Teacher RockStar Podcast

Innovative Education in the 21st Century with Brantley Turner: #113

Brantley Turner’s interest in China began as an undergraduate at Brown University studying East Asian Studies and Art Semiotics. After first traveling to China in 1993 and studying Mandarin in Beijing in 1995-96, she completed her graduate work in 2000 at the John-Hopkins Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. During this episode, expert guest Brantley Turner discusses what Innovative Education is and what it looks like. Brantley shares her expertise regarding the challenges faced by 21^st Century teaching. You will definitely want to tune in! 

To contact Brantley Turner visit: linkedin.com/pulse/congratulations-principal-brantley-turner-/

The Flipped Classroom Model: #112

The concept of flipping classrooms has been around for many years, but its been largely used in high school and college settings. But due to the pandemic flipped learning got a lot of play as many schools switched to the hybrid model whereby students were spending part of the time at home and part in school. Now you may wonder what is a flipped classroom and can it be effective for young learners? Well, we’re going to take a look at it during this episode, and how we can implement flipped learning in the classroom.

Tips to Help Students with ODD: #111

We discuss things that teachers can do to help children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or ODD. We present several tips that teachers can implement in the classroom to help alleviate and manage children with ODD. 

Vocabulary Building Strategies: #110

In this episode we discuss how effective communication both verbally and in writing are critical skills to develop. We discuss strategies that will be effective for kids at any age.