

Brave New Teaching: A Podcast for High School and Middle School Teachers
Marie Morris & Amanda Cardenas, Secondary ELA Teachers
Join hosts Amanda Cardenas (Mud & Ink Teaching) and Marie Morris (The Caffeinated Classroom) in discussions about being brave, trying new things, and all things teaching! As seasoned classroom teachers, Amanda and Marie bring their experience, insight, energy, and oh, so many opinions and ideas... It's time for all teachers to take their classroom and teaching practice into their own hands!
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Dec 17, 2020 β’ 20min
Episode 37: TO TEACHERS EVERYWHERE (AN OPEN LETTER)
Today's episode is our first season closer, an open letter to this amazing Brave New Teaching community - WE SEE YOU. Mentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Nov 26, 2020 β’ 43min
Episode 36: (RE-RUN) TO ASK ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This episode is a re-run of one of our most popular episodes to date where we workshop essential questions for Marie's current school year. It is a raw and unfiltered work session where we throw things against the wall to see what sticks, and is a great window into our own creative process. Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Nov 25, 2020 β’ 16min
MINISODE: Thankful for YOU + Curriculum Rehab is Back!
In this minisode, we express how truly grateful we are for you, the Brave New Teaching Community! We also wanted to let you know about an opportunity that is coming up in just a couple days - the doors to Curriculum Rehab will open again for a limited time! Also, make sure you don't miss the HUGE Black Friday Sale we are having... Click the link below for more information! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATIONMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Nov 19, 2020 β’ 52min
Episode 35: TO STRIVE FOR "CREATING BETTER HUMANS"
This episode is like a conversation with an old friend - warm, inviting, and thought-provoking in all the right ways. Symantha Outwater is in her 8th year teaching, and we discuss all sorts of topics from her early years in the classroom, to teaching at-risk populations, to her philosophy that teachers are there for "creating better humans." Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Nov 18, 2020 β’ 16min
MINISODE: Off-Screen Ideas for Students
In this BONUS minisode, we share with you some of the ideas we have been discussing and using with our students to give them breaks from their screens while doing classwork. This is one of those moments where simplifying and giving students choice is really the best way to go! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Nov 12, 2020 β’ 1h 22min
Episode 34: TO PRACTICE INQUIRY: COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP
Buckle down - this episode is a long one and it is FULL of all the things we love to bring to your ears! Philosophy? Check! Practical strategies? Check! Real-life classroom examples? CHECK! Join us as we talk to educators Jeffrey Wilhelm and Christopher Butts about their extensive research and experience in the field of inquiry-driven curriculum, and their new book, Planning Powerful Instruction. Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Nov 5, 2020 β’ 35min
Episode 33: TO CELEBRATE DIVERSE VOICES: INDIGENOUS WRITERS
This episode is the second in our series celebrating diverse voices and authors - in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Month, we bring you a long list of Indigenous writers to bring into your classroom. We discuss how we have incorporated the writers and texts we have in our own classrooms, ideas for pairing these texts with existing curriculum, and more. Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Oct 29, 2020 β’ 32min
Episode 32: TO TEACH GRATITUDE
In this episode, we express our gratitude for YOU, our wonderful listeners!! We put our minds together and came up with 15 prompts & activities to use with students in order to foster gratitude - use them as they are, alter them to make them work for you, whatever! We use these prompts as bellringers during the first 3 weeks in November, but any classroom could use a little dose of gratitude at any point in the year!! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Oct 22, 2020 β’ 56min
Episode 31: TO GET STARTED WITH ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
We have another interview with an amazing educator - Kyle Etheridge, who began his teaching career with none other than out own Amanda as his teacher mentor. In todayβs interview, Kyle recounts his journey through troubleshooting inquiry-driven curriculum design and teaching as well as an on the spot design of an essential question. Kyle and Amanda are totally honest about their struggles and successes in the classroom and offer some insight that can make your journey that much more inspired. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Oct 15, 2020 β’ 48min
Episode 30: TO TAKE ADVICE FROM A VETERAN TEACHER
In this episode we interview teaching powerhouse Iris Crankfield who is currently in her 23rd year of teaching high school English. This is one of those conversations that makes you feel like you've known the person forever, because everything she says is so poignant, insightful, and caring as she shares her experiences and lessons learned as a classroom teacher who holds her students to high expectations with warmth and empathy - we are sure you'll be nodding your head along as you listen. Enjoy! GET YOUR GRATITUDE BELLRINGERS HERE CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTESMentioned in this episode:Get more Brave New Teaching each week:Join BNT Happy Hour Here!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Get your FREE Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gateway lesson: shop.bravenewteaching.com/cloudyCheck out Curriculum Rehab here!Support the showπ BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES π©βπ» Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel