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Building a Culture of CollaborationSummer Replay #4 Dos and Don'ts When Strengthening Team Dynamics with Lucas ClarkeAccess a workshop guide to help your team STOP focusing on things outside of our locus of control - https://bit.ly/JLlocusSummer Replay #4 - In this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Lucas Clarke, a passionate educator with the Anglophone South School District who is also the host of the Mr. Clarke After Dark Podcast, where he shares his insights and experiences in education. We discuss how academic support and cross-disciplinary collaboration can strengthen team dynamics and student success. Access the podcast and learn more about Lu...
2025-08-121h 03
Mr. Clarke After DarkClarke Notes #8 | Embarrassing Self-Reflections, When Teachers Lie, and Young AdministratorsIn this episode, I discuss my embarrassing attempts at being present with my friend groups, how neuroscience PD has stalled and what is routinely available is not working and why this does not have to be a bad thing, why teachers lie about how busy they are, why new teachers want to be told what to do and how this helps everyone long-term, why self-interest in education should not be frowned upon, what makes collaboration cool, the joy of thinking over doing, and, much more. Get a custom virtual assistant free for thirty days: https://www.leverageassistants.c...
2025-06-1735 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#101 - Mr. Clarke | Top Takeaways From One Hundred EpisodesTeachers need to put themselves out there more. Teachers hide their expertise behind their classroom door because we have constantly been told nobody knows what they are doing and everyone feels too scared to share what they know. Baptism by fire leaves everyone even more vulnerable to imposter syndrome and about imposter syndrome that actually holds you back. New Teachers should actually be involved in everything even though this time is unpaid, and this is where low starting salaries hurt and scheduling them into classes nobody wants to teach is a mistake.You ca...
2025-06-101h 00
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Clarke Notes #7 | Whack-a-mole Classroom Management on Steroids & Family Death PerceptionIn this episode, I share some personal stories about how family losses have shaped my perspective on life and the long game of this career. I talk about the hilarious and unique challenges of teaching middle school in the month of May—especially when it comes to classroom management and student behavior—my hate for reading fiction, and why understanding different educational systems can make us better at what we do. Looking ahead, I share my thoughts on educational leadership and take on some common myths about private and charter schools. Lastly, as I prepare to become a parent myse...
2025-05-2528 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Clarke Notes #6 | Teachers Are Negotiating For The Wrong ThingsIn this episode of Clarke Notes, I dive into the ongoing debate around teacher pay, with a particular focus on Alberta and New Brunswick. While teachers often ask for blanket salary increases, I explore some alternative strategies that could better support educators without sparking public outrage. I talk about how important it is to acknowledge teachers' contributions to boost morale, and how improved insurance benefits could provide real financial relief. I also highlight the potential of retention bonuses as a way to encourage experienced teachers to stay in the profession, especially since current salary structures often undervalue them. I...
2025-04-2729 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Clarke Notes #5 | Teacher Money, Fickle Neuroscience, & The Midwit TrapIn this episode, I discuss the exchange between financial gain and personal fulfillment in teaching, the challenges of teacher retention, and the potential benefits of private education and outdoor learning. The talk also touches on the importance of collaboration among educators and the pitfalls of overcomplicating educational concepts.Download the Luxy App: https://www.onluxy.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqTNbyn-jjHs7e_i30XoKL8TjYHwsNZf3mszmFzGiR7IyEUU0FDChapters00:00 Introduction and Personal Anecdote03:18 Education and Self-Improvement06:20 The Value of Teaching vs. Money09:10 Teacher Retention and Salary Structures11:39 Private Education and Outdoor Learning
2025-03-3125 minBuilding a Culture of CollaborationDos and Don’ts When Strengthening Team Dynamics with Lucas Clarke - Ep 29Access a workshop guide to help your team STOP focusing on things outside of our locus of control - https://bit.ly/JLlocusIn this episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis are joined by Lucas Clarke, a passionate educator with the Anglophone South School District who is also the host of the Mr. Clarke After Dark Podcast, where he shares his insights and experiences in education. We discuss how academic support and cross-disciplinary collaboration can strengthen team dynamics and student success. Access the podcast and le...
2025-03-081h 02
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Clarke Notes #4 | What is This About?Hello friends, watch me have a nosebleed in real time! In this episode, I discuss niches, highlights from previous episodes, what to expect over the next few months, a reimagined framework for teacher pay to help improve retention, future projects, the podcasts of friends, and, much more. Don't be scared!Send us a textThoughts shared on the podcast are purely our own and do not represent the views of the Anglophone South School District or the relevant jurisdictions associated with my guests.
2025-02-2829 min
The Elemental Educator PodcastHow Can Building Relationships Improve School Culture? (with Lucas Clarke)How Can Building Relationships Improve School Culture?
In this episode of The Elemental Educator Podcast, host Tyler Comeau sits down with Lucas Clarke, an academic support teacher and podcast host, to discuss the importance of fostering strong relationships among educators and students. Lucas shares how his experiences navigating personal adversity, supporting colleagues, and embracing collaborative teaching practices have shaped his leadership style. Learn how authentic relationships can transform school culture and elevate learning for all.
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2025-02-1051 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Clarke Notes #3 | Rebrands, Sneezes, & ChatGPTIn this episode of The Clarke Notes, I discuss the UK trio from this past month, a potential rebrand of the podcast, the Lipstick Story from reffing girls hockey, a middle school student discovering Joe Rogan, students aggressively not covering their sneezes, attendance questions, puck lights for bathroom routines, using ChatGPT to save your teaching time with specific examples, and what is on the horizon. Thank you for tuning in and hope you enjoy the show! Download the Luxy App here: https://www.onluxy.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorQE6gOpRh5iTLYhBH2zLFzKX0WGhAc_oLC3EETPegghQkvcVUgSend us a...
2025-01-2635 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#076 - The Clarke Brothers | Christmas Cantatas, Bionicles, and Airsoft Gun Fights Gone AwryJordan and Joshua Clarke are my brothers and had the absolute privilege of finally being on the show their favourite sibling produces. It is the first time I have lived away from both of my brothers so it was definitely a nice way to maintain a family tradition of reliving past traumas at Christmas time. Throughout the conversation, expect to hear about things we did to annoy each other growing up which still work, concerning gaps in our knowledge with the infamous pickle/cucumber realization, which of their children they think will throw the first house party, the infamous...
2024-12-2237 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Clarke Notes #2 | Fart Strikes, Millennial Christmas Lights, and Failing Out LoudHello friends! Welcome to another Mr. Clarke Think Aloud. On the episode, I discuss how hilarious Millennial Christmas lights are, the different interactions of students making fun of my pimple, wondering how many farts count as strikes through a classroom management lens, other egregious things students have expressed to me over the past month, seeing how different students are in a one on five setting versus the traditional classroom setting, some literacy learnings over the past few months as I dive into detail on the Word Connections program and the value I am seeing in it and how I...
