This week's episode is a solo one! I talk about two really important topics: 1. My response to the Daily Episode on School Reopening (episode linked here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/podcasts/the-daily/school-reopening-teachers-unions-biden.html?smid=url-share)2. Biggest Pet Peeves of Teachers (submitted from the audience) It's been a crazy week with school closures and freezing roads, but we managed to get this one out. Let's hope ERCOT can figure it out and we ca...

Alondra Carmona joins us this week for Tea Time with a Teacher. She is a HS Senior in Houston and will be attending Barnard College in the Fall. She was recently profiled in the Houston Chronicle and on ABC for her efforts to help her family when her mother lost her job with her college savings she earned from an internship with Rice University studying cervical cancer. She has since then started a GoFundMe which has earned over $160,000 towards her tuition. She hopes to earn an MD/PhD in Neu...

Tea Time is with a hilarious educator this week! Bri Richardson is a 2nd year teacher in Mississippi. Originally from Jackson Tennessee, Bri started as an assistant basketball coach and moved into 6th grade ELA. She has over 180,000 followers on Tik Tok through her teacher skits and has use the money from Tik Tok to fund classroom supplies and high interest books for her library and for the entire school.In this episode, Bri shares her pet peeves, how she got into education, and of course her...

In this episode, Greg shares what it is like being a new principal coming into an already existing school culture, the unique restorative justice system his school uses in building relationships between staff and students, and his experience going from teacher to manager within the same school.A native of Baltimore, Md., Little began his career in education as a 2010 Teach For America Corps member in Houston. He has a masters in educational leadership from University of St. Thomas and and und...

This week’s episode is Tea Time with the amazing Barb Campbell!Not only is Barb an amazing person, she also hired me! She hired my 21 year old naïve self in 2016 and was my Principal for 3 years at YES Prep and now works as the Director for Family Engagement. I loved picking her brain as a school leader with a vast array of experiences from teaching Psychology at Kingwood HS in Houston and accidentally using nuts to describe a AP Psych term to leading a school through Hurricane Harvey and eve...

Jamie Downs is currently the Principal of YES Prep Southside. Originally from SC, Jamie was a 2007 Houston Teach For America Corps Member, who taught 6th grade English Language Arts at Fondren Middle School in the Houston Independent School District. He then worked for TFA in Kansas City before returning to Houston to attend the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program. Jamie has worked as an Assistant Principal at Sharpstown High School in the Houston Independent School District and was the f...

My guest this week is Cindy LaRotta, a current College Counselor at YES Prep. She has been in education for 8 years, has taught various levels of college readiness classes. Cindy spoke to her work with kids at the most pivotal time in their lives and how she helps kids uncover their path: local colleges, top tier colleges, no college, the military, and finding what is best for each of her students and helping them through the journey. We also discussed life as an educator with kids and the be...

First episode of 2021! This week, I speak with Jordan, a 2nd year teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools, about her journey to finding education and how a spontaneous application to City Year wound up being her career path. From dermatologist to 9th grade English teacher, Jordan talks about her transition and the adjustment moving from Atlanta to New Hampshire to Baltimore! Enjoy!

This week's guest is....ME! I answer questions submitted by you, the audience. I talk about my own background, what influenced me to get into education, and the unique experiences I had that shaped my perspective on privilege. Let me know what you think!

Episode 5 of Tea Time with a Teacher was awesome! This time, it’s tea with two college students and former students at my old stomping grounds, YPFW. Our two guests are Andrea Pedraza and Paul Cruz from UT Austin and Emory. I loved this episode because they brought everything: advice for high schoolers, shout outs to teachers, covid stories as a college student, and a bright future upon graduation. A future teacher and a future nurse. Follow us @teatimewithateacher and DM for future guests, i...