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By Brian Sztabnik: English Teacher, Blogger, PodcasterEducation
Talks with Teachers episodes
- Donna Carpenter — Episode #94Donna Carpenter is committed to lifelong learning and student-centered teaching. She earned her Bachelors from Gettysburg College and her Masters from University of Pennsylvania. Following a successful career in publishing, Donna returned to the classroom at Kingsway High School in Southern New Jersey where she has taught ninth grade English, Film Studies and her greatest ... Read more...24 min
- Elizabeth Matheny — Episode #93Elizabeth Matheny has taught for Maryland Public Schools for thirteen years. She currently teaches English 9 and AP Language and Composition. When she’s not teaching, she’s usually hiking or exploring independent bookstores with her husband and son. You can find her and what’s happening in her classroom on Twitter @matheeli.30 min
- Dave Stuart Jr. — Episode #91Dave Stuart Jr. is a husband and dad who teaches high schoolers in a small town. He is animated by a simple belief: all students and teachers should flourish. Every article he write, every lesson he teaches, and book he reads is driven by the certainty that that can, and must, happen. He is the author ... Read more...37 min
- #89 Jim Burke of the English CompanionJim Burke is the author of numerous bestselling books, including the English Teacher’s Companion and What’s the Big Idea? The question he’s always tried to answer is “How can we teach our students better?” He seeks these answers daily through his work in his own classroom at Burlingame High School in California where he still teaches after twenty years. ... Read more...57 min
- David Miller: AP Literature Chief Reader
David Miller -- Episode #87
An insightful thinker, an incredible scholar and well-respected English teacher at Mississippi College for more than two decades, David Miller received accolades as MC’s Distinguished Professor of the Year in 2013.Miller graduated summa cum laude graduate at 3,400-student Nyack College that’s known as New York’s Christian college. Founded in 1882 in New York City as a training school for missionaries, the school bills itself as the first Bible college in North America. The Mississippi resident also received a master’s degree and doctorate from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.David also serves as the Chief Reader for the AP Literature and Composition exam.You can follow on Twitter @Miller_DG
David has taught at Mississippi College for 26 years
graduate school is when he realized that the classroom is where he belongedDavid recognizes the two types of mentors -- those we choose and those that are formally assigned to usHe admires the adaptability of high school teachers in comparison to higher edWhat David did when his students did not do the readingHow David puts himself out there and places him in situations to interact with studentsWhy it is so important to take risksHow texts are tools not entities in and of themselvesWhy literature is a verb, not a nounThe goals of the AP Literature and Composition examHow David plans a unit or a novelWhat happens in the process of reading a complex textTwo books that teachers should read are:Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
Kylene Beers and Robert Probst's Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read MattersThe post David Miller: AP Literature Chief Reader appeared first on Talks with Teachers.
42 min - Chris Bronke
Episode #86
Christopher Bronke has been teaching English for 13 years and is in his 5th year as English Department Chair at Downers Grove North. In this role he teaches 9th-grade honors, evaluates teachers, oversees the literacy coaching program, plans and implements PD, and works with other district leaders on CCSS integration/implementation and common assessments and rubrics. He has presented nationally on CCSS integration across all subject areas, creating a teacher brand, blogging to empower teacher voice, collaborative leadership, teacher blogging, teacher leadership, literacy leadership, as well as social media in the classroom. Christopher’s work with social media has been featured in the Atlantic, with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on EduTalk Radio, and on the social media platforms MightyBell and Celebrate Teaching.How he empowers his students to do more while he does less
How Chris Bronke redesigned his assessments to better serve his studentsHow he shifted the purpose of his class away from content and toward skill developmentWhat were the deciding factors that enabled him to switch schools mid-careerWhy he co-founded The National Blogging CollabotativeWhy he is a firm believe in the book, Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and LifeThe post Chris Bronke appeared first on Talks with Teachers.
32 min - Monica Burns: Class Tech Tips (Episode #85)
Dr. Monica Burns is a Curriculum and EdTech Consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator and Founder of ClassTechTips.com. As an educator, Monica was part of her school’s Federal Magnet Funding leadership team and was a vocal advocate for bringing 1:1 technology into her 5th grade classroom. During her tenure as a classroom teacher, Monica used iPads to create engaging, differentiated learning experience to meet the unique needs of her students. Realizing the power of tech tools in the classroom, Monica started ClassTechTips.com to provide a resource for educators and administrators on implementing EdTech in the classroom.
Since starting ClassTechTips.com, Monica has presented to teachers, administrators and tech enthusiasts at numerous national and international conferences including SXSWedu, ISTE, and EduTECH. She is a webinar host for SimpleK12 and a regular contributor to Edutopia and Channel One News. Monica is the author of Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality: A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom (Corwin Press, 2016) and #FormativeTech: Meaningful, Sustainable, and Scannable Formative Assessment with Technology (Corwin Press, 2017).
