Season 1
Jan. 3, 2021
017 Forget Covid -- There's a Teacher Depression Pandemic Killing Us
So it's Winter Break and we've had a little time to collect ourselves and get refreshed for round two of Online Learning. I wish.... I don't know about other teachers but, Sharyn, Jen, and I are feeling a little burned aroun…
Sept. 18, 2020
013 Minimum Day #2
I think distance learning is finally getting to us. We're tired. We're punchy, We talk about alcohol more than usual. Today we get into how parents and students are coping with the situation from the teacher's point of view…
Sept. 5, 2020
012 Back to School Interlude -- Minimum Day Episode #1
We are feeling swamped with back to school Covid Style. Planning lessons for 2 1/2 hour synchronous classes and 150 minutes of weekly asynchronous work is time consuming. So until we find our rhythm we are bringing you mini …
Aug. 21, 2020
011 Classrooms, and Covid, and Kids, Oh My! with special guest Travel Expert Jackie Sills-Dellegrazie
There's no more waiting for it to arrive. It's here! School has started and teachers are in a frenzy to get on board the Distance Learning Train! In today’s episode, we try to stay optimistic as we talk about what we are t…
Aug. 7, 2020
010 Travel Ideas for Teachers (One can dream, can't they?)
Today we get into ways teachers can save money on travel (once travel is a "thing" again!) Never too soon to start planning! We discuss ideas for social distancing conscious travel and how to make your "safer at home" quaran…
July 24, 2020
009 Restorative Practices in the Classroom with Middle School Principal Heather!
(My sound engineering still sucks, as you'll hear in the beginning. I need a tutor! Any volunteers? See how transparent I am!) In today's episode, we start with some news about the current bill in the State which is geared t…
July 10, 2020
008 Going Back to School Safely? Truth or Dare?
We are a bit concerned about what August might entail as pediatricians and the president push to reopen schools, but at whose expense? We start the episode with a discussion of what the California state budget holds for educ…
June 26, 2020
007 To be Sick or Not to be Sick? The Sub's the Question!
In Episode 007 you'll hear: Discussion about what we think this next school year will be like Two new education laws that were passed having to do with prohibiting cell phones in schools and incorporating suicide prevention…
June 13, 2020
006 Racisim in the Classroom? Let's Get the Conversation Started
On today’s episode Sharyn and Anne Zoom with co-workers Jimese and Diedre, who bring their perspectives as black educators to the conversation about what we all need to be thinking about and doing differently in our classroo…
May 29, 2020
005 Those Who Can't Do, Teach. Yeah? You Try it!
Jen, Sharyn, and I start the show by discussing the latest education news, which, in this case, is what the proposed 10% budget cut might mean for schools (for me, it might mean retirement!) . These could be the single bigge…
April 7, 2020
#003 Teaching in the Time of Corona (Special Lengthy Stuck-In-Your-House Edition )
SHOW NOTES: Hey, Anne here. Thanks for hitting the “Listen Now” button. I know there are sooooo many other things you could be doing with all your free time now. Glad you chose to spend some of it with us. In this episode Je…
April 6, 2020
#002 Grade this!😝
In this episode we start with a little about the history, the how and the why, of grading. (Did you know that grades were originally A, B, C, D and E?? Where did F come in?). Then we get into grading practices used today an…
Feb. 29, 2020
#001 Why Teachers Quit
Anne, Jen and Sharyn discuss why they became teachers and why they think so many teachers leave the profession. They give their suggestions as to what needs to change and what new teachers should consider when applying for a…