The Reflective Teacher Podcast

The Reflective Teacher Podcast episodes:

• 10.24.2021

  The Importance of Play: TIP Mini Episode

  Marthe Spizman is an EC educator in Chicago IL. She has been working in education for seven years and grew up in Highland Park, IL. Marthe went to Columbia College where she studied early childhood education. After two years of...

  
• 10.17.2021

  Mentorship: Jewish New Teacher Project Ft. Vicky Kairy

  Vicky Kairy is a Program Consultant at Jewish New Teacher Project (JNTP), where she provides professional development for mentors and new teachers. Vicky has been involved in Jewish education for 20 years, most recently as Lower School General Studies and...

  
• 10.10.2021

  How to Show Up For Yourself (And Your Students) Ft. BrookeLynne Dukes

  !!!!TEACHER PEP-TALK TIME!!!! We’re so lucky to have BrookeLynne back for another episode! BrookeLynne continues to use her experience as a former classroom teacher with early childhood students to inform and assist her clients as a parent coach. BrookeLynne is...

  
• 10.03.2021

  Makerspace Basics for Early Childhood Classrooms

  In this episode, Lindsey and Marthe chat about maker spaces in the classroom and how you can start your own!

  
• 09.26.2021

  Occupational Therapy in EC ft. Leah Hiller

  Leah Hiller is a pediatric occupational therapist (OT), an educational consultant, and a former Jewish day school teacher. She provides teachers and parents like you with the strategies, support, and evidence-based resources to help children thrive at home, school, and...

  
• 09.19.2021

  Policy and Advocacy in Early Childhood Ft. Anna Hartman

  Anna is the Director of The Paradigm Project and one of its founders. She also works with JUF as the Director of Early Childhood Excellence and is an avid advocate for EC educators. Anna recognizes the rapid growth that children...

  
• 09.12.2021

  AMAZEworks Persona Dolls Ft. Melissa Hendrickx

  Melissa began her career in education as a social studies teacher in Texas. She attended the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, and currently resides in the Twin Cities where she works for Amaze Works updating the Persona...

  
• 09.05.2021

  STEM and Construction Play in EC Ft. Ann Gadzikowski

  Ann Gadzikowski is a long-time educator, a consultant for EC organizations, and author of many books including Young Architects at Play: STEM Activities for Young Children and most recently, Creating a Beautiful Mess: Ten Essential Play Experiences for a Joyous...

  
• 11.22.2020

  Projects as Verbs Ft. Heather Jackson

  Our interview with Heather Jackson was inspiring and eye-opening, to say the least! She brings a new way of thinking about project-based, Reggio -inspired learning that is refreshing and accessible for all educators that are interested. Heather is an Early...

  
• 11.15.2020

  Reflective Work for Teachers; Anti-Racism and Young Children ft. Johanna Thompson

  Johanna began at Bernard Zell in 2013 and 6th grade Science as well as a course on Identity, Race, and Segregation. This year, she stepped into an additional, part-time role as the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Coordinator. She is a...

  
• 11.08.2020

  Boys in the Classroom ft. Dan Hodgins

  Daniel Hodgins is an early childhood consultant, international presenter, and author of a popular two popular released books titled: Boys: Changing the Classroom, Not the Child and GET OVER IT, Relearning Guidance Practices. His new book, What the Hell, Where...

  
• 11.01.2020

  Reflection as a Teaching Superpower ft. Sally Haughey

  In 2010, Sally wanted to share her ideas on a larger platform so she created Fairy Dust Teaching, built on the passion for the wonder and magic of early childhood. She believes young children have the right to play, to...

  
• 10.26.2020

  Children and Self-Regulation Ft. BrookeLynne Dukes

  BrookeLynne Dukes is an early childhood educator and parent coach passionate about social-emotional education and play-based learning. She is currently completing her Master’s in Early Childhood Education at the Erikson Institute. BrookeLynne uses the Conscious Discipline philosophy to reframe ideas,...

  
• 10.19.2020

  Children, Adults, and Big Emotions Ft. Dr. Alana Lopez

  Dr. Alana Lopez is a parent coach, psychologist, and mom. As a parent coach, she takes parenting science and research and makes it practical for the everyday parent. Her mission is to help parents understand their child’s emotions, build their...

