PODCAST · education
Craft & Draft
by Jacob Chastain & Pam Ochoa
Join top educator host and creator of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, Jacob Chastain, and his colleague and Abydos trainer, Pam Ochoa, as they share their expertise on the workshop model within the secondary classroom. Using their versatile Craft & Draft approach to reading-writing workshop as their foundation for creating a powerful secondary workshop, each episode will include deep discussions on the nuances of workshop teaching, fostering authentic readers and writers, and creating an equitable standards-based classroom.
Episodes
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Greatest Hits: That Summer PD Vibe!
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. “Jacob, are you doing any summer PD?’ Jacob and Pam discuss summer PD and share what they are doing professional...
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#229 Cheating and A.I. — What Are We To Do?
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam address the issues of student cheating and AI. Jacob poses the question of whether...
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#228 Allow Students to Discover Reading
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Allowing students to discover reading needs to be at the forefront of reading instruction! In this episode, Jacob and…
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#227 Teaching Frustrations: What to Do…
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Everyone gets overwhelmed, but what should we do about it… In this episode, Jacob expresses a few of the frustrations...
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Greatest Hits: Culture of the Writing Workshop
Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay in an episode. Pam’s new schedule and Jacob’s have conflicted more than normal! We will be back to the regular schedule soon! In the meantime, here is one of our favorites from the early days of the show. In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss the impact of the...
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#226 Skill vs Comprehension Reading Instruction
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss Reading Instruction, “Should teachers focus on skills or comprehension in their...
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#225 Pam’s New Adventure!
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Pam rewinds her retirement and returns to school. Jacob and Pam discuss Pam’s day as she decides to…
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#224 Keeping the Joy of Writing Instruction
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Far too often educators give up teaching the love of reading and writing during instruction. They feel pressure from…
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#223 Objectives: Posted or Not Posted?
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Jacob listened to an educational podcast episode this past weekend. The topic that caught attention was whether or not...
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Greatest Hits: Paper is Still King
This episode was previously published Sep. 18th, 2020 — right as we were getting back into our classrooms from the Covid shutdowns. We cover A LOT in this episode, and it holds strong for then as much as I does now. Enjoy! —————————— Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so…
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#222 Standard Based Learning with a Twist of Assessment
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Teachers are told to make sure to implement standard based learning and assessment. Easier said than done! In this...
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#221 STAAR Writing Support
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Jacob and Pam answer two questions from our patrons: How can Gifted and Talented (GT) students stay passionate and not...
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#220 State of Schools in 2025
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam welcome everybody back. They each took some personal time, so thank you for staying with...
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A Christmas Break
Hey everyone! We just wanted to make this quick post. All will be well. Just lots of changes coming and Jacob needs some time, and Pam is on vacation for a few weeks. Stay tuned! The post A Christmas Break appeared first on Craft & Draft.
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#219 Leading Your Department
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam explain what they’ve been doing and why they did not post last week’s podcast. They are...
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#218 Staying Strong During the Fall Season
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. The Holiday Season is in full swing and much too often our workshops begin to slump. The students’ minds are on...
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#217 Spicing Up Direct Instruction
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam talk about ‘Direct Instruction.’ Pam shares how direct instruction was the main strategy...
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#216 Balancing Direct Instruction with Facilitation (repost)
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Jacob and Pam discuss how they use direct and indirect instruction in their workshops. But before they begin, Jacob...
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#215 Building Relationships Through Content
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Jacob and Pam begin the episode with a segment regarding the best way to communicate in order to have difficult...
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#214 Receiving Feedback and Advocating for Workshop
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam answer a listener’s question regarding how to advocate for a workshop model in a culture...
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#213 Starting Units and Poetry (Q&A)
Hello everyone! Bonus episode 2 is here for you to enjoy! It’s a full hour of workshop talk + we addressed a few questions you submitted. Below are the questions we tackle in this one. Thank you for supporting the show! Alisha’s Question I’d love to hear about how you start your 6 weeks units. Do...
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#212 Low-stakes Writing: Why?
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Many curriculum documents do not include time for low-stakes writing, but it is through such writing that students…
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#211 Navigating Political Seasons as an Educator
In this episode of Craft & Draft, we dive into the delicate balance teachers face when navigating political discussions in the classroom. How can educators remain neutral while still encouraging students to explore diverse ideas? We’ll discuss the importance of fostering an environment where...
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#210 A Focus on the School Library
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. The concept of a school library is changing under the pressure of current technology trends in the schools and the...
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#209 How We Use QuickWrites in Writing Workshop
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. We are trying something new: an episode that targets a specific strategy. This (previous) bonus episode will focus on...
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#208 Standards: Academic or Kid Friendly
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss whether or not teachers should use the academic language of the standards with...
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#207 Workshop in a Boxed Curriculum
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam answer a listener’s question regarding how to teach when the district implements a boxed...
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#206 Develop the Future of Your Workshop (PD)
Hello everyone! In this LIVE PD, Pam and Jacob dove into what the future of your workshop could look like. AKA… Previously, this episode was a PATREON only episode. If you’d like to see the video, join us here. We give practical advice and outline what a mini-theme can do for you within actual...
