Haunting Comforts of Teaching
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Hello, I am your host Jennk. I am a middle school English teacher who finds comfort in sharing her journey of being present in the haunting rhythms of teaching through finding balance, dissecting struggles, learning grace, with occasional stories from and discussions with guests on Education.
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Diving into E-Learning with Sarah
Shifting back into teaching in person from a year of teaching online has been a struggle, and marrying the two experiences has been quite an experience.
How has teaching online shaped our perspectives on technology now that we are back teaching in-person? What was the biggest challenge of teaching online? What role do you see in technology for the future of education? Sarah and I sit down and explore these questions.
E-Learning/EdTech Resources:
e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of
Multimedia Learning, 4rd Edition, Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard E. Mayer ISBN: 978-
1119158660 ; 2016.
Iasevoli, B. (2022, June 23). 11 education trends to watch in 2022. Education Trends to Watch in 2022 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://www.hmhco.com/blog/education-trends-in-2022-to-watch
What is wrong with traditional structures of learning? Are we in a learning crisis? How do we rekindle the love for learning in a learning crisis?
Join Duc, a graduate student getting his masters in clinical psychology, and me as we dive deep into these questions about education.
Drastic bell schedule changes. Finding algorithms. Chasing quality over quantity. Sarah and I reflect back on the highs, the lows, and insights gained in the year 2021-2022 as we wrap up year 5 of teaching and move forward to year 6.
Teaching uses up a lot of energy. Socializing does too. Something has to go.
Read the blog post of this episode here:
https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/07/29/turning-into-a-social-sloth-after-becoming-a-teacher/
Don't take things personally. Ignore your emotions. This is how you survive in the teaching world. Or that's what I've been told.
Read the blog version of this episode here:
https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/07/22/is-growing-thicker-skin-the-solution-to-responding-to-a-students-rudeness-my-heart-is-saying-no/(opens in a new tab)
Let's bathe in awkward silence together. Let's walk into a world where being ignored seems like the norm.
Passing the first five years of teaching is like a rite of passage, bootcamp, and a tornado all in one. With the help of 6 factors, I survived.
You can read the blog version of this episode here:
https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/07/01/how-i-survived-my-first-5-years-of-teaching
Weeds can be stubborn like bad habits. Sometimes weeds can look beautiful. But, to who?
I sat down with my two friends, Darling & Blazhia, from my old teaching credential program from 7 years ago, and discussed how we became friends and these four central questions reflecting on our teaching credential experience:
What did you think of our teaching credential program?
Did it prepare us for the teaching world?
Where are we now?
Would we go back and still attend this teaching credential program?
Can you be too productive or relax too much? Hear about what teaching, going to Disneyland, and the salon will do for me this summer.
Journey into my sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and spicy moments of my 5th year of teaching. Let's reflect together.
Taking Alexis Shepard's Teacher Type quiz has helped me understand my burnout journey more. Making choices to honor my best self is not always easy. Summer is almost here!
Responding to prompts from the Burned In Teacher Podcast:
What are 10 words people would describe me as? Is this how I want to be known as?
Who are the top 5 people I associate with the most? How do they negatively and positively influence me?
What is my personal mission statement? My core values as a teacher?
Read this episode as a blog post here:
https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/05/27/what-is-my-teacher-brand/
The lines of self-consciousness, modesty, and beauty can be quite blurry. Through a simple skincare story, I dive into my insecurities of my appearance as a teacher.
You can read the blog post version of this post here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/05/20/students-asked-me-to-drop-my-skincare-routine/
Mother's Day just passed. I think back to awkward moments when some students called me mom in the classroom or asked if I had or wanted children.
A student asked me where my wedding ring was. Wavering from practicality over social anxiety, I feel mixing unease when I stare at my empty ring finger. Do I need to prove my love and commitment?
You can read the blog post version of this episode here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/my-thoughts-on-not-wearing-my-wedding-ring-as-a-teacher/
Journey through my past, present, and future thoughts on the name of this podcast.
Let's be a little awkward together!
You can read the blog version of this episode here: https://hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/post-birthday-reflection-3-reasons-on-why-i-named-my-blog-and-podcast-haunting-comforts/
My friend, Sarah, is a full time English teacher. And she is studying in masters program full time. How does she do it?
What do you think of before the pandemic hit? When I venture into my past memories, I don’t really want to “return to normal” as a teacher. You can read the blog post of this episode on hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com.
Dig through a tale of food poisoning and homesickness and swim through a new journey of “normal.” Read the blog post version of this episode on hauntingcomforts.wordpress.com
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