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In this episode, you’ll learn from women’s health coach Sarah Seifert.  Sarah shares about how you can prioritize your health and nutrition, even as a busy mom juggling a career and kids.  She’s expecting boy #4 and still finding ways to prioritize her health!  Tune in if you’re ready for tips and inspiration from an inspiring Mom who has helped many women build strong bodies, confident mindsets, and sustainable routines that fit into real, busy days. Connect with Sarah on Instagram @sarahseifertfit Learn more about Moms Investing in Lifting and Fuel here. Join Sarah for an all levels workout class on May 13 when you register for our Spring Into Wellness Challenge. Please consider this your invitation to join us for 7 days of wellness to kick off spring feeling calm and strong!   Details and registration at kgeducation.ca/wellness Enter to win our coffee card giveaway when you help us spread the word about our event by sharing our event announcement on Facebook or Instagram.  Two accounts Sarah recommends you follow for more on fitness & health for Moms:https://www.instagram.com/desb___/ https://www.instagram.com/movewithtruelove/

Casie Jericho is a lifestyle coach and mom of 3 who has worked as a high school teacher for over a decade.  She is also the founder of Moms Investing in Lifting & Fuel.  Casie helps busy women cut through the BS, build muscle, lose fat, and still enjoy their lives.  Tune in to this episode to hear Casie’sthoughts on building a healthier lifestyle. Find Casie on Instagram @casiejericho Learn more about Moms Investing in Lifting and Fuel here.Join us Monday, May 18, 2026 for Next-Level Nutrition: Fueling Your Body for Fitness and Fun workshop with Casie Jericho as part of our 7 day Spring into Wellness Challenge.  kgeducation.ca/wellness Enter our @kgeducation.ca coffee card giveaway on Instagram or Facebook before May 11!

In this special episode of Cultivating Connection, Dr. Devon Caldwell highlights a collaborative project created with her Nipissing University students in the Indigenous Teacher Education Program. This fully online course on technology-enriched teaching and learning invited future educators to explore the power of podcasting as a tool for authentic student voice. To experience the creative process firsthand, each teacher candidate contributed a short audio reflection responding to one of two prompts: “I want to become a teacher because…” or “In my own classroom, I plan to use technology to…” . The result is a rich collection of heartfelt reflections that celebrate why teaching matters and how technology can foster meaningful learning and connection. Tune in to hear the voices of tomorrow’s teachers—sharing their hopes, values, and visions for the classrooms they will soon lead. Find out more about ⁠Nipissing University's Indigenous Teacher Education Program⁠.

Devon is a PhD Candidate at the University of Victoria. In this episode, she shares her journey as a PhD student. Hear about the challenges she has overcome and the skills she has developed as she tackles each step of her program. If you’re a teacher taking a graduate studies program, check out The Strategic Scholar workshop for tips, strategies and tech tools for succeeding in your program. kgeducation.ca/StrategicScholar

Need some inspiration for your classroom activities or coaching practice? In this episode, Leah shares some of her favourite learning activities to engage learners. These classroom activities work for different grade levels and subject areas. They are fun to teach and are usually a hit with students!Be sure to check out the show notes at kgeducation.ca/episode27 for links to resources and templates you can use to try these activities in your own classroom!

With the substitute teacher shortage and lack of funding in education, leaving your school and travelling to a conference can be difficult. That's why we're bringing the conference to you! In this episode, we share our top takeaways from one of our favourite ed tech conferences--Riding the Wave in Gimli, Manitoba. From the dynamic keynote to informative sessions, you’ll hear about the big ideas and useful tools that made this conference so worthwhile. We'll share about the importance of creativity and how to cultivate it as well as e-sports and broadcasting your school announcements--there's something for everyone in this new episode of Cultivating Connection. Show notes at: https://kgeducation.ca/26RTW

