podcasts – Adequate Yearly Progress http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:15:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 noCopyright Erin Sterling 2014teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librariansAdequate Yearly Progress is a show where real teachers talk about the good, the bad, and the hilarity of teaching.Conversations with teachersErin Sterlingerin.sterling@gmail.comErin Sterling EPISODE 17: YEAR IN REVIEW http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=127&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-17-year-in-review http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=127#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:15:26 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=127 Continue reading EPISODE 17: YEAR IN REVIEW →]]> Well, it’s been a while, but Adequate Yearly Progress is back after summer vacation! To honor the beginning of the (Seattle) school year, I’m posting a special round table episode. This episode features teachers I’ve interviewed before (Chris Bach, Paul Cavender, and Hillary Graham) discussing last year, specifically around testing, Common Core, standards-based grading, and technology. It’s a long episode, but a good one.

 

]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=127 295 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWell, it’s been a while, but Adequate Yearly Progress is back after summer vacation! To honor the beginning of the (Seattle) school year, I’m posting a special round table episode. This episode features teachers I’ve interviewed before (Chris Bach, Paul Cavender, and Hillary Graham) discussing last year, specifically around testing, Common Core, standards-based grading, and … Continue reading EPISODE 17: YEAR IN REVIEW →Erin SterlingWell, it’s been a while, but Adequate Yearly Progress is back after summer vacation! To honor the beginning of the (Seattle) school year, I’m posting a special round table episode. This episode features teachers I’ve interviewed before (Chris Bach, Paul Cavender, and Hillary Graham) discussing last year, specifically around testing, Common Core, standards-based grading, and … Continue reading EPISODE 17: YEAR IN REVIEW →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 16: ANNE DAME http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=122&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-16-anne-dame http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=122#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 13:16:45 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=122 Continue reading EPISODE 16: ANNE DAME →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 16. In this episode, I interview Anne Dame, another middle school librarian. Anne and I actually went to the University of Washington’s Library and Information Science Master’s program together. Also, Anne was one of the previous librarians for Eckstein Middle School librarian (where I work!) before moving to Einstein Middle School to be the librarian there.  I give total credit to Anne for getting me my job.  Listen to Anne talk about how she reaches reluctant readers, why being a teacher librarian is the best profession, and how she engages with the public librarian through a books and pizza program and a writing program.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=122 6 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 16. In this episode, I interview Anne Dame, another middle school librarian. Anne and I actually went to the University of Washington’s Library and Information Science Master’s program together. Also, Anne was one of the previous librarians for Eckstein Middle School librarian (where I work!) before moving to Einstein … Continue reading EPISODE 16: ANNE DAME →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 16. In this episode, I interview Anne Dame, another middle school librarian. Anne and I actually went to the University of Washington’s Library and Information Science Master’s program together. Also, Anne was one of the previous librarians for Eckstein Middle School librarian (where I work!) before moving to Einstein … Continue reading EPISODE 16: ANNE DAME →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 15: ADAM MCDONALD http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=118&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-15-adam-mcdonald http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=118#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 04:18:45 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=118 Continue reading EPISODE 15: ADAM MCDONALD →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 15. In this episode, I interview Adam McDonald, a relatively new computer science teacher. Adam just started teaching at Eckstein with me this year and has an interesting background: he studied history in college, taught in Thailand for a few years, worked at a nonprofit to get students into computer science, and on a non-teaching but generally interesting sidenote, is the youngest of 12 kids!  Listen to Adam talk about his optimistic outlook on teaching, what computer science education at a middle school looks like, and how history and computer science go hand in hand.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=118 1 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 15. In this episode, I interview Adam McDonald, a relatively new computer science teacher. Adam just started teaching at Eckstein with me this year and has an interesting background: he studied history in college, taught in Thailand for a few years, worked at a nonprofit to get students into … Continue reading EPISODE 15: ADAM MCDONALD →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 15. In this episode, I interview Adam McDonald, a relatively new computer science teacher. Adam just started teaching at Eckstein with me this year and has an interesting background: he studied history in college, taught in Thailand for a few years, worked at a nonprofit to get students into … Continue reading EPISODE 15: ADAM MCDONALD →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 14: TUESD CHAMBERS http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=113&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-14-tuesd-chambers http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=113#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:01:22 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=113 Continue reading EPISODE 14: TUESD CHAMBERS →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 14. In this episode, I finally interview a school librarian so you can understand what we do and why we do consider ourselves teachers. TuesD Chambers is an energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic school librarian at McClure Middle School in Seattle, WA who has years of experience as a language arts and social studies teacher and who transitioned into a school librarian a year and a half ago.  