About this podcast
Welcome to Super Story, a podcast where we share informal conversations from within public education. I'm Maria Libby, superintendent of schools in a small coastal community in Maine. I'm excited to share real stories from people on the ground: students, teachers, bus drivers and everyone in between. With every episode, we'll take a closer look how they got here, what their experience means to them and where they think public education is going. Join me every two weeks as we explore the inner-workings of our schools and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and triumphs within our education system.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 31 episodes
- Sprinkling the Stardust · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 4So this episode is a little different. I attended the National Conference on Education in New Orleans this spring and knew it would provide a great opportunity to hear from the…
- Career and Technical Education · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 3If you like what you hear today, sign up for my Substack newsletter. If you have a story worth sharing, email me [email protected] I visited several schools in Finland in…
- Teachers, Turnover, and Tenants · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 2If you like what you hear today, sign up for my Substack newsletter. If you have a story worth sharing, email me [email protected] A few years ago, we hired a teacher from…
- Cracking The College Code · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 1If you like what you hear today, sign up for my Substack newsletter. If you have a story worth sharing, email me [email protected] Today's guest is a woman in high demand…
- School Through the Eyes of a Six-Year-Old · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 27My guest today is Camillo who is coming up on the end of first grade. I first met Camillo when I was visiting the elementary school last fall. He was friendly, outgoing, and dare…
- Jane's Sense of Self · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 26Today's guest is Jane Self. She has worked as the assistant to a string of four different principals over the past twenty years at Camden Hills Regional High School. She is…
- Moving On Up · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 25My guest today is Lucas who is currently an eighth grader in middle school. Most middle schoolers, at this point in the school year are ready to leave middle school behind and…
- Let's Talk About Sex · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 24My guest today is Tanya Young, a woman who has been a school counselor for over twenty years and has been in our middle school for over fifteen years. In that time, she has seen…
- Show Up To Rise Up · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 23My guest today is Alison Babb-Brott. This is her second year teaching first grade in our school district though she's been teaching for about a decade. Her family has a rich…
- Game Time, Screen Time and Insights from High School Boys · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 22On today's episode I'm talking with two high school boys: Mac Pierce, a sophomore and Finlay Fitch, a junior. Both are on the soccer team and Mac is my cousin's son. We've lived…
- Where My Heart Was · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 21Today's guest, fifth grade teacher Heather Butler, is the epitome of teaching excellence. She is highly skilled instructionally and has a spark in her eye that makes her students…
- Perspective · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 20I feel like I have known Kristi Hardy-Gilson for my entire life. We both grew up locally and my now grown children both had her as their multiage teacher for three years. She is…
- Hidden Gem Part 2 · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 19There are events in history, whose timestamp leaves an indelible mark on us. Etched into our memory is exact moment JFK was killed, when the planes crashed into the twin towers…
- Hidden Gem Part 1 · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 18There are events in history, whose timestamp leaves an indelible mark on us. Etched into our memory is exact moment JFK was killed, when the planes crashed into the twin towers…
- Repairing My Relationship with Learning · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 17Today's episode marks a couple of firsts for me. It's the first occasion where I'll be hosting not one, but two guests on this podcast. Additionally, it's the first time I'm…
- Mother Knows Best · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 16My guest today is Ellen Curtis, a special education paraprofessional or educational technician at our middle school for 30 years. She provides individual in-class support and…
- Nature Nurtures · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 15I feel like we hit a jackpot when we hired Heather Bowen to lead our bold new nature-based PreK program. Some might say we stole her from a wonderful local (but private)…
- Hoops and Dreams · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 14Today, I'm joined by Joel Gabriele, a 2011 graduate of Camden Hills. During his time in our school system, Joel played a crucial role in our basketball success, notably during…
- She Means Business · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 13A huge sacrifice I made moving into district leadership was a direct connection with students. Building relationships with students had always been one of my greatest strengths…
- Masterpieces In The Making · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 12I remember the year Kristen started working in our district. I was a slightly seasoned math teacher, and she was a hip, young, twenty-something. She is not quite as young, but…
