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We Teach Inspired!!
by Wilkie V. Law III M.Ed
Teaching is one of the most difficult professions on the planet. It is something that you feel down to your bones. It takes energy and devotion to find success in the classroom. Most importantly it takes inspiration-- for someone or something to breathe life into us. We Teach Inspired is a podcast that will breathe life into teachers by interviewing stakeholders within this profession to glean the wisdom that has been passed down through the years. We hope this podcast can be a light for educators no matter where they are to guide them on a path that keeps them in the classroom!
Episodes
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Picking The Right Tech w/ Ken Ehrmann!
On this episode of the podcast we had the chance to talk with Ken Ehrmann who is an instructional coach outside Philadelphia and is the host of the Poweredup Podcast. We had the chance to talk about what we learned as substitute teachers, how Ken was able to start a news show with his 5th…
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Choosing Classroom Tech With Purpose w/ Ken Ehrmann
On this episode of the podcast we had the chance to talk with Ken Ehrmann who is an instructional coach outside Philadelphia and is the host of the Poweredup Podcast. We had the chance to talk about what we learned as substitute teachers, how Ken was able to start a news show with his 5th…
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The Process of Unlearning w/ Sabba Quidway!!
We are back with part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Sabba Quidway from Designing Schools! (designingschools.org) On this episode we talked with Sabba about how we need to be willing to unlearn certain habits if we are going to find our strengths and passions. As teachers we can feel like our…
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Design Thinking With Sabba Quidway!!
We had the pleasure of talking Dr. Sabba Quidway for the podcast to learn about her passion for designed thinking in schools. During the first part of our conversation we discuss how Seth Godin's Book LINCHPIN changed Sabba's life, how we can get clarity on the problems we are facing, and the…
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What is Worth Fighting For? w/ Rae Hughart
We are back with part two of our conversation with Rae Hughart from Teacher Better Team. In this half of the podcast we discussed how to find your authenticity, why teachers fear advocating for themselves, and how to determine what issues and problems are worth fighting for in your school. Again…
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Advocating For Ourselves as Teachers w/ Rae Hughart
Administrators can't figure out why teachers aren't understand what they are asking them to do and teachers can't understand why administrators aren't seeing the big picture. That is what Rae Hughart CXO of the Teacher Better Team told us on the podcast this week. This is part 1 of 2 with Rae as…
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Car Sessions #14
Here are some of Kyle's thoughts from the week of January 4th. Trying out a new format to answer the same questions everyday. 1. What did you do today to defeat the cloned version of yourself from this morning? Taken from Kevin Estella 2. How did you add value today? 3. How did you breathe life...
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Losing the Perception War as Teachers
Here is the second half of our interview with Hal Bowman (halbowman.com) and in this part of the conversation we talked about how teachers are losing the perception war. We were talking about how it seems that we are not just losing teachers who are new to the profession, but the rockstar…
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Car Session #13
Here are some thoughts from Kyle from the Week of 12-18-21. Sorry we are a little behind and we promise in the future that these talks will take a more positive direction!! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theabcsofinspiredteaching/?hl=en...
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Who Do We Need To Be As Teachers?
We had the chance to catch up with our guy Hal Bowman (https://halbowman.com/) for the podcast to talk about what it has been like over the last few years as a professional development facilitator and what he is seeing from the teachers he works with. In part 1 of our conversation Hal talks about...
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Airing Out Frustrations
Welcome back to the ABCs of Inspired Teaching. We went back and forth about whether to release this conversation as a podcast or to leave it be, but we thought it was important to be transparent and vulnerable about where we are at. We recorded this conversation about a month ago when we were…
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Teaching In A State of Flux
It has been more than two years since the start of the pandemic and education continues to be in a state of flux. However, teaching has always been in a state of flux. Our classrooms don't just change every semester or every year, they are changing on the daily. Your groups of kids will come in...
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Chapter 2: Dedication, Empathy, Fairness
It has been an interesting process over the last several years to try to write our first book. So many different concepts and structures that it is strange to listen back to ideas we recorded two years ago and see what it has become. These are the original conversations we had about the 26 words...
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Thoughts From the Ride Home #11
Sorry that I am a little behind on the posts. Here are some thoughts from my commute leading up to the holiday break!! Kyle. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theabcsofinspiredteaching/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/itskylekrueger/?hl=en...
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What We Learned In 2021
As we get into 2022 and try to find our footing in a teaching landscape that is shifting below us we thought it would be important to take a look back at what we learned in 2021. A theme that appeared throughout our conversation is letting go of assumptions. Letting go of the things we thought we...
