Catholic Teachers' Lounge

Catholic Teachers' Lounge

Each episode of Catholic Teacher’s Lounge features ideas for your classroom that we gather from all over the country.

Episodes

Transition and connection

June 5, 2024
Use the summer to prepare kids to comfortably start the year together. Offering some short, easy connection opportunities, like popsicles in the park, is good for teachers, parents, and students.
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Things in Moderation

June 4, 2024
Trying to make big changes all at once can result in undesirable outcomes. Making changes, personally or professionally, can be a slow and steady process. Whether talking about personal fitness, redesigning your classroom, or getting kids to participate in silent sustained reading for 25 minutes, moderation and slow build will get you there.
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Nervous system reset

May 30, 2024
The vagus nerve connects the brain to all bodily organs and is therefor affected by almost every internal and external stimulus. In this episode, Colleen and Jill discuss the importance of knowing some basics of neuroscience to help kids with self regulation and stimuli that affect classroom performance and behavior.
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Life on display

May 29, 2024
Seeing and hearing an unborn baby impacts pro-life beliefs and advocacy. Jill shares a story about an elementary school having live ultrasounds for the student body to experience life in the womb.
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Using interviews as a learning tool

May 28, 2024
Interviews can be used as a flexible teaching, learning, and assessment tool in many classes and at any grade level. This episode highlights ways to integrate interviews to create perspective, teach critical thinking, and more.
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Coding Student Work

May 23, 2024 • 12 mins
The methods of qualitative research apply to grading papers, too. When grading a stack of papers, how do you categorize them by what you notice? Using codes to create different learning paths based on how students responded to particular quiz questions will help to improve your instruction for the next year. Connections to standardized test data is also discussed.
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Teaching Writing in Lower Grades

May 22, 2024 • 13 mins
Learning to write is a long process with milestones at each grade level. In this episode Colleen and Jill discuss the fundamentals of learning to write in the lower grades using graphic organizers and having realistic expectations for idea development and grammatical and structural skills.
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AP vs. Dual Credit

May 21, 2024 • 12 mins
Which is better, Advanced Placement or Dual Credit? This episode debates the merit of offering these types of courses in high schools.
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Reasons kids misbehave and detach

May 16, 2024 • 12 mins
It's important for teachers to remember that student behaviors are not personal. This episode reveals 5 reasons why students misbehave and detach in school.
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Anti-picks for summer reading

May 15, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode, Colleen and Jill discuss ways to get kids to read over the summer, specifically through trickery.
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Risk taking & resilience

May 14, 2024 • 12 mins
A recent study has shown a drastic drop in risk taking behaviors among teens. This episode unpacks why this is NOT a good thing for kids, and how risk taking in the classroom is still important.
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Learning Languages

May 9, 2024 • 13 mins
After experiencing "Italian for Survivors" in a high school in Perugia, Italy, Jill realizes that our students back here in the US do not have much exposure to other languages. Even students who study Spanish for their whole lives have not had enough language hours to have conversational Spanish when abroad. We discuss passion for language and the desire for language to expand our moments of ministry in the global Church.
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Data walls for curriculum development

May 8, 2024 • 12 mins
In many schools data walls are used to show student progress and achievement. In this episode Colleen and Jill explore the idea of using data walls to show alignment of curriculum standards to help teachers plan instruction. Also discussed is the importance of connecting topics taught in different subject areas for depth of learning and remembering information.
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Letters to Saints

May 7, 2024 • 12 mins
Have you ever been surprised by a saint? In this episode we discuss St. Anthony of Padua and Blessed Carlo. Those who pray for their intercessions drop them notes in Churches. Teachers can do the same, dropping letters in the mail to these places of worship.
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If the Walls Could Talk

May 2, 2024 • 12 mins
Motivation, resources, and inspiration come to life with whatever you place on the walls of the classroom. The same goes for teachers' lounge and the school in general. Bring your mission to life on the walls of the school.
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May Crazies

May 1, 2024 • 12 mins
Regular rules go out the window in the month of May for behavior rules and classroom management policies, but that doesn't mean we can't plan accordingly. How to make the most of the final weeks together to finish the year strong.
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Circus Strategies

April 30, 2024 • 12 mins
Keeping kids engaged during spring fever with the end of the year in sight is especially challenging. Explore several fun and easy suggestions from creative teachers.
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Helping Parents

April 25, 2024 • 13 mins
There is no such thing as parent norms. Every family and home situation is unique, making it complicated to assume what every student should or shouldn't do. How to work together to focus on the child's success instead of parents' failures and challenges.
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Scavenger Hunts

April 24, 2024 • 11 mins
Scavenger hunts can be fun learning tools for students, staff and even parents. It integrates movement, purpose, and a sense of adventure to share ideas and concepts in a very practical sense.
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Vertical Chats

April 23, 2024 • 11 mins
Mid-year conversations open up all sorts of new ideas and tips -- especially talking to teachers who taught your students last year and teachers who will teach your kids next year. It naturally creates a two way conversation about realities and expectations.
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