How We Teach This: Season Four

Season 4 of How We Teach This has a wide range of guests and topics - including National Teachers Hall of Fame Inductees, Memorial to Fallen Educators, social- emotional learning, teacher retention and more.

Season 4, Episode 1 - June 8, 2022

Impacting Struggling Students 

We continue our interview with Michael McKnight, author and special education expert, in Part 2 of exploring issues around struggling students. We delve even deeper into the importance of creating connections with students. McKnight shares about how having solid, positive relationships is powerful for teachers. Creating quality relationships is critical to having a successful outcome, especially for students exposed to trauma. He offers specific examples of how teachers can integrate building a relationship into their daily classroom experience. (Part 1 of the interview can be found here.)

Season 4, Episode 2 - June 22, 2022

Learning About the Teacher Shortage with Data

Dr. Bret Church, Assistant Professor at Emporia State University and co-researcher of the Kansas Teacher Retention Initiative, shares the results from a survey of 50% of the educators in Kansas.

They were questioned on three key areas: satisfaction, engagement in the profession, and future intentions. 

Districts can analyze their own data but the overall stakeholders can learn from these results and build an action plan to improve the situation in Kansas regarding the Teacher Shortage.

Season 4, Episode 3 - July 6, 2022

Teacher Talk featuring the 2020 National Teachers Hall of Fame inductees

The class of 2020 National Teachers Hall of Fame inductees were on campus at Emporia State University in June 2022 for their long-awaited and COVID-shutdown delayed induction into NTHF, housed at Emporia State.

These experienced teachers delve into classroom management strategies, what they do for self-care, and shared stories of students who changed their teaching careers.

The 2020 inductees are:

Season 4, Episode 4 - July 20, 2022

Need for Neuroscience in Education, Part 2

Dr. Dustin Springer, Principal of Gray Hawk Elementary in USD 458 Basehor-Linwood in Kansas, inspires teachers to change their mindset from one of punishment to understanding. He gives examples of Amigdala reset stations and how creating connections with students creates a climate that improves behavior. He describes holding a student accountable for actions but not at the moment when the brain is dysregulated.

Josh Bolick

Head, David Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright

University of Kansas

Lee Miller 

Director of Innovation & Compliance

Center for Innovation & Excellence

Barton Community College

millerle@bartonccc.edu

Season 4, Episode 5 - August 3, 2022

Nuts & Bolts of OER, Open Educational Resources

Lee Miller and Josh Bolick, experts in OER, spend a lot of time helping others navigate the emerging strategy of OER for their classrooms. In this episode, they discuss the value students find in OER and the advantages instructors may discover using OER. Listen to learn about what the copyright symbols mean and get many resources to start your search. 

Lee Miller 

Director of Innovation & Compliance

Center for Innovation & Excellence

Barton Community College

millerle@bartonccc.edu

Josh Bolick

Head, David Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright

Watson Library Room 400A

University of Kansas

Season 4, Episode 6 - August 17, 2022

Improving Pedagogy with OER
Part 1 of 2

Lee Miller and Josh Bolick, experts in Open Educational Resources (OER), spend a lot of time helping others navigate the emerging strategy of OER for their classrooms. In this episode they share how not only can professors in higher education but also teachers in K-12 can improve teaching and learning by utilizing the concept of open educational resources. They describe the value OER offers the classroom by empowering students as creators. 

Want to be a guest on our show? Contact us at  email: HWTT@emporia.edu