Season 2
Nov. 22, 2021
Project Feature: Nature Documentary Film Festival (w Jaclyn Demmers)
On the episode, we unpack how students were challenged to deepen and demonstrate their understanding of Ecosystems and Visual Literacy in a grade 7 interdisciplinary project. Teacher Jaclyn Demmers also shares her newfound insights about the potential...
Nov. 15, 2021
33 – Unpacking Teacher Leadership (w Randy Swift & Pedro Dones III)
What is the truth about teacher leadership? Is it an exciting opportunity to become a change agent, or, is it just another managerial manifestation of the status quo? Randy Swift and Pedro Dones III are two teacher leaders from New York who have had...
Nov. 8, 2021
BONUS – EduPodlooza 2021: Poetry Slam
EduPodlooza is an all-day marathon, live-stream event featuring some of the dopest names in the education podcast space. The day is filled with many different segments including round tables, a radio play, and of course, a poetry slam. The slam...
Nov. 1, 2021
32 – Coaching Change in Schools (w Tim Lewis)
Despite our best intentions, collaboration in schools often looks more like cooperation (at best), or polite dysfunction (at worst). As an NCAA div 1 basketball coach and strategic business development professional, Tim Lewis has learned a lot that...
Oct. 25, 2021
Project Feature: Forest of Fright (w Leeanne McLim)
In this project feature episode, we explore how drama teacher Leeanne McLim reimagined the classic “Haunted House” project in response to the pandemic. While students learned a myriad of life skills through planning, pitching, designing, and...
Oct. 18, 2021
31 – What is the literacy of our lives? (w Brent Saccucci)
The 21st century demands an updated definition of literacy and an expansion of our understanding of what constitutes a “text.” For instance, how might we read and write our relationships? Our institutions? Our own thoughts? Brent Saccucci...
Oct. 4, 2021
30 – Pointless Assessment Practices (w Sarah M. Zerwin)
For too long, the purpose of assessment has been to collect points for a gradebook. As a high school English teacher, Sarah Zerwin decided to uphold a better purpose for assessment: learning. On the episode, Sarah discusses many “point-less”...
Sept. 27, 2021
29 – Gender Norms, Violence and Body Autonomy (w Dr. Gerald Walton)
In many ways, our students have a more nuanced understanding of gender than ever before. However, they continue to uphold many unexamined gender norms that lead them to cause violence to one another. Dr. Gerald Walton is a professor in the Faculty of...
Sept. 19, 2021
Strategy Hack: Executive Functions (w Becca Bouchard)
Strategy hacks are designed to be bite-sized episodes that provide teachers a practical tool they can use in their classroom immediately to reimagine the learning experience for their students. Executive Functions (EFs) are higher orders in the brain...
Sept. 12, 2021
28 – Teacher Powered Schools (w Zaynab Baalbaki)
What would a school look like if teachers were in charge? How would administrative tasks be managed? What impact would this have on student learning? Zaynab Baalbaki previously worked for Escuela Verde, a public charter school in Wisconsin that...
Sept. 6, 2021
Project Feature: Voices of Democracy (w Jodi Garagan & Katy Funtasz)
On project feature episodes, school-based practitioners tell the story of how they disrupted the status quo in their context. In this episode, learn about how a team of grade 6 teachers and an instructional coach worked together to breathe life back...
Aug. 30, 2021
27 – Liberating Creativity
Creativity is an energizing force that allows us to breathe new life into our work as educators. In this solo episode by host Natalie Vardabasso, learn more about what exactly creativity is (and isn’t), why it needs liberating, and how to do just...
Aug. 23, 2021
Season 2 Trailer!
EduCrush is a podcast that aims to reimagine and rehumanize education. In the second season, host Natalie Vardabasso will continue to feature the dope and disruptive humans who are leading change and unleashing authentic learning. Season two will also...