In Episode 72 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about barriers to Family Engagement in schools. Infusing a few personal anecdotes and research on the topic, the duo deep dives into the conversation about what prevents families in our communities from not only participating, but engaging with the school community. They move from talking about parent Involvement to … Read More
EP71: How Easy is it to Form a Good Team?
In Episode 71 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about what makes a good team. Using an article they read about the research Google has been doing to establish great teams within their organization. They took the recommended points from the article and applied those same strategies to our schools and classrooms. The conversation is rich! Join us, … Read More
EP70: Do We Need to Address Current Events?
In Episode 70 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about whether or not it’s important to bring current events into their classrooms, and if so, how they are enabling that conversation within their spaces. They discuss the many reasons they feel it’s important to bring events into the classroom, whether positive or negative, and discuss some of the … Read More
EP69: Screens On or Screens Off?
In Episode 69 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk about their experiences with virtual teaching – especially the issue of cameras being on for students. With their new “twirl” back to teaching students remotely, they, as middle school teachers, have had similar experiences with their students not wanting to turn on their cameras on for the class. The … Read More
EP68: The New Virtual
In Episode 68 of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav revisit their experience with Virtual teaching, as they have recently twirled back to learning this way from Face-to-face teaching, which they have been engaged in for the past 4 months. They cover all the improvements they have seen with the teaching they are doing, and the supports that are out … Read More