The Teacher As...

In this episode Melissa and her mother, Linda Fleishman, celebrate Mother's Day by discussing Linda's teaching career, her years raising her two children, and her second career in Human Resources. 

In this episode, Melissa talks to Carly Spina. Carly is an EL/Bilingual/Dual Language Instructional Coach who is passionate about her work with her colleagues. Carly talks about the power of the cote…

In this episode, Melissa talks to Dr. Bethany Milner about study habits and setting students up to succeed.

In this episode, Melissa talks with friend and colleague Jan Rhein. Jan is a literacy coach/specialist who has the added perspective of having been a classroom teacher. Her lens on literacy can help …

In this episode, Melissa returns to the podcast after losing her husband, Josh Milner.  She talks to Dr. Paul Coleman about his book Finding Peace When Your Heart is in Pieces. Dr. Paul Coleman is a …

The Teacher As...Top Ten episodes are a new addition to the podcast. Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record collaborate to create one top ten list of math routines. The collaboration gets a bit intens…

Melissa chats with Danielle North, co anchor of the morning news in Rhode Island, WPRI12. They talk about the parallels between new anchors/reporters and teachers. The importance of good timing and b…

Melissa talks about chess and the show The Queen's Gambit. She talks about how Understanding By Design, Project Based Learning, and Student-Led classrooms are purposeful and strategic.

Melissa and Tricia interview two colleagues, Heather Sullivan and Olivia Morris, who are coteaching in second grade. 

In this episode, Melissa chats with teacher and author, Paul Emerich France, about personalized learning and creating an educational system that is more equitable.

In this episode, Melissa interviews Mike Earnshaw. Mike is a principal and the co host of the podcast Punk Rock Classrooms. Mike shares the parallels between punk rock and education and shares how he…

In this Zooming In episode, Melissa explains the structure for The Teacher As... podcast for Season 2 and shares her new, creative ideas for episodes.

In reaction to the events of this week, Melissa starts this episode with her thoughts on teachers talking about horrible events with our students. Then Melissa jumps into her planned episode about th…

Melissa reflects on Season 1 of The Teacher As...podcast and what she hopes to offer educators in Season 2 which starts January 10th.

In this bonus episode, Melissa and Tricia talk about the first couple of weeks of the hybrid model in their district. They talk about teaching remotely and in person and the challenges and rewards th…

In this episode, Dr. Robyn Bratica chats with Melissa about social emotional learning, running, and her fabulous daughter, Juliet. Robyn gives solid advice about how to be a supportive practitioner.

In this episode, Melissa chats with Donna Kim, a friend from high school. Donna talks about her work in becoming a grief recovery specialist and what she is zooming in on with this new career.

In this episode, Melissa interviews Monique Pillow Gnanaratnam. Monique works at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and shares her passion for family, culture, and connection.

In this episode, Melissa talks to Ricardo Calderon. Ricardo is a world traveler and a passionate educator. He teaches Spanish and uses project based language learning and technology to inspire his st…

In this episode, Melissa talks with Phaedra Hise. Phaedra is an award-winning writer, editor, and author. Phaedra shares  the purpose of any piece of writing and the skills involved to do her work. T…