How We Teach This: Season Six
Season 6 of How We Teach This has a wide range of guests and topics - including a follow up on how some districts are implementing strategies from the Teacher Retention Survey, reaching students that are under represented, standards based grading, talking with teachers about effective strategies, and more.
Kristen Anderson, Kirstin Bangerter, Jerry Braun, Matt Christensen, Melissa Hall, Martha MacKay, and Maggie Wolken, 2023 Kansas Master Teachers
Season 6, Episode 10 - May 24, 2023
Kansas Master Teachers Share Experiences from their Classrooms
Emporia State University annually recognizes a group of exceptional teachers for the Kansas Masters Teachers Award. These teachers share inspiring stories about students who have impacted their careers as well as strategies and ideas they have found helpful and effective through their journey as educators.
Maggie Wolken
Martha MacKay
Melissa Hall
Matt Christensen
Season 6, Episode 9 - May 10, 2023
Teaching and Assessing with Standards-Based Grading Changes Student Mindset
This panel of experienced teachers from East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School describes how using a Standards-Based Grading method has changed their classroom. Jamil Siddiqui, Math Teacher & National Teachers Hall of Fame Inductee, Class of 2020, Kelly DeMolles, Science Teacher, Rebecca Duggan, Social Sciences Teacher, Jamie Hulke Language Arts Teacher.
Listen for advice on how to get started if you are interested in trying something new in the way you assess student learning.
Jamil Siddiqui
Math Teacher
National Teachers Hall of Fame
Class of 2020
Jamil Siddiqui, with 29 years of experience, teaches Math at East Bridgewater High School
Mr. Siddiqui observes, “I believe in having a growth mindset. Success does not come from knowing the correct answer; it comes from the struggle to find that answer. Not all students have equal innate mathematical abilities, but they can all choose to exhibit the same work ethic and attitude. All students can find success by working hard, improving, and being willing to try new ideas. This is what I want all of my students to learn in my class.”
Jamie Hulke
Language Arts Teacher
Jamie Hulke teaches English at East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School in East Bridgewater, MA. Over her seventeen-year career, she has taught a variety of courses including, AP English Language, AP English Literature, English 9, English 12, and Public Speaking. She graduated from Merrimack College in 2006 with a B.A. in English and a minor in Secondary Education. She earned her M.A.T. in English and M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Bridgewater State University. She was named a 2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year semifinalist and currently serves as the lead teacher of the English department.
Kelly DeMolles
Science Teacher
I am a 4th year teacher at East Bridgewater high school. I teach AP Environmental Science, CP Environmental Science and Biology.
Rebecca Duggan
Social Studies Teacher
I have been teaching history at East Bridgewater High School for 18 years. In that time I have taught United States History, AP United States History, and Psychology.
Robert Fenster
National Teachers Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Season 6, Episode 8 - April 26, 2023
Teacher Talk: Part 2 Implementing Student-Centered Learning Effectively
Robert Fenster, a high school history teacher, describes how he evaluates student learning during Social Studies labs, when students work independently and in groups, collaboratively. The students have even asked other teachers in the building to implement this strategy because they feel it is fair. Bob is recognized in The National Teachers Hall of Fame, class of 2022.
Jamil Siddiqui
Math Teacher
National Teachers Hall of Fame
Class of 2020
Season 6, Episode 7 - April 12, 2023
Teacher Talk: Making a Difference That Impacts Generations
Jamil Siddiqui, inductee in the Class of 2020 to the National Teachers Hall of Fame shares stories about those that have made a significant difference in his life and inspires other teachers to show passion in their work to make a difference for the next generation. Siddiqui explains how his students came to know his previous math teacher as their Grand Teacher.
Season 6, Episode 6 - March 29, 2023
Panel Discussion: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers Based on Data, Part 2
Listen as guests with different roles in education share how they have learned from the recent Kansas Teachers Retention Initiative Survey. These education professionals looked at the data and made decisions based on what they learned from their own district data. The panel also discusses the bigger picture of keeping quality teachers in the classroom.
Guests on this episode share about their role in improving teacher retention in Kansas
Dr. Bret Church
Associate Professor
Emporia State University
Co-Author of the Survey
Dr. Luke Simmering
Industrial/Organizational Psychologist
Sand Creek Advisors
Co-Author of the Survey
Dr. Jessica Dain
Superintendent
Piper School District
Shannon Kimball
President
USD 497 Lawrence Public Schools Board of Education
Kevin Riemann
Executive Director
Kansas NEA
Robert Fenster
National Teachers Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Season 6, Episode 5 - March 15, 2023
Teacher Talk: Effective Teaching Strategies for a Student-Centered Classroom
Robert Fenster, a high school history teacher, explains strategies that he has found effective for increasing critical thinking with discussion and choice. Bob is recognized in The National Teachers Hall of Fame, class of 2022.
Watch for part 2 of this interview, coming soon. - Bob Fenster shares how he grades students' group work plus other effective strategies for teaching critical thinking.
Season 6, Episode 4 - March 1, 2023
Panel Discussion: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers Based on Data
Listen as guests with different roles in education share how they have learned from the recent Kansas Educator Engagement and Retention Study, 2022. These education professionals looked at the data and made decisions based on what they learned from their own district's participants. The panel also discusses the bigger picture of keeping quality teachers in the classroom.
Guests on this episode share about their role in improving teacher retention in Kansas
Dr. Bret Church
Associate Professor
Emporia State University
Co-Author of the Survey
Dr. Luke Simmering
Industrial/Organizational Psychologist
Sand Creek Advisors
Co-Author of the Survey
Dr. Jessica Dain
Superintendent
Piper School District
Shannon Kimball
President
USD 497 Lawrence Public Schools Board of Education
Kevin Riemann
Executive Director
Kansas NEA
Jamil Siddiqui
Math Teacher
National Teachers Hall of Fame
Class of 2020
Season 6, Episode 3 - February 15, 2023
Teacher Talk: Every Subject is a Language. How do we help our students become fluent?
Jamil Siddiqui, inductee in the Class of 2020 to the National Teachers Hall of Fame shares strategies that he has learned to be effective for his advanced math classes. These strategies could easily be implemented in any subject matter. He teaches his students more than math; he teaches them to effectively communicate.
Watch for part 2 of this interview, coming soon. - Jamil provides a brilliant method for fairly grading participation with student group work. He has shown a talent for creating lasting relationships with his students. He recognizes how a past teacher made an impact on his life.
Clara Eldridge
Guest Interviewer
Student, Emporia State University
Season 6, Episode 2 - February 1, 2023
Post Pandemic: Needs of Students Have Changed
Melissa Gerleman, an instructor at Emporia State University, and Susan Severin, a School Psychologist, talk about their experience with Social Emotional Learning in an interview with a guest host, Clara Eldridge, a student in The Teachers College at Emporia State University. They discuss the benefits of training teachers with The Jason Foundation in suicide prevention and other challenges they've experienced helping students navigate the changed world post-pandemic.
Melissa Gerleman
Instructor, Emporia State University
Season 6, Episode 1 - January 18, 2023
Ensuring Representation of Marginalized Groups in the Classroom
Robert Fenster, a high school history teacher, shares his experiences in learning how to effectively teach and connect with students, especially those that are in underrepresented minority groups. Bob is recognized in The National Teachers Hall of Fame, class of 2022. He also explains how teaching in New Jersey, which is supportive of Culturally Responsive Teachers, has impacted his ability to teach history from more than black-and-white viewpoints.
Robert Fenster
National Teachers Hall of Fame, Class of 2022
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