2024-11-3036 min
Teachers on FireHOPE for NEW TEACHERS: A Conversation with New Brunswick Resource Teacher LUCAS CLARKE🔥 How has the teaching profession changed over the last five years?
🔥 What would you say to a rookie teacher struggling with imposter syndrome?
🔥 As federal elections approach, what is the role of the Social Studies teacher?
Join me for this conversation with New Brunswick resource teacher and podcaster LUCAS CLARKE as he shares his insights on these and other critical questions.
About This Guest: Lucas is an academic support teacher in Saint John, New Brunswick, and the host of the Mr. Clarke After Dark podcast.
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2024-11-0152 min
Teachers on FireHOPE for NEW TEACHERS: A Conversation with New Brunswick Resource Teacher LUCAS CLARKE🔥 How has the teaching profession changed over the last five years? 🔥 What would you say to a rookie teacher struggling with imposter syndrome? 🔥 As federal elections approach, what is the role of the Social Studies teacher? Join me for this conversation with New Brunswick resource teacher and podcaster LUCAS CLARKE as he shares his insights on these and other critical questions. About This Guest: Lucas is an academic support teacher in Saint John, New Brunswick, and the host of the Mr. Clarke After Dark podcast. Connect with Lucas on Linkedin, on Instagram and TikTok @mrclarke.afterdark, on his podcast Mr. Clarke Aft...
2024-11-0152 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Clarke Notes #1 | Innovative Roles, FOMO & Stories From the TrenchesHello friends, I am trying out a new segment of the podcast here where I do a solo episode to share some thoughts, tips I have learned, stories from school and my new gig, and share some nerdy stuff eventually as well. On this episode I discuss what I am learning in my new Academic Support Teacher role, what I have been doing in the role so far and what I am aiming for it to become, the story of finding the first mouse in my house, the weirdness of being someone's neighbor, an embarrassing bank story, how being...
2024-10-1329 min
Age Less / Live MoreUnderstanding Chronic Pain with Dr. David ClarkeChronic pain affects hundreds of millions worldwide, with conditions like gastrointestinal issues, back pain, and migraine topping the list. In many cases, psychological factors play a significant role in causing or worsening pain. Despite overwhelming evidence, the mind-body connection is often ignored or dismissed as "all in your head," as though that makes it less serious. My guest this week has dedicated his work to educating both medical professionals and patients on the power of the mind to relieve and even reverse chronic pain. Listen and learn: How adverse childhood experiences can contribute to or even...
2024-10-0243 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#064 - Danielle Danis | The Fort McMurray Educational Support Staff Strike & The Path ForwardDanielle Danis is currently an Educational Assistant and President of CUPE Local 2559 which represents more than 500 members in the Fort McMurray area. Much has taken place with their strike processes over the past six months and in this episode, we go deep into the negotiation timeline, the recent moves made by Danielle Smith to force them back into work, comments made by trusted leaders in the community degrading their position and how they have responded, how the wages for EAs and Custodians ends up being less than minimum wage when averaged out to a normal forty hour week, who...
2024-10-021h 20
Mr. Clarke After Dark#063 - Carl Azuz | Finding Media You Can Trust From a Former CNN AnchorCarl Azuz is most well-known for his years hosting CNN10 and has just recently gone Independent with The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz. On the episode, we discuss him initially starting off with CNN, his punthusiastic personality, making it the goal to not spend too much time on a story in his episodes to help spark opportunities for nuance within his viewers, the difficulty in making extremely emotionally reactive stories objective, the differences between critical thinking and being skeptical, what Social Studies teach students outside of the literacy components associated with it, creating a coffee shop...
2024-09-241h 01
Mr. Clarke After Dark#062 - Jennifer Gonzalez | Reforming Education One Cult at a TimeJennifer Gonzalez has been involved in Education both as a teacher and the creator of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast, Blog, and Professional Development hub. On the episode, Jennifer and I discuss her leaving teaching and staying in Education with the origins of Cult of Pedagogy, how her vision for it has developed, gaining National Board Certification and encouraging others to do so, the difficulties of providing specific PD to a general audience, how easy it is to stay the same in your approach to teaching, embarrassing confessions to the students, apologizing for setting too high of an ideal...
2024-09-1748 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#061 - Brittany Loder | Woodshop Wonder WomanBrittany Loder is a Secondary Humanities and CTS Teacher has been over the profession for more than a decade. On this episode, we discuss assumptions made about female teachers in Trades education and how they are treated, close calls in the shop, the utility of threats, my lack of education in my wood shop career, setting clear expectations in a dangerous environment, why stay teaching trades when you can practice the trade and make way more money, Women Building Futures, why women excel in trades, the “skills” of a good educator, the importance of flexibility, the lowest moments of her...
2024-09-101h 03
Mr. Clarke After Dark#060 - Steph McFarland | Rapture Fear & Teaching RevelationsSteph McFarland is a Secondary Humanities & CTS Teacher who has been in the profession for eighteen years. On this episode, Steph and I discuss our religious upbringing and rapture fear (if you know, you know), how my friends used to pay me to swear, sitting with your first year teacher self, how you can get lost in the busyness of a big school, yearbook creation struggles, being the biggest personality in the room if you teach junior high, feeling zero shame in the creation of my staff speaker speech, junior high versus senior high humour, balancing skibidi with legitimate...
2024-09-031h 14
Mr. Clarke After Dark#059 - Sobhi Hamed | What to Look For in a MentorSobhi is currently a Vice Principal and has been in the profession for close to a decade. On this episode, we discuss leadership philosophy, the ingredients of a good mentor, what makes educational leadership an art, giving and receiving positive criticism, the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ mentality in teaching, not stressing too much about student tardiness, trying not to helicopter your adult students, the rise of people going to job interviews with a parent, the generalities of educational keynote speeches, how capitalism blends into family values, how EAs ALWAYS have the best tea, the sad part...
2024-08-2558 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#058 - Sobhi Hamed | Handling Confrontation with StudentsSobhi Hamed is currently a Vice Principal and has been in the profession for close to a decade. On this episode, we start deep going into how he has grown in his relationship with his children, how he has negotiated professional development with spending time with family, giving up extra-curriculars in pursuing higher positions, the beauty of watching your kids experiencing new things, email addiction, teacher side-hustles, tense conflicts with students, being a relationship building legend, putting yourself in position to lead, noticing when students try to distract you, the difference between a classroom and a learning environment, the...
2024-08-2556 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkSeason 2 Preview! | Yours Truly - New Episodes August 27thHello friends!! It has been a wild summer so far and just checking in with an update for the future of the show, the variety of guests you should expect to see, an update on my new gig, some of my favorite guests over the past year, the troubles with creating a podcast for teachers, incorporating the audience more, who I will be launching season two with, and, much more! Thank you for tuning in and I hope you are as excited as I am for new episodes coming August 27th!Send us a text...
