Teaching Channel Talks

Music is one of the most powerful tools for helping students memorize important lessons. Listen in as early childhood educator and composer Nancy Kopman and Wendy Amato chat about how songs can be used to teach and engage students of any age. You'll also hear Nancy perform a song that she uses to get students "in the zone".

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Resources

• Explore more of Nancy's work at nancykopman.com
• Read Nancy's article "Music Reaches & Teaches: Purposeful Children’s Music"
• Join a live Zoom class with Nancy or watch a pre-recorded session

Videos

• Watch music videos on Nancy's Youtube page

In this episode, you'll hear from two educators who attended the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Belfer Conference and walked away with an entirely new way of teaching. Join Wendy Amato as she speaks with Kalua Lauber and Becky Henderson-Howie about their experiences at the conference and in the classroom.

Registration for the virtual 2021 Belfer National Conference for Educators is now open! The conference is free to pre-service teachers, middle and high school educators, and community college faculty interested in teaching about the Holocaust. Save your seat at one of three online summer sessions here.

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Resources

• Explore the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's educator resources
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum lesson plans and classroom activities 
• Learn about the "First Persons: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors" program

Events

• Join a free webinar with Program Coordinator Bethany Nagle and Wendy to dive deeper into foundational resources for teaching the Holocaust
• Register for the free 2021 Belfer National Conferences for Educators

Videos

• Lessons from the Holocaust Teaching Channel video
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum YouTube page

Teaching the Holocaust is a required part of the curriculum in many states. But how do you teach Holocaust history with the level of sensitivity it deserves? Join United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Program Coordinator Bethany Nagle and Wendy Amato as they discuss best practices for planning memorable, effective lessons in multiple subjects. You'll also learn about the free resources available to every educator from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Resources

• Explore the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's educator resources
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum lesson plans and classroom activities (including the timeline activity mentioned by Bethany)
• More information about the "First Persons: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors" program

Events

• Join a free webinar with Bethany and Wendy to dive deeper into foundational resources for teaching the Holocaust
• Register for the free 2021 Belfer National Conferences for Educators

Videos

• Lessons from the Holocaust Teaching Channel video
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum YouTube page

"We're not preparing students to take a test or to earn a diploma. We're preparing them to be independent, successful, resilient, resourceful human beings."

Giving students the power of autonomy can be one of the most important skills you'll ever teach. Listen in as CEO of engage2learn Shannon Buerk and Wendy Amato discuss how to use goal-setting to both allow students to take control of their own learning and to promote equity in every classroom.

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• Learn more about engage2learn

Articles

• How to Proactively Plan for True Differentiation
• engage2learn Life Ready Best Practices Research Base (whitepaper)
• Mitigating Learning Loss: It’s About Time

Videos

• Three Ways to Practice Goal Setting with Your Students
• Communicating Learning Goals
• Building Class Culture with Social Skills Goals

What's the most important thing for teachers and parents to prioritize during hybrid learning? Continue learning from Doug Lemov and Wendy Amato in part 2 of their conversation (listen to part 1 here!). In this episode, Doug outlines his strategies for routines that help connect your "Room-ers" and "Zoom-ers" and how to make hybrid lessons feel more purposeful. 

Want to hear more from Doug and Teaching Channel? Sign up for a 15-hour professional development course to watch real lessons from online and hybrid classrooms.

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• Watch a free webinar series with the Teach Like a Champion team and Wendy
• Sign up for a 15-hour professional development course from Doug and Teaching Channel
• Learn more about Teach Like a Champion

Articles

• Jill Mattis' Hybrid Classroom [VIDEO]
• Cultivate a Culture of Error
• Making Hybrid Work: Mika Salazar on Setting up Your Classroom [VIDEO]

Videos

• Checking for Understanding in a Virtual World (webinar)
• Boosting Engagement, Rigor, and Connection Online Part 1 (webinar)
• Boosting Engagement, Rigor, and Connection Online Part 2 (webinar)

Hybrid teaching can feel like being asked to juggle while on a unicycle. What can teachers do to manage both their "Room-ers" and "Zoom-ers"? Listen in as author and educator Doug Lemov and Wendy Amato discuss how to engage virtual and in-person students, technology tips, and building a classroom community.

Want to hear more from Doug and Wendy? Join a free webinar series to learn more about the topics discussed in this podcast.

