TL012 The Teacher’s Lounge: Elisa Lewis Part 6 Final Thoughts

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12702050/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In this final episode with Elisa Lewis, we discuss both the connections and disconnects that working primarily outside the classroom creates. We discuss the unique opportunities and challenges that the role of academic liaison presents.  Check out this episode!

TL011 The Teacher’s Lounge: Teaching Outside the Classroom Part 5

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12699041/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] This is part 5 of our ongoing series with Elisa Lewis an Academic Liaison and we discuss the broader perspective working in a school but not in a single classroom can provide.  We discuss how many people in different roles can be needed to…

TL010 The Teacher’s Lounge – Planning Intervention and Enrichment School-wide

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12470384/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In today’s episode, we continue our short mini-series of interviews with Elisa Lewis. In this episode we talk about the planning and development role that Elisa plays in the school-wide RtI system.  We talk about how using a 25 minute block of time at…

TL009 Teacher’s Lounge: Academic Liaison Part 2

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12467210/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In today’s episode, we continue our short mini-series of interviews with Elisa Lewis, and Academic Liaison. In this episode we talk about the interplay between the liaison, student, and classroom teacher. We also continue to discuss some of the tightrope that coaches, interventionists, and…

TL008 Academic Liaison Part 1: Teaching when you are not in the classroom.

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12440357/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Join me this episode as Elisa Lewis visits the Teacher’s Lounge and we talk about her role as Academic Liaison.  In this first part of our conversation we discuss her role with struggling students.  Check out this episode!

The Teacher’s Lounge – Seasons of Teaching

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11868896/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In today’s episode, an encounter with an old high-school teacher of my own brings up the topic of reflection from the three of us about the changing seasons of our teaching careers. Join us as we talked about being an 11 year teacher, a…

Ask The FLN: Eirik Wattengard

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10473209/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Eirik Wattengard and I talk good practice for effective learning videos.    Check out this episode!

POI025 All Flipping Summer Idea 5: The Long Follow

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9999158/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] “Idea #5 Sharing your summer”, centers on including students in an ongoing project or conversation that allows them to see progress, frustration, setbacks, problem solving, learning, etc. To differentiate what I am talking about in this entry from the last entry, idea 4 was…

POI024 All Flipping Summer Idea 4

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9998831/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] This one is a big one.  Find some way to take your students with you, digitally, this summer. Every life science teacher I know finds themselves in the forest or on the lake. Every English teacher I know has a stack of books they’ve…

POI023 All Flipping Summer Idea 3 Pick Something

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9998621/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Q: How do you eat a whale?  A: One bite at a time.  It doesn’t much matter where you start on any big project or adjustment to your classroom.  The reality is you will likely not use the first thing you create or first…

POI022 All Flipping Summer Idea 2 Grow Something

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9998345/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/759041/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Take time this summer to find something “important” in your classroom or teaching that needs a little tending to grow to a more full potential. Knowing that summer allows for professional growth, we need to also make that growth a priority and set aside time…