How We Teach This

The 2022 Kansas Teacher of the Year Team travels across the state giving presentations to inspire and challenge those in education to improve teaching & learning by getting to know their students and building valuable relationships that change lives. In this podcast, the team answers questions on a variety of topics to inspire our listening audience to renew the teaching spirit and make connections.

Dr. Jenny Moss shares strategies and examples of how creating a more autonomy-supportive classroom compared to a controlling environment can improve the overall environment of teaching and learning. She shares why behavior management strategies like public charts or activities that shame students create a less than desirable effect. She offers the suggestion of incorporating more choice and value for students.

How We Teach This is looking forward to Season 3 starting January 19, 2022 with new episodes every two weeks on Wednesdays.

Albrecht is an educator and author who inspires teachers to remember their purpose for becoming an educator. In order to write his recent book, The Rediscovery of Hope and Purpose, he interviewed several people with different stories of their life - from a well-known football coach, the first female to run the Boston Marathon, an Alaskan homesteader, and beloved children's author Beverly Cleary.

Albrecht is a fourth grade teacher in New York and a park ranger.

You can find more information about How We Teach This on our website, www.emporia.edu/HWTT plus watch videos of the presenters, access resources they mention, and find links to other websites related to the episode.

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On December 8, 2021 we will drop a special extended interview with 2019 National Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee, author, teacher, and park ranger  Christopher Albrecht. After that, we are going on break but will return with our first episode of Season 3 on January 19, 2022!

From adapting school to be delivered online at the beginning of the COVID pandemic through the continuing process of addressing the social-emotional needs of staff and students, administrators from USD 265 Goddard Jess Herbig, Executive Director of Instructional Supports, and Ryan Jilka, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources & Student Services, review their work and experiences.

You can find more information about How We Teach This on our website, www.emporia.edu/HWTT plus watch videos of the presenters, access resources they mention, and find links to other websites related to the episode.

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"A lot of my implementation (of OER) comes from using the mathematical community to find some good, open source or free text options. For the classes I'm using it in, I'm making videos to go on top of it. I will look at the material, and I'll (short) create lectures (with captioning)," said Thomas Mahoney, associate professor in ESU's Mathematics and Economics Department.

Thomas shares his experience with using open broadcaster software (OBS) to record video tutorials for his students.

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You can find more information about How We Teach This on our website, www.emporia.edu/HWTT plus watch videos of the presenters, access resources they mention, and find links to other websites related to the episode.

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Join school administrators from USD 265 Goddard, Jess Herbig, Executive Director of Instructional Supports, and Ryan Jilka, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources & Student Services, as they discuss their work and experiences through the pandemic.

Dr. Ruby K. Payne, educator and author best known for A Framework for Understanding Poverty, visited Emporia State University and was interviewed by a current and past member of the Social Emotional Learning Student Group. Dr. Payne is an expert on the culture of poverty and its relation to education.

You can find more information about How We Teach This on our website, www.emporia.edu/HWTT plus watch videos of the presenters, access resources they mention, and find links to other websites related to the episode.

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Join us as member of Emporia State University's Social Emotional Learning student group interview expert on education and emotional poverty Dr. Ruby Payne on the next episode of How We Teach This.