Unprofessional Development

Mealey and Tudisco pick the brain of Rebecca Kaplan, a stand-up comedian and a tutor for children and adults.  We discuss how stand-up is like teaching, why it's important to acknowledge shame as a part of education, and the definition of joke-e-oke...

 

Follow her on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok @RebeccaTKaplan

Visit her website https://www.rebeccatkaplan.com/

Find out her upcoming events at her linktr.ee

Watch her comedy on her YouTube channel

Support Rebecca by joining her Patreon

 

And, just for fun, check out Rebecca's short writings on Medium!

 

 

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Mealey and Tudisco crack up with Chelsea Verrette, the educator, consultant, and habit wizard who shows us how to start and stop habits.  We discuss teaching in a trauma-informed space, why habits should never start with negative emotions, and how long to microwave pottery...

 

Follow Chelsea on Twitter @ChelseaVerrette

Check out her website to Unshame Your Life

Watch her amazing video serious on YouTube, #UnqualifiedAF

 

And, just for fun, listen to Chelsea's podcast where she interviews our friend Batsheva Frankel of Overthrowing Education.

 

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Hey Ohio-- election day is May 3rd.  GET OUT AND VOTE!

 

Mealey and Tudisco talk with Senator Teresa Fedor, the veteran, former elementary school teacher, and (oh, yeah) Ohio senator representing District 11 who is running for Lieutenant Governor.  We discuss how teaching helped prepare her for politics, what we need to add and subtract to made education work, and why senators can't wear light-up shoes...

 

Plan on voting?  Check out her platform here!

Follow her on Instagram:  Teresa_Fedor11

Follow her on Twitter @Teresa_Fedor

Want to contribute?  You can do it through the ODCCA!

 

And, just for fun, here is how Mealey pictures the US Senate.

 

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Mealey and Tudisco sit down with Veronica Mahoney and Kate Luke from Oberlin College's ExCo. In this college program, students and community members are invited to voluntarily teach the course of their choice!  We discuss teaching a Bob Ross art class, weirdest classes ExCo has taught, and why Ronald Reagan dislikes The Simpsons...

 

Check out some info about ExCo!

Follow the ExCo Instagram Oberlinexco!

 

 

And, just for fun, check out their current course catalog.  It's wild!

 

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It's just us!  Mealey and Tudisco reflect on who we are and how we've grown since starting our podcast two years ago.  We discuss our views on grades, how we handle colleague disagreements, and the best thing to get a teacher at a yard sale...

 

And, just for fun, enjoy this beautiful song.

 

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Mealey and Tudisco join forces with Andre and Danielle Daughty, the educators behind the amazing "See, What Had Happened" podcast!  We discuss which teachers need to quit, how teachers can be cooks or chefs, and the proper response when you steal someone's lunch...

 

Please check out their amazing podcast, "See, What Had Happened"

 

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Mealey and Tudisco chat with their friend Wynkoop, a music teacher who has worked in elementary, middle, and high school.  We discuss how relationships can pay dividends, how to balance being fun and making kids work, and how Wynkoop is the hero of Canterbury...

 

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Mealey and Tudisco pick the brain of Amanda Lee, a librarian at a school for the deaf in Georgia.  We discuss whether or not Mealey could be a librarian, particular challenges in a deaf school, and how the number 29 can be mean...

 

Follow Amanda @LeeintheLibrary

Check out her work with the Georgia Library Media Association.

 

And, just for fun here's a joke in Sign Language.

 

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Mealey and Tudisco geek out with Zack Hartzman, an author, English and history teacher, and creator of Hey Listen Games.  We discuss using video games as literacy, how to begin to incorporate some easy video game lessons, and how to get kids to scream over Monopoly...

 

Check out Hey Listen Games for free lesson plans!

Follow Zack on Twitter @HeyListenGames

Support his Patreon.

Want to ask him a quick question?  Contact him here!

 

 

And, just for fun here's an amazing tv show about a fictional video game high school.

 

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Mealey and Tudisco get the opportunity to talk to the amazing Gholdy Muhammad, an associate professor of Language and Literacy, director of the Urban Literacy Collaborative and Clinic, author, educator, and all around superhero.  We discuss how her five pursuits can outperform standards, how to have hard anti-racism conversations, and why the tap water is safe to drink...

 

The best way to learn her five pursuits is through her book, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy.

Interested in her professional learning?  Check out HILL Pedagogies.

 

And, just for fun, this is a miswak-- the 7,000 year old toothbrush.

 

 

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