All Episodes

EP 182 How a Resource Discovery Changed My ESL Classroom

Ep. 181 "I'll Just Teach" to "I'll Teach with Language Purpose"

Ep. 180 My First Experience with a Newcomer Class—What I Learned

Ep. 179 I Don't Have Time to Plan—What Do I Do?

EP 178 Powerful Strategies to Boost Student Engagement in Your ESL Classroom

EP 177 3 Time-Management Mistakes ESL Teachers Make (and How to Stop Them)

EP. 176 But My Class Is Too Big / I Don't Have Time — Can I Still Build Real Relationships?

Ep. 175 From Planning as Chore to Thinking as Design: A Mindset Shift for ESL Teachers

Ep. 174 3 Smart Ways to Find High-Quality ESL Resources Fast

Ep. 173 Myth: You Can't Teach Multiple Levels Effectively – Why That's Not True

Ep. 172 My Plan to increase student engagement this year!

Ep. 171 What do I teach next month? October Edition

Ep. 170 Where do I Start? Tips to get you started

Ep. 169 Effective Organization Tips

Ep. 168 First Two Weeks of School

Ep. 167 Mixed Groups? How to Prepare and Plan

EP 166 Creating Systems for the New Year

Ep. 165 Flexible, Not Flustered: How ESL Teachers Can Prepare for the Unexpected

Ep. 164 New ESL Teacher? What You Need To Be Doing Now

EP 163 Should you be planning this summer?

EP162 Planning for Rest- Creating Structure

EP 161 Simple Strategies to Make the Upcoming School Year Easier

EP 160 Mistakes When Writing Language Objectives

EP 159 Student Needs Assessments

EP 158 My Go-to Engaging Lessons

EP 157 Celebrating Your Newcomer's Success

Ep 156 Lesson Ideas for March

EP 155 My thoughts and experiences about Gifted ELLs

Empowering Educators: Engaging Lesson Plans for Black History Month

EP 153 Supporting You & Your Students This Testing Season

Breaking Myths About Newcomer Students: Insights for Educators

EP 151 Celebrate Lunar New Year in Your ESL Classroom with Engaging Lessons and Activities

Strategies for Teaching Close Reading to Newcomers: A Guide for ESL Educators

Unlocking Strategies for Engaging Language Learners

Ep. 148 Simple and Effective November Lesson Ideas for Your Language Learners

Transform Your Planning Period: Time-Saving Tips for Teachers

EP 146 Procrastination & Planning

EP 145 Speaking and Writing Activities

EP 144 Start Using Stations Today

Ep. 143 Improving Engagement Among Language Learners

September Lesson Ideas

Beginning of the Year Lesson Ideas

Tips for Creating Your Back-to-School Curriculum

Tips for Creating Your Back-to-School Curriculum

What to Do Instead of Summer Lesson Planning

Summer Playlist: Compliance & Prepping for the New School Year

Summer Playlist: Creating a Welcoming Environment for your Language Learners

Summer Playlist: My Favorite Planning Tools

Summer Playlist: Preparing for the First Day of School

Standing Out When Applying for Jobs

Lesson Ideas for Test Season

Helping Gen Ed Teachers Support Newcomers

It's Not Too Late to Build Relationships

Black History Month Bio Quilt

3 Myths Busted about Lesson Planning

What is Black History Month?

Lunar New Year Lessons

EP 125 January Lessons Part 2

January Lesson Plans Part 1

EP 121 Strategies for Gen Ed Teachers to Support Newcomers

EP 120 Why I No Longer 'Wing It': Strategies to Plan My Week

EP 119 Finding Inspiration for Your Class

EP 118 October Thematic Unit

EP 117 Tracking Data & Goals for ELLs

EP 116 Prep & Plan: Building Relationships

EP 115 Prep & Plan: Setting High Expectations

EP 114 Prep & Plan: Routines & Procedures

Ep 113 Steps to Minimal Lesson Planning this Summer

Ep 112 Summer Lesson Planning Strategies

Ep 111 2022-23 End of the Year Reflections

Ep 110 My Struggles in Elementary & How I Am Overcoming

EP 109 Engaging Lessons for Spring

How Teaching with a Scripted Curriculum Changed Me

Episode 107 Tackling Teacher Hoarding

EP 106 Creating a Safe & Welcoming Environment for Language Learners

Ep. 105 Common Mistakes When Looking for Resources (How to fix it)

