Tiffany Morse's guest appearances

Tiffany Morse

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Ojai: Talk of the Town 

James Joyce

Rhiannon Giddens

Mike Williams

Mark Lewis

Scott Johnson

Kevin Davis

Traver Boehm

Jim Cathcart

Shelli Varela

Trip Hawkins

Malcolm McDowell

Chris Kimball

Jodi Womack

Scott Mann

Lucy Bellwood

OwlTail

When the Ojai's 2,300 public school students were sent home last March, we had no idea how long until those students would be back in their classrooms. Turned out it would take more than a year before the schools could safely reopen.  One of our earliest guests on the Ojai: Talk of the Town podcast was Tiffany Morse, superintendent of the Ojai Unified School District, to talk about the extraordinary measures the district was taking to make sure that the students (and parents) could meet the terrific challenge of remote learning. Not to mention the hundreds of meals each day being served by the district as many families struggled to get enough to eat. We talked about the entire cohort of student athletes, dramatists and musicians who lost these important rituals of passage, including their graduation ceremonies. This time, the news was a little better. The schools reopened, with safety measures including outdoor classrooms, earlier this month. Among the good news was that Dr. Morse had been recently selected as the Superintendent of the Year for the tri-county region, in large part because of public-private initiatives during the pandemic, as seen in the overwhelming support for a $45 million bond measure, which is already being put to use building public spaces like a community pool and a massive solar project. Morse talked about the measured responses to the tremendous pressures exerted on one side by parents who worried about how far their kids would get behind in their education, and teachers, who worried about losing their lives. It has been a time of great challenge and uncertainty, and now it's time for reflection and taking what lessons we can from this lost year. This deep and wide conversation explores the role of teachers, students and key insights into what makes a community work. We did not talk about taimen fishing on the headwaters of the Amur River, the 16-inning pitching duel in 1963 between Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal, or the novels of Sybille Bedford.

When the Ojai's 2,300 public school students were sent home last March, we had no idea how long until those students would be back in their classrooms. Turned out it would take more than a year before the schools could safely reopen.  One of our earliest guests on the Ojai: Talk of the Town podcast was Tiffany Morse, superintendent of the Ojai Unified School District, to talk about the extraordinary measures the district was taking to make sure that the students (and parents) could meet the terrific challenge of remote learning. Not to mention the hundreds of meals each day being served by the district as many families struggled to get enough to eat. We talked about the entire cohort of student athletes, dramatists and musicians who lost these important rituals of passage, including their graduation ceremonies. This time, the news was a little better. The schools reopened, with safety measures including outdoor classrooms, earlier this month. Among the good news was that Dr. Morse had been recently selected as the Superintendent of the Year for the tri-county region, in large part because of public-private initiatives during the pandemic, as seen in the overwhelming support for a $45 million bond measure, which is already being put to use building public spaces like a community pool and a massive solar project. Morse talked about the measured responses to the tremendous pressures exerted on one side by parents who worried about how far their kids would get behind in their education, and teachers, who worried about losing their lives. It has been a time of great challenge and uncertainty, and now it's time for reflection and taking what lessons we can from this lost year. This deep and wide conversation explores the role of teachers, students and key insights into what makes a community work. We did not talk about taimen fishing on the headwaters of the Amur River, the 16-inning pitching duel in 1963 between Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal, or the novels of Sybille Bedford.

Re-Opening Our Schools With Dr. Tiffany Morse

In this episode of "Ojai: Talk of the Town" we check in with Dr. Morse about the Ojai Unified School District's mobilization in light of the school closure in March. We talk with her about the enormous social needs of the 2,400 students, including basic food and shelter, the district staff's heroic efforts to meet those needs, including providing 650 meals a day. The district is also struggling with technology gaps, getting thousands of students online, the challenges of learning while older students are caring for their younger siblings, the cancellation of such important events in the lives of students - and the community - such as sports games and graduation ceremonies. She talks about the cooperation and collaboration between schools in the county as administrators and teachers share best practices and learn from each other during this crisis, and how to incorporate those lessons going forward. We also talk about her PhD thesis on different approaches to teaching math to middle schoolers - managing that crucial transition between concrete and abstract thinking. She talks about her experiences as a young teacher, realizing that middle schoolers "are my people - I could really identify with them." We also talk about why school is for girls, not boys, and what she plans to do about it, which includes smashing up television sets and building hoverboards. We also talk about Sebastian Junger Witts' "Tribes," and the documentary, "Identical Strangers," about a bizarre social experiment in the late 1950s in which a set of triplets was each placed with a family from three different socio-economic backgrounds, only to reunite accidentally as young adults. We do not talk about Yankee clipper ships, ancient Egyptian monetary policy or Taylor Swift v. Kanye.

