In this final (?) episode of the podcast, Carmen reflects on the tail end of his first year of teaching, how he has grown as a teacher and a person in the last year, and what he's most looking forward to in year two. Thanks for listening :)

In this mini episode of the podcast, Carmen discusses what he's been up to in the weeks he took off from recording the podcast after coming to a realization about how he has spent his free time recently. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen discusses the results of his summative assessment and how he will move forward from it for the next school year. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen discusses moving forward from the first bad test of the year and his best test of the year (two different tests!) as well as reflecting on moving into the fourth and final marking period and approaching his first AP exam. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen discusses: improving his grading schemes thanks to help from his co-teacher, covid cases skyrocketing at his school as a result of poor decisions, his third observation, and how he's maintained a healthy work-life balance by focusing on what's most important with his time. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen reflects on his week teaching from home quarantining with Covid. Also discussed is his return to teaching in-person as the school switches schedules. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen has covid. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen discusses the work that went into supporting a student to help them pass his class and make up late work. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen discusses some positive and negative experiences from last minute backup-planning, co-teaching, and trying to help failing students. 

In this episode of the podcast, Carmen discusses how his confidence has been tested as he prepares to enter a new co-teacher environment despite scoring positively on his latest observation.