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
An Important Update for the Podcast
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As the New Year dawns, we're embracing a transformative journey at EB Academics. After over 300 episodes of enriching the lives of ELA teachers, we're hitting pause on the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast to focus on something monumental. Our curriculum is under review by Ed Reports, and we're laser-focused on ensuring it meets and exceeds expectations, transforming it into an even more powerful resource for you. This hiatus isn't an end but a chance to enhance and elevate what we offer, aligning with our mission to empower educators inside and outside the classroom.
Join me, Caitlin, as I share this pivotal moment in our journey. While we'll miss our weekly rendezvous, we're channeling all our energy into this exciting phase. It's a time for both growth and introspection, and I invite you to set your own intentions for 2025. Embrace the possibilities, welcome change, and trust in the process. Until we're back in your earbuds, here's to a New Year filled with ease, joy, and transformation. Your positive thoughts and good vibes are welcome as we embark on this critical chapter. See you soon, and happy 2025!
Hi there ELA teachers. Caitlin here, ceo and co-founder of EB Academics, I'm so excited you're choosing to tune into the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast. Our mission here is simple to help middle school ELA teachers take back their time outside of the classroom by providing them with engaging lessons, planning frameworks and genuine support so that they can become the best version of themselves both inside and outside of the classroom, and we do this every single day inside the EB Teachers ELA portal. This is a special place we've developed uniquely for ELA teachers to access every single piece of our engaging, fun and rigorous curriculum so that they have everything they need to batch plan their lessons using our EB Teacher Digital Planner that's built right into the app. Over the years, we've watched as thousands of teachers from around the world have found success in and out of the classroom after using EB Academics programs, and we're determined to help thousands more. If you're interested in learning more, simply click the link in the podcast description and in the meantime, we look forward to serving you right here on the podcast every single week.
Speaker 1:Well, hello teachers and happy 2025. Hard to believe it is already a new year, but I am really excited and looking forward to what I'm calling in this year, which is ease, and looking forward to what I'm calling in this year, which is ease, joy and trust. And I invite you, as always, to do the same thing and call in an intention that you have for yourself as you embark on another year. With that being said, I am coming to you today on this new year January 1st 2025, to share with you that, after years and over 300 episodes on the podcast, we will be taking a short hiatus from the podcast. We're not going anywhere, we're just taking a break for the next three to six months, and the reason being is that we are going to be reviewed by Ed Reports. On April 1st is when they start aggregating our materials, and it's about a 20 to 25-week process that we will be embarking upon.
Speaker 1:And, with that being said, there are all kinds of enhancements that we get to add to our curriculum to ensure that we don't only pass, but we pass with flying colors, because we want to make sure that the materials and curriculum that we are providing for middle school ELA teachers is the best that it can possibly be. And so, because of that, our entire team, all of our resources, all of our energy, all of our efforts are going to be allocated to making sure that that happens, and so it's a new time here at EB. It's a new chapter in the journey of our company and the way that we get to support teachers like you in the classroom, and while we will deeply miss you, and I hope that you will miss us too, consider this a goodbye for now and arrivederci. See you later. This isn't forever, but for a short period of time, and if you are into sending us positive thoughts, good energy and prayers, our way that this new chapter and this journey to getting approved by Ed Reports goes well for us and we are able to pass with flying colors, we will gladly receive that.
Speaker 1:I'm wishing you a wonderful 2025. And I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I really hope this year is a special year for you, a fantastic year for you, a year that maybe invites you to grow, to look at your life in a different way, to truly become the person that you were put on this earth to become, because I know that's what I'm calling in for myself in 2025. All right, you guys, without further ado, we'll see you in a couple of months. Happy New Year.