During this episode, I interview a future teacher and current student-teacher Ally Echard. Ally is a secondary English major with a theatre minor. She is student teaching this semester and couldn't be more excited to impact students in her new role. Ally shares about her teaching story and how teaching is a service. We are there to serve our students and I love this mindset that Ally shares.

Show notes can be found here - https://www.sfecich.com/post/show-your-passion-and-your-students-will-catch-on

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Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

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Today in this solo episode I am sharing some tips to help you make the most out of your class with a field component or observation. What I mean by this is focusing on classes where you go out into classrooms and work with students. These courses are critical when it comes to teacher training.

Go to www.sfecich.com/44 for this episode's freebie!

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Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

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I sit down with Chris Nesi where we discuss his teaching story, the importance of being an education major and to not take it for granted, tips for balancing work and education, and more! In addition to this conversation, I share a reviewer shout out and a student-teacher spotlight! Let's jump right in!

Show notes can be found here: https://www.sfecich.com/post/hey-education-major-don-t-waste-your-opportunity

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

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Kelly shares her teaching story and how she always wanted to be an educator. She shares about her teaching experience in elementary education and she is now living in Germany working with teachers in their organized classroom. Kelly and I chat all about how future teachers can get organized today! Friends, don't wait until student teaching, get started now!

Show notes can be found here: https://www.sfecich.com/post/future-teachers-get-organized-now-with-kelly-jackson

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

Sponsored by: "What's your student teacher superpower?" Click here to take the free quiz! 

📸 Tag me on Instagram @sfecich so I can share your thoughts in my stories. Remember, EDUmagicians, you have the EduMagic within you. 🧡

During today's episode, I chat with Rene DeCata we talk all things GTPA! During this episode, she shares her teaching story along with tips, strategies, edtech, and more to use when you tackle the GTPA. Although this episode is about the GTPA you can use the strategies listed below when it comes to collecting data in your classroom and how to organize it all!

Also, the first student-teacher feature of 2020 is Morgan Durham! Check out her advice for student teachers.

Show notes: https://www.sfecich.com/post/believe-and-you-will-achieve-the-gtpa-with-rene-decata

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

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Hey EduMagicians, are you having trouble recording your EDTPA video portion? For some future teachers, this can be a point on contention. Friends, Swivl has you covered! Swivl is an amazing tool that you can use to record your lessons. It is a free (there is a paid option), and a user-friendly tool that will help you record with ease.

Show notes: https://www.sfecich.com/post/make-the-recording-process-for-edtpa-easy-with-swivl

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

Sponsored by: "What's your student teacher superpower?" Click here to take the free quiz! 

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Well - you've asked for it and it's here! Today I have with me Kali Thompson she is going to share some tips and strategies to help your EDTPA experience go from meh to marvelous! During this conversation we answer the following questions:
What is the EdTPA?
Strategies to organize it and be successful
How Nearpod can help you be successful with your EdTPA goals
Head on over to www.sfecich.com/39 for a PDF explaining how Nearpod can help you with your EDTPA experience, coupon code for Nearpod, and a bonus from me!

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

Sponsored by: "What's your student teacher superpower?" Click here to take the free quiz! 

📸 Tag me on Instagram @sfecich so I can share your thoughts in my stories. Remember, EDUmagicians, you have the EduMagic within you. 🧡

During this interview, Dr. Greg Cottrell shares advice, techniques and specific questions that you can use to practice for your teaching interview! Head on over to www.sfecich.com/38 for a complete PDF of questions to check out. Grab a cup of coffee, paper, and pencil you are gonna be takin' some notes with this episode!

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

Sponsored by: "What's your student teacher superpower?" Click here to take the free quiz! 

📸 Tag me on Instagram @sfecich so I can share your thoughts in my stories. Remember, EDUmagicians, you have the EduMagic within you. 🧡

John shares about his teaching story, advice for new teachers and how to crush your teaching interview. He shares his opening question to all candidates and how to end your interview with a homerun!

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

Sponsored by: "What's your student teacher superpower?" Click here to take the free quiz! 

📸 Tag me on Instagram @sfecich so I can share your thoughts in my stories. Remember, EDUmagicians, you have the EduMagic within you. 🧡

Today on the EduMagic Podcast I interview Grace Pinto and Rebecca Nicholls two future teachers studying at the California University of Pennsylvania. During our conversation, they share about the importance of being a leader in your own learning, how to take on leadership roles, and the role a leader plays in the classroom. Let's jump in!

Show notes can be found here: https://www.sfecich.com/post/take-the-lead-in-your-learning-featuring-grace-pinto-and-rebecca-nicholls

Connect with Dr. Sam Fecich 
Do you want to continue the conversation beyond the podcast? You can connect with me for more resources, inspiration, and support tailored to future educators and teachers.

🌐 Visit Dr. Sam’s website for podcast episodes, blog posts, freebies, and more tools to empower your teaching journey.  

Sponsored by: "What's your student teacher superpower?" Click here to take the free quiz! 

📸 Tag me on Instagram @sfecich so I can share your thoughts in my stories. Remember, EDUmagicians, you have the EduMagic within you. 🧡