Get Schooled with Mr. S, A Teacher's Podcast BearCat Group

Often teachers face challenges getting students to engage and learn the subject matter especially when there is a perceived notion that the subject is "difficult" or "boring". What can teachers do to break those notions and have students achieve success in the classroom?
Meet Chris Visco. Chis is a retired public High School Earth Science teacher from Sachem Central School District and current Suffolk County Community College professor whose career spans 41-years. It is unmistakable the passion and mastery Chris has for the Earth Sciences. You will hear some of the techniques Chris used in the classroom to help his students achieve good test scores and most importantly master the subject matter.
Ask Mr. S a question and join the Get Schooled with Mr. S podcast:
Email: GetSchooledwithMrs@gmail.com
Twitter: @getschooled_pod
Website: Get Schooled with Mr. S - A Teachers Podcast
Get Schooled with Mr. S is produced by the BearCat Group
Music by Patrick Patrikios

Discussing current events or politics is difficult and in many cases discouraged in most classrooms these days. But what do high school Social Studies teachers do when the curriculum naturally leads the discussion in that direction?
Insert Anthony Curran. Anthony is a 19-year High School US History and Law teacher at Bayport-Blue Point High School in Bayport, New York. We discuss his approach in the classroom and his unique path to being an educator.
Ask Mr. S a question and join the Get Schooled with Mr. S podcast:
Email: GetSchooledwithMrs@gmail.com
Twitter: @getschooled_pod
Website: Get Schooled with Mr. S - A Teachers Podcast
Get Schooled with Mr. S is produced by the BearCat Group
Music by Patrick Patrikios

Being a teacher is a tough job and having a good support network really helps especially when you have fellow educators and family in your support network. But what if your spouse is a teacher, who teaches the same grade, AND the same subject?
Meet the Manzis. Maggie is an 8th grade math teacher at Manchester Essex Middle School and Rich teaches 8th grade math at North Andover Middle School. Together they share their journey toward the education field and the benefits of their shared experience teaching the same class.
Ask Mr. S a question and join the Get Schooled with Mr. S podcast:
Email: GetSchooledwithMrs@gmail.com
Twitter: @getschooled_pod
Website: Get Schooled with Mr. S - A Teachers Podcast
Get Schooled with Mr. S is produced by the BearCat Group
Music by Patrick Patrikios

Not long ago, a visit with the principal was almost always a bad thing. In recent years however, the responsibilities of a school principal have evolved to where they are trusted allies to teachers, parents and students alike.
Paula Jones, principal of Henry Wilson Elementary School in Manchester, New Hampshire, joins us to discuss her career as a teacher and how she approaches her role as an administrator. She details her experiences going from a middle income to lower income school district, how she became a trusted resource in her community and what challenges the COVID-19 pandemic places on school principals across the globe.
Ask Mr. S a question and join the Get Schooled with Mr. S podcast:
Email: GetSchooledwithMrs@gmail.com
Twitter: @getschooled_pod
Website: Get Schooled with Mr. S - A Teachers Podcast
Get Schooled with Mr. S is produced by the BearCat Group
Music by Patrick Patrikios

A great way to contribute to the overall education of a student is through extracurricular programs. Teachers can build stronger relationships with students and apply what they are taught in the classroom to real world and fun applications.
Kevin Husson from the Howe-Manning School in Middleton, Massachusetts has done just that as he takes LEGO® to the next level.  His program, Seacoast Technology Workshops has been providing hands-on LEGO® Robotics & Engineering and video-game design workshops all over Boston's North Shore and New Hampshire's Seacoast.
We discuss Kevin's teaching career, how he got started with the program and the impact it's had on him and his students.
Summer Bridge Program (mentioned during "raise your hand" segment)
Ask Mr. S a question and join the Get Schooled with Mr. S podcast:
Email: GetSchooledwithMrs@gmail.com
Twitter: @getschooled_pod
Website: Get Schooled with Mr. S - A Teachers Podcast
Get Schooled with Mr. S is produced by the BearCat Group
Music by Patrick Patrikios

Teachers have thousand of funny stories from the classroom. Hear some classic situations where middle school students were unintentionally hilarious.
Abby Whittredge, a Middle School Teacher from Manchester Essex Middle School, joins Mr. S to share fun stories from her classroom.
We discuss Abby's teaching career, the way she handles innocently awkward situations and how it's important to have fun teaching. She also adds a great story about a middle school student with NBA dreams and the phone call she received six years later.
Ask Mr. S a question and join the Get Schooled with Mr. S podcast:
Email: GetSchooledwithMrs@gmail.com
Twitter: @getschooled_pod
Website: Get Schooled with Mr. S - A Teachers Podcast
Get Schooled with Mr. S is produced by the BearCat Group
Music by Patrick Patrikios