Where The Whiteboards Are

The WTWA gang talks with Amanda about her teacher life as a librarian and the role the library plays in k-12 education.

Jacob sits down to chat with a large group of teacher friends from the Missouri Association of Student Councils (MASC) that combined covers well over a 100 years of teaching experience. They give their insights a wide range of meandering topics most of which relate back to education.

The WTWA gang sit down with Darren again but this time they delve into the good and bad experiences he had as a very high achieving student in high school.

The WTWA gang catches up with former student, now an engineer, Darren about his experiences teaching STEM related content at the college level.

The WTWA gang all get together to delve into student behaviors from their experiences, trends, and their thoughts on how to tackle challenging students.

The WTWA gang reunites after months of separation to delve into our best core memories of school.

Samm and Eric catch up with Jacob about where they have been and what they have been doing during their absence from the WTWA podcast.

Amanda and Jacob are joined by Dena to talk about what makes for a successful start back to the school but tackle many tangents along the way.

Jacob and Amanda discuss teacher myths again but this time they are joined by former student and Elementary Ed. major, Brooke.

Amanda and Jacob sit down with the ever delightful Brooke who was a former student of the whole WTWA gang. Brooke is an education major who is slated to student teach in the spring of 2025.

Amanda and Jacob tackle some common myths about the teaching profession with humor and and a dash of cynicism.

The WTWA sans Eric try to figure out if credit recovery is good or bad or somewhere in between.

WTWA gang sans Eric talk about their plans for the summer of 2024.

The WTWA gang sit down with Lydia again and discuss how new teachers can better be supported to keep them growing professionally and stay in the industry.

The WTWA gang dive into the world of Special Education with Lydia, colleague of Jacob, as a guest on the podcast. They explore the realities, struggles, and benefits of special services in schools.

In this episode the WTWA gang sits down with podcast friend, Melissa Tate, and discuss how they grew their programs (e.g. clubs and co-curriculars).

The WTWA gang is joined again by Melissa Tate as they talk about their experiences pursuing master's degrees and beyond.

The WTWA gang sit down with former guest Melissa Tate to chat about her experience of being a 1st year teacher. We first visited with Melissa back in March of 2023 about her student teaching experience. We were thrilled to be able to check with her as she closes out her first year of teaching and delve into what worked and what didn't.

In this short episode the WTWA gang react to more teacher hot takes and this time Jacob left all the flagged content in.

The WTWA gang is joined by Dr. Brad Snow, director of bands for MSU again as the tackle the topic of teacher wellness. They talk about their experiences with wellness programs in their districts, what works and what isn't working, and tips on how to improve your own wellness.

The WTWA gang sits down with Dr. Brad Snow, Director of Bands for Missouri State University and how his time as a K-12 music teacher influences his role at the higher education level. In this fascinating episode, Dr. Snow talks about how he runs the largest music program in the state/region and how he teaching/learning play such a major in role in his success.

The WTWA gang check in with a how it started and how its going in second semester of the 23-24 school year.

The WTWA gang react to teacher hot takes from Reddit! Sure your hot takes with us at wtwa@277media.com .

The WTWA gang share how they make it through the dark days of January and February, the craziness of spring sports, trip, and testing to get that miracle last day of school.

The WTWA talk data, where they get, how they get, and what they do with it.