This episodes special guest is Mortez L. Barnes. He's a sixth grade language arts teacher in the Mobile, AL area in his eighth year in education and seventh with Mobile County Public Schools. (see his impressive full bio below). He has a lot of very insightful views on a wide array of subjects he and Wesley discuss. Here's a sneak peak: Being in a …

Wesley sits down with with award-winning author of middle grade fiction, Jake Burt. He's also a fifth grade teacher! Some of the main topics they discuss are: How do you mesh your teaching career with your writing career? What type of writing are your students most excited to do and what are the easiest and hardest types of writing to teach them? H…

Today, Wesley talks to his very special guest, Michael Rotando (Mr. Mike) from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a professional who spends his days working as special education teacher for children with autism. His poetry collection called, ‘Turn off the Lights,’ is available on amazon. See the link below. Here are some of the topics Wesley and Mr. M…

In this episode we talk about assessing without a traditional test. Why is this important? How is it possible? Listen to find out. Then, in the "Education in the News" portion, we analyze how education is being impacted by the Great Resignation! Show Notes: Blog Post: How to Assess Without a Test Great Resignation hits schools…

Join Wesley and his special guest, JT Kaltreider (Mister Kay). JT is an ambassador for Classdojo and he does a deep dive into how Classdojo enhances PBIS. Some of the topics they discuss include: What is PBIS? How is it different from Classdojo? How does Classdojo play a part in PBIS? What is your answer to teachers that say they just don’t have ti…

An Extra Credit Episode! In extra credit episodes, there are no guest, so they will be short listens to enlighten you on something very current in education! We always keep it interesting with our fast moving format. In this episode, Wesley talks about the importance of preparing for the possibility of going BACK to digital learning. How should we …

The Superintendent of Bloomfield Hills School in Michigan, Pat Watson, joins host Wesley Glosson to discuss how he and his school staff responded to Covid when it first hit, who he leaned on at the school to help navigate how to respond to Covid, what students are missing from a year to 18 months of online learning and how he and his school are pla…

Join host Wesley Glosson as he interviews his first guest, Christina Calderon. Christina is a special education teacher in a low income public school setting for students in grades ranging from Kindergarten - 2nd grade. She specialized in becoming a learning behavior specialist and a Deaf or hard of hearing teacher in college, which has given her t…

In this episode, we review scholarly articles related to student engagement. One is all about thinking about how we think about student engagement, and the other gives practical tools to improve student engagement through technology. Always, email your questions or comments, and hear our response on the next episode to: teachthisteacherpodcast@gmai…

In this episode we take a deep dive into what's missing from Black History. Much of the credit goes to Karen Sotiropoulos who wrote "Teaching Black History after Obama," and a little credit goes to me as I recount lessons I've learned in the past year of teaching Black History. Always, email your questions or comments, and hear our response on the …

What is Teach This Teacher? Listen to find out what we'll be discussing and learning about on this all new podcast, Teach This Teacher! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appBy Wesley Glosson