2024-08-2012 min
The Roadman Cycling PodcastLucas Clarke : Race Across America Record BreakerLucas Clarke joins Anthony today to chat with him about his record breaking time in the famous Race Across America. This is one of the most gruelling endurance events in the world and Lucas shares the story about this monumental achievement.
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2024-08-1540 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#057 - Jessica Hawk | Retirement, Cat Cuddling, and Setting BoundariesJessica Hawk (@myteacherface) has been in the profession for more than thirty years and has recently retired this past WEEK! On this episode, Jessica and I discuss her future as a cat cuddler, choosing to not have children, how the nightmares from her first year of teaching still haunt her, how teachers guilt one another, cutting down the mental load on her students, setting boundaries with her school, GoGuardian, how to retain teachers, and, much more. Send us a textThoughts shared on the podcast are purely our own and do not represent the views o...
2024-06-2551 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#056 - Daniele Boleli | Cultivating Legitimacy in the History ClassroomDaniele Boleli is a History Professor based out of Los Angeles, California and is the host of the History on Fire Podcast. Daniele has also made several appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience and has worked closely with esteemed historical podcaster Dan Carlin. On top of that, he is also the holder of the greatest accent of all time. On this episode, Daniele and I discuss the oddities of personally connecting to history, the silliness of cultural rivalries, how he formulates his history podcast, Taoism, learning not to go down too many rabbit holes while lecturing, how to not...
2024-06-1842 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#055 - Mandy Grass | Implementing Behavior SystemsMandy Grass is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and hosts the popular social media parenting page @thefamilybehaviorist on Instagram. On this episode, Mandy and I discuss wholeheartedly supporting rewards for kids, the symptoms of ADHD in undiagnosed adults, the importance of tiered interventions, visual schedules and reinforcement systems for children with ADHD, the disconnect between teachers and parents over creating consistency at home and in the classroom and how to handle the awkward conversations, replacement behaviours, how parenting is fundamentally calibrating your own response to your child’s behaviour, analyzing validation-seeking behaviour in your kids, and, much more. Thank yo...
2024-06-1039 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#054 - Racism, The Ku Klux Klan, and Productive Conversation | Daryl DavisDaryl Davis is a Musician and is commonly known for his efforts combatting racism by engaging members of the Ku Klux Klan and inadvertently convincing hundreds of members to leave and denounce the organization as well as other forms of political and racial extremism. On the episode, Daryl and I discuss his pursuit to answer how people are able to hate people they do not know, his initial experiences learning what racism, fostering harmony in society, how some members he would sit with had never even spoken to a person of a different race, interviewing KKK members for his...
2024-06-0454 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#053 - Cookies & Comedy | Andrea Caspari SpearsAndrea Caspari Spears (@caspariland) is a Teacher and Stand-Up Comedian who has been in the profession for more than twenty years and is a regular on the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour. On the episode, Andrea and I discuss the horrors of corporate gigs and doing comedy for people eating cookies and drinking orange juice, getting involved with Bored Teachers, believing you can be funny, crushing on Robin Williams, performing in front of five thousand teachers, the public hunger for live entertainment and the opportunities available, teacher resume fluffing, getting an unexpected laugh, and, much more. Thank you for tuning...
2024-05-281h 11
Theo Clarke PodcastBuilt A 7-figure Clothing Brand at 22 - Tropez Official | Niko Clarke Ep.10Built A 7-figure Clothing Brand at 22.This week's podcast features a special guest, my brother - Niko Clarke. We discuss his journey to building a 7-figure luxury menswear clothing brand, Tropez Official.Tropez Official, initially launched by Lucas Yazdanfar (or as we know him - Yaz) in 2020. Inspired by Yaz's vision, Niko decided that he wanted more than just the 2-piece set - he wanted to be involved in the business. So, he approached Yaz with an offer to become partners. Fast forward a f...
2024-05-261h 01
Mr. Clarke After Dark#052 - Smarter Than Your Average Bear | Jason HamiltonJason Hamilton is currently in his first year in the profession and he is currently teaching Jr. High Social Studies and is one of the main coaches for the hockey program at his school. On this episode, Jason and I discuss reading our dad’s energy which contributed to our chill personas, not wanting to do labor jobs, his experience working as a labourer and thinking hell no, the trade of passion for pay in some jobs, not really wanting to hang out with your work friends after seeing them all day every day, how his mentor helped him be...
2024-05-2152 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#051 - What Does Evil Look Like? | Dr. Evil Academic (Cathryn Van Kessel)Cathryn van Kassel is an Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies at Texas Christian University. Her research focuses on how different conceptualizations of evil function in the context of education within and beyond the classroom, with a keen interest in youth conceptualizations as well as a variety of understandings from philosophy, psychology, and social theory. She is particularly enthusiastic about interpretations of evil that implicate ordinary people to uplift pursuits of justice. On this episode, Cathryn and I discuss the misconceptions of evil in the Social Studies Classroom and beyond, our assumptions of what evil looks like, when people think...
2024-05-1458 min
Mr. Clarke After Dark#050 - Mindy Francis | Site Wife Life & The Francis FiveMindy Francis is the definition of Jane of all trades and is currently working in her 23rd job as an Educational Assistant. More importantly, she is the mother of five wonderful children of whom I have had the pleasure of teaching a few. On this episode, we discuss her starting her own podcast Site Wife, cultivating a close family, student mental health and how being in Education helps her understand her own kids better, leaving the Mormon church and the challenges that came with it, how she wanted her children to be raised in relation to her own upbringing...
2024-05-071h 02
Mr. Clarke After DarkHandling Tension in the Social Studies Classroom | Episode #49 - Dr. Elizabeth WashingtonDr. Elizabeth Washington is a Professor of Social Studies Education at the University of Florida College of Education. On this episode, Elizabeth and I discuss what it means to live in a democratic society and how to teach it our students, the main issues teachers face in attempting to facilitate difficult conversations, handling when students ‘go off the rails’ while discussing a heavy topic, the importance of relationships in facilitating difficult discussion, modelling citizenship in the classroom, handling general opposition to existence of social studies as a discipline, how Social Studies does not exist in many jurisdictions in the Unit...
2024-04-3058 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkGrowing as a Basketball Player | Episode #48 - Ben SimmonsOn this episode, Ben and I discuss the Keyano Huskies recent National Championship with the ACAC and my equivalent run in the fifth grade with the Sister Mary Phillips Saints, overcoming the Kryptonite of SAIT this year, the jump for athletes from the ACAC to the CIS, me helping one his teammates with their essays, his experience playing with York University, opportunities for basketball overseas, how development in European basketball differs from American basketball, if he is better than his brother, his experience with his mom getting sick and how that contributed to his text anxiety at a very...
