Teaching Middle School ELA
Welcome to the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast, where we are dedicated to helping English Language Arts teachers create dynamic and engaging lessons for their students, while also managing the day-to-day responsibilities that come with being a Middle School ELA teacher.
As educators ourselves, we understand the challenges of finding a work-life balance that allows us to pursue our passion for teaching while also enjoying our personal lives. That's why each Tuesday, hosts Caitlin Mitchell and Jessica Cannata share practical and innovative solutions for managing your workload and staying inspired in your teaching practice.
Whether you are looking for fresh ideas to inspire your students, strategies for improving your writing instruction, or tips for managing your time more effectively, this podcast is designed to provide you with the tools you need to thrive as a Middle School ELA teacher.
Join us each week for curriculum and lesson ideas, classroom stories, and interviews with fellow educators who are experts in the field. We believe that with the right support and resources, you can create a classroom environment that encourages students to become strong and passionate learners.
If you teach reading and writing to middle schoolers and want to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in ELA education, then this is the podcast for you! Tune in every week and let us help you make a difference in the lives of your students and in your own teaching career.
Teaching Middle School ELA
Mindset Favorite: Be About It
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What if small changes could align your life with your deepest values? Today’s Monday Mindset is one of our listeners’ favorite past episodes all about moving from dreaming to purposeful action, inspired by a lesson from the CEO of a basketball camps company. I discuss breaking the cycle of endless ideas and taking real steps toward your goals—especially in teaching. Tune in for actionable strategies to create space for your passions and live in alignment with your values.
Here’s to another day of living intentionally.
Caitlin
Well, hello teachers, and welcome to your Monday Mindset podcast episode. These are short, little snippets of thoughts, reflections that I share with you on a weekly basis, that are focused around mindset things that we can do to live our best lives, to live an intentional life, and I invite you to not just listen to these for yourself and how they apply to you in your life, but consider sharing them with other people too. Consider sharing them with your students every Monday and having a conversation about it and doing a reflection together, because I think a lot of these thoughts, these topics, these questions are just a part of being human, and sometimes being human can feel lonely and to know that other people are struggling through some of the same challenges that you are and are benefiting from having these types of conversations is hugely powerful in allowing us to get to be the best version of ourselves, to take who we are and who we be and who we show up in the world as to that next level. So I really hope that you enjoy these Monday Mindsets and, if you do, let us know over on our Instagram at Evie Academics. Thanks so much for listening and let's dive into our Monday Mindset.
Speaker 1:So the other day I was listening to a short snippet from the CEO of a basketball camps company about quote-unquote being about it, and the premise was this that all too often we sit in thinking mode, we have an idea or something that we want to go do, or a dream we want to accomplish, but we don't ever act. And it got me thinking about you as a teacher. As teachers, it can be incredibly challenging to be about it because we don't have very much time in the day to dedicate to much else beyond teaching, especially with all of the extra things that you have to do as a teacher. And I wonder how life could be different if that wasn't the case. What would life look like for you if you did have time to do what you wanted to case?
Speaker 1:What would life look like for you if you did have time to do what you wanted to do? What would you be about? What actions would you take and put into place to create a different life for yourself, one that aligns with your deepest values? Because when our values, actions and results all align, that's when many of us will find true inner happiness. And I wonder, too, if you want to be about it whatever it is, what could you do this week differently, that would allow you the space to do so. Would it be rinsing and repeating a lesson, or surrendering and letting things be easy? Or prepping a week in advance to set your future self up for success? Because, as I see it, we all have options in life, even when it's hard and it really might not seem like it. So I want to invite you to think about what will you be about this week? All right, here's to another week living intentionally.