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#205 A Wide Array of Workshop Wonderings
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam share their thoughts on various topics from discipline to technology. Jacob is excited...
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#204 The Dos of Starting Workshop
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. The new school year is around the corner for many teachers. Creating a strong and healthy Reading and Writing Workshop...
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#203 The Don’ts of Starting Workshop
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. The new school year is around the corner for many teachers. Creating a strong and healthy Reading and Writing Workshop...
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#202 The Craftbook and Draftbook Tutorial
Several of the Craft and Draft listeners have requested more information regarding how to set-up the Craft and Draft Notebook System They begin with the first page of the Craft Book. Jacob shares how he has his students organize their Craft Book from the table of contents to the individual...
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#201 The Knowledge Gap Has Gaps
Welcome to Craft & Draft, where we explore the art of teaching and the science of learning. In today’s episode, hosts Pam Ochoa and Jacob Chastain continue their summer book study of “The Knowledge Gap” by Natalie Wexler. Jacob and Pam as they share their final thoughts about the book, The...
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#200 The Knowledge Gap Book Study Finale and Our Thoughts
Welcome to Craft & Draft, where we explore the art of teaching and the science of learning. In today’s episode, hosts Pam Ochoa and Jacob Chastain continue their summer book study of “The Knowledge Gap” by Natalie Wexler. Join them as they explore chapters eleven, twelve and the epilogue in…
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#199 Chapters 9-10 of The Knowledge Gap (Book Study)
Welcome to Craft & Draft, where we explore the art of teaching and the science of learning. In today’s episode, hosts Pam Ochoa and Jacob Chastain continue their summer book study of “The Knowledge Gap” by Natalie Wexler. Join us as they explore chapters nine and ten in section three, “How We Can...
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#198 Chapters 7-8 of The Knowledge Gap (Book Study)
Welcome to Craft & Draft, where we explore the art of teaching and the science of learning. In today’s episode, hosts Pam Ochoa and Jacob Chastain continue their summer book study of “The Knowledge Gap” by Natalie Wexler. Join us as they explore chapters seven and eight in section two, “How We…
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#197 Chapters 4-6 of The Knowledge Gap (Book Study)
Welcome to Craft & Draft, where we explore the art of teaching and the science of learning. In today’s episode, hosts Pam Ochoa and Jacob Chastain continue their summer book study of “The Knowledge Gap” by Natalie Wexler. Join us as they explore the second three chapters of section one, The…
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#196 Chapters 1-3 of The Knowledge Gap (Book Study)
Welcome to Craft & Draft, where we explore the art of teaching and the science of learning. In today's episode, hosts Pam Ochoa and Jacob Chastain kick off their summer book study diving into "The Knowledge Gap" by Natalie Wexler. Join us as we dissect the first three chapters, delving into how...
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#195 The Knowledge Gap Book Study (Join Us!)
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. This summer on the podcast, Jacob and Pam will discuss the book, “The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s…
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#194 Is the Knowledge Gap Real? (Book Study Intro)
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Pam and Jacob talk about their idea of what “The Learning Gap” is and whether or not it is real. Jacob...
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#193 How to Get an English Teaching Job
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. It’s interview time! Interviews are often scarry, but they do not need to be. In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss…
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#192 Closing the Year Strong
lcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Another school year is coming to a close! How can teachers close their year and keep the learning happening in the...
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#191 How to Study Literature
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss many topics from how to figure out who you people are in a new campus to how to...
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#190 Schools Ruin Poetry
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Do schools ruin poetry? Often…they do. But why? Poetry is an incredible art form. It can be powerful, insightful, and...
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#189 What is an Assignment?
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. ‘What is an assignment?’ seems like a simple question, until it is discussed. In this episode Jacob and Pam dive into…
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#188 How Much Do We Know About American Teachers?
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam take a quiz straight from Education Weekly. The quiz asks questions from teacher salary,...
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#187 What is College Readiness?
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Jacob just took some students to visit a few colleges and universities. The visit propagated the question, “Are schools...
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#186 It’s That Time of Year: To Stay or To Quit
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Every year in the education world, educators are trying to figure out if they should stay at their school or district…
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#185 Test-Prep Strategies! (Patreon Episode)
In this bonus episode for our Craft and Draft patrons we answer Courtney’s question regarding the test taking season. Jacob shares how he begins broad in his workshop and then narrows his scope as his students approach the test. This approach allows him to create a workshop atmosphere full of...
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#184 Reading or Writing: What Matters Most?
Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. It seems that the notion, ‘Students can’t read’ is always at the forefront of public conversations these days. So much…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join top educator host and creator of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, Jacob Chastain, and his colleague and Abydos trainer, Pam Ochoa, as they share their expertise on the workshop model within the secondary classroom. Using their versatile Craft & Draft approach to reading-writing workshop as their foundation for creating a powerful secondary workshop, each episode will include deep discussions on the nuances of workshop teaching, fostering authentic readers and writers, and creating an equitable standards-based classroom.
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Join top educator host and creator of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, Jacob Chastain, and his colleague and Abydos trainer, Pam Ochoa, as they share their expertise on the workshop model within the secondary classroom. Using their versatile Craft & Draft approach to reading-writing workshop as their...
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