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Gary Gray Jr. on Revising Stories
Welcome to THE ABCS of INSPIRED TEACHING!! This is the 4th version of a podcast that has been hosted by Wilkie Law and Kyle Krueger since 2016. Over the course of five years we've tried different approaches in creating a podcast that makes a difference for teachers and this is where we have…
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Connectivity!
Connectivity: the state or extent of being connected or interconnected Before we get started with the new podcasts in 2022 when want to through it back to the conversations that started us on this journey to a book and new podcast. This conversation turned into the basis for our section on...
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Car Sessions #9
Here are some thoughts from Kyle for the week of 11-29-21. A little more content and a little crappier sound, but we still want to share some thoughts with you. More importantly is a positive reflection practice that is paying dividends!
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The ABCs #2: Believability!
Believability- the quality of being able to be believed; credibility As we work through this school year and all of the challenges we face as educators we know that our credibility is more important than ever. We are asked to speak on and model so many things now that it is crucial that our kids...
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Car Session #8
Here are some of Kyle's thoughts from the weeks leading up to the Thanksgiving Break! We hope your break was wonderful and can't wait to connect with you in 2021!
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Car Session #7
Here are some thoughts from Kyle for the week of 11-8-21! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valueaddsvalue/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/itskylekrueger/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/its.wil.law.iii/?hl=en Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itskylekrueger...
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Car Session #6
Here are a few thoughts from Kyle during the week of November 8th!! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valueaddsvalue/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/itskylekrueger/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/its.wil.law.iii/?hl=en Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itskylekrueger...
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The ABCs of Inspired Teaching: Authenticity
So we have been slowly letting the cat out of the bag that we are getting set to publish our first book this spring titled THE ABCs OF INSPIRED TEACHING. It is a collection of words that will help teachers breathe life into their craft and their students. The first word in the ABCs is…
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Car Session #5
Here are Kyle's thoughts from the week of 10-25-21. It was a great week and hopefully we'll keep this momentum rolling! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valueaddsvalue/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/itskylekrueger/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/its.wil.law.iii/?hl=en Follow…
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Car Session #4
Here are some of Kyle's thoughts from the week of October 18th. It was a very up and down week with a pretty stressful situation followed by parent-teacher conferences. There was a couple recordings that didn't make it to publish, but I needed to work through some of the frustration. All in all…
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Car Session #3
Here are a few of Kyle's thoughts from the week of October 11th!! Thanks for following his reflective practice and let us know how you reflect on social media!! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valueaddsvalue/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/itskylekrueger/?hl=en...
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Car Sessions #2
Here are some reflections from Kyle for the week of October 4th!! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valueaddsvalue/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/itskylekrueger/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/its.wil.law.iii/?hl=en Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itskylekrueger...
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#344: Nothing Great Comes Without Sacrifice
Originally when we started workshopping this podcast episode we thought it was going to be about the importance of showing up at events that are important to our students. What it turned into is the importance of being willing to make sacrifices for our students and the number one thing we...
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#343: Step Up, But Know When to Step Back
We know that our schools are not the only ones that are facing a difficult time with staffing, absences, and substitutes. Many teachers are being stretched too thin and having to make tough choices about how to protect themselves and their mental health. On this episode we talk about how we are...
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Car Session #1
I've been trying to work on his reflective practice this school year, so I bought an action camera that I can mount in my car. I have been talking to it on my way to school and home as a form of reflection and I thought I would share it with you. I am working through some things regarding equity...
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#342: Preparation or Adaptability?
Welcome back to the Value Adds Value Podcast!! On this quick episode Kyle discusses his work on being better prepared in his work, but also remaining adaptable and how he can be less distracted. Hope you enjoy this episode and let us know how you handle your preparation in the classroom! Follow…
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#341: You Are What Your Kids Need
Welcome back to the Value Adds Value Podcast. On this episode Kyle talks about how he's setting boundaries while giving students that chance to be accountable, how some of the 8th graders are still more like 6th graders, and how you need to be who you are because that person is who your kids…
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#340: Being Someone Else Takes Energy
As teachers it can be easy to try to be someone else. We can fall for the myth that if we copy a teacher who is 'successful' that we will automatically be successful ourselves. Maybe we invent a character of who we want to be as an educator, but both of those take a lot of energy to maintain.…
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#339: Be Weary of Unsolicited Advice
Welcome back the the Value Adds Value Podcast! On this episode Kyle talks a little bit about the start of his year and introduces one of the ABCs of Inspired Teaching--AUTHENTICITY. A big part of being authentic as an educator is to be weary of unsolicited advice. It can seem logical to take all...
