The Redefining Rural Podcast
Redefining Rural
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 41
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Career Connected Learning in the Colorado River BOCES
In today’s episode, Michelle Murphy, Kirk Banghart, and Denille LePlatt are joined by Ken Haptonstall (Executive Director, Colorado River BOCES) to discuss the integration of career and technical edu…
We are back with Career Connected Learning
We are back for our fifth season of Redefining Rural! In the opening episode Kirk, Michelle, and Denille talk with David Blackburn, the Superintendent of Salida Schools District, about the power of C…
UCD’s: The Partnership for Rural Educator Preparation
Have you ever thought, “I want to become a teacher but I don’t want to leave my rural community”? In this episode, Valerie Sherman and Cindy Gutierrez from CU Denver talk about the exciting T-PREP pr…
North East BOCES and Student Bus tours
New Episode Alert!
Tamara Durbin from NE BOCES shares creative teacher recruitment strategies with us! Through a partnership with Robert Fulton at UNC, 19 junior and senior students received an imme…
Season 4 Episode 4- TREP Program
Listen to this month’s Redefining Rural Podcast where Kirk talks to Erica Ryan, Post-Secondary Workforce Specialist at CDE. In this episode they discuss the new Teacher Recruitment, Education, and Pr…
Registered Teacher Apprenticeship
Listen to the latest episode of Redefining Rural with Denille, Michelle, and Kirk as they speak to Dr. Katie Anderson-Pence, the Associate Dean at the University of CO, Colorado Springs, and Dave Slo…
Season 4 Episode 2- Teacher Recruitment & Retention Projects with Paul Major and Todd Bittner
This season we’re focusing on exciting teacher recruitment and retention projects around the state of Colorado. In this episode you will hear from Paul Major about a new project that provides housing…
Redefining Rural is back for season four!
Redefining Rural is back for season four! Join Michelle Murphy of the Colorado Rural Alliance, Denille LePlatt of the South Central BOCES, and Kirk Banghart, Chief Facilitator of the Colorado Rural E…
Redefining Rural Scholarship Winners Part 2
Learn about the final two of the five students who have received the Redefining Rural Scholarship through the amazing work they’ve put into their schools and local communities. Ashlynn and Tuff share…
Redefining Rural Scholarship Winners Part 1
In Part one of our two part episode we will introduce you to three of the five students from rural communities around Colorado that have truly shown what it means to “redefine rural” and have receive…
Collaborative work with the Southwestern Colorado Education Collaborative
Listen to this month’s episode of Redefining Rural Podcast focused on innovation and college and career readiness. Hear from Jess Morrison, Allanah Roman, and Krista Kay and their experience being pa…
College and Career Programing of the I-76 Collaborative
This month’s Redefining Rural Podcast goes over the amazing work that’s being done within the I-76 Corridor. You will hear from Elliot Zettas and Kirk Banghart with @genschools about the projects the…
College and Career work in ”The Grands”, East and West Grand School Districts
Hear from the Superintendents from the East and West Grand School Districts: Frank Reeves & Liz Bauer. In this episode Frank and Liz discuss the Homegrown Talent Initiative, the work they’ve done sep…
College and Career Readiness Programing in the Santa Fe Trails BOCES
“Jennifer Nesselhuf & Lauren Votruba: Pathway to Prosperity at Santa Fe Trails BOCES” is out now!! Lauren, Assistant Director, and Jennifer, Special Project Coordinator, both share their roles and th…
College and Career Readiness Programing at Santa Fe Trails BOCES
“College and Career Readiness Programing at Santa Fe Trails BOCES” Watch and listen to Lauren Votruba and Jennifer Nesselhuf of the Santa Fe Trails BOCES talk about their amazing Pathways to Prosperi…
We are back for Season 3!
We are back for another great season of Redefining Rural ! Join Michelle, Denille and Kirk to hear about the up coming season.
“Honoring Dr. Rocco Fuschetto: Ignacio School District”
“Honoring Dr. Rocco Fuschetto: Ignacio School District” is out now!! Before he retires, we were able to interview Superintendent Dr. Rocco Fuschetto of Ignacio School District. In this episode, we re…
A Spotlight on Rural Innovators: Michael Lamond
We got to interview rural innovator Michael Lamond from Salida Middle School about the three-part project he did with his students inspired by the book “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park. Lamo…
“A Spotlight on Rural Innovators: Brittany Lang and Cortez Middle School”
“A Spotlight on Rural Innovators: Brittany Lang” is out now on all platforms! We had the pleasure of interviewing Brittany Lang, a local 8th Grade Science Teacher in Cortez, Colorado about her innova…
A Spotlight on Rural Innovators: Gregg Cannady
“A Spotlight on Rural Innovators: Gregg Cannady” is out now on all platforms! Listen to Michelle Murphy interview Gregg Cannady, an energetic and passionate teacher doing AMAZING things with outreach…