Top of the Class
This podcast was developed by educators for educators of all kinds, so whether you’re an undergraduate student studying to become a teacher, maybe you’re a paraprofessional, a classroom teacher, a master’s student, or an administrator, you are welcome here and we hope you’ll join us each month.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 80
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Top of the Class Episode 63 – Executive Presence – Emily & Meredith
Welcome to today’s episode! We are diving into a topic that goes beyond lesson plans and teaching strategies—executive presence in education. Often associated with corporate leadership, executive pr…
Top of the Class Episode 62 – Working with Different Personalities – Dr. Alicia Kozimor
In today’s episode, we’re delving into the art and science of working with personalities and appreciation language. What better a topic to be released during this Valentine’s Day week. As educators,…
Top of the Class Episode 61 – What is Teacher Licensure? – Dr. Jeremy Hayden
Well, we know that we have taken a little bit of a hiatus on Top of the Class these past few months. Life has been nothing short of a whirlwind, but we have missed you all and are so excited to jump…
Top of the Class Episode 60- Financial Literacy for Educators- Part II -Monica Martinez
So, we are back with Part II of our financial literacy conversation with our expert, Monica Martinez! We are here to chat about what financial literacy is and why it is important for us as educators…
Top of the Class Episode 59- Financial Literacy for Educators- Part I -Monica Martinez
This is part one of a 2-part special! Today we bring to you a conversation that is not always an easy one to dig into, but one that is so important to discuss as educators. We are bringing to you an…
SPECIAL 75th Recording: Top of the Class Extra Credit- Why We Love Teachers with Emily & Meredith
Happy 75th Recording, Top of the Class!
This is a very special launch for a very special profession and we couldn’t think of a better episode than this one! We have officially released 75 recordi…
Top of the Class Episode 58- Character Education: Shared Leadership/The Practical Wisdom Framework with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
We are excited to wrap up our special 4-part series on Character Education today. If you missed the first 3 episodes in this series, be sure to go back to hear all of the wonderful wisdom. As we ent…
Top of the Class Episode 57-Character Education: The Caught, Taught, Sought Model with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
Welcome back! We are so excited to dive into the 3rd of a special 4 part series all about Character Education. If you didn’t catch our first 2 episodes in the series, be sure to take a listen. Today…
Top of the Class Episode 56- Character Education: Actionable Steps with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
We are here with the 2nd episode in our special 4-part series on Character Educaiton! If you missed the 1st episode in the series, be sure to take a peek! Today we are chatting about some actionable…
Top of the Class Episode 55- Character Education: Where to Begin & Defining Core Values with Emily Farkas & Dr. Ashley Betkowski
We are here to dive into a really important series on Top of the Class. We are about to jump into a special 4-part series around Character Education. We are here to build upon our previous episode w…
Top of the Class Episode 54-Alternative Pathways to Educator Licensure-Dr. Carol Lippert and Carolyn Mann
We wanted to bring to you all a topic that has been on our minds for some time now. We have been in countless meetings, sessions, and conversations all about the teacher pipeline or educator pipelin…
Top of the Class Episode 53-Why We Appreciate Being an Educator with Julianne Bridwell & Ryan Reid
Recently, we celebrated a VERY important week. As the academic school year winds down each year, we have Teacher Appreciation Week. While we celebrate teachers and educators EVERY single day, t…
Top of the Class Episode 52-Servant Leadership-Part 4 with Nicholas Johnson
We are back with the 4th and FINAL episode in our special 4-part series on servant leadership. This topic has been rich with good reminders, tips, and ideas on how we can best serve our fellow co…
Top of the Class Episode 51-Servant Leadership-Part 3-with Melissa Woodward
We are back…for part 3 of a very special FOUR-part series all on servant leadership. We know that it might not be a term used at all places of work, but our roles as educators really do embody a …
Top of the Class Episode 50-Servant Leadership-Part 2-with Emily Hollendoner
Well, we are back for another wonderful episode. This is Part II of our Servant Leadership Series. If you missed Part I, we chatted with an alum who went a bit viral on our COE Instagram page for…
Top of the Class Extra Credit-Why We LOVE GCU with Emily & Meredith
With today being Valentine’s Day, we thought that this was the perfect day to share the LOVE. In this Extra Credit episode, Emily and Meredith dive into why they love GCU and a little bit about thei…
Top of the Class Episode 49-Servant Leadership-Part I-with Shay Quitno
Today, we have a fun episode that is actually part of a FOUR-part series! For the next few episodes, we are going to be talking all about servant leadership. As classroom teachers and school leaders…
Top of the Class Episode 48-Bringing Character Ed to Classrooms with Emily Farkas
We are beyond thrilled about today’s episode. This has been a topic that is very important to us here at GCU and in the College of Education, but also personally important to us at Top of the Cl…
Top of the Class Episode 47-Back-to-School Basics with Dr. Victor Diaz
We are so excited right now. As we record this episode, we have been bombarded with all of the back-to-school media, commercials, pictures on social media, etc. And, we know that so many of you …
Top of the Class Episode 46-Students with Exceptionalities & Online/Hybrid Environments with Dusty Sanchez and Julie Blair
Today, we are going to talk about a really special topic. We wanted to discuss those online and hybrid environments, specifically how we can best support our students with exceptionalities. We ha…