RBERNing Questions
RBERNing Questions is a professional learning podcast, produced by Mid-State RBERN, where we answer your most compelling questions about teaching, serving, and supporting multilingual learners. We connect teachers and leaders of English Language Learners (ELLs) and Multilingual Learners (MLs) with experts in our field who will address timely and specific questions relating to instructional practices, teacher collegiality, and outreach to students and their families.
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RBERNing Questions
The Power of Podcast PD w/Tan Huynh
Episode Summary:
Are you interested in starting your own podcast to share your knowledge as an educator? Are you an avid listener of podcasts? How do you prefer to consume Professional Development? In this open, candid discussion, Tan breaks down the steps to creating your own podcast in the education sphere, discusses his motivation behind starting a podcast and how it has been beneficial for him, and encourages educators to understand what they have to offer in terms of sharing the knowledge they’ve accumulated. He discusses how viewing podcast listening as having “fireside chats” with experts can lead to expansive growth for educators. He also talks about the value of differentiated, sustained, collaborative PD . Tan provides a wealth of resources for educators, so if you’re interested in finding out more about him and his contributions to the field, this episode will indeed answer some of your burning questions.
RBERNing Questions for this Episode:
1- What advice would you give teachers who might want to start their own podcasts?
2- Can you tell us about some of the courses you have for educators and the motivation behind them?
3- How did you get into blogging, and what are some of the hottest topics on your blog?
Full BIO:
Tan Huynh (@TanKHuynh) is a secondary school teacher specializing in English language acquisition, an author, podcaster, and consultant. He has taught students from 5th to 10th grade in domestic public, private, and charter, but the bulk of his experience has been in international schools. He also taught social studies and spends much of his days co-planning and co-teaching. Tan is trained in sheltered instruction, WIDA, culturally-responsive instruction, International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, and the Collaborative Instructional Cycle. Tan shares his application of research-based strategies on his blog, podcast, and online courses with the hopes of celebrating teachers who answer the calling to serve multilingual learners. He holds a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction specializing in language acquisition. You can learn more about his work by going to TanKHuynh.com.
Resources:
Websites/Social Media:
https://tankhuynh.com/
X (Formerly Twitter): @Tankhuynh
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tan-huynh-b2b2b9267/
Books:
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Term-Success-Experienced-Multilinguals-Huynh/dp/1071891278
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