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The Teacher As...

The goal of The Teacher As... podcast is to help you explore your passions and learn from others in education and beyond to better your teaching. The Teacher As... highlights innovative practices and uncommon parallels in education. Melissa Milner, veteran teacher, is your host. Melissa shares her own thoughts in The Teacher As...episodes. She also interviews educators as well as professionals outside of education in the Zooming In episodes. A new type of episode on The Teacher As...podcast is an

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Ep. 71: The Teacher As Actor Part Two with Milton...

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2022/11/05

"The students tell me, without saying it, what they need to be taught." Melissa chats with the amazing Milton Justice. This Emmy and Oscar winner finds teaching actors is his true passion. He is the author of I Don't Need an Acting Class and has a successful podcast with the same name. Melissa and Milton talk about the parallels between teaching and acting.

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Ep. 70: Zooming In on Jewish Day Schools with Aviva...

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2022/10/22

Aviva Summers, a former student of Melissa's, is now teaching as well at a Jewish Day School. She chats about teaching Hebrew and Judaic Studies at the same school in which her mom taught for many years. Working with young students K-2, Aviva shares what her focus is in Jewish education.

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Ep. 69: Zooming In On the Journey with Youth Runner...

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2022/10/08

Melissa chats with 11 year old youth runner, Michael Studer. He shares about his journey to becoming one of the fastest youth runners in the United States. Grit, dealing with disappointment, and understanding that his teammates are not his competition are a few topics discussed. Michael is an inspiring young man.

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Ep. 68: The Teacher As Actor with Jane Cox

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2022/09/24

"All the tedious research is worth one inspired moment." -Uta Hagen Actors prepare and teachers prepare. Retired theatre professor, Jane Cox, shares that there are many elements of acting that we can use in the classroom.

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16:06

Zooming In on Summer Break

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2022/06/04

In the last episode of Season 3, Melissa talks about her exciting new podcast that she is cohosting with Robert FitzPatrick called Ponzinomics 101. She also shares about giving herself a break when things don't go the way she planned and how one account on Instagram @akprzy helped her gain some perspective.

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15:36

The Teacher As Anti-MLM Advocate

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2022/05/21

Some multi-level marketing companies target teens. In this episode, Melissa focuses on one that seems to be the biggest offender, Cutco Knives/Vector Marketing. If parents, high school teachers, and college professors know about these companies, they can speak up when they see a student getting fooled by the deception.

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37:17

Zooming In on Experiential Learning with Luke Liddle

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2022/05/07

Teachers differentiate for their students in the classroom. Shouldn't they do the same for their students when going on a field trip/school travel? In this episode, Luke Liddle, Managing Director for Independent Schools Cultural Alliance, explains how he allows for student agency in his work with international student travel.

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58:41

Top Ten Ways to Get Students Problem Solving with Dr....

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2022/04/23

Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record are back! They each have their own lists of the best ways for students to practice problem solving and they collaborate to create one essential top ten list. Dr. Nicki and Ann Elise are so fun and knowledgeable. They share amazing resources for math teachers.

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29:48

Zooming In on Math Play with Libo Valencia

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2022/04/09

In this episode, Melissa chats with Libo Valencia, a high school/college math educator who incorporates math play into his instruction. K-12 teachers will be inspired by Libo's creativity and enthusiasm.

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36:22

Zooming In on Academic Integrity with Eric Gibbs

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2022/03/26

In this episode, Melissa chats with Eric Gibbs, President of Ouriginal, a plagiarism software for K-12 and higher education. Eric shares how teachers can use the software as part of the writing process to help students learn how to create original work.

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38:05

Zooming In on MLMs Part 3

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2022/03/12

In Part Three of her anti-mlm series, Melissa shares clips from her chats with Dave Vaughan and Sarah Haidar. Dave and Sarah share their thoughts on such topics as teaching about high control groups, the normalizing of MLMs in the workplace, and how to talk to someone who is in an MLM without it turning into an argument.

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20:42

Zooming In on MLM Part 2

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2022/02/22

In Part Two of this Anti-MLM series, Melissa shares her personal MLM story, explains why she just recently became obsessed with this topic, and matches her experiences directly to Steven Hassan's BITE Model of Authoritarian Control.

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65:46

Zooming In on MLMs with Robert FitzPatrick

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2022/02/05

This episode is Part One of a three episode series about Anti-MLM education. Melissa chats with author, activist Robert FitzPatrick about the dangers of MLMs and why public education is not addressing these issues in curriculum at the middle school/high school level. Robert has been in many documentaries about MLMs including the recent Amazon documentary LuLaRich. He has a lot of current, vital information to share with educators.

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Season 3 Preview

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2022/01/22

Educators are lifelong learners and their students benefit from having well rounded, curious teachers. In this first episode of Season 3, Melissa shares how the purpose of this podcast is changing for her. She is focusing on exploring her own interests and how they relate to education. Nature, writing, podcasting (especially with students), film, and her new obsession coercive control/cults/MLMs and the need for education about them.

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11:38

Zooming In on Staying Positive with the Birch Meadow...

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2021/11/27

In the last episode of Season 2, Melissa takes a stroll around her school to find out how her colleagues stay positive with all the changes and upheaval in education due to the pandemic. Enjoying the students' positive energy and having a work life balance are among the topics mentioned.

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33:33

Zooming In on Photography with Elizabeth Wilson

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2021/11/13

In this episode, Melissa chats with garden photographer and podcaster, Elizabeth Wilson. Elizabeth shares her thoughts about helping students capture nature and important moments in their lives. Educators will be inspired.

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14:17

An Educator Who Made an Impact: Lester Fleishman

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2021/10/30

In this special episode, Melissa pays tribute to her father, Lester Fleishman, who passed on 10/16. Two of his former students share their thoughts on how Lester Fleishman influenced them, not just in music, but in life.

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37:27

Zooming In on Voice and Speech with Ashleigh Reade

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2021/10/16

In this episode, Melissa interviews educator Ashleigh Reade, assistant professor of theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Ashleigh teaches voice and speech for both the musical theater and contemporary theater programs, as well as the Actor's Toolkit for first-year students. She shares her focus on expressivity, intention, and context when helping anyone with vocals and speech. Teachers can learn a lot from Ashleigh about helping their students become more confident public speakers.

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39:40

Zooming In on Documentaries with Jamie Benning

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2021/10/02

In this episode, Jamie Benning shares with educators his process for creating documentaries. He talks about interviewing, curating clips to use, and being flexible to allow the story to unfold.

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62:22

Top Ten Tech Tools for Student Collaboration with...

The Teacher As... ·

2021/09/18

In this episode, Michael McLaughlin and Leeann Blais, educators at Austin Prep in Reading, MA collaborate to create a top ten list of tech tools for student collaboration. Michael is the head of middle school and Leeann is a 6th and 7th grade English teacher.

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