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Substitute teachers do their best to fill gaps and ensure the continuity of learning. In this discussion, we look for better ways to help subs help us.

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Ashley Eberhart is in her 11th year of teaching as a Spanish Teacher at Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas. She serves as the Vice President for the Texas Foreign Language Association and the Austin Area Chairperson for the Texas A&M Hispanic Network. Ashley has presented from the campus level all the way to the national level on various topics such as SEL classroom strategies, building relationships in the virtual space, and implementing authentic resources for World Languages to advance interpretive proficiency. When she’s not in teacher mode, she spends time with her husband and her teenage son and enjoys cooking, baking, traveling, blogging, and helping out in the Texas BBQ Community.

Substitute teachers do their best to fill gaps and ensure the continuity of learning.  In this discussion, we look for betters ways to help subs help us.

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Ashley Eberhart is in her 11th year of teaching as a Spanish Teacher at Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas. She serves as the Vice President for the Texas Foreign Language Association and the Austin Area Chairperson for the Texas A&M Hispanic Network.  Ashley has presented from the campus level all the way to the national level on various topics such as SEL classroom strategies, building relationships in the virtual space, and implementing authentic resources for World Languages to advance interpretive proficiency. When she’s not in teacher mode, she spends time with her husband and her teenage son and enjoys cooking, baking, traveling, blogging, and helping out in the Texas BBQ Community.https://www.bamradionetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WEDC.Chat82322SubstituteE.mp3

The impact of the pandemic on student learning is now well supported and schools are immersed in rolling out plans and programs to accelerate learning.  At this point, what do we know about learning recovery and what matters most?

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Dana Cole teaches language arts at a high school in northwest Georgia, just across the state line from Chattanooga, Tennessee. On evenings, weekends, and holidays, she divides her time between her family, the theater, the library, and the internet.

One way that teachers routinely show how much we care is by spending personal funds on school supplies. With inflation rising, the cost of this habit is increasing as well. Today we discuss alternatives and quickly discovered there are options, some simple, some complicated.

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Beth Heidemann taught Kindergarten in a small, rural school on the coast of Maine for 25 years. She received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, achieved National Board Certification, and was honored as county teacher of the year, a PBS Digital Innovator, and National Semiconductor Innovative Educator. She co-founded Go2Science in 2017 and now works with PreK-5 students internationally.

Dana Cole teaches language arts at a high school in northwest Georgia, just across the state line from Chattanooga, Tennessee. On evenings, weekends, and holidays, she divides her time between her family, the theater, the library, and the internet.

In this episode, we recap a recent #edchat discussion on the many ways social media has changed education for the better along with some of the challenges it has introduced along the way.

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Harvey Alvy has served as a teacher, principal, and university professor, and was honored to be a National Distinguished Principal. He is the author of Fighting for Change in Your School: How to Avoid Fads and Focus on Substance, and co-author of Learning From Lincoln: Leadership Practices for School Success.

This week we discussed the growing constellation of issues that have legal implications for educators.  The ground beneath our feet is shifting, and there are many new state laws across the nation that teachers need to know.

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Harvey Alvy has served as a teacher, principal, and university professor, and was honored to be a National Distinguished Principal. He is the author of Fighting for Change in Your School: How to Avoid Fads and Focus on Substance, and co-author of Learning From Lincoln: Leadership Practices for School Success.

In this episode, we look beyond the mission statement, obligatory activities, and social veneer to identify some authentic measures of a healthy school culture. How many exist at your school?

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Dennis Dill is a Technology and Social Studies teacher at Jewett School of the Arts, a STEAM PreK - 8th-grade school, in Winter Haven, Florida. He manages the Fabrication Lab where technology enhances the making process, but the kids still get their hands dirty. Dennis earned a BA in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences from the University of South Florida and an MS in Education Media Design and Technology from FullSail University. Dennis has been teaching for 17 years.

How should we respond when the facts we are responsible for teaching conflict with community values and beliefs? It's a fine line that teachers increasingly need to walk as we balance what's in the best interest of students with what's required to keep our jobs.

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Dana Cole teaches language arts at a high school in northwest Georgia, just across the state line from Chattanooga, Tennessee. On evenings, weekends, and holidays, she divides her time between her family, the theater, the library, and the internet.

As many of us return to school this year, we will encounter a new and growing resistance to social-emotional learning. In this episode, we discuss what increasing numbers of non-educators misunderstand about SEL, how it’s impacting student learning, and what every educator needs to know about this emerging trend.

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Harvey Alvy has served as a teacher, principal, and university professor, and was honored to be a National Distinguished Principal. He is the author of Fighting for Change in Your School: How to Avoid Fads and Focus on Substance, and co-author of Learning From Lincoln: Leadership Practices for School Success.

Join us as we consider, compare, and contrast student assessments through the lens of how well they reflect how our teaching impacts student learning.

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Dana Cole teaches language arts at a high school in northwest Georgia, just across the state line from Chattanooga, Tennessee. On evenings, weekends, and holidays, she divides her time between her family, the theater, the library, and the internet.