NCTE CEL Talks

In this inaugural episode of CEL Talks, host Josh Flores talks with Dr. Zackory Kirk, Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Atlanta Public School System, about Dr. Kirk's ignite session at CEL2018 and what it takes to be your best as a teacher.

Emily Meixner, college professor, and Rachel Scupp, middle school teacher, talk with Josh about their ongoing collaboration creating and testing middle level LGBTQ YA literature curriculum, the logistics of coteaching, and the importance of working with supportive administrators.

Josh talks with Chris Bronke, CEL Associate Chair, English teacher, and department chair at Downers Grove North High School, about stepping into leadership, standards-based grading, and creating curriculum that both meets students where they are and prepares them for the future. This was the first episode recorded for the series.

Matt Marone and host Josh Flores talk about making students cringe through appropriating slang and what true disruption of the educational structure would look like. Hint: relationships, not grades. Prepare to laugh and think and tweet tales of lessons that failed spectacularly using #MyWorstLesson.

In this episode, host Josh Flores and guest Breckan Duckworth bond over being Southerners and talk about the irony of being paid to state the obvious.

In this episode, Sherry and Jeff Krapels, high school teachers and podcast enthusiasts, talk with Josh about high schoolers and about using podcasts both as mentor texts and as student projects.

In the final episode of Season 1, Josh talks with Karen and David Reed Nordwall about their vision of project-based learning. Karen, a high school English teacher, has had success with an open-topic senior project. David, a high school associate principal, looks at this type of curriculum through an administration lens. From either viewpoint, it's a great make-your-own omelet way of implementing student choice that takes commitment and a sprinkling of bravery.