It's National Crayon Day! What are your favorite or least favorite memories about crayons? Do you still like to use crayons today? :wink

Then we talk with Jeremiah Morgan about the Site-Based Leadership (SBL) Program and their upcoming book study on April 8, 15, 22, and 29. The book study will be engaging with The Instructional Coaching Toolkit, which you can purchase through the link below.

As Jeremiah points out, the SBL Program is for everyone! For more details check out the SBL website. You can join the SBL Program HERE.

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This episode opens with a lighthearted discussion about National 3D Day, where we joke about three-dimensional experiences like 3D movies, printing, and art.

Then we have another installment of Conversaciónes con Rafael. Together we reflect on the pressures of constant busyness in education and life, emphasizing the importance of intentionally creating time for reflection, creativity, and human connection rather than always working toward deliverables. We also discuss how technology—especially phones and screens—shapes students’ attention, learning, and relationships, debating the balance between limiting distractions and teaching responsible use.

The episode concludes with updates from our Join them On Their Journey teacher updates.

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On this episode we share the Ignite talks from the 2026 CPM Teacher Conference.

The room buzzed with that end-of-day, can’t-stop-thinking energy as teachers took the Ignite stage and proved how five-minute stories can shift an entire practice.

Personal stories tie it all together: a quiet teen who returns years later to teach calculus, reminders to expect students to surprise us, and a joyful tour through primes, cryptography, and algebra tiles that rekindle why we teach math in the first place. Along the way, we touch leadership that centers wholeness, reading that fuels growth, and communities that make better math together.

If this sparked an idea or gave you courage to try something new, share the episode with a colleague, subscribe for more, and leave a quick review telling us the one change you’ll make next class.

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