PODCAST · education
Middle School Madness
by Oliver Wiehe
A podcast about Teaching and things that are interesting to Teachers.
Episodes
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Why Go Back?
Why go back to teaching? After one year or 13 years or 29 years, why go back? Send comments to [email protected]
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Bringing your Passion into the Classroom
Bringing your Passion into the Classroom can lead to a more authentic teaching experience for you and your students. Today we talk with Heidi Thomas about how she incorporates her love for all things France and Paris into her French Classroom. Send your comments to [email protected]
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Advice for First Year Teachers
Everybody has a first year in Teaching. Two veteran teachers give their advice for how to survive your first year of Teaching. Send Comments to [email protected] Recored after a 4 miles run and a week before school starts.
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4 things All Teachers Need to Have After Summer!
4 Things All Teachers Need to Have After Summer! Plus, the importance of breaking the routine of School and doing different activities. Send Comments to [email protected] My Gear Hollyland Lark M2 https://amzn.to/4lnXCAd Camera:Sony a7c https://amzn.to/496590X #
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Youth Sports - Is it OUT of CONTROL
Are youth sports OUT of Control? Travel teams, elite clubs, All-Star Showcases and big money. Victor Gianotta joins the podcast to help answer these questions and share insights from over 30 years of coaching and teaching. Send your comments or questions to [email protected] thanks for being a...
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Should you become a Teacher in 2025?
Should you become a teacher in 2025? To Answer this question we interview a soon to be retired Teacher. We ponder the question - How did we get here? What skills do you need to be a teacher? Is teaching a calling and of course Five for Five trivia!!! Send you questions or comments to...
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Student Anxiety in 2024: Through the Eras
Today I'm sitting in the office of Tammi Limmer - Middle School guidance counselor -extraordinaire. We will discus student anxiety from before the Pandemic through the Pandemic and into 2024. Send Questions or comments to [email protected]
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Teachers are Pirates! A motivational speech for all educators
Teachers are Pirates! A motivational speech for all educators about the importance of being a teacher and why the classroom needs you! Send questions or comments to [email protected] Thx for listening Oliver
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How to Relax & Reflect during the Summer
Today on the show - What is the perfect metaphor or simile for the last 20 days of a school? How do you unwind after a school year? What do you do - physically/mentally? If June & July is one long Saturday- what does that make August? What happens to teachers in August? Finish with the jeopardy...
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Teacher Pay: National Starting Salaries and The Perfect Pay Scale
Today on the show Oliver is joined by Tik Tok sensation TEACHER PAY with Kay aka Kristen. We will discus pay scales: Is there a perfect pay scale and what would it look like. Should there be a national teacher pay scale and why $60,000 for a starting salary? Send question or comments to...
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How to Survive MAY: 10 Tips for Sanity
Today I'm joined by a fellow teacher and running enthusiats Nancy. Today we discus: What makes May such a crazy month? 10 tips on how to survive in May and keep your sanity. In the end we ask Nancy "What coffee are you drinking this summer?" Send your comments to [email protected]
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DEI or Ambassador
Today on the Show we invite Margo Hinton a 30 plus year veteran of the Middle School Classroom to discuss DEI. What does DEI mean to you? How would you rebrand it? And how to get students to accept each other when all they want to do is FIT IN? Plus, we play a round of Name that Middle School FAD...
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Classroom Discipline: Basics of Managing Students
Today I'm joined by a fellow teacher Zach as we discuss Classroom Discipline. What annoys us in the classroom and how to handle it? How to talk one on one with students about their behavior and Classroom scenarios - How would you handle that? This episode is packed with helpful ways to make...
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Teacher Awards: are they worth winning?
Today I'm joined by a fellow teacher Megan as we discus Teacher Awards: What are they worth and are they worth winning? Plus, what is the career trajectory of a teacher? When are you the most effective in the classroom and when will you have your best years of teaching? We finish with a round of...
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Cell Phones in the Classroom? Burden or Benefit
Oliver welcome incredible teacher Seth to discus the evolution of Cell Phones in the class. Are there any benefits to using them and they play a "round" of IF I RULED THE WORLD about creating their own cell phone policy? Send your rubric to [email protected] Thanks for teaching and thx for...
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What Qualities make for the BEST students? Not your PERFECT students
What Qualities make for the BEST students? Not your PERFECT students. Two Middle School teachers talk about what qualites they think make for the best students with a few surprises along the way (can you hear the school bell). Send an email to [email protected] if you would like to be on the show.
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Snow days! Love'em or Hate'em
Snow days! They exciting and unpredictable. Strangely they bring people together. How do you handle your snow days. What do you like to do? Have you every heard of a "PHONE TREE"? All this and more on a Snow Day! Would you like to be on the show? send me an email [email protected]
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Create the Perfect rubric and Why Rubrics are awesome!
Create the Perfect Rubric and why rubrics are awesome. Learn how to envision, create, publish and polish your rubrics to perfection. A great rubric with enhance your teaching, your students learning while making your classroom a place for learning! to be on the show send me an email...
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Being Recognized as a Teacher: Celebrity vs Privacy
The Moment you become a teacher is the moment you become a small celebrity in your community. A unknown side effect of becoming a teaching is becoming a public figure.
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So, you want to be a Teacher in 2024? Answer these question!
So, you want to be a Teacher in 2024? Now that you have made the decision to teach. You hav to ask yourself a few questions - Where? 2nd Where - Who and Tell a Story. All of this will lead you a great journey of self-discovery and landing your first job as a Teacher.
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Time to start thinking about Retirment: Beginning the process
After 26 yrs of teaching it's time to begin the process of planning Retirment and it ain't easy.
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Encouragement vs Motivation : How to Motivate the unmotivated
Hoods up, earbuds in and head down. How to motivate the unmotivated and the difference between encouragement and motivation.
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A podcast about Teaching and things that are interesting to Teachers.
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Middle School Madness is created and hosted by Oliver Wiehe.
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