Real Talk Intervention
Secondary educators discuss how to implement response to intervention in content classrooms
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Episodes
- 18
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2018
Episode 26: All My Messes Live in Texas: The Special Education Cap in Texas
In 2016 the Houston Chronicle published a report claiming that the Texas Education Agency had imposed a "special education cap" on the percentage of a district's students that could be classified as …
Wed 18 Apr 2018
Episode 25: Intervention with gifted and talented students
Your at-risk student is looking for your support. Your GT student is looking for a challenge. We've talked a lot about intervention for your struggling students, but what do you do when you have gift…
Tue 20 Mar 2018
Episode 24: Why do you STAY a teacher?
All of us have been asked the question at one point or another. What made you decide to become a teacher? You've been asked it in job interviews, where the right answer seemed critical. You've been a…
Wed 21 Feb 2018
Episode 23: The Curious Case of Gender in Educational Leadership
In the midst of our wider, cultural conversation about women, and power, and leadership, and power, let us pause for a moment to consider the quite curious case of gender in education. Of course, ed…
Thu 25 Jan 2018
Episode 22: Your Educational Technology WishList
Well my friends and colleagues, welcome to 2018! Welcome to the second half of our year ... the LAST half of our year! Are you back at work? Are you sitting in professional development? Are you curre…
Wed 03 Jan 2018
Episode 21: Know Thy Student: Differentiation Made Simple
On today's episode, we have a special treat -we are joined by our guest, long-time teacher, first time author Brendon Lowe, who speaks with us about his new book, Know Thy Students: Differentiation M…
Fri 01 Dec 2017
Episode 20: YOU are enough. Empowering the you in EdUcation
Hey teachers. We've got a subversive message today. YOU are enough for your students. Drop the professional development. Drop the instructional strategies. Drop the trainings. It's not that. It's not…
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Episode 019: A Data Driven Classroom - Personalized to YOU
In today's episode we discuss what a data driven classroom can ACTUALLY do for you. What does state wide, school wide, or even classroom wide data actually mean to you? Can you really use data trends…
Tue 26 Sep 2017
Episode 018: Start the school year off right with our podcast!
Real Talk Intervention is back! We took a summer hiatus to refresh our hearts and souls and prepare to return to school, intervention, and podcasting. But it's August now, school is back in swing, an…
Tue 22 Aug 2017
Episode 17: The controversial science standards - the state of evolution in Texas
In today's episode, we take on the Texas science standards with our friend John Long, a former AP/IB/PAP biology teacher. We take on how we differentiate instruction both for at-risk students and for…
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Episode 16: Who Writes the TEKS?
In today's episode we speak with two women who served on the Texas Education Agency's standards writing committee for the brand new English Language Arts TEKS. They shed light on who it is, exactly, …
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Podcast Episode 15: Where do the standards come from?
In today's episode, we discuss the philosophy behind the standards. How can one set of standards for every content possibly satisfy all the different educational outcomes a student might want to achi…
Tue 06 Jun 2017
Episode 14: Become a happier teacher today!
May is #happyteacher month at Real Talk Intervention! Standardized testing is behind you, and before you lies the most rewarding time to be an educator - June, July, and part of August. It's time to …
Tue 09 May 2017
Episode 13: Wait ... why are we doing this again?
April is a tough month. The weather is getting beautiful, teachers and students are getting burnt out, and end of the year assessments are looming. We spent the month of April casting a critical eye …
Sat 29 Apr 2017
Special Episode 02: Real Talk at the Texas Capitol
Today's special episode was recorded live and on location inside a Senate meeting room as we prepared to give testimony against Texas House Bill 1333, colloquially known as The Teaching Over Testing …
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Episode 12: Why are we doing this? High school graduation edition
The human face of the school accountability movement is one no one wants to see. The human face is 18 years old. He has attended school for 90% of his Mondays through Fridays. She has ridden the bus …
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Episode 11: What you're wishing you could say in the teacher's lounge
Let's be real - there can be a LOT of complaining in education. You're sitting in the teacher's lounge, just trying to eat your noodle cup and chat about last night's episode of The Bachelor, when in…
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Special Episode 01: Are you enjoying test review season?
Its April, and that means just one thing - less time spent outdoors in the beautiful spring weather, and more time spent inside preparing detailed test reviews before your STAAR exam in May, your cla…
Thu 06 Apr 2017
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