Podcast appearances and mentions of Sara K Ahmed

Hello everyone and welcome to Teach Me, Teacher’s SUMMER BLAST of inspiration! I cannot express how excited, pumped, and inspired I am right now for next year, and I want you to join me and my AMAZING guests in our quest to bring some positivity into the teaching world. Today I have brought on one of the most inspiring people I know, Monica Genta, to explain why distance learning and covid-era teaching is not a setback, but a SETUP for something great. But look... usually next in my posts, I lists all the things we talk about, but I just need you to know one thing about this episode. It is full of inspiration and honesty. We talk about our struggles right now, but we also rise up and imagine what CAN BE if we push for it to happen. Do not miss this episode, especially if you need inspiration right now! Love the podcast? If you want bonus episodes EVERY SINGLE MONTH of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, or episodes that cater directly to ELA, workshop and SEL, support the show at the $5 tier on Patreon here. You will not regret it!    This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

Hello everyone and welcome to Teach Me, Teacher’s SUMMER BLAST of inspiration! I cannot express how excited, pumped, and inspired I am right now for next year, and I want you to join me and my AMAZING guests in our quest to bring some positivity into the teaching world. Today I have brought on one of my favorite high school English teachers, Marie Morris, otherwise known as @thecaffinatedclass on Instagram, to discuss everything ENGLISH, but more importantly, what is it that we want students to learn? Just like the previous time Marie came on the podcast, we had a plan in place for the talk, and then quickly scrapped in favor of a genuine discussion on curriculum, resources for teachers, and teaching in the covid era. All of this and MORE on this fantastic episode. Enjoy! Loved this episode, or previous episodes? Now you can support the show and earn cool perks by doing so. Click the big orange box for details.      This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.  

Hello everyone and welcome to Teach Me, Teacher’s SUMMER BLAST of inspiration! I cannot express how excited, pumped, and inspired I am right now for next year, and I want you to join me and my AMAZING guests in our quest to bring some positivity into the teaching world. Today I am talking with the TECH GURU herself, Haylee Harwick, all about teaching during covid and being due to have her baby in September! In this episode, we chat about: How her year went Some tech tips Creating creative digital lessons Being pregnant and due as the school year starts ...and much more! For more from Haylee, check out my previous episodes with her here.  Enjoy! PS: SHARE THIS EPISODE (and tag me) and get entered in to win a copy of THE JOYFUL TEACHER!!! This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

Hello everyone and welcome to Teach Me, Teacher’s SUMMER BLAST of inspiration! I cannot express how excited, pumped, and inspired I am right now for next year, and I want you to join me and my AMAZING guests in our quest to bring some positivity into the teaching world. Today I am talking with one of my favorite people, Brianna Pound (previously Brianna Johnson) about how she has handled covid as a teacher and how she is planning her move to a new campus! Brianna's Instagram is a source of all kinds of inspiration for myself and thousands of educators, and you will laugh with us on this one as we chat it up about teaching, school, and even chickens. Yes. Chickens. …and much much more! You will laugh and think a lot in this one. Nicole is a gift to the world with her kindness and support for the teacher community. Enjoy! PS: SHARE THIS EPISODE (and tag me) and get entered in to win a copy of THE JOYFUL TEACHER!!! This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

Hello everyone and welcome to Teach Me, Teacher’s SUMMER BLAST of inspiration! I cannot express how excited, pumped, and inspired I am right now for next year, and I want you to join me and my AMAZING guests in our quest to bring some positivity into the teaching world. It is my absolute pleasure to bring you one of my favorite people in the world, Nicole Marte, otherwise known as @MarteintheMiddle on Instagram, and today we are having an honest reflection on Nicole's year in middle school. As we reflect with one another, we touch on: Classroom management  The good and the bad about being "the cool teacher" Having great lessons What the future holds for Nicole in August ...and much much more! You will laugh and think a lot in this one. Nicole is a gift to the world with her kindness and support for the teacher community. Enjoy! PS: SHARE THIS EPISODE (and tag me) and get entered in to win a copy of THE JOYFUL TEACHER!!! This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.  

