{"id":133772,"date":"2017-10-22T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/?post_type=podcasts&p=133772"},"modified":"2024-08-12T02:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T07:34:30","slug":"teachers-high-poverty-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/truth-for-teachers-podcast\/teachers-high-poverty-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"3 things teachers focus on in high poverty classrooms that get real results"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week’s Truth for Teachers podcast: 3 things teachers can focus on to make a difference when\u00a0teaching in high poverty schools.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today I’ve invited two current teachers onto my Truth for Teachers podcast\u00a0<\/a>to talk about what they’re doing with their students. This is something that I hope to do on the show more often because it\u2019s just another angle of expertise that I think is important for you to hear as a teacher, rather than just hearing from \u201cexperts\u201d like myself and others who aren\u2019t currently doing school-based work. These two ladies are in the trenches, so to speak, on a daily basis, and they share about their work on social media, which is where I first connected with them.<\/p>\n

Tamara Russell<\/a> (pictured left below) is a National Board Certified Middle Childhood Generalist with 20 years of teaching experience. She is a third-grade teacher, blogger, and speaker in Central Florida. Sarah Plumitallo<\/a> (right) is currently teaching ESOL students in grades 2-5 in a Title I school in Northern Virginia. She also runs a federally-funded after-school program that serves 150 students in grades K-5.<\/p>\n

Sarah and Tamara are super close friends and I have had the privilege of connecting with them on Voxer for the last couple of months. We\u2019ve had countless conversations about an issue we\u2019re all very passionate about, which is education equity. They have shared so much wisdom with me in these private conversations that it just started to feel like a shame that no one else was getting to listen in. So, I invited them both on the show so that more educators can learn from their experiences.<\/p>\n

Our conversation ended up running for over an hour! When I went back through the recording to edit it down, I realized that 90% of it was just too good to cut. That’s why I made the decision — for the first time ever on Truth for Teachers — to air almost the entire interview and split it into two episodes. The first half hour of our conversation was focused on classroom-based work, and the last 20 minutes was focused on building trust and relationships with families. You’ll be able to listen to both segments below.<\/p>\n

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Want to listen instead of read?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Listen to episodes 111 and 112 below,
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