Traveling the road to better teaching with Dr. Joseph Sweeney, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Mississippi Teacher Corps at the ⁠⁠University of Mississippi School of Education⁠⁠, as we discuss his experience teaching conversational English in Japan to students aged 3 to 75.

Links from the episode

Mississippi Teacher Corps

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Online Program

Wikipedia article on the Letter People, and more information.

A link to the Tenjin Festival.

A good entry-level article on restorative practices.

Rosenberg, M. B., & Chopra, D. (2015). Nonviolent communication: A language of life: Life-changing tools for healthy relationships. PuddleDancer Press.

Hart, S., & Hodson, V. K. (2004). The compassionate classroom: Relationship based teaching and learning. PuddleDancer Press.

Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures

Cultivating Mathematical Hearts: Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching in Elementary Classrooms By: Maria del Rosario Zavala, Julia Maria Aguirre

Love and Logic

Amidon Planet Podcast E032: Not Light, But Fire with Shimikqua Ellis

Designing Groupwork: Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom

Traveling the road to better teaching with Lauren Biando, elementary education M.Ed graduate student at the ⁠University of Mississippi School of Education⁠, as we discuss an experience from her teaching 1st grade.

Links in the episode

Amidon Planet Podcast E043: Joyful Learning with Dr. Alice Udvari-Solner

Teaching Vocabulary: 50 Creative Strategies, Grades K-12 by Gail E. Tompkins (Editor), Cathy L. Blanchfield (Editor)

Duolingo - Language Learning

For more on portfolio development (for documenting moments of professional growth) at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out ⁠Portfolio School⁠.

The Road to Better Teaching is an ⁠Amidon Planet⁠ production.

⁠Have an event or opportunity to share with Dr. Joel Amidon? Fill out the Request a Call form at Amidon Planet.

Traveling the road to better teaching with Madelyne Pruitt, elementary education teacher candidate at the University of Mississippi School of Education, as we discuss her experience teaching a 1st grade science lesson.

For more on portfolio development (for documenting moments of professional growth) at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out Portfolio School.

Reinhart, S. C. (2000). Never say anything a kid can say!. Mathematics teaching in the middle school, 5(8), 478-483.

The Road to Better Teaching is an Amidon Planet production.

Have an event or opportunity to share with Dr. Joel Amidon? Fill out the Request a Call form at Amidon Planet.

Traveling the road to better teaching with Kelsey Vosters, Mathematics Teacher at Middleton High School in Middleton, Wi, as we discuss her experience in a book study facilitated by the Wisconsin Mathematics Council.

The Road to Better Teaching is an Amidon Planet production.

For more on portfolio development at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out Portfolio School.

Links from the episode
Flippity
Wisconsin Mathematics Council
Building Thinking Classrooms

Special Guest: Kelsey Vosters.

Traveling the road to better teaching with Margaret Slaton as we discuss the day when she unexpectedly took over class as a student teacher.
The Road to Better Teaching is an Amidon Planet production.

For more on portfolio development at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out Portfolio School.

Links from the Episode
THE First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher by Wong and Wong
Success from the Start: Your First Years Teaching Secondary Mathematics by Wieman and Arbaugh
Success from the Start: Your First Years Teaching Elementary Mathematics by Ernst and Ryan
Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching by Lampert
Teach Like a Champion 3.0: 63 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College by Lemov
The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours by Marian Wright Edelman
Teachers Off Duty podcast
Gerry Brooks

Special Guest: Margaret Slaton.

Traveling the road to better teaching with Dr. Ellen Shelton, Director of Pre-College Programs for the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, Lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, and Interim Writing Center Director- Oxford Campus, as we discuss how a shoulder tap from a mentor-teacher led her down a path of developing writers across a variety of educational contexts.

Links from the episode
UM Writing Project
UM Department of Writing and Rhetoric
UM Writing Center
UM Division of Outreach and Continuing Education
In the Middle: A Lifetime of Learning About Writing, Reading, and Adolescents by Nancie Atwell

The Road to Better Teaching is an Amidon Planet production.

For more on portfolio development at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out Portfolio School.

Special Guest: Ellen Shelton.

Traveling the road to better teaching with Dr. Morris Stocks as we discuss his 31 years at the University of Mississippi and even more as a teacher of accountancy. Dr. Stocks is the 1998 recipient of the University of Mississippi's most prized teaching honor, the Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award.

The Road to Better Teaching is an Amidon Planet production.

For more on portfolio development at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out Portfolio School.

Links from the episode
Elise M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award
The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Invitations: Changing as Teachers and Learners K-12 by Regie Routman

Music by Slip.stream - "Farmers Market" - https://slip.stream/tracks/e71db9fe-d06e-433b-87f2-3aff5d772a2a

Special Guest: Morris Stocks.

Traveling the road to better teaching with Dr. Alina Harges as we discuss an interaction with a student, that led to a major perspective shift in her teaching and her responsibility for the social and emotional well-being of students in her classroom.

The Road to Better Teaching is an Amidon Planet production.

For more on portfolio development at the University of Mississippi School of Education, check out Portfolio School.

Links from the episode
The Need to Belong: Rediscovering Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs by: Norman Kunc
Shame: The Power of Caring by Gershen Kaufman

Music by Slip.stream - "Farmers Market" - https://slip.stream/tracks/e71db9fe-d06e-433b-87f2-3aff5d772a2a

Special Guest: Alina Harges.