Brave New Teaching: A Podcast for High School and Middle School Teachers

Nothing compares to the dreaded Sunday scaries after a long break. Fear not, friends. Let’s talk through how you can make decisions in December that will make your life easier that first day back in …

End-of-semester grading, gift giving, party planning, parent phone calls, and IEP updates are just some of the many many tasks on your shoulders during this time of year. Are you feeling the weight o…

In episode 3 of our discussion series, we’re sharing part of a real pre-recorded classroom discussion. This took place in 2020 during virtual teaching and the topic of this conversation was crossing …

Grab a notebook, because we’ve got a mini PD session coming at you for the next three episodes all about classroom discussions and ways to teach important speaking and listening skills. In part one, …

This season is “supposed” to be incredible and filled with Hallmark movie moments. But, when you add in COVID, flu season, work overwhelm, and pressure from family, it often ends up being super stres…

There's so much to celebrate during the season of Fall. Pumpkins, apple picking, sweaters, lattes, and YOU. Today's episode is a reminder to take a breath, reflect on how things are going for you, an…

Your classroom is a magical space. It's a place where you and your students spend a good deal of time, and you can design it in a way that fosters a sense of community, inclusivity, comfort, and insp…

Today's episode is a re-run of one of our very favorite episodes where we share the voices and ideas of some of our favorite teachers out there. We recruited six phenomenal English teachers to share …

If you haven't checked out our previous episode [episode 66] go check that out! This is part two of our banned books discussion. We're looking at what to do when the professional decisions you've mad…

In celebration of banned book week, we are addressing what our role is as a teacher when it comes to challenged books. In the first part of this two-episode series, we discuss the decisions we have t…

It’s no secret that we are so passionate about inquiry. Inquiry is more than just questioning. It’s a whole view of how to approach teaching. Today we’re doing a deep dive into what inquiry is and wh…

As the great Ms. Frizzle says, take chances, make mistakes, GET MESSY! The same rings true when using a makerspace in your classroom. You name it, it’s possible in a makerspace. In this episode, Aman…

Does giving your students choice come easily to you? For some teachers it does, but for others it can be extremely difficult to release that control! Incorporating choice requires a major mindset shi…

Using picture books is one of our favorite strategies for opening up a unit or individual lesson. Without fail, it always  sparks interest and gets students excited to learn about the topic at hand! …

If you aren’t already on the dystopian band wagon, we’re fairly confident that you will be after this episode. We’ve taught dystopia for YEARS, and it hasn’t lost any steam along the way. Can you say…

Kids have a magical way of looking at the world. Sadly, overtime this magic begins to dim. But what if it didn’t have to? What if you could play a part in holding on to that joy of discovery? Our gue…

Grab your pen and paper because you may want to take notes on the magic that happens in today’s episode. We’re doing a LIVE essential question workshop, which we haven’t done since last year (by the …

Imagine stepping into your classroom at the beginning of the new school year. What do you feel? Excitement? Overwhelm? Maybe all the Pinterest images you’ve been staring at all summer start to run th…