Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works

Rod made the move back to the classroom after years as a leadership and instructional coach. In this episode, he reflects on the surprises of returning to teaching—and how his experiences beyond the classroom shaped his transition. We talk specifically about how he has changed his writing instruction and his emphasis on student dialogue.

Resources:
The Literacy Cookbook (Sarah Tantillo)
literacycookbook.com/about-us.php
Inside Teaching: How Classroom Life Undermines Reform (Mary Kennedy)

Follow Rod on:
X/Twitter:  Rod (@rodjnaquin) / X
LinkedIn: (1) Rod Naquin | LinkedIn
Facebook: (2) Facebook
Substack: Rod J. Naquin | Substack
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Weston Kieschnick and I discuss teaching, coaching, leadership, relationship building, parenting, and the heavy burden of being funniest person in his family. This was a fun conversation with a great educator and a great guy.
X: Weston Kieschnick (@wes_kieschnick) / X
LinkedIn:  (1) Weston Kieschnick | LinkedIn
Facebook:  (3) weston kieschnick
Website:  https://westonkieschnick.com/

This podcast sponsored by:
The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here.
Murmuration Author Services by Mark Combes. Looking to write your first book? Murmuration Author Services is your friend and coach for this journey. Learn more here.

Dave McAlinden is an instructional designer at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. In this episode, we start by clarifying a question many educators have: What does an instructional designer actually do? If you’ve ever taken an online course, you’ve already experienced the impact of instructional design—whether you realized it or not.

You can connect with Dave on LinkedIn: (2) Dave McAlinden | LinkedIn
Feel free to reach out—Dave enjoys engaging with educators and talking through ideas about teaching, learning, and instructional design.

This podcast sponsored by:
The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here.
Murmuration Author Services by Mark Combes. Looking to write your first book? Murmuration Author Services is your friend and coach for this journey. Learn more here.

Lauren Brown and I discuss how social studies and history instruction shifts and deepens as students grow, mature, and develop a greater capacity for understanding over time.

Lauren hosts podcasts on teaching US History. Folks can also find the registration link on my Substack, on the Teacher Resources page. or here: Teaching U.S. History with Meaning

There will be 2 left when this podcast airs:
Thurs. Jan 22 - Using Themes & Stories to Make History Come Alive
Thurs. Jan 29 - Short, Powerful Writing Activities to Reinforce Learning
Both are at 6:00 CT/7:00 ET

Also find Lauren at:
https://laurenbrownoned.substack.com
For more, folks can check Lauren’s writing for MiddleWeb: https://www.middleweb.com/tag/lauren-brown/

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This podcast sponsored by:
The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here.
Murmuration Author Services by Mark Combes. Looking to write your first book? Murmuration Author Services is your friend and coach for this journey. Learn more here.

Dr. Carl Hendrick is known throughout the world for his expertise in the science of learning. In addition to publishing numerous articles, he has co-authored two books How Learning Happens and How Teaching Happens in which he shares the most impactful research on this topic.
In this episode he shares what he believes is the most important information that all teachers should know about how students learn but is still not being taught in many schools of education. He also has some advice for teachers about some things they can safely stop doing.
Links:
X: @‌C_Hendrick
BlueSky: @‌carlhendrick.substack.com
LinkedIn: Carl Hendrick
Weekly Science of Learning newsletter at The Learning Dispatch
How Teaching and Learning Happens e-learning course can be found here.