Punk Rock Classrooms

S3 Episode 07 – Getting Knocked Down and Getting Back Up As punks in the pit we used to get knocked down and as educators it’s no different. The job isn’t easy and there are some things we can do to knock off the dust, pop up, and get back in the mix. In this episode, Josh and Mike discuss how this year has knocked them down a couple times and how they are working at getting back up each time. So...

S3 Reflection 06 – Josh on Feedback On this Punk Rock Reflection, Josh focuses on Feedback. As leaders, either in the classroom or on campus, we need to seek feedback and be prepared to work on what we hear from our stakeholder. Recently the admin team on his campus conducted listening session with parents, students, and staff. He dives into what they heard and how they are going to act on that fe...

S3 Episode 06 – Punk Rock Communication Punk had fliers, zines, and message boards to get the word out to the punk community. What do we have as educators and what are we doing to make sure we connect with our families and larger communities? Josh and Mike share why connecting, telling our school’s story, and enlisting the help of families and communities is how we make our schools better and stro...

S3 Reflection 05 - Mike on Connections On this Punk Rock Reflection, Mike dives into three topics: connections, boundaries, and laughter. He thinks maybe we should change the title of these (or at least for his reflections) to punk rock rants but hang with him, he has a lot to share on making connections with folks who are going through things just like you are, keeping those boundaries between wo...

Season 3 Episode 05 – Let’s Get Emo On this episode, Josh and Mike get emo and discuss emotional intelligence and psychological safety. How we recognize our own emotions and the emotions of other is an incredibly important part of working with students as an educator and in supporting and leading your staff as a school leader. Growing our own emotional intelligence as educators helps us create psy...

S3 Collaboration 01 with Gabbi Buckley One of the awesome things we would see in punk is at shows when musicians from different bands would join forces on stage or when one of your favorite punk singers would lend their growl to some gang vocals on another band's record. We wanted to create that same thing here at PRC. On this punk rock collaboration, Josh brings on his wife and previous guest col...

Season 3 Episode 04 – First Quarter Check-In Josh and Mike are wrapping up their first quarter of the 20-21 school year and they wanted to take a moment to share where they are at. They each discuss something they see as a success so far this school year, something they are struggling with, and something they want to work on for the next 9 weeks on their campuses. The break we see in the quarter j...

S3 Reflection 04 - Mike on Boundaries On this Punk Rock Reflection, Mike dives into work life balance and setting personal boundaries. We don’t need to be available 24/7 and we shouldn’t be. Striking that balance is key to being the best we can be when we are working and when we aren’t. So, get ready to draw the line and take some breaks. Intro/Outro music - "A Walk" by Bad Religion Find us at: ww...

S3 Punk Rock Reflection 03 – Josh on Resilience and Reactions On this Punk Rock Reflection, Josh digs a little deeper into his conversation with Mike from our last episode. Sometimes serendipity strikes and you are hit with the right quote and the right thing to read and after our last episode Josh came across a excerpt from Elena Aguilar’s book Onward about resilience that hit just at the right t...

Season 3 Episode 03 – Reactions It seems like we are all dealing with a lot this year. That instead of the normal juggling we do as educators we are actually juggling flaming chainsaws. You might have noticed that you're quickly going from zero to sixty. Or in Spinal Tap fashion, we go right to eleven. How we react is one thing we can work on. We are all coming to school, all of us, with stress, f...

S3 Punk Rock Reflection 02 – Mike: Pivot On this Punk Rock Reflection, Mike talks about the need to pivot. How sometimes the unexpected happens and we have to change the whole game plan and do a 180. Educators are flexible and we need to be able to make that change in order to overcome what’s in our way, support our students and staff, and ourselves as well. Remember that lesson in middle school s...

Season 3 Episode 02 – It’s a Band Not a Solo Act School is like a band. It’s not a solo act. When we come together, when we bring our students into the planning, when we bring our staff into the decision making, when we work as one…we can make amazing music. On this episode, Mike and Josh discuss how we need to involve our students in the decision and processes we make in our classrooms and how sc...

