One of the most challenging aspects of teaching in the first few years is navigating how to unit plan in a way that covers the standards, encourages creativity, and assesses student learning.  In this episode, Natalie and Rachel discuss how they use essential questions, standards, and assessment to guide their day-to-day lessons in a way that meaningfully guides students through their learning.   Today at school, consider this: How can you use essential questions as guardrails to guide all that you do in your classroom?

One of the most challenging aspects of teaching in the first few years is navigating how to unit plan in a way that covers the standards, encourages creativity, and assesses student learning. In this episode, Natalie and Rachel discuss how they use essential questions, standards, and assessment to guide their day-to-day lessons in a way that meaningfully guides students through their learning. Today at school, consider this: How can you use essential questions as guardrails to guide all that you do in your classroom?

One of the most challenging aspects of teaching in the first few years is navigating how to unit plan in a way that covers the standards, encourages creativity, and assesses student learning.&nbsp; In this episode, Natalie and Rachel discuss how they use essential questions, standards, and assessment to guide their day-to-day lessons in a way that meaningfully guides students through their learning. &nbsp; Today at school, consider this: How can you use essential questions as guardrails to guide all that you do in your classroom?&nbsp;

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<div>Veteran teacher Dr. Jamie Collins and novice teachers Natalie Davey and Rachel Evans discuss the challenges, joys, and practicalities of teaching in the English classroom. We believe there’s beauty in storytelling, there’s beauty in reading, and there’s beauty in learning. Sometimes, though, the beauty is difficult to see through the things that make teaching difficult: isolation, a mountain of expectations, complicated school systems, and finding the best ways to teach students. In this podcast, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel talk realistically about those challenges and the motley of factors that contribute to them. Then, they offer solutions. The goal? A community of empowered teachers.&nbsp;</div>

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Veteran teacher Dr. Jamie Collins and novice teachers Natalie Davey and Rachel Evans discuss the challenges, joys, and practicalities of teaching in the English classroom. We believe there’s beauty in storytelling, there’s beauty in reading, and there’s beauty in learning. Sometimes, though, the beauty is difficult to see through the things that make teaching difficult: isolation, a mountain of expectations, complicated school systems, and finding the best ways to teach students. In this podcast, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel talk realistically about those challenges and the motley of factors that contribute to them. Then, they offer solutions. The goal? A community of empowered teachers. 

Veteran teacher Dr. Jamie Collins and novice teachers Natalie Davey and Rachel Evans discuss the challenges, joys, and practicalities of teaching in the English classroom. We believe there’s beauty in storytelling, there’s beauty in reading, and there’s beauty in learning. Sometimes, though, the beauty is difficult to see through the things that make teaching difficult: isolation, a mountain of expectations, complicated school systems, and finding the best ways to teach students. In this podcast, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel talk realistically about those challenges and the motley of factors that contribute to them. Then, they offer solutions. The goal? A community of empowered teachers.&nbsp;

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