  
• 10.12.2020

  Meaningful Outdoor Play Ft. Margie Pines

  Our time talking with Margie about outdoor play was inspirational and a breath of fresh air. We’ve worked with Margie professionally over the years and it’s always a joy to connect. Interestingly enough, Margie's career started with a law degree-...

  
• 10.04.2020

  Environment Ft. Julianne Wurm

  Julianne is an educator, author and life-lomg learner. She is an experienced qualitative and quantitative researcher and loves to ask and answer questions, drilling down on data for unique insights. Julianne has an earned doctorate from Columbia University as well...

  
• 09.27.2020

  Distance Learning ft. Jenna Adler

  Our guest this week is dear to us—we were co-teachers in Junior Kindergarten a few years ago! Jenna taught us how to seamlessly incorporate technology into our everyday learning with children; through our emergent curriculum, as a management tool, and...

  
• 09.19.2020

  Technology and Children ft. Erin Walsh

  Erin is a parent, speaker, educator, and writer. She has worked with communities across the country who want to better understand child and adolescent development and cut through the conflicting information about kids and technology. She is fiercely committed to...

  
• 05.04.2020

  The Project Approach: Ft. Amelia Troutman

  Our Guest, Amelia Troutman, is the Manager of Education at the Kohl Children’s Museum in Illinois and has years of experience implementing and teaching the Project Approach, first based off of Judy Harris Helm and Lilian Katz, “Young Investigators: The...

  
• 03.31.2020

  Essential Life Skills: Ft. Ellen Galinsky

  Ellen Galinsky is author of the book, "Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs." Listen as we chat about those essential life skills and learn about some awesome resources Ellen has to share.

  
• 03.02.2020

  Difficult Conversations: Ft. Jordyn Lipton, Rachel Ahitow, Jaclyn Freitag & Jenny Levine

  This months episode is about those inevitable moments that we all have when you and a co-teacher, or a colleague, aren’t exactly on the same page; we’re talking about difficult conversations. We decided the best approach to difficult conversations...

  
• 02.02.2020

  Talking with Children about Death: Erin Weisman

  Our Guest, Erin Weisman, was a warm and knowledgeable expert on speaking with children on the topic of death. She invites teachers to talk with children about death using straightforward, basic language. Erin pointed out that children are naturally curious...

  
• 01.02.2020

  Managing Challenging Behavior: Eileen Flicker

  Todays episode is all about managing challenging behavior. Lindsey and I talk to Eileen Flicker who is co-author of the book, Guiding Children’s behavior: Developmental discipline in the classroom. We talk about how teachers can use observation and reflection to...

  
• 12.01.2019

  Parent Communication: Fostering Parent-Teacher Relationships

  Todays topic is all about parent communication! We have a special episode this month featuring a new format in which the second half of the show will have a couple different educators giving short tips for parent involvement and...

  
• 11.01.2019

  Mindfulness in Teaching Ft. Erin Thorkilsen

  Todays episode is all about mindfulness. We talk with Erin Thorkilsen, who works as an elementary classroom teacher as well as an adult and children's yoga and mindfulness instructor. She is a frequent speaker for topics such as mindfulness...

  
• 10.01.2019

  Documentation: Sharing the Learning Ft. Sharon Goldman

  Listen as we talk with guest Sharon Goldman, about documenting children’s work. She shares some awesome practical tips for getting started on documenting and how to use and revisit documentation with your students. She also talks about how you can...

  
• 09.01.2019

  Teacher Language: Guiding Principals

  Our guest, Tom Hobson (Teacher Tom), is a well known preschool teacher, blogger, speaker, writer and author of the book, Teacher Tom’s First Book. Listen as we chat about a wide range of topics centered around the way we...

  
• 07.29.2019

  New Beginnings: What Does it Mean to Be Part of a New Group?

  On this episode, we chat with Jenna Bilmes, Author of the book, "Beyond Behavior Management: The Six Life Skills Children Need." Jenna shares wonderful stories and tips to help teachers prepare for the relationship building and expectation setting that...