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The Parent/Teacher Conference
by Coach Cullen
A veteran teacher and parent who has been told that he "marches to the beat of a different drummer" because he willing to question current trends, shares his thoughts about education (among other things) from those perspectives in a hope to repair bridges for the betterment of our students/children.
Episodes
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We Didnt Start the Fire
Crossover episode of Pewside Perspective. Hope the listeners of the Parent Teacher Conference enjoy. Let me know what you think at [email protected] I did a thing...I was kicked out of a Middle School History Teacher's Group on Facebook. In this cross over episode with his old podcast...
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Hymn # 7 Pewside Perspective
If you liked the Parent Teacher Conference, try out Pewside Perspective, where Coach looks at a wide range of issues from a Christian perspective including educational thoughts like this episode...Hymn #7 Everyday People. On this crossover episode... On January 29th, 2025, President Trump signed...
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Pewside Perspective-Trouble in Paradise
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO PEWSIDE PERSPECTIVE TO NEVER MISS A NEW EPISODE OF THIS NEW PODCAST No one likes to hear when they are doing something wrong, yet it can sometimes be the most loving words you need to hear. Coach uses the Seinfeld episode about Festivus to discuss the proper way to enact "The...
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A Kranky Khristmas
As Coach prepares the first episodes of his new podcast endeavor Mixtape Manifest (with three episodes dropping on January 2nd), he was missing commentating on his favorite time of year, Christmas. In this extra episode of the Parent Teacher Conference, Coach talks about one of his daughter's...
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Preview Mixtape Manifest
Hello listeners of the Parent Teacher Conference Podcast, here is a clip of what Im working on for my next podcast endeavor, The Mixtape Manifest I explain the reason for the name in what I plan to be the first 10 minutes of the first episode. Mixtape was an item that identifies me with the...
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And In the End
If you would like updates on the new podcast Coach is creating please get on the mailing list [email protected] of following him on Twitter @coachKcullen our following The Parent Teacher Conference page on Facebook After over 200 episodes and many discussions with listeners over the past 2.5...
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What Would You Think?
On the penultimate episode, Coach discusses the reasons for Trump's election victory of 2024. Not by defending Trump, but asking the question, why are people voting for him, posed as the question, "What would you think of me if I said I voted for Trump?" Coach shares all the warning signs of a...
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Oops I Did it Again
Its been over a month since Coach's last episode & on this one he announces the end of the Parent Teacher Conference Podcast in the near future and plans to create a new podcast (If you want info on his future podcast, email him at [email protected] to receive emails). The rest of the…
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Why Study History?
Coach uses a discussion with a college friend who was using a history major to prove his value in the world of marketing as the beginning of a "lesson" on why a history education is important (He believes all teachers should be able to share where their content is important, or what's the point…
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A Dictator Runs This Class
In this episode, Coach gives you a glimpse into his classroom lessons and how he uses the first few days to engage the students thinking; rather than just read a syllabus, he uses it to discuss topic in civics such as rights, liberty, types of governments as well as review my classroom rules.…
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200th
I can't believe it! It's the 200th Parent Teacher Conference. First, thanks to the small, but loyal listeners who have shared with me and talked with me about some of the topics I've presented. You don't know how I valued all the conversations. On this episode, Coach goes a bit deeper on the…
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A Friend to A Friend
Reflecting on the passing of Matthew Perry & the disregard to his humanity that has been revealed in the indictments handed down for his death to people including doctors, Coach discusses the trait of real friends; the courage to say "that is wrong, don't do it", that "No" can be the most loving...
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One Chance to Make A 1st Impression
As a teacher, what are you doing on the first day of school with your students? Are you going to drone on about the rules and expectations? If your students could choose to go back for day 2, would they? Coach shares the Home Run Derby he plays with his students on day 1, how he learns what is...
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My First Day PD
Many teachers complain about the first day of school for teachers (commonly called an inservice or professional development). Yes, their summer break is over, but the experience is like going to the dentist for a root canal. You want to be anywhere else but there. There are administrators are…
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To My Fellow Educators...
After watching a Facebook reel that made teachers feel they are the problem when it comes to student behavior (and worse, if it was part of a opening day keynote presentation) Coach decides to give a pep talk for teachers heading back to school to start the new year. From ideas like the best safe...
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Bad Therapy Session 2
Coach completes his review of the Abigail Shrier book Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up. The focus in the episode deals with the questions "Are we teaching our children what is true about reality?" and "When we cast a wide net about trauma, are we actually doing more harm than good?"...
