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

In this episode, we share some real honest stories from our classrooms - our greatest planning fails and wins. There are always lessons to learn from the fails (as well as the wins), and facing those…

In this episode we share our very first interview on the podcast with Dr. Anindya Kundu, discussing student advocacy and the role of educators in fostering that advocacy. Dr. Kundu is a wealth of kno…

In this episode, we focus on one of the things that gets left behind when it comes time to digitize curriculum, and it happens to be THE MOST IMPORTANT PART - assessments. We give our best tips, tric…

Get you pen and notebook ready - this is another episode FULL of resources for you as you plan your upcoming school year! We go through all of our go-to sources for supplemental texts, as well as som…

This is an episode like no other we have done before - listen as we live workshop essential questions for Marie's new prep she will teach in the fall. Very minimal prep went into this episode, result…

In Part B of this 2-part episode, we finish our discussion and explanation of the steps to take in visualizing a unit of study that is cohesive, meaningful, and (very importantly) a unit that you wan…

In Part A of this 2-part episode, we outline the steps we take when beginning the process of designing a unit of study. (SPOILER ALERT - we take the exact same steps, but they look a little different…

This week's episode outlines the work we plan to do over the summer of 2020 to grow professionally. Books, podcasts, and online conferences to further Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist work in the classroom an…

In this episode, we pivot a bit from educational philosophy and general teaching to a specific ELA strategy - close reading. We talk through what a close reading lesson is, what we use it for in our …

As we find ourselves on the down-hill slide to the end of the year, this week's episode is about how we intend to make the end of this particular year - school year 2019-2020, the year of COVID-19 - …

In this 2-part episode, we discuss and explain actionable strategies to use at the end of the year for engagement and classroom management. Make sure to tune in to PART A of this episode from last we…

While this episode was recorded before COVID-19 and subsequent school closures changed the face of education for the foreseeable future, the strategies we talk about in it are translatable to the vir…

In this special Teacher Appreciation episode, we asked some of our teacher friends to share stories from their classrooms - and, of course, we share a couple of our own! Enjoy, and Happy Teacher Appr…

In PART B of this two-part episode, Amanda and Marie dive into teaching poetry - the why, the how, and more! Listen for an in-depth breakdown of actionable strategies to build your poetry-teaching co…

In this two-part episode, Amanda and Marie dive into teaching poetry - the why, the how, and more! Listen for an in-depth breakdown of actionable strategies to build your poetry-teaching confidence! 

This episode was not originally planned for the second week after our launch, but times are what they are! Join us for some reflections on the lessons we have learned thus far into our distance learn…

In Episode 3, hosts Amanda & Marie discuss the final part of this podcast's title, Teaching. They share their own teaching journeys and what brought them to this point in their careers and lives, and…

In the very first episode of Brave New Teaching, hosts Amanda & Marie discuss what it means to be brave in modern education - finding the courage to challenge the status quo, experiment, and learn fr…

In Episode 2, hosts Amanda and Marie discuss the next portion of the podcast title - what it means to try new things as educators! Please subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes!

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This pre-launch minisode is for every secondary teacher out there who is in the same boat as we are - school is closed, elearning to some extent is becoming the new norm, and our students need us. He…