26 episodes
What Do We Know? A Podcast for Teachers James MacIndoe
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- Education
The repetitive nature of teaching lends itself to living life on autopilot. That makes it all the more important to step back and reflect. What we do know works? How do we know that? What can we do better?
This podcast aims to name and explore the most important issues that teachers face every day inside and outside the classroom. Through organic conversations, we unpack the challenges facing modern educators, discuss student-centered solutions to these problems, and reflect on our strengths and weaknesses.
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#26 - Laura Boyle
I talk with Laura Boyle, a former student of mine at GCM who is now in the teacher education program at the University of Virginia.
The poem featured in the intro is "To Rebuild" by Hallie Knight.
All other content written, edited, and produced by James MacIndoe. -
#25 - Hindsight 2020 (Part 2)
The second in a series, this episode is exactly what it sounds like: a highly critical examination of what it was like to teach in 2020. I talked to admin, teachers, students, and even my school's psychologist about the visible and invisible impacts of the pandemic on instruction, student life, and the future of teaching.
Also featured in this episode is some food for thought from the new book A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider, which you should all go find and read immediately.
Special thanks, again, to Cole Harding, Jessica Post, Trip Sargent, and Willow Mason. -
#24 - Hindsight 2020 (Part 1)
The first in a series, this episode is exactly what it sounds like: a highly critical examination of what it was like to teach in 2020. I talked to admin, teachers, students, and even my school's psychologist about the visible and invisible impacts of the pandemic on instruction, student life, and the future of teaching.
Special thanks to Cole Harding, Jessica Post, Trip Sargent, and Willow Mason. -
#23 - Daniel Reinish
Dan and I talk about our districts’ respective remote learning plans and explore the logistical, instructional, and personal obstacles we’ve had to navigate as we try to do our jobs.
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#22 - Sam Long
In this episode, I review Dana Goldstein’s book The Teacher Wars, and I talk to Sam Long, a science instructor at my school who is developing a gender inclusive approach to teaching biology.
Episode notes
Sam's most recent Chalkbeat articles:
Disrespected and excluded as a teen, this transgender teacher wants a different high school experience for today’s students
I’m a trans educator who’s had to fight for my place in school. Here’s how you could help, and learn from, teachers like me.
Sam's resource page for biology teachers:
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#21 - Jonathan Wolfer
In this episode, I talk with Jonathan Wolfer -- a Regis University professor and the principal of Douglass Elementary School in Boulder Valley -- about educational policy, leadership philosophy, and some of the more unique aspects of Colorado's education scene.
Links to important things:
TABOR
The negative factor (there's a great breakdown about halfway through the article)
SB-191