Teachers have the opportunity to bring their passion for content and teaching to their students in a variety of ways. In this episode, leaders from local education foundations discuss how writing classroom grants can help teachers elevate student engagement and bring relevance to their content. Our conversation focuses on tips for writing great grant proposals and examples of previous teacher grants.

Mentioned Resources

Bryan Education Foundation Classroom Grant Ideas

College Station Education Foundation Classroom Grant Ideas

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Teacher burnout is real and new teachers need to go into the field with tools and knowledge to help weather through the difficult times. In this episode, we talk with representatives of the Charles Butt Foundation, Kurt Lockhart and Chris Lowak, about the data they collect about teacher retention in Texas. During our conversation, we touch on why teachers feel burn out and how they can manage the stress of the job especially in their first few years in the classroom.

Episode Resources:

2024 Texas Teacher Poll

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In this episode, recent aggieTEACH alumni discuss their experiences in the first year of teaching. The invited guests share success and areas of growth and how the aggieTEACH program helped them have a great first year.

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In this episode, we talk with Quinn McCall, aggieTEACH alumni and now works with the Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA) on how professional and educational associations can help new and veteran teachers in the classroom.

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Song: New Kids (Instrumental)

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In this episode, we discuss thoughts around what assessment in the secondary classroom does and should look like. Topics range from national and state assessments, such as STAAR or College Board, to the simple formative assessments that check for understanding.

In this episode, aggieTEACH alumni discuss the opportunities and challenges they see in different types of school districts around Texas. The invited guests share their perspective on teaching in a rural, suburban, or urban district.

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In this episode, we talk with Barclay Osborne, former science teacher and current Career Center Director for the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M University. We discuss how teachers should view interviews with school and districts as bi-directional where a teacher applicant learns just as much about a prospective job as campus admin learn about the teacher applicant.

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Song: New Kids (Instrumental)

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In this episode, we discuss aspects of classroom management that stretch across classroom, districts, and years. No matter where you are or what district/level you are teaching in, you will see these classroom characters. Listen to the tips we have for how to handle specific student behaviors in your classroom.

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Song: New Kids (Instrumental)

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In this episode, we talk with Taylor Donias, Certification Officer at Texas A&M University, about the requirements for obtaining a teacher certification in Texas and how programs at TAMU go above and beyond to prepare future educators.

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Song: New Kids (Instrumental)

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