The Student-Centered World Podcast

As our 3rd season comes to a close, let me know if you would like to be a participant on next season's podcast (or if there is someone you would like …

Episode Summary: When it comes to simple engagement strategies, teachers often get nervous. There is a common misconception that in order to have all students engaged, it is way more work on the teacher. I am here to …

Episode Summary: A simple Google search will show you that teachers trying to find the classroom management skills that will work for their students …

Episode Summary: In today’s global society, students want to learn how to use the technology around them along with understanding how the uses for …

Episode Summary: When you are looking for behavioral engagement in the classroom, you are trying to observe students being actively involved in the …

Episode summary: There are many Engaging Classroom Activities for Middle Schoolers that can be used in school, at home, or at after-school …

Episode Summary: When it comes to simple engagement strategies, teachers often get nervous. There is a common misconception that in order to have all students engaged, it is way more work on the teacher. I am here to …

Episode Summary: There is nothing worse than thinking a lesson is going well and then realizing once you are at the point of no return that it is missing the mark with your students. It is important to be doing checks …

Episode Summary: A student-centered curriculum is developed based on the premise that the students have both choice and the responsibility to …

Episode Summary: Teacher-Directed vs. Student-Centered Instruction is a common comparison in today’s educational spectrum. However, there is generally some confusion between not only what each one is, but the …

Episode Summary: One topic that always comes up when discussing the student-centered model in the classroom is classroom management. A lot of days it is a work in progress, but over time your students really do …

Episode Summary: As teachers, so often we are trying to find the latest gimmick to get our students involved in the classroom. But it seems to be a …

Episode Summary: While the conversation about student engagement is always the rage in educational circles, it’s important to be able to specifically answer the question, “what IS student engagement?”

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Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I had the opportunity to talk with Drew Purcell, who is a history teacher by trade, but now is moving more into the tech sector as a Google …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, we're going to start off by looking at the five characteristics of student-centered learning. And basically, that means, how do you know if …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I wanted to talk about myself. No, but seriously, a lot of people ask how I got here. So, I talk about the fact that I created Student-Centered …

Episode Summary: Toxic positivity. It's a buzzword today but what does it actually mean? Toxic positivity is when you overly look at the bright side …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, we're going to be talking about mistakes. Now, that's not something people usually like to talk about. But I have found that when people start out …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I wanted to take today I want to talk a little bit about why student-centered learning makes your life easier. Now, a lot of times when I try to …

Episode Summary: Hey friends, and welcome to the Student-Centered World Podcast, where you might be listening while you are grading papers or in lieu of grading papers. But I wanted to talk about grading papers today. …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I want to take time to help you with a little bit of a mindset shift, as I like to talk about what seems to be all of the time, about …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I wanted to take this week and take a couple of steps backward, because I've …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I wanted to talk to you about something that I know of in the business world that is directly relatable to the teaching world. Now, so often we …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I wanted to talk about something that we all are obviously required to do in the classroom, which is to differentiate for every student that is in …

Episode Summary: On this episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, you get to listen in on a coaching session that I have with one of our "A Passion for Progress" teacher-students named Rocio Gonzalez. Rocio is a …

Episode Summary: Today's podcast episode is really a student-centered learning success story. We get to chat with Kyra Sandstrom, who is one of our Passion for Progress students and I love how this is all worked out for …

Episode Summary: In this week's podcast episode, I wanted to take a couple of minutes to chat about something that I am extremely passionate about. Not only was it a technique that I mastered in the classroom, but it is …

Episode Summary: In today's podcast, I was able to sit down with Dr. Marissa Kase who specializes in social-emotional learning. Now we know that SEL is very much a buzzword and buzz term in education right now, but a …

Episode Summary: If you've been looking for a way to lower the stress level and increase the productivity and positivity within your school building, …

Episode Summary: As teachers, we like to be in control. We like to know what's happening. We like to know what the plan is a long-distance, and we …

Episode Summary: I hope you are feeling calm this morning but if you are not, today's podcast episode might be just what you are looking for. We're …

