Latest Classrooms Podcast Episodes
Zooming In on Poetry with Penelope Pelizzon
The Teacher As... - November 30, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutesIn the 100th episode of The Teacher As...Melissa chats with professor and poet Penelope Pelizzon. We chat about her genesis of becoming the successful poet that she is and her ideas about teaching poetry to all ages of students. We get into the weeds about rhyme and theme and she talks about the...
Top Five Teacher As...Episodes/Upcoming 100th Episode
The Teacher As... - November 25, 2023 04:00 - 6 minutesIn this minisode, Melissa shares the top five most downloaded episodes since the podcast started in July of 2020 in honor of the 100th episode coming out on 12/3/23.
Zooming In on Curriculum Collaboration with Heather Leonard and Erin Burchill
The Teacher As... - November 18, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutesIn this episode, Melissa chats with Heather Leonard, a Pre-K-12 curriculum coordinator, and Erin Burchill, a K-8 Humanities curriculum coordinator. They share their strong focus on collaboration in order to eliminate the barriers that stop teachers from being able to implement the curriculum suc...
The SecEd Podcast: Curiosity and motivation in the classroom
SecEd Podcast - November 15, 2023 06:51 - 1 hourIn this episode, three experienced teachers discuss ideas, tips and advice for fostering student curiosity and motivation in the secondary school classroom. We ask what curiosity and motivation look like in a classroom and discuss the key elements of the classroom environment and our teaching ...
The Teacher As Filmmaker/ Film Editing Introduction
The Teacher As... - November 11, 2023 04:00 - 4 minutesIn this minisode, Melissa introduces her shift in focus from film director to film editor. Melissa's research into the parallels of film editing and teaching are explored in this series of minisodes.
The Teacher As Filmmaker/ Film Editing Part 1
The Teacher As... - November 11, 2023 04:00 - 4 minutesIn this minisode, Melissa shifts focus from film director to film editor. Paul Hirsch's book, A long time ago in a cutting room far, far away... will provide the parallels to teaching for this series of minisodes.
Zooming In on Kelly Dempsey's Design and Teaching Process
The Teacher As... - November 04, 2023 03:00 - 29 minutesKelly Dempsey returns to The Teacher As...Podcast. We talk about upcycling thrifted items and how Kelly teaches about a thrifting mindset in order to find great items to use for designs. Kelly sees everything in a thrift store as potential raw material. Kelly shares her design process and how sh...
Upper MiddleBrow - Tales of Teachers
TeachLab with Justin Reich - November 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourToday we share another great episode from our friends at Upper MiddleBrow. As students, parents, and teachers happily (or wrenchingly) returned to school, Upper MiddleBrow invited TeachLab host Justin Reich to talk about stories with teachers. They identify many examples of bad teachers and bad ...
Civics 101: Civics Education 2 - When the Curriculum is Against the Law
TeachLab with Justin Reich - October 27, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesCivics 101 is a podcast refresher course on the basics of how the U.S. government works, born from the brain trust at New Hampshire Public Radio and hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice. This is the second part in their series about the state of civic education in the US. In this episod...
The SecEd Podcast: Flexible working in the secondary school
SecEd Podcast - October 25, 2023 05:06 - 1 hourThis episode looks at how secondary schools can plan and implement flexible working practices to help boost teacher recruitment and retention. Our panel of experts include headteachers who have placed flexible working at the heart of their recruitment and retention strategies as well as teache...
Zooming In on Teacher Mental Health with Ryan Pelkey
The Teacher As... - October 21, 2023 03:00 - 28 minutesIn episode 95, Ryan Pelkey talks about the importance of paying attention to the mental health of teachers/staff. He offers ways to support each other and urges administration to focus on relationships.
Civics 101: Civics Education 1 - What Do We Teach?
TeachLab with Justin Reich - October 20, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesCivics 101 is a podcast refresher course on the basics of how the U.S. government works, born from the brain trust at New Hampshire Public Radio and hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice. Today is the first part in their series about the state of civic education in the US. In this episod...
The Teacher As Filmmaker/David Lynch
The Teacher As... - October 14, 2023 03:00 - 3 minutesIn this Teacher As Filmmaker minisode, Melissa shares screenwriter/director David Lynch's philosophy on catching ideas for writing.
Iterate: Haley McDevitt
TeachLab with Justin Reich - October 13, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutesIn our final episode in our Iterate series, we are joined by one of our favorite collaborators here at the Teaching Systems Lab: artist, creative professional and graphic recorder, Haley McDevitt. Haley is a master of listening, synthesizing, and creating visuals that support big ideas. And, Hal...
Zooming In on Adult Immigrant Education with Sara Lodgen
The Teacher As... - October 07, 2023 03:00 - 27 minutesIn Ep. 93, Sara Lodgen shares her work with The Welcome Project which is a nonprofit that supports adult immigrants and their families in the Somerville, MA area. It was interesting to learn about the different services/programs they provide.
