All episodes
159. My TOP TIPS for Helping Students Learn and Retain DENSE Topics in Your Science Classes
158. How to NOT Feel Like You Are Teaching to the Test
157. Serving ELLs With AI and MORE With Guest Alyse of Keystone Science
156. What to Do When You Are Micromanaged by Your Admin or District
155. How to Create Active and Accountable Learners in Your Secondary Science Classroom
154. AI and Chat GPT With Guest Mitch Wieland
153. How to Make Boring Topics More Engaging
152. Absences - How to Deal With Them
151. Ask Me Anything! Part 2: Differentiated Instruction, Difficult Conversations, Work/Life Balance, and More!
150. Ask Me Anything! Part 1: Difficult Coworkers, Engaging Labs, Classroom Management Strategies, and More!
149. Teaching on a Block Schedule - Why It’s Not as Bad as You Think
148. When You Have Too Much to Do and Too Little Time
147. Content Coverage - How to Get Through All of the Standards
146. How to Nail Your Next Observation - Planned or Unannounced
145. How to Build Resilience in Students Post-Pandemic
144. 4 Ways Having “No Rules” Has Changed My Life (And Could Change Your School Year)
143. My Top 5 Favorite Teacher Hacks for the New School Year
142. Reflections From a First-Year AP Teacher With Guest Laura Tice
E141. First Day of School Tips + What I Cover in My First Units of the Year
140. 5 Tips for Teaching Chemistry
139. Sunday Scaries - How I Use Friday Planning to Prevent Them
138. Serving Future You - How to Work Smarter, Not Harder
137. Work/Life Balance as a Mom and AP Teacher With Guest Kimberly Leary
136. Building a Team Mindset Into Your Classroom Culture
135. Using Anticipatory Conversations to Diffuse Classroom Chaos
134. Prioritizing Relationships Over Being Right
133. Using Refrains When Teaching
132. End-of-Year Personal Reflection - 6 Questions to Ask Yourself
131. End-of-Year Resource Audit
130. First Year Teaching? 5 Things I Wish I Had Known
129. 4 Things I Learned From Other Teachers That Changed How I Teach
128. Admin Appreciation - The Best Ways My Admin Ever Supported Me
127. Teaching AP Chemistry With Guest Zach Matson
126. Teaching AP Environmental Science With Guest Ashton Allgood
125. Teaching AP Biology With Guest Beth Hines
124. Teaching AP Physics With Guest Laura Preiser
123. What to Do When You Care More Than Your Students Do
122. How to Nail Your Teacher Job Interview + 3 Mock Lesson Ideas
121. Burned Out? When It’s Time to Make a Change
120. How to Cut Your Grading Time in Half
119. Increasing Retention - How to Get Students to Remember Dense Topics
118. CER: What It Is, and Why I Never Explicitly Taught It
117. How to Prep for a Long-Term Substitute Who Doesn’t Teach Science
116. Behind Schedule? What to Do and How to Prevent It in the Future
115. How to Act Confident When You’re Not
114. How to Bounce Back After You Mess Up
113. What to Do When You Have No Energy - Truths for the Classroom
112. What to Do When You Have No Energy - Systems for the Home
111. Priorities and Boundaries in the New Year
110. How to Manage a Classroom of Apathetic Students
109. 10 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Reflect Over Your Course Sequence
108. 5 Must-Have Routines and Procedures for Secondary Teachers
107. NGSS and Standards-Based Grading With Guest Boni Hamilton
106. Standards-Based Grading, Citizenship Grades, Motivation and MORE With Guest Jennica Harrison
105. What Happened When I Stopped Assigning Formal Lab Reports
104. Using Summative Assessments to Prepare Students for Standardized Tests
103. Authentic Assessments: How to Assess Students in a Way That Actually Matters
102. Tips for Teaching Waves and Kinematics in Your Physics Class With Guest Laura Preiser
101. 6 Tips for Teaching Stoichiometry in Your Chemistry Class
100. Your Questions Answered: Grading, Challenging Behaviors, Leave, Favorite Labs, Supporting ELs and MORE!
99. How to Teach the Nervous and Endocrine Systems in Your Anatomy Class
98. 5 Tips for Teaching Biochemical Reactions in Your Biology Class
97. 6 Grading Tips That Changed My Life
96. Why I Stopped Assigning Homework (And 6 Surprising Results)
95. How to STOP Grading Everything
94. How to Deal with Cheating in Your High School Science Classes
93. Simple Strategies for Classroom Management
92. 5 Ways to Have Precise Pacing and Tight Transitions in your Secondary Science Classroom
91. My Top 5 Classroom Management Routines and Procedures for High School Science Teachers
90. Classroom Management Philosophy for Secondary Science Teachers
89. Classroom Management in a Post-COVID World with Guest Casey O.
88. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Part 5
87. Aligning Your Assessments: Curriculum Design Part 5
86. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Part 4
85. Building Out Your Backbone: Curriculum Design Part 4
84. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Part 3
83. Forming Your Foundation: Curriculum Design Part 3
82. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Parts 1 and 2
81. Analyzing Your Aims: Curriculum Design Part 2
80. Strategizing Your Sequence: Curriculum Design Part 1
79. 4 Ways to Use Your Summer Well
78. Our LEAST Favorite Topics to Teach & How We Approach Them with Guest Sam Holcomb of Engineer Does Education
77. 5 Myths You Might Believe About Your Work Email
76. How Did You Do This Year?
75. End of Year Classroom CLEANOUT Without the FREAKOUT
74. My #1 Way to Simplify Future Lab Days
73. Teacher Appreciation Week Gone Wrong
72. Review Strategies for EOC, Benchmark, and AP Exams
71. "I'm the Problem, It's Me": Working with Difficult Coworkers and Admin with Guest Zach Matson
E70. “It isn’t an Attack on You”: Dealing with Difficult Parents with Guest Zach Matson
E69. Admin Support - WHY You Need to Ask, HOW to Ask, and WHAT to Ask For
68. Evaluating Your Teaching Contract
67. Considering a Teacher Career Change with guest Daphne Gomez, the Teacher Career Coach
66. Tips for Teaching at a Public School vs. a Private School
65. Considering Switching Schools? 10 Questions to Think Through
64. How to Re-Engage Apathetic Students (and Manage Your Own Apathy!)
63. Teaching and ADHD - Practical Tips for You AND Your Students with Guest Bri Plyler
62. 5 Ways to Instantly Make Your Planning Period More Productive
61. Rethinking Demos and More with Guest Dr. Erica Colón
60. Teaching with Packets - What They Are, Why I Love Them, and How to Use Them