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June 12, 2024

Writing Effective Curriculum Units in PLCs

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-write-a-strategic-and-engaging-curriculum-unit-maria-nielsen/ In this episode, we speak with Maria Nielsen - former school principal, current education consultant, and author of the new Solution Tree book - 15 Day Challenge: Simplify and Energize Your PLC at Work. We discuss how to write 15 day curriculum units, efficaciously and efficiently,…

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June 12, 2024

Getting Students to Love Writing

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-get-students-to-like-writing-melissa-morrison/ In this episode, join Melissa Morrison of Teaching to Tranform and I as we discuss why it is more important than ever, in the age of AI, to help our students develop critical thinking skills through their writing. We also discuss strategies that teachers can use…

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June 12, 2024

Supporting Substitute Teachers

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-support-substitute-teachers-megan-conklin/ In this episode, Megan Conklin - founder of Conklin Educational Perspectives and Trainer at the Washington Education Association - discusses her work in designing and facilitating substitute teacher team training programs and how her model could and should be replicated across the country. Data suggests that…

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June 12, 2024

Creating Classrooms That Love Our Students

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-create-lessons-that-love-your-students-mariah-rankine-landers/ Inclusive Classrooms are places of joy and creativity. Join me and my guest Mariah Rankine-Landers, author of the new book "How to Create Lessons that Love Your Students", as we discuss how to create culturally responsive classrooms that could easily be mistaken for artistic studios. Want…

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June 12, 2024

Creating Effective Learning Objectives

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-craft-quality-learning-objectives-marine-freibrun-and-sandy-brunet/ In this episode, the authors of the Formative Assessment Handbook, Marine Freiburn and Sandy Brunet, and I discuss how to craft learning intentions that then allow teachers to align assessment and student engagement to those learning goals. In our chat, we discuss how to unpack standards…

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June 12, 2024

Creating a Maker Space Classroom

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-create-maker-spaces-in-school-matt-zigler/ Maker spaces are anywhere and everywhere where students are taking knowledge and creating something physical that adds on to that knowledge in new ways. Students' cognitive skills are developed in the process. Yes, schools can create labs with 3D printers but teachers can also turn a…

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June 12, 2024

Rocking the College Essay

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-rock-the-college-application-essay-kate-stone/ It's that time of year again. College applications are due! Join me and my guest Kate Stone, CEO of University Gurus, as we discuss how high school/rising college students can be writing effective application essays. We also discuss what high school teachers can be doing to…

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June 12, 2024

Supporting Autistic Youth

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-support-students-with-autism-maribeth-edmunds/ As my next guest Maribeth Edmunds says, students with Autism will grow up to be adults with Autism. In this episode, we explore how to help our students with Autism grow and achieve academically and socio-emotionally so they can become fully integrated adults participating in our…

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June 12, 2024

SEL in After School Programs

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-build-sel-into-after-school-and-academic-programs-bridget-durkan-laird/ In the wake of the pandemic, we all know that students are struggling in understanding and regulating their emotions. Before learning can occur, however, students need to be able to understand and regulate their emotions; It falls to the adults mentoring students to build SEL into…

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June 12, 2024

DEI in School #1

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-prioritize-dei-in-schools-maria-underwood/ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) means much more than just ensuring that students are reading books with a diverse character. Join Maria Garcia Underwood, founder of M Ideas Consulting, and I as we discuss what deep DEI looks like in terms of curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy…

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June 12, 2024

Creating a Literacy Culture in Your School

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-create-a-culture-of-reading-in-schools-lorraine-m-radice/ In an earlier episode with Darlene Prott, we discussed how to help students to engage in the act of reading itself. In this episode, we speak with Lorraine Radice - K-12 director of literacy in a public school district in New York and author of the…

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June 12, 2024

Using AI in Teaching

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-teach-with-ai-practical-tips-jose-antonio-bowen/ In this episode, Jose Bowen - DEI education consultant and former President of Goucher College - and I discuss his new book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. Indeed, in his book and in our chat, Professor Bowen asserts…

