Podcast appearances and mentions of Rafe Esquith

As schools open around the country, here's my 2013 converation with RAFE ESQUITH, who for 30 years taught 5th grade at LA's Hobart Elementary public school. In 2005, PBS aired the documentary, THE HOBART SHAKESPEARIANS, about the full folio Shakespeare productions that his students perform each year. “I don't want my students to be ordinary; I want them to be extraordinary because I know that they are. If a 10-year-old, who doesn't speak English at home, can step in front of you and do a scene from Shakespeare,” says Esquith, "then there is nothing that he cannot accomplish.”

As schools open around the country, here's my 2013 converation with RAFE ESQUITH, who for 30 years taught 5th grade at LA's Hobart Elementary public school. In 2005, PBS aired the documentary, THE HOBART SHAKESPEARIANS, about the full folio Shakespeare productions that his students perform each year. “I don't want my students to be ordinary; I want them to be extraordinary because I know that they are. If a 10-year-old, who doesn't speak English at home, can step in front of you and do a scene from Shakespeare,” says Esquith, "then there is nothing that he cannot accomplish.” We talk about REAL TALK FOR REAL TEACHERS: Advice for Teachers, From Rookies to Veterans: No Retreat, No Surrender! You can learn more at hobartshakespeareans.org

This week on “The Learning Curve,” Gerard and Cara talk with Rafe Esquith, an award-winning teacher at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles, and the founder of The Hobart Shakespeareans, who annually stage performances of unabridged plays by William Shakespeare. He shares why he founded the award-winning program to teach disadvantaged Los Angeles elementary school students a classical... Source

This week on “The Learning Curve,” Gerard and Cara talk with Rafe Esquith, an award-winning teacher at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles, and the founder of The Hobart Shakespeareans, who annually stage performances of unabridged plays by William Shakespeare. He shares why he founded the award-winning program to teach disadvantaged Los Angeles elementary school […]

Award winning teacher Rafe Esquith talks with Amy about how to raise extraordinary kids.

Money - Today we explore alternative education with Sarah Russell. From childhood, Sarah has known from a very young age that she wanted to be involved in alternative education. She enthusiastically shares her journey of multiple transitions in education and over the years realized how important community has become for her. She now teaches at American Family Education in Gilbert, AZ where they are a community of purpose and focus on parent-led education. You will love her energy and enthusiasm for what she is involved in, a community that's changing lives!When she was 11, she started homeschooling. During her teens, she read the book, Little Men, and realized that she wanted to create a school someday. When she was fifteen, she learned about Thomas Jefferson Education and brought it into the Boise area. Throughout her education, she has studied education methods, reading works by John Dewey, John Gatto, Montessori, Rafe Esquith and others. Sarah graduated in English with Honors at BYU, and took breaks during her college career to attend George Wythe University, serve an LDS mission, study abroad in Jerusalem, and intern in Washington DC. After graduation, she taught English at a Basis charter school for a while, and realized that although she absolutely loved teaching, she was right about the system, and disliked it even more than she thought she did. After she left teaching, she started working online, living first in Utah, and then traveling around Europe and Morocco. She is currently teaching Junior Explorers at American Family Education, an incredible community and education where she can teach truth using true principles of education. At the school, she uses history, language arts, and leadership education to inspire and help her students. In her spare time, when she isn’t traveling, she is usually reading, going to cultural events, and mountain biking or hiking. She loves the outdoors, truth and wonder.This episode is sponsored by my free 30 Day Meditation.

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The virus is spreading, Brexit looms, democracy in America is being abused. Let’s take a break this week. First, here’s my 2012 conversation with film director Roco Belic about his documentary, HAPPY. It features science and stories from around the world. What did he learn? What can we use? In the second half, you’ll hear my 2005 conversation with US teacher of the year Rafe Esquith, who taught fifth grade in LA for over thirty years, about the Hobart Shakepearians - members of his classes who performed a Shakespeare play in its entirety every year.