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#338: Teaching Perspective though 9/11
Today is the 20th anniversary of the attacks on America that killed 3000 people. The anniversary has got me thinking about how my perspective of the event hasn’t changed in all this time, but how i see the world has. I am spending a few class periods with my students this week to help understand...
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#337: Kyle's Goals For The School Year
Thanks for checking out this episode of the podcast! I wanted to jump on here and talk a little bit about the start of my school year and what I am focused on. With so many things going on around me and so much that is out of my control I want to stay focused on where I can make a difference. I...
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#336: Set Unique Goals!
On this episode of Value Adds Value we're sharing a conversation we had at the start of 2018 on the importance of setting unique goals. Unique goals are specific to our skills and have a clear path to helping us achieve our big picture goals. Big picture goals are great, but they can be hard to...
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#335: Find True North
What is your True North? What is your guiding light? What is your purpose? That is what we talk about on this throwback episode of Value Adds Value. It is so important for us to remember why we got into teaching and what our purpose is. It might be easy to do this to start the year, but we want…
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#334: Building Classroom Culture
On this episode of Value Adds Value we are throwing it back to our 5th episode ever. We apologize if the sound quality is lower and the conversation choppy, but we want to look back at where we've come from. We want to ensure that what are saying now are things we've been saying over the last…
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#333: Control What You Can Control
Welcome back to the podcast fam!! This is a continuation of the last episode talking about how to prepare for the unknowns of the upcoming school year. Through this discussion we realized that every school year brings unknowns and these skills are ones we should constantly apply. 1. Know what you...
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#332: Preparing For The Unknown
Welcome back to another episode of Value Adds Value!! As we get set for another school year we want to start with the unknowns. This year feels like there are still a lot of unknowns, but every school year is filled with the new. On the next two episodes we'll walk you through the steps we take…
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#331: How To Say No
Welcome back to Value Adds Value!! On this episode we discuss how we can say no as teachers. We talked when to use NO as a stand alone sentence and when you can offer an explanation of your NO. And we discuss how to know when to use each. We hope that as you get set for the new school year you'll...
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#330: When to Say No
determiner not any: there is no excuse | no two plants are alike. • used to indicate that something is quite the opposite of what is being specified: it was no easy task persuading her | Toby is no fool. • hardly any: you'll be back in no time. • used in notices or slogans forbidding or rejecting...
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#329: Teaching Truth
What is good fam?!! We wanted to share the second half of our conversation from last week talking about how to make the classroom more human and teach truth. We hope you'll join us in the conversation over on social media!! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valueaddsvalue/?hl=en...
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#328: Being a More Human Human
Welcome back to Value Adds Value!! This episode kinda came together on its own as we were having a conversation that we are glad we recorded. We started by asking a couple of questions from our We Connect Cards (weand.me) then began to rap about what we have been feeling over the last few weeks....
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#327: A Conversation On Community with Amen Rahh!
What is good fam?! We are so pumped to share part 1 of our conversation with Amen Rahh on how to uplift communities through education. Principal Rahh was born and raised in Compton, California, and is a high school principal there at the University Pathways school. We wanted to connect with with...
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#326: A Talk On Critical Race Theory
There has been a lot of talk in the recent months about Critical Race Theory. Over half the states have introduced laws that would make it nearly impossible to discussion topics having to do with equity and race. Five states have already passed laws to make it more difficult to teach these topics...
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#325: What Did We Learn This Year??
Welcome Back to VALUE ADDS VALUE! We hope that the start of your summer has been restful and happy. As we get our summers started we continue to ask ourselves reflective questions. Here is the question we cover in today's podcast: WHAT DID THE PAST YEAR TEACH YOU ABOUT YOURSELF, YOUR STUDENTS…
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#324: The Start of Summer
Hey Fam! We know it has been a hot minute since we dropped a podcast, but we are getting back to it this week!! Here are a few thoughts as summer begins from Kyle and we'll dive into our summer reflection later in the week!! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valueaddsvalue/?hl=en...
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#323: A Conversation with Joe Beckman!
Over the last 15+ years Joe Beckman has spoken in educational settings all over the world with one simple mission… to reclaim human connection. We were so lucky to have the chance to talk with him about his new book JUST LOOK UP! Just look up. It is amazing how easy it can be to forget to look up...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Teaching is one of the most difficult professions on the planet. It is something that you feel down to your bones. It takes energy and devotion to find success in the classroom. Most importantly it takes inspiration-- for someone or something to breathe life into us. We Teach Inspired is a podcast that will breathe life into teachers by interviewing stakeholders within this profession to glean the wisdom that has been passed down through the years. We hope this podcast can be a light for educators no matter where they are to guide them on a path that keeps them in the classroom!
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Wilkie V. Law III M.Ed
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