Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley

Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley


Latest Episodes

E107: Lisa Moe & Memorable Learning Through Gamification
January 30, 2023

Lisa is a 5th grade teacher in Southern California who is passionate about providing her students with engaging, outside-of-the-box learning experiences. She loves sharing resources at conferences, on social media, and through her website, and in this epi

E106: Bill Selak & Finding Your Creative Sweet Spot
January 23, 2023

Bill is the Director of Technology at Hillbrook School in Northern California. Passionate about helping educators harness the ever-changing face of technology to better individualize teaching and learning, he shares resources at billselak.com and through

E105: Erika Garcia & Admin Doesn't Have to Be the "Dark Side"
January 15, 2023

Erika is a veteran educator, serving in the field for 24 years. She spent 16 years as an elementary and middle school teacher, became a math specialist and instructional coordinator, and is now a second-year elementary principal in St. Louis, Missouri. Er

E104: The Comparison Trap
September 25, 2022

In this episode, Brent uses a personal story and a scene from the classic movie City Slickers to transparently share the importance of avoiding the trap of comparing ourselves to others.

E103: Carly Spina & The Importance of Our Language Choices
August 30, 2022

Carly has 15 years of experience in Multilingual Education, including her service as an EL teacher, a third-grade bilingual classroom teacher, and a district-wide Multilingual Instructional Coach. She is currently a multilingual education specialist at th

E102: Todd Nesloney & Tackling Imposter Syndrome
March 04, 2022

Todd is the Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). He was previously a Principal/Lead Learner at a PreK-5 school in Texas. He is also an award-winning author for his books Kids

E101: Don Coley & Eight Things I Wish I Knew When I Started – Pt.2
February 13, 2022

In the previous episode, Brents recently retired father began sharing leadership lessons hes learned throughout his career. In this episode, hes back to share four more valuable pieces of advice, things he wishes he knew when he started his career, kno

E100: Don Coley & Eight Things I Wish I Knew When I Started – Pt.1
February 02, 2022

To celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast, Brent chats with a distinguished guest his father (be sure to check out father and son in Episode 6 as well). Don has recently retired from a long and successful career in a variety of leadership positions.

E99: Mike Earnshaw, Solomon Petchers & Brent Coley – So You’re Thinking About Writing a Book…Three Authors’ Journeys
January 27, 2022

Mike is an elementary school principal in Illinois and the author of The EduCulture Cookbook: Recipes & Dishes to Positively Transform School & Classroom Culture.Solomon is a middle school teacher and author of three novels for young readers: A G

E98: Vernon Wright & Remembering We're in the People Business
January 20, 2022

Vernon is an entrepreneur, speaker, life coach, consultant, and leader. He has over 17 years of experience in education working in large, urban school districts and has previously served in the roles of teacher, teacher leader, campus leadership team memb