One of the most helpful resources I used while teaching elementary was the Essential 55 by Ron Clark. My students stood out because of the manners they used with adults. Give your students this tool and help them stand out and impress adults at your school.
This episode talks about possible indicators for autism or children on the spectrum. Only a medical doctor can diagnose autism, but if you see several indicators, you may need to put special supports in place for your student.
This episode talks about the hard truth of our Special Education students not always getting the interventions they need. Often it is the regular education teacher who has to advocate for these kids.
Sheila offers more ideas of how to differentiate in the classroom using technology and and choice of projects.
This list of differentiation strategies comes from a veteran teacher with 29 years of experience. The goal is to give teachers an easy to use list they can use in their classrooms the very same day!
This short episode is an introduction into my series about happiness and how to increase it in your busy life! Follow along in December as I give you tips and tricks to build more happiness in your own life.
This episode talks about seven strategies to bring more happiness into your daily life. Have a listen and decide on the actions you can take to be happy this week! (Note: this episode does contain a few swear words.)
Quiet Quitting is a term that is getting a lot of buzz in the teaching world. Find out how to avoid burnout by doing your job and cutting back on some of the extras.
On this episode, Sheila talks about ways to help your students stick with a task even when it becomes challenging!
Join Sheila as she gives her thoughts on the current legislation regarding education from Missouri. The same bills might be popping up in your state!
Join Sheila as she visits with Alex and Jean who share a real world perspective of how teaching is in 2022. Is it getting better?
Listen as Sheila tackles how to use creativity to increase motivation and use higher level thinking skills from Bloom's Taxonomy in your classroom. She also offers up a free resource that will help give students choice when planing for project based learning.
Listen to our guest host Emily share why she switched districts and how math has become her passion.
Sheila and Hope discuss current topics that may be considered controversial. Any comments made on this podcast are for the sake of a good discussion and not meant to offend any of our listeners.
Hope and Sheila talk about what reading looks like in high school verses elementary as well as suggesting favorite resources.
In this episode, Sheila podcasts solo, providing helpful tips for teachers to save time.
Today we have a guest host - Katie Self! Katie is on track to become a principal and offers insight into this discussion! Listen as Katie and Sheila talk about what they want in a principal and how accountability should be part of every administrator's job! The 2 Teachers team thanks Katie for her contribution to our podcast while Hope is managing a new house and a wedding next month!
Hope and Sheila discuss what students need from parents and teachers to be successful in the classroom.
This was a difficult topic to tackle! Hope and Sheila stuggle through several tries to get this one right!
Hope and Sheila talk about how parents can be responsible for their children's learning as well as obstacles parents may face.
Learn how Hope and Sheila use self care to tackle burnout. Our PDF list of Self Care Ideas ! Books we Love! The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy - $20 on Barnes and Noble Atomic Habits by James Clear - $12 on Amazon (Sheila's favorite) Favorite Podcasts The Emotional Badass The Modern Principal - Sheila's Principal's Podcast Crime Junkie Morbid : A True Crime Podcast - Hope's favorite Bid Mad True Crime...
Hope and Sheila talk about the difficulties of teaching during lockdown and the reopening of school due to Covid. Hear about how high schools and elementary schools have done things differently and the procedures that are in place to help teachers and students stay safe.
Meet Hope and Sheila. Two teachers who just happen to be mother and daughter, talking about how they got into teaching and what they are doing this year. Get to know your podcasters in this episode
