From Student To Teacher: A Podcast for Beginning Educators
An early career educator, Josh, and his mentor and former middle school teacher, Erin, discuss all the questions that came up as Josh began his teaching career. From Student To Teacher is a podcast to help preservice and beginning educators through their first years of teaching. Look for a new podcast every 2-3 weeks, with a topic relevant to that time in the school year. Though our focus is for beginning teachers, we hope all educators will find something new to add to their repertoire. We are here to discuss your questions and ideas too.Reach out to us at...
Classroom Set Up: Design vs Expectations
Listen in as we discuss strategies for setting up a classroom, and how we have made changes to fit the school year. We discuss how we helped our students create shared classroom expectations and ways this process has adapted over time.
Shoutouts from this episode:
Pictures of Gracie’s Classroom
Innovation Center (Erin’s Space)
The Book Thing Baltimore, MD
Randomizers to help create groups - Grouper, Clever Groups
Innovation Center Expectations Poster
Own Actions; Learn from Mistakes Poster
The Family Circus Comic By B...
The Dreaded Ice Breaker: Getting to Know New Staff
This season we are welcoming a third co-host, Gracie, a first year teacher who is teaching in a fourth grade classroom. Whether you are new to teaching, new to a school, or welcoming new staff, listen as we talk about how to get to know staff. Josh and Gracie start to get to know one another as well, without any assigned icebreakers!
Shoutouts from this episode
Fail-a-bration by Brad & Kristi Montague
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Dave Burgess’ book Teach Like a Pirate
Ethical Dilemmas: Who to gi...
Re-Introductions
After a year break, we are back with a wonderful new co-host. Listen to this intro episode to hear where we have been and who will be joining us for our second season.
Shoutouts
Eastern Connecticut University Department of Education
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Song "Best Days Ahead" by Jeremy Dinegan used in this podcast is licensed under Perpetual Use with the permission of the copyright owner.
Advice for Applicants: The Job Search and Application Process (mini episode)
We are creating a short series of podcasts for those who are graduating soon and/or are on the search for a teaching job. This first mini episode we talk about the process as a whole, what to expect, and a few pieces of advice. Coming soon we have two longer episodes. One (EP 12) with advice on how to write a cover letter, resume, and advice on the process of completing an application. The next episode (EP 13) will be about the interview process. We will share questions you may be asked as well as advice on how to answer...
Trying Something New: Project Based Learning with our First Guest
In this episode, we have our very first guest, Lindsay Swiatek, a STEM teacher who works with Josh. Both Josh and Erin have collaborated with Lindsay in a variety of ways, and she is the perfect person to help us think about how to bring project based learning into the classroom. She has great stories from her own classroom as well as suggestions on how to try something new (and possibly scary) in your classroom. You will see from the list of Shoutouts, this episode has a lot to offer our listeners.
Shoutouts
Engineering Design...
Work Life Balance: Using your break to take a break!
In this episode we discuss the importance of work life balance. We give suggestions as to how to make “work” a little easier for you, along with suggestions to make the amount of work more manageable. As we head toward a holiday break weekend, we encourage you to find a way to truly take a break from work.
Shoutouts from this Episode:
New England League of Middle Schools (NELMS)
IXL, Other Quiz Websites Quizizz, Socrative, Kahoot
AI for schools MagicSchool, SchoolAI, Eduaide.AI
Edpuzzle
Google Clas...
Happy ... January?!... Making it Through the Winter
January is a l..o..n..g month, and yet somehow we still didn’t get this episode out until February 1st! Listen to this minimally edited episode where we talk about how we make it through these long winter months.
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website: www.fromstudenttoteacher.com
email: [email protected]
Produced by Scot Peaslee
Song "Best Days Ahead" by Jeremy Dinegan used in this podcast is licensed under Perpetual Use with the permission of the copyright owner.
Filling your Classroom Management Toolbox
In this episode we go back and forth sharing different classroom management strategies as well as how they worked in our own classroom. Listen in for a game-like episode where we compare notes on a wide variety of tips and “tricks” that have worked for us. We know classroom management isn’t easy, but we hope you will find a few new things to try to help you improve your own management.
Shout outs from this Episode:
The game Scattergories by Hasbro, you can play a round online here.
YMCA by Village People, The Fi...
Expectations: Foundational to Classroom Management
In this episode we explore the idea of classroom management, starting with the foundation; setting clear expectations. More than just a beginning of the year activity, it is important to take the time to review and practice them after engaging students in setting and reevaluating the expectations. Even though it is November, we want to remind you that you can always go back, reset, and try something new. Tune in to episode 7, where we list over 20 different classroom management tools.
Shout outs from this episode: All the mechanics that help those of us who don’t know mu...
Facing Failure: Celebrating Growth
In this short episode we discuss how to embrace the idea of failure and help our students find ways to learn from their mistakes. We share a few ways that you can create a classroom culture where it is ok to fail.
Shout outs from this episode: Boredom Busters by Katie Powell, The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
Other Children’s books about Mistakes: The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken and Taco Falls Apart by Brenda S. Miles PhD
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Halloween and Spirit Days: What do I wear?
In this short episode we hope to help you prepare for the upcoming holiday of Halloween, or those spirit days throughout the year. We definitely feel differently about their levels of dressing up, but we agree on one thing, you should always walk into school feeling comfortable (and confident) in what you are wearing.
Shout outs from this episode: Karen Cassidy
See a variety of Erin’s Halloween Costumes on instagram @From.Student.To.Teacher
website: www.fromstudenttoteacher.com
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Produced by Scot Peaslee
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Grading: It's Communication, and Feedback Speaks the Loudest
In this episode Josh and Erin talk about grading. What does that look like in the classroom? And is it ok to change philosophy over time? Absolutely! We talk about different ways we have graded, what we grade, and how we grade. We talk a lot about feedback and various strategies to provide feedback. We also talk about "grading" growth and standards grading.
Shout outs from this episode: ClassKick, a digital platform Erin recommends. De-Grading Education Tedx Talk by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross. AMLE, our favorite organization, and where we both learned a lot about grading. Rick Wormeli, you...
Relationships Part 2: Helping Students Connect and Connecting with Home
In this episode we continue to talk about relationships within the classroom setting starting with helping to build relationships among students. We also talk about some of the ways Josh worked to repair relationships and improve classroom management. Another important relationship you have is with students’ adults at home. We share ways for them to get to know you and how to make that difficult phone call when something isn’t going right. Finally, there is a little bonus when Erin shares her first day activity that includes not having to cold call names and starting the year with cont...
Sure, Relationships are Important: But HOW do I build them?
In this episode, we tackle building relationship. Student to Teacher, Teacher to Paraprofessional, Teacher to Team, and Teacher to Mentor. Listen in to hear how a doorway helped Erin build relationships and how Josh has found mentor teachers helpful at the start of his career
Shout outs from this episode: Dave Burgess' book "Teach Like a Pirate" and Jennifer Gonzalez blog post "Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers"
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Introduction: From Student To Teacher
Welcome to From Student To Teacher: A Podcast for Beginning Educators. In our intro episode you will hear about both Erin and Josh, their educational journeys, how this podcast came to be, and where we hope to go.
Find us on instagram @From.Student.To.Teacher
website: www.fromstudenttoteacher.com
email: [email protected]
Produced by Scot Peaslee
Song "Best Days Ahead" by Jeremy Dinegan used in this podcast is licensed under Perpetual Use with the permission of the copyright owner.
