The Teacher As...
The goal of The Teacher As... podcast is to help you explore your passions and learn from others in education and beyond to better your teaching. The Teacher As... highlights innovative practices and uncommon parallels in education. Melissa Milner, veteran teacher, is your host. Melissa shares her own thoughts in The Teacher As...episodes. She also interviews educators as well as professionals outside of education in the Zooming In episodes. A new type of episode on The Teacher As...podcast is an educational "draft" similar to a football draft but about educational topics.
Episodes
151 episodes
What About This?: with Melissa and Andrea (Episode 2)
In Episode 2 of What About This?, Melissa talks about her fourth and fifth-grade drama club's upcoming performance and a recent Thanksgiving play. Andrea recounts her experiences at the MassCUE Fall Conference at Gillette Stadium, highlighting ...
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Season 7
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40:06
Zooming In on a Richer English Curriculum with Leah Crawford
Leah Crawford is an experienced educator and independent education consultant. She emphasizes the importance of engaging teaching methods, such as using dialogic exchange and mentor texts to enhance student comprehension and creativity. Leah al...
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1:06:11
Zooming In on Foundational Writing Skills with Holly Britton
Holly Britton, a handwriting instruction specialist, discusses the importance of early transcription skills in education. She highlights the decline in handwriting proficiency, especially during COVID-19, and the need for explicit instruction s...
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Season 7
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45:04
Zooming In on Animal Assisted Interventions with AJ Cullen
Melissa Milner hosts the "Teacher as Podcast," now in its seventh season, with episodes released every other week. The podcast is sponsored by the Career Mentorship Program at Major Choice. AJ Cullen, a licensed independent clinical social work...
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Season 7
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41:47
Zooming In on Humor as a Teaching Tool with Mel Emerick
Melissa talks with Mel Emerick about the music books that she has published and continues to publish. In her classroom, as well as in her books, she uses humor to engage students and teach all things related to music.
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Season 7
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32:32
What About This?: with Melissa and Andrea
Melissa Milner and Andrea Calvin discuss their new podcast collaboration, highlighting their shared energy and brainstorming sessions. They share personal interests, such as Melissa's love for concerts and Andrea's passion for baking. Andrea me...
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Season 7
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31:34
Zooming In On the Heart Behind Major Choice with Ed Goyette
Melissa Milner hosts Ed Goyette, co-founder of Major Choice, a career mentorship program for students with and without disabilities. Major Choice is a sponsor of The Teacher As…Podcast. Ed shares the program's inception during the pandemic and ...
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Season 7
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35:55
Season Six Closer: The Teacher as Bandmate
Melissa discusses the inspiration that came from a Metallica Master Class titled "Being a Band." Milner emphasizes the importance of collaboration, using Metallica's jam session rules: focus, listening, ego check, recording ideas, embracing mis...
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Season 6
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20:42
Zooming In on Career Exploration with Patricia Piacentini and Brad Duquette
Brad and Tricia, co-founders of Major Choice, discuss their mission to help young people, especially those on the autism spectrum, figure out their post-school paths. They highlighted their program which includes self-exploration, career explor...
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Season 6
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56:19
Zooming In on Historical Fiction with Caroline Starr Rose
Melissa chats with Caroline Starr Rose, a middle grade and picture book author, discusses her journey from teaching to writing. She shares her experience of writing "May B," a historical fiction verse novel, which took 12 years to publish. Rose...
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Season 6
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41:52
Zooming In on Connecting Through Conversation with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns
Melissa Milner talks with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns who have collaborated on a book titled "Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students." Erica, a superintendent, and Tiffany, a university administrator, share their...
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Season 6
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56:36
Zooming In on Drama Club Planning and Preparation
In this episode, Melissa shares the process of planning for her afterschool drama club. She talks about one main resource that she is pulling from, dramanotebook.com created by Janea Dahl.
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Season 6
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16:42
Zooming In on Math Anxiety and Gamification with Dr. Aditya Nagrath
Melissa talks to Dr. Aditya Nagrath, founder of Elephant Learning, who discusses his company's program, which has helped over 175,000 students learn a year's worth of math in three months with 30 minutes of weekly use. He emphasized the importa...
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Season 6
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30:41
Zooming In on Math Talk
Melissa discusses her experience with the WIDA course on developing language for learning in mathematics, which aligns well with her district's Illustrative Mathematics (IM) curriculum. She highlights the importance of math discourse and the ro...
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Season 6
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31:19
Rewind Episode: Zooming In on Podcasting with Students Part One
This was the first of three episodes about podcasting with students that was originally published in July, 2021. I am teaching a workshop on this topic at the Reynolds TLC Center in Dedham, MA in May so it seemed like a good time to revisit it....
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Season 6
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19:46
Zooming In on Math Coaching with Lana Montero
Lana Montero, a K-8 math coach with 12 years of experience, discusses her transition from the classroom to coaching, emphasizing the importance of feedback and collaboration. Lana emphasizes the role of coaching as a supportive, collaborative e...
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Season 6
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36:34
Zooming In on Drama Education with Janea Dahl
Melissa chats with Janea Dahl, the creator of Drama Notebook, a resource for drama teachers with over 1,500 lesson plans, royalty-free scripts, and tutorial videos. Janea founded Drama Notebook to provide high-quality, flexible resources for dr...
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Season 6
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34:11
Zooming In on Calm Within Adult Swim with Cori Myka
Melissa chats with Cori Myka. Cori runs Calm Within Adult Swim, a swim school focused on helping adults overcome water fears. Corey emphasizes the 80% mental, 20% physical approach to learning to swim, using a program called Foundations of Chan...
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Season 6
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33:34
Zooming In on Music Education with Jon Ryan from Ball in the House
Melissa chats with Jon Ryan, founder of the acapella group Ball in the House. Ryan discusses the group's origins, evolution, and educational outreach. Ball in the House teaches K-12, emphasizing performance, songwriting, and music history.
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Season 6
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Episode 123
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48:52
The Teacher As Author with Megan Daly
Melissa talks with Megan Daly, the author of My Teacher Doesn't Like Me. Megan shares the inspiration for her first book and her writing and publishing process.
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Season 6
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Episode 122
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31:37
Zooming In on Genocide Education with Janet Singer Applefield
In this episode, Melissa speaks with Janet Singer Applefield, author of Becoming Janet. She is a child survivor of the Holocaust, author, notable speaker, and change agent. Janet spoke about her years of hiding in plain sight, how she helped ge...
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Season 6
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Episode 121
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27:42
Zooming In on Sound Play in the Classroom with Hayes Greenfield
In this episode, Melissa speaks with Hayes Greenfield, the founder of Creative Sound Play, an interconnected, play-based, generative learning system for Pre-K educators. Hayes shares about his book, Creative Sound Play for Young Learners: A Tea...
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Season 6
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Episode 120
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44:20
Zooming In on Optimized Learning with Paul Solarz
Is your classroom filled with self-driven, collaborative learners? Do you wish your students were more confident and independent? In this episode, Melissa talks again with Paul Solarz who has created am amazing book, Optimized Learning, that he...
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Season 6
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Episode 119
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40:01