
Confessions of a PYP Teacher
This podcast is for any teacher who is seeking for ways to enrich the learning in their classroom without breaking the bank. We will explore the simple steps on how to turn the traditional learning experience into one founded on practices of the PYP in 10 to 20 minute episodes. The PYP is part of the International Baccalaureate program, which focuses on developing the whole child by allowing students to create their own meaning from learning. If you’re not a PYP teacher, don’t worry. We’ll be sharing ideas that can be applied to your learning setting, because good practice can be used anywhere. https://thinkchat2020.weebly.com/podcast
Episodes
159 episodes
C159: Why is Anxiety so Important?
Welcome back to Confessions of a PYP Teacher and the eighth episode in our well-being series. We have already unpacked all the ways that anxiety can manifest itself. I don’t know about you, but it made me slightly anxious ju...
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Season 5
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Episode 159
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23:42

C158: Why am I so Anxious?
Welcome back to Confessions of a PYP Teacher and the seventh episode in our well-being series. This week, we are going to explore the big kahuna of well-being, which is anxiety. As I was researching this condition, it was in...
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Season 5
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Episode 158
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18:42

C157: Panic and its Impact on Learning
Welcome back to Confessions of a PYP Teacher and the sixth episode in our well-being series. It’s been interesting going through this well-being series, because it has really stretched my thinking about how we are supporting our o...
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Season 5
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Episode 157
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23:10

C156: Let's Not Have a Panic Attack
Welcome back to our podcast and the fifth episode in our well-being series. In this episode, we are going to lean into panic and how it can impact our well-being. We’ve all experienced those moments of panic and our br...
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Season 5
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Episode 156
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20:51

C155: Facing our Fears (Part 2)
Welcome back to our podcast and the fourth episode in our well-being series.In the last episode, we examined the power of fear in our lives. We are all struck with fear many times in our lives and there is no shame attached to it.&...
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Season 5
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Episode 155
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19:52

C154: Facing our Fears
Welcome back to our podcast and the third episode in our well-being series. This is the most vulnerable I have been in some time. Fear is our mind’s early warning system. It shows up when we sense a threat (whether real or...
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Season 5
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Episode 154
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23:38

C153: Don’t be a Worrywart
Welcome back, my friends, to Confession 153. This episode is framed by this quote by Mo Gawdat, "Worrying is praying for what you don’t want."Mo frames worry as a form of negative visualization. Rather tha...
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Season 5
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Episode 153
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33:59

C152: The Journey Towards Well-Being
Welcome back, my friends, to Confession 152.Today’s episode marks the beginning of a brand-new series on something that’s been quietly knocking at the door of my consciousness for a while now: well-being.If I’m hone...
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Season 5
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Episode 152
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15:19

C151: Specialist and Supporting Teachers (Challenge)
Hello my PYP family, this is Lu Gerlach from thinkchat. Welcome back to Confessions of a PYP Teacher as we explore confession number 151, which is a challenge for our essential specialist and supporting teachers. Over...
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Season 4
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Episode 151
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17:23

C150: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Conceptual Understanding
Hi friends, it’s Lu Gerlach from thinkchat, and today is a BIG one.Episode 150. One hundred and fifty episodes. It's the longest episode to date.Can you believe it? Because honestly, I’m sitting here with a c...
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Season 4
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Episode 150
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31:32

C149: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Understanding the Role of Conceptual Understanding
Hey friends. Welcome back.It’s been a minute or two since we last connected, but here we are—episode twelve of our specialist and supporting teachers series. And this one? It’s a big one. Today, we’re diving into what I believe is the be...
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Season 4
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Episode 149
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16:27

C148: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: International Mindedness 2.0
Welcome to the eleventh episode of our specialist and supporting teachers series. Today, we are focusing on how we can further explore international mindedness in our practice. This requires some deeper thinking and collaboration to...
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Season 4
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Episode 148
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18:02

C147: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Seeking Ways to Show International Mindedness
Welcome to the tenth episode of our specialist and supporting teachers series. Today, we are focusing on bringing about more international mindedness in your classrooms with authenticity. There are so many possibilities of ex...
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Season 4
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Episode 147
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23:36

C146: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Learner Profile 2.0
Welcome to the ninth episode of our specialist and supporting teachers series. I’m super excited to talk more about the learner profile attributes. This is one of the most underused tools alongside the approaches to learning in the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 145
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7:48

C145: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Leaning into the Learner Profile
Welcome to the eighth episode of our specialist and supporting teachers series. We are going to spend our time unpacking the learner profile in a new way. Oftentimes, the learner profile are reduced as a way to connect with behavior...
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Season 4
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Episode 144
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11:33

C144: Specialist and Support Teachers (Challenge): Bring about Agency and Inquiry in our Thinking
Welcome to our seventh episode in our series for specialist and supporting teachers. This has been a passion project that has been frequently delayed with my return to the classroom, a school-wide adventure camp, International day, the IB...
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Season 4
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Episode 144
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18:31

C143: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Inquiry 2.0
Welcome back to our specialist and supporting teachers series! This is our sixthepisode leaning into inquiry for our supporting teachers, particularly the inclusion specialist. In specified roles that support learning an...
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Season 4
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Episode 143
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22:05

C142: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Inspiring Inquiry
Welcome back to our specialist and supporting teachers series! This is our fifth episode zooming into inquiry for you fabulous teachers. In this episode, we will explore how we might infuse more inquiry into our practice thr...
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Season 4
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Episode 142
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27:08

C141: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Agency 2.0
Welcome to the fourth episode of our specialist and supporting teachers series. We are continuing our journey with agency through the lens of the specialist teacher, in particular the librarian. All other specialist and supp...
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Season 4
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Episode 141
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23:21

C140: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Bringing about Agency
Welcome to the third episode in our specialist and supporting teachers series. If you haven’t listened to the series so far, consider going back to the beginning, because we are getting into the nitty gritty about your roles in each part of the...
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Season 4
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Episode 140
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35:54

C139: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Honoring the Unique Role
Welcome to the second episode of my new series to support specialist and supporting teachers. I just want to let you know that in this space you are so valued. The work you do makes the rest of the school more complete. Never ...
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Season 4
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Episode 139
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26:21

C138: Specialist and Supporting Teachers: Myths about our Roles
Welcome to our new series about specialist and supporting teachers. I have been thinking a lot about this series over the past couple months, especially during a visit to Le Jardin Academy in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii. I had a candid cha...
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Season 4
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Episode 138
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20:06

C137 (Book Club): Growing Brain Power, Yes Please! (pg 122-151)
This is the final week of our exploration of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. We will explore how to build more intellective capacity with Zaretta Hammond. At my age, I feel like this capacity is waning, so I hope to pi...
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Season 3
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Episode 137
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17:35

C136 (Book Club): Reshaping the Academic Mindset (pg 108-120)
I can’t believe that we are almost done with Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond. This book has reaffirmed that some things I am doing are reflective of cultural responsiveness and that there are many ways that...
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Season 3
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Episode 136
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C135 (Book Club): Creating an Alliance with our Learners (pg 88 -107)
Welcome back my friends to another episode of Confessions of a PYP Teacher. This episode speaks directly to my heart and I hope it will resonate with you too. Zaretta Hammond focuses on building deep alliances with our learners in c...
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Season 3
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Episode 135
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26:04
