On March 7th, 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott called for the Texas Education Agency to form a task force with several goals focusing on why districts are having so much trouble finding qualified teachers in Texas.In this lesson, we discuss all the infor

Lesson 11: Our Thoughts on Teacher Burnout

Mar 28th, 2022 44m 42s

Hey educators!In Lesson 11, we explain a little of the national narrative in regards to teacher burnout. There are several sources talking about this topic. Therefore, we wanted to give the 'consensus' about what our research has called teacher

Lesson 10: Perceptions About the STAAR Test

Mar 21st, 2022 38m 19s

In Lesson 10, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver talk about the world of public education and how it deals with the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR).First, we would like to apologize for not being as consistent as we should be on the bl

Lesson 9: The Introduction of STAAR

Jan 24th, 2022 27m 32s

IntroductionThank you for listening and we are glad to be back after out bouts with COVID. We are feeling much better and ready to get back on track bringing you guys some content. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver are going to be introducing the Stat

Lesson 8: The New Year is Here!

Jan 3rd, 2022 26m 25s

Mr. and Mrs. Sarver reflect on several things that took place over the 2021 year and share their thoughts and feelings on upcoming things for 2022.Warm-UpThe hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver, talk about the great time they have had with family durin

Lesson 7: The Students Have Voices

Dec 23rd, 2021 51m 20s

I know it is different from our normal lesson plan format, but we wanted to start working on interviewing people. Our plan is to have more interviews coming up in 2022.We interviewed five students - honestly we cheated - we interviewed our two

Lesson 6: The Way to Think About Teacher Recognition

Dec 6th, 2021 40m 11s

Warm-upBringing positivity into education is so important, especially with things going on today. Mr. and Mrs. Sarver talk about the good things they have experienced in education.Whole Group InstructionMrs. Sarver starts off the lesson talking

Lesson 5 - The Thanksgiving Episode

Nov 25th, 2021 26m 2s

We wanted to give you a special episode where we talk about the things that we are thankful for on Thanksgiving.Thank you to all of you listening and those that Mrs. Sarver and I work with. We would not have the life that we have without all of

Lesson 4: The Legislature's New Bag - Texas House Bill 4545

Nov 22nd, 2021 37m 51s

What is HB4545 and How do we follow it?Warm-UpMr. and Mrs. Sarver share the good thing that is happening this week. For them, it is Thanksgiving Break! They also want to say thank you to everyone for the support people have given the website an

Lesson 3: The Importance of Self Care

Nov 18th, 2021 34m 28s

https://www.realisticpedagogy.orgOn this lesson, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver talk discuss their own experiences with self care and the importance behind self care.Warm-up:Both hosts describe some good things that have happened in their life since last

Lesson 2: The Hypocritical Oath - Other Duties as Assigned

Nov 8th, 2021 28m 11s

Hello Everyone!Thank you for tuning into the Realistic Efficient Pedagogy Podcast, Lesson #2.After listening to the previous episode, we made a few improvements to our recording setup to get rid of some of the background noise and (we hope) pro

Lesson 1: The Realistic Teacher

Oct 19th, 2021 31m 50s

In this episode, Mr. and Mrs. Sarver discuss the various perceptions of teachers from different points of view and offer some basic strategies to help change some of these perceptions.

Episode 0 - The Introduction

Oct 11th, 2021 6m 28s

Welcome to the Realistic Efficient Pedagogy Podcast!This podcast is hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sarver - two educators out of the state of Texas!This quick episode is a brief glimpse into our lives and qualifications! We look forward to getting to k

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