In this bonus episode, Melissa gives a book talk on Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. She reflects on one lesson from the book that she did with her students and shares a reading of an important part of the book.

Hello everyone and welcome to Teach Me, Teacher's SUMMER BLAST of inspiration! I cannot express how excited, pumped, and inspired I am right now for next year, and I want you to join me and my AMAZING guests in our quest to bring some positivity into the teaching world. Today, I have brought back one of my favorite people on earth, Shane Saeed (@fantasticallyfourth) to discuss how the world has changed, and what this means for her year coming up. Shane was previously featured on episodes 106 and 107 of the podcast where she discussed flexible seating, and today she is discussing the effects of Covid, the need for a more equitable curriculum, and the need to serve our students' social/emotional needs, regardless of if we are digital, in person, or something in between. Shane is one of the top tier teachers of Instagram, combining her eye for style and her grounding in deep, research based pedagogy.  If you are in need of something positive or some inspiration, this episode with Shane Saeed and this summer series is for you! And better yet, we are releasing two episodes every week for the rest of the summer! Stay tuned and enjoy! PS: SHARE THIS EPISODE (and tag me) and get entered in to win a copy of THE JOYFUL TEACHER!!! This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.  

Hello everyone! Welcome to part two of the season finale of Teach Me, Teacher SEASON FOUR! What!? My mind is blown. But not more blown than during my talk with the amazing Jacqueline Stallworth! If you missed part one, check it out here. I first met Jacqueline at an AP training at Texas Christian University, and was blown away by her clear and compassionate message about the literary canon and why we should free kids to read what interests them. In this episode we discuss: Choice reading Using student culture to drive learning Getting students to write better …and much much more! This episode will challenge you to think critically about the bastions of English, and I hope invite you to be a part of even more talks that improve our craft and purpose in the classroom. For more Teach Me, Teacher episodes on building quality literacy lives in our students, check out: Donalyn Miller Penny Kittle Kelly Gallagher Mary Howard Regie Routman Laura Robb   This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

Update: June 5, 2020:Three years ago, we started this episode of the podcast by saying; not talking about racism is not a solution. We sought to have a conversation about dismantling racism in education after a Heinemann Fellows panel on the subject.As we listen to this conversation through the lens of 2020, it’s now not enough to talk about dismantling racism, rather we must take actions to be anti-racist. This podcast features authors Sara K. Ahmed, author of Being the Change, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul, who most recently co-wrote Breathing New Life into Book Clubs and the educator’s guide to Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, and Cornelius Minor, author of We Got This. Since this conversation first aired in June of 2017, all have published books, podcasts, talks and professional development events on diversity, equity, inclusion, and being anti-racist.Before we begin, a message to my fellow white educators: we ask you to do the work that’s necessary to disrupt whiteness and white supremacy within yourselves, your classrooms, and schools. We ask white educators to commit to doing this work now and long after the media coverage of this latest viral bout of racism.Seek out the work of these authors and other Indigenous, Black, and other People of Color. Follow them on social media, support them by buying their work and attending their events, amplify their voices and never stop educating yourself.Here now is our conversation from 2017 with Sara K. Ahmed, Dr. Sonja Cherry Paul and Cornelius Minor…

Hello everyone! Today, I am continuing my talk with Jonathan Alsheimer, and his view on what NEXT LEVEL TEACHING is all about. This episode is filled with ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and stories that are guaranteed to get you fired up to do the work you do, and to reach to new levels in your classroom. Jonathan is hands down one of the educators to pay attention to in 2020 (and beyond). He is the unorthodox, energetic, and entertaining middle school teacher who refuses to live a life of limitations and works with UFC Fighters, Celebrities, and Clothing Brands. Jonathan is the author of “NEXT LEVEL TEACHING” soon to be released.  You might also know Jonathan through his work and connection with the fantastic Hamish Brewer, and Fred Lynn Middle School.    This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

