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Featured Content In this episode, Chris, AJ, and Stacey talk about teachers' desire to still perform some job functions from home vs having to return completely to the way things were. Other topics included: More lunch protocols Chris has another students teacher Kevin Carroll called in to weigh in on the topic as well. What We're Listening To Chris -  Throughline - The Shadows of the Constit...

Featured Content In this episode, we candidly discuss some of our routines and AJ gets into the weeds about school lunch which leads us down a path of COVID protocols and procedures. We were also joined on-air by Alfonso Mendoza, host of the My EdTech Life Podcast . What We're Listening To Chris - Zack to the Future - Mark-Paul Gosselaar (aka Zack Morris) has not watched an episode of Saved by the...

Featured Content In this episode, we candidly discuss and reflect on our first days of school for the 2021-2022 school year. Stacey is entering 3rd year as a 5th-grade teacher after spending many years as an instructional technology coach. Chris is entering his 14th year as a Social Studies teacher. AJ is entering his 2nd year as a middle school Assistant Principal. How have your first days/weeks...

Featured Content We continue the conversation to help the new, first-year, teacher. We’re going to share more tips and tricks. Also check out episode 102 Topics Discussed: Relationships with Colleagues with Admin with Students with Parents Relationships with KEY building personnel Custodians Secretaries/Administrative Assistants Site or district technology specialist Tips & Tricks from Social...

Featured Content Teaching is not an easy job. You will hear this from most teachers no matter how much experience they have. For many who enter this profession the first year is the toughest and most challenging. Think about it. You're fresh out of school perhaps your only meaningful teaching experience was during your student teaching experience which was probably 14-16 weeks. In this episode, we...

Featured Content In episode 14 we spoke with Don Wettrick about Genius Hour and we’ve known for years how amazing this experience can be for students. But planning it and implementing it can be a daunting task. In this episode, we’re speaking with a friend of the show Dani Kennis about how she created and implemented Mini Genius Hour with her students. Highlights What is Genius Hour? What is a Min...

Featured Content What have we learned from creating PodcastPD? Stacey, AJ, and Chris share, roundtable-style, the lessons they've learned through 99 episodes of creating this podcast. Highlights Stacey Sometimes asking for something is all it takes There is so much more I want to learn, explore, and do Having a community of dedicated educators knows no value Chris More than #edtech How to be live...

Featured Content Educator self-care is more important than ever and in this conversation Stacey, AJ, and Chris discuss what self-care means to each of them and share their experiences with self-care. What is self-care? How do you do self-care? What do you wish you were doing? Coming Up Next... Episode 100!

While some teachers have worked with students in their classrooms all year others haven’t at all and we’re talking about it. What We're Listening To... Chris - Art of Manliness - The Secrets of Public Speaking from History’s Greatest Orators (4/7/21)

Featured Content Students: The Missing Link In Teacher PD James F. Nagle and Penny A. Bishop Educational Leadership | February 2021 | Volume 78 | Number 5 Have you ever experienced PD where students were involved? What is the value of the student perspective on teaching and learning? Student Consultancies - Most effective when... Set the tone Clarify the purpose Try different models Be conscious o...

Featured Content Dani Kennis is a Special Education Social Studies teacher in Clarkstown, NY. Dani is passionate about professional development, building relationships & Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Topics Discussed: How do you define SEL? How has SEL helped foster relationships with students? How does SEL impact classroom management? How could someone start integrating SEL into their clas...

Featured Content Erich Stephen and Ryan D. Bartel, co-hosts of The Peg Doesn't Fit, join us for our second #PodStudy discussion. AJ recommended listening to episodes 15 and 17 of their podcast where they each talk about their dream school. About the Podcast The Peg Doesn’t Fit - The world of education continues to try to operate in the confines of an antiquated system. Despite its flaws, solutions...

Featured Content Pam Hubler is an Instructional Coach at Daniel Island School in Berkeley County South Carolina and a Google Certified Trainer. Pam has experience teaching K-8 special and general education as well as instructional & technology coaching. Connect with Pam: @specialtechie @pam_educoach https://www.spedtechgeek.com Pam wrote a blog post titled, The Lies We Tell Ourselves as Educat...

As connected educators, we understand the importance of finding others that share our passions, but how do we connect and make meaning from and get value from being connected? Featured Content Our story and how we connected. How has being connected benefited each of us? What our goal is as connected educators? Tools for Connecting What’s out there? Twitter Facebook IG Voxer Podcasts/YouTube Clubho...

Featured Content Erin and Dave Tashian are the Mindful Educators and Stacey chose the first episode of their podcast, of the same name, as the first episode for our brand #PodStudy episodes. Who Are The Mindful Educators? Dave and Erin Tashian are veteran educators from New Jersey. Erin, an 8th grade English teacher is also the founder of The Mindful Educators, a professional development program t...

Featured Content Stacey, AJ, and Chris ring in the new year with talk of goals and #oneword. There is homework for the next episode. We’re going to try a podcast study – like a book study – where we focus on one podcast by listening to an episode and then coming together to talk about it on our next episode. First up is an episode of The Mindful Educator. We will send you the episode and we will b...

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Featured Content You’ve attended a conference or a PD session, now what? Stacey, Chris, and AJ discuss what happens after you attend professional development. Also joining the conversation were fellow New Jersey educators Cory Radisch and Paul O’Neill. Cory and Paul are launching their own podcast in January 2021 called  The Status GROW Podcast .

Featured Content The 2020 holiday season is upon us and in this episode, we talk openly and honestly about what we’re grateful for in a year that thrown many challenges and presented a multitude of obstacles our way as educators and people. We share what and who we’re grateful for. We’d love for you to share with us too. Leave a comment below or by any of the means to connect with us and the show....

Featured Content Do you listen to too many podcasts? We might so let’s discuss. This is the episode that more than 88 episodes in the making as we finally dive into “Stacey’s Number.” Chris and AJ have been joking with Stacey for years about how many podcasts she is subscribed to and how many unlistened to episodes she’s got on her phone. The truth is AJ has more and Chris doesn’t listen to or sub...

Featured Content How are you connecting with colleagues during these uncertain times in education? This episode is part-3 of our series on Virtual Learning. Be sure to check out  episode 85  and  episode 86  for conversations on connecting with students and connecting with families. Stacey shared that she started a  Hybrid Mastermind  group with her colleagues to addr...

Featured Content In this episode, we continue our Virtual Learning series focusing on the topic of Connecting with Families during virtual/remote/hybrid learning. If you haven’t listened to episode 85 you must! We tackle the topic of connecting with families during remote learning. We share what’s worked and what hasn’t so we can all grow during this interesting time in education. What does connec...

Featured Content How do you connect with students who are not physically in your presence? We tackle the topic of connecting with students during remote learning. We share what’s worked and what hasn’t so we can all grow during this interesting time in education. Part 1 of a three-part mini-series! 85 – Connecting with Students 86 – Connecting with Families 87 – Connecting with Colleagues Question...

Featured Content What does it mean to teach in magenta? Magenta is bold, it’s vibrant, and the color holds noble qualities. Teaching in Magenta means creating magnificent school days. It’s a refreshing approach to teaching and leading that puts your joy and well-being first so you can share those attributes with your students. Veteran teacher and author James Sturtevant shares 100 paths for living...

Featured Content Producing media in the classroom doesn’t have to be a daunting and overwhelming task for you or your students. Our guests in this episode are Bruce Reicher and Randy Tomes. They, along with Paula Neidlinger, wrote the book  Scripted: An Educator’s Guide to Media in the Classroom  (2020, EduMatch Publishing). CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK Bruce Reicher (@breicher) &nbsp...