Listen to TuesD talk about the day-to-day life of a middle school librarian, why this profession brings her so much joy, and the impact she has had on a few students in particular.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=113 0 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 14. In this episode, I finally interview a school librarian so you can understand what we do and why we do consider ourselves teachers. TuesD Chambers is an energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic school librarian at McClure Middle School in Seattle, WA who has years of experience as a language arts and … Continue reading EPISODE 14: TUESD CHAMBERS →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 14. In this episode, I finally interview a school librarian so you can understand what we do and why we do consider ourselves teachers. TuesD Chambers is an energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic school librarian at McClure Middle School in Seattle, WA who has years of experience as a language arts and … Continue reading EPISODE 14: TUESD CHAMBERS →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 13: PAUL CAVENDER http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=108&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-13-paul-cavender http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=108#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:28:26 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=108 Continue reading EPISODE 13: PAUL CAVENDER →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 13. In this episode, I interview Paul Cavender, another friend of mine who works with me at Eckstein Middle School. Some of my teachers friends call him Papa Bear because of his big heart, goofy nature, general likeability, and ability to connect with students, often at their level. Paul is also an incredibly smart Renaissance Man who can wax poetic on any number of topics while also offering practical advice and handy tools to fix things around school that need to be fixed, such as helping me jury-rig the cases of my library iPads so that a USB connector would fit in. (But that’s a story for another day.) Listen to Paul talk about why he stopped being a chef to become a teacher who has taught everything from high school biology and math to middle school language arts and social studies and how to avoid teacher burnout.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=108 3 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 13. In this episode, I interview Paul Cavender, another friend of mine who works with me at Eckstein Middle School. Some of my teachers friends call him Papa Bear because of his big heart, goofy nature, general likeability, and ability to connect with students, often at their level. Paul is … Continue reading EPISODE 13: PAUL CAVENDER →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 13. In this episode, I interview Paul Cavender, another friend of mine who works with me at Eckstein Middle School. Some of my teachers friends call him Papa Bear because of his big heart, goofy nature, general likeability, and ability to connect with students, often at their level. Paul is … Continue reading EPISODE 13: PAUL CAVENDER →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 12: CHRIS BACH http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=104&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-12-chris-bach http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=104#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2015 05:30:33 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=104 Continue reading EPISODE 12: CHRIS BACH →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 12.  This episode features Chris Bach, a teacher and friend of mine who only started at Eckstein last year but is someone who I feel like I’ve known for a long time. Chris has taught high school, has his principal credentials, is now teaching middle school and what comes across in this interview is his full commitment to education, love of teaching and how he tries every day to make learning both relevant and fun for students. Listen to Chris talk about how he transitioned from someone who was not engaged in school into someone completely motivated to change the world through teaching.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=104 1 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 12.  This episode features Chris Bach, a teacher and friend of mine who only started at Eckstein last year but is someone who I feel like I’ve known for a long time. Chris has taught high school, has his principal credentials, is now teaching middle school and what comes across … Continue reading EPISODE 12: CHRIS BACH →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 12.  This episode features Chris Bach, a teacher and friend of mine who only started at Eckstein last year but is someone who I feel like I’ve known for a long time. Chris has taught high school, has his principal credentials, is now teaching middle school and what comes across … Continue reading EPISODE 12: CHRIS BACH →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 11: JESSICA LEVINE http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=97&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-11-jessica-levine http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=97#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 04:44:30 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=97 Continue reading EPISODE 11: JESSICA LEVINE →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 11. Today’s interview features Jessica Levine, a compassionate, musical, energetic science teacher at Eckstein Middle School.  Jessica and I not only have a shared interest in using theater and music in the classroom, but also love John Green novels, sharing books of all types we’re reading with each other, and we both went to small liberal arts colleges. (I went to Carleton College and she went to Oberlin). Listen to Jessica talk about how she transitioned from working in environmental after-school nonprofits to public school, the power of song and rhythm in teaching, and a new way she’s engaging students in their own assessments this year.

Plus, a bonus! In this episode, instead of using the normal intro and outro music,  you get to listen to Jessica singing and playing the ukelele for a science parody of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Bad Moon Rising that explains the concepts Conduction, Convection, Radiation. A great test for you who haven’t studied science since high school. (I’ve put the words below). 

