Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

By Gretchen Bridgers | Education Podcast NetworkEducation

Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast episodes

May 09, 201648: Get Better by Doing Different
The summer is a great time to unwind and rejuvenate! But, beware of the summer trap of regression- yes, it happens to teachers too! If you don’t take time to learn new skills and try new things you too will lose your spark as a teacher. You must reach your own potential to help your kiddos do the same. Tune in to hear how you can still have a relaxing summer but turn your talent up a notch!
Quotables
We owe it to ourselves and our kids to continue to get better at our craft
Use the summer break to get better
Part of being a great teacher is connecting with kids

Connect with Gretchen
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Blog: Always A Lesson
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Twitter: @gschultek
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Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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12 min
May 09, 2016 48: Get Better by Doing Different
The summer is a great time to unwind and rejuvenate! But, beware of the summer trap of regression- yes, it happens to teachers too! If you don’t take time to learn new skills and try new things you too will lose your spark as a teacher. You must reach your own potential to help your kiddos do the same. Tune in to hear how you can still have a relaxing summer but turn your talent up a notch!
Quotables

We owe it to ourselves and our kids to continue to get better at our craft
Use the summer break to get better
Part of being a great teacher is connecting with kids

Connect with Gretchen

Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College

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Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

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12 min
May 02, 201647: Nuts and Bolts of Effective Classroom Management
To be a great teacher requires a multi-tasking ability unlike any other. Each student has their own learning needs and with the heavy demands on districts today, a teacher can easily feel like they are herding cats or putting on a three ring circus. However, there’s a simple secret to survival- its called classroom management. The more effective a teacher can become at managing a class helps free up mental space to teach engaging lessons while the rest of the class operates on auto pilot. Tune in to hear the nuts and bolts of effective classroom management.
Quotables
Every movement needs a system with a purpose- What and How
What’s the safest,most efficient way to get from pt A to pt B?
Where students are idle that’s where behavior crops up
Get a timer!
Check for understanding is by far a game changer in my management

Gretchen’s Stamp of Approval
Teach Like a Champion 2.0 by Doug Lemov

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1
Why?
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?
Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
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39 min
May 02, 2016 47: Nuts and Bolts of Effective Classroom Management
To be a great teacher requires a multi-tasking ability unlike any other. Each student has their own learning needs and with the heavy demands on districts today, a teacher can easily feel like they are herding cats or putting on a three ring circus. However, there’s a simple secret to survival- its called classroom management. The more effective a teacher can become at managing a class helps free up mental space to teach engaging lessons while the rest of the class operates on auto pilot. Tune in to hear the nuts and bolts of effective classroom management.

Quotables

Every movement needs a system with a purpose- What and How
What's the safest,most efficient way to get from pt A to pt B?
Where students are idle that’s where behavior crops up
Get a timer!
Check for understanding is by far a game changer in my management

Gretchen's Stamp of Approval

Teach Like a Champion 2.0 by Doug Lemov

Connect with Gretchen

Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1

Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

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39 min
April 25, 201646: Conversation, it’s More than Just Talking
I didn’t know the difference between group work and collaboration, but not knowing was having a detrimental effect on my students. Educators, we have got to create opportunities for rich discussion and collaboration by replacing standard group work tendencies. This podcast episode shares some of my personal journey as a teacher but was inspired by a question I received from a successful teacher on how to know the difference between asking students to do group work versus having them truly collaborate.
Quotables
I couldn’t be everywhere, but had to provide systems and structures for students to follow so I didn’t have to be there
Everyone had a role to play and everyone had to play the role for the group to be successful
They can’t do it if you don’t model it, expect it, share it, celebrate it and repeat it daily, hourly, every minute
Be clear on the goal and ensure there is a system of accountability
Stop the group work and start the collaboration
It takes planning, it takes thorough design with clear objectives
Just like anything new, it takes time to create a new habit for yourself and your students

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1
Why?
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?
Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
Under ‘Customer Reviews,’ click on “Write a Review.”
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37 min
April 25, 2016 46: Conversation, its More than Just Talking
I didn’t know the difference between group work and collaboration, but not knowing was having a detrimental effect on my students. Educators, we have got to create opportunities for rich discussion and collaboration by replacing standard group work tendencies. This podcast episode shares some of my personal journey as a teacher but was inspired by a question I received from a successful teacher on how to know the difference between asking students to do group work versus having them truly collaborate.
Quotables

