It Takes a Village:
A Gaggle Podcast

Student safety isn’t a one-person job. Between district leaders, educators, administrators, parents, counselors, and beyond, it truly takes a village to safeguard students in both physical and digital environments.

LGBTQ+

Living Transgender: One Student’s Journey

It’s important for members of the LGBTQ+ community to be seen, heard, and accepted for who they truly are. In this episode, college student Ann shares her journey of self-realization and discovery as a trans woman. Listen in as she dives into her experience transitioning as a teenager, how her family and community support her, and the resources she found helpful along the way.
Student Mental Health

A Mother’s Story: Depression, Loss, and Hope

Wendy Sefcik, founder of RememberingTJ.org, shares her family’s emotional journey dealing with the unimaginable grief from their son’s tragic loss of life by suicide. Now on a mission to raise awareness of teen depression and suicide risk, Wendy provides support and guidance for concerned parents and suffering teens.

Student Mental Health

Suicide, Sex Trafficking, and Self-Awareness

Resilience speaker, book coach, and best-selling author Jas Rawlinson shares her experience of coming to terms with suicide, sex trafficking, and self-awareness, with insights from her latest book, “Reasons to Live: One More Day, Every Day.”

 

Student Safety

Triaging Innovation During a Pandemic

Gaggle’s Vice President of Marketing, Paget Hetherington, speaks with Paul Zimmerman, Blaine County School District’s Technology Innovator and Google Administrator, on the steps he took to make sure that student safety monitoring did not skip a beat when everyone transitioned to remote learning during the pandemic.

Student Mental Health

Hope and Mattering

World-renowned author, entrepreneur, international keynote speaker, and educator Angela Maiers discusses the importance of two simple words: “You matter.”

Digital Equity

Leading With Our Equity Foot Forward

Orenda Education’s Dr. Robin Avelar La Salle and Scott McGuire sit down with Gaggle’s Paget Hetherington to discuss how districts long to get back to “normal” and the opportunity available to lead with equity. To learn more about how leadership can bring about equitable outcomes for students, check out “Shattering Inequities: Real-World Wisdom for School and District Leaders” by Dr. Robin Avelar La Salle and Dr. Ruth S. Johnson.