Podcasts: Sup with the Sup

Episode 96: Meet Desiree Olson, Wasatch Elementary Principal

This week we are meeting with Desiree Olsen at Wasatch Elementary.
Episode 95: Meet Amelia Earhart Principal Patricia Blanton

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s. What’s up with the Sup’ podcast? I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. We are talking with Patricia Blanton, who is our new principal at Amelia Earhart Elementary. Welcome.
Episode 94: Meet SPED Director, Nate Edvalson

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s up with the Sup podcast! I am superintendent Wendy Dau. This week, I will be visiting with Nate Edvalson, our new Director of Special Education. But first, let’s go over the updates.
Episode 93: Meet Canyon Crest Principal, Mark Burge

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s what’s up with the Sup podcast. I am superintendent Wendy Dau. This week, I will be visiting with Mark Burge, the new principal of Canyon Crest Elementary.
Episode 92: Meet Provo Peaks Principal, Ryan McCarty

This week I will be visiting with Ryan McCarty, the new principal at Provo Peaks Elementary, but first, let’s go over the updates.
Episode 91: Podcast Takeover – Anti-Vaping Initiative, Jaidyn Bundy and Milan Venegas

This week, I’m excited to announce our first podcast takeover.
Our district’s communications department student intern, Milan Venegas, invited Provo Youth City Council and Youth Court Chair, Jaidyn Bundy, to discuss the Youth Court’s anti- vaping campaign. Jaidyn is a student leader who saw a need among Provo’s youth and launched an educational campaign to address concerns she and the youth court identified. You won’t want to miss this special takeover episode, but first here are our updates.
90: Teacher of the Year, Lily Bueno

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s up with the Sup podcast. I am superintendent Wendy Dau. This week, I’m sitting down with Provo High’s Lily Bueno, who was recently named the Provo City School District Teacher of the Year. We’ll talk about her journey as an educator, what inspires her in the classroom, and the impact she’s making on her students and our entire school community.
Episode 89: AVID Seniors at Provo & Timpview High

Wendy Dau: Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s up with the Sup podcast. I am superintendent Wendy Dau, and this week I chatted with Provo High and Timpview High school students that are involved in our AVID classes, which stands for Advancement via Individual Determination.
AVID is a national program designed to help students and the students shared their post-grad plans, remembered their favorite memories and school related regrets, called out their favorite teachers, and offered advice for upcoming students. But first, here are our updates.
Episode 88: First Year Teachers Wrap-Up!

Wendy Dau: Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s what’s up with the Sup podcast. I am superintendent Wendy Dau. This week, I am doing one final check-in with the new first year teachers we have been following at Edgemont Elementary. We will talk about how the year has gone, what they have learned, and what they are excited about as they wrap up their first year.
Episode 87: Teacher Appreciation with Spencer Tuinei

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s up with the Sup’ podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and for this episode, I am joined by a member of our communications department, Spencer Tuinei. Spencer spends a lot of time in our school’s getting to know teachers, and he highlights all of the great things that they are doing.
Episode 86: Child Nutrition with Tammy Horger and Debbie Phang

Wendy Dau: Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s. What’s up with the Sup podcast. I am superintendent Wendy Dau. For this episode. I am visiting with two amazing employees from our Child Nutrition department. Tammy Horger is our child nutrition director, and Debbie Phang, who is our district’s dietician. We are going to highlight the great work our child nutrition department does to provide healthy and delicious meals for our students, as well as discuss a recent taste- testing event they held to try out new recipes.
Episode 85: History with Instructional Coach and Teacher Bobby Dayley

This week I am joined by Provo High Instructional Coach and History Teacher Bobby Dayley. I visited his history class recently and wanted to bring him in on the podcast for a follow-up conversation. His class was focusing on a specific instructional strategy that students use in AVID classes where students are using primary source documents, and they were discussing the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Episode 84: Utah Legislation with Board Members Teri McCabe and Jennifer Partridge

This week I am joined by School Board President Jennifer Partridge and board member Teri McCabe, and we are going to have a discussion about recent Utah legislation that was passed.
Episode 83: PEA Association with Christy Giblon and Mark Halls

📍 📍 📍 This week I am joined by Christy Giblon and Mark Halls. Christy is a teacher at Shoreline Middle School and is also the president of the Provo Education Association.
Mark Halls is the UniServ director that is tied to the Provo Education Association. They’re here to talk about the relationship between the association and the school district, as well as to discuss some of the priorities for our teachers as we negotiate our budget for the coming year.
Episode 82: Visiting Mathew Wheatley’s AP US Government Students

This week, Wendy had the opportunity to visit Matt Wheatley’s AP U.S. Government class at Timpview High School, where the students asked lots of really great questions about everything from the Tinker Case, to all sorts of things about Department of Education, funding, how we prioritize money in the school district– it was a really great opportunity. So tune in to hear students ask their questions. It was a great day to be in the classroom!
Episode 81: Elementary Music Program and Choral Festival

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup’ podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. I have three guests with me for our episode this week. Elementary Kodály music teachers Juliana Gylseth from Spring Creek, Kayla Spurlock from Franklin, and Logan McKinney from Westridge.
PCSD Annual Choral Festival https://youtu.be/mirUIVVUkhY
Episode 80 – Civil Rights Unit with Teacher Jeremy Stevenson

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up with the ‘Sup podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. For today’s episode, I visited with a social studies teacher at Timpview High School, Jeremy Stevenson, to talk about the Civil Rights Movement, as it is one of the topics both of us love to teach.
Episode 79: Love the Bus Month with Dusty Carlsen

Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup’ podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. February is Love The Bus month and today I get to ride on a school bus. I will be riding along with one of our drivers, Dusty Carlson, as she drives from our transportation building to pick up students at Provo High School.
We will talk about her experience as a bus driver and a little bit about bus safety. But first, here are our updates.