2024-04-2337 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkLosing Parents to Cancer | Episode #47 - Ben Simmons (Pt. 1/2)On Part one of our episode, both Ben and I discuss our experience losing our parents to cancer at a young age. Ben lost his mom to cancer and I lost my father to cancer in our early 20s. Ben and I discuss processing the initial diagnosis, how his mom had it for more than fifteen years, getting used to the cancer process, results weekends, how things worsened toward the end and how we are both very open about it, how discussing them is a way of keeping them alive, how people guilt themselves on things they could have...
2024-04-1650 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkTeaching Reading Through Gamification | Episode #46 - Cabrina LafonteCabrina (@cabrinascreativeclassroom) is a teacher in Virginia and is currently in her sixth year in the profession. On this episode, Sabrina and I discuss the specialization process of Special Education, Multi-Sensory Reading Instruction, gamifying her classroom, teaching in the ‘armpit’ of her school, academic regressions from her students after Covid, teaching parents to teach during Covid, tactics she uses to change up the classroom, how we rarely have a class in the same grade who are actually at the same grade level, the recent uptick in people hiring Educational Advocates and their presence in schools, the training (or lack ther...
2024-04-091h 06
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Future of Conservatism in Alberta | Episode #45 - Tany YaoTany Yao is currently the MLA of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and also holds the role of Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health. On this episode, Tany and I discuss his move into provincial politics and his hilarious harassment of Brian Jean in 2015, his time as an Emergency Responder, the issues Fort McMurray has had with expanding its housing over the past ten years, the pitch of getting people to move to Fort McMurray, politician orientation, how the conservatives got wiped in 2015 and how they adjusted to being in opposition, what Danielle Smith has that Jason Kenny does not, the future o...
2024-04-0256 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkAdvice for Changing Cities as a Veteran Teacher | Episode #44 - Faith McPeekFaith McPeek (@mcpeekteaches) is an elementary teacher based out of Illinois. On this episode, Faith and I discuss how adults are actually the most difficult part of teaching, how the teacher legacy continues after parents, kids vaping, the importance of student-centred learning, weirdness of standardization in elementary schools, how kids do not know how to athletically engage their body, the trials of moving across the country to teach and the guilt of leaving your school, especially your teacher besties, the onset of kids playing fortnite, how we would use pictochat on DS back in the day, and, much more...
2024-03-2643 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkGaslighting The Gaslighters | Episode #43 - Sam SalemSam (@samsleeves) is a Substitute Teacher by day and Stand-up Comedian by night and is based out of Los Angeles, California. He is also a Co-Host of the CallBacksPod. On this episode, Sam and I discuss how teaching through Covid inspired him to go into stand-up, the surprising things students say to him, his experience coaching college basketball, how it is weird being in charge of people’s children, how comedy parallels teaching in some ways, the negativity bias of how people typically only hear about the negatives of teaching from people who do not want to teach anymore, ne...
2024-03-1943 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkRothschild Francis and The Fundamentals of Teaching History | Episode #42 - Megan DuVarney ForbesMegan DuVarney Forbes (@toocoolformiddleschool) is a Social Studies teacher and has been in the profession for more than a decade. On this episode, Megan and I discuss the range of differences in the age range through junior high, the meaning of Social Studies and how we relay its message to our students, the importance of the ‘hook,’ tricking your junior high students into learning by accident, tips for speeding up the research process in humanities projects, not needing everything to be life changing for students to learn from it, how historical re-enactments go way too far, the story of Roth...
2024-03-1246 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkBuilding Financial Independence Outside of the Classroom | Episode #41 - Jennifer KeigherJennifer Keigher (@eastnash.teacher) is currently teaching in Nashville, TN, and has been in the profession for more than a decade. On this episode, Jenn and I discuss a natural path to teaching, the unexpected reality of teaching, being naturally sarcastic people, how teaching has become too much and how post-covid education is almost like the wild west, how we have many concerns about the future of education, the challenges of making more money as a teacher and developing her own business while teaching, the implicit judgement from her colleagues after taking a step back, the strange idiosyncrasies of...
2024-03-051h 10
Mr. Clarke After DarkFrom Teacher to Netflix Reality TV | Episode #40 - Gaspare RandazzoGaspare (@standuprandazzo) is a Teacher and Stand-up Comedian based out of New York, NY. He is also a Co-Host on The Social Studies Podcast with Joe Dombrowski. On this episode, we discuss his appearance on the Netflix reality gameshow The Trust, the intense process required to land a spot on the show, how they did not know anything about the show until they were on the cliff at the beginning, how the show managed to get secrets from the guests without them even realizing, how he had to quit his teaching job to participate in the show, what surprised...
2024-02-2748 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkBuilding Healthy Relationships with Children with Autism | Episode #39 - Jay YoderJay Yoder (@jayyodercomedy) is Teacher, Comedian, and Podcast Host. He is currently a Co-Host on the Teacher Off Duty Podcast, and is one of the headliners on the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour. On this episode, Jay and I discuss his transition into comedy, being scared to start teaching and the pit stains that came with it, how he would bring an extra shirt to work each day, the importance of having other passions, being raised in “witness protection” by lesbian mothers and feeling like he needed to hide it, adjusting his vision of fatherhood in raising his daughter with auti...
2024-02-201h 13
Mr. Clarke After DarkExpanding Your Social Battery | Episode #38 - Shannon DubeShannon Dube is currently the President of the ATA Local 48 and is also the Elementary Numeracy Coordinator for the Fort McMurray Public School Division. On part two of our conversation, Shannon and I discuss building relationships and being less awkward, the ‘excited to see you’ tool, setting boundaries, how things “grate on you” over time, what the most stressful part of teaching is, how parents have become more demanding, how it is hard to ‘on’ all the time, how students do still have a good side, teaching high school as a young teacher and handling the smaller age gap, the emotiona...
2024-02-1336 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkWe Definitely Know What We're Doing | Episode #36 - Staci BaileyStaci Bailey is a Secondary Humanities & CTS teacher and has been in the profession for just over a decade. On part two of the conversation, Staci and I discuss playing devil’s advocate for teaching time, the current teaching climate, how the teacher shortage is actually shedding the teacher comparison lanes in a positive way, how we both feel like we don’t know what were doing most of the time, dealing with changes in your family, our religious family upbringing, how quaintness should be encouraged more, how chaos is our new comfort, ‘body count’ culture, how you are definite...
2024-02-0631 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkMyth of the Pandemic Learning Gap | Episode #37 - Shannon DubeShannon Dube is currently the President of the ATA Local 48 and is also the Elementary Numeracy Coordinator for the Fort McMurray Public School Division. On part one of our conversation, Shannon and I discuss the weirdness of incentivizing teachers out of the classroom, how people who leave the classroom are viewed with lesser value for no longer being in it and the identity crisis that comes with it, planning professional development sessions for more than eight hundred teachers, the most common complaints from teachers about PD and how to plan around them, trying to develop the ‘teacher’ as a whol...
