Connected Classrooms
Connected Classrooms is a Growing with Greeley podcast presented by the Greeley Center for Catholic Education at Loyola University Chicago. The podcast features Coach Emily Thompson and Dr. Kaitlin Reichart. The purpose of the podcast is to offer conversation, coaching, and connection to tackle the complex demands facing today's educators. In each episode, Kaitlin and Emily dig into the teaching strategies, research, and terminology around essential instructional practices. The podcast hopes to provide educators with a new understanding and one practical tool to use in the classroom.
Connected Classrooms will be dropping 3 episodes this fall! These first 3 episodes will focus on math instruction.
Connected Classrooms will also host an optional live conversation online to discuss each episode. Join Emily and Kaitlin to meet other educators, ask questions, exchange ideas, and troubleshoot implementation related to the podcast.
The dates of the Fall 2024 live online conversations are:
September 11th @ 6:30 PM CT
October 23rd @ 6:30 PM CT
November 13th @ 3:00 PM CT
Sign up for the live conversation HERE
Episode 1: Math Pacing and My Favorite No
Release September 1, 2024
Listen to Episode 1 HERE
Resource Page Connected Classrooms Resource Math Pacing
Learn what “pacing” really means and how experts say we teachers should be using our valuable instructional minutes. Then, learn a new strategy called “My Favorite No,” which is a warm-up routine where your students review previous concepts and analyze common mistakes and misconceptions.
Episode 2: Explicit Instruction and Math Think Alouds
Release October 1, 2024
Listen to episode 2 HERE
Resource Page Connected Classrooms Resource Math Think Alouds
Learn what “explicit instruction” really means, why it matters, and how to execute a “think-aloud”, which will give your students a window into the thought process and decision-making that goes into solving a math word problem.
Episode 3: Check for Understanding and Reject Self-Report
Release date November 1, 2024
Listen to episode 3 HERE
Live conversation on November 12 at 3:00 PM Sign up HERE
Resource Page Connected Classrooms Episode 3: Check for Understanding and Reject Self-Report
The why, what and how of checking for understanding. Learn a simple technique called Reject Self-Report to elevate your questioning and find out not only if you “taught it” but if students really “got it.” Reject Self-Report tweaks the questions you’re probably already asking to more clearly and quickly see if students have reached mastery of an objective.
Connected Classrooms is a Growing with Greeley podcast presented by the Greeley Center for Catholic Education at Loyola University Chicago. The podcast features Coach Emily Thompson and Dr. Kaitlin Reichart. The purpose of the podcast is to offer conversation, coaching, and connection to tackle the complex demands facing today's educators. In each episode, Kaitlin and Emily dig into the teaching strategies, research, and terminology around essential instructional practices. The podcast hopes to provide educators with a new understanding and one practical tool to use in the classroom.
Connected Classrooms will be dropping 3 episodes this fall! These first 3 episodes will focus on math instruction.
Connected Classrooms will also host an optional live conversation online to discuss each episode. Join Emily and Kaitlin to meet other educators, ask questions, exchange ideas, and troubleshoot implementation related to the podcast.
The dates of the Fall 2024 live online conversations are:
September 11th @ 6:30 PM CT
October 23rd @ 6:30 PM CT
November 13th @ 3:00 PM CT
Sign up for the live conversation HERE