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Teaching Today is brought to you by The Center for Professional Education of Teachers (CPET) at Teachers College, Columbia University.

In conversation with teachers, researchers, and school leaders, we’re dedicated to breaking down the problems, policies, and promising practices that define teaching. Uniting theory and practice, CPET promotes rigorous and relevant scholarship, and is committed to making excellent education accessible worldwide.

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Teaching Today is brought to you by The Center for Professional Education of Teachers (CPET) at Teachers College, Columbia University.

In conversation with teachers, researchers, and school leaders, we’re dedicated to breaking down the problems, policies, and promising practices that define teaching. Uniting theory and practice, CPET promotes rigorous and relevant scholarship, and is committed to making excellent education accessible worldwide.

    Station Teaching

    Station Teaching

    Station teaching can transform traditional classrooms into dynamic learning environments — the key is to familiarize yourself with the promising practices and potential pitfalls of this approach. In this episode, we're talking with co-teaching specialists Dr. Laura Rigolosi and Jacqui Stolzer about how educators can make station teaching work in their classrooms.

    • 33 min
    Adopting & Adapting Curriculum

    Adopting & Adapting Curriculum

    Adopting and adapting a new curriculum is a complex and multi-faceted process. It can pose a significant challenge as it involves navigating various competing needs, such as state standards, standardized exams, district and school-specific goals, and the diverse needs of students. The question arises: which of these priorities takes precedence? How do you do it all? Today we are Courtney Brown, Senior PD Advisor, NTN@TC Initiative Leader, and Secondary Ed. Specialist and, someone who has worked closely with a variety of schools to support curriculum, and ELA and ENL specialist, Lauren Midgette, who has been involved in various curricular projects with CPET.

    • 48 min
    Classroom Connections

    Classroom Connections

    Establishing and forging meaningful relationships with students at the start of the school year can be challenging — students often have diverse backgrounds, needs, and personalities, and they need to feel a sense of trust in order to be vulnerable about their learning needs, their personal opinions, and their challenges.

    In this episode, we’re talking with Kelsey Hammond, a former ELA teacher and Lead Professional Development Coach, and Victoria Fernandez, a former Math/Special Education teacher and Lead Professional Development Coach about the importance of building relationships that foster a positive learning environment.

    • 48 min
    Welcome Back to School

    Welcome Back to School

    Happy New Year! It’s September, and we're celebrating the start of a new school year — a time for reflecting, goal setting, and anticipating our new students. With the return to school, we teachers often return to the advice and wisdom passed down to us about how best to start the school year:

    "Don’t smile until Christmas."
    "Never let them see you sweat!"
    "Fake it ‘til you make it."

    Sometimes these words of advice feel mythic, especially to newer teachers. But, this so-called wisdom, for the most part, comes from a time when the culture valued a teacher-centered and dominant force in the classroom.

    Today, we're talking with our team about all things back-to-school, including debunking some of these teaching myths about how teachers should begin the year now that we are in the 21st century.

    • 36 min
    From the Center: The Power of Project-Based Learning

    From the Center: The Power of Project-Based Learning

    Project-based learning can be an overwhelming approach to teaching and curriculum design, and transforming practice requires time, which is one of the most difficult resources for teachers to come by.

    In this spotlight episode, we're talking with Dr. Cristina Compton, about one of her signature courses, The Power of Project-Based Learning, and how she offers effective and practical strategies for bringing this work into your classroom.

    • 14 min
    Let’s Talk About ChatGPT: AI as a Tool for Learning

    Let’s Talk About ChatGPT: AI as a Tool for Learning

    Since its release, ChatGPT has provoked discussion within the arena of the classroom and beyond. ChatGPT is a revolutionary AI language model in many respects, capable of advanced and human-sounding prose. As a result, many teachers and administrators expressed concern when the AI-bot was first released, with many schools banning access to ChatGPT on their school or district internet.

    Today we are talking to Dr. Cristina Compton, an elementary education and project-based learning specialist at CPET; Chelsey Barber, a current PhD student at Teachers College whose research interests include the effects of 21st technology on learning & teaching; and Kelsey Hammond, a professional development and literacy coach at CPET, about all things ChatGPT.

    • 48 min

Customer Reviews

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21 Ratings

21 Ratings

Gjcheryl ,

Wonderful podcast!

Congratulations on 100 episodes from a frequent listener and first time reviewer! This podcast, while perhaps oriented towards educators, is accessible and can really be for anyone. The discussion style makes it perfect for listening even on a busy commute, and sometimes you want to join in.

I enjoy listening to the discussions on this podcast, and it has also contributed to the way I think about my educational philosophy and the ways in which I teach.

Congratulations on 100 episodes, and may there be many more episodes!

NBlom ,

Fantastic education podcast

The hosts are amazingly knowledgeable, and I appreciate the way that they speak from their wealth of experience. You won’t find “correct“ answers here, but instead honest thoughtful and experienced people discussing the intricacies of nuances of each topic. A great podcast for educators.

Mattteaches ,

Great information

This podcast offers great information in a very conversational way. Nice job.

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