Iterate: Mel Ching
TeachLab with Justin Reich - October 06, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutesThis week on TeachLab, we continue our series of conversations with innovative educators with Mel Cheng, a lifelong educator and learner. Mel is the Director of Engagement at What School Could Be, and before that worked as a classroom teacher, technology facilitator and coach, and administrator ...
The SecEd Podcast: How to be a calm school leader
SecEd Podcast - October 04, 2023 07:15 - 1 hourWhat is “calm leadership” and how can this philosophy help middle and senior leaders in schools to be effective and inspiring in their roles? In this podcast, we chat to Patrick Cozier, the long-serving headteacher of Highgate Wood School in London, about his philosophy of calm leadership. I...
The Teacher As Filmmaker: Jodie Foster
The Teacher As... - September 30, 2023 03:00 - 4 minutesIt is important to be prepared and to plan in order to be flexible and creative. In her Master Class, film director, Jodie Foster, shares the importance of planning in her work and the metaphors to teaching are powerful.
Iterate: Ronni Moore
TeachLab with Justin Reich - September 29, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutesThis month on TeachLab, we’re releasing a series of conversations with innovative educators to celebrate the release of our host Justin Reich’s new book, Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools. This week we’re lucky to be joined by Ronni Moore, an educator who is passionate about re-envis...
Zooming In on the Engineering Design Process with Michael Bycraft
The Teacher As... - September 23, 2023 03:00 - 1 hourMichael Bycraft is a robotics, design, and makerspace teacher living in Thailand. Listen to episode 91 to hear about his fascinating student led approach to engineering.
Iterate: Erik Burmeister
TeachLab with Justin Reich - September 22, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutesThis week, our host Justin Reich released his new book, Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools. To celebrate the launch and dig into the themes of the book, we’re releasing a series of conversations with innovative educators. In this episode, we’re joined by Erik Burmeister, an award-win...
Introduction to The Teacher As...Minisodes
The Teacher As... - September 16, 2023 03:00 - 2 minutesThis minisode explains Melissa's inspiration for sharing these short episodes that drop every other week. Melissa begins by focusing on The Teacher As Filmmaker. Each minisode is focused on a different teaching metaphor. Listen to the minisodes and get teaching inspiration from some of the mos...
The Teacher As Filmmaker: Spike Lee Part One
The Teacher As... - September 16, 2023 03:00 - 3 minutesThis minisode focuses on Spike Lee's ideas about bringing out the best in his actors and the parallels to classroom teaching.
The Teacher As Filmmaker: Spike Lee Part Two
The Teacher As... - September 16, 2023 03:00 - 3 minutesThis minisode focusing on director Spike Lee is part two. Spike's philosophy about rehearsal, collaborating, improvising, and bonding with his cast is parallel to the job of all educators.
The SecEd Podcast: Building connection and strong relationships with your students
SecEd Podcast - September 13, 2023 05:38 - 1 hourThis episode discusses how we can build strong connections and relationships with our students – especially those who are vulnerable – in order that they have the best chance of overcoming barriers and making progress in our classrooms. Two experienced colleagues discuss why this is important ...
Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Katie Rinderle
TeachLab with Justin Reich - September 11, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutesIn the eighth and final episode of our series on Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we talk with Katie Rinderle, a 10 year veteran educator from Cobb County, Georgia. Katie is the first teacher in Georgia to be terminated for violating the state's divisive concept laws. What did Katie do? She w...
The Teacher As Pilates Instructor
The Teacher As... - September 09, 2023 03:00 - 40 minutesIn episode 87, the first episode of season 5, Aly Marie Moniz shares the steps she takes in programming her pilates classes and creating the best experience for her students. Her teaching philosophy and style are inspiring.
Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Book Bans Revisited
TeachLab with Justin Reich - August 25, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutesIn the seventh episode of Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we dive back into our exploration of book bans and challenges throughout the United States. We sit down with Jen Varney and Barb Fecteau of the Massachusetts School Library Association, to hear about how the current climate is impactin...
Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Difficult Conversations
TeachLab with Justin Reich - August 11, 2023 11:31 - 56 minutesIn the sixth episode of Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we turn our attention to Guilford, Connecticut. Guilford is a small town with a big commitment to equity for their students, and serves as a microcosm for the debates surrounding schools in the US. Our host Justin Reich sits down with Am...
Teacher Speech and the New Divide: Book Bans
TeachLab with Justin Reich - August 04, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutesIn the fifth episode of our new series, Teacher Speech and the New Divide, we’re taking a look at book bans in schools. We head off to Florida, the epicenter of this conflict, to find out more about what books are being removed, how this affects students, teachers, and the community, and the act...