Chalkboard Ch@t

Slate Sessions: 201 with Samantha Cotterill, Author and Illustrator of the "Little Senses" book series. Episode airing Friday, June 18, 2021. "Slate Sessions" are Chalkboard Ch@t bonus episodes where educators from across the U.S. offer tools, tips and beneficial practices. If you or anyone you know is a teacher, professor or childcare provider and would like to be featured on a future “Slate Sessions” episode, email the show host at germaine.flood@mpbonline.org.

Tune in as Germaine Flood & Tara Wren discuss how parents can sign-up for MPB Education's PATT Initiative this month. In addition, stay tuned to hear the abbreviated "PATT- Parents Are Teachers Too" episode from Season One featuring chats with Belinda Lane & Yomeka Gaffney, MPB Education Specialists, discussing the facilitator & parent recruitment components of the initiative. To become a PATT Parent visit: https://education.mpbonline.org/early-childhood/patt/.

Chalkboard Ch@t is back to the slate for Season Two! Hosted by Germaine Flood and Tara Wren, Season Two- "The Summer Sessions" premieres Friday, June 4th. Chalkboard Ch@t is informative, interactive, fun & it's back! To become a featured guest on the podcast, email: germaine.flood@mpbonline.org and for more information visit:education.mpbonline.org.

Tune-in to Chalkboard Ch@t’s “MS Teachers Appreciation” season finale episode, as Germaine Flood chats with teachers from across the state of Mississippi to discuss their passion for the profession, professional development, life during the pandemic, their accomplishments and more!Featured Teachers & Schools: Ernest Dixon, Vicksburg Warren School DistrictLaura Griffith, Florence Middle SchoolAmber Davis, Gary Road Elementary SchoolAngie Gray, Hills Chapel SchoolDiJhonne Singleton, Boyd Elementary SchoolElla Collier, Reuben B Myers School of Arts and SciencesKhadijah Hopkins, Shirley Elementary School inJackson Public SchoolsAmber Young, Simpson Central School

Listen in as Germaine Flood chats with Pam Confer, an award-winning, bilingual professional singer, songwriter, speaker and public relations consultant, about “Mississippi Beautiful Day”, a day that is recognized on May 10th in the state. She also chats with MPB employees, Joel Povolni, Clarence Robson, Felicia Davis and Millard O'Baner II, about their Mississippi history and what makes the state beautiful to them. “Mississippi Beautiful Day” was established to give all Mississippians a day to celebrate the state’s rich and complicated history, and bond in a special, collective love for all that the state has to offer. Mississippi’s landscape is vastly different throughout, yet it is welcoming, diverse, charming, and resilient. Mississippi is a launching pad for culture and a forever home for creatives. As the complementing song indicates, Mississippi is “Beautiful."“Mississippi Beautiful Day” is a statewide holiday that was established by Governor Phil Bryant in 2019 to celebrate all things beautiful about the 82 counties of Mississippi— from the culinary arts, to music, to personalities, and so much more. Learn more at www.education.mpbonline.org

Slate Sessions: 111, "Please Wear Pants to Work", with Rita Brent, comedian, musician and military veteran from Jackson, MS, who has been featured on Comedy Central, truTV, Circle TV and is listed by Thrillist as "The Best Undiscovered Comedian in Mississippi". She tours occasionally as a feature act with her mentor, Rickey Smiley, has appeared on Cedric the Entertainer's "Rock Your Brim" Comedy Tour and is signed to Buchwald Talent Agency in New York. This Slate Session is the third and final excerpt titled "Did You See That?" from MPB Education's "Workforce Wednesday" Workshop, Self Presentation Series, aimed to help you sound and look your best when presenting virtually. For more information about MPB Education's "Workforce Wednesday" Workshops, visit education.mpbonline.org."Slate Sessions" are Chalkboard Ch@t bonus episodes where educators from across the U.S. offer tools, tips and beneficial practices. If you or anyone you know is a teacher, professor or childcare provider and would like to be featured on a future “Slate Sessions” episode, email the show host at germaine.flood@mpbonline.org.