Jen & Ben Go Back to Class

In this episode we discuss bite size bits of advice for students, parents, and teachers.

In this episode we talk about our first days and about being actively anti-racist and anti-bias.

In this episode we discuss ideas for getting kids up and moving!

In this episode we discuss ideas for building relationships with students while teaching remotely.

In this episode we talk about writing and how we use it to reflect and process and how it connects to reading.

In this episode we share books we have been reading and listening to.

In this episode we talk about giving grace to others, being open with communication, and checking in on each other.

We discuss how we’re feeling about all the different options being talked about right now when it comes to going back to school in the middle of a global pandemic and the inequities we recognize.

In this episode we talk about the rest of the 2019-2020 school year, the global pandemic, George Floyd, racial tension, being anti-racist and anti-bias, and looking forward a little bit.

In this episode we discuss exhaustion and share ideas for how to avoid it.

In this episode we discuss standards based reporting, what we notice about our students developmentally, and discussions we have with students about their learning. (We have some technical difficulties at the very end. Thanks for your understanding!)

In this episode we discuss how we connect with parents and how we are prepping for upcoming parent/teacher conferences.

In this episode we discuss some ways we think about social emotional needs of our students and ourselves and how storytelling helps us get to know students better and acknowledge them and their stories.

In this episode we discuss how we’ve gotten to know students, adjustments we’ve made based on what we’ve learned about our students, and reflect on how it’s all going.

In this episode we talk about how we’ve gotten into some routines in the first few weeks of school.

In this episode we talk about the first day back to class.

In this episode we discuss our classroom spaces and how we set them up and got them ready for students.

In this episode, cohosts Jen Vincent and Ben Hartman talk about what they’re feeling as the school year approaches and Jen shares her back to school dreams.

In this episode, you’ll meet cohosts Jen Vincent and Ben Hartman and hear about their decisions and feelings to go back to teaching after working as instructional coaches.