The Education Reflection Podcast
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis channel is dedicated to providing conversation, tips, and strategies to improve education today. Our belief is that the educational system has flaws and the only way to improve or overcome those flaws is through beginning true, realistic discourse among all parties involved, including: teachers, administration, parents, students, and state officials. Together, we talk about a multitude of issues facing teachers and administrators in education, reflect on our own experiences, and provide valuable tips to help others overcome challenges they may be facing!
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Lesson 12: The Texas Teacher Vacancy Task Force
April 24, 2022 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBOn March 7th, 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott called for the Texas Education Agency to form a task force with several goals focusing on why districts are having so much trouble finding qualified teachers in Texas. In this lesson, we discuss all the information put out by the TEA in regard to the task force. We drop all the information and then we talk about our feelings on the task force give our guidance on where the task force should looking if they want to solve the problems that are influencing ...
Lesson 11: Our Thoughts on Teacher Burnout
March 28, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBHey educators! In Lesson 11, we explain a little of the national narrative in regards to teacher burnout. There are several sources talking about this topic. Therefore, we wanted to give the 'consensus' about what our research has called teacher burnout. Of course, it wouldn't be The Education Reflection Podcast, if we didn't share our own experiences dealing with teacher burnout. We both give some examples where we have been tired and exhausted and how we were able to stop, breathe, and p...
Lesson 10: Perceptions About the STAAR Test
March 21, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn Lesson 10, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver talk about the world of public education and how it deals with the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). First, we would like to apologize for not being as consistent as we should be on the blog and the podcast. Both of us have been passing illnesses back and forth between ourselves and our children. Of course, we also have the extra added pressures of the Spring Semester! During all of this, we also have been going through a little bit ...
Lesson 9: The Introduction of STAAR
January 24, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBIntroduction Thank you for listening and we are glad to be back after out bouts with COVID. We are feeling much better and ready to get back on track bringing you guys some content. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver are going to be introducing the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). Introduction/Good Things: Every episode, we like to bring a little bit of positivity into the world so we start every lesson with some good things. While we are both getting over COVID, we tried n...
Lesson 8: The New Year is Here!
January 03, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBMr. and Mrs. Sarver reflect on several things that took place over the 2021 year and share their thoughts and feelings on upcoming things for 2022. Warm-Up The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver, talk about the great time they have had with family during the Christmas break. They share how grateful they are that they were able to share this time and even got to have a quick, two day trip so they can recharge and get ready for the Spring semester. Reflections of 2021 Mrs. Sarver: Brings up anxie...
Lesson 7: The Students Have Voices
December 23, 2021 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBI know it is different from our normal lesson plan format, but we wanted to start working on interviewing people. Our plan is to have more interviews coming up in 2022. We interviewed five students - honestly we cheated - we interviewed our two school aged sons, our school aged nephew, and our two school aged nieces. We hope that you enjoy the interviews and take what the students have to say into account when you are planning your lessons or creating your policies. Thank you for tuning i...
Lesson 6: The Way to Think About Teacher Recognition
December 06, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBWarm-up Bringing positivity into education is so important, especially with things going on today. Mr. and Mrs. Sarver talk about the good things they have experienced in education. Whole Group Instruction Mrs. Sarver starts off the lesson talking about the lack of proficient teacher recognition systems and how unimaginative they have become with the basics of Teacher of the Month and/or Teacher of the Year. Mr. Sarver talks about his experiences with teacher recognition systems where he t...
Lesson 5 - The Thanksgiving Episode
November 25, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBWe wanted to give you a special episode where we talk about the things that we are thankful for on Thanksgiving. Thank you to all of you listening and those that Mrs. Sarver and I work with. We would not have the life that we have without all of you and here is to another great year at Realistic Efficient Pedagogy.
Lesson 4: The Legislature's New Bag - Texas House Bill 4545
November 22, 2021 22:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBWhat is HB4545 and How do we follow it? Warm-Up Mr. and Mrs. Sarver share the good thing that is happening this week. For them, it is Thanksgiving Break! They also want to say thank you to everyone for the support people have given the website and podcast. Keep the feedback coming! Also, don’t forget to leave them a review on whichever platform you are listening on. Be honest, of course! Group Instruction Texas HB 4545 is a new bill that was past during the 87th Texas Legislative Sessi...
Lesson 3: The Importance of Self Care
November 18, 2021 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBhttps://www.realisticpedagogy.org On this lesson, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver talk discuss their own experiences with self care and the importance behind self care. Warm-up: Both hosts describe some good things that have happened in their life since last episode. Mr. Sarver focuses on the work as always and Mrs. Sarver has some time away from the husband and kids. https://www.realisticpedagogy.org They also talk about why self care has become a hot topic in Texas education today and their own expe...
Lesson 2: The Hypocritical Oath - Other Duties as Assigned
November 08, 2021 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBHello Everyone! Thank you for tuning into the Realistic Efficient Pedagogy Podcast, Lesson #2. After listening to the previous episode, we made a few improvements to our recording setup to get rid of some of the background noise and (we hope) provide better sound quality! The podcast is hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sarver and today we are going to talk about a clause in most educator contracts - Other Duties as Assigned. We also need to iterate that neither Mr. or Mrs. Sarver are legal counsel...
Lesson 1: The Realistic Teacher
October 19, 2021 02:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver discuss the various perceptions of teachers from different points of view and offer some basic strategies to help change some of these perceptions.
Episode 0 - The Introduction
October 11, 2021 21:00 - 6 minutes - 4.49 MBWelcome to the Realistic Efficient Pedagogy Podcast! This podcast is hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sarver - two educators out of the state of Texas! This quick episode is a brief glimpse into our lives and qualifications! We look forward to getting to know all the teachers and administrators fighting to better themselves and their profession! So, take a listen to get to know us and find out about our mission. We look forward to the journey!