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Bad Therapy Session One
Our first session of Bad Therapy, the latest best seller by Abigail Shirer subtitled, "Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up" discusses a new term for Coach, iatrogenesis, unintended harm by a doctor to a patient. Shirer uses this to bring up valid questions about the push for more therapy for children...
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An Honest Response
We need to return to emphasizing the word civil in civil discourse again. After the failed assassination of President Trump, Coach talks about several issues of the concern of hostile political rhetoric including the influence of the 24/7 news channels. He then discusses how we should approach...
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Changing Brains
A review of the Nicholas Carr book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Even though written over 10 years ago, the studies and examples offered are still relevant as we move in the age of smartphones. Carr details that it isn't just a psychological issue, but physiological as…
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It Was Bad: The Great Cincinnati Debate
"This is bad, this is really, really bad" With the presidential season beginning a bit early this year, Coach shares how he would have addressed the Trump Biden debate of June 2024 in class. He shares the lies that were presented, the example of Ronald Reagan with similar concerns to President...
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Facts My History Teacher Didn't Tell Me
The most defining difference between people in the US is not cultural, racial, ethnic, or gender based, but ideological. Second in the summer reading series is the title, "Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me" by Winfred Reilly. The obvious relation to the older text "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James...
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10 Commandment Classroom
The state of Louisiana has mandate the 10 commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms. The ACLU has already said it will take the state to court due to violation of the separation of church and state. As a parent, teacher, and Christian, what does Coach think about that? Find out....
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Konnected Kids
Are we more strict with our kids in the real world than we are in the digital world? First book talk of the summer, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt where he addresses that question. Citing stats of the decline…
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Dad TV
Who was your favorite TV Dad? In honor of Father's Day, Coach shares who his favorite TV dad was and how the role of the dad in the family has diminished in the past 60 years both in reality and on TV. The shocking statistics of fatherless homes will be provided as father's are encouraged to rise...
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Ten Year Tenure
Do you know what a mondegreen is? The episode opens with an explanation and then discusses the concept of teacher tenure. Some of the problems it creates for students, parents, and teachers, some ideas of solutions, and some of the positive aspects (with side conversations on high stake testing…
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The Softball Championship
Today Coach talks about youth sports, the difference between coaching girls and boys in middle school, and concerns he has about recreation level coaches.
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The Commencement #2
Last in a series on commencements speeches. The episode begins with more responses from the speech given by KC Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and then turns to the one given by Jerry Seinfeld's at Duke University. Undeterred by very small level demonstrations, Seinfeld reminds us to look at the...
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The Commencement #1
If you went to college, do you remember the name of the person who gave the commencement speech? Do you remember the topic? I, like millions of others have forgotten, but this year, graduates of two colleges will never forget. 1st in a two part series, Coach talks about the commencement speech of...
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Naming Names
The number one reasons that teachers are quitting is the deterioration of classroom behavior & lack of consequences. In this episode, Coach questions the push to remove writing names of misbehavior on board, addressing outbursts in classroom privately, and clip arts. Why do we often think the…
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This is Only a Test
State Testing Season is Upon, but did No Child Left Behind Act (Bush #2) and Every Student Succeeds Act (Obama) emphasis on high stake testing really improve anything other than the bottom line for testing corporations? Coach shares the changes he has seen education since there implementation…
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Final Exam
Special Edition...At one point does a protest stop being lawful? Are the college protests over the Palestinian Israel Conflict of 23-24 the high water mark of progressivism? Did the book, "The Coddling of the American Mind" get it right? Coach contrasts the campus demonstrations of the 60's with...
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Dumb Jock Trope Revisited
Using the experience of two brothers who were both top athletes and scholars at his high school, and graduating with the late NFL defensive lineman Tony Siragusa, Coach shares his perspective that the "Dumb Jock" trope was something he never saw; no one was excused from school work for their...
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Wings and a Prayer
One of the influences of my wife is the enjoyment of one her favorite TV shows of all time, Wings. Coach shares the overarching story of Joe and Brian Hackett needing to know the value of brotherhood (which we laughed at the many lessons they had of that over 8 years). Coach then turns to the...
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Not a Friend
Last in a series on Old School Teaching Tools That Shouldn't Be Tossed. Starting with a discussion of the blow back he has received from the episodes "More Than a Pencil" & "Past Due Review", Coach shares the purpose of these episodes; to support teachers who are being told to ditch consequences...
