What is the teachers lounge?
Teachers' Lounge is a new podcast from WNIJ diving into the issues impacting students and teachers across Illinois, and giving teachers themselves space to tell stories from inside their classroom.
Where is Jackie Cleven in 2021?
March 5, 2021 •#N#On a new episode of Teachers' Lounge: Jackie Cleven! She's a second-grade teacher at South Prairie Elementary in Sycamore and teaches at Kishwaukee College. Longtime Teachers' Lounge fans may remember Jackie as the first guest who was ever on this show . She shared a personal essay about how she feels at the end of the school year. Host Peter Medlin always felt a little bad because she's our only guest who was never actually interviewed — so we wanted to fix that, more than a year-and-a-half
Who is Laurie Cooper?
April 16, 2021 •#N#On a new Teachers' Lounge, Dr. Laurie Cooper Stoll: sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She's also an author who studies social inequalities, gendered violence and fat studies — which is primarily what we talked about on this episode. She also has a website and blog she runs with a colleague, Dr. Darci Thoune, called " Two Fat Professors " where they fight fatphobia with education, community building and, as they say, a LOT of sass. As she says — we all have bodies --
Who is Marcel Walker?
April 30, 2021 •#N#On a new episode of Teachers' Lounge: Marcel Walker! He's a comic book artist and art teacher extraordinaire. Marcel helped create the educational comic series " CHUTZ-POW! Superheroes of the Holocaust " with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and works with "ToonSeum" — a museum of comics and cartoons. The ToonSeum even held an exhibition called " From MLK to March: Civil Rights in Comics and Cartoons " with civil rights icon, the late Representative John Lewis. Peter and Marcel are also
Who is Silvia Hudzik?
May 28, 2021 •#N#Today on the show we have a school social worker — Silvia Hudzik! She's a social worker for middle school students at Rockford Public Schools, she's had the chance to talk to dozens and dozens of students online and in-person throughout COVID.
What is the teacher lounge?
“Welcome to the Teachers’ Lounge” is the podcast dedicated to honest conversations with educators about what they do and (more importantly) who they are. Join host and teacher Jon Lemay each week as he highlights the complex and rich lives led by teachers with diverse interests, identities, and stories.
Who is Andrew Nieporent?
Jon speaks with Andrew Nieporent, a New Jersey-based music therapist and singer-songwriter who works with Jammin’ Jenn Music Therapy for Children. Andrew and Jon discuss the work Andrew does using music to reach students with neurological differences (particularly autism); Andrew shares how he uses his own experiences as someone with neurological differences to understand how to best serve the folks he works with; and they talk about the importance of recognizing students’ potential and appropriately challenging them to be their best selves and live their fullest lives. Andrew also talks about his new album Lackawanna Waiting Room, which you can listen to on all streaming platforms!
Who is Gautam Dasgupta?
Jon speaks with Gautam Dasgupta, a theater professor at Skidmore College—and one of Jon 's own former professors. Gautam shares some stories about his winding path through academia, he discusses his belief that genuine passion and love of life trumps academic achievement and success, and he talks about how his childhood growing up in India led to a passion for the arts and the humanities in spite of pressure to pursue a life in the sciences.
Who is Ronnie Vesnaver?
This week, Jon speaks with Ronnie Vesnaver, a middle school history teacher and one of Jon's friends and colleagues at The Pennington School. Ronnie highlights how her academic struggles during her early days as a student and her academic growth have impacted the work she does in the classroom; she and Jon discuss the importance of teachers sustaining their own emotional health in order to effectively serve both themselves and their students; and Ronnie talks about her work with sustainability initiatives and how she approaches cultivating an awareness and understanding within her students of what it means to be a responsible and sustainable consumer and global citizen.
Who is Terrance Wilson?
This week, Jon speaks with Terrance Wilson, an upper school English teacher at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, TN—and Jon's former colleague and mentor from his time at Lausanne. Terrance and Jon discuss Terrance's first few teaching jobs (one of which involved Terrance literally competing for his students’ attention while a carnival was going on outside); Terrance talks about his identity as (in his words) an “intellectual late bloomer” and how that led him to teaching and impacts his approach in the classroom; and he shares his thoughts on the importance of choosing good material that engages students, allows them to connect it to their lives, and activates their curiosity about the world around them. Host & Producer: Jon Lemay | Associate Producer: Emily Moler | Artwork: Katie Cooper | Music: "You Need a Visa" by Really From |
Who is Jon Lemay?
For the season finale, guest host Sarah Koppelkam (co-host of The Koppelkast) interviews Jon Lemay, an upper school English teacher at The Pennington School--and host of this podcast! Jon and Sarah talk about the dangers of comparing oneself to other educators, Jon tells a story about a time when one of his high school teachers called him out on some unfortunate behavior (in a kind and loving manner), and Jon shares what he tells himself when he's feeling frustrated or discouraged on bad days, weeks, or months of teaching.
Wrapping up our conversation with Elisa Lewis
In this final episode with Elisa Lewis, we discuss both the connections and disconnects that working primarily outside the classroom creates. We discuss the unique opportunities and challenges that the role of academic liaison presents. Join us as we close out this series and give Elisa the final word.
The broad view of the Academic Liaison
In today’s episode, we continue our short mini-series of interviews with Elisa Lewis. We discuss the broader perspective working in a school but not in a single classroom can provide. We discuss how many people in different roles can be needed to help students be successful. Join us as we continue our discussion.
The role of the Academic Liaison in planning and development
In today’s episode, we continue our short mini-series of interviews with Elisa Lewis. In this episode we talk about the planning and development role that Elisa plays in the school-wide RtI system. We talk about how using a 25 minute block of time at the end of the day helps provide for both intervention and enrichment for students.
Academic Liaisons balance their roles with students needing intervention and classroom teachers working to meet needs
I n today’s episode, we continue our short mini-series of interviews with Elisa Lewis, and Academic Liaison. In this episode we talk about the interplay between the liaison, student, and classroom teacher.
The intervention role of an Academic Liaison
Welcome to the Teachers Lounge brought to you by EDU@YourBest in collaboration with the Flipped Learning Network.
TL005 Tech In The Classroom
In this episode Ross, Bryan, and I discuss how technology has found its way into the classroom in ways we didn’t notice until we had an issue in our school that put the tech out of commission for an extended period. We take a few minutes to reflect on the classroom and communication challenges that this brought to light for us.
TL006 When Missing Class Is Worth It
In this episode of EDU@YourBest’s Teacher’s Lounge, Ross, Bryan, and I discuss our attitudes and approaches to students out of class for school related activities. As this episode is recorded in April students are in the midst of multiple field trips, athletic seasons, and mandated testing.
Why was the Teacher's Lounge created?
Established in 2020 The Teacher's Lounge came about because of the need for distance learning. There's a need for social distancing and a need for teacher's to socialize at the same time. Winston Bell is a professional substitute.
Who is Stacy Boss?
Stacy Boss is a license speech/language pathologist. Together they sort through the muddled waters of remote learning, teacher frustrations and get your speech and language questions answered. It's a little bit of talk, a little bit of laugh, and a little bit of education.
