Teachers on Teaching Podcast: Recent Episodes
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In this episode, we meet Marilú Alvarado, 11th grade Spanish Humanities teacher at the Margarita Muniz Academy in Jamaica Plain. Opened in 2012, it’s the first dual language high school in the Boston Public Schools. Marilú talks about her decision to become a teacher, about developing relationships with her students, and about her oral history project in Puerto Rico.
Welcome to Teachers on Teaching! Boston teachers talking about their work and their lives as educators. It’s sponsored by the Boston Teachers Union and hosted by Paul Tritter, Director of Professional Learning. Eloise Biscoe, retired BPS teacher edits and produces the interviews. Paul catches up with these educators between classes during the planning and development period. He talks to them about their teaching and how being teachers shapes their lives.
In this episode, we meet Joshua Alexander, 8th grade Algebra 1 teacher at the Boston Latin Academy in Dorchester. Joshua talks about his personal goal to always be improving in whatever he does, about how that life focus shapes his teaching, about how he works at recognizing the successes of his students and about being a new father.
Welcome to Teachers on Teaching! Boston teachers talking about their work and their lives as educators. It’s sponsored by the Boston Teachers Union and hosted by Paul Tritter, Director of Professional Learning. Eloise Biscoe, retired BPS teacher edits and produces the interviews. Paul catches up with these educators between classes during the planning and development period. He talks to them about their teaching and how being teachers shapes their lives.
In this episode, we meet Alana Melendez, K2 inclusion teacher at the Patrick J. Kennedy School in East Boston. It’s a cold March day when impending snow and the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida are in everyone’s thoughts. Alana talks about her mother’s influence on her decision to become a teacher, about her determined efforts to meet students where they are and about fostering those leaps of understanding, she calls light bulb moments!
Welcome to Teachers on Teaching! Boston teachers talking about their work and their lives as educators. It’s sponsored by the Boston Teachers Union and hosted by Paul Tritter, Director of Professional Learning. Eloise Biscoe, retired BPS teacher, edits and produces the interviews. Paul catches up with these educators between classes during the planning and development period. He talks to them about their teaching and how being teachers shapes their lives.
In this first episode, we meet Raquel Cardoso, art teacher at the Rafael Hernandez K-8 Dual Language School in Roxbury. It’s a mid-October day, about a month after the devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico. She talks about how her immigrant experience influences her teaching, and about how she tries to help students express their own voices and to realize that they can make a positive difference in the world through art.
Welcome to Teachers on Teaching! Boston teachers talking about their work and their lives as educators. It’s sponsored by the Boston Teachers Union and hosted by Paul Tritter, Director of Professional Learning. Eloise Biscoe, retired BPS teacher, edits and produces the interviews. Paul catches up with these educators between classes during the planning and development period. He talks to them about their teaching and how being teachers shapes their lives.