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• Join a free webinar series with the Teach Like a Champion team and Wendy
• Sign up for a 15-hour professional development course from Doug and Teaching Channel
• Learn more about Teach Like a Champion

Articles

• Jill Mattis' Hybrid Classroom [VIDEO]
• Cultivate a Culture of Error
• Making Hybrid Work: Mika Salazar on Setting up Your Classroom [VIDEO]

Videos

• Checking for Understanding in a Virtual World (webinar)
• Boosting Engagement, Rigor, and Connection Online Part 1 (webinar)
• Boosting Engagement, Rigor, and Connection Online Part 2 (webinar)

How have your life experiences shaped who you are in the classroom? Listen in as author and educator Kwame Sarfo-Mensah and Wendy Amato as they discuss the cultural bias in standardized testing, building community connections, and how all educators can have a culturally responsive classroom. 

Want to hear more from Kwame and Wendy? Join a free webinar series to learn more about the topics discussed in this podcast.

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• Join a free webinar series with Kwame and Wendy this March
• Sign up for a 15-hour professional development course from Kwame and Teaching Channel
• Learn more about Kwame's work with Identity Talk Consulting

Articles

• Cultural Bias in Assessment
• Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: It Begins with Responsiveness

Videos

• Coaching for Equity
• Leading & Evaluation for Equity (webinar)

Do teachers get summers off? Listen to the president of iteach Andrew Rozell and Wendy Amato as they bust a few teaching myths, talk about the greatest classroom moment, and take a look at what needs to change with teacher compensation. You'll also hear about how iteach is providing educators with an alternative path to teacher certification. 

Episode Page

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• Learn more about iteach and its alternative certification programs
• Read the iteach blog 

Articles

• Let's Talk About It: Teacher Pay
• Pushing Back on Outmoded Beliefs
• 'I Work 3 Jobs And Donate Blood Plasma to Pay the Bills.' This Is What It’s Like to Be a Teacher in America (TIME Magazine article)

Videos

• A Journey Back to Teaching - iteach LIVE featuring Christina Griffin
• Interviews with iteach graduates

Schools are becoming more and more diverse as equity gaps for historically underserved groups grow wider. Join educators Sarah Ottow and Wendy Amato as they discuss their experiences and strategies for teaching ELLs in classrooms all over the world. You'll also hear their thoughts on how teachers can shift their equity mindset and why educators need to stop claiming they're "color blind". 

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• Register for a free webinar series hosted by Wendy Amato and Sarah Ottow (or watch the recordings)
• Sign up for a 15-hour book study based on Sarah's book The Language Lens for Content Classrooms
• Purchase The Language Lens for Content Classrooms (Purchase the book directly from the publisher at this site using the code TCHLLC10 for 10% off)
• Read Confianza's blog and check out their other course offerings

Blogs

• 3 Tips for Supporting ELLs Through Co-Teaching and Collaboration
• Supporting Equity for English Learners Remotely
• Support Language Learners With Confianza

Videos

• Video Playlist: The Power of Collaboration for ELLs
• Milton Chen on Deeper Learning for ELLs
• Scaffolding Text Structure for ELLs

What is project-based learning (PBL)? What are the challenges and benefits of this approach to deeper learning?

On this episode of Tch Talks, we're chatting with the brilliant and creative Jennifer Pieratt, who is deeply committed to making deeper learning for all students and teachers a reality. Jenny helps us dig into some common questions around PBL, such as: How is PBL different from a simple culminating project? How can you integrate PBL into your existing standards and curriculum? And — with all the resources floating around in the education ecosystem — where do you begin? Listen in to find out more on this episode of Tch Talks.

• CraftED Curriculum
• PBL Planning Workbook
• The PBL Blog
• More articles on PBL and Deeper Learning
• Follow Jenny on Twitter: @craftEDcm
• Follow Jenny on Instagram: @Crafted_jennypieratt
• Follow Jenny on Facebook: Crafting Deeper Learning
• Expeditionary Learning Models of Excellence
• High Tech High Projects
• Buck Institute for Education (BIE)
• BIE PBLU

Tch Videos

• My Favorite No: Learning From Mistakes
• Deeper Learning Series

Jenny’s Blog Posts on Tchers’ Voice

• 3 Steps to Successful Student Collaboration
• Getting Started with PBL: Do ONE Thing Really Well
• Project Based Learning: Assessment and Other Dirty Words
• Crafting Deeper Collaboration: An Invitation
• Design Thinking, Empathy, And Equity
• Design Thinking, Empathy, and Equity – Part 2
• Critical Friends: Building a Culture of Collaboration