It is necessary and healthy for teachers to stop and consider a REALity Check sometimes to make sure we are doing our best at providing quality education to our students. But time is limited, and it can be hard to find opportunities for growth. This podcast, with its short, focused discussion and takeaways is the perfect option for teachers who want to check in with their practice. To pause, reflect, and #trysomething!

REALity Check
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Podcast Overview
It is necessary and healthy for teachers to stop and consider a REALity Check sometimes to make sure we are doing our best at providing quality education to our students. But time is limited, and it can be hard to find opportunities for growth. This podcast, with its short, focused discussion and takeaways is the perfect option for teachers who want to check in with their practice. To pause, reflect, and #trysomething!
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Recent Episodes

November 20, 2020
Making Small Steps toward Self-Paced and Choice-Based Classrooms
<p>This episode is a recap of a synchronous professional development session offered on November 2nd in which we discussed the importance of allowing choices for your students and different ways to start incorporating choice into your classes. Hopefully, this episode will hit the highlights for those of you that couldn’t attend the session and be a good review for those of you that were able to attend. </p> <p>Here are links to the session <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13q7j6Aj2X3TkkBYgr5X4k8t5ZkMS_sJqMDL4xv9ebaM/edit?usp=sharing">slideshow</a> and <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bei0yZWP5sDdiJZdLcUJC7UYECcq-gwMvlQp7uk6sDI/edit?usp=sharing">agenda</a> if you would like to view the resources provided. Here is a link to the <a href="https://sites.google.com/d127.org/realhub/instruction/student-choice">Student Choice section</a> of our REAL Hub website. </p>

November 20, 2020
Exploring the Station Rotation Model (an interview with Maureen Ritter)
<p>In this episode, we interview English teacher Maureen Ritter, one of our pioneer BlendEd teachers who recently presented at Central’s Professional Development day. We were so happy to talk with her more about her presentation on an instructional model that’s become more and more popular at the secondary level: the Station Rotation Model.</p> <p>Listen as Maureen gives a brief overview, explains why the model is so compelling, and provides some guidance for starting. Find her Station Rotation HyperDoc <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5AQ-zFHedNQYMoYkEUpqrLYVivNi7rCtqqJhwLuGNg/edit">here.</a> </p>

November 20, 2020
Help! My students want to talk about current events: Having critical conversations in a remote setting
<p>In this episode, we interview department chair and Democracy School Committee leader Jason Janczak who recently presented at our PD day with the help from Loyola University.</p> <p>In this episode, Jason explains the importance of having difficult conversations with students, what it means to "make the space," various self-reflection matrices, how to plan ahead, and the importance of setting up house rules with students. </p> <p>Find Jason's presentation <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xOwFMUCkAo25ZQ4yxGwIC260RIDY-ljGx0htKWv118g/edit#slide=id.p">here</a>, and house rules template <a href="https://padlet.com/jjanczak/2718ef7hthql">here</a>. </p>
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