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The Stage ShowThe Stage ShowHow a writing class with James Baldwin inspired this Tony and Pulitzer winnerThe American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks started writing plays on the advice of a very famous mentor: the celebrated writer and civil rights activist, James Baldwin. Suzan-Lori won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2001 play Topdog/Underdog, a revival of which also won a Tony Award. It's now on stage in Australia for the first time.Also, Marina Prior and Michael Cormick, two superstars of Australian musical theatre, hit the highway with their Centrestage tour, and while many artists are sounding alarm bells about artificial intelligence, choreographer Alisdair Macindoe is embracing it. In Plagiary, Macindoe hands the role of...2024-09-0354 minThe RegenNarration PodcastThe RegenNarration Podcast167 Excerpt. Next Generation Farming: North Arm Farms' Seven-Way Cooperative, Community Ties & Organic DecertificationWe’re now heading south from the Kimberley towards Margaret River for the regenerative agriculture conference next week. One brilliant couple who’ll be there, and who appear in the film Rachel’s Farm being shown on the eve of the conference, is Kaycee Simuong and Tom Macindoe. This is an excerpt of episode 167 featuring the last 25 minutes or so of our conversation, recorded after visiting Rachel, up the Valley at their 400 acre farm of forest and grassland regeneration, with extraordinary market garden.Here’s part of the blurb from the full episode:Tom and Kaycee a...2023-08-2828 minThe RegenNarration PodcastThe RegenNarration Podcast167. Farm Like the World Depends On It, with Kaycee Simuong & Tom MacindoeWhat if you could regenerate farmland and create a sustainable farming lifestyle while also building a strong community? Join Anthony as he visits Tom and Kaycee, an innovative young farming couple from the Nambucca Valley on Gumbaynggirr Country in NSW, who are doing just that. They share their remarkable journey of stewarding 400 acres of forest and grassland into a thriving regenerative farm, and founding the North Arm Farms Co-op - a unique enterprise model that sends 100% of what we spend on our food directly to the farmers. Hear how Tom and Kaycee are adapting to the dramatically...2023-06-141h 16Parallel CareersParallel CareersEpisode 2 | Richard Van Camp“You want to be continually energized by your students. And that's really the dance of mentorship. And that's the gift of mentorship, is that when you finally get an afternoon to return to your own work, you're going with that hunger that they showed you all the time.”In this episode, Richard Van Camp discusses his life’s work as a storyteller and writer to pass on teachings for the next generation, and his excitement about the future of Indigenous literature. 0:29 | Realizing as a child that the school curriculum he was learning was cultural theft a...2022-02-2833 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for Teachers#26 - Laura BoyleI talk with Laura Boyle, a former student of mine at GCM who is now in the teacher education program at the University of Virginia. The poem featured in the intro is "To Rebuild" by Hallie Knight. All other content written, edited, and produced by James MacIndoe.2021-06-221h 01What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for Teachers#25 - Hindsight 2020 (Part 2)The second in a series, this episode is exactly what it sounds like: a highly critical examination of what it was like to teach in 2020. I talked to admin, teachers, students, and even my school's psychologist about the visible and invisible impacts of the pandemic on instruction, student life, and the future of teaching. Also featured in this episode is some food for thought from the new book A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider, which you should all go find and read immediately. Special thanks, again, to Cole Harding, Jessica Post, Trip Sargent, and...2021-01-0339 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for Teachers#24 - Hindsight 2020 (Part 1)The first in a series, this episode is exactly what it sounds like: a highly critical examination of what it was like to teach in 2020. I talked to admin, teachers, students, and even my school's psychologist about the visible and invisible impacts of the pandemic on instruction, student life, and the future of teaching.  Special thanks to Cole Harding, Jessica Post, Trip Sargent, and Willow Mason.2020-12-3139 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS3 Ep. 4 Daniel ReinishDan and I talk about our districts’ respective remote learning plans and explore the logistical, instructional, and personal obstacles we’ve had to navigate as we try to do our jobs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-04-251h 03What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS3 Ep. 3 Sam LongIn this episode, I review Dana Goldstein’s book The Teacher Wars, and I talk to Sam Long, a science instructor at my school who is developing a gender inclusive approach to teaching biology. Episode notes Sam's most recent Chalkbeat articles: Disrespected and excluded as a teen, this transgender teacher wants a different high school experience for today’s students I’m a trans educator who’s had to fight for my place in school. Here’s how you could help, and learn from, teachers like me. Sam's resource p...2020-02-081h 16What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS3 Ep. 2 Jonathan WolferIn this episode, I talk with Jonathan Wolfer -- a Regis University professor and the principal of Douglass Elementary School in Boulder Valley -- about educational policy, leadership philosophy, and some of the more unique aspects of Colorado's education scene.  