Let’s Get LinkedUp!

Co-hosts Jerri Kemble and Jamie Saponaro connect you with the movers, shakers, and changemakers transforming schools worldwide. Powered by ClassLink, LinkedUp brings you in-depth, insightful conversations on the evolving landscape of learning—from practical edtech strategies and AI integration to disruptive leadership and global innovation.

Whether you're a classroom teacher, instructional coach, or district leader, join us as we break boundaries, share visionary ideas, and link up the people shaping the future of education. Let’s get LinkedUp!

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Jerri Kemble

Former Assistant Superintendent, Lawrence Public Schools, KS

Jerri Kemble has been a passionate educator for over 40 years. She has played many roles, serving school districts as a teacher, counselor, principal, and superintendent. Jerri has had a successful track record of disrupting the educational status quo by working with stakeholders to create positive change. Jerri loves to connect individuals and ideas; bringing innovative people and practices from across the globe to break boundaries in education.

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Jamie Saponaro

Director of Community & Professional Learning, ClassLink

Learning and always growing, Jamie Saponaro is an educator with a passion for sharing topics in education that are near and dear to her heart. Her background as an instructional strategies consultant, educational coach and mentor, technology administrator, and middle school teacher have brought her to ClassLink as Director of Community and Professional Learning where she co-hosts the LinkedUp podcast and its boundary-breaking guests.

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SEL: Tips from the Counselors

August 15, 2021
Social-Emotional Learning
August 15, 2021

On episode 49, Mallory Jacobs and Hanna Kemble, two recognized leaders in school counseling, discuss building relationships and working with students on social-emotional skills. They reflect on their learnings from the recent National School Counseling Conference in Las Vegas. In addition, they discuss overarching topics in the counseling world and share with listeners some of their favorite tips for working with staff and students on their social and emotional needs. Hanna and Mallory are full of energy and they share many great ideas, you will not want to miss this podcast.

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Poolside P.D.

August 8, 2021
Ed Challenges
August 8, 2021

Anytime and anywhere learning has been a goal of educators since technology entered into the education space. Educators enjoy learning when it is convenient and meaningful. Jerri Kemble and Jamie Saponaro understand the need to learn In this way, so they have teamed with ClassLink's continuous learning team to offer CEU’s and professional credit for recertification by listening to the LinkedUp Podcast. The podcast sessions have been categorized into seven themes. Listeners can listen to 3 podcasts and earn 5 CEU credit. We are excited to offer this opportunity to educators everywhere.

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47
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Higher Education: Initiatives to Recruit and Retain College Students

August 1, 2021
Ed Challenges
August 1, 2021

On this episode, two higher education administrators, Dr. Cameron McCoy, Provost at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, and Dr. Michael Salvatore, Senior Vice-President at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, discuss the changing landscape in higher education. Dr. McCoy and Dr. Salvatore weigh in on innovations to retain students and discuss how higher education has pivoted to meet the needs of today's learners by moving away from the "Industrial Education Model" of education.

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