The Making Teachers Podcast

In this episode we talk with Tammy Sweet, Clinical Director at Spero Family Services, about workplace burnout and managing stress. This is a good listen for all teachers and not just new ones. You can learn more about Spero Family Services at https://www.sperofs.org

Professional development and learning are essential to becoming a great teacher and to stay a good teacher. Melanie Andrews, Superintendent at Mt. Vernon Township High School District #201, shines a light on what all new and more experienced teachers need to know.

Kylee Smith (Carlyle) and Sean Cochran (Odin) join us to talk about what they learned in their first year of teaching. They also give advice for our teachers-to-be and spoiler alert, they both stressed creating good relationships to be successful.

In part two of our "what they don't teach you in teacher school" series, Sara Boucek joins us to talk about the things young teachers need to know about the law. We talk tort immunity, Freedom of Information Act, social media and other legal considerations for teachers.

In this episode we chat about all those things that tend to hit us in the face when we start our first teaching job like evaluations, parents, unions, state testing and coaching. Bethel Grade School teacher, Beth Matthews, joins us to hash it out. Program note - due to equipment issues, this episode was recorded in multiple settings. Please excuse any poor quality in the audio.

In this episode we are interviewing for teaching positions with Dr. E. Scott England. He interviews Makane and we break down what to do and not do during the process job seeking process. Be sure to check out Dr. England's podcast, Anchored in Education. You can find it at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anchored-in-education/id1457633055 You can find the IASA Job Bank at illinoiseducatio...

In this episode we talk about the student teaching experience as you are leaving your college program. Makane does all the interviewing in this one as we take a trip down memory lane for Charley's student teaching experience 22 years ago. Feel free to email the podcast at makingteachers@gmail.com.

Now that you have made the decision to be a teacher, its time to go to school. We talk about college programming with Megan Rounds from Rend Lake College and Lincoln Land Americorps. You can learn more about Americorps by going to https://americorps.gov/serve

Marion Junior High Assistant Principal, Sarah Stowers joins us to talk about misconceptions and myths around teaching. Is it really just as simple as saying that kids behavior, parent behavior and the pay are keeping people out of the teaching profession? We talk it out in this episode.

We start our journey with understanding the decision making that goes into becoming a teacher. Our guest is Mrs. Amanda Neibch. She is the Educators Rising Sponsor for Frankfort Community High School in West Frankfort, IL. You can earn more about Educators Rising at https://educatorsrising.org.

Join father-daughter-duo Charley and Makane Cass for a ten-episode podcast called The Making Teachers Podcast where we help the next generation of teachers understand how to get into teaching and what they need to expect when they get there. We will have top-notch guests to help show us the way and get the word on the street from our social media platforms. So if you want to be a teacher or want t...