The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

You might know Jennifer Gonzalez from her incredible website and podcast–both are titled Cult of Pedagogy and are a wealth of information on the topic she’s most passionate about (apart maybe from CrossFit). And that’s helping teachers develop and implement amazing lessons. I consider her to be one of my closest friends.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

The Truth for Teachers podcast is doing a two-part series about media literacy this season. Back in episode 216, I spoke with Peter Adams of the News Literacy Project about how educators can be informed media consumers and advocates for truth. We can’t teach skills to students if we don’t have those skills ourselves.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 14, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast, I’m giving you an overview of and a solid foundation for understanding trauma-informed teaching practices. It’s probably safe to say that every teacher is working with kids who have experienced trauma. Here’s what you need to know to support them. 1) Trauma is real.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: A timely conversation with Jess Lifshitz about developing critical consciousness in children by way of creating inquiry experiences. Subscribe in your podcast app, or download the MP3 here and listen on the go! ?. She has been teaching for 16 years. No time to read now?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 23, 2016

These days, a lot of my travel is spent on the subway. I keep the Kindle app on my phone and read, or maybe listen to some audio, but often it’s too loud to hear it very well. However, I LOVE audio as a medium, that’s really the heart of why I created this podcast. Podcasts are probably the #1 way I use my time in the car.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Repeating that process for just one minute can change your emotional state dramatically. . I’m an introvert, so this isn’t always my instinct and takes some willpower to orchestrate, but it’s extremely effective. It’s not a cop-out to decide you’re done for the day at 4:00 pm, and do as little as possible for the rest of the evening.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 29, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: I’m talking to Take Charge of Your Teaching Evaluation author Jennifer Ansbach about what a healthy teacher evaluation looks like and the three things you can do to take charge. Why teachers are feeling so anxious about the evaluation process.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Dr. Catlin Tucker , a blended learning coach and teacher of 16 years, shares her expertise about tackling the different aspects of blended teaching including engagement, group work, and assessment in a virtual classroom or hybrid setting.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 18, 2021

At a time when teachers are experiencing increased scrutiny, mistrust, and criticism from so many angles, it can be difficult to have the confidence needed to feel like you’re doing good work and can truly be yourself. So where does confidence as a teacher come from when you’re constantly hearing about everything you’re doing wrong?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 29, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: I’m talking to “Take Charge of Your Teaching Evaluation” author Jennifer Ansbach about what a healthy teacher evaluation looks like, and the three things you can do to take charge of yours. Why teachers are feeling so anxious about the evaluation process.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 21, 2018

This episode of the Truth for Teachers podcast is for educators who struggle with anxiety and feel like you’re just drowning in work. I wanted to be able to offer a sort of “virtual mentorship” and walk you through different aspects of teacher anxiety and help you figure out a new way to think about your work.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 7, 2019

In this episode of the Truth for Teachers podcast: t he four core beliefs of doing fewer things, better that will give you the courage to focus on what matters most. This is the struggle I hear about constantly from countless teachers all over the world. Want to listen instead of read ?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 10, 2016

Here’s the good news: you can re‐write those stories about how you are helpless and powerless, and start telling yourself that you can change things that are not working in your life. You can write an empowering story that you will enjoy living. For each new story you write, you can choose a new habit, as well. It’s reality.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 12, 2019

In my view: The standards have been raised to a nearly impossible level for parents. My mom made sure I did my homework, fed me dinner, and had me cleaned off and ready for bed at a decent hour. Certainly, she did much more to nurture my development than that and my dad was very present in our home, too.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast : We’re talking to Doug Fisher about the best practices in distance learning from their book with John Hattie — The Distance Learning Playbook: K-12 Teaching For Engagement and Impact in Any Setting. We didn’t forget how to be teachers. Recap and Big Ideas.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 28, 2016

I get a lot emails and messages from teachers about problems with administrators. Some of these teachers feel like their principals place too much emphasis on testing and try to standardize teaching. There’s no freedom for the teachers to be creative or exercise their professional judgment, and there’s no freedom for kids to be kids.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Every now and then I get a comment on one of my books , printables on TeachersPayTeachers , or the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club that says “It’s a shame that teachers charge money for everything now. I remember the days when teachers would give everything away for free.” Yes, seriously.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

What I wanted to do here is bring you the best of Genius Hour: to share what the most effective teachers are doing in this area, and HOW they’re doing it so you can learn from their experiences. AJ was a guest on Truth for Teachers way back in S1EP10 talking about how to overcome frustration due to constant change.

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 4, 2014

These tools can turn students into teachers and are great for sharing their answers to a project’s driving question. Whether it was a pretend building made out of a cardboard box, a public service announcement recorded on my Fisher-Price tape recorder, or a short film made with a very large VHS camcorder. You have a gift others need.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

What I wanted to do here is bring you the best of Genius Hour: to share what the most effective teachers are doing in this area, and HOW they’re doing it so you can learn from their experiences. AJ was a guest on Truth for Teachers way back in S1EP10 talking about how to overcome frustration due to constant change.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

Across the country, state legislatures have passed bills to ban “age-inappropriate” books from schools, in many cases subjecting teachers and school librarians to criminal charges for possession of such books. This climate has teachers and librarians feeling fearful, confused and stressed. Copyright 2024.

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