Comedy and the Classroom, with Nicholas Joe
Kailey chats with actor, comedian, and NWEA professional learning lead consultant Nicholas Joe about how, why, and when teachers get laughs in their classroom. Along the way they discuss strategies li...
15 Aug 202335min
LIVE in Atlanta at NWEA Fusion, with Lindsay Deacon and Marelenise Phillips-Roberts
What a great crowd for our first live show! After discussing their Georgia roots, Jacob and Kailey chat with their guests about choosing the best summer professional learning opportunities and what ge...
8 Aug 202337min
Voicemails from our listeners! Teachers share their favorite motivators, props, and student compliments
This was a fun one... because we got to talk to you, our listeners! In this episode: We see how Mr. Potato head can motivate students, one additional limb at a time. We open a big box of costumes in t...
9 Maj 202327min
Does NWEA really help teachers? Misty Hodge with some real talk on innovators listening to educators
As a teacher, Misty Hodge wondered: Who makes these assessments I give my students? Are these companies listening to the teachers who use them, or are they just throwing darts in the dark? So she came...
18 Apr 202328min
Push that button! Melissa Lim on what's possible with technology in the classroom
Melissa Lim is a Technology Integration Specialist at Portland Public Schools, but she sees herself first and foremost as a teacher, not an IT professional. In this episode, Melissa chats with Kailey ...
11 Apr 202337min
What’s next for the science of reading? John Luke Bell, Tiffany Peltier, and Lisa LeBoeuf on how we keep the momentum going
The science of reading is both a body of research and movement in literacy education. How do we keep those two things connected when they’re not always aligned? What are most common myths about litera...
4 Apr 202325min
We’re not octopuses! What successful differentiation looks like now, with Chase Nordengren and Tatiana Ciccarelli
The elusive practice of classroom differentiation has historically had lots of “shouldas” and “couldas” from experts, but it's always been difficult to do well at scale. Disruptions in formal schoolin...
28 Mars 202341min
Fuzzy feelings and wardrobe malfunctions: Lindsay Deacon and Amanda Kamm share their best teacher stories
What’s it like in classrooms right now? The only way to know is to ask a teacher, so we sat down with a first-grade elementary teacher and a sixth-grade social studies & science teacher and listened. ...
21 Mars 202334min
