Middle School Madness

Bringing your Passion into the Classroom can lead to a more authentic teaching experience for you and your students. Today we talk with Heidi Thomas about how she incorporates her love for all things France and Paris into her French Classroom. Send your comments to wieheog@gmail.com

Everybody has a first year in Teaching. Two veteran teachers give their advice for how to survive your first year of Teaching. Send Comments to wieheog@gmail.com Recored after a 4 miles run and a week before school starts.

4 Things All Teachers Need to Have After Summer! Plus, the importance of breaking the routine of School and doing different activities. Send Comments to wieheog@gmail.com My Gear Hollyland Lark M2 https://amzn.to/4lnXCAd Camera:Sony a7c  https://amzn.to/496590X       #  

Are youth sports OUT of Control? Travel teams, elite clubs, All-Star Showcases and big money. Victor Gianotta joins the podcast to help answer these questions and share insights from over 30 years of coaching and teaching. Send your comments or questions to wieheog@gmail.com thanks for being a teacher - the world needs good teachers

Should you become a teacher in 2025? To Answer this question we interview a soon to be retired Teacher. We ponder the question - How did we get here? What skills do you need to be a teacher? Is teaching a calling and of course Five for Five trivia!!! Send you questions or comments to wieheog@gmail.com See ya in the hallway Oliver teachers teaching  

  Today I'm sitting in the office of Tammi Limmer - Middle School guidance counselor -extraordinaire. We will discus student anxiety from before the Pandemic through the Pandemic and into 2024. Send Questions or comments to wieheog@gmail.com  

Teachers are Pirates! A motivational speech for all educators about the importance of being a teacher and why the classroom needs you! Send questions or comments to  wieheog@gmail.com   Thx for listening Oliver

Today on the show  - What is the perfect metaphor or simile for the last 20 days of a school? How do you unwind after a school year? What do you do - physically/mentally? If June & July is one long Saturday- what does that make August? What happens to teachers in August? Finish with the jeopardy style question category - What are you drinking - Summer edition. Seth joins us for his third show and...

Today on the show Oliver is joined by Tik Tok sensation TEACHER PAY with Kay aka Kristen. We will discus pay scales: Is there a perfect pay scale and what would it look like. Should there be a national teacher pay scale and why $60,000 for a starting salary? Send question or comments to wieheog@gmail.com   Thx for being a teacher! The world need good teachers.  

Today I'm joined by a fellow teacher and running enthusiats Nancy. Today we discus: What makes May such a crazy month? 10 tips on how to survive in May and keep your sanity. In the end we ask Nancy "What coffee are you drinking this summer?"   Send your comments to  wieheog@gmail.com  

Today on the Show we invite Margo Hinton a 30 plus year veteran of the Middle School Classroom to discuss DEI. What does DEI mean to you? How would you rebrand it? And how to get students to accept each other when all they want to do is FIT IN? Plus, we play a round of Name that Middle School FAD dance. Send comments to  wieheog@gmail.com

Today I'm joined by a fellow teacher Zach as we discuss Classroom Discipline. What annoys us in the classroom and how to handle it? How to talk one on one with students about their behavior and Classroom scenarios - How would you handle that? This episode is packed with helpful ways to make managing your classroom a little better. Yipee made it to episode #10 - wow Send in your rubrics to  wieheog...

Today I'm joined by a fellow teacher Megan as we discus Teacher Awards: What are they worth and are they worth winning? Plus, what is the career trajectory of a teacher? When are you the most effective in the classroom and when will you have your best years of teaching? We finish with a round of "would you rather". Send in your rubrics to wieheog@gmail.com for the one page rubric challenge! Thx fo...

Oliver welcome incredible teacher Seth to discus the evolution of Cell Phones in the class. Are there any benefits to using them and they play a "round" of IF I RULED THE WORLD about creating their own cell phone policy? Send your rubric to wieheog@gmail.com   Thanks for teaching and thx for listening!

What Qualities make for the BEST students? Not your PERFECT students. Two Middle School teachers talk about what qualites they think make for the best students with a few surprises along the way (can you hear the school bell). Send an email to wieheog@gmail.com if you would like to be on the show.

Snow days! They exciting and unpredictable. Strangely they bring people together. How do you handle your snow days. What do you like to do? Have you every heard of a "PHONE TREE"? All this and more on a Snow Day! Would you like to be on the show? send me an email wieheog@gmail.com

Create the Perfect Rubric and why rubrics are awesome.  Learn how to envision, create, publish and polish your rubrics to perfection. A great rubric with enhance your teaching, your students learning while making your classroom a place for learning! to be on the show send me an email wieheog@gmail.com

The Moment you become a teacher is the moment you become a small celebrity in your community. A unknown side effect of becoming a teaching is becoming a public figure.

So, you want to be a Teacher in 2024? Now that you have made the decision to teach. You hav to ask yourself a few questions - Where? 2nd Where - Who and Tell a Story. All of this will lead you a great journey of self-discovery and landing your first job as a Teacher.

After 26 yrs of teaching it's time to begin the process of planning Retirment and it ain't easy.

Hoods up, earbuds in and head down. How to motivate the unmotivated and the difference between encouragement and motivation.