In this episode you will learn:How Monica leads professional development for teachers around the country
Why instructional coaches should listen as much as their shareHow to transition from the classroom to instructional coachHow to develop quality interactions with technologyHow to personalize tech professional development for teachersHow to use technology to aid in assessmentHow to grow a teacher blogWhy Harry Wong's The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher should be required readingWhy webinars are the future of PDHow virtual reality can transform educationFollow Monica on Twitter at ClassTechTips or read her blog, Class Tech Tips
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22 min - Mentor Texts with Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell
Episode #83 of the Talks with Teachers podcast
Allison Marchetti (Co-Founder of Moving Writers) currently teaches English 8 and Reading Writing Workshop 9 at Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia. Previously, she taught English 9, 10, Creative Writing, and AP Language at James River High School in Midlothian, Virginia. Allison earned her B.A. in English with a Poetry Writing Emphasis and her Master of Teaching from the University of Virginia. Allison is a professional development provider with Heinemann PD. You can connect with her via email [email protected] or Twitter @allisonmarchett.Rebekah O’Dell (Co-Founder of Moving Writers) currently teaches Reading Writing Workshop 9 and 12th gradeInternational Baccalaureate students at Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia. Rebekah previously taught English 9-12 at Atlee High School in Hanover County, Virginia. As a member of Virginia Commonwealth University’s clinical faculty, Rebekah also has extensive experience teaching and mentoring pre-service teachers. Rebekah earned her B.A. in English and her Master of Teaching from the University of Virginia. Rebekah is a professional development provider with Heinemann PD. You can connect with her via email at [email protected] or Twitter @RebekahOdell1.
In this episode you will learn:How Allison and Rebekah define the term mentor text
Why there was a need in the curriculum to create a mentor text unit
Where you can go online to find good mentor texts
What is the first step you should take to develop a mentor text unit
What students gain from using mentor texts
How Rebekah and Allison developed their book, Writing with Mentors
If you enjoy the interview, I highly recommend Writing with Mentors: How to Reach Every Writer in the Room.
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28 min - Les Burns: Responsive Teaching
Les Burns is an Associate Professor of Literacy at the University of Kentucky and a former high school English language arts teacher in rural and suburban Kansas. He is the Program Chair of English Education for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Les served as the chief curriculum consultant for the state of Kentucky’s P-12 Model Curriculum Framework for all content areas and grade levels, which was awarded the John I. Wilson National Award for Innovation in Education in 2010. He is a winner of the Edward B. Fry Book Award for Empowering Struggling Readers in 2011 for the advancement of knowledge, research, and intellectual risk-taking in the field of literacy, and served as the Higher Education Representative for English language arts in Kentucky’s Teacher Leader Network, which developed the standards and learning targets for teaching P-12 language arts in classrooms throughout Kentucky.
"What can we do as teachers to be responsive to who our students are, what they want, and what they will do in their futures?"In this episode you will learn about Les Burns, responsive teaching, and so much more.Les shares:How he transformed his students into readers on the high-school level
Why co-collaboration and co-construction of the curriculum with students is so importantWhy getting to know who you students are is the best data you can collectWhat he did to help his students read 27 books in a yearHow responsive teaching can change your classroom and activate learningHow to manage a responsive classroom and create, what Les calls, primary knowersHow to develop student relationships by "embracing the cheese"What Les did to go from no classroom library to a 1,500 volume libraryHow to go from triage teaching to responsive teachingThe 6 steps you can take to incorporate responsive teaching into your classroomWhy being a voracious reader is essential to good teachingThe way in which handwriting is so important to student developmentGet your copy of Les' new book, Teach on Purpose! Responsive Teaching for Student Success.
Follow Les on Twitter.
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37 min - Episode #81 — Jodi Rice
Jodi Rice teaches AP Language and Composition, a social science course online, administers the online courses at The Bishop Strachan School. She also works on the AP Language and Composition Test Development Committee and coaches the Public Speaking and Debate team. In this episode you will learn:
-- How Jodi incorporate more nonfiction into a Literature-based course
-- How to understand the construction of arguments, whether implied or explicit
-- Why English teachers should read Everything's an Argument
-- The ways in which online learning can be effective
-- What technology has yet to solve to make online learning truly effective
-- How Jodi prepares for a new course
-- What her lesson plans look like on a weekly basis
-- What goes into making a standardized test like the AP Language and Composition exam
-- The amazing amount of work that goes into to development of each question on the AP Language exam
-- Jodi recommends all English teachers read is Thank You For Arguing, Revised and Updated Edition: What Aristotle, Lincoln, And Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. It is the summer reading assignment for her students, along with Stephen King's On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
-- Why your students should read their work out loud and how that can impact their writing
-- What Google apps for education can do for teachers
-- Why Jodi is proud to be a part of the AP Language community
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