In this Q&A show, we discuss:What are the top three books that guide you in building a self-sustaining classroom culture?As a first year robotics teacher, do you compare one class with another as a way to motivate students?  In Brazil, if one class is falling behind another, it's common to say 'the other class is already on the next topic.'  Does this motivate students?If you're in a noisy classroom, how do you make sure you are heard without screaming?How do you deal with students that refuse to study for tests?Working at a private school, how much freedom do you have to experiment with different teaching practices compared to public school?  And how can public school teachers begin to try new and innovative ways of teaching?Let me know how you like this format.  It was a lot of fun for me to answer and much less editing!RESOURCES MENTIONEDMy video 'Student Motivation' exploring lessons from 'Drive' by Dan PinkMy video 'Classroom Management Tips for New Teachers' on lessons learned from 'The First Days of School'My video 'What To Do When Students Won't Stop Talking''Drive' by Dan Pink on Amazon'The First Days of School' by Harry Wong on Amazon'Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire' by Rafe Esquith on AmazonQUESTIONS FOR NEXT TIMEEmail me at thom@thomgibson.com with your questions for the next Q&A showSUPPORT THE PODCASTSign up for the newsletter : thomgibson.com/newsletterSign up for the 'Create & Manage A Classroom Economy' course : thomgibson.com/classroomeconomyLeave a rating & review 

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Theme music composed and arranged by David Vesey. On this week's programme I speak to Katie Ashford who is Deputy Head and Director of Inclusion at Michaela Community School in Wembley Park London. Her blog is called Tabula Rasa. We talk about school culture and other aspects of teaching. In the course of our discussion Katie mentions how she is inspired by people such as Rafe Esquith and Erin Gruwell. Different kinds of school culture Identifying problems in a school Changing School Culture Why teaching is tiring The kind of records UK teachers need to keep Marking children's work The approach used by teachers in Michaela Community School: teacher as authority  

Roko Belic (Originally aired January 2012) Rafe Esquith (Originally aired September 2007) Do you want to feel better? Listen to this week's show. In the first half hour, I talk with Academy-Award-nominated filmmaker ROKO BELIC about his documentary, HAPPY, and in the second half with award-winning LA school teacher and author, RAFE ESQUITH about his book, TEACH LIKE YOUR HAIR'S ON FIRE. Are you happy? How often are you happy? What makes you happy? Does money make you happy? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in an environment that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Do you expect you're going to get happier? How? ROKO BELIC'S HAPPY, a documentary that I think deserves to widely seen, explores these sorts of questions. It weaves the latest scientific research from the field of "positive psychology" with stories from around the world of people whose lives illustrate what we're learning. When the basic approach to the pursuit of happiness that's been taken by many of us and by society in general isn't delivering, this is a good time to ask some basic questions. It's also a good time to do so because we know more than we ever have about what science can tell us about happiness. And we have access to more diverse models and worldviews than ever before.What's getting lost in your daily shuffle? What toll is stress taking on your body? How could you lead a fuller, happier life? Teaching in Los Angeles at one of the nation's largest inner-city grade schools, Hobart Elementary, RAFE ESQUITH leads fifth graders through an uncompromising curriculum of English, mathematics, geography and literature. At the end of the semester, every student performs in a full-length Shakespeare play. Despite language barriers and poverty, many of these Hobart Shakespeareans move on to attend outstanding colleges.

As we look back, all guests agreed that 2013 has been an exceptional year in education. Events cited included developments with Common Core, the focus on connected educators and universal kindergarten. Tune in to hear the expectations and hopes for 2014. Follow: @JOwensTeacher @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork ohn Owens, @JOwensTeacher, is an award-winning journalist with decades of experience in newspapers, magazines and digital media and has appeared on several media outlets. He left magazines to attend graduate school in order to "give back" as a public school teacher in New York's South Bronx. That experience led him to write Confessions of a Bad Teacher. Rafe Esquith, award-winning teacher, is in his 31st year of teaching and is author of four books, including the bestseller Real Talk for Real Teachers.

