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Podcast Season 1

From Corporate America to ECE

By Michelle Morris Jones / September 10, 2020

What does it mean to be a pre-service teacher in the midst of a global pandemic? If you are PEBC Teacher Residency it means learning alongside mentor teachers from day one, establishing connections with colleagues, and deep study of the PEBC Teaching Framework just like you would in any year. […]

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Teacher Feature: Promoting Joy AND Understanding By Tending to Thinking, Content & Habits During Virtual and Hybrid Learning

By Michelle Morris Jones / September 3, 2020

In this episode, PEBC Lab Host, Tracey Shaw shares how she and her students have found their “happy place” as they navigate their collective journey through hybrid and virtual learning. As a high school math teacher, Tracey knows the importance of building a community of learners who can think and […]

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Storytelling in the Age of Remote Learning

By Michelle Morris Jones / August 27, 2020

In this episode Antonio Sacre and Michelle Jones discuss the history of storytelling, the art of storytelling, ways to bring stories to your classroom, and how to encourage students to tell their stories. Antonio encourages teachers of all age groups and content areas to share their stories with their students […]

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Teacher Feature: What’s Worth Showing Up For? Planning for Remote Learning

By Michelle Morris Jones / August 13, 2020

In this episode Jamie and Jeff dive into what matters most when planning for in-person and remote learning.  The question, “What’s worth showing up for?” drives their planning process.  They are intentionally planning with people, purpose and process in mind as they craft their remote math and literacy workshops.  This […]

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Supporting the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Students, Teachers & Leaders

By Michelle Morris Jones / August 6, 2020

In this episode Dr. Andra Brill joins Michelle Morris Jones to talk about the importance of fostering school and classroom communities that support the social and emotional needs of students, teachers, and school leaders as we all return to school. There is fear, uncertainty, and elevated levels of stress for […]

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Teacher Feature: Establishing Virtual Classroom Communities & Workshops

By Michelle Morris Jones / July 31, 2020

In this episode Kirsten Myers Blake shares ways to build virtual classroom communities and workshops.  After jumping into virtual instruction last spring, Kirsten realized that what her students needed the most was for her to “love hard” and to maintain the rituals and routines of her brick n’ mortar classroom. […]

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Teacher Feature: Fostering Agency and Independence Through Discourse in the Primary Grades

By Michelle Morris Jones / July 22, 2020

Jana Durbin, PEBC Lab Host, believes that all students need to be in control of their own learning, and that her role as a primary teacher is provide opportunities for curiosity, discourse, literacy, and independence to flourish.  In this episode, Michelle and Jana discuss the how primary teachers can develop […]

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Teacher Feature: Creating Equitable Access & Outcomes for All Secondary Social Scientists

By Michelle Morris Jones / July 14, 2020

In her classroom Ryan McKillop, PEBC Lab Host, leverages the workshop model, thinking strategies, and discourse to foster the thinking skills that all social scientists need to understand history, the world and its people from multiple perspectives. Ryan has found that simply “covering content” is not enough, she must create […]

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Leadership Opportunities & Obstacles in a Time of Ambiguity with Scott Murphy

By Michelle Morris Jones / July 7, 2020

Scott Murphy and Michelle Jones discuss the opportunities and obstacles that all school leaders are facing as the 20-21 school year begins to take shape. Scott shares his thoughts about critical core dispositions for leaders to hold during a time of crisis, ways to create community and purpose for school […]

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Planning for Opportunity, Engagement & Understanding with Cris Tovani

By Michelle Morris Jones / June 30, 2020

In this episode, Cris Tovani and Michelle Jones explore the opportunity gap and the intricacies of remote learning as we discuss how the elements of the PEBC Teaching Framework support student engagement, equity, and understanding for each and every student. Cris shares valuable insights into the importance of planning with […]

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Supporting Rich Talk for Young Learners

By Michelle Morris Jones / June 30, 2020

In this episode, Sue Kempton and Michelle Jones discuss the importance of promoting rich talk for young learners.  Sue shares how to establish rituals and routines for promoting discourse in a primary classroom, the connections between community, planning and discourse, and the ways in which a classroom with rich discourse […]

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What is Conferring? And Why Does it Matter? with Patrick Allen

By Michelle Morris Jones / June 29, 2020

In this podcast, Patrick Allen shares why conferring matters for teachers and students, ways to hone your conferring skills, and ideas to get started with conferring. He also discusses how conferring connects to planning, classroom community, application of the Thinking Strategies, practicing discourse, and assessment. Patrick is classroom teacher, PEBC […]

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