The Chey and Pav Show: Teachers Talking Teaching

In this Bonus episode of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey & Pav go deeper into their themes of Amplify & Inspire with an incredible conversation with Noa Daniel, a teacher, consultant, and Chief Building Officer at Building Outside the Blocks. She is also host of a podcast called the Personal Playlist Podcast and live radio broadcaster of OnEdMentors on VoicEd Radio.  In this conversa...

In Episode 74 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav dive into a conversation about Disruption, and what it means to be a disruptor within Education. This episode definitely goes in many directions and also touches on some real deep points with respect to what disruption looks like with the Anti-racist framework, with technology, with hierarchy. Lots of themes are touched upon in this rich convers...

In Episode 73 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about their experience with presenting at their first Virtual Conference - MassCUE 2021, an EdTech conference in the US. They discuss the process of preparing for the presentation, from the evolution of their topic from its inception 10 months ago, to what it had become as of their session. They also discuss the evolution of the Conference...

In this Bonus episode of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey & Pav go deeper into their themes of Amplify & Inspire with an incredible conversation with Andrea Tessier, a teacher and wellness coach for educators. She is also the founder of Conscious Classrooms, and has been working to help teachers with burnout. Stemming from her beginnings and experiences with being vastly overworked within...

In Episode 72 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about barriers to Family Engagement in schools. Infusing a few personal anecdotes and research on the topic, the duo deep dives into the conversation about what prevents families in our communities from not only participating, but engaging with the school community.  They move from talking about parent Involvement to full-fledged famil...

In this Bonus episode of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey & Pav go deeper into their themes of Amplify & Inspire with an incredible conversation with Dr. Ruth Beatty, Associate Professor at Lakehead University, and Colinda Clyne, Curriculum lead and host of the "Anti-Racist Educator Reads" broadcast on VoicEd Radio.  Chey and Pav have a great discussion with Ruth and Colinda about the...

In Episode 71 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about what makes a good team. Using an article they read about the research Google has been doing to establish great teams within their organization. They took the recommended points from the article and applied those same strategies to our schools and classrooms.  The conversation is rich! Join us, in The Staffroom. ------------------...

In this inaugural episode from the AMPLIFY series of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk to two former students, siblings Zara and Rayan Rahman, as they discuss their non-profit initiative to provide essential PPE to front line and highly vulnerable individuals in their immediate community.  Highlighting activism and entrepreneurship, these two bright stars deserve to have their actions...

In Episode 70 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about whether or not it's important to bring current events into their classrooms, and if so, how they are enabling that conversation within their spaces. They discuss the many reasons they feel it's important to bring events into the classroom, whether positive or negative, and discuss some of the fears that teachers may have in doing so,...

In Episode 69 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about their experiences with virtual teaching - especially the issue of cameras being on for students. With their new "twirl" back to teaching students remotely, they, as middle school teachers, have had similar experiences with their students not wanting to turn on their cameras on for the class. The conversation, however, centres around w...

In Episode 68 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav revisit their experience with Virtual teaching, as they have recently twirled back to learning this way from Face-to-face teaching, which they have been engaged in for the past 4 months.  They cover all the improvements they have seen with the teaching they are doing, and the supports that are out there for teachers. They also discuss the s...

In Episode 67 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about their #OneWord fo 2021: AMPLIFY! They start the episode by reflecting on their One Word for 2020, which was "US," and then dive into the importance of the word Amplify. What it means for them as a team, what it means for them as individuals. They talk about how Amplification can manifest within their buildings with the teachers they w...

For our 9th Bonus Episode, we feature author Dr. Brad Johnson, and his book “Dear Teacher: 100 Days of Inspirational Quotes and Anecdotes." In this great talk, we talk to Brad about the inspirations behind this book, and also the rest of the work he does to support teachers and promote servitude in leadership. As a cornerstone for Chey and Pav since they arrived on Twitter, Brad has always provide...

In Episode 66 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about their experiences with celebrating holidays - Christmas, in particular - in their classrooms in recent years. The diverse cultures in their classrooms has forced them to be much more mindful of whose culture and traditions are being pushed in our classrooms. They discuss Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy, Equity and the disc...

In Episode 65 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about their experience with bringing the Curriculum documents, or standards, into our classroom spaces. We often utilize the curriculum documents to plan our learning as teachers, but rarely ever include them as a part of the teaching and activities to help students learn. Chey and Pav talk about ways that they have employed the documents i...

For our 8th Bonus Episode, we feature author Thomas C. Murray, and his book “Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences That Impact a Lifetime." In this great talk, we discuss the many ways that the relationships that we build with our students can impact their experiences with school. Tom talks about some of the great anecdotes in his book that lead to discussion on Culture building...

In Episode 64 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about their Learning Spaces during Face-to-face teaching. Both of them experienced lots of change with their classroom, so going back to reflect on the process was very beneficial. They discussed how they have transformed their unconventional spaces to be thriving and opportune for creativity for both of their classrooms. With lots of poten...

For our 7th Bonus Episode, we feature author Matt Rhoads, and his book “Navigating the Toggled Term: Preparing Secondary Educators for Navigating Fall 2020 and Beyond" In this great talk, we discuss the many new realities that come with learning during the pandemic. We talk about not just surviving, but also thriving with Blended Learning, Hybrid learning and solely virtual. There are so many thin...

In Episode 63 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about Toxic Positivity. This is a topic that has been brewing with the duo since they began their time on Twitter. The concept has lingered and evolved many times leading up to this conversation, and Chey and Pav debated over the ideas for quite some time before recording. They begin a conversation about the acceptance of the existence of T...

For our 6th Bonus Episode, we feature author Dr. Frank Rudnesky, and his book “Fired Up Leadership." In this great talk, we discuss all the reasons why Frank's passions have led him to be the amazing leader that he is today. He takes us through his journey into leadership and how we can all be a part of our own journey's into leadership as well.  Twitter: @DrFrankRud Website: https://inspire-...

In Episode 62 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about the importance of Meditation in the classroom space, and also how they have used it in their spaces this year. They reflect on some of the reasons they have needed to embed some more mindfulness in their classes, especially this year, as it has been rather challenging. Pav discusses how the activity came to fruiting in her space,...

In Episode 61 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about how we can elevate our integrated arts program with limited access to technology. Using a great activity to highlight the impacts of war on all the students of their classes, Chey and Pav delve deeper about how they used a simple idea like producing double exposure pictures to really create some amazing graphic design and digital phot...

For our 5th Bonus Episode, we are feature author Adam Kotwoski, more affectionately known as Coach Adam, and his books “You Are Extraordinary” and "My Extraordinary ADHD." In this great talk, we talk to Adam about learning how to help our students or athletes maximize their unique ways of learning in order accomplish their greatest goals.  Twitter: @coachadam34 Website: https://coachadam34.co...

In Episode 60 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about how they have been using Math Talks in their programming, and how they have achieved some greater successes with their students within a subject area that normally causes their students lots of anxiety.  Chey and Pav welcome Traci Browder, Educator, Author and Podcaster from Mansfield, Texas for their 3 Enlightened Minutes Segmen...

In Episode 59, Chey and Pav talk about Comic books - and how important they can potentially be in our reading programs!  Chey and Pav welcome Dr. Frank Rudnesky, Educator and Disruptor from Southern New Jersey for their 3 Enlightened Minutes Segment. Check out Frank in all the following spaces: Twitter: @DrFrankRud Web: https://inspire-leadership.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrFran...