In episode 5, Tristan (@tjberns) touches base with Jennifer Zehner (@Jenniferzehner), to discuss starting her new job as a Behaviorally Defiant Special Education specialist in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Jennifer and Tristan brainstorm the many ways policy influences practice within special education, and what the day-to-day of Jennifer’s job is like.

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Tristan (@tjberns) calls up his good friend Emily Connick (@econn143) to answer listener questions about starting their first year of teaching, adjustments that COVID has necessitated, and their approach to tackling the challenge in front of them. Chalk It Up is an Ed Essentials production. 

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In this inaugural Chalk it Up episode, Tristan brings on Hunter Flesch to address the elephant in the room--how to discuss political issues and teach student political identity in a hyper-partisan environment (especially with the November 2020 election approaching).

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