Links to important things: TABOR The negative factor (there's a great breakdown about halfway through the article) SB-191 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2020-01-1246 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS3 Ep. 1 Ying OngIn the first episode of season three, I talk to Ying Ong -- an English language acquisition teacher from Cherry Creek Schools -- about how her racial consciousness has impacted her work in education and the many ways that dominant cultures influence public education, often for the worse. Also -- there's new theme music. Links to things we talk about: Courageous Conversations Crucial Accountability The Wallace Foundation --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2019-08-261h 17What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS2 Ep. 7 GCM Commencement AddressOn June 12, 2019, I had the tremendous honor of delivering the commencement address at George C. Marshall High School's graduation ceremony. It feels a little self-aggrandizing to put that speech on this platform, but it's a love letter to my former students and to my son. I worked hard on it, and I wanted to share it. I am thankful for so many things. Marshall's administrators helped arrange my flights and in general made it possible for me to be there. My friends picked me up and dropped me off at Metro stops and airports and everywhere in...2019-06-2116 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS2 Ep. 6 ReflectionsI talk about my five key experiences and takeaways from the 2018-19 school year: school culture, grief, technology, curriculum, and writing. There's no interview this time, and while it's May and it very much feels like the end of a sequence, there will probably be a couple of bonus pods over the summer featuring some grad school action, so stay tuned. Music credit: "Thrum Room" by Podington Bear --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2019-05-1927 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS2 Ep. 5 Jessica PostIn this episode, Jessica and I talk about her Multicultural Perspectives Class -- a cohort of students that works to address systemic problems within the education system, and our school specifically. And I talk about a bunch of random things that have been on my mind since it's been three months since we had a pod. Links and such. smashSMARD: https://www.smashsmard.org/ Colorado Youth Congress: https://coyouthcongress.org/ Sources of Strength: https://sourcesofstrength.org/ The Absurd Structure of High School (Medium): https://medium.com/s/story/the-insane-structure-of-high-school-762fea58fe62 Music credits: "Thrum Room" by Podington Bear --- This...2019-05-051h 00What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS2 Ep. 4 Cole HardingWe talk about why Cole loves teaching, the importance of fun, making math accessible to all students, and we dig a bit into the culture at our school. Also grief metaphors and Finn sneezes. Music credit: "Thrum Room" by Podington Bear --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2019-02-2357 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS2 Ep. 3 Finn*** Content Warning: child loss *** I talk about my son, Finn, and how losing him has shaped life and work and every little thing. Music credits: "Thrum Room" and "Corridor" by Podington Bear --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2019-01-0344 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS2 Ep. 2 Tiffany SantanaWe talk about how to reach and teach students who have historically had difficulty with reading and decoding English. We also talk about the baby. We always talk about the baby. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2018-09-2355 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersS2 Ep. 1 Katie ClarkIn this episode, we talk to Katie Clark about starting at her third school in three years and building relationships with new co-workers. We also hear about James's wacky summer and his Colorado culture shock. Oh, and there's new theme music. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2018-09-0333 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 12 End of the Year Reflections (6/15/18)The end of year reflections just won’t stop coming. James talks about the end of the school year, leaving Marshall, and what’s next. Some of his students talk about becoming aware of their own growth. And Dean Wood joins in once again to talk about what he’s proud of this school year. Editing note: James sounds sad, or at least slightly ambivalent about the impending birth of his child. He is not. He’s excited -- just worn out at the moment. Cut him some slack. The Round House: https://www.amazon.com/Round-House-Novel-Louise-Erdrich/dp/0062065254 Jim Burke’s English...2018-06-131h 33What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 11 Emma Choi (5/25/18)In this special, student-centered episode, we talk about the things that have helped Emma build good relationships with her teachers, her favorite kinds of classrooms, and what she thinks teachers sometimes forget. We also get her take on the biggest problems facing public schools right now, making friends in high school, and heaps of existential dread. