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Welcome to Teachers on Teaching Podcast! 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.
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Lea talks about what brought her to teaching – in particular at the Mather. She explains how she adjusts her teaching to the remote learning environment, recognizing its challenges as well as unique opportunities. And she describes her advocacy work which takes many forms and fills many hours well beyond a regular school day.…
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In this episode we meet Kennedy Omolo. He teaches math at the Community Academy of Science and Health in Dorchester. Kennedy talks about rising to meet the challenges of remote schooling: adjusting his teaching methods and routines to the fit the online classroom; responding to the academic and personal needs of his students; keeping up with the be…
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Sam TexeiraIn this episode, we meet Sam Texeira. He teaches history to high school students at the Henderson Inclusion School in Dorchester. The assistant teacher in the class is Matt Reggianini. Sam talks about the trips he has taken to explore history firsthand; and how he brings back those experiences to engage students in a process of discovery…
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Dave RussellIn this episode, we meet Dave Russell. He teaches middle school at the McKinley South End Academy. The school serves students with special emotional, behavioral and learning needs. Dave talks about the mutual support of the McKinley faculty; about the daily challenges of proving to his students that, despite tough circumstances, they re…
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Lindsay ThornquistIn this episode, we meet Lindsay Thornquist. She teaches sixth grade math and Spanish language arts at the Hurley, a K–8 Spanish-English immersion school located in the South End. Lindsay talks about teaching Spanish not just as language instruction but as a cultural experience. She describes how the curriculum focus on immigratio…
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Lauren BrettIn this episode, we meet Lauren Brett. She teaches physics at Charlestown High School. Lauren talks about the challenges and rewards of project-based learning. She reflects on how being a mother has influenced her teaching—especially her relationships with the students and their families.…
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Michelle SimonIn this episode, we meet Michelle Simon; she teaches fifth grade at Mozart Elementary School. It’s a small K-5 school tucked away in a residential neighborhood of Roslindale. Michelle talks about a year of building trusting relationships with her students and their families and among her students. She reflects on how race impacts her …
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Garcie Champagne.In this episode, we meet Garcie Champagne, she’s a teacher at BATA Boston Adult Technical Academy in the bay village neighborhood. BATA is an alternative high school. It serves older students who are motivated to acquire knowledge and skills that they need to complete their high school degrees and achieve their goals after graduati…
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In this episode, our first in Season 2 of Teachers on Teaching, we meet Kim Kulasekaran, a special needs teacher at the Carter School on the border of Lower Roxbury and the South End. The Carter School serves students with severe intensive disabilities and complex health needs.Kim talks about teaching her students to communicate their needs and to …
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In this episode, we meet Marilú Alvarado, 11th grade Spanish Humanities teacher at the Margarita Muñiz Academy in Jamaica Plain.Opened in 2012, the Muñiz is 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 histo…
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Raquel Cardoso, art teacher at the Rafael Hernandez K-8 Dual Language School in Roxbury.In this first episode, we meet Raquel Cardoso, Art teacher at the Rafael Hernández 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 …
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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.…
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Alanna Melendez, K2 inclusion teacher at the Patrick J. Kennedy School in East Boston.In this episode, we meet Alanna 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. Alanna talks about her mother’s influ…
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