On this episode, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel discuss the insecurities and questions teachers face when teaching a novel. Together they consider the challenges of how to decide what to teach in a novel, the pacing, and the balance of reading and pausing to do projects. As they discussed, they also address the underlying insecurities that come with teaching a novel: do I know enough? Am I enough? Today at school, consider this: What insecurities prevent you from trusting yourself as you teach a novel? When you read a novel that you are assigned to teach, what naturally interests or excites you?

On this episode, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel discuss the insecurities and questions teachers face when teaching a novel. Together they consider the challenges of how to decide what to teach in a novel, the pacing, and the balance of reading and pausing to do projects. As they discussed, they also address the underlying insecurities that come with teaching a novel: do I know enough? Am I enough? Today at school, consider this: What insecurities prevent you from trusting yourself as you teach a novel? When you read a novel that you are assigned to teach, what naturally interests or excites you?

On this episode, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel discuss the insecurities and questions teachers face when teaching a novel. Together they consider the challenges of how to decide what to teach in a novel, the pacing, and the balance of reading and pausing to do projects. As they discussed, they also address the underlying insecurities that come with teaching a novel: do I know enough? Am I enough? Today at school, consider this: What insecurities prevent you from trusting yourself as you teach a novel? When you read a novel that you are assigned to teach, what naturally interests or excites you?

How To Teach a Whole Novel

<div>Veteran teacher Dr. Jamie Collins and novice teachers Natalie Davey and Rachel Evans discuss the challenges, joys, and practicalities of teaching in the English classroom. We believe there’s beauty in storytelling, there’s beauty in reading, and there’s beauty in learning. Sometimes, though, the beauty is difficult to see through the things that make teaching difficult: isolation, a mountain of expectations, complicated school systems, and finding the best ways to teach students. In this podcast, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel talk realistically about those challenges and the motley of factors that contribute to them. Then, they offer solutions. The goal? A community of empowered teachers.&nbsp;</div>

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Veteran teacher Dr. Jamie Collins and novice teachers Natalie Davey and Rachel Evans discuss the challenges, joys, and practicalities of teaching in the English classroom. We believe there’s beauty in storytelling, there’s beauty in reading, and there’s beauty in learning. Sometimes, though, the beauty is difficult to see through the things that make teaching difficult: isolation, a mountain of expectations, complicated school systems, and finding the best ways to teach students. In this podcast, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel talk realistically about those challenges and the motley of factors that contribute to them. Then, they offer solutions. The goal? A community of empowered teachers. 

Veteran teacher Dr. Jamie Collins and novice teachers Natalie Davey and Rachel Evans discuss the challenges, joys, and practicalities of teaching in the English classroom. We believe there’s beauty in storytelling, there’s beauty in reading, and there’s beauty in learning. Sometimes, though, the beauty is difficult to see through the things that make teaching difficult: isolation, a mountain of expectations, complicated school systems, and finding the best ways to teach students. In this podcast, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel talk realistically about those challenges and the motley of factors that contribute to them. Then, they offer solutions. The goal? A community of empowered teachers.&nbsp;

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