Alanna Malloy is a professor, researcher, and teacher coach in Wisconsin. She will soon earn a PhD in Urban Education. Alanna and her sister co-host the podcast Reclaiming Wanderlust, which merges their passions of DJing and holistic health and wellness. You can find Alanna on instagram at anomalysoul.

 

In this episode we discuss:

-Alanna’s PhD program in Urban Education

-Student choice and student voice

-A concrete example of culturally responsive pedagogy

-One benefit of COVID for education

-Accommodations for students

-Restorative Justice vs. Zero Tolerance 

-Effects of the teacher shortage 

-How Mrs. Hood only has 84 students at an 8-period school

-How Mrs. Hood gamifies her lessons

-Class discussions during distance learning

-The National Writing Project and Action Research

-Something Alanna researched before it was cool

-Home groups vs. random groups

-High School Freshman compared to Juniors/Seniors

-How Alanna’s young son is handling quarantine

-The Milwaukee Domes

-Clifton’s Strengthsfinder

-How Alanna got in trouble in elementary school

-The barrier of a low GPA

-Making assumptions

-Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

-Orig3n DNA test

-Alanna’s journaling habits

-The Artist’s Way & Morning Pages

-Getting it right the first time