The Classroom Collaborative Podcast

Adam and Deedee sit down to talk to Jonathan Alsheimer, the author of the book, Next Level Teaching. Jonathan is an international speaker and they talk about the limitless impact teachers have on their classroom and school culture.

You can follow Jonathan on Twitter: @mr_Alsheimer

Deedee and Adam sit down to talk with director, film maker, actor, drummer, writer, speaker, and cancer survivor, Justin Sandler.  Justin shared his positive message of how he overcame obstacles and how you can too!  You do not want to miss this episode!

You can find Justin Sander at:

https://www.justinsandler.com/

Watch his award-winning film on Amazon Prime:

https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Where-Youve-Always-Been/dp/B07C29BYGT

Deedee and Adam sit down to talk about tools teachers can use during this time of distance learning.

Book recommendations by Alice Keeler on Google Classroom can be found on Dave Burgess Consulting https://www.daveburgessconsulting.com/dbcibooks/

Adam and Deedee site down with their good friend, Mary Amoson.  Mary shares her favorite technology sites for primary grade students.  There is even a bonus recommendation!

Teach Your Monster to Read  https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Epic!  https://www.getepic.com/educators

Sight Word Ninja https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sight-words-ninja-slicing-game-to-learn-to-read/id821374885

ABC Mouse  https://www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage

Class Dojo for Portfolios https://www.classdojo.com/

Vooks https://www.vooks.com/teacher-appreciation

You can find Mary on her popular blog: Sharing Kindergarten   https://sharingkindergarten.com/

Deedee and Adam discuss writing instruction in the primary grades. They will share their tips for keeping writing instruction fresh and how to instill the love of writing for yourself and your students.

Recommended Resources:

With the closings of schools due to the Clovid-19 virus, teachers are working in overdrive to try to create meaningful lessons and connections with their students. Distance teaching can be challenging, but Adam and Deedee will share a few tips to make it a bit easier. Be well!

Resources Mentions:

The Classroom Collaborative Teacher Podcast: Powering Through Self-Doubt with guest, Tara Martin.

Adam and Deedee sit down with instructional coach, keynote speaker, and author Tara Martin to hear her incredible journey. Tara tells the story of her journey and how a second-grade teacher took her under her wing to change her life forever. Listen how she went from paddling in the shallow end to being a jumper in the deep end! She tells us to be real and cannonball in!

Tara will inspire you! You do not want to miss this episode!

You can find Tara Martin's children book, Cannonball In on Amazon https://amzn.to/2QiBafQ

You can find her inspirational book, Be REAL: Educate from the Heart on Amazon

You can read more about Tara and find out how to reach her by visiting her website:

We are going to do an encore episode this week because we got overwhelmed with conferences.

Join Adam and Deedee as they continue their discussion on bring play into the classroom. They are joined by their special guest, Kim Adsit, as they share their favorite ways to couple learning with play.

Kim Adsit taught kindergarten for over 30 years and now works as a national presenter. She has a passion for teaching and shares her ideas on her popular blog, Kindergals.

This is a link to the original broadcast.

In today's teacher podcast, Deedee and Adam continue their conversation about balanced literacy and the importance of phonemic awareness in early childhood education. They discuss the importance of segmentation and blending of sounds and their essential role as young children learn to read.

In today's teacher podcast, Deedee and Adam sit down to talk to literacy professional staff developer, Melissa Leach. Deedee and Adam continue their conversation surrounding balanced literacy and the implications for classroom instruction.

More on Melissa!

Melissa has been a dynamic classroom teacher (Michigan and Texas; 2000-2008), a state-level Literacy Specialist (Texas; 2008-2012) a Professional Learning Designer for the District of Columbia Public Schools (DC; 2012-2014), and a K-12 ELAR and SLAR Specialist (Texas; 2014- 2015), and she currently works full-time alongside her team of literacy consultants to run Leach’s Literacy Training, LLC.

It is Melissa’s life work to make an impact on student achievement. Leach’s Literacy trainings blend the research and knowledge of best practice Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop with hands-on application to a real-life classroom setting. Melissa’s desire to reach more students is happening, one teacher at a time.

Visit Melissa's website to learn more.