Hello everyone! Today, we are going all out with PURE INSPIRATION for you with my friend Jonathan Alsheimer. Every bit of this episode is filled with ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and stories that are guaranteed to get you fired up to do the work you do. Jonathan is hands down one of the educators to pay attention to in 2020 (and beyond). He is the unorthodox, energetic, and entertaining middle school teacher who refuses to live a life of limitations and works with UFC Fighters, Celebrities, and Clothing Brands. Jonathan is the author of "NEXT LEVEL TEACHING" soon to be released.  You might also know Jonathan through his work and connection with the fantastic Hamish Brewer, and Fred Lynn Middle School.      This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

Hello everyone! Today we are continuing our talk with the fantastic Jenn Kleiber about culturally responsive teaching, but we are diving DEEP into practices, professional learning, and even how to set and manage goals for students to learn and grow. Jenn Kleiber, is the author of Building a Bridge From “I Can’t” to “I DID!”: Creating Independent Learners Through Culturally Responsive Teaching, and speaks with such authenticity that it's hard not get inspired to work ever harder at what we do after listening to this talk. Jenn has so much to offer from her experience working with students of all backgrounds, and she enriches our practices in this podcast. In this talk, we hit on: How to not scaffold so much we are spoon-feeding  Where to start with planning our teaching Why my teaching might look different than yours The importance of knowing and respecting our craft as a teacher  Why giving everything pre-planned to a new teacher is the wrong thing to do This is a FANTASTIC talk, and is sure to illuminate some ideas and concepts for you to better serve your students!   This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

Hello everyone! If you have been in teaching for a little while, you have probably heard the term "culturally responsive teaching," at least a dozen times. If you're like me, you probably leave trainings on the matter more confused than before. Because of this, I brought on one of my favorite people and colleagues, Jenn Kleiber, author of Building a Bridge From “I Can’t” to “I DID!”: Creating Independent Learners Through Culturally Responsive Teaching. Jenn has so much to offer from her experience working with students of all backgrounds, and she enriches our practices in this podcast. In this talk, we hit on several pieces of culturally responsive teaching, such as: What is culturally responsive teaching Why some people might be resistant to it What does it look like in the classroom Why deep culture matters  This is a FANTASTIC talk, and is sure to illuminate some ideas and concepts for you to better serve your students.   This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed. Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of students’ lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know how to respond as teachers when these subjects come up at school. You probably have stories of your own about situations or conversations that caught you off guard or made you feel uncomfortable. Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to help them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara provides clear lessons to help teach about important social comprehension concepts. You can create a socially minded classroom where you explore identity and diversity, build listening skills, understand and address bias, become better informed, and more… first with yourself and your peers, and then with students. Being the Change is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more visit Heinemann.com.

In this episode, we discuss Katie O'Neill's amazing graphic novel Princess Princess Ever After. We talk about the amazing illustrations, gender norms, and how we move ourselves towards and away from those norms. Check out more on this book at Katie O'Neill's website: https://ktoneill.com/index.php/portfolio/princess-princess-ever-after/ The activity described in the introduction was inspired by Sara K. Ahmed's amazing work. Read about it in Being the Change: https://www.heinemann.com/products/e09970.aspx I read When We Were Alone to kids in the introduction, written about and by indigenous people. See more about it here: https://www.portageandmainpress.com/product/when-we-were-alone/ STAAHHHP! DO THIS Abby's recommendation: See a chiropractor! Jonathan's recommendation: Watch Veronica Mars, season 4. All episodes (including past seasons) are streaming on Hulu at www.hulu.com/veronica-mars. MUSIC CREDITS: Introduction: "Jani R - All The Beauty (original ambient version)" by Jani R Link to song: https://soundcloud.com/janirmusic/jani-r-all-the-beauty Jani R's profile: https://soundcloud.com/janirmusic Licensed under CC 3.0 BY: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/