The Birth of a Podcast
When two like minded people meet at a workshop for English teacher nerds, you shouldn’t be surprised that they became fast friends ready to talk teaching on the airwaves.
It was a warm, rainy, ruin-your-hair kind of day, but that didn’t stop Amanda or Marie from making their way to Shakespeare and Co restaurant in Lexington, KY. It was finally time for the Keeping the Wonder Workshop to begin, and the girls were pumped to be presenting their teaching ideas for a workshop full of excited teachers from across the country.
Amanda brought a lesson to share on the magic of setting and Marie demonstrated new theatrical strategies to bring to the English classroom. After a full day of completely recharging their creativity, Amanda and Marie were instant friends!
See? I told you the weather ruined my hair. I swear it was curly before this picture was taken. But seriously, here is me, Amanda, presenting at Keeping the Wonder. This was a presentation on using setting as a tool to preserve the magic in our classrooms.
Our beginning
Okay, guys, I can’t handle this any more. Third person is rough, so I’m gonna let you know that it’s me, Amanda! I’m taking the keyboard for this introductory blog post and I’m so thrilled to welcome you to Brave New Teaching! I honestly can tell you the minute I met Marie I knew we needed to not only be friends, but to be partners in some kind of dorky crime, like this podcast! So here we are, about one year after meeting, sitting down in our respective time zones to talk on our microphones to each other and with you all about BRAVE. NEW. TEACHING. The first three introductory episodes are all dedicated to defining this podcast for you: we are here to help other teachers find the courage to challenge the status quo.
We are here to help other teachers find the courage to challenge the status quo.
And here’s my buddy Marie. Her hair looks so much better than mine! This was Marie’s presentation where she gave teachers inventive and exciting ideas to add drama into their classrooms.
First episode drops April 9th, 2020!
So join us. Let’s be BRAVE. Let’s embrace what’s NEW. And let’s remember that the work we do TEACHING every single day is important, no matter how little it seems like anyone seems to care.
Our podcast will be coming to you weekly on Thursdays starting April 9th, 2020. We will keep the website ready for you as a resource and a place to go to get extra information, dig into our recommendations and resources, and to find other like-minded Brave New Teachers. Bookmark this page and visit us often!
And let’s remember that the work we do TEACHING every single day is important, no matter how little it seems like anyone seems to care.
To check out what Amanda’s up to outside of Brave New Teaching, head over to her website or Instagram pages to fill up on some clever teaching ideas. Amanda also has a Teachers Pay Teachers online store with lots of ready-to-teach products for you.
And to check out Marie’s busy teacher life, be sure to check out her YouTube channel where she vlogs and posts videos about all the teacher things, her Instagram, and her Teachers Pay Teachers store!