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Past Due Review
Second in a series on Old School Teaching Tools That Shouldn't Be Tossed. Do you give deductions for late work? Have you been told it's wrong to give deductions for late work? Coach shares some of the faulty arguments that teachers use to convince other teachers to give up consequences for late...
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More Than A Pencil
First in a series on Old School Teaching Tools That Shouldn't Be Tossed. Have you ever heard the legend of the rock band Van Halen and their request that no brown M&M's could be backstage? It's not a legend and was for a valid reason. From that story, we discuss: Should a teacher freely give a...
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A Hoosier Redemption
Coach throws a curve in this episode by discussing one of his favorite movies of all time, Hoosiers. He reveals some little known facts of the movie (Did you know Gene Hackman thought it would sink his career?) and then discusses the theme that penetrates the soul of all who watch it, REDEMPTION....
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A Melting Pot
The day before St. Patrick's Day, I taught a lesson about Irish discrimination in the U.S. Students had never learned that before. Is it because some in our culture have widened the net of what is racism. And widening the net of these definitions places people who do not agree with these…
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Games for Learning
What games did you play as a kid? Spud, Manhunt, Red Light, Green Light? What were they providing you in a low risk environment? What board games did you play? On this episode, Coach gives specific board games that can be used in the classroom or at home to teach different topics, get kids off...
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To Play or Not to Play
What games did you play outside with your friends growing up? What did you learn? On this episode, Coach shares his thoughts on the reason why we decrease play (the increase of professional youth sport programs and how it decreases play and local community cohesiveness) and how we believe play...
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Hurts and Helps in the Digital Age
Recent studies reveal worsening mental health outcomes for teens today with many pointing to sharp rises in issues such as anxiety, depression, self harm, and loneliness in American youth coinciding with the introduction of smartphones and social media in society. What can schools do to help &…
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Smartphone Crisis
In this episode, Coach discusses some disturbing trends for teens. He begins by giving us a history of how communal our entertainment once was and the move to individualization. He then shares statistics on teen self harm, anxiety, depression, and loneliness, and those stats are NOT in a positive...
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What I Learned at Church Camp
Episode One in the Disconnect from Tech Series Coach will be conducting a session on Non Digital Games in the the Classroom for the NJAMLE (New Jersey Association of Middle Level Educators) Conference in mid March 2024. The next few podcasts will be expansions of some of the ideas he will be...
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Starting Year 3
Coach celebrates the start of his 3rd year of the Parent Teacher Conference podcasts by doing a retrospective of his teaching career in order to discover the reason he remains in the classroom while other teachers are quitting the profession.
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Truth and Consequences
Restorative Justice is a modern buzzword in education, and although some of its practices can be chalked up to what is already considered good classroom management & relationship building, many teachers are questioning its move to remove consequences from the equation (and some are even quitting...
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I'm Back
After a month break, Coach discusses his struggles with the winter months, and shares his approach to students who have missing assignments. He questions if we are teaching them to narcissistic by never deducting points or giving out zeros. He ends by praising the parents who have been supportive...
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The Perfect Game
What does a near perfect game in baseball have to do with the classroom and the family? In this episode, Coach discusses how an official on the athletic field demonstrates the necessity for the need of a power imbalance in the classroom by the teacher and by the parents in order to satisfy the...
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Plagiarism Everywhere
From a Harvard President, to President's Biden and Trump, to AI use among students in the Classroom, Coach offers his opinions on plagiarism and what we really should be teaching our students, character development, the one thing each individual can control.
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Coach Wraps Up The Year
In this year in review episode (the 80th of 2023), Coach revisits several topics that seemed to span several episodes: How the Disney Way can influence the classroom positively The classroom behavior crisis, the impact of digital devices on kids, and the teacher shortages. Why Coach is proud of…
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Christmas Special 2nd Attempt
IF YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED THE ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EPISODE, DELETE IT. A LOT OF ERRORS HOPE THIS ONE IS MORE ENJOYABLE! On a very special episode, Coach uses the format of an old Christmas special, with 4 different talks centering on Christmas. Being addressed are: 1) Coach's Christmas…
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A veteran teacher and parent who has been told that he "marches to the beat of a different drummer" because he willing to question current trends, shares his thoughts about education (among other things) from those perspectives in a hope to repair bridges for the betterment of our students/children.
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Coach Cullen
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