We are heading into the final months of the school year here in Manitoba. If you’re also winding down your school year, we want to cheer you on as you finish strong!  We’ve definitely had school years where it felt like we were dragging ourselves to the finish line on the brink of burnout, feeling disorganized and overwhelmed.  We’ve also had really fun final stretches, with loads of rich, meaningful learning in our classrooms and feeling great physically and mentally. In this episode, we’re sharing 5 strategies to help you finish your year strong.  If you’re ready for more ideas at the end of this episode, we’re sharing 5 *more* strategies to finish strong at our Teacher Success Squad community call on May 9.  Head to kgeducation.ca/SuccessSquad to register! Full show notes with links to resources mentioned in this episode at: kgeducation.ca/25strong

While driving to a conference, Devon and Leah spend some time talking about one of their favourite topics--books. In this episode, they share some of their favourite books across a variety of genres and why they think you'd like them too. Tune in, open your Goodreads app, and add these titles to your "to read" shelf--there are some great recommendations in this fast and fun episode! Follow the Kenton girls on Goodreads: Devon Leah

James Allen is currently the Statewide School Library Lead and a Digital Learning Coach for the Kentucky Department of Education. He was a public K-12 school librarian for sixteen years. In this episode, James shares tips and ideas for working with your school librarian. Connect with James @TLJamesA on Twitter and www.tljamesa.com Show notes are on our blog at https://kgeducation.ca/23jamesallen

The BYTE (Build Your Teaching Experience) Conference is an annual, all-day event that features multiple break-out sessions following a keynote speaker. Held on February 17, 2023, in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, the conference has a strong educational technology focus and attracts K-12 educators from around the province. Devon and Leah have attended and presented for many years, and love the great variety of sessions and opportunities to connect with friends and colleagues. The theme for 2023 was BYTE-Size Technology Infusion, inspired by the idea that EVERYONE is able to make small, daily learning gains in a busy educational environment. Take a few minutes to listen to the Kenton girls' biggest takeaways from BYTE 2023. You’ll hear about some new tools and ideas as well as some great educators to connect with on social media. Tools to check out: Noun Project: huge selection of free icons and images  Quick, Draw!: AI-powered drawing database of doodles Flip: Microsoft's video discussion and sharing app Read&Write extension for Chrome OrbitNote extension for Chrome

Emily Thomas is a Technology Integrator and Trainer for Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916 in Minnesota. Her most recent project is an accessible STEAM Mobile Makerspace that provides differentiated activities for students from pre-K through post-high school. Tune in to this episode to find out how Emily is bringing accessible makerspace activities to the learners in her school district. Access Emily's Makerspace activities in the full show notes at: https://kgeducation.ca/21emilythomas

Dear Teacher, you’re wonderful just the way you are. But we’ve come up with three creative ways to help you be an even better teacher in 2023….and they might not be the kind of things that immediately come to mind. We’re not talking about boosting literacy scores or strengthening your classroom management, but we are confident that these three suggestions will make the new year a great one. Free 7 Day Journalling Challenge available here Free Teacher Wellness Toolkit available here

"Programs don't teach kids. Teachers teach kids." Dr. Joe Stouffer is a literacy researcher, consultant, and assistant professor at Brandon University's Faculty of Education, and he has a thing or two to say about teaching children to read. In this jam-packed episode, Dr. Stouffer discusses balanced literacy programs, the Science of Reading movement, and assessment. He shares the most important thing that teachers can do to be effective teachers of literacy, and it's surprisingly simple. Questions about sight/high-frequency words? He talks about that too. Tune in, listen a couple of times, and share it with your teacher friends, because this is an episode that you don't want to miss.  Show notes available at: https://kgeducation.ca/19literacy/

Join us for the 2022 Holly Jolly Holiday Connection – a simple and free online project we created to connect you with other students and teachers while generating some holiday spirit. This will be the third year we’ve hosted this project and we are excited to see the greetings start rolling in from different places! Find out more at kgeducation.ca/hollyjolly  Interested in our Kindergarten Essentials webinar? Learn more about how to foster playful learning in Kindergarten on Sunday, November 20, at 10 am CST.

In this episode, Leah shares 3 things you need to know about coding and computational thinking.  What is coding?  What is computational thinking?  Why might you want to integrate them in your classroom?  Leah will address these questions and share her experiences with teaching coding and computational thinking.   Access the resources mentioned at: https://hourofcode.com/ca