EPISODE 15: ADAM MCDONALD

EPISODE 17: YEAR IN REVIEW

Well, it’s been a while, but Adequate Yearly Progress is back after summer vacation! To honor the beginning of the (Seattle) school year, I’m posting a special round table episode. This episode features teachers I’ve interviewed before (Chris Bach, Paul Cavender, and Hillary Graham) discussing last year, specifically around testing, Common Core, standards-based grading, and technology. It’s a long episode, but a good one. http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-17-Year-in-Review..mp3 [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-17-Year-in-Review..mp3]

EPISODE 16: ANNE DAME

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 16. In this episode, I interview Anne Dame, another middle school librarian. Anne and I actually went to the University of Washington’s Library and Information Science Master’s program together. Also, Anne was one of the previous librarians for Eckstein Middle School librarian (where I work!) before moving to Einstein Middle School to be the librarian there.  I give total credit to Anne for getting me my job.  Listen to Anne talk about how she reaches reluctant readers, why being a teacher librarian is the best profession, and how she engages with the public librarian through a books and pizza program and a writing program. http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-16-Anne-Dame.mp3 [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-16-Anne-Dame.mp3] Download Adequate Yearly Progress Episode 16 Anne Dame here [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-16-Anne-Dame.mp3].

EPISODE 15: ADAM MCDONALD

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 15. In this episode, I interview Adam McDonald, a relatively new computer science teacher. Adam just started teaching at Eckstein with me this year and has an interesting background: he studied history in college, taught in Thailand for a few years, worked at a nonprofit to get students into computer science, and on a non-teaching but generally interesting sidenote, is the youngest of 12 kids!  Listen to Adam talk about his optimistic outlook on teaching, what computer science education at a middle school looks like, and how history and computer science go hand in hand. http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-15-Adam-McDonald.mp3 [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-15-Adam-McDonald.mp3] Download Adequate Yearly Progress Episode 15 Adam McDonald [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-15-Adam-McDonald.mp3]

EPISODE 14: TUESD CHAMBERS

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 14. In this episode, I finally interview a school librarian so you can understand what we do and why we do consider ourselves teachers. TuesD Chambers is an energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic school librarian at McClure Middle School in Seattle, WA who has years of experience as a language arts and social studies teacher and who transitioned into a school librarian a year and a half ago.  Listen to TuesD talk about the day-to-day life of a middle school librarian, why this profession brings her so much joy, and the impact she has had on a few students in particular. http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-14-TuesD-Chambers.mp3 [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-14-TuesD-Chambers.mp3] Download Adequate Yearly Progress Episode 14 TuesD Chambers [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-14-TuesD-Chambers.mp3]

EPISODE 13: PAUL CAVENDER

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 13. In this episode, I interview Paul Cavender, another friend of mine who works with me at Eckstein Middle School. Some of my teachers friends call him Papa Bear because of his big heart, goofy nature, general likeability, and ability to connect with students, often at their level. Paul is also an incredibly smart Renaissance Man who can wax poetic on any number of topics while also offering practical advice and handy tools to fix things around school that need to be fixed, such as helping me jury-rig the cases of my library iPads so that a USB connector would fit in. (But that’s a story for another day.) Listen to Paul talk about why he stopped being a chef to become a teacher who has taught everything from high school biology and math to middle school language arts and social studies and how to avoid teacher burnout. http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-13-Paul-Cavender.mp3 [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-13-Paul-Cavender.mp3] Download Adequate Yearly Progress Episode 13 Paul Cavender [http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Adequate-Yearly-Progress-Episode-13-Paul-Cavender.mp3]