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2018-05-241h 11What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 10 Dean Wood (2/11/18)We talk about teacher burnout, how Dean’s perspective on school has changed since becoming department chair, problematic legacy practices within education, and just being open to new ideas. Notes and links! The Pedagogy of the Oppressed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy_of_the_Oppressed The "Guide on the Side" vs the "Sage on Stage" tropes: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27558571?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Hawkeye Pierce (in case you live under a rock): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_M*A*S*H_characters#Hawkeye_Pierce --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to...2018-02-111h 16What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 9 Apoorva and Lindsay (12/20/17)We talk about the work of Carol Dweck, Alfie Kohn, and other researchers who have studied the effects of praise/encouragement and rewards/punishments on human development. Using the articles linked below as a framework, we explore ways to have better conversations with our students and avoid toxic praise. Praise vs. Encouragement: http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2015/05/difference-praise-encouragement-matters/ Carol Dweck’s study: http://maryschmidt.pbworks.com/f/Perils+of+Praise-Dweck.pdf Helping Students Motivate Themselves: https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/guest-post-helping-students-motivate-themselves/ Parent Effectiveness: https://www.amazon.com/Parent-Effectiveness-Training-Responsible-Children/dp/0609806939 The Risks of Rewards: http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/risks-rewards/ ...2017-12-201h 10What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 8 Kara Clark (11/21/17)We talk about Teach for America, Kara’s move from high school English to K-8 art, the necessity of fine arts in public schools, and why we really just want to be teacher coaches. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2017-11-1956 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 7 Melissa Wyse (11/11/17)We talk about teaching writing, being present in the classroom, authentic tasks, sentences, landscapes, and so much more. Links to things we reference: The Bard institute: http://writingandthinking.org/ Idlewild Arts: https://idlewildarts.com So…Poetry: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/so-poetry/id1034664577?mt=2 How to Write a Sentence: https://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Sentence-Read-One/dp/006184053X --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2017-11-111h 33What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 6 Sam Hedenberg (10/13/17)We talk about how Sam organizes all of his teaching and life tasks, the perks of managing publications, and as always, we dispense some first year teacher advice. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2017-10-131h 14What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 5 Daniel Reinish (9/23/17)We talk about teaching while introverted, Dan's strengths and weaknesses, and explore why he sometimes sits in his classroom with all the lights off. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2017-09-231h 09What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 4 Brenna Killeen (9/8/17)We talk about what Brenna learned as a first year teacher, why she doesn’t think she’s an expert in anything, and her goals for this year as a teacher and a person. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2017-09-091h 04What Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 3 Lindsay Karr (9/1/17)We talk about how Lindsay has become a more mindful teacher, the need for more emotional intelligence in the classroom, and being OK with the work never being done. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2017-09-0156 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 2 Paul Fauteux (8/25/17)We talk about why Paul has changed his mind about inclusion classes, team teaching, professional learning communities, and what it means to meet students where they are. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2017-08-2548 minWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersWhat Do We Know? A Podcast for TeachersEp. 1 Apoorva Johri (8/18/17)In the first episode, we talk about getting ready for the school year, making our students better listeners, being emotionally intelligent, and the art of useful goal setting. Full description: the repetitive nature of teaching lends itself to living life on autopilot. That makes it all the more important to step back and refresh. What we do know works? How do we know that? What can we do better? How many of the answers are within reach? What more do we need to know? This podcast aims to name and explore the most important issues that teachers face every day...2017-08-1651 min