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Send us a text School is around the corner, and that means sports is also back!  All the players and coaches are excited to the courts and field this fall, which means coaches are starting to prepare for tryouts and practices.  If you are new to coaching or looking to hear a fresh perspective on coaching, this episode is for you! Today, I bring in Lou Caffazo, the Athletic Director at Appleby Coll...

Send us a text Welcome to part 2 of our chat with Andrew Hallam! Teacher's might not be making the same income as doctors or lawyers but it doesn't mean we can't build similar wealth! With the proper investing techniques and armed with the right knowledge, teachers can build a million dollar portfolio! Don't believe me? Then listen to Andrew Hallam, a former English teacher, bu...

Send us a text Teacher's might not be making the same income as doctors or lawyers but it doesn't mean we can't build similar wealth! With the proper investing techniques and armed with the right knowledge, teachers can build a million dollar portfolio! Don't believe me? Then listen to Andrew Hallam, a former English teacher, but is now a respected and #1 selling author of pers...

Send us a text Nature or Nurture? Biology versus Environment? This is a classic question that has commonly come up in regards to child development. As teachers, we should be interested in finding out the answer to this question because we see our students 8 hours a day for 5 days a week for 10 months! So I went to our expert, Dr. Aletha Harven, an Associate Professor in the department of Psycholog...

Send us a text I'm pretty sure every Ontario teacher knows we have a pension. But do you even know what a pension is? Why the Ontario Teacher Pension Plan is regarded as one of the best ones? What implications does it have when it comes to your retirement? We'll we are going to talk about our financial future and how our pension plan is going to help us live a comfortable lifestyle in re...

Send us a text Babies! Who doesn't love them?! Not so fast...there are a ton of stuff related to your work you need to get in order before you can start cuddling up to your new born child! Today I chat with Ashley Frampton and Danielle Kindree, two moms who experienced what it is like to on maternity leave. Ashley is an elementary school teacher from the Calgary Board of Education and is a mo...

Send us a text Teachers, have you ever had a student in your class with ADHD, Dyslexia, ODD or perhaps even a student that is super gifted and intellectually, way ahead of the curve? It must be difficult to support these students in a large classroom. There has to be a better way! Well, one school in Calgary, Alberta thinks there is. Let me introduce to you Rundle Studio, an independent virtual sc...

Send us a text With online learning, teachers did not have the same opportunity to make the same connections we normally would with our students in the classroom. There were a lot of blindspots that we missed. I wanted to get an honest opinion from students of how the school year actually went for them? What better way then to go directly to the students and ask them?!  This week I chat with three...

Send us a text So you think teaching a classroom full of kids is hard? How about managing an entire school? Oh lets add in covid, online learning, managing faculty and staff plus schools with boarding students. There are a ton of responsibilities a schools Principals needs to manage. On this episode, we chat with Dr. Katrina Samson , the incoming Principal for Havergal College, and independent all...

Send us a text In Ontario, Canada, the Ministry of Education just announced a brand new math curriculum for grade 9 students as of September 2021. This new curriculum will have a focus on financial literacy, coding and much more real life application of math. However, the controversial topics around this new curriculum is the fact that Ontario also plans to destream math. This means there will no...

Send us a text Teaching Elementary School takes a certain personality, patience and understanding of children. Doing all of that during a pandemic....? I don't know how these teachers do it! On this weeks episode, I speak with Princess Marfil from the London Catholic District School Board and Mariel Barahona, from the Calgary School Board of Education. We chat about online learning, challenge...

Send us a text This episode is part 2 of our episode from last week on "Should I get a Ph. D in Education?". We round out the conversation by chatting with Kathy Hibbert, the Associate Dean of Western University's Teacher Education program.  We chat about: Why did she transition into academia after 18 years in the classroom? Online learning Costs and lifestyle of pursuing a Ph. D Ho...