2024-02-0632 min
Lucas & Steve RadioLucas & Steve Radio 0321. Deniz Koyu - Underground 2. PØP CULTUR - We House U 3. Matisse & Sadko & James French - Pull Me Through The Fire (Citadelle Remix) 4. Lucas & Steve - What We Know (feat. Conor Byrne) 5. (SR) Mau P - BEATS FOR THE UNDERGROUND 6. Millean. - Obsessed 7. Jude & Frank X Massi Rocket - My Illusion 8. Lucas & Steve x Skinny Days - When I Wake Up 9. (AOW) Don Diablo & Mearsy - Physique (feat. RBZ) 10. Tom Westy - In The Dark 11. Will Clarke, BURNS - Give Me
2024-02-0300 minLucas & Steve RadioLucas & Steve Radio 0321. Deniz Koyu - Underground 2. PØP CULTUR - We House U 3. Matisse & Sadko & James French - Pull Me Through The Fire (Citadelle Remix) 4. Lucas & Steve - What We Know (feat. Conor Byrne) 5. (SR) Mau P - BEATS FOR THE UNDERGROUND 6. Millean. - Obsessed 7. Jude & Frank X Massi Rocket - My Illusion 8. Lucas & Steve x Skinny Days - When I Wake Up 9. (AOW) Don Diablo & Mearsy - Physique (feat. RBZ) 10. Tom Westy - In The Dark 11. Will Clarke, BURNS - Give Me
2024-02-0300 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkDiet Pepsi | Episode #35 - Staci BaileyStaci Bailey is a Secondary Humanities & CTS teacher and has been in the profession for just over a decade. On part one of the conversation, Staci and I discuss promoting ‘nugs, not drugs,’ ‘abstinence is awesome’ clothing, teaching expectations versus reality, figuring out which type of teacher she wanted to be, our agreeable nature, implementing structure(ish), managing student expectations, advice for building quality relationships, her experience as an EA before teaching, definitely never losing student work, teaching after becoming a parent and how in some ways teaching is not necessarily good for work-life balance, Seinfeld references, Tetley tea, Diet Pep...
2024-01-3035 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkAttunement & Embracing Criticism | Episode #34 - Connie JakabConnie Jakab is a speaker, author, and the CEO of Jakab Co. Connie has written multiple books, including Culture Rebel and Bring Them Closer both in a parent and teachers edition. Her work mainly revolves around coaching others to engage with their true path, as well as managing trauma within ourselves and in the classroom. On part two of our conversation, Connie and I discuss the teacher saviour complex and how not every teacher is meant to impact each student in the same way, looking for the unexpected signs of being in flight mode, separating yourself from negative student...
2024-01-3035 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkUnpacking Oppositional Defiance Disorder | Episode #33 - Connie JakabConnie Jakab is a speaker, author, and the CEO of Jakab Co. Connie has written multiple books, including Culture Rebel and Bring Them Closer both in a parent and teachers edition. Her work mainly revolves around coaching others to engage with their true path, as well as managing trauma within ourselves and in the classroom. On part one of our conversation, Connie and I discuss breakdance circles, Autism and its nuances, student regulation and strategies to help minimize student ‘sensory surprises,’ how she adjusts her message according to her audience, ‘interpersonal neurobiology,’ developing emotional self-awareness, the ‘seesaw’ of mirror neurons, ‘attu...
2024-01-2335 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Future of Standardized Testing | Episode #32 - Tim CoatesTim Coates is a Sessional Instructor with the University of Alberta and was a Diploma Exam Manager for Social Studies in Alberta for more than a decade. He has also been in the teaching profession for more than forty years. On part two of our conversation, Tim and I discuss the case for keeping standardized testing, the ‘friends of standardized testing club’ that does not exist, developing meaningful assessments, finding different ways to teach the core essay skills, how to teach differently if there were no diploma exam, not ‘teaching to the test’ even in a diploma course, how he would...
2024-01-2336 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkLife Beyond The Negative Self-Story | Episode #30 - D’Vaughn Powell a.k.a DJ ShadowD’Vaughn Powell is a Computer Science & Humanities Teacher who is currently in his first year in the profession. On part two of the conversation, D’Vaughn and I discuss authenticity in teaching about historical contexts outside of your background, developing self-esteem, handling past insecurities in the present and seeing students go through similar issues as you, the ‘negative self-story’ and how to get students to reframe their perception of self not based around what other people tell them they are, being genuine with your students, what being ‘regulated’ actually means, the importance of giving ‘bad kids’ a fresh chance in your c...
2024-01-1635 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Case for Standardized Testing | Episode #31 - Tim CoatesTim Coates is a Sessional Instructor with the University of Alberta and was a Diploma Exam Manager for Social Studies in Alberta for more than a decade. He has also been in the teaching profession for more than forty years. On part one of our conversation, Tim and I discuss the purpose of Social Studies and how to relay its importance to our students, how he was scared of being a communist when he was younger, the various Social Studies curricula he has taught and how they were different, ‘thinking styles,’ how the diploma exam may change with the new...
2024-01-1658 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkPedagogy (?) | Episode #29 - D’Vaughn Powell a.k.a DJ ShadowD’Vaughn Powell is a Computer Science & Humanities Teacher who is currently in his first year in the profession. On part one of our conversation, D’Vaughn and I discuss how teaching is really four jobs in one, the unrealistic introduction your practicum gives you, the major differences between the systemic expectations for learning in Nova Scotia vs. Alberta, becoming a DJ in university, the art of performing, spirituality outside of religion, Anime and its nuance, growing up in Jamaica and the differences in obedience to authority, what is actually meant by pedagogy, struggling with a new perception of self...
2024-01-0947 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkHow and Why Teachers Go on Strike | Episode #28 - Jason SchillingJason Schilling is currently the President of Alberta Teachers Association and has been in the profession for twenty-seven years. On this episode, Jason and I discuss student/teacher violence, the classroom size cap not coming to Alberta despite being present in others, central bargaining vs. local bargaining, PECBA legislation and bargaining for what you would like to bargain for, how there are already solutions to major teacher issues but they are just not being listened to, what level students are being funded at compared to other provinces, teacher engagement, the teaching ’scope of practice,’ how we cannot just assess stud...
2024-01-021h 07
The insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes#192: Lucas Clarke (Part 2)Part 2 of Eoin's chat with Lucas Clarke (@clarke.73).Lucas has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for about 2 years. He is an exceptional weight lifter training out of Glasgow City Barbell, and has recently competed in the British Weightlifting Championships.Lucas had a rough few years leading up to two separate conditions; Crohn’s Disease and Type 1 Diabetes. But despite these rough times, where Lucas admittedly was the ‘lightest and weakest’ he’s ever been, almost close to dying, he’s since consistently beaten his personal best in the gym, has represented Scotland in the sport...