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Conduction, Convection, Radiation

I see the temperatures a-risin’

I see the heat move away

I see particles move like lightning

I see heat transfer here today

 

CHORUS:

Cause you can’t get cold tonight

Heat’s bound to leave your life

When heat transfer’s on the rise

 

Conduction, convection, radiation

I know the heat is coming soon

I know the way that heat’s a-flowin’

I know it’s hot to cold it’s true

 

CHORUS

 

Conduction, convection, radiation

I hope that you’re getting this all right

Looks like we’re in for nasty weather

Losing heat til equilibrium

 

CHORUS x3

]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=97 1 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 11. Today’s interview features Jessica Levine, a compassionate, musical, energetic science teacher at Eckstein Middle School.  Jessica and I not only have a shared interest in using theater and music in the classroom, but also love John Green novels, sharing books of all types we’re reading with each other, and we both went … Continue reading EPISODE 11: JESSICA LEVINE →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 11. Today’s interview features Jessica Levine, a compassionate, musical, energetic science teacher at Eckstein Middle School.  Jessica and I not only have a shared interest in using theater and music in the classroom, but also love John Green novels, sharing books of all types we’re reading with each other, and we both went … Continue reading EPISODE 11: JESSICA LEVINE →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 10: JOSH HANSON http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=93&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-10-josh-hanson http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=93#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:29:49 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=93 Continue reading EPISODE 10: JOSH HANSON →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 10! Today’s interview features Josh Hanson. Josh is a P.E. teacher at Eckstein who has also taught social studies, language arts, science, and tech at a middle school level, which just goes to show you his breadth of knowledge and excitement for teaching.  Listen to Josh talk about his vision for P.E. curriculum, how on earth he has so many endorsements, and about the benefits of substitute teaching all over the district.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=93 0 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 10! Today’s interview features Josh Hanson. Josh is a P.E. teacher at Eckstein who has also taught social studies, language arts, science, and tech at a middle school level, which just goes to show you his breadth of knowledge and excitement for teaching.  Listen to Josh talk about his vision … Continue reading EPISODE 10: JOSH HANSON →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 10! Today’s interview features Josh Hanson. Josh is a P.E. teacher at Eckstein who has also taught social studies, language arts, science, and tech at a middle school level, which just goes to show you his breadth of knowledge and excitement for teaching.  Listen to Josh talk about his vision … Continue reading EPISODE 10: JOSH HANSON →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 9: LINDA REGER http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=85&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-9-linda-reger http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=85#respond Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:17:32 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=85 Continue reading EPISODE 9: LINDA REGER →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 9! After a brief hiatus for the holidays, we are back with a great episode featuring Linda Reger. Linda is a retired teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing in Connecticut and has a lot of experience to share about being a speech and audio pathologist at public schools, team teaching at a time when that was a completely new concept, and developing meaningful relationships with students.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=85 0 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 9! After a brief hiatus for the holidays, we are back with a great episode featuring Linda Reger. Linda is a retired teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing in Connecticut and has a lot of experience to share about being a speech and audio pathologist at public schools, … Continue reading EPISODE 9: LINDA REGER →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 9! After a brief hiatus for the holidays, we are back with a great episode featuring Linda Reger. Linda is a retired teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing in Connecticut and has a lot of experience to share about being a speech and audio pathologist at public schools, … Continue reading EPISODE 9: LINDA REGER →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians EPISODE 8: SAM HUCKABEE http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=81&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-8-sam-huckabee http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=81#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2014 05:06:14 +0000 http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?p=81 Continue reading EPISODE 8: SAM HUCKABEE →]]> Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 8.  In this episode, I interview Sam Huckabee, who also used to work with me at Eckstein Middle School and now teaches special education at Jane Addams Middle School in Seattle. Sam is one of those compassionate, super-organized, and confident teachers who forges strong relationships with students. Listen to her talk about her how she transitioned from teaching theater to special education, how she deals with the sometimes frustrating bureaucracy that education and special education in particular can be, and her future career aspirations.

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]]> http://www.adequateyearlyprogress.com/?feed=rss2&p=81 0 erin.sterling@gmail.com (Erin Sterling)noWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 8.  In this episode, I interview Sam Huckabee, who also used to work with me at Eckstein Middle School and now teaches special education at Jane Addams Middle School in Seattle. Sam is one of those compassionate, super-organized, and confident teachers who forges strong relationships with students. Listen to … Continue reading EPISODE 8: SAM HUCKABEE →Erin SterlingWelcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 8.  In this episode, I interview Sam Huckabee, who also used to work with me at Eckstein Middle School and now teaches special education at Jane Addams Middle School in Seattle. Sam is one of those compassionate, super-organized, and confident teachers who forges strong relationships with students. Listen to … Continue reading EPISODE 8: SAM HUCKABEE →teaching,teachers,K,12,education,interviews,interview,conversations,Adequate,Yearly,Progress,Erin,Sterling,librarian,librarians