Episodes

  • A Different Global Perspective with James Dittes

    A Different Global Perspective with James Dittes
    Sep 10 2024
    Our friend James Dittes returns to share his latest experiences with teaching internationally. When we first met James in 2020 he had started an exchange program with his class and a school in Germany. Since our last conversation, James has taken on a new adventure and now teaches English in an international school in Turkey. In this conversation he shares how he approaches teaching in a new country and shares some stories about his classroom.
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    37 mins
  • It's Not Just Music-It's Sound! with Hayes Greenfield

    It's Not Just Music-It's Sound! with Hayes Greenfield
    Jun 12 2024
    Hayes Greenfield is a jazz musician, composer, and teaching artist. In this episode he shares the importance of not just music-but sound and how teaching students about sound can enhance social emotional learning and student attention.
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    45 mins
  • Communication in the Classroom with Donna Van Natten

    Communication in the Classroom with Donna Van Natten
    May 21 2024
    Donna Van Natten-the Body Language Dr.- shares her expertise on non-verbal communication and behavioral intentions. A former teacher herself, the conversation focuses on communication skills with students in the classroom.
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    32 mins
  • We Get a Chance to Work with the Best Students

    We Get a Chance to Work with the Best Students
    May 7 2024
    Lynne Roland, Brain Hopkins, and Raymond Appleberry are educators in the Grand Prairie Independent School District in Texas and Rising Phoenix Consulting. In this episode they share their stories of creating a culture where students develop resilience because of their work implementing restorative practices and cultivate positive relationships based on The Circle of Courage Model.
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    51 mins
  • The Next Generation of Sloyd with Luke Johanson

    The Next Generation of Sloyd with Luke Johanson
    Apr 16 2024
    Sloyd is a 19th century teaching methodology that fell out of favor in the early 20th century in America. Luke Johanson shares how The Sloyd Experience is bringing this highly useful teaching approach back to relevance for students in the 21st century.
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    43 mins
  • Science in the Schoolyard with Janneke Petersen

    Science in the Schoolyard with Janneke Petersen
    Apr 2 2024
    Listen to this conversation with science curriculum developer Janneke Petersen shares how she empowers students with Symbiotic Schoolyard. This curriculum helps teachers plant and grow native plants in their schoolyard. This place-based learning initiative is aligned to Next-Gen Science Standards and helps students understand how ecology is local and meaningful in students' everyday lives.
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    28 mins
  • Inclusive Support for Transgender and Non-binary Students with Vanessa Ford and Rebecca Kling

    Inclusive Support for Transgender and Non-binary Students with Vanessa Ford and Rebecca Kling
    Mar 19 2024
    Transgender and non-binary students often do not find inclusive experiences in schools and many teachers do not know where to turn in finding resources and supports. Scott Lee shares a conversation with Vanessa Ford and Rebecca Kling who discuss their book The Advocate Educator’s Handbook: Creating Schools Where Transgender and Non-Binary Students Thrive who discuss issues surrounding supporting students who are struggling with gender inclusion.
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    52 mins
  • You Can Teach Writing in the Age of Generative AI with Jen Roberts

    You Can Teach Writing in the Age of Generative AI with Jen Roberts
    Mar 5 2024
    Have you ever worried that your students are using an artificial intelligence (AI) program to cheat? To do homework? To do something else dishonest? Join me for this conversation with Jen Roberts as we talk about not only how to prevent academic dishonesty using AI, but actually how to use it in the classroom to actually enhance student writing!
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    48 mins