Latest Teachingtales Podcast Episodes
E88: Sean McCarthy & The Importance of Mindfulness and Self Care
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - January 18, 2021 18:52 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsSean is a National Board Certified Teacher and currently the Staff Development and Induction Coordinator for the Murrieta Valley Unified School District in Southern California, facilitating the district’s professional development programs and induction program for new teachers. In this episode, ...
E87: Dr. Sam Fecich & Advice for New and Aspiring Teachers (and Veteran Teachers Too!)
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - January 09, 2021 18:36 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsDr. Sam, a professor at Grove City College in Pennsylvania working with preservice teachers in the areas of educational technology and special education, is back for another episode (see her previous chat in Episode 52)! She is also the author of EduMagic: A Guide for Preservice Teachers and Edu...
E86: Brian Briggs & The Silver Linings of 2020
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - January 04, 2021 00:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsBrian is the Director of Technology of the Washington Unified School District in Northern California, the Board President of CUE, and co-host of the awesome Check This Out podcast. While this past year brought significant challenges, there were also some bright spots. In this episode, Brian and ...
E85: Scott Nunes & Tips for Starting a Podcast
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - December 28, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsScott is a former language arts teacher turned educational technology coach in Northern California, passionately helping educators infuse technology into their teaching. He is also the host of multiple outstanding podcasts including the TNT Edtech Podcast and Education Today. In this episode, Sc...
E84: Jessica Gomez & Practical Ways to Build Classroom and Campus Culture - Pt. 2
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - December 19, 2020 19:41 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsJessica, an elementary principal in Southern California, is back to continue the conversation she and Brent began in Episode 83 on building classroom and campus culture! Listen in as Jessica and Brent share even more practical ways educators can make their schools a place where students want to ...
E83: Jessica Gomez & Practical Ways to Build Classroom and Campus Culture
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - December 12, 2020 20:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsJessica has been an elementary principal in the Colton Joint Unified School District for over 10 years. She is passionate about celebrating students, staff, and creating a positive school culture, and she frequently shares her passion with the world via her blog, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube....
E82: Teaching and Leading During a Global Pandemic
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - October 03, 2020 20:13 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn this episode, Brent is interviewed by his pastor, John Hansen, for his church's weekly podcast. Brent discusses the joys and challenges of teaching and leading through a global pandemic, offers encouragement and suggestions for teachers and parents, and reminds us we're making more of a differ...
E81: What's Your Green Sauce?
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - August 09, 2020 18:31 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn an episode borne from his recent blog post, Brent talks about how we should make our classrooms more like...wait for it...El Pollo Loco. That's right. El Pollo Loco. As most of us prepare to begin the new school year in a virtual model, this episode will remind you that our lessons, as great a...
E80: Nyree Clark, Tory Wadlington & An Honest Conversation About Equality
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - June 16, 2020 22:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsNyree and Tory are both educators in Southern California, Nyree a Curriculum Program Specialist for Technology in the Colton Joint Unified School District, and Tory an elementary special education teacher in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. In this episode, Nyree, Tory and Brent have ...
E79: John Eick & Lessons Learned From Distance Learning (So Far)
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - April 20, 2020 00:47 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsJohn is a passionate educator doing amazing things as the Executive Director of Westlake Charter School in Sacramento, California. In this broadcast, released on both Teaching Tales and the Learn with John Eick Podcast, John and Brent swap stories and lessons learned after one month of distance l...
E78: Dr. Ed Tse & Fostering Creativity
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - April 16, 2020 00:53 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsDr. Ed is the Vice President of Strategy and Content and co-owner of NUITEQ. As a professional and parent, he is deeply concerned about how we can make education relevant for careers that don’t yet exist. In this episode, he chats with Brent about the importance of fostering creativity in student...
E77: Solomon Petchers & Writing a Book for Kids
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - March 16, 2020 01:04 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsSolomon is a veteran educator with more than 20 years classroom experience currently teaching middle school in Southern California. He is also the author of two books for children and young adults, A Ghost in the Attic and Feasters: An Apocalyptic Tale. If you've ever dreamed of writing a book f...
E76: Jill Coley & How to Better Serve Students in Foster Care
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - March 08, 2020 20:38 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAlong with his dad and daughter, Brent's amazing wife becomes the third member of the family to be a guest on Teaching Tales. Jill has worked in the field of social work for 25 years and is currently the Chief of Child and Family Programs at International Christian Adoptions, a foster care and ad...
E75: Todd Schmidt & The Importance of Self Care
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - March 01, 2020 19:37 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsTodd is in his eighth year as an elementary principal in Southern California. Before moving into administration, he spent 13 years as a classroom teacher and two as an assistant principal. Todd is an active member of the educational community, sharing his wisdom, experiences, and resources on Twi...
E74: Amber Teamann & Leading with Appreciation
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - February 24, 2020 00:17 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAmber is the proud principal of Whitt Elementary in Wylie ISD in Wylie, Texas. She has co-created a space on Facebook for principals, by principals, that shares staff appreciation and motivation ideas, tips, and tricks to ensure the well being of a campus staff. Amber is also the co-author of Lea...