Episode Summary: In this week's podcast, we're going back to a Facebook Live I did back in the spring, not long into the school shutdowns. While some …

Episode summary: In today's episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, I get to chat with Christie Hartley, a 61-year young teacher from New Mexico, who is also one of our "A Passion for Progress" students. In our …

Episode Summary: In this week's podcast, we're going to be talking about creating meaningful relationships with your students in a year where you …

Episode summary: In today's podcast, we get to go on a trip, sort of. I got to talk to one of our “A Passion for Progress” students, Bridget Hocutt, who teaches eighth grade. At the time of our recording, she and her …

A lot of the teachers that I have been talking to have been saying that they are beyond frustrated and exhausted because their schools or their …

Let's talk all about scheduling for the crazy. Typically, we have an idea of how we want our lessons to play out, how we want to schedule them, …

In today's (short) podcast, I want you to have a little bit of a conversation with yourself. We often know that not only are we our own worst critic, but we are also a lot of times the person that we listen to the …

Episode summary: In today's podcast, I had the opportunity to talk to one of my dearest friends, Dr. Joe Lizza, who's Director of Campus Activities at Rowan University. We had a phenomenal conversation about the shifts …

Episode summary: On today's podcast, I had the opportunity to chat with Val Shindo-Uehira with a cameo appearance by Sarah Iverson, who is an …

Episode summary: On today's podcast, I had the opportunity to chat with 14-year teaching veteran Steph Sperber who is currently teaching in a middle …

Episode summary: Today I wanted to take a couple of minutes to talk about routine in the classroom. So, if you listened for the last two weeks, you know that the first episode that we had talked all about engagement. It …

Episode summary: In our very first interview of season three of the podcast, I was able to catch up with one of my former coworkers, Bridget Burlage, …

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To say this year (2020) has been a roller coaster is an absolute understatement. Every moment, it seems like something has changed, …

Everything is up in the air for fall 2020 in the classroom, but most districts are seriously considering blended learning. This podcast episode …

As teachers, we so often rely on our own experience each year that passes in the classroom when it comes to developing lesson plan ideas. Currently, we are in a unique situation in education. Teachers have been thrust …

Teacher evaluations and classroom observations are nerve-wracking for any teacher. Make it easy for an administrator to know how to write a classroom observation for you with these ideas and teacher observation examples …

Hopefully, you haven't been there and you've only heard the horror stories, but when you work in a toxic school environment, everyone you love about …

Remember back to what probably seems like a lifetime ago. You became a teacher to:

Teachers have been thrust into distance learning, but did you know that it will, unequivocally HELP teaching once everyone returns to the classroom? What seems like a complete uprooting is actually one of the greatest …

Much like within the classroom, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to reaching students outside of the walls in our buildings. When it comes to a lack of communication, it's important to determine why before coming up …

Conquering distance learning can be very intimidating for a teacher who is unfamiliar with the process. Here are three action steps to help it go smoothly and be en effective means of teaching your students online. …

The extensive school shutdowns are stressful on everyone...and trying to manage it all as a teacher is exhausting. We are in an unprecedented time in …

Teaching is becoming an increasingly difficult career path each year that passes.  There are some tweaks you can make to your teaching methodology …

As educators, we so often get ourselves all wrapped up with the little things that we lose perspective of the big picture.  In this week's episode, we look at the slippery slope of life when this happens and brainstorm …

As teachers, we want to help all of our students do big things.  But what happens when we immerse ourselves in our own personal traumas every day?  How do we make sure that we are still in a good place to help them?  In …

We know how important student brain breaks are to their mental health and productivity in the classroom, but what about teachers?  Should they also …

What if it isn't an external voice that is getting you down.  What if it is your own negative self-talk....and upon examination, it's unnecessary and incorrect?  On this week's podcast, we take a look at your internal …

External voices are all around us.....it's wonderful when they're positive and uplifting, but what happens when they're negative?  What happens when …

In this first episode of the Student-Centered World podcast, we look at teacher stress and discuss a quick way to start to organize your thoughts.

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