The Simple Classroom Podcast

Stephanie Sutherland
The Simple Classroom Podcast

A podcast devoted to discussing simple solutions to all of our teacher problems! Each week, Stephanie Sutherland, an educator and teacher-author for a combined 12 years, discusses prompts centered around her own classroom experiences, or the difficult experiences of others, and shares her thoughts and feelings. The door is open for you to join the discussion on social media to share your own thoughts and feelings alongside other educators!

  1. 10/08/2024

    TSC Ep 34 - Small Group Planning Tips

    We’re still over here talking about thing we spend too much time on as teachers, and I’m back with a new episode this week! So far, we’ve talked about grading and parent communication.If you missed either of those emails, just reply to me here and I’ll send you the link to either podcast episode! This week, I want to talk to you about small group time. This is a doozy of a subject, because there are so many moving parts. You need to form the groups using data, move the groups around...

    18 min

  2. 09/24/2024

    TSC 033 - Parent Communication Tips to Save you Stress

    This week's episode is all about parent communication! Parent communication is critical. You can’t skip it. But you can certainly simplify it, streamline it, and systematize it. If you find yourself fretting over responding to parent emails that feel a little combative, or realizing after you’ve gone home for the weekend that you forgot to send out your newsletter (again), this week’s podcast episode will take a lot of stress off of your plate…for the rest of your teaching career! S...

    20 min

  3. 09/16/2024

    TSC 032 | Grading Tips that Save You Time

    It’s time for a new series! In the month of September, we’re going to talk all about things that are important as a teacher, but that you’re probably spending too much time on. These are indispensable things. You can’t skip them. They must be done. But, they can absolutely be streamlined and simplified so you are spending significantly less time on them, and only working on the parts of each task that are really important. We’re kicking it off this week with grading. I have two questions...

    19 min

  4. 08/21/2024

    Behavior Management Strategies that Work

    Welcome back to another episode of The Simple Classroom Podcast, and to a new installation of the 'There's a Hack for That' series. Today we're talking about behavior management.Listen in to get some fresh, new strategies to use in class this year that you can grab and go immediately!Show Notes:Behavior Management Playbook

    22 min

  5. 08/05/2024

    Routines and Procedures that STICK

    We’re back for another week of there’s a hack for that! This week, I have a teaching hack that is centered around teaching routines and procedures in a way that ensures that you students actually remember them.I'm a member of several Facebook groups for teachers. I love the collaboration and brainstorming that happens in the teaching groups, so I have joined several over the year. Recently, in one of the groups, someone was asking, “how do you teach all of the routines and procedures that you...

    16 min

  6. 07/23/2024

    The Ultimate Hack for Student Birthdays

    It's another week of the 'There's a Hack for That' series!Today's hack? Student birthdays.Student birthdays are one of those things that I think we teachers have over-complicated in the past 10-15 years. I mean, when I was a kid, I'm pretty sure my teacher just said 'Happy Birthday' to me, and that was great. I don't know when teachers began giving gifts to their students, but it definitely was not always the case.And I'm not complaining. I love a reason to celebrate and make my students feel...

    16 min

  7. 07/14/2024

    TSC Ep 028 - Sub Plan Hacks that Make Being Sick Easier

    Welcome back to The Simple Classroom Podcast! The show took an unexpected hiatus at the end of 2023. Surprise 4th babies and maternity leave planning will do that to a girl. But, I'm back and FULL of things to say in this new season of The Simple Classroom Podcast.We're kicking off a new semester of episodes under the theme "There's a Hack for That". Remember the old Apple commercials, 'There's an App for that?'. This is kind of like that. Any problem you face in teaching likely has a hack th...

    20 min

  8. 11/13/2023

    TSC Ep 027 - The December Teaching Game Plan (Part 1)

    I want you to picture this:It's Christmas morning. You're watching your family open presents. You are sipping hot coffee and eating snacks. You are fully rested and refreshed because you haven't touched school work since the last day of school.And you know you won't be touching it until your first day back in the new year.How? Because you had a game plan for December that kept you on top of your December tasks, while ALSO allowing you to get ready for January.So, nothing fell through the crac...

    18 min
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About

A podcast devoted to discussing simple solutions to all of our teacher problems! Each week, Stephanie Sutherland, an educator and teacher-author for a combined 12 years, discusses prompts centered around her own classroom experiences, or the difficult experiences of others, and shares her thoughts and feelings. The door is open for you to join the discussion on social media to share your own thoughts and feelings alongside other educators!

Information

  • Creator
    Stephanie Sutherland
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 The Simple Classroom Podcast
  • Show Website
    The Simple Classroom Podcast

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