Teacher Breathe
This podcast will embolden anyone interested in education. We undertake divergent topics to enlighten us on what it means to be a citizen, to be educated, and to educate. We discuss innovations and brainstorm.
As a high-school Social Studies teacher of over twenty years, I believe in the power of conversation while understanding much of what teachers do is in isolation: lesson planning, grading, classroom management, and teaching. There's also the enormity of growing informed and empowered citizens by our instruction.
In 2012, I earned a D.Litt. from Drew University where I reinvented my teaching by unearthing my assumptions. In 2019, Digital Promise selected me as an HP Teaching Fellow, recognizing me as an innovator in the classroom.
Our conversations won't go into criticizing administrators, colleagues, parents, or students.
Reach out to me at: @GlenLColeman
Email: [email protected]
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Laurie Wurm: Faith as Comfort During COVID-19.
Laurie Wurm is the rector of Grace Church Van Vorst in Jersey City, an oasis of diversity. The homeless people pray next to millionaires; people from all over the world congregate to feel community.…
Scott Rovner: In Praise of Golf and Music During COVID-19
Scott Rovner is a professional musician turned banker. His health conditions make exposure to COVID-19 a death sentence. What results is a high stakes discussion of distress at our national respons…
Tony Coretto's Answer: Rock the Outdoors and Meditate.
Tony Coretto is a spark plug with a conscience, an autodidact with a sense of humor, and friend with a gift to inspire others when they are down. I reached out to Tony to ask him how he got through 2…
Bill Brown: Real BoatCrew2
Bill Brown discusses his journey from tormented youth to Navy SEAL, family man--family as comrades-in-arms and husband and father. His story reveals the redemptive quality of deep grit as an equaliz…
Drowning Teacher? Jen's answer, Lover of Life and Teaching
Need a lifeline? Jen Giffen is your answer. Skilled, smart, and spry, she was a lead ed-tech consultant to one of Canada's largest school districts--York Region in Ontario--serving over 140,000 stude…
A Chinese Chemist (Now Public School Teacher): A Unique Perspective
Chin Chu is River Dell High School’s 2012-3 Teacher of the Year. A chemistry teacher who was educated in China’s elite preparatory schools near the top of his class and Ph.d. in chemistry at Univer…
Teaching amidst Corona, False News, and Community
Dylan Huisken is Montana's 2019 Teacher of the Year. We brainstormed the challenges of teaching amidst Corona, combatting false news in the classroom, and growing with the help of colleagues and adm…
Truth versus B.S. Whac-A-Mole
Vanessa Otero founded Ad Fontes Media in February of 2018 to help people navigate today's complex media news landscape. She and her team created the popular The Media Bias Chart to help librarians an…
Teacher as Advocate
Kelly Holstine has developed a system of compassion to reach some of Minnesota's most at risk students by creating a safe space for them to grow. For this work, Kelly has received Minnesota's Teache…
Teacher as Fire Starter
Charlene sparks fire: smart, insightful, fearless, and driven. She is also my friend of twenty years. A math teacher at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, NJ for over 24 years, she was awarded …
Reflecting on Thirty-Five Years of Coaching - Leadership as Ownership
DJ Nimphius is a Social Studies teacher, football and track coach for over thirty-five years. With more than twenty state championships to his name, DJ's insights into teaching and coaching apply an…