InstructGold: Recent Episodes
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If we don‘t dig education, who will? InstructGold, created by (Assistant Principal) Eric and (English Language Arts and Reading Teacher) Leshundra McCarty, breathes life into education-related topics worth discussing. InstructGold presents episodes featuring topics about how we can fine-tune our craft and stay in love with what we do. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
This episode examines the weather-like control educators have over the mood of a campus.
This episode considers what happens when we use criticism — though often unattractive and, at times, unwarranted — as a tool for growth.
In episode 2.1, career people help us contemplate transferable skills we learn in the four core subjects.
In this sound bite, the power of leaving the door open is illuminated in a musical light.
In Episode IV, we discuss how data-driven instruction helps learners develop self-awareness and how it can be used as a motivational practice. We also touch on what we mean by data (and the various types of data available to educators), as well as how to respond once new data is obtained.
In this sound bite, the necessity of promoting choice and creativity in our changing world, and how we as educators, in order to survive, can adjust to be more effective.
In this sound bite, the concept of an educational team is explored. This includes one question we should ask each other and how we can achieve greater outcomes for our students by relinquishing ownership and valuing community.
In Episode III, Stefani Foster, Christie Wittenburg, and I discuss responses to the title question: What's the Best Education Advice You've Ever Received?
In Episode II, Chan Edwards and I discuss student responses to the title question: What Can We Do Better As Educators?
In Episode I, Hailee Turner and I discuss student responses to the title question: What are the Traits of a Great Teacher?