Welcome to #TeacherLife!
This project was created to provide a space for educators to voice their passions, stories and struggles in the world of teaching. In doing so, I hope to create community, find ways for teachers to support one another, and instigate conversation and action to better the lives of teachers and, consequently, our educational system.
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The season 2 finale highlights the voices of educators who have participated in the #RedforEd movement. In this episode, four teachers come on the show to share their experiences in both the Denver s…
For our last full interview of season 2, we’re joined by Emerald Barton, a kindergarten teacher from Florida. She’s the creator of the Kindergarten Chronicles, a Facebook page that has over 70,000 fo…
Alice McCartney, a former high school French teacher, shares her struggles with her loss of identity as a teacher, the parallels between teaching and parenthood, her conflicted emotions surrounding a…
In this episode, I interview with Kathy Ngo Martin, a high school special education math teacher. As we sat down in front of a massive spread of pizza, cheese, crackers, and (maybe) some wine, we tal…
In this episode, Chris Moore, a school psychologist from Oregon, shares his perspective on how to best support teacher sustainability, address the whole child through social emotional learning, and s…
In this episode, Sandy Armstad, a retired teacher from rural Montana, shares the joys and challenges she found in teaching, how she worked five jobs to support her three children, and tells us what s…
Stacey is a music teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster, and founder of Side Hustle Teachers. On this episode, she discusses how, despite becoming a teacher has been her life-long dream since she was only…
On the premiere of Season 2, an anonymous teacher breaks the silence and shares her experiences and opinions on teaching black students in a predominantly white administration, as well as her school'…
In the final episode of season 1, I sit down with three teachers - Rachel, Claire, and Shannon. They’ve all just completed their first year of teaching and are eager to reflect on what they’ve taken …
In this episode, Ashley from NY shares why she thinks personal/professional boundaries are necessary, how she started working towards sustainability in her career, how she manages her anxiety as a te…
In this episode, Leanne opens up about how she struggled within her teaching career and found some balance by becoming a substitute teacher. She tells us more about her new business, Teachers Retreat…
What were you like in middle school? Are you cringing? Laughing? Crying?
According to Liz from Southern California, even middle school teachers experience those emotions with the students. We cringed…
What makes a happy teacher?
Danna Thomas is striving to find the answer to that through Happy Teacher Revolution. In this episode, she tells us more about her mission, what she thinks makes a happy t…
In this episode, I sit down with Abigail, a substitute teacher in Toledo, Ohio. We talk about the benefits and challenges of being a substitute and the hard but necessary parts of self-care.
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What happens when you decide to leave education? Steph Douglass shares about her decision to leave in the middle of the school year, the joy that she's finding in smaller moments, and her mission to …
How do you balance being a parent and a teacher? And on top of that, how do you also make time to pursue your own, personal dreams? Kindergarten teacher Porsha Hodge sits down with me to share what h…
This first episode of #TeacherLife is a little different.
I sit down at my desk, alone with my microphone and thoughts, and share my own experience in education. This is the severely shortened versio…
Welcome to #TeacherLife!
This episode is a brief introduction into the who and why behind the creation of this podcast. I share a little bit about my experience, as well as what I hope to create with…