In this episode of "Ojai: Talk of the Town" we check in with Dr. Morse about the Ojai Unified School District's mobilization in light of the school closure in March. We talk with her about the enormous social needs of the 2,400 students, including basic food and shelter, the district staff's heroic efforts to meet those needs, including providing 650 meals a day. The district is also struggling with technology gaps, getting thousands of students online, the challenges of learning while older students are caring for their younger siblings, the cancellation of such important events in the lives of students - and the community - such as sports games and graduation ceremonies. She talks about the cooperation and collaboration between schools in the county as administrators and teachers share best practices and learn from each other during this crisis, and how to incorporate those lessons going forward. We also talk about her PhD thesis on different approaches to teaching math to middle schoolers - managing that crucial transition between concrete and abstract thinking. She talks about her experiences as a young teacher, realizing that middle schoolers "are my people - I could really identify with them." We also talk about why school is for girls, not boys, and what she plans to do about it, which includes smashing up television sets and building hoverboards. We also talk about Sebastian Junger Witts' "Tribes," and the documentary, "Identical Strangers," about a bizarre social experiment in the late 1950s in which a set of triplets was each placed with a family from three different socio-economic backgrounds, only to reunite accidentally as young adults. We do not talk about Yankee clipper ships, ancient Egyptian monetary policy or Taylor Swift v. Kanye.

Education in the Age of Pandemic, with Dr. Tiffany Morse

Dr. Tiffany Morse is the Executive Director of Career Education at Ventura County Office of Education. She helps explain the power of this work and it's importance to our Community. There are a lot of misconceptions about what the role of Career and Technical education is all about in the year 2017. Learning about work is not what it was like when I went to school. Shop class is so 1970'sHere's a bit of what's in store in this episode• She tells a great story of the partnership with her department and Ventura-based Harbor Freight and how that led to a $100K Grant• What's the difference between Vocational Education and what she's doing now• How the mission now is about preparing students for career (hence the name)• How the diverse nature of the Community's population is reflected in the diversity of interests of potential jobs by the students• What's her thoughts about Girls in Tech - and how behavior modeled by the family or people like guest speakers in school can affect decisions made at an early age• How she thinks about setting an entrepreneurial mindset throughout the department• How Career Ed works with students who are being home-schooled• "What is the role of education in a Community?• How Community Colleges have changed from vocational schools to schools that prepare students for transfer to four-year colleges and Universities• How to think about College AND Career• Where's Career Education going? It's Integrating Academics and Vocational Ed• VC Innovates - 12 employees• The title of this episode is a program that Dr. Morse invented that brings the business community together with students in a dinner and networking setting. They've had over 2,000 people go through this program. Note: Mark signed up!http://VCInnovates.org for more informationTiffany helped us create an incredibly insightful episode. We challenge you to reach out to your local school district and find a way to give some of your time to a program like this. Both the students you meet, and you will benefit.Thanks to Greg VanNess at Tolman &amp; Wiker Insurance Services for introducing us to Tiffany.

Dr. Tiffany Morse is the Executive Director of Career Education at Ventura County Office of Education. She helps explain the power of this work and it's importance to our Community. There are a lot of misconceptions about what the role of Career and Technical education is all about in the year 2017. Learning about work is not what it was like when I went to school. Shop class is so 1970's Here's a bit of what's in store in this episode • She tells a great story of the partnership with her department and Ventura-based Harbor Freight and how that led to a $100K Grant • What's the difference between Vocational Education and what she's doing now • How the mission now is about preparing students for career (hence the name) • How the diverse nature of the Community's population is reflected in the diversity of interests of potential jobs by the students • What's her thoughts about Girls in Tech - and how behavior modeled by the family or people like guest speakers in school can affect decisions made at an early age • How she thinks about setting an entrepreneurial mindset throughout the department • How Career Ed works with students who are being home-schooled • "What is the role of education in a Community? • How Community Colleges have changed from vocational schools to schools that prepare students for transfer to four-year colleges and Universities • How to think about College AND Career • Where's Career Education going? It's Integrating Academics and Vocational Ed • VC Innovates - 12 employees • The title of this episode is a program that Dr. Morse invented that brings the business community together with students in a dinner and networking setting. They've had over 2,000 people go through this program. Note: Mark signed up! <a href="http://VCInnovates.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://VCInnovates.org</a> for more information Tiffany helped us create an incredibly insightful episode. We challenge you to reach out to your local school district and find a way to give some of your time to a program like this. Both the students you meet, and you will benefit. Thanks to Greg VanNess at Tolman &amp; Wiker Insurance Services for introducing us to Tiffany.