Few subjects get as much attention as education. Yet in many ways it’s like the weather.  We talk a lot about it, but sometimes it seems we can do very little.  Perhaps the most important thing we can do is focus on teachers. For they are at the ramparts of the battle. They are not just a piece of the puzzle, arguably they are the largest piece.  Yet how many of us, even the most active parents, really understand what it’s like in the classroom, day after day. What it really means to be a teacher.  Few are more distinguished or more successful than Rafe Esquith. He has taught at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for twenty-four years. He is the only teacher to have been awarded the president's National Medal of the Arts and his new book is  Real Talk for Real Teachers: Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: "No Retreat, No Surrender!"My conversation with Rafe Esquith:

Aired: 7/21/13 This week we'll spend the hour with RAFE ESQUITH, who's been teaching fifth graders in LA's Hobart Elementary public school for nearly thirty years. Now a teacher of teachers, he recently returned from doing that in China. I first learned of Rafe's work in 2005, when POV the PBS film series pitched me a documentary, THE HOBART SHAKESPEARIANS, about the full Shakespeare productions that his students - most from families where English is not the primary language - perform each year. The film was directed by MEL STUART, a wonderful director of at least two landmark films - the 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder and 1973's WATTSTAX concert film of funky music and Black Power. Mel Stuart passed away a little less than a year ago. And he is missed. In September 2005, introducing my interview with Rafe and Mel about the film , I said this: Documentaries may be giving us what we hunger for. March of the Penguins, Mad Hot Ballroom and The Hobart Shakespeareans are documentaries about goodness, dedication, and purpose, and whether penguins or fifth graders, they're about respect and treating others well. Each of these films made me giggle, and each brought me to tears. There's something joyfully and painfully touching when we see the life force in action with purpose. When so much is going wrong, from Iraq to New Orleans, I think we need to see these things. Eight years later, Rafe Esquith continues to leads fifth graders at one of the nation's largest inner-city grade schools through an uncompromising curriculum of English, mathematics, geography and literature. His classroom mottos are "Be nice. Work hard." and "There are no shortcuts." Despite language barriers and poverty, many attend outstanding colleges. Esquith expects the best from these kids no matter what their backgrounds, and he backs up that expectation by giving them the educational resources to defy the odds.

What does it take to create a dynamic and engaging classroom that causes children to want to participate and take responsibility for their own learning? Our guest says the key is to teach like your hair is on fire. Listen in as this award winning teacher explains what makes his classroom so arresting to students. Rafe Esquith has taught at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for twenty-four years. He is the only teacher to have been awarded the president's National Medal of the Arts. His many other honors and awards include the American Teacher Award, Parents magazine As You Grow Award, Oprah Winfrey's Use Your Life Award TM, and People magazine's Heroes Among Us Award.

Rafe Esquith is an American teacher at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School, the second-largest elementary school in the United States, located in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of UCLA, Esquith began teaching in 1981. His teaching honors include the 1992 Disney National Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, a Sigma Beta Delta Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University, Oprah Winfrey’s $100,000 Use Your Life Award, Parents Magazine’s As You Grow Award, National Medal of Arts, and Esquith was made an honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. Esquith's fifth-grade students consistently score in the top 5% to 10% of the country in standardized tests. Many of Esquith's students start class at 7:00 each morning, two hours before the rest of the school's students. Most of his students come from immigrant Central American and Korean families and are learning English as a second language. They volunteer to come early, work through recess and stay as late as 5:30 pm, and also come to class during vacations and holidays. Each year the Hobart Shakespeareans, as Esquith’s students are known, perform one of the Shakespeare's plays. They have opened for the Royal Shakespeare Company, been hired by Sir Peter Hall to perform A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and appeared at the Globe Theater in London.