Send us a text Have you ever thought about getting a Ph. D in education? Have you ever wondered the following: How much will it costs? Can I afford it? Should I do it part time or full time? Why have other teachers gotten their Ph. Ds? What can I do with the degree? I want teach a teachers college one day. Do I need a Ph. D?  This is actually a two part episode. In part 1, we speak to Celeste Kirs...

Send us a text Wow - I have my first celebrity on the podcast! Does this mean my podcast is finally blowing up? On this episode, I chat with Chris Patterson, the Upper School Director and English Teacher at Appleby College.  However, in the evenings, he is also one member of the iconic Canadian musical comedy group, 'The Arrogant Worms'! In our conversations we talk about balancing our t...

Send us a text Have you ever thought, are we wasting our times as teachers? Are students actually learning anything valuable in our class? Are they actually going to use any of this stuff in the real world? Students are craving practical knowledge. Students want to be prepared to tackle the real world! Sometimes teachers get caught up in curriculum and what the ministry says we should be teaching....

Send us a text It's been a while since I stepped foot in a public school! This episode, I chat with Ed Ponikvar, a high school Accounting Teacher at Mount Carmel Secondary School, in the Dufferin Peel Catholic School Board in Mississauga, ON.  He gives me a dose of reality of what things are like in the public system. We talk about: What it's like teaching online in the public system? Th...

Send us a text I just got vaccinated! Got the Pfizer juice running through my veins!  So are you craving a bud light? Dying to eat some nachos on a patio with some friends? Want to go back to work and teach in a real classroom?   Ya me too! I want all of those things (except teaching in Pj's is kind of nice...). On this episode, I chat with Dr. Mariah Hughes, an Infectious Disease Fellow, tra...

Send us a text It's okay not to be okay... This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. We have to help ourselves, before we can help our students. On this episode, we bring in Arunie Saldhi, who is a consultant for First Sessions. This company tries to help people find the right therapist that can support their needs. She is also currently perusing her Masters in Counselling Psychology at York...

Send us a text On this episode, we have Stephanie O'Mahoney as our special guest. Stephanie is a proud graduate of Queens University, with a BA in Economics. She spent her early career as an Investment Advisor at RBC, and is now currently at WealthSimple serving as a Wealth Advisor. With Stephanie we discuss the following: What is a stock brokerage? Should I invest with a bank or an independe...

Send us a text Do you want to become a better public speaker in the classroom? Then you have to check out this episode! We have Eric Silverberg, co-founder of Speaker Labs and we chat about how we can become better speakers in the classroom. We discuss: Can we become more engaging on Zoom classes? Are teachers obligated to be entertainers? What makes elite public speakers so great? And much more!...

Send us a text On this episode we Cory Cultrera and Kendra Vice, two independent school teachers from Oakville, Ontario. We try to help answer some questions teachers often have around working at a private or independent school such as: Is compensation comparable? Do you get a pension? What is the independent school system? What is working at a boarding school like? What is it like to work with th...

Send us a text On our first episode, we have Meredith Brown and Cole McAleese. They are both former Accounting students of mine, and are now completing their second year at Queens University, studying in the Commerce program. In this episode, Cole and Meredith discuss what makes a great teacher? Are there universal traits between good teachers? Does a good elementary, high school, and university t...

Send us a text On our second episode, we have Ryan Rego, Manager at Purpose Advisor Solutions. Previous to this role, Ryan spent three years at Wealthsimple. Ryan was also a Lecturer at Western University, teaching a second year accounting course called Business 2257. Ryan, is a published case author through the Ivey Business School and was named to the Western University Teaching Honour Roll for...

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Send us a text Welcome to the Teacher Hotline, with your host Ronald Hae! On this podcast we try to answer pressing questions for teachers related to in and outside of the classroom! Each episode we will try to tackle a question you might have as a teacher such as: Should I go into administration? How does my pension work? What is it like working at a private school? This trailer episode introduce...