The Teacher Education Podcast

Nearly 8% of the nation’s teachers graduate from California State University. That places a lot of responsibility on today’s guest, the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Educator Preparation and Public School Programs for CSU, Dr. Marquita Grenot-Scheyer.

01:04  Introducing Dr. Marquita Grenot-Scheyer

02:05  How Special Education Has Changed Over Time

05:24  Preparing Candidates in Teacher Education

07:34  Closing the Diversity Gap for Teacher Candidates

12:31  Advice for Administrators in Teacher Preparation

16:30  Preparing for the New Normal Amidst COVID-19

17:08  Lightning Round

Video with captions: https://youtu.be/jF_zxbSPzqU

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Elementary teachers have the responsibility to incorporate a STEM curriculum into their classrooms, but integration can be difficult. For some insight and ideas, I interviewed Dr. Anni Reinking.

00:57   Introducing Dr. Anni Reinking

03:28   Preparing Teacher Candidates for Diversity Within the Classroom

07:13   The Challenges of Integrating STEM Curriculum Into Elementary Settings

08:59   What STEM Should Look Like

10:43   Girls’ Interest in STEM Fields

13:32   3 Ways to Integrate STEM Into Your Classroom

17:13   The Magic Wand Question

18:39   Lightning Round

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With 20 plus years of experience preparing teacher candidates online, Dr. James Mitchell is an invaluable resource for teacher prep professionals looking to create a sustainable online learning environment for their candidates this fall.

00:40   Paradigms for Online Education

04:34   Tips to Support Candidates Online

06:04   Common Online Teaching Concerns

08:44   Equity and Accessibility in Online Courses

10:38   Fostering Teacher-Candidate Relationships Online

12:28   Preparing Teacher Candidates for Online Supervision

14:30   Debunking Online Education Myths

16:03   A Healthy Transition to Teaching Online

19:09   Q&A Session

Link to full transcript: https://blog.goreact.com/2020/06/05/online-teaching-tips-workshop/

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With all of the discussion, research, and effort around equity in education, are we making any headway? Dr. Paul Gorski provides teacher prep programs with ideas of how to strengthen their equity efforts.

01:22  How Equity in the Classroom Has Evolved

04:09  The Illusion of Equity in the Classroom

07:13  Entering Teacher Education With Integrity

10:23  Advice for Teacher Ed Programs

15:25  EdChange and the Equity Literacy Institute

16:43  Lightning Round

Link to full transcript: https://blog.goreact.com/2020/05/26/equity-literacy-paul-gorski-podcast/

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Can teacher academies help solve the current teacher shortage? Lennon Audrain shares his perspective, research, and experience with teacher academies and Educators Rising.

01:01  Educators Rising and Lennon Audrain

04:06  Are Teacher Academies Helping the Teacher Shortage?

08:19  3 Ways to Modernize Teacher Academies

12:01  Clinical Practice and Pre-Collegiate Teacher Candidates

13:18  Partnering with Teacher Prep Programs

18:14  The Magic Wand Question

19:15 Lightning Round

Link to full transcript: https://blog.goreact.com/2020/05/12/educators-rising-teacher-shortage/

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As more and more programs and states adopt edTPA standards, teacher preparation professionals are thrown into the proverbial deep end. To help you navigate those edTPA waters, we interviewed Dr. Lisa Barron.

00:49  Introducing Dr. Lisa Barron and Austin Peay State University

05:20  Challenges in Teacher Preparation Programs

07:20  The Early Learning Teacher Residency Program

09:49  Impacting the Teacher Shortage

11:42   edTPA Implementation

13:21  Advice for Piloting edTPA

15:17  The Benefits of edTPA

18:55  The Magic Wand Question

19:58  Lightning Round

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What should equity in the classroom look like? For some perspective, we interviewed the 2019 National Teacher of the Year, Rodney Robinson.

01:26  Coronavirus and Educational Inequities

02:51 Sylvia Robinson

04:49 Know Your Students

07:34 The School-to-Prison Pipeline

12:39 Teacher-Student Relationships

14:40 Equity and Teacher Preparation Programs

17:04 Diversity in the Teaching Profession

21:00 3 Ways to Build Equity in the Classroom

25:17 The Magic Wand Question

26:50 Lightning Round

Link to full transcript: https://blog.goreact.com/2020/04/14/equity-in-the-classroom-rodney-robinson-podcast/

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Teacher retention is a perennial topic these days. In order to better understand why certain teachers stay, we chatted with Suzanne Beasterfield about her research.

00:45  Introducing Suzanne Beasterfield and Idaho State University

03:23 A Pilot Study on Teacher Retention

06:16 Suzanne’s Findings

11:09 Higher Education’s Role in Teacher Retention

13:57 Administrators and Teacher Retention

15:27 Gender Insights and Future Research

17:18 The Magic Wand Question

17:45 Lightning Round

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The Association of Teacher Educators is turning 100! We sat down with ATE president, Dr. Christie McIntyre, to discuss ATE’s legacy, current policy initiatives, and the exciting future of micro-credentialing.

0:36 Introducing Dr. McIntrye and ATE

2:56 Today’s Modern ATE

5:43 Teacher Performance Assessments

8:37 Micro-Credentialing in Teacher Preparation

13:25  The Magic Wand Question

16:42 A Playbook for State Leaders

18:26 Lightning Round

19:57  ATE Annual 2020 Meeting

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Link to full transcript: https://blog.goreact.com/2020/02/13/association-of-teacher-educators/

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Can preservice teachers handle hard feedback? Dr. Amy Broemmel and Dr. Jennifer Jordan say they can. These two professors from The University of Tennessee at Knoxville explain the roles of hard feedback and autonomy to foster professional development in teacher candidates.

1:37 The Role of Supervisors and Feedback

7:07  Diversity at The University of Tennessee

9:58 The Enrollment Problem

13:54 Teacher Preparation Ten Years in the Future

14:53  The Magic Wand Question

18:13  Lightning Round

Read the Full Transcript: https://blog.goreact.com/2020/02/04/preservice-teachers-feedback-podcast 

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A little matchmaking may save you time in the long run. Dr. Michelle Adler, the Elementary Education Program Chair at Wichita State University, shares her strategies to strengthen candidate relationships with faculty and mentors.

2:02  Welcome to Wichita State University

3:14 Matching Interns and Mentors

7:42 The Enrollment Shortage

10:28  Building Relationships With Candidates

12:30 Teaching Strategies

13:48 The Role of Technology in Teacher Prep

15:52 The Magic Wand Question

17:50 Lightning Round

Link to Full Transcript: https://blog.goreact.com/2020/02/04/teaching-interns-mentor-match-podcast/

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