This week’s conversation starts with Matt’s check-in question of, “What brought you joy this week?” (Are you using check-in questions with your students? We’d love to hear from you about this. You can always contact us at hallwayconvospod@gmail.com) The main discussion this week stems from a quote Dave brought from the book Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie: “Orville Wright did not have a pilot’s license.” We think through the conditions teachers need to feel empowered to take risks, and how collaboration is a key aspect of thriving together–not getting tangled up in the “giant hairball” of an organization, while also not flying off on our own, but rather finding a way to settle into an orbit of innovation and creativity.
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)
Summer 2023 Replay: Changing Our Minds
Episode 092: “During Our Careers, So Many Things Changed!” - A Conversation with Kim and Ed Starkenburg
Episode 091: Adventures in Becoming a Teacher (or, jump into the deep end and just start treading!)
Episode 090: A Christian Approach to Athletics? (Is it the great race to nowhere? Or a chance for redeeming culture?)
Episode 089: Efficient and Effective Grading (or, maybe we could just stop grading everything??)
Episode 088: Math Anxiety and ”Mathletes”: A Conversation with Dr. Val Zonnefeld
Episode 087: Hiring Teachers and Keeping Teachers (or, “Jeans Friday” and coffee gift cards won’t cut it!)
Episode 086: Addressing Kids’ Mental Health: A Conversation with Dr. Tara Boer
Episode 085: Beating the February Doldrums (or, if you want to keep your ice from melting, try packing it in ground beef!)
Episode 084: Reading Biographies: An Ode to Claire Alexander (or, stay out of the dryer kids!)
Episode 083: ”Always Becoming” (and Pablo Escobar’s Hippos?)
Episode 082: Christmas (and Breaks!)
Episode 081: An Advent Invitation
Episode 080: A LIVE Episode from InspirED!
Episode 079: Why Do Kids (Dis)Like School?
Bonus: More Thoughts on Teaching Bible with Gayle Doornbos
Episode 078: Advice for Teaching the Bible - with Gayle Doornbos
Episode 077: Are the Kids All Right? Deep Hopes for Parent Teacher Conferences
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