Episode 128 with guest, Unlimited Teacher Marisa Thompson

I am joined by Marisa Thompson (M.A. Teacher Education) who has seventeen years of experience teaching various levels of English including advanced and support classes. As a Curriculum & Intervention Coordinator, she assesses success and develops goals and curriculum, K-12, and designed a role to become her previous district’s first Innovation Support coach. She is a designated cooperating teacher for several credential programs and a Professional Development instructor for University of San Diego. Besides teaching, she has traveled with students on educational trips to Europe, South America, and Asia. Traveling internationally for 30 years, she believes in "the power of education, the transformative effects of travel and experience, and the joy the unexpected can bring" and pushes students to move past "so-called limitations" by embracing student voice, choice, talent, and inspiration. Her experiences culminate in a pedagogy she calls “Instruction-less Teaching,” which includes her TQE Method, currently in classrooms around the world from kindergarten to graduate school. Marisa appears on many podcasts including Cult of Pedagogy, writes for her own blog and others, and speaks regularly at districts’ professional development, universities’ credential programs, and education conferences. She recently won the 2019 Ed Innovate Live Pitch competition and was named CUE’s 2019 San Diego Innovative Educator of the Year.  You can connect with Marisa at:  Twitter: @MarisaEThompson Instagram: marisa.e.thompson Facebook: Marisa Thompson Website: Unlimited Teacher.com