Kim Lepre is the host of The Teachers Need Teachers Podcast, https://teachersneedteachers.com/, helping beginning teachers navigate their new field. She taught band for 10 years, and has been teaching English Language Arts for almost a decade.

 

In this episode we discuss:

-New teachers and the Imposter Syndrome

-Student Rapport

-Mentorship for new teachers

-Providing Syllabi for families

-Mentorship for teachers new to a building 

-Why Kim had to reset her classes midyear

-Teaching Band versus English Language Arts

-Kim’s shift away from teaching Band

-Why Kim identifies as a Middle School teacher

-Distance Learning 2.0 for fall 2020

-The Evolved Teacher’s advice for online classrooms

-Edpuzzle as a resource

-Student privacy on video

-The Teachers Need Teachers podcast

-One of Mrs. Hood’s past weaknesses as a teacher

-Parent Contact and Remind.com

-Kim’s interest in Reiki 

-Religion and politics in Education

-The instant rapport of teachers doing Tik-Tok

-The Cult of Pedagogy podcast and website

-Twitter as a resource for teachers