The Educator Wellness Revolution Podcast by EmpowerEd Podcast
1) Families as Assets: A Teacher Wellness Conversation with Emily Garcia from Flamboyan Foundation
For our first episode of 2026, we're discussing a topic central to both student achievement and educator well-being: effective family engagement.We know families are essential for student success, but...Show More
2) Council Member Janeese Lewis George on the State of Our Schools and Her Vision for DC
Today, we’re talking about something that may not sound exciting on the surface, but is deeply important for educator and school wellness: the state of our school buildings.In a city like Washington, ...Show More
3) The Building Blocks of Positive School Culture with Dr. Nia Nunn
We are so grateful for the conversation we're sharing today about creating a positive school culture. In our years of educator wellness experience, we've seen how a school's culture can make or break ...Show More
4) Reclaiming our Safety as a City with Advocates Queen Adesuyi and Jessica Peñaranda
For the next few episodes of the podcast, we're going to focus on the federal interventions that have been happening since September 8th in Washington, DC. The current administration is enacting daily...Show More
Reclaiming our Safety as a City with Advocates Queen Adesuyi and Jessica Peñaranda
40:49 | Oct 15th, 2025
5) School Wellness During Uncertain Times with Melissa Sellevaag from the Wendt Center
Today on the podcast we discuss a topic that is vitally important during this moment of federal takeover and ICE presence in Washington, DC: how to take care of ourselves during moments of grief,...Show More
School Wellness During Uncertain Times with Melissa Sellevaag from the Wendt Center
37:29 | Sep 15th, 2025
6) Educator Teaming for Success with School Design Expert Leslie Edwards
We are so excited to kick off our fourth season of the Educator Wellness Revolution with an episode about how to strengthen educator teaming for both wellness and results! From early on in our lives, ...Show More
7) SPED Educator Wellness for Systemic Justice with LaJoy Johnson-Law & Dominique Moore
We’re wrapping up Season Three with a topic that’s big, complex, and absolutely critical: special education in our city and beyond. Because here’s the hard truth—decades of reform haven’t been enough....Show More
SPED Educator Wellness for Systemic Justice with LaJoy Johnson-Law & Dominique Moore
48:30 | Jun 13th, 2025
8) The "Special" Wellness Needs of DC Intercore Teachers
In this episode of the podcast we are focusing on the specific wellness needs of "specials" or intercore teachers in Washington DC. "Specials" covers the arts, like music and visual arts, as well as P...Show More
9) Teacher Appreciation: All of the Above
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, everyone! We are so grateful for all the educators in Washington, DC and beyond!To celebrate properly, we wanted to focus this episode on ways to reimagine teacher app...Show More
10) "Can We Still Talk about Self-Care?" Wellness & Advocacy with Gracy Obuchowicz
We're doing something pretty different on today's podcast. As we struggle to figure out a response to recent federal changes, we want to focus a podcast episode on the role wellness can play in our ac...Show More
"Can We Still Talk about Self-Care?" Wellness & Advocacy with Gracy Obuchowicz
29:55 | Apr 10th, 2025