This week, Matt asks the question, “How do we go about setting good rhythms for the first day of school?” We think through some of our favorite activities for the first day--ways to get students actively involved, setting the culture of the classroom, and engaging in real learning from day 1. Along the way, we discover that Abby loves scavenger hunts, that Matt has passion for knowing kids by name as a key part of building relationships, and that Dave knows all the countries of the world. (It’s a weird, free-flowing conversation, friends!) We hope that you’ll be encouraged and maybe even get a few ideas for how you’ll approach your first day of the new school year.
Episode 109: The Science of Reading: A Conversation with Dr. Gwen Marra
Episode 108: Teaching for (and from?) Transformation: A Conversation with Darryl De Boer
Episode 107: Teacher Leadership (or, why Abby is an effective leader, even though she never wants to be a principal)
Episode 106: Attracting and Retaining Great Teachers: A Conversation with Chad Dirkse
Episode 105: Empowering Learners (Recorded with a Live Audience at Sioux Falls Christian School!)
Episode 104: Power in the Classroom (or, why Dave is a “whimsical” teacher)
Episode 103: The Good Old Days (or, why Abby is the in-between generation, even though she never owned a flip phone)
Bonus: Christmas in the Hallway, 2023
Episode 102: Assessment Imaginings (or, ”Are we teaching students? Or teaching students to take tests?”)
Episode 101: Stories of Thanksgiving and Encouragement
Episode 100: A LIVE Hallway Conversation! - Recorded in front of a live audience at the Christian Educators’ Association Conference
Episode 099: A Conversation with Lynn Swaner (or, “It really is a very nice hallway you have here.”)
Episode 098: Walking the Camino, part II (or, education as pilgrimage)
Episode 097: Walking the Camino, part I (or, pilgrimage is both an individual and communal exercise)
Episode 096: Our Favorite Podcasts (or, why Dave Mulder dominates at trivia)
Episode 095: Reflections and Beginnings and Ongoing Development (or, ”into the newness”)
Summer 2023 Replay: What’s the Value in Project-Based Learning?
Episode 094: More Encouragement for Novice Teachers (and the difference between ”good” and ”great?”)
Summer 2023 Replay: Good Teaching Can’t Be Reduced to Technique (Can It?)
Episode 093: Advice for a Novice Teacher (or, eating the elephant one bite at a time)
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