Pod Save The Teachers

In celebration of Father's Day and as a more than two year reunion for the Pearcy family on the show, this week Dr. Mark Pearcy interviews his children Katie and Charlie and discusses how their education has been progressing, and gets their opinions on the state of education across the country.

Dr. Mark Pearcy is back from study abroad in Scandinavia with today's guests Erica Spence-Umstead and Skye Chernoblisky. On this episode they talk about their international experience.

On this episode of Pod Save The Teachers, we begin with a student spotlight on Ethan Elkin-Handelman, then Dr. Mark Pearcy, Ethan, and producers Ashley Semmel and Matthew Rodrigues discuss the effects of smartphones and social media on today's students.

Dr. Mark Pearcy talks to Jesse Ambriz, and Sarah Burdick, who teach at Fisher Middle School to get inside experience about their classroom and on their styles of teaching. Along with that there is a special student spotlight from Jacob Hubbs.

This week on Pod Save the Teachers Dr. Mark Pearcy sits down with Shane Conto and Amy Atkinson from the Academic Success Center at Rider to talk about studying, tutoring, and test anxiety in a world where test anxiety seems to be getting more and more common. We then followed that up with a wonderful student spotlight with this weeks guest Jenna Lubnewski.

In this episode Dr. Mark Pearcy is back again to discuss the best and worst ideas in education with student producers Matthew Rodrigues, Jay Roberson, and Nicholas Harrison. He then follows that up with a student spotlight with this months guest, Bekah Hickey.

In this months episode of Pod Save The Teachers Dr. Mark Pearcy and guest Dr. Tracey Garrett discuss strategies to manage different parts of the classroom. You can also meet our new PSTT student producer Ashley Semmel in our student spotlight!

This week on Pod Save The Teachers, Dr.Pearcy explores all the facets of what being a dean is like with Dean Jeannine Dingus-Eason. This episode also has a special appearance from our new student producers Matt Rodrigues and Ciara Khan.

In this episode of Pod Save The Teachers, Dr. Mark Pearcy discusses Rider University's student teaching abroad program. He is joined by Dr. Diane Giannola, the facilitator of the program, and Jeff Applegate, a graduate student for secondary English education who studied in Turku, Finland last spring semester!

This episode on Pod Save The Teachers Dr. Pearcy and the student producers decide the quintessential slang word for Gen Z in the Great Slang Exploder Tournament!

From pre-service to veteran perspectives, this month on Pod Save The Teachers, Dr. Mark Pearcy talks about the art of classroom management with teachers from Ewing High School, Victoria Burd and Christina Caldwell! Also joining him for student spotlight is Maddie McGreevy, current Rider education student!

This month on Pod Save The Teachers, Dr. Mark Pearcy dives into the vital topic of special education with fellow Rider professor Dr. Diane Giannola! Joining her is Rowan Mickley, a Rider student studying elementary and special education. For our student spotlight, we welcome back student producer Jay Roberson, who discusses their future endeavors in the field of special education!

This month on Pod Save The Teachers, Dr. Mark Pearcy talks with Dr. Sarah Perry, a professor of the Westminster Choir College, about the importance of music education! Our student spotlight guest is Jasmin Villatoro, a passionate music education student!

This month for Pod Save The Teachers Dr. Mark Pearcy discusses the trending epidemic of banning books across American schools with high school English teacher Johanna Claps! Our student spotlight features junior English major Talia Hincks!

This month on Pod Save The Teachers Dr. Mark Pearcy talks with Dr. Susan Dougherty about the most recent debate in Education. This month for Student Spotlight we meet our new Student Producers Jay Roberson, Sophia Caparas, and Nick Harrison.

This month on Pod Save The Teachers Dr. Mark Pearcy highlights the Hopewell Valley Regional School District with special guests Rebecca Mora, Dr. Rosetta Treece, and former HVCHS student, Gianluca Procaccini.

This month Dr. Pearcy does a district spotlight with Hamilton School District! Dr. Pearcy speaks with Superintendent Dr. Scott Rocco and our student Spotlight is Dr. Rashaan Monroe, who is the Principal of Klockner Elementary School!

This month on Pod Save The Teachers, Dr. Pearcy talks with Leah Rodriguez about transitioning teachers out of the classroom and into administration. For our student spotlight, three sophomore History Education majors, Amanda Aoun, Katelin Hornsby, and Mitchell Meyer, join Dr. Pearcy.