16 episodes
Real Educators Podcast Sandy Spence & Terri Friedlander
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Real educators Terri and Sandy discuss relevant and current topics in schools like teenage depression, vaping, the pandemic, teaching financial skills and more. They offer ideas and tips to help your child.
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Discussing the need for foreign language literacy and offering some ways to deal with test anxiety
Sandy and Terri discuss why foreign language literacy is an important life skill but often an area where students struggle. In part 2, they address high stakes testing and how to deal with rampant test anxiety.
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Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs growth and impact on student success
Sandy and Terri explore the growth of CTE programs in middle and high schools across the country and describe some of the unique benefits to the students who participate.
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Improving reading skills through Literacy Week and helping to create better readers.
Terri and Sandy discuss the upcoming event in schools called Literacy Week. They also offer tips and ideas to make reading fun.
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Teachers leaving the profession
Terri and Sandy discuss the November Michigan school shooting at Oxford HS. They also examine why one in four teachers are leaving the profession following issues with disruptive student behavior after the pandemic.
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Discussion of the Facebook whistleblower, the crisis of cyber bullying, and ways to combat bullying
Sandy and Terri review the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony of how the platform values profit over safety. They discuss the rebranding of Facebook to ‘Meta” and its goals for creating a “metaverse.” They also share some stories of bullying at school, share ideas like student-run Anti-bullying clubs, and discuss the crisis of cyber bullying.
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TikTok Challenges and tips for Red Ribbon Week
Real educators Terri and Sandy review some of the dangerous TikTok challenges and then offer some tips for Red Ribbon Week’s drug prevention and awareness.