Teacher's Corner

With the sudden change to online learning, teachers have been asked to adapt to a mode that they may not be comfortable with or have the necessary training and support to thrive.

Our guests today are educators Diana Neebe and Jen Roberts, co-authors of Power Up! Making the Shift to 1:1 Teaching and Learning, which provides a framework for reshaping a traditional classroom into a student-centered, technology-rich environment. Their work is especially relevant today, and we're excited to share their thinking in this conversation with Stenhouse's publisher, Dan Tobin.

Links!

Diana Neebe: https://www.diananeebe.com / @DNeebe

Jen Roberts: https://www.litandtech.com / @JenRoberts1

Power Up! : https://www.stenhouse.com/1013.asp

Companion Website: https://www.pluginpowerup.com

Chapter 9: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/5618249/PDFs%20and%20Downloads/PowerUpCh8.pdf

A couple of years ago we talked with Dr. Lisa Lucas about her then-new book, Practicing Presence: Simple Self-Care Strategies for Teachers. At the time, we talked about how to work with the sometimes overwhelming level of stress that educators face. Today, that seems an even bigger challenge and Lisa's work is even more needed than it was before, so we're rebroadcasting Lisa's episode, originally aired in 2018.

Links:

Lisa's Website: https://www.practicingpresence.life

Facebook: Paths to Mindful Teaching

Twitter: @DrLisaJLucas

Practicing Presence: Simple Self Care Strategies for Teachers is available at Stenhouse Lisa has a wonderful website, it's practicingpresence.life , which contains her extensive podcasts and blog entries. You can also catch her on Facebook as paths to mindful teaching and on twitter @DrLisaJLucas

If the playbook for grading and assessment went out the window a couple of weeks ago, what do we do in its place? Rick Wormeli, National Board Certified Teacher and author of Fair Isn't Always Equal, talked with Stenhouse's Faye LaCasse about what matters most in student assessment. Several times throughout the conversation, Rick and Faye refer to his AMLE webinar "COVID 19: Assessment and Grading Concerns During Remote Learning" which you can sign up for at https://www.amle.com . Follow Rick at https://www.rickwormeli.com and @rickwormeli2.

Stenhouse's Faye LaCasse talks to educator, author, and parent Whitney La Rocca about how she is adjusting to remote learning, social distancing, and homeschooling—all while trying to stay positive and connected, but also giving herself permission to lament her pre-COVID routine.

Do you feel prepared to initiate and facilitate meaningful, productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you looking for practical strategies to engage with your students?

Matthew Kay has spent his career learning how to lead students through the most difficult race conversations. Kay not only makes the case that high school classrooms are one of the best places to have those conversations, but he also offers a method for getting them right.

We recently had the opportunity to put Shawna Coppola (Writing, Redefined) and Trevor Bryan (The Art of Comprehension) together in person, and instead of us interviewing them, we decided to step back and capture a discussion between them.

What resulted was a great conversation about how their individual experiences complement one another, the role of visual arts in communication, and the importance of exploration and inquiry to engage students.

Reading aloud from her new book Little Readers, Big Thinkers, Amy Stewart shows how close reading can teach even the youngest students new ways to enjoy texts, think about them critically, and share that thinking with peers and adults.

Children come to school to become better readers, writers, and thinkers, but they also walk into classrooms hoping to be happy. In her new book START WITH JOY, Katie Egan Cunningham argues that happiness must be as much of a priority in teaching as proficiency or achievement.

This episode of Teacher's Corner features Katie's conversation with Stenhouse's Faye LaCasse, taped on location in downtown Baltimore, MD.

Start With Joy: Designing LIteracy Learning for Student Happiness is available at stenhouse.com . Check out Katie's site www.katieegancunningham.com

If you've ever heard students ask in your English class "When am I ever going to need this again?" Jennifer Fletcher has just the answer. Teaching Literature Rhetorically helps your students develop transferable literacy skills that allow them to succeed not just in their English language arts classes, but, more importantly, their future lives in college, career, and beyond.

Gail and Allison share how their insights gained from working with hundreds of teachers and students informed the new edition of The CAFE Book. Check out TheDailyCAFE.com for even more great teaching.