The Teachers' Classroom

Matt Weld
  • 5.0 (2)
  • EDUCATION

Explores current issues and topics in education and how they relate to teaching and students.

  1. Resilient Schools with Kristin Souers

    05/24/2023

    Resilient Schools with Kristin Souers

    Trauma researcher and author Kristin Souers talks about her work, and discusses what makes a school resilient, and how the systems of a school need to come together and work in tandem toward being trauma-informed.

    34 min
  2. Becoming a Trauma-Operational School with Lisa Dinhofer

    04/21/2023

    Becoming a Trauma-Operational School with Lisa Dinhofer

    Is your school or district walking the talk? Are they training educators to become trauma-informed but then still run the school as if it's the 1050's? Using the Appreciative Inquiry model as her framework, guest Lisa Dinhofer takes us through questions a team of educators can ask themselves as they go through the work of ensuring that the operations and systems within their workplace are actually trauma-informed.

    42 min
  3. Secondary Trauma, Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout

    03/08/2023

    Secondary Trauma, Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout

    Crisis expert Lisa Dinhofer is back to explain the nuances of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and burnout. As we are navigating this new world of SEL and mental health-focused schools and programming, it's important to understand the differences. Language matters.

    41 min
  4. COSEM Book Author Talk with Tracy Heilers and Lindsey Frank

    12/19/2022

    COSEM Book Author Talk with Tracy Heilers and Lindsey Frank

    Founder and CEO Tracy Heilers and Board President Lindsey Frank of the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully (COSEM) share how the organization came about and how they created their book, "Educating Mindfully: Stories of School Transformation Through Mindfulness." This text has become one of their most popular tools it helping schools and districts implement a climate of mindfulness based SEL.

    39 min
  5. Why We Need Parenting & Caregiving Curriculum in High School

    11/14/2022

    Why We Need Parenting & Caregiving Curriculum in High School

    Host Matt Weld speaks with ParenTeach and ParentABLE founder/CEO Katharine Bensinger about the importance of teaching parenting and caregiving to high school students. It's important for kids to understand Adverse Childhood Effects while they are young and to gain enough child development and personal advocacy skills to avoid 'unintentional' parenting mistakes.

    46 min
  6. The Power of Relationships with Greg Wolcott

    10/13/2022

    The Power of Relationships with Greg Wolcott

    Author and educator Greg Wolcott joins host Matt Weld in discussing the importance of relationships in schools. Greg also gives easy classroom strategies to strengthen relationships with students and teachers.

    33 min
  7. Mindfulness-Based SEL with Lindsey Frank

    06/30/2022

    Mindfulness-Based SEL with Lindsey Frank

    Social Emotional Learning - SEL - is the buzzword in education. Author, coach, and teacher Lindsey Frank stops in to talk about what SEL is, how adding the mindfulness piece adds power, and how teaching kids her HEART process can be a lifelong gift.

    57 min
  8. The ELL Student Experience with Bridget

    05/24/2022

    The ELL Student Experience with Bridget

    What's it like attending an English-speaking school from the perspective of a student who doesn't know English? In this conversation, Bridget, a High School Junior tells her story of how she navigated teachers, friends, and the friction between her White and Latin identities as she learned the language and culture of America through school.

    23 min
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Explores current issues and topics in education and how they relate to teaching and students.

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  • Creator
    Matt Weld
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2023
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Matt Weld
  • Show Website
    The Teachers' Classroom