EP 104 Lesson Ideas for the Month of December

EP 103 Time Management Tips

EP 102 3 Mistakes to Avoid When Teaching Newcomers

EP 101 3 Mistakes I Made

EP 100 Teacher Organization Hacks

EP 99 ESL Teacher Essentials

EP 98 5 Classroom Systems for Language Learners

A Life & Career Update

Supporting Language Learners in Science

Supporting the Social & Emotional Health of Language

Lesson Topics for the Second Semester

Preparing for Language Assessments

Planning Using the Standards

Engaging Vocabulary Activities for Language Learners

Finding a Curriculum - Tips & Strategies

Incorporating Student Interests into your ESL Classroom

Spending Time Relationship Building

Encouraging collaboration in your ESL Classroom

Strategies to Reduce Your Planning Time this School Year

Setting Your Language Learners Up for Success

My Favorite Planning Tools

How to Know if You are Ready for the Upcoming Year with Your ELLS

How to Quickly Write Content & Language Objectives

Planning for your Planning Period

Creating a Welcoming Environment for your Language Learners

Compliance & Prepping for the New School Year

Organizing for the Upcoming School Year

The New School Year is Approaching

Developing Confidence as an Educator

How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Teacher Interview

Reflective Teaching for New & Returning Teachers

Scaffolding Writing with Graphic Organizers

Overcoming Believing Lessons Are Difficult For Your Students

A Guide to Close Reading with Language Learners

More Student Talk During Virtual Learning

Planning for Reading Growth (It's not too late)

Encouraging Independence Through Feedback

Strategies to Prepare for the Second Semester

Funding your Classroom through Donors Choose (Rewind)

Tools for More Engagement & Less Lecturing

A Reflection on my Struggles (And How I am Adjusting)

Speaking & Writing Growth Strategies for Language Learners

Setting up Effective Systems for the School Year

Planning for Listening Growth

Stop Searching for Resources and do this instead!

Opening your doors this school year

Planning Formative Assessments for the Four Domains

Planning Close Reads for Language Learners

First Day of School Activities for your ELLs

Organizing for the Beginning of the School Year

Using Mainstream Curriculum for your ELLs

Building Relationships with Language Learners this School Year

Why you need a virtual classroom management plan this year

Too Much Teacher Talk?

Why You Need a Master Plan this School Year

Co-teaching next school year?

Investing in Yourself with Focused Professional Development

Tips to Prepare for the New School Year

Using Reflections to Prepare for the New School Year

How to balance multiple level ESL students (Rewind)

Assessing ELLs During Distance Learning

Changing Your Words, Change Your Mindset

Using Anchor Charts during Distance Learning

Lesson Ideas for your ELLs

Using Language Goals in your Virtual Classes

Teaching ELLs in a Pandemic Part II (Live Q & A)

REWIND: A Guide to Teacher Self-Care

Teaching ELLs During a Pandemic Live Q & A

Virtual Learning Strategies for ELLs

Supporting Your ELLs During School Closures

Planning for Multiple Grade Levels

Using Visuals with Scaffolds

Fostering Independence While Working with Small Groups

Teaching Reading Skills through Read Alouds

Engaging Lesson Ideas During Testing Season

Maximize Your Planning Period

Teaching Complex Topics with Picture Books

Refresh Your Mindset

EP 23: Teaching Grammar & Punctuation to your ELLs Without Guilt

EP 22: Advocating for the Arts

EP 21: Plan Engaging Winter Lessons

EP 20: Increasing ELLs Listening Skills

EP 19: Supporting your ELLs in Writing

EP 18: Data Binders and your ELLs

EP 17: Novel Studies and your ELLs

EP 16: The Power of Field Trips

EP 15: The Power of Planning for ELLs

EP 14: 3 Ways to Save Time Preparing for your ELLs

EP 13: Beginning of the Class Routines Every ESL Teacher Should Use

EP 12: Increasing Rigor with your ELLs

EP 11: Get Your ELLs Talking

EP 10: Supporting ELLs in Math

EP 9: Supporting ELLs in Social Studies

EP 8: Supporting ELLs in Science

EP 7: This Speaking App Transformed My Classroom

EP 6: How to get you classroom funded with Donors Chose

EP 4: Setting Up your ESL class for the New School Year

EP 3: An ESL Teacher Guide to Self-Care

EP 2: ESL Teacher Collaboration with Mainstream Teachers

EP 1: Six Strategies & Tips For You and Your ELLs