They say it takes a village to raise a child. Hi, I'm Jenna Shepherd, an early career teacher figuring it all out. The Teaching Village is a platform for new teachers to learn tips and tricks from educations experts, have conversations about everyday teaching, develop strategies that help us navigate our new environment, and learn more about those in our own teaching community.
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Indigenous American poet, editor, and general vocal cheese fry Tommy Pico interviews a treasure trove of cultural luminaries about relics, keepsakes, and rando baubles in their apartments, sussing out the stories of their Junk. Each episode ends with a short reading from his latest poetry collection (also called Junk nbd lol smiley face). Brought to you by Tin House Books.
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Clare Mackie: Teacher, Leader, Mum, Podcaster, Entrepreneur
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Since her primary school days playing "school" and allocating homework out to her friends, Clare always had herself pegged for a career in education. In this podcast, we chat about her career story and touch on the importance of having passion in your work. We also discuss the potential of AI in the classroom and how having a supportive workplace c…
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BONUS PERSPECTIVES: Elizabeth Graham (Part 2)
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In this Bonus Part 2 episode with Libby, we talk about the things she has learned over the last 2 years in teaching, and shoot off some quick fire strategies for engaging in difficult conversations with students, parents and colleagues. Finally, Libby provides 5 tips that helped her make the most of her first 2 years of teaching and hopefully they …
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PERSPECTIVES with Elizabeth Graham (Part 1)
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As early career teachers, Elizabeth (Libby) Graham and I chat about her journey into teaching from the finance sector, and some of the biggest challenges she's faced on entering her new profession, including how COVID affected both placements and her first year of teaching. We explore navigating the headspace of having a sick day, and behaviour man…
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Janine Stratford: Leadership and Coaching for the Early Career Teacher
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Janine and I chat about her career journey over the last 35 years. She has developed career and leadership programs for people at all stages of their career through her company Coaching Focus. We explore some practical tips and tricks that early career teachers can employ to build their capacity in the workplace, and the importance of having a ment…
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Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Fariha Róisín, Alexandra DiPalma
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Friends, we’ve reached the end. This is the last Junior Mint in the box, the consequential caramel corn pop-pop bop in yr dental work, the final fry in this plastic basket as the credits come up—and oh is this ep saturated with the drippy sugars of its delectable fore-others. To say goodbye we’ve got Julianne Escobedo Shephard, Fariha Róisín, and i…
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Hootie hoo and a nelly nacho howdy-do to you! It’s a poet’s feast this week as we’ve got Angel Nafis, sam sax, and Max Steele on the show with some extremely comely Junk. And being poets of course they talk about Junky love: Junking toward the future of romantic love, Junk as a reminder of the love for your art practice, and Junk as memory for a be…
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Wiggly gummy worm what’s up my Junky whatsits! You got thingamabobs? I got plenty. I… want… more? This episode is a bauble if ever I got one—partly a podcast crossover with the clever young fairies from Las Culturistas Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers aaaand one of the sharpest prose writers in the game, Chelsea Hodson! This week it’s all about how Junk …
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Danez Smith, Alexander Chee, Jenna Wortham
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Sudsy soda salutations my Junky sussers! This week we’ve got a show recorded variously at the alpha and omega of it all, the Tin House Summer Workshop! Our all-star line-up this week consists of Danez Smith, Alexander Chee, and Jenna Wortham talking all about the world building inherent in our Junk. Sometimes we use Junk to orient ourselves to the …
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