2023-12-2831 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkMatching Reputation with Responsibility | Episode #27 - Tyler ColeTyler Cole is currently working in Economic Development in Nova Scotia, Canada. Tyler has also worked in Marketing and Tourism in the Fort McMurray area over the past eight years. On part two of our conversation, Tyler and I discuss the difficulties recruiting and maintaining volunteers, the details of pitching an event, the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship, the issues he has had recruiting events in rural areas, working with Golf Canada, building professional relationships, not making too many big promises, matching reputation with responsibility, putting people in the right place, having a teacher as a partner, and, much more...
2023-12-2840 minThe insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes#192: Dealing With The Reality Of Crohn's Disease & Type 1 Diabetes, with Lucas Clarke (Part 1)In this week’s episode Eoin chats with Lucas Clarke (@clarke.73).Lucas has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for about 2 years. He is an exceptional weight lifter training out of Glasgow City Barbell, and has recently competed in the British Weightlifting Championships.Lucas had a rough few years leading up to two separate conditions; Crohn’s Disease and Type 1 Diabetes. But despite these rough times, where Lucas admittedly was the ‘lightest and weakest’ he’s ever been, almost close to dying, he’s since consistently beaten his personal best in the gym, has represented...
2023-12-2737 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkAuthentic Networking | Episode #26 - Tyler ColeTyler Cole is currently working in Economic Development in Nova Scotia, Canada. Tyler has also worked in Marketing and Tourism in the Fort McMurray area over the past eight years. On this episode, Tyler and I discuss some of the anomalies of Northern Alberta, the local Astro-Photographer (Jon Tupper) in Fort McMurray who works with the Smithsonian, the value and transferability of post-secondary education, becoming involved in Sports Tourism and developing an inner appreciation for what drives things behind the scenes, the impact you have as a teacher, lawn-bowling world championships, putting together ‘bid packages’ to host community events, and...
2023-12-2140 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkEmbracing Your Inner Nerd | Episode #25 - Greg PollardGreg Pollard is currently a Physical Education & Humanities Teacher who is currently in his 17th year in the profession. On Part two of the conversation, Greg and I discuss teaching students in lower streams not to think they’re ’stupid,’ almost moving to another province, channeling his inner nerd, how presenting is not quite the gulag but is definitely still tiring, not placing your own academic expectations on your struggling students, how I have unwittingly emulated my HS Social Studies Teacher in more ways than one, the contradiction of changing your demeanour once you decide to pursue a VP path...
2023-12-2149 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Emptiness of Title Chasing | Episode #23 - Chris OrganHello friends! Chris Organ is currently a Principal who is in his 15th year in the profession. On part two of our conversation, Chris and I discuss instilling the value of education and the love of learning in your students, the purpose of Social Studies, the teacher shortage, his initial stint as an administrator at only 28 and the challenges associated with it, not liking being called ‘boss,’ going back to the classroom after and reflecting on his admin experience, how he ‘loves’ his mother and her appreciation of titles, the emptiness of title chasing, the jump from VP to Prin...
2023-12-1458 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkMr. Yummy | Episode #24 - Greg PollardGreg Pollard is currently a Physical Education & Humanities Teacher who is currently in his 17th year in the profession. On part one of our conversation, Greg and I discuss being called ‘Mr. Yummy,’ teaching mutual respect to students, not being a movie watcher, building relationships with students and avoiding the ‘teacher persona,’ adapting to a new school, finding sufficient ways to supplement the teaching income, imposter syndrome, adjusting his approach to his job after becoming a father, admiration for people willing to be in admin, that kids maturing slower may not be a bad thing, knowing that even though teaching...
2023-12-1453 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Unwritten Curriculum | Episode #22 - Chris OrganHello friends! Chris Organ is currently a Principal who is in his 15th year in the profession. On part 1 of the podcast, Chris and I discuss what inspired him to be a teacher as a leader at an ADHD summer camp, how our influence as teachers expand beyond what we may typically think, what he looks for when interviewing teachers, the importance of showing growth, not being a ‘yeller,’ approaching administration as a head teacher coach, the unwritten curriculum and what your university education does not teach you, toning down your reactivity, his experience teaching in Lac La Bi...
2023-12-0758 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkPositive Shaming | Episode #21 - Kelly HaldaneKelly Haldane is currently a Junior High Humanities Teacher who has been in the profession for more than a decade. On Part 2 of this episode, Kelly and I discuss student personality juggling, teacher guilt, the lack of need for report cards, the transition from teacher-at-school to teacher-on-call mentality, what the barriers between teachers and parents should be like, the no-zero policy dilemma and how students used to be afraid of homework checks, teacher autonomy, our experience on the Minister’s Teacher Advisory Council, and, much more. Thank you for tuning in and hope to see you next time!...
2023-11-3041 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkBring Your Machete to Work Day | Episode #20 - Kelly HaldaneHello friends, Kelly Haldane is currently a Junior High Humanities Teacher who has been in the profession for more than a decade. On Part 1 of this episode, Kelly and I discuss the utility of our university education, her experience working in a women’s shelter in Edmonton, teaching in Kenya, a machete surprise in the classroom, how her Kenyan students created their own Track and a chance encounter with Kenyan Olympians, her experience teaching in England as well as the riot that occurred in her school, the different treatment experienced by male vs. female teachers, drowning in wor...
2023-11-2345 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Teacher-Athlete Life | Episode #19 - Conrad DroverHello friends! Conrad Drover is currently teaching in Southern Alberta and is currently in his 5th year in the profession. On part two of our conversation, Drover and I discuss starting Track & Field and how this helped his self-esteem, breaking his fibula trying to get ice cream, calm panicking, growing as an athlete and not peaking in high school, the fall-from-grace feeling after finishing his USports career in Track with the University of Manitoba Bisons, trying to stay in shape when no longer in competition, “knowing the recipe and just needing to cook,” getting back into racing and b...
2023-11-2357 min
Conversations with CreatorsInside the World of Ninja Warrior Gyms: Chatting with Lucas Clarke | Episode 32Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ConversationsWithCreatorsToday I sit down with Lucas Clarke, the operations and marketing genius behind Ninja Nation. We discuss the origins of Ninja Nation and what sets it apart from other fitness facilities and Ninja Warrior gyms. Lucas shares how the idea for Ninja Nation came to fruition and emphasizes the importance of providing a space for kids to play, have fun, and challenge themselves. We also touch on the various classes offered at Ninja Nation, focusing on grip strength, balance, agility, and non-traditional sports activities. Tune in to learn...
2023-11-1734 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkRizzing Your Way to Success | Episode #18 - Conrad DroverHello friends!Conrad Drover is currently teaching in Southern Alberta and is currently in his 5th year in the profession. On part one of the podcast, Drover and I discuss, with his glass of milk and laryngitis, his recent move to the Calgary area and the adjustments he has had to make, having trouble building relationships in a bigger school, how there is no hope for my diabetic cat, why the 8th grade is his niche, competing with student’s cellphones as the main classroom stimulant, feeling like an imposter (or caveman) in your new school, mentorship, hi...
