The Teacher As...
Education Podcasts
The goal of The Teacher As... podcast is to help you explore your passions and learn from others in education and beyond to better your teaching. The Teacher As... highlights innovative practices and uncommon parallels in education. Melissa Milner, veteran teacher, is your host. Melissa shares her own thoughts in The Teacher As...episodes. She also interviews educators as well as professionals outside of education in the Zooming In episodes. A new type of episode on The Teacher As...podcast is an educational "draft" similar to a football draft but about educational topics.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
The goal of The Teacher As... podcast is to help you explore your passions and learn from others in education and beyond to better your teaching. The Teacher As... highlights innovative practices and uncommon parallels in education. Melissa Milner, veteran teacher, is your host. Melissa shares her own thoughts in The Teacher As...episodes. She also interviews educators as well as professionals outside of education in the Zooming In episodes. A new type of episode on The Teacher As...podcast is an educational "draft" similar to a football draft but about educational topics.
Twitter:
@melissabmilner
Language:
English
Contact:
781-820-1051
Website:
https://www.theteacheras.com/
Email:
melissa@theteacheras.com
Episodes
The Teacher As Proud Supporter of Students' Reading Lives
4/26/2024
In this minisode, Melissa talks about the importance of read alouds and silent reading time. She shares some reading successes in her classroom and encourages teachers to reflect on how far their students have come.
Duration:00:06:39
Zooming In on Balance, Boundaries, and Breaks with Evan Whitehead
4/19/2024
Evan Whitehead, M.Ed. is an author, speaker, Mental Health Advocate, and the creator of Balance Boundaries and Breaks.™️ Evan shares his struggles with finding balance that brought him to his new focus of helping all educators find a healthy work/life balance.
Duration:00:40:21
The Teacher As Encourager of Logic
4/13/2024
In this very short minisode, Melissa, with laryngitis, shares that listeners should go to the Episode 112 page on theteacheras.com to see her students' reflections about logic puzzles. The students share how the puzzles got easier with continued practice and how they created their own logic puzzles.
Duration:00:01:47
Zooming In on Math Puzzles with Dr.Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record
4/5/2024
Dr. Nicki and Ann Elise share 10+ fun math puzzles you can use in your classroom tomorrow! Puzzles to practice math facts, understand algebra, and many more math concepts. "Puzzles are a portal to perseverance," Dr. Nicki Newton.
Duration:00:42:59
Zooming In on Math Student Vital Actions with Jen Hawkins
3/22/2024
In this episode, math educator Jen Hawkins shares the 7 student vital actions in the math classroom that are grounded in equity and logical thinking/reasoning. Jen talks about the importance of productive struggle as well as all students regularly using math vocabulary as they share their thinking.
Duration:00:25:31
Powerful Poem: There's a Hole in My Sidewalk
3/15/2024
In this minisode, Melissa shares a powerful poem that she feels could be shared with students in fourth grade and up. It is about the process of changing and it's been around since the 70s.
Duration:00:04:52
Spring Episode Preview
3/8/2024
In this episode, Melissa shares her amazing Spring lineup of guests. Just to list a few, math educators Jen Hawkins, Ann Elise Record, and Dr. Nicki Newton return to The Teacher As…Podcast. Also, Daphne Russell - self proclaimed educational evolutionist and chaos pilot- will discuss reading.
Duration:00:19:04
Students' Thoughts About Chess
3/1/2024
In this minisode, Melissa's students share why they love chess and why they think it should be played in schools.
Duration:00:07:16
Rewind: Top Ten Math Routines with Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record
2/23/2024
This is a rewind episode. This was originally published on February 19, 2021. It has the most downloads of all my episodes. Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record collaborate to create a top ten list of math routines.
Duration:00:38:35
The Many Benefits of Students Playing Chess
2/16/2024
In this episode, Melissa talks about the many benefits of students playing chess. From spatial reasoning and critical thinking skills to patience and time management, chess is a valuable addition to your indoor recess games and/or math centers.
Duration:00:08:04
Zooming In on Cult Education with Janja Lalich
2/9/2024
In this episode, Melissa talks to Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Sociology, who is an international authority on cults, extremism, and coercion. Janja's work is promoting a deeper, more accurate understanding of cults with the intent to avoid their manipulation, exploitation, and abuse. Janja explains why people get into cults and the importance of cult education and helping people heal after getting out.
Duration:00:31:38
The Teacher As Film Editor: The Bad Bits
2/2/2024
In this Teacher As Film Editor minisode, Melissa talks about Walter Murch's term the "bad bits." Teachers are like film editors who sometimes cut out the "bad bits" of their lessons to meet the needs of their students.
Duration:00:05:09
Zooming In on a Mindhunter with Dr. Ann Burgess
1/26/2024
Melissa speaks with Dr. Ann Burgess, a leading forensic and psychiatric nurse who worked for the FBI for over two decades. Dr. Ann tells how she educated FBI agents in data collection and organizing their research. She also shares about her college teaching her work to help with threat assessment in schools.
Duration:00:28:07
The Teacher As Film Editor: Student Accommodations
1/19/2024
In this episode, Melissa shares Walter Murch's thoughts about editing as a "discovery of a path." Student accommodations are discussed as a path for general education teachers to reach the diverse learners in their classroom. The Multi-Tiered System of Support and District Curriculum Accommodation Plans are discussed.
Duration:00:10:53
Zooming In on Poetry with Penelope Pelizzon
11/30/2023
In the 100th episode of The Teacher As...Melissa chats with professor and poet Penelope Pelizzon. We chat about her genesis of becoming the successful poet that she is and her ideas about teaching poetry to all ages of students. We get into the weeds about rhyme and theme and she talks about the process of writing a book of poetry like her latest creation.
Duration:00:45:44
Top Five Teacher As...Episodes/Upcoming 100th Episode
11/24/2023
In this minisode, Melissa shares the top five most downloaded episodes since the podcast started in July of 2020 in honor of the 100th episode coming out on 12/3/23.
Duration:00:06:28
Zooming In on Curriculum Collaboration with Heather Leonard and Erin Burchill
11/17/2023
In this episode, Melissa chats with Heather Leonard, a Pre-K-12 curriculum coordinator, and Erin Burchill, a K-8 Humanities curriculum coordinator. They share their strong focus on collaboration in order to eliminate the barriers that stop teachers from being able to implement the curriculum successfully.
Duration:00:24:18
The Teacher As Filmmaker/ Film Editing Introduction
11/10/2023
In this minisode, Melissa introduces her shift in focus from film director to film editor. Melissa's research into the parallels of film editing and teaching are explored in this series of minisodes.
Duration:00:04:03
Zooming In on Kelly Dempsey's Design and Teaching Process
11/3/2023
Kelly Dempsey returns to The Teacher As...Podcast. We talk about upcycling thrifted items and how Kelly teaches about a thrifting mindset in order to find great items to use for designs. Kelly sees everything in a thrift store as potential raw material. Kelly shares her design process and how she prepares to teach her classes. In addition, she gives some great thrifting tips and shares how Tim Gunn was an amazing teacher/mentor.
Duration:00:29:02
Zooming In on Teacher Mental Health with Ryan Pelkey
10/20/2023
In episode 95, Ryan Pelkey talks about the importance of paying attention to the mental health of teachers/staff. He offers ways to support each other and urges administration to focus on relationships.
Duration:00:28:42