Classroom Brew

386: Happy Holidays (and Winter Break)! Just a quick wrap-up for the podcast in 2024.  Huge shoutout to James, Lish, Cyndi, Melynda, Sabrina, Leo, and Leslie!  See you in 2025!

385: The week and a half leading up to winter break are rarely fun, but they've been especially weird with some of these student interactions... Ryan gets into some of these communications, moments of gratitude, and more in this week's episode!
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384: You can't top a bald eagle in class... also discussed: a conundrum of a student, a weird feeling for a teacher, and witnessing the weird actions of other teachers...
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383: Ryan's first week back from Thanksgiving Break has been... stressfully frustrating... Everything from botched standardized testing, burst pipes, no heat in the school, and more!
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382: So much to cover this week, from updates on the Texas Board of Education's vote, Betsy Devos making a return, teachers union vs. school district negotiations, and the potential for the Department of Education to be dissolved. 
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381: The week before a holiday break is always tough; including engagement for students, juggling crazy current events in the classroom, and even working with students with Tourette's. We're making it through, though! Also this week: a return to our "Comment Hero of the Week" segment!
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380: This week started off with a sick day and botched sub plans—and it just went downhill from there, including an evacuation, an odd student complaint, etc.
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379: Teaching hours after the results of a tough election is hard... Parent conferences went well, but the day after the election was emotionally draining.
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378: The first one of "those" talks happened for Ryan at the new school with one of his classes... Also discussed: teacher prep in your early 20s versus your early 30s, attending the student fall play, upcoming parent conferences, an AI-Generated, and more!
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377: The theme of this week must be standardized testing and weird interactions with new coworkers... All this and more!
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376: Ryan's first observation at the new school seemed to go well, we look at another teacher's wild staff meeting experience, address the sleeping elephants in the room at the interim school board's first press conference, and more!
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375: Ryan covers questions from Reddit, Chicago's dire situation with the entire school board resigning, some wholesome moments with his new students, some weird encounters with a new coworker, and more!
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373: Some parts of Ryan's new job are just like the old days... Also discussed: how local news can interfere with instruction or assessment... and the potential for a teacher strike in the current school-year is a possibility... fun!!! (yikes...).
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372: The week of drill after drill... Listen 'til the end for this short pep talk...
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