#TeacherLife

Dec 23 2019
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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. Music is "Waiting" by Crowander

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Season 2 Finale - the Red for Ed Movement

Dec 23 2019 33 mins  
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 strike and Indiana rally, providing insight into the events leading up to the movement, their personal reasons for participating, and what they hope to change in education.

Emerald Barton - the Kindergarten Chronicles

Dec 16 2019 68 mins  
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 followers, and she’s most known for her famous Gluestick Pledge. In this episode, Emerald shares how the Kindergarten Chronicles came about, some of the challenges she has encounter

Alice McCartney - from Teacher to Parent

Dec 09 2019 67 mins  
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 return to the classroom, and how the current issues regarding school safety and gun violence have played an impact in this decision.

Kathy Ngo Martin - the Asian American Experience and Pre-Algebra Teachers

Nov 18 2019 84 mins  
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 talked for hours, touching on the damaging emphasis schools have on college, microaggressions that we both experienced as Asian Americans, and her side hustle, Pre-Algebra Teachers - an on

Chris Moore - Whole Teacher, Whole Child Left Behind

Nov 11 2019 91 mins  
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 show compassion to yourself and others by shifting your mindset on success and failure.

Sandy Armstad - 34 Years in the Classroom

Nov 04 2019 93 mins  
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 she really thinks thinks of all the fancy, new acronyms that keep surfacing in education.

Stacey Ogden and Side Hustle Teachers

Oct 28 2019 84 mins  
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 9 years old, having a side hustle ultimately made balancing work and family possible.

Breaking the Silence

Oct 21 2019 80 mins  
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's reaction when she opened up about having bipolar disorder.

The First Year of Teaching

Jul 29 2019 45 mins  
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 from the year. For all of them, there were many unexpected challenges, struggles with detaching from work, but most importantly, some incredibly joys that they experienced during th

Ashley from NY on Working Smart, Not Hard

Jul 22 2019 89 mins  
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 teacher, and the cringe-worthy way she discovered the true definition of “netflix & chill”. Music is "Waiting" by Crowander