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June 12, 2024

Dealing with Imposter Syndrome as an Educator

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-silence-your-inner-criticimposter-syndrome-jill-stoddard/ Many of us in education, particularly these days, feel like we are not capable of addressing all of the needs of our students and families. This is often the case for both teachers and administrators. Join me and my guest Jill Stoddard, author of the book…

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June 12, 2024

Education in india

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-india-educates-its-primarysecondary-students-greshma-momaya/ India is becoming an ever increasingly important player on the international stage. It is the largest democracy in the world and its population to set to shortly overtake that of China. Further, citizens of India have long been successful participants in the global economy - and…

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June 12, 2024

Teaching Students About the Impact of Hate

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-teach-students-about-the-impact-of-hate-and-extremism-jacqueline-murekatete/ April 7th will be the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the Rwandan Genocide in which 800,000 men, women, and children - mostly from the Tutsi minority group - were deliberately and systematically murdered because of who they were - not because of anything they did.…

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June 12, 2024

Making Math Accessible

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-make-k12-math-accessible-jo-boaler/ In this episode of the Have a Life Teaching Podcast, Jo Boaler, Stanford Math education professor and author of ther new book "Math- ish", and I discuss how to make Math instruction more accessible to students in K12 schools. Math learning can cause unnecessary anxiety if…

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June 12, 2024

The Pillars of Leadership

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-lead-schools-when-you-are-new-to-administration-david-franklin/ Today, principals are coming to the job younger and with less experience. While they come with curiosity and enthusiasm for the job, many still struggle in the role because they do not have a grounding in the basic pillars of leadership in school settings. In this…

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June 12, 2024

How to Create a Charter School

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-start-a-charter-school-david-greenberg/ We are in a new age of education where, finally, all communities (not just the rich) have the ability to create schools that mirror their values and hopes for their children. Join my guest David Greenberg - Vice President, Authorizer Learning & Development at NACSA -…

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June 12, 2024

Alternative Education Career Paths

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-impact-education-outside-of-the-classroom-kevin-foote/ Kevin Foote realized after many years that a passion for teaching wasn't enough to keep him in the classroom. However, Kevin was lucky in that he found the next best thing - a career supporting teaching and learning nonetheless (designing and selling school furniture that promotes…

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June 12, 2024

Fighting Islamophobia and Anti-Semetism in Schools

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-teach-students-about-islamophobia-and-anti-semitism-debbie-almontaser/ These are challenging times in the world and, as we see on university/K12 school campuses, global events are having a direct impact on the teaching and learning environment. How do we teach students about both Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? How do we engage with those who do…

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June 12, 2024

When to Retreat from Education

Listen here! https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-know-when-to-retreat-as-an-educator-casey-jakubowski/ Educators can't do well by their students if they are not whole themselves. Sometimes, the best course of action is to know when enough is enough and change course to new jobs in the education field or outside of it. In this episode, Casey Jakubowski - co-author…

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June 12, 2024

Using Data in School Improvement Work/PLCs

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-use-data-strategically-in-school-improvement-work-chad-dumas/ In this episode, we have the opportunity to chat with Chad Dumas - former school principal, CEO of Next Learning Solutions, and Solution Tree PLC@Work consultant - about how schools should be using data strategically in both PLCs and school leadership teams to improve student growth…

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June 12, 2024

Helping Students to Read

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-teach-students-to-read-darlene-farrace-prott/ As Darlene Prott - Founder and CEO of NJ Teacher 2 Teacher says, we may think students should be able to read once they pass third grade but we may want to think again especially if we are supporting multi-lingual learners. Students may be able to…

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June 12, 2024

A Golden PBL Partnership

Listen here! https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-develop-community-partnerships-through-pbl-part-ii-carolyn-brownrose-reiken/ Earlier this week, we chatted with Ryan Steuer and Andrew Larson about the mechanics of embedding PBL within our teaching practice. This week, we speak with Carolyn Brown, Acting VP of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and Rose Reiken, middle school teacher at High Tech…

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