Classroom Q and A

We're talking about the challenges and best practices for teaching students to set and achieve goals.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @SaneeBell @ritaplatt @Bamradionetwork

Dr. Sanée Bell is a middle school principal and an adjunct professor in Houston, TX. Kevin Parr is a fourth grade teacher in Wenatchee, Washington. He is a 2014 ASCD Emerging Leader. Rita Platt is a Nationally Board Certified teacher. She currently is a Library Media Specialist for the

We teachers have lots of uplifting moments as well as very difficult ones. Join us as we talk about what we've learned from our toughest experiences.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @nenagerman @mrtomrad @Bamradionetwork

Lorena German was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Lawrence, MA. She's a 12-year educator, a writer, and teacher coach. Tom Rademacher is an English teacher living in Minneapolis, MN. His book, It Won't Be Easy: An Exceedingly Honest (and Slightly Unprofessional) Love Letter to Teacher (April 2017).

Student trauma comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Join us as we talk about how experienced teachers respond to students who are dealing with trauma.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @cindirigsbee @mazehr @DrJDavisBowman @Bamradionetwork

Dr. Jennifer Davis Bowman is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati State College. Cindi Rigsbee is an English teacher currently "on loan" to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. A National Board Certified Teacher, she was the North Carolina Teacher of the Year and a finalist for National Teacher of the Year (2009). Mary Ann Zehr teaches 11th- and 12th-grade English to English-language learners in the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Join us as we talk about what makes field trips effective and how to make them better.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @jenorr @Ajay460 @HerbBroda @Bamradionetwork

Herb Broda is an emeritus professor of education at Ashland University in Ohio. His books, Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning and Moving the Classroom Outdoors, reflect Herb’s passion for helping teachers see ways to use the schoolyard as a teaching tool. Anne Jenks is the principal of a TK-5 elementary school in Oxnard, California. She is a Leading Edge Certified teacher and the 2015 CUE Site Leader of the Year. Jennifer Orr is a National Board Certified elementary school teacher in Northern Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. She has spent her 19 years teaching in Title I schools, and has taught kindergartners, 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.

Larry Ferlazzo believes that the education technology space is a jungle that requires insight to navigate safely. Tune in as his guests share their best tips.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @covili @SamPatue @ambartosik @Bamradionetwork

Anna Bartosik is an ESL professor from Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. She is a teacher/facilitator with an extensive background in ESL/ELT education. Jared Covili is a professional development trainer for the Utah Education Network who specializes in teaching strategies for classroom integration of technology. Sam Patterson is the Tk-6 Makerspace Coordinator for Echo Horizon School in Culver City, CA. He published the book Programming the Primary Grades, Beyond the Hour of Code. Jared is the author of two books - Going Google and Classroom in the Cloud.

Our guests say that if we fail to talk about sensitive real-world topics in the classroom, our students may see education as pretend and see us as frauds. Tough language, do you agree or disagree?.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @SLazarOTC @DrYemiS @nenagerman @Bamradionetwork

Lorena German was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Lawrence, MA. She's a 12-year educator, a writer, teacher coach, and twice nationally recognized for her leadership and equity-focused pedagogy. Stephen Lazar teaches high school students social studies and English at Harvest Collegiate High School, a public school (NY). Adeyemi Stembridge, PhD is an educational consultant specializing in equity-focused school-improvement. He is a coach and thought-partner to teachers and administrators.

Join us as we talk about proven strategies to help students develop self-control in your classroom.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @AKoonlaba @DrJDavisBowmanl @Bamradionetwork

Dr. Jennifer Davis Bowman is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati State College. Dr. Bowman's articles on research-based classroom strategies are featured in Edutopia, Teaching Tolerance, ASCD, and her new educator site Lightbulbed. Bryan Harris serves as the Director of Professional Development and Public Relations for the Casa Grande Elementary School District in Arizona. ASCD Emerging Leader Amanda Koonlaba, M.Ed., NBCT, is also a teacher, artist, and writer.

Our panel weighs in on the challenges science teachers face, and smart strategies to address them.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @mjanatovich @educatoral @ajollygal @WalkerCamie @Bamradionetwork

Science Teacher working at Chimacum Middle School. He is an Early Adolescent Generalist National Board Certified Teacher who has been teaching kids in grades 4 through 8 for the past 25 years. Mike Janatovich is the assistant principal of Harmon Middle School in Aurora, OH, and an ASCD Emerging Leader. Anne Jolly taught 8th grade science for 16 years and, during that time, was selected Alabama Teacher of the Year. She writes STEM curriculum, books, articles, website materials, and a MiddleWeb STEM blog. Camie Walker is an elementary science teacher at John Murdy Elementary School in Garden Grove, California, and is a member of the Instructional Leadership Corps, a collaboration among the California Teachers Association, the Stanford center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the National Board Resource Center at Stanford.

Today we explore effective common core-aligned strategies for teaching social studies.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @fisher1000 @Bamradionetwork

#edchat #teachers #edtech

Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath works as a teacher educator, consultant, and is vice president and a co-founder of the California chapter of NAME (CA-NAME). She published the books Social Studies, Literacy, and Social Justice in the Common Core Classroom A Guide for Teachers and Preparing to Teach for Social Justice: Becoming a Renegade. Sarah Cooper teaches eighth-grade U.S. history and is dean of studies at Flintridge Preparatory School, a 7-12 independent school near Los Angeles. She has written a book about teaching middle school history, Making History Mine: Meaningful Connections for Grades 5-9 and also writes frequently for MiddleWeb's Future of History blog. Michael Fisher is a former teacher who is now a full-time author and instructional coach. His latest book is Hacking the Common Core.

Though ESSA has replaced NCLB, concerns remain about the devil in the details. In this segment, we take a closer look.

Follow: @larryferlazzo @mpolikoff @BarnettCTQ @Bamradionetwork

Barnett Berry is founder, CEO, and partner at the Center for Teaching Quality in Carrboro, NC. He is the lead author of Teacherpreneurs: Innovative Teachers Who Lead But Don’t Leave and TEACHING 2030: What We Must Do For Our Students and Our Public Schools… Now and in the Future. Morgan Polikoff is an associate professor of education at the USC Rossier School of Education. He studies the design, implementation, and effects of standards, assessment, and accountability policies.