E73: Dean Deaver & Podcasting with Students
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - February 16, 2020 23:27 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsDean is a 3rd grade teacher in the Riverside Unified School District in Southern California. A 20-year veteran in the classroom, his students create their own podcast called the Deaver Scholars Podcast to highlight the amazing things happening in their classroom and school. In this episode, Dean ...
E72: Meredith Johnson & Connecting Educators Through the Power of Books
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - February 02, 2020 16:35 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsMeredith is a veteran educator in Florida with over 40 years of experience. Though officially retired, Meredith is still impacting educators around the world through #BookCampPD, a weekly Twitter chat she created to connect educators with each other and with the outstanding educational books avai...
E71: Sarah Johnson & Leading With Faith, Not Fear
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - January 23, 2020 04:31 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsSarah is a former English Teacher and building principal turned author and entrepreneur who is living her own leap of faith on a mission to teach masses. She is a co-author of Balance Like a Pirate, the author of Lead with Faith, and a state and national conference speaker around topics of balan...
E70: Ann Kozma & Amplifying Student Voice with Flipgrid
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - December 04, 2019 05:43 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAnn is an Educator Innovation Lead at Flipgrid, helping teachers all over the world engage and empower their students by recording and sharing short videos. In this episode, Ann shares a TON of powerful ways educators can easily use Flipgrid to amplify student voice. You don't want to miss this e...
E69: Ashleigh Burnette & Lessons Learned From Student Teaching
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - December 01, 2019 16:37 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAshleigh is an incredibly talented instructional assistant at Brent's school who is currently finishing up her student teaching as she prepares to embark on her teaching career. In this episode, Ashleigh shares some of the important lessons she's learned from her time in the classroom, both as an...
E68: Meghan Coley & A Student's Perspective on What Makes Teachers Great and School Memorable
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - August 28, 2019 04:24 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsBrent's talented daughter, a recent high school graduate, joins him as a guest in this special episode of the podcast. Before heading off to college to further her education, Meghan sits down and shares a student's perspective on what makes teachers great and school memorable.
E67: Kristen Koppers & Differentiating Instruction
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - July 24, 2019 22:19 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsKristen is a National Board Certified Teacher in Illinois, currently teaching high school English to 10th and 12th grade students. She is also a blogger, presenter, and author, having recently published Differentiated Instruction in the Teaching Profession with EduMatch Publishing. In this episo...
E66: Jeff Kubiak & The Big Impact of Small Acts of Kindness
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - July 16, 2019 18:39 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsJeff is the principal of Nelda Mundy Elementary School in California. Before moving into administration, he taught for 10 years as an elementary school teacher in grades 4, 5, and 6. Jeff is also the author of One Drop of Kindness, a children's book that beautifully illustrates the fact that it ...
E65: Crystal Chavez & The Importance of Caring for Students (and Ourselves)
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - June 27, 2019 20:28 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsCrystal has been an educator for more than a dozen years, spending the first half of her career teaching in a brick and mortar school and the last several years teaching online. She has a passion for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), presenting at conferences and writing on the subject on her ...
E64: Tamara Letter & A Passion for Kindness
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - June 20, 2019 16:44 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsTamara has spent over 20 years in education, having served as a classroom teacher, differentiation specialist, technology integration specialist, and instructional coach. Tamara is also the author of A Passion for Kindness, a book in which she shares her own kindness journey and showcases experi...
E63: Brent Coley & EduInfluence: The Power of Relationships
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - May 10, 2019 00:43 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn this episode, Brent reads a chapter from his book Stories of EduInfluence, sharing several stories illustrating the life-changing impact we can make when we put relationships over rules.
E62: Brandon Blom & The Journey Toward Standards-Based Grading
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - April 11, 2019 23:16 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsBrandon is the Director of Educational Technology for the Roseville City School District in Northern California. He is passionate about making school fun for students and staff, as well as looking critically at what we do in our schools so we can meet the needs of our students. In this broadcast,...
E61: Chuck Poole & Making an Unforgettable Impact with Students
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - April 03, 2019 17:31 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsChuck is a classroom teacher of 20 years, currently teaching Language Arts at the middle school level in New Jersey. He is also the creator of the fantastic teaching resource Teachonomy, the host of the Teachonomy Talks Podcast, and the author of uNnforgettable: Your Roadmap to Being the Teacher...
E60: John Martinez & Making an Impact Regardless of Your Position
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - March 28, 2019 02:11 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsJohn is an elementary principal in the Rowland Unified School District in Southern California. He is also the co-host of the fantastic podcast "Between the Johns" where he and John Staumont share their ideas, questions, and connections between leadership, Personal Learning Networks, and their wor...
E59: Albert Thomas & Fostering Creativity in Students (and Adults)
Teaching Tales w/ Brent Coley - January 28, 2019 00:38 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAlbert is an educational leader with more than fifteen years in the field of education. His passion is to develop and curate unique and innovative solutions that improve the quality of the learning experience and to inspire educators by telling stories through cinematic, documentary-style films. ...
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