The Minimalist Educator Podcast
A podcast about paring down to focus on the purpose and priorities in our roles.
The Minimalist Educator Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep 108 — Human-Centered Schools is a Minimalist Approach with Dr. Randy Ziegenfuss
Control is the quiet habit that shapes most school days, and it’s also the habit that drains joy, curiosity, and agency from both students and educators. We sit down with Dr. Randy Zeigenfuss, p...
Ep 107 — Keeping Good Teachers is Simple with co-authors Jessica Holloway and Carrie Bishop
Teacher retention gets blamed on pay, policies, and “kids these days” but the truth we keep hearing is simpler and harder: people stay where they feel trusted, heard, and valued. We sit down with
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Ep 106 — Strip the Agenda: Fewer Words, Better Meetings with Chris Fenning
Meetings can quietly take over a school week and still leave everyone feeling behind. We bring back communication expert and author Chris Fenning for a practical conversation about effective meetings in e...
Ep 105 — Grammar, Pared Down: Teaching Less So Writing Sticks with Patty McGee
Grammar doesn’t fail because kids “just don’t get it.” It fails when we teach it like a scavenger hunt of labels and then hope it magically shows up in student writing the next day. We sit down with national literacy consultant and author Patty...
Ep 104 — The Minimal Leader: Clear Expectations, Zero Guesswork with Casey Watts
“We’ve told them the expectation” can be true and still leave a staff completely unsure what to do next. That gap is where frustration grows, where initiative fatigue sets in, and where leaders start calling normal uncertainty “resistance.” We ...
