Episode: 25: End Of The Year Burnout!

Alex Calderon1st Gen Teacher Lens Podcast

Hi Y’all, we’re back with a brand new episode! Firstly, my motivation at work is going down hill, and I feel the same thing is happening to my students. I think that the “burnout” is real right now. All the pressure of state testing, data collecting, and the daily schedule has caught up to all of us. However, during these … Read More

NYS Standards in 2020-2021

Alex Calderon1st Gen Teacher Lens Podcast

Hi everyone, we’re back with another episode. In this episode, I talk about NYS standards during the chaotic school year. It seems like we’re assessing standards just to assess this year. I hope that you enjoy this episode. MORE EPISODES

Episode 22: Racism within Latinx Culture W/ Tomara Hall

Alex Calderon1st Gen Teacher Lens Podcast

 Hi Y’all, we’re back with a brand new episode! We have a great guest, Tomara Hall, who is an Afro-Latina Educator from California. Tomara works as a Special Education Teacher in her state. She is also the founder of Teachers Empowering Youth Activists, or TEYA for short. TEYA is an organization of BIPOC and ally teachers that help their … Read More