That Early Childhood Nerd

If you love thinking deeply about childhood, early childhood education, caring for children, and supporting children’s right to play, this is the podcast for you! Each week, host and self-proclaimed early childhood nerd Heather Bernt-Santy invites practitioners, writers, and thinkers who share her commitment to doing the very best we can for children, their caregivers and teachers, and their families to discuss big ideas, real life practices, and cool research. Let’s get nerdy!

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Episodes

Monday Nov 20, 2017

In this episode, Laura Spillman joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to concluded the series of discussions of core dispositions of master teachers in early childhood.
 
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Monday Nov 13, 2017

Host Heather Bernt-Santy and frequent collaborator Laura Spillman are here to share their Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children conference presentation, "I Was a Bad Child Care Center Director."
 
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Monday Nov 06, 2017

Host Heather Bernt-Santy and frequent collaborator Laura Spillman are here to share their Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children conference presentation, "I Was a Bad Child Care Center Director."
 
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Monday Oct 30, 2017

Host Heather Bernt-Santy and frequent collaborator Laura Spillman are here to share their Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children conference presentation, "I Was a Bad Child Care Center Director."
 
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Monday Oct 16, 2017

Part 2 of Tiffany and Heather's conversation about collaboration and peer support, which are identified as core dispositions of master teachers in early childhood by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis.
 
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Monday Oct 16, 2017

In this episode, host Heather Bernt-Santy and Tiffany Pearsall continue the conversation about core dispositions of master teachers in early childhood.
 
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Monday Oct 09, 2017

"Rather than conclude that some children are born teachers, why not try to identify the habits of mind that characterize master teachers and then consistently foster those in our teacher training efforts?" 
 
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Monday Oct 02, 2017

"Rather than conclude that some children are born teachers, why not try to identify the habits of mind that characterize master teachers and then consistently foster those in our teacher training efforts?" (Deb Curtis and Margie Carter)
 
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Monday Sep 25, 2017

In their book Training Teachers, Deb Curtis and Margie Carter outline core dispositions of master teachers. Heather Bernt-Santy and Laura Spillman talk through one of those dispositions--taking risks and making mistakes. 
"Rather than conclude that some children are born teachers, why not try to identify the habits of mind that characterize master teachers and then consistently foster those in our teacher training efforts?" 
 
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Monday Sep 18, 2017

In their book Training Teachers, Deb Curtis and Margie Carter outline core dispositions of master teachers. Heather Bernt-Santy and Laura Spillman talk through one of those dispositions--taking risks and making mistakes. 
"Rather than conclude that some children are born teachers, why not try to identify the habits of mind that characterize master teachers and then consistently foster those in our teacher training efforts?" 
 
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