2023-11-161h 04
Mr. Clarke After DarkTuning Out The Noise | Episode #17 - Christina BuhlerHello friends! Christina Buhler is a French Language Arts and Social Studies teacher who is currently in her 4th year in the profession. On this episode, Buhler and I discuss Imposter Syndrome, what it means to improve as a teacher in our early years, the negativity new teachers often get from more experienced teachers, finding ways to tune out the noise, how both parents and students interact with male and female teachers differently, 'appreciating' the struggle of other teachers, the culture of negativity in teaching, imagining life without curriculum, 'throughline' questions, and, much more. Thanks for tuning in...
2023-11-1644 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkFrench Immersion Struggles: Beyond Croissants | Episode #16 - Christina BuhlerHello friends! Christina Buhler is a French Langauge Arts and Social Studies teacher who is currently in her 4th year in the profession. On this episode, Buhler and I discuss white girl anthems, becoming new teachers after Covid-19, teacher comparison, issues regarding French education and parental debate over whether their kids should go into it or not, the personalization of language, the gap between written and verbal communication with our students, practicum struggles, having no shame about upgrading your courses, and, much more. Thank you for tuning in and hope you enjoy the show!Send u...
2023-11-0953 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkQuiet Quitting | Episode #15 - Scott BarrScott Barr is currently is the Director of Human Resources & Administration with the Fort McMurray Public School District and is currently in his 27th year in the profession. On part two of our conversation Scott and I discuss standardized testing, how society undervalues teachers, how everyone thinks they can be a teacher through their ‘institutional biography,’ ways to make Education more competitive in the age of the teacher shortage, the amount of time teachers put in and what the tipping point is, ‘quiet quitting,’ my own personal run-in as Scott was my own Principal in Junior High, how teaching has chan...
2023-11-021h 05
Mr. Clarke After DarkLessons in Leadership | Episode #14 - Scott BarrScott Barr is currently is the Director of Human Resources & Administration with the Fort McMurray Public School District and is currently in his 27th year in the profession. On part one of the episode we discuss the pros/cons of teaching PhysEd and the stereotypes associated with them, how Martial Arts have helped him with personal growth, the adjustment from teaching to administering, creating a positive school culture, the teaching shortage, why teachers are looking for any way out, advice for Graduate School and what Educational Leadership teaches you, the challenges implementing the new curriculum, the importance of, and...
2023-10-261h 09
Mr. Clarke After DarkKeep Your Pants On | Episode #13 - Sheldon DahlSheldon Dahl is a Social Studies Teacher who is currently in his 20th year in the profession. On this episode, Dahl and I discuss mentoring young teachers, professional learning, the idea of teaching before entering vs. having skin in the game, the strangeness of teacher resource competition, the four types of students you will encounter, the value of the high school diploma, handling teacher busyness, teaching the “dog’s breakfast” of courses in your first year, the weight of toxic negativity, teaching politics, how the public is losing trust in teachers, teacher ‘indoctrination,’ why religion is not taught as a core, te...
2023-10-1959 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkFinding Your Lane | Episode #12 - Steve HulanSteve Hulan is a Physical Education Teacher now in his 18th year in the profession. On this episode Hulan and I discuss going for ‘old man floats,’ the internal pressure we put on ourselves to be constantly productive, maintaining discipline in the age of student agency in punishment decision-making, spicing up the PhysEd classroom, how classroom sizes change our role from teacher to manager, and, much more. I hope you enjoy the show and hope to see you next time, unless you're scared! Send us a textThoughts shared on the podcast are purely our own a...
2023-10-1252 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkInflatable Penguins | Episode #10 - Thomas WickensThomas Wickens is a Physics & Chemistry Teacher who has been in and out of the profession for over a decade. On part two of this episode, Wickens and I discuss inflatable penguins, if Humanities and Science Teachers should earn the same wage, his initial start as a Secondary Science Teacher, going into his first full year back and … right into Covid, recovering from Covid, staying in the classroom in the age of teacher shortages knowing he could take other higher paying jobs at any time, dealing with the productivity hangovers, finding quality PD, trying not to be the teachers we...
2023-10-0552 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkGhosting Extra-Curriculars | Episode #11 - Steve HulanSteve Hulan is a Physical Education Teacher now in his 18th year in the profession. Steve and I discussed his Newfie roots, the significance of the ‘shed,’ if being an administrator is worth the money & finding ways to supplement your teacher income, how teacher burnout is different for everyone, dealing with insane gym class sizes, how your perception of teaching changes if you are in the position you want or not, and, much more. Thanks for tuning in and hope you enjoy the show. Send us a textThoughts shared on the podcast are purely our o...
2023-10-0552 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkTo Chill or Not To Chill | Episode #8 - Kevin GarbuioKevin Garbuio is currently a Vice Principal and has been teaching for more than a decade. On today's episode Garbuio and I discussed how to begin the new year to establish relationships and routines, letting students have some control in the room, being the 'not-mad' administrator, teacher self-comparison, embracing your idiosyncrasies as a teacher, summer school life, dealing with puberty humans, the role of teacher responsibility (?) in extra-curricular activities, the dangers of quantifying your overall time and how it contributes to burnout, balancing the first-year teacher pulling with family life, understanding how spreading yourself too thin actually hinders your...
2023-09-281h 03
Mr. Clarke After DarkProfessional Protein Taster | Episode #9 - Thomas WickensThomas Wickens is a Physics & Chemistry Teacher who has been in and out of the profession for just over a decade. On this episode, Wickens and I discuss his Chemistry Masters Program working on cancer research at Dalhousie, his first teaching gig at an all-girls school in England, his jobs working as a professional protein taster (supplement quality control) as well as working for a cigarette testing factory, how the teaching itch was always in the back of his mind, restarting his teaching career as a Junior High Humanities Teacher, bringing a slightly different dynamic as a teacher having...
2023-09-2845 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkSpecial Education, Athletics, and the VP (Vaping Patrol) Life | Episode #7 - Kevin GarbuioKevin Garbuio is currently a Vice Principal and has been teaching for more than a decade. On today's episode Garbuio and I discussed student/teacher personality clashes, choosing not to win when in conflict as a teacher, turning consistency from words into practice, Special Education, split VP roles, when to start your Masters, teacher burnout and the role peers play in either its alleviation or exacerbation, accepting failure, classroom management adaptations, questioning students on their behaviour, the role detention plays, and, much more. Thank you for tuning in and hope you enjoy the show! Send us a te...
2023-09-2152 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkThe Teaching/Coaching Connection | Episode #4 - Tom KecaOn this episode, Keca and I discuss winners and losers, how Baseball is stupid, the problems with athletes specializing in one sport only, establishing relationships with students, athletes, and community supporters, teaching communication, networking, embracing your individuality as a teacher and coach, dealing with morale on struggling teams, delegating leadership to your players, leaving coaching and returning to the teaching profession this past year, weeding out your problem players, and what education may look like moving forward. Thank you for tuning in and hope you enjoy the show! Send us a textThoughts shared on th...
