Ready Set Growth - Inspiration for Teachers

In this episode Nick sits down with teacher author Mariam Plotinksy to discuss how teachers can take a step back and create lessons that put student explorations at the center of learning. If you have been looking for ways to hover less and let students take more ownership of the learning Mariam provides concrete ways to help you do that.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com h...

In this episode of the Ready, Set, Growth podcast, Nick is joined by Crystal Fromer to discuss the integration of literacy-based activities, such as the wordle game, into math instruction. They explore how topics like probability and statistics can be taught through wordle, improving both students' wordle scores and their understanding of key concepts. Crystal shares her insights and recommendatio...

If you have been looking for a way to include more conversation and subject discussion in your class join Nick as he sits down with Jessica Vance to break down how and why you should be using provocation in your daily/weekly routines.  Follow us on social media:  www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz  - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp  - Twitter  https://bit.ly/2YWVW91  - Facebook ...

They say you never get a second chance at a first impression and the first day of school is no different.  If you are looking to have a great first day of school for this year, join Nick as he speak with Emma Chiapetta as she explains how the key to a great first day starts with high yield problem solving tasks.  Follow us on social media:  www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz  - I...

Join Nick as he sit down with Erik Wilderbring to discuss how we can all teach like Socrates.

If you have been looking for ideas for giving great feedback for your students, parents, and even colleagues join Nick has he speaks with his podcasting mentor Paul Mumford.  Nick and Paul sit down to talk about actionable ideas for how we deliver feedback with meaning and purpose.  Follow us on social media:  www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz  - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp...

Join Nick as he sits down with fellow teacher podcast Michael Ralph to discuss "Universal Design for Learning" and how we can take steps to deliver lessons in a universal approach.  Follow us on social media:  www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz  - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp  - Twitter  https://bit.ly/2YWVW91  - Facebook  Follow our guest:  https://twitter.com/MichaelCRalph...

Don't let writing incredibly personalized report cards overwhelm you, Join Nick as he shares the highlights from an Instagram live he did with Trevor Mackenzie about how every teacher can create the best report card comments for their students.  Nick and Trevor give easy-to-apply tips, tricks, and ideas for the best report card comments you will ever write.   Follow us on social media:  www.readys...

Where do you fall on the homework effort? Are you a teacher that gives homework or has it gone the way of the do-do bird in your class?  Regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of homework join Crystal Frommert as she dives into the realities of homework in the classroom. 

Have you ever thought about what culture is and its many impacts inside your classroom?  Being culturally responsive can feel like "one more thing to do" but it doesn't have to be. Having a culturally responsive approach is less about making wholesale changes and more about seeing how the small things add up to make a big difference.   

The eternal question of "what makes a good" seem to always come up when we think about presenting our students with mathematical word problems. Join Nick as he talks with Braxton Hall about how we can all find, make and share better word problems.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz  - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp  - Twitter  https://bit.ly/2YWVW91...

Why do we do projects in our classes: To see what our students know How they display that knowledge To expressive creative thought The list goes on, but what if we did the project alongside our students what might we REALLY learn from them, and with them. Might we have a better understanding of their learning, and who they are as young adults.  What if we learned things we didn't expect, what if b...

Have you ever started a great project, or what you thought was going to be a great project only to have student engagement fall of somewhere along the way? Join Nick as he breaks down how we can keep students invested and highly engaged with his guest Kristy Lathrop.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp - Twitter  https...

Have you been looking for ways to move past only relying memorization as a learning tool in your class. Join Nick as he sits down with Kasey Short to discuss ways to move the needle on meaningful learning and building confidence.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp - Twitter  https://bit.ly/2YWVW91 - Facebook  Follow o...

Join this month's second guest Crystal Frommert as she takes over the podcast to interview instructional coach Moira Burgy to discuss how we can be better every day for our students.  This episode is a great reminder of how important the little things are in life and in our classroom to make the most of our time with our students. 

Marks, grades, and report card comments are a fact of life but if they didn't need to be the entire focus of our teaching, what could we accomplish with our students?  Join Nick as he sits down with the teacher, administrator, and learning coach Crystal Frommert to discuss how we can take steps to move from grade-based focus to learning and most importantly a learning-based approach to our classro...

Many students, especially those in middle school, only share their thinking in math class when they're sure they have the right answer. Getting our kids to see their thinking and process just as important as arriving at answers is what rough draft math is all about.  Join Nick as he speaks with Dr. Amanda Jansen, teacher, professor, and author of Rough Draft Math as they break down how we can brin...

If you have been looking for a new piece of technology to add to your teacher tech toolbox look no further than Nick's conversation with two of the best in the industry.  Teachers, speaker, bloggers and authors of "The Interactive Classroom" Joe and Kristin Merrill join Nick to talk all things useful technology for any teachers unique needs.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrowthpodcast.co...

Join Nick as he sits down with fellow podcaster and math specialist Mona Lehl to discuss how we can ask our students better questions and more engaging tasks for deep learning.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrowthpodcast.com https://bit.ly/3jN3eEz - Instagram https://bit.ly/3lC5ccp - Twitter  https://bit.ly/2YWVW91 - Facebook  Follow our guest:  https://www.instagram.com/local.learners/?...

Join Nick as he sits down with intervention specialist Kristen Acosta as they breakdown and discuss why we all need to be using more visuals in math class.  Not every math class needs to revolve around numerical, question and answer work. Visuals, pictures, videos, diagrams etc... can strengthen mathematical problem solving with meaningful number talks.  Follow us on social media: www.readysetgrow...

In this episode of the Ready, Set, Growth podcast, Nick welcomes guest Susan Loveless, a teacher, administrator, and intervention specialist, to discuss the concept of low floor, high-ceiling questions. They explore how these types of questions can enhance teaching and learning experiences in the classroom. Susan emphasizes the importance of fostering a postive mathematical disposition in students...

Effective and meaningful project based learning doesn't happen by accident or because we want it. It happens because we ask questions worth answering and the work revolves around our students.  Join Nick as he talks with Maureen Kelly-Gibson about how she implements high quality project based learning. Maureen was awarded the 2020 Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence and her passion for...

Have you ever what your students know, how they know it, and when they know it. Then look no further than how spaced practice can be used to give you more insight into what your students know.  Join Nick as he sits down with Ryan MacLeod to discuss "How" spaced practice can be used and why repeated practice isn't the secret sauce to learning and retention of learning that we think it is.  Follow u...

If you are looking for some early inspiration going into another year in the classroom look no further than my talk with Donovan Taylor Hall. Donovan has been called many things but the 21st century Mr. Rogers might be his favourite.  Join Nick as he breaks down how we can start and maintain meaningful relationships with our students, and their families in easy to follow ways.  Follow us on social...

We all make mistakes, we make mistakes everywhere, in our classes talking, writing on the board, and even in our lessons. Don't worry it happens to us all, no matter where we are in our careers, join Nick as he goes through 4 steps that help us make better mistakes in our classes with our students.  Nick shares in a mistake he recently made that turned into one of the best lessons he's made in onl...