I couldn’t be everywhere, but had to provide systems and structures for students to follow so I didn’t have to be there
Everyone had a role to play and everyone had to play the role for the group to be successful
They can’t do it if you don’t model it, expect it, share it, celebrate it and repeat it daily, hourly, every minute
Be clear on the goal and ensure there is a system of accountability
Stop the group work and start the collaboration
It takes planning, it takes thorough design with clear objectives
Just like anything new, it takes time to create a new habit for yourself and your students

Connect with Gretchen

Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1

Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
Under ‘Customer Reviews,’ click on “Write a Review.”
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37 min
April 18, 201645: No Chalk Talk with Katie Helms
Katie is a second year elementary ESL [English as a Second Language] teacher. She currently works in Charlotte, NC but is originally from Illinois. Due to student allotment numbers tied to funding and student need, Katie has moved schools each year she has taught and has already been told she will be relocated in the district to help a different school with an expanding ESL population next year- that equals 3 schools in 3 years. She loves teaching ESL and making relationships with her students for years to come!
Quotables
Each child is different and unique and learns at their own pace
It’s a marathon, not a sprint
They are children, not adults
Relate to the kids and build relationships- building a classroom culture is huge
I celebrate mistakes
Practice makes perfect
I can’t control what [other teachers] do, but I can control what happens in my classroom
No Chalk Talk policy with friends
Listen to your gut
It goes back to the kids… we are paid in hugs!

Katie’s Stamp of Approval
Teach Like A Champion– Positive Framing and No Opt Out
The New Teacher Project [TNTP] Teaching Fellows Programs- Katie calls this “teacher bootcamp”
Linked-In Groups
WIDA

Connect with Katie
Email: [email protected]

Join elite educators everywhere in snagging tips, tricks and freebies right to your inbox every month!Become #empowered with the Always A Lesson newsletter: https://alwaysalesson.leadpages.co/newslettersignup/

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1
Why?
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?
Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
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1 hr 9 min
April 18, 2016 45: Bonus Edition- Interview with Katie Helms
Katie is a second year elementary ESL [English as a Second Language] teacher. She currently works in Charlotte, NC but is originally from Illinois. Due to student allotment numbers tied to funding and student need, Katie has moved schools each year she has taught and has already been told she will be relocated in the district to help a different school with an expanding ESL population next year- that equals 3 schools in 3 years. She loves teaching ESL and making relationships with her students for years to come!

Quotables

Each child is different and unique and learns at their own pace
It’s a marathon, not a sprint
They are children, not adults
Relate to the kids and build relationships- building a classroom culture is huge
I celebrate mistakes
Practice makes perfect
I can’t control what [other teachers] do, but I can control what happens in my classroom
No Chalk Talk policy with friends
Listen to your gut
It goes back to the kids... we are paid in hugs!

Katie's Stamp of Approval

Teach Like A Champion- Positive Framing and No Opt Out
The New Teacher Project [TNTP] Teaching Fellows Programs- Katie calls this "teacher bootcamp"
Linked-In Groups
WIDA

Connect with Katie

Email: [email protected]

Join elite educators everywhere in snagging tips, tricks and freebies right to your inbox every month!
Become #empowered with the Always A Lesson newsletter: https://alwaysalesson.leadpages.co/newslettersignup/

Connect with Gretchen

Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1

Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

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1 hr 9 min
April 11, 201644: What Makes the Young Good?
Tune in as I share a recent perspective shift based on my experience interviewing a future teacher. He shared “What Makes the Young Good” and it will surely help you pay it forward and ensure your own students reach their potential and beyond!
Quotables
One of the quotes I live by and my dad says to me everyday what makes the young good? Its themselves. You need to make a conscious decision to show up and do the best you can.
I’m here for you and to support you and I care for you and its important that you go to class and get educated and seek the most potential you have.
Just keep seeking your best. And soon your best will be better.
Change your best moment into your best momentS.

Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1
Why?
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?
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18 min
April 11, 2016 44: What Makes the Young Good?
Tune in as I share a recent perspective shift based on my experience interviewing a future teacher. He shared “What Makes the Young Good” and it will surely help you pay it forward and ensure your own students reach their potential and beyond!
Quotables

One of the quotes I live by and my dad says to me everyday what makes the young good? Its themselves. You need to make a conscious decision to show up and do the best you can.
I’m here for you and to support you and I care for you and its important that you go to class and get educated and seek the most potential you have.
Just keep seeking your best. And soon your best with be better.
Change your best moment into your best momentS.

Connect with Gretchen

Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College

Leave a Rating and Review

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2&ls=1

Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
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Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info
Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)
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18 min

About Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

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Educators, this podcast will leave you feeling empowered with actionable steps to implement into your role immediately. Gretchen shares stories, lessons learned and practical tips. Buckle up for a transformation unlike no other!