Beginning Teacher Talk: A Podcast for New Elementary Teachers

If you’ve been having a tough time getting motivated to keep going… if you’re feeling Covid fatigue and you’re wondering if you can continue on in this way… if you’re feeling completely OVER teaching…

September is already the most challenging month of the school year, but Covid and teaching online are extra layers that are pushing teachers to question if they can even do this. If you're exhausted …

With Halloween coming up, it can become increasingly difficult to keep your students engaged in learning. Check out these 5 fun tricks to use both in the classroom and online!

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How do you handle critical, angry parents? That nasty email or comment in the chat box during a whole-class meeting can leave you completely reeling... here's what I've learned about handling these v…

Children are listening: they are listening when we talk about the Black Lives Matter movement when we think they are playing in the other room. They come to school and hear their friends talk about f…

If you're a new teacher who is teaching online this year, creating a feeling of community with your grade level team can be a real challenge. Let's talk about 7 things you can do to help create that …

With everything involved in teaching online, sometimes it's hard to think of fun and creative rewards for students - especially when kids come from such different socio-economic backgrounds. Let's ta…

We all have them - it might be a parent who just sent you a nasty email, a principal who gave you a review that's really hard to recover from, or in my case - anonymous reviewers of my podcast who le…

We have talked a lot about how to support children's social and emotional needs as they make this transition to online learning, but what about teachers? How are you coping with the stress and overwh…

Let's take a break from COVID talk this week to chat about alllll those things that your parents taught you when you were growing up that you didn't even realize you were learning... and how they mig…

Are you thinking about teaching a small group of students at home instead of contracting with a school this next school year? In this episode, we'll talk about what this might look like, who this mig…

If your school is considering starting the year online (or you are concerned that you may need to make this transition to teaching online quickly), learn 5 things you can do to build connection and c…

You’ve probably been dreaming about teaching your first day of school in your very own classroom for years – but never, in your wildest dreams, did you think that you would have to consider things li…

You may be asked to step outside of your comfort zone in more ways than one this next school year as districts determine the safest ways to bring kids back to school. But what do you do when you HATE…

One of the things I keep hearing from teachers is how concerned teachers are that students won't be able to do group work in classrooms because of social distancing. I get it - it's really hard to re…

If you're a new elementary teacher and your school is considering bringing students back for in-person classes even part-time when kids go back to school in the late summer or fall, let's talk about …

As countries begin to make plans to re-open schools, things will likely look quite different than we are used to. Let's talk about some of the very practical ways that you and your school might consi…

If you're a new elementary teacher and your school is thinking of starting the new school year via distance learning in the fall, let's talk about the first 8 steps to take to get ready for a new sch…

Hindsight is 20-20, right? Let's talk about 10 things that I really wish somebody had told me in my first year of teaching to ensure that you don't make the same (many) mistakes that I did - and so y…

If you're a new teacher and you've just accepted your first teaching position (or you're interviewing for positions and plan to teach your first year in the fall), you're probably feeling a little bi…