Next Chapter for Teachers Podcast
Whether it's classroom management or teacher burn out, this podcast has you covered. Being a teacher isn't what it used to be. The need to meet students' educational and social-emotional needs can easily overshadow you're own personal needs as a person outside of the classroom - so much that quitting teaching may feel like the only option for a healthy life. The Next Chapter for Teachers Podcast, hosted by Erin Sponaugle, covers topics in education relevant to teachers that address the stressful issue that can cloud the joy of what teaching is meant to be - while giving teacher helpful strategies to streamline their teaching and deal with conflicts that arise in the classroom and school. Topics covered are classroom management, educational technology, implementing distance learning, trends in instruction and assessment, and self care. Erin Sponaugle is a teacher and author-illustrator with the experience and insight to provide practical advice to other educators. Subscribe to this podcast to get ideas and inspiration for teaching in uncertain times. For more information on turning the page to the future of the teaching profession. , visit www.erinsponaugle.com
Episodes
28 episodes
28. Real Talk for Exhausted Teachers During the Holidays
Are you a teacher that's so tired and drained from teaching and life in general that you can't get into the holiday spirit? Teaching during the holidays is its own kind of exhausting. The most wonderful time of the year can be especially stress...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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14:20
27. Managing Disruptive Classroom Behaviors During Holidays and Before Breaks
If the students in your classroom are getting too loud, too impulsive, and more than a little out of control, you don't want to miss this episode! Student behaviors that make it more difficult for you to teach can make you want to quit teaching...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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20:29
26. How to Quit Being a People Pleasing Teacher
Are you a people pleaser? Teachers are often put in a position where they feel they aren't "good" or a team player if they don't try to agree to everyone's request. The trouble is, people pleasing is a sure way to end up in teacher burnout mode...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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17:41
25. How I Deal With Teacher Tired and Exhaustion
If you're an exhausted teacher, this episode is for you. Teachers often feel tired as they begin a new school year, and the fatigue often impacts their lives outside of the classroom and their health. While we can't change everything in the cla...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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24:19
24. A Message for Overwhelmed Teachers Before the First Day of School
Are you a teacher feeling overwhelmed and stressed out as you head back to school? This is a short message that you can listen to as you head back to your classroom on your first day of school. Things have to change if we are going to
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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11:43
23. What Should I Do for Back to School Night?
Back to School Night (or Meet the Teacher Night...or Open House) is the first BIG event of the new school year...but it can leave teachers stressed and overwhelmed as they set up their classrooms and prepare for the new sch...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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33:02
22. Classroom Setup Ideas That Have Stood the Test of Time
Are you ready to set up your classroom for back to school. It can fill any teacher with overwhelm when trying to unpack your classroom and get reading for a new school year. In this podcast, you'll learn how to arrange and organize your classro...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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16:14
21. How I Manage Student Behaviors with Three Simple Statements
Do you want to manage student behaviors effectively and with fewer disruptions? Learn three simple but powerful statements to make a part of your behavior management plan in your elementary classroom this school year. Back to school is the time...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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14:48
20. Classroom Management Strategies for Back to School Success
Effective classroom management is the basis for establishing the rules, routines, and expectations when you head back to school. What are the keys for teachers to create success for all classroom management strategies? In this podcast, yo...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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16:25
19. Five Things Teachers DON'T Need for Back to School
Are you ready to set up your classroom for back to school? Many people and influencers will tell you all the things you need to get your classroom ready for the first day, but what about the things you DON'T need to be a successful teacher or a...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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20:15
18. How To Use ChatGPT as a Teacher
We’re going to talk about ChatGPT, a form of artificial intelligence you have probably heard about over the past year - what it is, what it means for classrooms, and how you can harness its abilities to assist with the things you do as a teache...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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21:24
17. How Teachers Can Cut Down on Grading Time
Grading papers and projects, assessing students in general takes a lot of time and energy. It is the “side hustle” if you will of being a teacher - you teach the kids when they are in your presence, and then, often after they have gone for the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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11:14
16. These Five Changes Kept Me from Quitting Teaching
This school year may be an even more difficult one for you than the previous year. While it may feel as if the most emotional and physically safe thing to do for your well being is to quit, often that is not an immediate option. Over the past n...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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13:18
15. Are You Tired of the Pandemic or Tired of Teaching?
For the last episode of Season 1, we are going to talk about if the events of this year are enough to leave teaching. Is it time to quit teaching. - or do you need to go into recovery mode from teaching in a pandemic (or both)? Find out the que...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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13:31
14. Teachers and Mental Health: An Interview with Wilson Harvey
Has this school year left you feeling anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed by the constant changes and unreasonable demands? May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In this episode I interview Wilson Harvey, a high school social emotional learning ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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55:30
13. Saying "No" is the Most Powerful Way to Set Boundaries
One of the most important things you can do to set boundaries is say "no" to the things that are causing you overwhelm and preventing you from taking care of yourself and your family after school. In this episode, you'll learn why it's importan...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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16:44
12. Three Tips for End of the School Year Success
After a year of ups and downs, you and your students deserve to finish the school year on a high note - with as little chaos as possible. What tips can teachers follow to reduce stress a the end of the school year? You'll learn three tips in th...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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11:47
11. Grant Writing Tips for Teachers, Part 2
Learn more about how teachers can write grants that get funded so you can provide the resources and learning environment you want for your students. Make sure you listen to episode ten to learn about tips one through six! You can read about
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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12:11
10. Grant Writing Tips for Teachers, Part 1
Are you a teacher looking ways to fund resources and projects for your classroom, without having it come out of your paycheck? Writing grants is a skill that will help you provide projects for impactful learning experiences - as well as meet th...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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18:34
9. Self Care Strategies to Revolutionize the Teaching Profession
Self care is more than taking the night off when you're on the brink of burn out. The idea of self care needs to be redefined for teachers if the profession is to thrive. In this episode, you will learn about the Inverted Pyramid of Self Care R...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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13:34
8. Overcoming Online Fatigue: An Interview with Megan Brown
Teaching online - either full-time or in a hybrid model - has left many teachers feeling drained, anxious, and isolated. Zoom fatigue, also known as online fatigue, is for real. What are some strategies for overcoming online fatigue so you can ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:42
7. Strategies for Improving Parent Teacher Communication
Does communicating to parents about student expectations leave you stressed and overwhelmed? After listening to this episode, you'll understand how to improve your parent teacher communication through setting boundaries, protecting yourself emo...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:52
6. How to Create a Trauma Sensitive Classroom Environment
Teachers are indeed affected by the insanity of this year and last, but we’re wired at this stage of our lives to respond and recover from it. A child who’s physically and psychologically growing and processing the unrest in this world ri...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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16:34
5. How to Set Goals and Boundaries for the New Year
In the previous episode, I discussed the disillusionment stage of teaching, where many of you are finding yourselves right now - completely taken aback by how this year is unfolding. And I shared a strategy - the 5S strategy - for surviving dis...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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17:02
4. How to Survive the Disillusionment Phase of Teaching
The disillusionment phase of teaching is when reality sets in and the stress, fatigue, and expectations threaten to throw you off course. We cycle through it every year as teachers, especially in your first years of teaching. It usually hits ri...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:30
