Real Educators Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sandy Spence & Terri Friedlander
Real educators Terri and Sandy discuss relevant and current topics in schools like teenage depression, vaping, the pandemic, teaching financial skills and more. They offer ideas and tips to help your child.
Sandy and Terri discuss why foreign language literacy is an important life skill but often an area where students struggle. In part 2, they address high stakes testing and how to deal with rampant test anxiety.
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Sandy and Terri explore the growth of CTE programs in middle and high schools across the country and describe some of the unique benefits to the students who participate.
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Terri and Sandy discuss the upcoming event in schools called Literacy Week. They also offer tips and ideas to make reading fun.
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Terri and Sandy discuss the November Michigan school shooting at Oxford HS. They also examine why one in four teachers are leaving the profession following issues with disruptive student behavior after the pandemic.
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Sandy and Terri review the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony of how the platform values profit over safety. They discuss the rebranding of Facebook to ‘Meta” and its goals for creating a “metaverse.” They also share some stories of bullying at school, share ideas like student-run Anti-bullying clubs, and discuss the crisis of cyber bullying.
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Real educators Terri and Sandy review some of the dangerous TikTok challenges and then offer some tips for Red Ribbon Week’s drug prevention and awareness.
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Real Educators Terri and Sandy discuss the historical tragic events of September 11, 2001. They explain how lives were changed, and the importance of teaching students to Never Forget.
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Real educators Terri and Sandy discuss why it’s important to teach respect, introduce conscious discipline, and debate whether ambition can be taught
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Real educators Terri and Sandy present ideas to help prevent the ‘summer slide’ and keep your children engaged in reading and writing outside the classroom. They also propose reasons why a WiFi free week during the break can be challenging but worthwhile.
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Real educators Terri and Sandy discuss the ironic overlap of Mother’s Day and Teacher Appreciation Week. While parents are to parent and educators are to educate, they offer ways to foster those critical parent teacher relationships and talk about different parenting styles.
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Terri and Sandy discuss social media apps that let teens do it all, including sexting, dating, and sharing racy pictures. They offer tips for parents on what apps to be aware of and how to keep their children safe.
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Special guest Kyle Savage, Treasurer of the Brevard Federation of Teachers, joins Terri and Sandy to discuss the debate of arming teachers. Also they review the legislation in response to the mass shooting on February 14th, 2018 in Parkland Florida.
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In this podcast, Terri & Sandy discuss ways to recognize signs of teenage depression, introduce resources and suicide prevention strategies.
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Real Educators Terri & Sandy discuss how the pandemic has affected schools and also address the latest vaping trends.
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Real Educators Terri and Sandy discuss the importance of teaching students Financial Skills early. They offer ideas and tips to help you and your child.
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Real Educators Terri & Sandy discuss the need for students at all grade levels to continue to improve their writing skills. They discuss why it is important, and how to help your child.
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