Classroom Q and A

Join us as we talk about setting the tone at the very beginning of your class with "do now" activities. @larryferlazzo @teachingfactor @Matt_Marv @Bamradionetwork Dr. Nancy Sulla is the creator of the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom and author of Students Taking Charge and It's Not What You Teach But How. Michele L. Haiken is a middle school English teacher in Rye, New York and an adjunct professor in Literacy at Manhattanville College. She is the author of Personalized Reading: Digital Strategies and Tools to Support All Learners (June 2018). Matt Homrich-Knieling is a middle school English Language Arts teacher in southwest Detroit. He is also the faculty advisor for an after-school youth activism club.

Teachers unions are feeling threatened by privatization, pending court cases, organized anti-union efforts. What will teachers union look like twenty years from now?

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Jennifer Thomas is an educator, perpetual learner, and public education advocate. Brian Guerrero is a Teacher on Special Assignment working with Language Arts for the Lennox School District in Lennox, California, president of the local Lennox Teachers Association, and a member of the Instructional Leadership Corps. David Fisher is an elemntary school teacher and the President of Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA). Nikki Milevsky is a California public educator like her mother and great-grandmother before her. She has beeen a school psychologist in the Sacramento City School District and 1st Vice-president and past president of SCTA.

"Your lessons are boring." No teacher wants to hear these words, but most teachers have taught lessons that put students to sleep. How can we plan lessons to avoid the "B" word?

@larryferlazzo @ChrisHulleman56 @sarahjcooper01 @dlaufenberg @Bamradionetwork

Diana Laufenberg is a Nationally Board certified Social Studies teacher currently teaching 7th graders in Flagstaff, AZ. Sarah Cooper teaches eighth-grade U.S. history and is Dean of Studies at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada. She is the author of Making History Mine. Chris Hulleman is principal investigator of the Motivate Lab and an associate professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in experimental social and personality psychology.

What are the issues, challenges, and concerns that keep principals up at night? How can we manage them? Join us as we check in with three principals from around the nation.

@larryferlazzo @SaneeBell @jenschwanke @janatovich @Bamradionetwork

Dr. Sanée Bell is a middle school principal and an adjunct professor in Houston, TX. Jen Schwanke is the author of You’re the Principal! Now What? Strategies and Solutions for New School Leaders. Schwanke is currently a principal for the Dublin City School District in Dublin, Ohio. Mike Janatovich is the assistant principal of Harmon Middle School in Aurora, OH, and an ASCD Emerging Leader.

Join us as we dispel the myths and misunderstandings around the instructional strategy we call dual immersion. Williams is a senior researcher in New America's Education Policy Program. He founded New America's Dual Language Learners National Work Group. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. Barbara Gottschalk is a language acquisition teacher at Susick Elementary in Warren Consolidated Schools, a public school district in the northern suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. She wrote, Get Money for Your Classroom: Easy Grant Writing Ideas that Work. Elizabeth B. Beltran, M.A. is a Member of the Instructional Leadership Corps; UCR Extension Instructor (CLAD and BILA Courses); Banning Unified School District TOSA for EL and DI Programs.

Student conflict comes with the territory of working with people. Schools and classrooms are no exception.

Join us for practical tips on how to de-escalate and manage student conflict.

@larryferlazzo @Owl_b_TorresEdu @dannywoo15 @mrkevinparr @Bamradionetwork

Jessica Torres is an Elementary assistant principal, doctoral student, lover of Montessori and choice, foodie, mom, wife & connected educator with a passionate love for learning for myself and others. Kevin Parr is a fourth grade teacher in Wenatchee, Washington. He is a 2014 ASCD Emerging Leader. Danny Woo, a middle school science teacher at San Jose Charter Academy in West Covina, California.

There are more instructional strategies than most of us can ever apply. In this segment, we look at some of the most effective strategies that we too often overlook. @larryferlazzo @MsAmberChandler @DrJDavisBowman @MsSalvaC @Bamradionetwork Carol Salva is a high school ESL teacher and co-author of the book Boosting Achievement, Reaching Students with Limited or Minimal Education. Dr. Jennifer Davis Bowman is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati State College. Amber Chandler is an NBCT middle school ELA teacher, from Hamburg, NY experienced in teaching students from 6 grade through graduate school students. Kathy Glass is the author of Complex Text Decoded: How to Design Lessons and Use Strategies That Target Authentic Texts . She has been in education for more than 25 years.

Can you remember your most magical teaching moment? Let's start the year by recalling our best times and musing about what we can do to create more of them @larryferlazzo @jenschwanke @saradateechur @Ajay460 @TeacherinIowa @Bamradionetwork Amy Sandvold is a teacher in Iowa at Highland Elementary for the Waterloo Community Schools. She has served as both an elementary and middle school principal and has co-authored The Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching and Learning. Anne Jenks is the principal of a TK-5 elementary school in Oxnard, California. Sarah Thomas is a Google Certified Innovator and the founder of the #EduMatch movement. Jen Schwanke is the author of You’re the Principal! Now What? Strategies and Solutions for New School Leaders. Schwanke is currently a principal for the Dublin City School District in Dublin, Ohio.

Video can be a powerful teaching tool when done well. In this segment, we explore the do's and don'ts for using video in the classroom.

@larryferlazzo @JGriff_Teach @WordLib @kenhalla @Bamradionetwork Dr. Rebecca Alber is a professor in the education department at UCLA where she trains secondary English teachers. A former high school English teacher, Rebecca is a reading specialist, and a writer and consulting editor at Edutopia. Ken Halla is the eLearning Coordinator for the 10th largest school district in the US. He is the author of Deeper Learning Through Technology: Using the Cloud to Individualize Instruction. Jason Griffith is a PhD Candidate in English Education at Arizona State University and the author of From Me to We: Using Narrative Nonfiction to Broaden Student Perspectives from Routledge.

Teaching writing can be more challenging than it appears on the surface. Join us as we talk about avoiding the biggest mistakes we often make.

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Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski is an elementary teacher in Farmingdale, New York. She is a co-author of the Two Writing Teachers blog and the co-director of the Long Island Writing Project. Co-author of Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions. Mary Ann Zehr teaches 11th- and 12th-grade English to English-language learners in the District of Columbia Public Schools.Lisa Eickholdt is a college literacy professor and Heinemann author. Her passion is teaching teachers and students about writing.