Teacher Besties' Podcast
A podcast for teachers!
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2016
Episode 17- Teacher Magic
On the agenda...testing, wrapping up the school year, later start times, and ladies in STEM.
00:40:17 |
Thu 05 May 2016
Episode 16 - No (Teacher) Haters
On this week's episode we check back in after the refreshing time off that is spring break to discuss what happens when Kelley comes across a dusty pile of unused (but fabulously diverse) books and w…
00:31:42 |
Wed 20 Apr 2016
Episode 15 - Namaste
On this week’s episode we discuss Kelley’s experience with a Teaching Tolerance professional development session, interrogation tactics that are used against students, as well as the controversy of u…
00:46:31 |
Sun 03 Apr 2016
Episode 14 - Sex Ed Edition
On this week's episode we discuss the state of sex ed in U.S. classrooms and how porn is influencing high school students, a bill in Mississippi that proposes grading parents, and an update on the D…
00:33:14 |
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Episode 13 - Private Photos, Private School
On this week's episode, we discuss the resignation of a South Carolina teacher whose private photos were stolen and shared on the Internet as well as the recent New Yorker article about AltSchool, a …
00:41:44 |
Wed 09 Mar 2016
Episode 12 - Lunch Lessons
On this week's episode we discuss a delightful video of a Japanese elementary school lunch time, a new court ruling which is allowing the release of the school data of 6.2 million students, and the p…
00:36:57 |
Sun 21 Feb 2016
Episode 11 - When mushrooms grow in your classroom it's time to strike
On this week's episode we discuss the striking Detroit Public School teachers, how to better support students who are chronic absentees, and an exciting report from the Harvard Grad School of Educati…
00:46:26 |
Mon 01 Feb 2016
Episode 10 - Monday Ponchos
On this week's episode we discuss the benefits of hitting re-set when things just aren't working, the pros & cons of subsidized teacher housing, and a new study that finds more attractive students ge…
00:43:37 |
Wed 13 Jan 2016
Episode 9 - Marshmallows and Microaggressions
On this week's episode we take a serious look at the recent Atlantic article "The Silicon Valley Suicides" as well as discuss whether or not teaching something that you're not excited about is a mist…
00:45:31 |
Wed 09 Dec 2015
Episode 8 - It's All About The Poker Face
On this week's episode we have our very first guest! Colleague, science teacher, former administrator, and 20+ year vet of the teaching profession, Mark joins us to give his take on dress code from t…
00:46:25 |
Wed 25 Nov 2015
Episode 7 - To Cheat (Online) Or Not To Cheat
On this week's episode, we discover the new (to us) and certainly unscrupulous industry of paying someone else to take your online college class and we talk about what motivates our students. All tha…
00:42:45 |
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Episode Six - Elf Ears
On this week's episode, we discuss our stance on dress codes (and whether or not they are implicitly sexist) and our reactions to a NYC principal who forced her staff to throw out their teacher desks…
00:35:38 |
Tue 27 Oct 2015
Episode Five - Peaceful Piggies
On this week's episode, we try to get through the October slump (you're not the only one!) by writing letters of recommendation for all those wonderful former students that make us love our jobs. Alo…
00:32:23 |
Wed 14 Oct 2015
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