After the Bell: Teaching Tips With a Twist

Longer days and warmer weather must mean the end of the school year is coming. And with endings comes goodbyes. As the Stunt Brothers wrap up Season 1 with their final 5 episodes, the long goodbye begins. Roy and Martin share one especially long goodbye from their past and that one time a staff member really was voted off the island. Once Martin gets the theme of today’s episode figured out correctly, Roy comes up with the brilliant idea of sharing their Top ten Goodbye Songs list. By the end of this episode you may be saying “good riddance” to another school year but we hope you will “always look at the bright side of life.”

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Despite warming days and more time in the garden, somehow Martin gets on his soapbox again and starts ranting about recycling. Roy takes the bait and, using family members as sacrificial lambs, agrees that everyone is political, even if they don't know it. To take this theme further, they visit Clint Johnston, President of the BC Teachers' Federation. The BCTF represents over 51 000 public school teachers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Clint is finishing off his term as president before moving to Ottawa in July to start a new chapter as President of the Canadian Teachers' Federation. The Stunt Brothers go on a fieldtrip to sit down with Clint in his Vancouver office. The conversation is deep and revealing and provides insight into leadership, unionism, activism, social justice, and family. Sit down and listen and maybe make yourself a cocktail. 

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The final countdown. Six weeks to go before the end of the school year and teachers are weary. As Roy and Martin know, at this time of the year life in the classroom is winding up and not down, despite what non teachers sometimes think. Now Martin does make the mistake of saying he feels weary too so Roy sends him for a time out in the corner. This helps gets the focus of the episode back on track as The Stunt Brothers dangle the idea of a year end carrot in front of the listeners. Then Roy and Martin have some fun tossing field trip paper work into the Detention Hall while they look back at some of their epic end of year field trips. Along the way, The Stunt Brothers share their Top Ten Signs The Year is Coming To An End. I love the smell of sunscreen in the morning. 

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Roy is pleased that this is Episode 15 and not Episode 2000 and hopes Martin keeps his dirty garden hands away. As it looks like the episode may slip into the world of the mundane and go for quantity over quality, they quickly change direction and share some listener comments that can be found on their website stuntbrothers.ca . Fearful that they may get voted off the island by Mr. Anonymous they quickly get to the theme of today's podcast: Building A Class Culture. 

The Stunt Brothers start with a new segment called The Backgrounder that hilights The Seven Dimensions of The Classroom Climate produced by the Faculty of Education at the University of Nebraska. Then The Nugget encourages teachers to start the year not with a focus on assessment and diagnostic testing but rather with the building of a positive and enduring classroom culture. Know this: There will be a classroom culture even if you do nothing so the secret is to shape and nurture a positive learning environment that will make the year a success for all. Be in control before the year controls you.

For The Homework Board  we want to hear from you. Tell us what you do at the beginning of the school year to nurture a class culture that is inclusive and accepting and positive. One of our heroes is Terry Orlick, who was a leader in nourishing a caring and compassionate classroom through cooperative games. We learn of his lasting legacy in Rearview Mirror.

And don't forget to get your comments rolling on our webpage. There may be a free beer in it for you!

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Dr. Brad Baker, a proud member of the Squamish Nation and the Superintendent of Indigenous Education for the province of British Columbia in Canada, is our special guest today. His two core guiding principles are "Truth Before Reconciliation" and "Go Forward with Courage". Our conversation explores how teachers can do this, how all Canadians can grow from this, and how we go beyond mere tokenism as we walk together on this journey.

The Stunt Brothers start the episode with a shout out to some of our contributors and the listeners we now have from all around the world.  To celebrate, Roy and Martin launch the Five for a Beer Challenge. We will be having a Season One Celebration Party after our final episode at the end of June. The top five contributors to our website stunt brothers.ca will receive a free beer (or drink of their choice) at the event which will take place at a local establishment. And if you are one of our international listeners, we'll figure out a way to get you your beer! So keep your comments coming. So far it looks like Mark is the one to beat. Learn more at stunt brothers.ca

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Roy starts the episode by filing for bankruptcy and Martin freaks out! The Stunt Brothers soon get their financial house in order but show their age as they stumble over current social media lingo. Change is inevitable, they realize, but you don't need to jump on the bandwagon and throw everything you do out the window. Join The Stunt Brothers as they learn not to freak out about the constant change in educational buzzwords, teaching philosophy, and the inevitable talking head who comes along with a new idea that is simply a repackaged version of what you've been doing all along.

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Daughters and Dads. Roy decides to go on a vacation to Iceland with his daughter, Camille, while Martin gets ready to head off to Africa with his daughter, Savannah. But nothing will stop this podcast! The Stunt Brothers bring the listeners an exploration of diversity and inclusion in the classroom with a special guest, school trustee Cyndi Gerlach. This episode will be sure to evoke discussion among all the partner groups who strive to make diversity and inclusion work in today's classroom. Cyndi does not hesitate to answer the tough questions and brings her 13 years of experience as a school trustee and her many years as a parent of two autistic children. As always, The Stunt Brothers strive to bring all the separate bubbles out there together so that we hear each other, understand each other, and work together to make public education the best it can be. 

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Roy and Martin try something different by recording an episode in Martin’s kitchen on a sunny but crisp North Vancouver morning. Snowball fights in Texas, Martin’s crow friends and Roy’s rockstar-like return to the school from which he retired are all fodder for this episode. Martin drops a line from Severance which leaves them wondering if teachers can really have severance from their work life, without the operation. When it comes to creativity and inspiration, maybe the best one can strive for is pseudo-severance.

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Whether it is an angry shopper waiting in the checkout line at your local supermarket, being yelled out by some impatient driver, or online rudeness, incivility is on the rise. Many teachers have also seen a rise of incivility, or rudeness in the classroom. Is incivility, what academics define as rude, discourteous, or disrespectful behaviours that disrupt the learning environment and violate norms of mutual respect, truly on the rise and is it a reflection of the greater society? Is it connected to the Covid 19 pandemic? What is going on? The Stunt Brothers, inspired by an excellent segment on the CBC Radio program The Current with Matt Galloway, want to discover more on this hot topic. So we have a two parter. Last week we spoke with Owen Howell, a secondary school teacher at Carson Graham Secondary. This week we will be speaking with Steve Zlotnik, an elementary school teacher at Montroyal Elementary in North Vancouver, Canada. Once again we encourage listeners to visit our website at stuntbrothers.ca to offer their own views and opinions on this compelling topic.

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Whether it is an angry shopper waiting in the checkout line at your local supermarket, being yelled out by some impatient driver, or online rudeness, incivility is on the rise. Many teachers have also seen a rise of incivility, or rudeness in the classroom. Is incivility, what academics define as rude, discourteous, or disrespectful behaviours that disrupt the learning environment and violate norms of mutual respect, truly on the rise and is it a reflection of the greater society? Is it connected to the Covid 19 pandemic? What is going on? The Stunt Brothers, inspired by an excellent segment on the CBC Radio program The Current with Matt Galloway, want to discover more on this hot topic. So we have a two parter. This week we will be speaking with Owen Howell, a secondary school teacher at Carson Graham Secondary in North Vancouver, Canada. Next week we chat with Steve Zlotnik, an elementary school teacher at Montroyal Elementary in North Vancouver. Once again we encourage listeners to visit our website at stuntbrothers.ca to offer their own views and opinions on this compelling topic.

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