Teacher Prep with Dr. D

What is the history of Billingual Education in our country and how does policy and practice influence second language acquisition.  In this episode Dr. Clara Amador-Lankster shares insight into the evolution of billingual education and how the changing landscape of schools and policy around language acquisition is bringing back programs and the need for teachers to be billingual.

Dr. Clara Amador-Lankster is a Fullbright ...

Jasmine A. Stirling is the debut author of A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice, a picture book biography of Jane Austen about persistence and creative mastery. Jasmine lives on a cheerful street in San Francisco with her husband, two daughters, and their dog. From a young age, she loved to write poems and stories and worked her way through nearly every children’s book (and quite a few for grownups, too) in her ...

In this episode, explore the notion of going gradeless in your teaching practice to foster creativity, harness soft skills and support students in fostering a love of learning, rather than a fear of assessment.  Batsheva Frankel, MAT, the producer, and host of the podcast, Overthrowing Education, is a veteran educator of over 25 years and the founder of New Lens Ed. where she gives online and in-person workshops, courses, and ...

Interview with Jesika Silva-Zabajnik (LMFT) and Cindy Klinecki (LCSW) about the impact of Covid 19 on children and teachers' mental health.  Hear best practices for supporting your students while working remotely and self-care during this time of trauma. 

Resources: 

Suicide Prevention Life Line:

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/how-we-can-all-prevent-suicide/

Professional Quality of Life Measure: 

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In this episode of Teacher Prep with Dr. D, author Chris Luzniak shares his work of classroom debates as part of his mathematics routine.  Find out why Math Debates can bring the Standards of Mathematical Practice to a whole new level and how you can use this approach in both an online and traditional classroom.  Check out this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/IBMnUlOxCbY

Chris Luzniak is currently a math teacher and ...

In this episode of Teacher Prep hear from two teachers whose passion for teaching and learning has turned into a lucrative side hustle that is supporting other teachers from around the world.

Greg Williams from Amped Up Learning is a Social Studies Instructional Coach in Texas.  He created Freck playing cards to master Social Studies curriculum and founded Amped up Learning which is a virtual teacher marketplace https://a...

How can we be intentional when planning instruction so that students are both engaged, motivated and supported in our classroom? In this episode Drs. McConnell and Conrad, authors of Lesson Planning with Purpose share 5 models for designing instruction through the lens of perceptive teaching: the belief that teachers must know themselves and their students while cultivating culturally sensitive, safe, and inviting spaces for learni...

In this interview with Dr. Tracey Benson, he shares the research and framework for his book, Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism, which was released with Harvard Education Press in August 2019. Dr. Benson and his co-author Sarah Fiarman wrote this book as a roadmap for school and district leaders who seek to eliminate racial achievement gaps through rooting out and addressing racial bi...

In this episode of Teacher Prep, listen to three teachers share their successes and challenges in the first few weeks of teaching remotely.  Three educators share their best practices, advice for teachers and how they use technology and a growth mindset to develop the skills to teach their students remotely.

Joining us in the discussion:

Brett McMahon  @McmahonClass 

Travis Novak @MrNovackHistory

Paul Dietrich  ...

Kristen Miller is an high school mathematics, Avid, and Career Technical Education teacher who also served as a middle school Vice Principal.  Her book "These Kids are Driving Me Crazy" consolidates impactful techniques for managing challenging behaviors which can be replicated with her Empower method.  Learn about how to start the school year feeling "Empowered" and harness your ability to build healthy relationships whi...

Want to know best practices for bringing parents into the virtual world of co-teaching with you? Join me and KinderRockets founder Ben Cogswell as he shares his secrets for building purposeful partnerships with parents.  Ben Cogswell is a CUE Member, Kindergarten teacher and 2019 CUE BOLD teacher of the year. He shares his awesome mindset of blending amazing pedagogy with easy to access edtech in his #KindRockets classroom. Be...

Brendon Jobs is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Haverford School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He is a James Madison Fellow, Lehrman Fellow, a National Constitution Center Annenberg Fellow, an Education Pioneer with the SEED Foundation in Washington D.C., and an active member of Philadelphia’s teacher leader community via work with Teacher Action Group (TAG). In this podcast we talk about how teachers ...

Discover what it takes to build fact fluency with your students through the use of running records. Ann Elise Record joins Dr. D to discuss the importance of computational fluency and what strategies and scaffolds you can provide with intentional math practices. Level up your math practice and your students math fluency through strategies, choice, voice, games, and parent communication.  Check out her resources 

@AnnElise...

Rusty May joins Dr. D to talk about what teachers should consider for creating a safe space in a time of distance learning and how to prepare for a new year school year that may become distant learning.  Join us as we share insight and research about what you should consider for promoting Social Emotional Learning in today's distance learning classroom.

Be sure to check out Rusty May's School online videos to build Social-Emot...