Unprofessional Development

Mealey and Tudisco chat with fellow educator and podcaster Mike Yates!  We discuss why you should embrace "schoolish" ideas, issues and hope for Teach For America, and how to properly hustle as a teacher...

 

Follow Mike Yates on Twitter @justmikeyates

Please check out the brilliant Schoolish Podcast.

If you would like to reach about your organization, contact Mike Yates here!

 

And just for fun, here's Loretta Devine's IMDB page.

 

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Mealey and Tudisco talk to AJ Hepworth, teacher, former superintendent, and founder of two educational platforms:  K12Leaders and Opportunity With Learning.  We discuss what superintendents do, how the K12Teachers beta test is going, and what a tin knocker is...

 

Follow AJ on Twitter @DrAJHep

Want to connect with other educators in a safe, interactive environment?  Join K12Leaders.com for free!

Want help making PD impactful or observations accurate?  Check out OWL (Opportunity With Learning)!

 

Enjoyed our conversation with an administrator?  Check out our interview with the Crap Headteacher!

Want to read that book about crazy stories from the classroom?  Check out A Comedy of (Classroom) Errors by Matthew Bates and Lesley Barklay.  We talked to him about it on Episode 10 of our podcast!

And just for fun, here's the link to "I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" by Blotto.

 

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The Unprofessionals meet Johanna Brown, an Idaho chemistry teacher who has made her classroom gradeless!  We discuss the push to go gradeless, how a focus on learning can be best for students, and the worst ways to torture your science teacher...

 

For further reading, Johanna recommends Ungrading by Susan Blum

And she's created this amazing Google Doc of ungrading resources!

Follow her on Twitter @johannabrown and TikTok @jbrownchem

 

Like hearing funny science stories?  Check out our interview with Professor Science!

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Mealey and Tudisco sit down to talk about charter schools... then quickly lose interest.  We discuss how to handle inappropriate jokes, working construction, and how not to handle a high school party...

 

To actually learn about charter schools, listen to the Classcast Podcast's debate!

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We sit with fellow edupodcaster Natalie Vardabasso!  We discuss what type of students we were, how to fix all of education, and the true meaning of a song from the musical Annie...

 

Check out the EduCrush Podcast!

Follow her on Twitter @educrushpod

She also suggested Readicide by Kelly Gallagher.

 

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Mealey and Tudisco sit down with our two close friends Mangano and Williams.  We discuss school as a buffet, praise the great Mary Chris Ocampo, and how to handle students who show up to class high...

 

 

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Mealey and Tudisco sit down with two amazing Twitter personalities:  Modest Teacher and Typical Educelebrity.  We discuss the origins of their anonymous Twitter personalities, what presentations they would give at a teaching conference, and

 

Follow Typical Educelebrity and Modest Teacher now.  Do it.  Do it now.  Nothing ever bad came from giving in to peer pressure.

 

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We invite fellow educator, author, and pirate Dawn Harris for a conversation/ shanty.  We discuss how to plan like a pirate, what an educhat looks like, which Muppet would win in a fight, and how to deal with a haunted classroom...

 

Check out her website, Education Undone, for more information on her book, PD's, and Educhats.

 

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We are very excited to sit down with Brad Johnson, an inspirational author and educator who coined gems like "Grace over grades."  We discuss how to be a positive administrator, what it means to realistically give students grace, and the worse thing you can say when a child throws up in your classroom...

 

As Mealey said, "If you're not following Brad Johnson on Twitter, then you're not a real teacher who's on Twitter."  Follow him @DrBradJohnson

And please check out Brad's New Book, Dear Teacher.

You can learn more about Brad Johnson at his website.

 

 

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We sit down with our good friend and colleague, Nixon!  We discuss dismantling education, the working title of Nixon's book, and the growing pains of education after COVID...

 

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