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Hardest Year Ever

Episode 6: Hardest Year Ever Erin & Rick chat with Molly Patterson , a 6th grade English teacher in her third year of teaching. This has been such a hard year for so many and we dig into it. We discuss the many of the joys and struggles that come with being a young teacher, appreciating each and every one of our students, and working our contract hours. Be sure to check out Molly’s podcast, been there on Anchor. Visit anchor.fm/beentherepod to listen now. Don’t forget, you can listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, and more. Get in

Last week

Last week… by Katie Kinder Last week was busy; let’s be perfectly honest, every week is busy, but for this post, last week was extra, extra busy. I’m an Instructional Coach. People ask me, “What does that mean?” Well, it means a lot of different things to me. I teach the teachers, but more importantly, I serve the teachers because, as my good friend, and principal, Charles Williams, says, “If serving is beneath you, leading is beyond you!” If you are a principal, you should get his book; Inside The Principal’s Office, it is a good one. I’m of the

Co-Teaching & Multiage Classroom

Episode 5: Co-Teaching & Multiage Classroom Erin & Rick sit down with 2 truly incredible women, Hanna Al-Jibouri & Nicole Powell, to hear about their experiences in the classroom. Hanna and Nicole identified a problem that they had to do something about. Then, with the support of a wonderful principal, loads of hard work, a perfect partnership, and coworkers cheering them on, these 2 teachers created something pretty remarkable! We discuss: Co-teaching Multi-age classrooms Montessori education Get in touch. We’d love to hear from you. Send us a note with a little about what you’re working on, what you need,

Winter Devolson

Winter Devolson: Dark, Evil, Vortex Of Life, Students On No-sun by Katie Kinder “This is an acronym for a phrase coined by a teacher as a way to describe the busiest and often most difficult time of year to be a teacher. It stands for the dark, evil vortex of late September, October, and November. (Obviously, it’s not always dark or evil, but the acronym isn’t as fun without dramatic adjectives.).” I struggle in the winter. I do not like the cold. It makes me want to burrow under a mound of blankets sit on my couch, surrounded by heating

Erin Katie Rick

Episode 4: Erin, Katie & Rick Most of the Relate Then Educate team was able to get together in the same room to talk about why we’re doing what we’re doing. It was great to hear from Katie Kinder about what she’s seeing in the classroom and with her middle school teachers. Erin Patton & Rick Holmes also describe what they’re hearing from teachers from across the country. You can hear the love for kids and teachers every time we end up talking about school…which is often. Join us! Get in touch. We’d love to hear from you. Send us

Hurry Sickness

Episode 3: Hurry Sickness Self-Care Episode! Erin & I asked you to take a moment each school day to check-in with yourself in our last self-care episode, but we wanted to discuss what you might find when you do. We will walk you through the 10 symptoms of Hurry Sickness…yes, it’s a thing. These are likely symptoms you’ll see if you begin to sit and reflect on yourself in an honest way. Once you can accurately see how you’re doing, you can begin to decide what small and positive changes you can begin to make. It’s a journey of small

Are You Okay

Episode 2: Are you okay? Hey, folks. Erin here. The word of the day is VULNERABLE. Holy smokes. Recording this episode of our podcast was a doozy for me. 😳 Long story short, I have dealt with anxiety and depression for much of my life. But in neglecting my mental health for so long during my years teaching, I developed a really fun panic disorder that, as you can witness from listening, still rears it’s ugly head. Podcasts have been so beneficial to me and my personal mental health journey. Getting to hear people openly explore and share about things

Circle of Influence

Circle of Influence by Katie Kinder “It’s easier to tame lions than it is to goose geese!” -Jeff Hemm, Number 22 When I was a kid, I was usually fussing about something. Soccer. Romance. Friends. Parents. Siblings. You name it, I fussed about it. My dad would say, “What is in your circle of influence?” It meant: What can you control? Mostly, my dad wanted me to know that I was the only one who could control my attitude about life. It became a mantra, one I needed to be reminded of a lot. In later years, when I started

Erin Jaime Stephanie

Episode 1: Erin, Jaime & Stephanie Wow. Last night was one for the books. We recorded our very first Relate Then Educate podcast episode. 🎤 It was so much fun! I had the privilege of being joined by 2 of my dear friends for our first episode. Y’all were fantastic. Thanks, Jamie Lee & Stephanie Bauer . ❤️❤️ We got into some stuff that I am fairly certain will sound unfortunately familiar to you. We are in an interesting time in education. (Duh.) Through events of the past few years, things have been illuminated that can no longer continue to be overlooked.

Author: Rick Holmes