Make Teaching Sustainable explores how teachers and administrators can avoid burnout through progressive ideas about teaching, learning, school leadership, and school culture. In each episode, Paul Emerich France explores different facets of teaching related to sustainability, analyzing the resources, practices, and cultural inputs that can send schools on a path to sustainability.
Time and time again in the #SustainableTeaching Project, teachers shared with Paul stories of mistreatment. In this final episode of Season 1, Paul shares chapters of his own story as a teacher, grappling with the question: Are teachers being mistreated? Or is this just what we signed up for? Regardless, what do we do about it?
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visiting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (https://www.maketeachingsustainable.org).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (/contact).
1 Apr 2024
S1 E9 | Catlin Tucker on Learner Agency
At first, many teachers think that giving kids more autonomy in the classroom will be messier and less sustainable, but what if building learner agency was actually more sustainable?
Paul talks with Dr. Catlin R. Tucker, author of The Shift to Student Led (https://catlintucker.com/2022/11/the-shift-to-student-led/), about how building learner agency can actually make teachers’ lives easier. When we give kids responsibility and choice in the classroom, it not only means teachers share the demands of learning with students, it also means that kids learn how to stand on their own two feet. We can support this shift to increase learner agency through assessment practices, technology integration, and mindful curriculum design, Tucker shares.
You can reach out to Dr. Tucker on X at @Catlin_Tucker (https://twitter.com/Catlin_Tucker) or on her website at www.catlintucker.com (https://www.catlintucker.com).
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (https://www.maketeachingsustainable.org).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (/contact).
8 Feb 2024
S1 E8 | Alex Tougas on Time, Time, Time!
Time is often one of the biggest concerns that teachers have with regard to sustainability. How do we solve this problem?
Paul talks with Alex Tougas this week about some innovative ideas around giving teachers more time. They also unpack societal attitudes towards teaching. Why is it that so many people think teachers are lazy? And what other assumptions do folks make about teachers? Paul and Alex ponder some of the reasons for this, from the implicit biases laid upon a female-dominated profession, in addition to the ancillary systems that make it even harder for teachers to do their jobs. You can reach out to Alex on Twitter at @ajteaches.
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (https://www.maketeachingsustainable.org).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (/contact).
29 Jan 2024
S1 E7 | Jenny Lewis on Positive Intelligence
How might bolstering emotional intelligence contribute to #SustainableTeaching?
Paul talks with Jenny Lewis this week about the importance of Positive Intelligence. No, this isn’t a promoting toxic positivity, but instead a way to help students be more emotionally intelligent in our classrooms, so they, too, can carry the emotional demands of learning along with teachers. You can reach out to Jenny by emailing her at jlewis@pqeducator.com or on LinkedIn.
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (https://www.maketeachingsustainable.org).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (/contact).
24 Jan 2024
S1 E6 | Emily Dia and Matt Hickson on building learner agency
How might building learner agency help to #MakeTeachingSustainable? And how did we get to a place where teachers feel like they have to work themselves ragged to be good teachers?
Paul talks with Emily Dia and Matt Hickson from the Modern Classrooms Project. They challenge us to rethink our teaching, making students partners in the process of assessment and differentiating learning. You can reach out to Emily at emily.dia@modernclassrooms.org, and you can follow Matt on social media at @MattHicksonMCP.
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (https://www.maketeachingsustainable.org).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (/contact).
7 Nov 2023
S1 E5 | David Frangiosa on Going Gradeless
What is the impact of grading on sustainability? How might it negatively impact our students, and how does it affect motivation?
Paul talks with David Frangiosa on going gradeless in the classroom, addressing how going gradeless is not only best for kids, it's better for teachers, too. You can reach out to David on social media at @davidfrangiosa (https://twitter.com/DavidFrangiosa).
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (https://www.maketeachingsustainable.org).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (/contact).
1 Nov 2023
S1 E4 | Erin Healey on Building Community
What causes teachers to close their doors and work on their own? Which policies or systems incentivize teachers working in silos?
Paul talks with Erin Healey about the importance of collectivism, specifically by intentionally designing communities that help teachers feel supported, especially our newest teachers. You can reach out to Erin on LinkedIn or on social media at @mrserinhealey.
For more information on how to #MakeTeachingSustainable, you can check out Make Teaching Sustainable: Six Shifts Teachers Want and Students Need (https://www.ascd.org/books/make-teaching-sustainable?variant=123011).
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (https://www.maketeachingsustainable.org).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org.
8 Oct 2023
S1 E3 | Jill Nettels on the Need for Self-Reflection
How might self-reflection help both teachers and learners? And what is required for teachers and learners to get more time for self-reflection?
Paul talks with JIll Nettels about the immense workload many teachers carry, along with the amount of time it takes to complete it. Not only is it challenging to plan, prepare, and assess learning, it also makes it hard to find time to reflect.
Note: In the episode, the name “Jim Crow” is mistakenly used in reference to John Crow.
You can learn more about Jill on the Mighty Networks app by finding @jillnettels.
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visiting www.maketeachingsustainable.org.
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org.
24 Sept 2023
S1 E2 | Kate Roberts on People over Programs
Is the #ScienceofReading actually new? How does curriculum development and planning easily become unsustainable? Does boxed curriculum support or hinder teachers?
Paul talks with Kate Roberts about the importance of sustainable curriculum development and why teacher agency, voice, and choice will support teachers in reaching sustainability.
You can learn more about Kate at www.kateandmaggie.com (https://www.kateandmaggie.com). Find her on social media at @kateandmaggie.
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (http://www.maketeachingsustainable.org/). Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (mailto:paul@maketeachingsustainable.org).
22 Aug 2023
S1 E1 | Education's Climate Crisis
Much like Earth itself, education is experiencing a climate crisis. The situation isn’t yet hopeless, but simply telling teachers to take better care of themselves will not solve the problem. Instead, we must change the way we conceptualize and enact sustainable instruction in classrooms. We can do this by embracing six mindset shifts for #SustainableTeaching:
Humanity over Industry
Collectivism over Individualism
Empowerment over Control
Minimalism over Maximalism
Process over Product
Flexibility over Fixedness
For more information on the six mindset shifts, you can check out Make Teaching Sustainable: Six Shifts Teachers Want and Students Need (https://www.ascd.org/books/make-teaching-sustainable?variant=123011).
You can lend your voice to the Sustainable Teaching project by visiting www.maketeachingsustainable.org (http://www.maketeachingsustainable.org/).
Looking to be a guest on the podcast? Reach out to paul@maketeachingsustainable.org (mailto:paul@maketeachingsustainable.org).
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