2023-09-141h 17
Mr. Clarke After DarkWork/Life Balance without the Sarcasm | Episode #5 - Hilary MorganHilary Morgan is a Secondary English & Social Studies Teacher who is currently in her seventh year teaching overall. Initial apologies here as this episode is using the backup audio as Adobe Audition crashed before I could save the main audio. On today's episode, Hilary and I discuss making marking more efficient, letting the rubrics do the work for you, moving from a rural, mainly Indigenous school with very small class sizes to moving to a school with an average of 30-35 students per class, how Covid helped her realize her teaching energy cost, not using a Sharpie to mark...
2023-09-1458 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkNew Teacher Chronicles | Episode #6 - Nicole NorthNicole North is currently in her first year of teaching after receiving her Education Degree from the University of Alberta. On this episode Nicole and I discuss her immediate two-month junior high placement following the end of her university studies, the adjustment from student to teacher, understanding how long it takes students to do seemingly menial tasks, being terrified as a new teacher, making yourself the joke, balancing your personal vs. professional self in the classroom, first-year teacher fails, and, much more. I hope you all enjoy and please do not forget to subscribe!Send us a...
2023-09-1454 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkMake Teaching Creative Again | Episode #3 - Nicole NorthNicole North is currently in her first year of teaching after receiving her Education Degree from the University of Alberta. On this episode Nicole and I discuss how to incorporate your creativity and its relationship with personal development, the lack of individual initiative given to students, "Popcorn Parties," being surprised about liking junior high, balancing creativity with the status quo, handling the young teacher/experienced EA dynamic, being too chill, dealing with the 'not-at-front-of-the-room' guilt, and, much more. Thank you for tuning in and hope you enjoy the show! Send us a textThoughts shared on...
2023-09-0659 min
Mr. Clarke After DarkAvoiding Spelling Tests | Episode #1 - Tom KecaTom Keca is a Teacher, former long-time Junior A hockey coach, and is now working with hockey schools in the Edmonton area. On this episode, Keca and I discuss his Eastern European Roots, Choosing the right career and finding purpose, Questionable Classroom Building exercises in his first-year Grade 5 classroom, university preparation (or lack thereof), how the role teachers have expanded, supporting your students in their extracurriculars, leaving teaching and going into coaching full-time, Coaching imposter syndrome, balancing coaching ambition & family connection, and, much more. Hope you all enjoy and please do not forget to subscribe! See you next time.
2023-09-061h 12
Mr. Clarke After DarkDoes Classroom Management Even Exist | Episode #2 - Hilary MorganHilary Morgan is a Secondary English & Social Studies Teacher who is currently in her seventh year teaching overall. On today's episode Hilary and I discuss how she is NOT from Cape Breton, East Coast vs. West Coast learning, the different types of essays in Alberta for English and how to unpack them, the overly formal nature of teaching and dilution of literary appreciation in a standardized culture, how standardized assessments do not address all learning outcomes, how to instil the importance of writing in your students, wanting to change your teaching approach but being unsure how, and, much more...
2023-09-0655 min
Les Minutes de l'HorreurBloody Christmas #21 : Elkin Clarke, le père noël qui ne voulait pas partager ses chocolatsBienvenue dans Bloody Christmas, le hors-série spécial fête de fin d’année des Minutes de l’Horreur.
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2022-12-2102 minThe insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes#124: My Very Weakest, To My Strongest Ever! With Lucas Clarke (Part 1).In this week’s episode Eoin chats with Lucas Clarke (@clarke.73).Lucas has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for just over 1 year. He is an exceptional weight lifter training out of Glasgow City Barbell, and has recently competed in the British Weightlifting Championships.Lucas had a rough few years leading up to two separate conditions; Crohn’s Disease and Type 1 Diabetes. But despite these rough times, where Lucas admittedly was the ‘lightest and weakest’ he’s ever been, almost close to dying, he’s since consistently beaten his personal best in the gym, has represen...
2022-07-2033 minThe insuleoin Podcast - Redefining Diabetes#124: My Very Weakest, To My Strongest Ever! With Lucas Clarke (Part 2).Part 2 of Eoin's chat with Lucas Clarke (@clarke.73).Lucas has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for just over 1 year. He is an exceptional weight lifter training out of Glasgow City Barbell, and has recently competed in the British Weightlifting Championships.Lucas had a rough few years leading up to two separate conditions; Crohn’s Disease and Type 1 Diabetes. But despite these rough times, where Lucas admittedly was the ‘lightest and weakest’ he’s ever been, almost close to dying, he’s since consistently beaten his personal best in the gym, has represented Scotland in the spo...
2022-07-1934 min
The STL Bucket List ShowJeff and Mary Clarke - Mother ModelJeff & Mary Clarke have had a global presence discovering, developing, and managing top models, through their company, Mother Management for over two decades. They are active mother agents supporting and nurturing models throughout their entire career.Their unique approach to the modeling industry has gained international media attention in The Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America, E! Scouted to Stardom, Vogue, Entertainment Tonight, ABC’s Night Line, and now The STL Bucket List Show.Jeff & Mary are responsible for the discovery of top stars Ashton Kutcher, Karlie Kloss, Grace Hartzel, Alanna Arrington, Jay Wright & Myla Da...
2022-04-271h 27
Book SocietyGeorge Dyson Part 1 - Childhood's End by Arthur C ClarkeGeorge and I talk about Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke and the nature of British Men.Here's a link to George's Book, Analogia, which I can't recommend highly enough:https://www.amazon.com/Analogia-Emergence-Technology-Programmable-Control/dp/0374104867
2021-08-0720 min
Talkin Hoops with Kev LukeKim Mulkey has headed back home + rest in paradise Terrence Clarke 💚After 21 legendary season at Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey has officially been announced as the newest head coach at LSU, bringing her back to her home state. Then sadly I had to show my love to Terrence Clarke whose life was sadly taken away too soon late last week 🙏🏽 As always tap in ‼️
2021-04-2718 min
Keepin It Real w/Caramel "As We Say 100"Interview w/CEO-Lick You Silly Pet/Active Wear Design Expert/Creative Director/Barbara Clarke RuizBarbara is wonderful and a great entrepreneur. She puts all her faith in God to pursue her journey. She has worked for some awesome companies and people. She is the former design director for the famous tennis superstar Venus Williams. She also made the April 2021 issue in the Cosmopolitan - The Snack Award. Barbara is doing such amazing things and she doesn't have a problem giving back to people. You will hear her story how Barbara and Venus met and so much more. ALL ABOUT BARBARA: Barbara Clarke-Ruiz is a former design director for tennis superstar Venus Williams. Barbara’s de...
2021-04-1928 min