The Unteachables Podcast

I’ve been bingeing episodes after a particularly tough week at school. Feeling really lucky to have found this amazing resource — and it’s free, which works well with my teacher salary. :)

I did a search in my podcast app for classroom management, and this was one of very few podcasts that came up. I listened to one episode and was immediately hooked and have been devouring them since. As someone who has been working in education for 10 years now, I always felt like classroom management was an enigma; like it was definitely important, something I needed to improve, but yet I didn’t know how. I would look around at other teachers with really strong classroom management and wonder how they got that way. I would think they were just naturally good at it. Thanks to this podcast, I now believe it is something that can be learned. This podcast has not only helped me develop a more holistic mindset about classroom management, but it, along with the book and the course, has given me such a practical toolbox of strategies to improve.

I have long searched for a podcast that examined and analyzed myriad situations that arise in secondary K12 education in the classroom and focused on humane and relationship-building methods to get more student buy in for a more successful classroom. This episode is quite insightful, and analyzes when to use two different personas: the first to show students you are all business about the lesson and its learning. The second teacher persona is when you may demonstrate approachability. Both personas have their time to be used. It seems simple, but I am certain it will help me quite a bit. I look forward to using this idea in class this next school year. I highly recommend this entire run of episodes.

I love this podcast! It combines actionable, logical tools for dealing with challenging behaviors (in humanizing ways) with so much empathy and understanding of what it’s like to be a teacher. I also appreciate that the episodes are short and sweet!