Talks with Teachers

Talks with Teachers

By Brian Sztabnik: English Teacher, Blogger, PodcasterEducation
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  • #40: A Vision of Teacher Leadership
    Katherine Bassett: The National Network of State Teachers of the Year @NNSTOY www.nnstoy.org Your support is appreciated. Provide a review for Talks with Teachers on iTunes A 26-year middle school librarian and NJ State Teacher of the Year 2000, Katherine Bassett is NNSTOY’s Executive Director, responsible for establishing and expanding the organization. Prior to this position, ... Read more...
    45 min
  • This is Not a Test with Jose Vilson

    A Teacher-Leader That Listens for Student Wisdom

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    José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in mathematics education from the City College of New York. He’s also a committed writer, activist, web designer, and father.

    He currently serves as a board member on the Board of Directors for the Center for Teaching Quality and the president emeritus of the Latino Alumni Network of Syracuse University. He writes regularly for Edutopia and TransformED / Future of Teaching, and has contributed to The New York Times, CNN.com, Education Week, Huffington Post, and El Diario / La Prensa NY. He has also been featured at PBS, Mashable, Idealist, Chalkbeat NY, TakePart, Manhattan Times, and the National Journal.

    In this episode you will learn:

    how teacher leadership can help you be better in and out of the classroom

    how to move from survival mode to thriving as a teacher
    how to make a collage of mentors to help you better your teaching
    why Renee Moore's ability to speak truth to power has made her a teacher leader
    why rote lessons fall flat
    what to do when the students are totally lost
    why process time for students is crucial
    how more planning time can help teachers
    how he hears where each student's wisdom lies
    why the middle school is such an interesting time in a student's life
    ways to have a variety of assessments that highlights student strengths rather than point out their weaknesses
    the importance of having students reflect in all classes
    how EdCamp and Twitter can be a great means to professional development and gateways to niche communities
    the debate between tradition and progressive approaches in math
    Books he recommends -- Lisa Delpit's Other People's Children and his This is Not a Test.

    Connect with Jose at:

    The Jose Vilson blog

    @TheJVL on Twitter

     

     

     

     

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    31 min
  • This is Not a Test with Jose Vilson
    A Teacher-Leader That Listens for Student Wisdom Your support is appreciated. Provide a review for Talks with Teachers on iTunes José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Syracuse University and ... Read more...
    31 min
  • Re-Writing the Rest of Your Career

    3 Things to Consider for the Next 10 Years

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    6 min
  • Building a Better Teacher with Elizabeth Green

    Background

    Elizabeth Green is co-founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat. Elizabeth previously co-founded GothamSchools, now Chalkbeat New York, and covered education for The New York Sun and U.S. News & World Report. She has also written about education issues for The New York Times Magazine. Elizabeth serves on the board of the Education Writers Association. In 2009-2010, she was a Spencer Fellow in education journalism at Columbia University, and in 2011, she was an Abe Journalism Fellow studying education in Japan. Her book, Building a Better Teacher, will be published in August 2014 by W. W. Norton.

     

    About Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone)

    What happens in the classroom of a great teacher? Opening with a moment-by-moment portrait of an everyday math lesson—a drama of urgent decisions and artful maneuvers—Building a Better Teacher demonstrates the unexpected complexity of teaching.

    Green focuses on the questions that really matter: How do we prepare teachers and what should they know before they enter the classroom? How does one get young minds to reason, conjecture, prove, and understand? What are the keys to good discipline? Incorporating new research from cognitive psychologists and education specialists as well as intrepid classroom entrepreneurs, Green provides a new way for parents to judge what their children need in the classroom and considers how to scale good ideas. Ultimately, Green discovers that good teaching is a skill. A skill that can be taught.

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    In this episode you will learn:

    the research Elizabeth did for Building a Better Teacher

    the common habits of successful teachers
    how developing teachers can improve themselves
    ways in which schools can develop their teachers on a large scale
    how technology can help and hinder teachers
    how little good teaching has changed over the years

    Connect with Elizabeth Green at:

    @elizwgreen

    Follow Chalk Beat -- the news site covering educational change

     

     

     

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    30 min
  • Building a Better Teacher with Elizabeth Green
    Background Elizabeth Green is co-founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat. Elizabeth previously co-founded GothamSchools, now Chalkbeat New York, and covered education for The New York Sun and U.S. News & World Report. She has also written about education issues for The New York Times Magazine. Elizabeth serves on the board of the Education Writers Association. ... Read more...
    30 min
  • The Compelled Educator — Jennifer Hogan

    Jennifer is  in her 21st year as an educator, and her 9th year as an administrator. She is a public education advocate, exercise junkie, sports enthusiast, and life-long learner. Co-founder/Co-moderator of #ALedchat and #USedchat.

    In this episode you will learn:

    why she returned to teaching after stepping away from the classroom

    what she has learned from her mentors
    a lesson that failed and what she learned from it
    the overlooked challenge of being an administrator
    a book that every teacher should read
    the importance of literacy
    why Twitter and Voxer are changing the way teachers develop

    Connect with Jennifer at:

    http://thecompellededucator.blogspot.com

    @JenniferHogan where she hosts #ALedchat and #USedchat

     

     

     

     

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    23 min

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