3 Ways to Engage Families in Your Classroom
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Release Date: 10/16/2019
Practical Ways to Develop School Leaders Now
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
School leadership is more challenging than ever. Assistant superintendent Chris Chappotin shares ideas for making yourself available, the importance of taking things off teachers' plates (and not adding to them), and questions you can ask when encouraging leaders. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders. Transcript and Resources: Sponsor: is an amazing literacy tool that enables teachers to go from collecting reading data a couple times a year to getting data each week (or day!) in just 5-10...
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Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Did you know you can use a live translator app in PTA meetings, parent teacher conferences, and presentations -- that actually works? Did you know there is a tool that will translate your parent newsletters? How about one that parents can use to translate homework so they can help their children? Well, all of these exist! You'll learn about these and more on a special extended episode of the podcast with Teresa Magpayo Castro and Ricardo Recinos. You'll learn to empathize with students who struggle with English as a second language as Teresa and Ricardo tell their own stories. If you have...
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9 Ideas For Ending The School Year Well
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Years ago when I discussed strategy with a Disney Cruise leader, they told me that people tend to remember how an experience starts and how it ends. Therefore, they designed events with intentionality, particularly on the first day and the last night. So, I adopted this approach in my own classroom and so has today's guest fourth-grade teacher, Alana Stanton. Over the last seventeen years, Alana has created some traditions in her classroom and today she shares them. Get ready to end the school year in a memorable and fun way for your students (and you!) Transcript and Show Notes: ...
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How Do You Help Kids with ADHD Succeed in School and Life?
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Nicole Biscotti had children, and she was a teacher. She thought she understood everything about children. That was until her fourth son, Jason, was born. As Jason grew, Nicole knew he was different. Nicole shares how eventually she discovered Jason had ADHD and how she changed her high school classroom to reach all of the children. Kids with ADHD are different and need accommodations, but it can be challenging for already stressed teachers to figure out how to reach every child. Nicole shares her solution and some surprising things she learned as she has helped Jason grow and succeed in the...
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5 Wonderful Tips for World Language Teachers
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
World language teachers can have challenges with teaching students. Particularly when many want to use technology translators instead of learning the language. However, Rachelle Dene Poth has experience engaging and exciting students in her Spanish classroom From building relationships to using technology, she shares how Spanish teachers can engage students in learning. She uses augmented reality and virtual reality along with basic teaching concepts that apply to any world language classroom. Transcript and Show Notes: Sponsor: Advancement Courses Last year, when I needed to take a...
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How to Start Class with Opening Questions
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
As teachers, we have many ways to open class. Bell ringers, conversation starters, and even special handshakes can open class. But what if the answer is a question that helps create social connections? Dr. Leigh Zeitz from the University of Northern Iowa surveys his students. The result has helped him (and us) better engage students. (He also will share why his students said they turned off their cameras in zoom.) The results might surprise you! Show Notes and transcript: Show Sponsor: is my preferred professional development provider. Last year when I needed to take a college CEU...
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10 Tips for Instructional Technology Coaches
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
The best Instructional Technology Coaches are partners, culture leaders, encouragers, and easy to work with, says Dr. Katie Ritter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers. This blog post includes a full transcript, a pinnable (or printable) graphic, and the podcast episode. Show Notes, Resources and Transcript: Today’s sponsor is , an award-winning digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences If...
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The Neuroscience of Surprise and How It Improves Learning
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Surprise can increase learning and change the lives of our students in positive ways. Today’s guest researcher, Dr. Michael Rousell, studies the neuroscience of surprise and has some interesting points for educators and presenters. The Johns Hopkins’ article, , points to a phenomenon that impacts all ages. For example, if you’ve played peekaboo with a baby, you know the surprise is what makes them laugh. Interestingly, researchers found that once babies saw something that surprised them, their engagement with the object peaked their learning behavior which improved...
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What is classroom culture? How do I create classroom culture?
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Classroom culture defines your classroom. You can feel a classroom culture, but what is a classroom culture? How do you build a positive classroom culture? In this show, Andrew Sharos, author of , shares how to create a thriving classroom culture. He also talks about creating positive classroom habits. Furthermore, you'll learn how he measures the success of his classroom culture. See transcript and additional resources in the show notes at Sponsor: Advancement Courses Voting is now open in the Advancement Courses’ Tournament of Teachers bracket challenge. Would you rather teach Draco...
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Teaching Tip: First Day Back Stations
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
You can have the first day back to school activities any day of the year. We all need classroom management tips and first-day back stations are one of those you can use any time of the year. Right now, this is more important than ever as classrooms return from quarantine, teachers handoff substitute teachers, students come back to school from spring break, or a classroom may get off track and need a fresh start. First-day back stations are a teaching tactic to add to your tool belt so you can help reestablish the procedures that give the order that students need and crave. See the full blog...
info_outlineFamilies want to engage in classrooms but as students get older, it can be challenging. In today's episode, Jeromie Heath helps teachers understand how to engage families in the classroom in positive, proactive ways.
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Challenge
Engage your parents one way this week.
Jeromie Heath - Bio As Submitted
Jeromie Heath is an expert on instilling and igniting the love of learning. As a National Board Certified Teacher with 16 years of experience, he's crafted successfully-proven innovative student and family engagement strategies that he's developed as he taught in diverse elementary school demographics (including Title 1, High ELL, High Poverty, and Advanced Learning). Jeromie's students gain nation-wide attention for doubling test scores! He's developed the KEYS to his success in engaging students and now shares these highly effective strategies in engaging and informative workshops, trainings, pds, and coaching sessions.
Blog: https://sites.google.com/site/mrheathfunteacher/home
Twitter: @teachheath
Instagram: @teachheath