Episodes

  • Episode 9 - Raising the Students Who Lead... Someone, Someplace

    Episode 9 - Raising the Students Who Lead... Someone, Someplace
    Jun 30 2024
    A short chapter about my ordeal with an important portfolio artefact and how it was (mis)handled. The image of the device I mention can be seen at https://bit.ly/AT_device
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    5 mins
  • Epusode 8 - Supervision

    Epusode 8 - Supervision
    Jun 30 2024
    A University Supervisor is someone who offers continuous support and guidance to a student-teacher. Spoiler alert: mine was either useless or... no, you'll have to listen.
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    12 mins
  • Episode 7 - Google Is Everything

    Episode 7 - Google Is Everything
    Jun 30 2024
    This is where I get mean. Like, really mean. I name names, I quote e-mails, and I make snarky comments. The names mentioned are the following: Charles Hamilton (my student-teaching coordinator and the person who gave me an idea for this book); Ebony Allen (the ever-useless recruitment coordinator); Eric Smith (my university's IT director); Drew Mills (the self-proclaimed JCPS Google super-admin); ... and me, of course. It is only 2 years after the book was published that I found out that our school district's security measures are stronger than the ones used in Fort Knox. Just something to keep in mind when listening.
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    16 mins
  • Episode 6 - Giving a Finger

    Episode 6 - Giving a Finger
    Jun 28 2024
    Oh, what an immigrant has to go through to get into student-teaching, despite lies and obstacles!
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    10 mins
  • Episode 5 - When Teamwork Makes Dream Work

    Episode 5 - When Teamwork Makes Dream Work
    Jun 28 2024
    Possibly the longest and kindest chapter where I talk about my cooperating teachers and their assistants helping me through the process and carefully guiding me as I struggle with some things while student-teaching virtually.
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    14 mins
  • Episode 4 - Lucky Trigger

    Episode 4 - Lucky Trigger
    Jun 28 2024
    What is NTI? Why was this book written? Who gave me the idea of it?
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    4 mins
  • Episode 3 - Missing Link

    Episode 3 - Missing Link
    Jun 28 2024
    The chapter answers what many do not realize is even a question, simply because the topic is so specific: what is student-teaching and why we do it?
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    2 mins
  • Episode 2 - Age-Old Tale

    Episode 2 - Age-Old Tale
    Jun 27 2024
    Education is like a pendulum, swinging back and forth between approaches. The only thing remaining unchanged was the firm belief that children learn best through play and must have face-to-face interaction. COVID changed it all.
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    2 mins