S3 Punk Rock Reflection 01 – Josh on Imposter Syndrome On this Punk Rock Reflection, Josh talks about something he is struggling with as he takes on his new role as a Title I Specialist this year, “Imposter Syndrome.” He feels a little like some punk rock jerk is hanging out in the back of his mind calling him a poser all day. What are the things he’s using to help him feel less like an imposter a...

Season 3 Episode 01 - Three Goals for the School Year Season three kicks off this week with Josh and Mike sitting down to chat about their goals for this school year and how the beginning of the year has started for them both. Josh is starting a brand new role at different school and Mike is working on building back culture after COVID. So get ready to jump in the pit! Season three is here! Intro...

Punk Rock Throwback! Episode 25 - "Being True to Yourself" Mike and Josh are Prepping for Season Three to kick off next week and Mike is prepping to start the school year with students so we are throwing it back to a favorite episode from Season 2! The punk scene let Mike and Josh be who they are and be true to themselves. Over the years they have found that when they aren't being true to who they...

Summer Conversation Series - 06 Brent Coley and Casey Jakuboswki The PRC Summer Conversation Series continues! One of the cool things about summer and punk rock is all the big shows and festivals. A ton of bands getting together and putting on one giant show! We decided to try and do the same thing with our Summer Conversation Series. We wanted to bring as many people on as possible to answer the...

Summer Conversation Series - 05 Trevor Terry The PRC Summer Conversation Series continues! One of the cool things about summer and punk rock is all the big shows and festivals. A ton of bands getting together and putting on one giant show! We decided to try and do the same thing with our Summer Conversation Series. We wanted to bring as many people on as possible to answer the question, what is on...

Summer Conversation Series - 04 Mike at NAESP The PRC Summer Conversation Series keeps on rocking! One of the cool things about summer and punk rock is all the big shows and festivals. A ton of bands getting together and putting on one giant show! We decided to try and do the same thing with our Summer Conversation Series. We wanted to bring as many people on as possible to answer the question, wh...

Summer Conversation Series - 03 Kyle Anderson and Alex Valencic The PRC Summer Conversation Series keeps on rocking! One of the cool things about summer and punk rock is all the big shows and festivals. A ton of bands getting together and putting on one giant show! We decided to try and do the same thing with our Summer Conversation Series. We wanted to bring as many people on as possible to answe...

Summer Conversation Series - 02 Debbie Tannenbaum The PRC Summer Conversation Series continues! One of the cool things about summer and punk rock is all the big shows and festivals. A ton of bands getting together and putting on one giant show! We decided to try and do the same thing with our Summer Conversation Series. We wanted to bring as many people on as possible to answer the question, what...

Summer Conversation Series - 01 Travis Ratts and Jillian DuBois The PRC Summer Conversation Series starts jamming along on this episode. One of the cool things about summer and punk rock is all the big shows and festivals. A ton of bands getting together and putting on one giant show! We decided to try and do the same thing with our Summer Conversation Series. We wanted to bring as many people on...

Episode Thirty Seven of the Punk Rock Classrooms Podcast! "Changing Education: Summer Conversation Kickoff" It's summer time so Mike and Josh are taking this opportunity to ask the crew one simple question. What is one thing you would change about education? To kick off our summer conversation series, we answer this question and then share some of what our crew had to say on twitter. Look for our...

Punk Rock Throwback Josh and Mike are taking a little summer vacation so here is one of their favorite episodes! Episode Seventeen of the Punk Rock Classrooms Podcast! "Circle Pits are for Classrooms!" Don't we want our classrooms and schools to be places that are engaging, active, and moving together with a common mission? Well, then we want them to be just like circle pits. In this episode Mike...

Punk Rock Reflection 28 - Mike: It's Okay to Stop On this Punk Rock Reflection, Mike shares two separate stories. One is professional and one is personal but they both taught him the same lesson. Sometimes it's okay to stop. We don't need to chase every thing, push as hard as we can, or do more than healthy. That is true for us all as educators and as humans. So, pump the brakes, slow down, and as...

Episode Thirty Six of the Punk Rock Classrooms Podcast! "Summer is For Getting Better" The punks are done with the 2020-2021 school year and on this episode they discuss what they want to do over the summer to get better. Just like a bands take the time between tours to write albums and get better, we as educators can do the same thing. Mike and Josh share what they want to do to improve their pra...