Not Your Typical PD: Recent Episodes

David Dau, Ashlyn LaBud

David Dau and Ashlyn LaBud are high school math teachers. Both David and Ashlyn share a passion for learning and growing as teachers and humans. The goal of this podcast is to provide teachers with knowledge to grow and become a more effective teacher.

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David and Ashlyn discuss the importance of having a creative outlet. They also share their own creative outlets and how it positively impacts them.

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Ashlyn shares findings from The Book of Boundaries with David and how it applies to us as teachers.

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David and Ashlyn each share a story about a student that positively impacted them.

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This episode is part 2 of a two-part series where David discusses ways to get to know our students and colleagues on a deeper level. In this episode, David discusses the Five Love Languages and how this can apply to teaching. He also discusses the importance of knowing what people value and how that can help with motivation.

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This episode is part 1 of a two-part series where David discusses ways to get to know our students and colleagues on a deeper level. In this episode, David describes to Ashlyn the traits of the 5 factors of personality. 

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In this episode, David and Ashlyn discuss the Modern Classroom Model that they both use in their classes.

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David and Ashlyn both watched a Ted Talk called "The Myth Of Average." They discuss the video and its implications in the classroom. 

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Ashlyn and David describe an activity they did in class where students reflect on how they feel about something and then draw it out.

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David and Ashlyn discuss their implementation of a beginning of class check-in. They discussed what it looked like, how it went, and future implications/possibilities for utilizing this tool in their classrooms. 

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Ashlyn and David discuss the concept of stereotype threat. They discuss a study they both read and the implications of it on us as teachers. 

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Ashlyn and David each discuss a student who made a positive impact in their lives.

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David and Ashlyn discuss how this podcast came to be and why they decided to do this podcast together.