome to this space.
Speaker A:And we're sorry, we can't hear you, that you don't have a microphone so that you can join into the conversation.
Speaker A:But that's what these other spaces are also for.
Speaker A:And I know that if you join the Wheelhouse community and learn harbor, that we have the ability to do live conversations with you.
Speaker A:So we'll be able to host live conversations, and then you can sit in the space with Michael Piper, Cathy Mone, Alicia Munro, and even Grant Chandler, and, oh, wow, that would be really, really fun.
Speaker A:But, yeah, I think the welcoming space, right?
Speaker A:The open, honest conversations, and I love the fact that you all mentioned that it was unscripted, because we literally come together each week with an idea, an idea, and then we go where it goes.
Speaker A:And I think that's the exciting part because so many podcasts are scripted, and I'm not certainly knocking anybody else's work by any stretch of the imagination, but I hope you feel the authenticity of what you're listening to.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker C:And that's really been the evolution of this podcast, you know, and really thinking about those early seasons and your preparation for those grants and in scripting pieces for yourself and ensuring, like, I'm just trying to figure this out.
Speaker C:Right.
Speaker C:And really thinking about what.
Speaker C:What makes sense and how do we create a space that allows for a community to come together to.
Speaker C:To engage in meaningful conversations.
Speaker C:So as we think about season 10 and our.
Speaker C:Our goals that we set, you know, as we were planning over the last few weeks, it's about that dialogue, that piece that.
Speaker C:Yeah, we're.
Speaker C:We're so fortunate that more and more people are.
Speaker C:Are listening to these conversations, that they're finding connections to us, to our guests, to what's being said.
Speaker C:How.
Speaker C:How do we then have this back and forth conversation?
Speaker C:How do we build that?
Speaker C:And that's really a significant goal for us this season, is to create those space, to allow for dialogue, conversation, to get to know our listeners.
Speaker A:And I was going to ask you all, what are you most looking forward to?
Speaker A:But, Kathy, you answered it for me.
Speaker A:I am most looking forward to these amazing guests that have graciously agreed to join the conversation.
Speaker A:But what I'm really looking forward to is what you just said, is that this is a dialogue.
Speaker A:It is a dialogue.
Speaker A:It is not just a podcast that you listen to.
Speaker A:And certainly, if that's your level of interest and that's your comfort level for Engagement.
Speaker A:Great.
Speaker A:Please keep listening.
Speaker A:But if you want to join the conversation, and we really, really want you to join the conversation, then that is, there's lots of options for you to do that in a way that you are the most comfortable.
Speaker A:So I am most looking forward to hearing from people who are listening and who want to engage in this conversation and who are completely focused on open doors and unlimited possibilities for each of our students.
Speaker B:So literally, the podcast is a representation of who we are individually.
Speaker B:And the reason why I say that is because just like we are educators in our best practices, we align ourselves to truly meet the needs of who we serve.
Speaker B:That's exactly how we have structured the podcast.
Speaker B:It is ever evolving.
Speaker B:We meet the needs of our audience and those who listen.
Speaker B:And when our audience is asking for more, we evolve.
Speaker B:And so season 10 represents another evolution in the Wheelhouse podcast.
Speaker B:And it's a very exciting movement and.
Speaker A:We want you to join us in that movement.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:We want you to be there with us.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:So, as we look forward to this season, we have some amazing people who will be coming to the podcast.
Speaker A:We'll have some favorites from season nine and we have some new people to introduce you to in season 10.
Speaker A:It's going to be an exciting mix of of educators representing lots of different work in the Pre K through 20 continuum.
Speaker A:So we even have someone joining us who's currently working in higher ed.
Speaker A:So that conversation will extend to seeing what's happening out there in the world of higher education as well.
Speaker A:So we are super excited, super excited to begin season 10.
Speaker A:In our next episode, we're going to talk about the theme a little bit.
Speaker A:This will be the last conversation that will be just the four of us and we'll be talking about this theme of open doors and unlimited possibilities.
Speaker A:What does that mean?
Speaker A:And we think it's a natural evolution from the conversation we had in season nine around cultivating hope.
Speaker A:It makes sense that we define that further and that is around open doors and unlimited possibilities.
Speaker A:So if you want to know what we're thinking when we think about that phrase, open doors and unlimited possibilities, then certainly join us next week in episode two.
Speaker A:And until then, have yourself a great week.
Speaker A:And that's a wrap of season 10, episode one of the Wheelhouse.
Speaker A:A special thank you to the team, Kathy Mone, Michael Pipa and Dr. Alicia Munroe.
Speaker A:We're back in the studio next week and we can't wait to continue this conversation with you and we hope you'll join the Wheelhouse Company.
Speaker A:Are you a like minded educator who's committed to open doors and unlimited possibilities for each student.
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Speaker A:Subscribe to the Wheelhouse Chronicle on Substack.
Speaker A:That's the wheelhouse.substack.com Join the curated community the Wheelhouse Forum at learnharbor.thinkific.com the Wheelhouse is a production of Students Matter, LLC.
Speaker A:Our show's theme music, off We Go, was written and performed by Cody Martin and obtained through soundstripe.com stop by our website and check out what we offer at www.ourstudentsmatter.org.
Speaker A:together, our goal is to prove to each student and to each teacher that they are both distinctive and irreplaceable.
Speaker A:Until next time.
Speaker A:Remember, we got this.
