FollowUp Sessions
This recent graduate provides his perspective on personal mental health struggles in high school, and he shares his truth about observing peers who struggled during the school day. He also speaks on the current severity of punishments at school, and how it differs from his mother's generation.
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I meet with a friend that began teaching through the Alternative Teacher Certification Program and left the system not long after due to the effects on her family unit, future goals, and the inability to utilize her education and knowledge as a professional. She discusses her insight and experience as an elementary special education teacher.
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I meet with recent graduates to discuss their time under this current curriculum. Both former students discuss what they expected from high school versus the reality of their experience. These incredible young adults share their insight to daily struggles with teens, and give advice to parents of high schoolers.
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This episode provides insight to the current curriculum and pupil appraisals from the teacher persepctive. This teacher taught elementary and middle school, and ultimately left her calling to pursue another career. Why is it that the teachers speaking up on behalf of the students are considered the problem? *The Pupil Appraisal goal is to advocate for the child and evaluate any deficits in needs, and ways to compensate for those needs. It is used to enhance outcomes for the student academically and behaviorally.
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In this super sized epsiode, I meet with a colleague that became a licensed mental health professional after teaching elementary school in two states. This interviewee was born to empower and educate others. She provides both an academic and therapeutic perspective to the teaching role in schools.
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Elle and a high school teacher discuss their experiences with witnessing professionalism during the school day. And the lack there of it at times.
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Elle and an elementary teacher discuss the politics behind the state's curriculum, and how those politics have affected the classroom.
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This teacher shares her observations and experiences in her new state/school system, and compares it to the previous state's system. Carrie's husband joins the session and talks about how working in the school system can seep into relationships and home life.
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Elle interviews an employee of a community after-school program. He provides a glimpse into the life, politics, and racial perspective of the education system in what is considered one of the best parishes in the state.
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Elle learns about the elementary school landscape through her second teacher interview.
info_outlineElle and an elementary teacher discuss the politics behind the state's curriculum, and how those politics have affected the classroom.