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Robin Williams has been teaching for the last 12 years and has taught everything except Kindergarten. She currently teaches first grade and online at Brandman University. Listen to the podcast here. What do you know now that you wish you had known before you started teaching? I wish I had known how to meet the needs of students who have gone through trauma. A lot of my students have been in group homes and are foster students. Many have been in lots of different schools, are

Claire’s Background Claire wanted to be an astronaut when she grew up. She met Natasha, the other half of Vivify STEM, in college. Claire has worked as an engineer on the 747 for Boeing, an engineer in the space shuttle program, and as an engineer for a company that designs planes for agriculture and firefighting. She never planned on being an educator. She has always had a passion for taking the things she learned and communicating them to the next group of people so it’s ea

Matt McIntosh has been teaching for 9 years. He teaches at a continuation school. He teaches social science, government, U.S. History. Listen to the podcast here. What do you wish you had known before you started teaching? Some of the practical aspects. Get your masters as soon as possible. Pretty much everywhere the faster you get those credits, the faster you are going to make money. I don’t recommend going admin for the money. If its because you have passion for leading an

Janine is the mother of 6 young children. She believes that an elite education begins in the home. She also helps to train other homeschool parents though her websites, www.bluemanoreducation.com and www.trueaimeducation.com Beginnings She spent a lot of time playing with and teaching her oldest daughter when she was young. Her husband took note of that. He had many different experiences with his own education. They had planned to send their children to private school, in par

This episode with teacher Vicky Tucker is part of our new Teacher series, designed to help teachers share their most effective methods and strategies. Vicky Tucker is a master at helping children learn by understanding their motivation. You will love her fun ideas for getting high school students motivated in the classroom. What did you wish you knew before you started teaching? Taking early education programs, we learned about the facts of behavior but not real application f