Methodology Part 3 - Feedback, Scoring and GradingHow do you connect with your students? This is important because this can make or break a student in your classroom/program, it can make your space safe or one with landmines for the studen

Methodology pt 2 - Incentives

May 30th, 2022 14m 32s

Methodology Pt 2 - Incentives! Using Incentives can be something many instructors shy away from - because there have been too many strings, too many systems, too many failed trials. Perhaps watching movies, eating cookies, and taking “time

Methodology - Pt 1 - The Roll Out

May 15th, 2022 11m 10s

Methodology - part one - The Roll OutThe past 3 episodes we discussed curriculum - relevance, meaningfulness, opportunities, challenges, affirmations. This week we began to talk about rolling it out because curriculum just doesn’t simply

Lets Talk Curriculum - part 3 - How to Offer a Vibrant Curriculum to Students

May 9th, 2022 16m 2s

How to Offer and Deliver your Vibrant Curriculum to your StudentsToday’s topics are making the curriculum vibrant and working to make the curriculum accessible and workable for each and every student. What are some openers? What are so

Let’s Talk Curriculum part 2 - Communication, Reasoning, and More

May 2nd, 2022 12m 51s

What goes into a lesson can be lost if you don't communicate the objectives, purpose, and relevance very well. Today we'll take a look on a surface level, as to why these are important, what you can do, and how to make your lessons fun, relev

Let’s Talk Curriculum pt 1 - Relevance and Structure

Apr 25th, 2022 19m 24s

Show Notes - Let’s Talk Curriculum - part one - Structure and RelevanceAll right. You are wondering - What do I do? Here are some steps and caveats:Create Your Overall Goal. What do you want the students to learnWhat do you want th

Creating Your Environment

Apr 11th, 2022 16m 35s

Creating Your EnvironmentWhen a student first enters your room, what do they experience? How do you let them know they are Welcome Wanted Needed and Valued? Are they expected? Do you greet every student every day?Do you have extra sup

Be Authentic

Apr 4th, 2022 12m 4s

Be AuthenticWhat does this mean? It means to be:VulnerableHonestReliableHelpfulCaringYourself. Being Authentic means a consistent person the student(s) can rely upon. How do you do this? LIsten in!

Be Self Aware part 2

Mar 28th, 2022 13m 13s

What are your intentions of being/becoming a teacher? Do you intend to change the world?Do you have a love of knowledge? What is your subject are and why did you choose that? Are you teaching only to become an administrator? What a

Be Self Aware!

Mar 21st, 2022 13m 4s

What does this mean? I mean, like wow! Truthfully, it means acknowledging who you are, what your strengths are, where your weaknesses are, and what are your feelings in the moment. If you can stand in front of the class and acknowledge y

Talking to Yourself

Mar 7th, 2022 15m

Let’s Talk About You! Who Are You? Why are you coming into Alternative Education? Do you have what it takes?What are your expectations?What strengths do you have, already?What do you need in your toolkit? This episode asks you ques

Let’s Talk About You!

Feb 28th, 2022 11m 18s

Welcome To Alternative Jigsaw!

Feb 22nd, 2022 13m 33s

Welcome to Alternative Jigsaw!This is our first episode in a series that will take us through Alternative Educational basics, definitions, pedagogies, strategies, and all that is Alternative Education! I am hoping we have both students a

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