Teachers Changing Teaching

Today we discuss being a mentor in the classroom to prospective teacher candidates.

In today's episode Natalie, Rachel, and Jamie talk about adding another mode to projects with students.

In a follow-up episode to “Thinkin’ About Part 1,” Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel share their experience of moving away from the use of individual student devices in the classroom. What have they discovered? Focused work, more assignments submitted, easier grading, and the music of rustling papers. 

Today at school, consider this: What lies have you believed about yourself and your teaching? What are you good at? What are your boundaries? What’s one thing you can assign on paper? 

Natalie sits down with Jamie to discuss leading the student council program at the school where she teaches. This section is geared towards those who do not have student council as an elective. Enjoy!

Today on the show Natalie shares her experience leading Student Council at her school. If you are in charge or helping with StuCo at your school this episode will help guide you. We hope you enjoy this 2 part series on StuCo.

In today’s episode, the tables are turned as Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel ask upcoming teachers Val and Eden what excites them about teaching, what intimidates them most, what the purpose of school is, and what their personal teaching philosophy is. Val shares her thinking around classroom management, and Eden encourages teachers not to limit students’ interests based on teacher expectations. The conversation is a refreshing call to remind all educators what the whole purpose of education is. When there are a million other voices telling you what to care about in your classroom, we invite you to listen to this conversation and ground yourself in what truly matters.

Today at school, consider this: How can you create a safe space for students? What do you believe the purpose of education is? What is your greater purpose for teaching?  What still excites you about teaching?

In today’s episode, Jamie asks Rachel and Natalie to identify something that she keeps “thinking about” as they teach. Rachel discusses her feelings about technology, specifically ChromeBooks, in the classroom.