Hey, what's up Podcast? It's Jeff. And before we jump into this awesome episode of teach better talk. I wanted to give you a little preview of a couple of the sessions that are coming to the teach better conference. It's November 8th and 9th. If you're not already registered, you can go over to teach better conference.com. See all the amazing speakers and presentations that we have coming and also get your registration. Make sure you use discount code podcast talk save $50 here are just two of the sessions that you will be able to come see As Told by the presenters. Has bring them to teach better conference. I hope to see you in November. Hey there, it's Kevin Butler from Sunny Los Angeles, California, and I can't wait to see you at the teach better conference. This November. I am excited to be presenting my creating the experience Workshop where I'll be sharing ways to make content Rich material into engaging and authentic learning experiences. Your students will love and remember my session will also include a behind-the-scenes look at my own classroom simulations interactive lessons. His resources teacher hacks and stories from my 17-year career as a teacher as well as a few surprises and even some giveaways if you haven't registered yet for the teach better conference head over to their website at teach better conference.com. I will see you in Ohio. Hey everyone. My name is Alex Horas and I'm a technology integration specialist in Cuyahoga Falls, and I'll be doing to teach better talk sessions about develop your students as creators not consumers. So the big idea here is that at the end of the day? It's the students that should leave tired. Not the teachers. So we're going to look at a few strategies and techniques and resources that will help you as the teacher develop your students to create and use higher level thinking skills and be an active learner rather than just sitting back and receiving information and being passive. So I hope to see you on Friday at 150 or Saturday at 12:55. And please please register and see us. The teach better conference you're listening to the teach better Talk podcast featuring expert Educators eager to share Progressive tactics to reach more students teach better talk is created by teachers and fueled by Passion. Let's get started. Hey everyone, welcome to episode a hundred eleven of teach better talk. I'm Ray Hubert. And as always I am with my coffee fueled friend, Jeff gargas. I'm still over here laughing from your first take of this episode. Okay her as we started this episode because Jeff told me not to say this episode as episode 1 1 1 which I was never going to say, but then when he called me out on it, I'm like I'm reading the intro and I'm like, I don't know what episode is one one one. I might just keep the entire thing and you know, don't. His shorts we've had a night of bloopers. This is you know, this is what we recorded two different podcasts that in the first one that we did I messed up right off the bat to so I feel you I'm with you it's late. It's a Monday and we just interviewed like my favorite person on Earth. And so so speaking of that. This was a kind of a cool episode. I mean jet it was great episode in general but like kind of cool episode for you. You because we actually had a teacher on Delaney Brahma who was actually spent all of last year in your class as a student teacher. Yeah, thanks. I feel like every time she was speaking. I was just having this like a proud mama moment where I'm like sitting and should have been like she's all grown up now. Yeah, and and I know she had I mean II know I mean you talked all year last year about her and I mentioned that in the podcast in the episode as well, but but I also know I think I would call you talked before about the she kind of went through a cool program and How she got connected with the you know it became in your classroom stuff. Can you kind of share like I thought it'd be kind of cool like lead in the episode 2 for you to kind of share like, what was it like having Delaney in your classroom. Now that she's not here to defend herself. I know I you know what? I talked about Delaney all the time when she's not around. She just doesn't know it and I guess you'll find out a lot of it in this podcast, but I say it at the very very end that Delaney was a fabulous teacher before I met her. I mean she was somebody who just seem to like she must have liked been born a teacher. I just think that it loses out of her and I was so fortunate during a conference. I only see University neither was her sophomore junior year. I connected with her and a few, you know, as the years went on. I just continued she just kept popping up, you know, she was in leadership roles at the University and she like I said, she was born to be a leader Born to Be an educator and somehow I remember when her and I had this conversation her junior year. She was president of a education sorority on campus and I looked her and I'm like, I want a student teacher. I think I should figure out a way to get you in my room. And at the time it was completely a joke, and then she ended up being a year-long student teacher in my classroom, which wasn't because she failed her first semester and kept with me. I feel just to confirm. She was a part of the PDS program at Illinois State University, which is a year-long student teaching program. I actually graduated from the same program. RAM and it's just so interesting, you know seeing someone from you know grow so much and she student taught in my classroom, which I'm a math teacher and she's a reading and writing educator. So I think that it was not only a challenge for her to be in a classroom and a Content area that she wasn't comfortable with but also, I mean Jeff I won't lie like I pushed her like she came in good I couldn't let her. Stay good, like she needed to have a challenging student teaching experience. And I don't know II think that that she killed it. I mean, she's just a rock star all around and when she was looking for a job and she ended up at Plano with Mark Heller as their principal. I just couldn't have been more happy for her and not because she ended up in like the job that she wanted like the dream job. But also that she'd be close enough. You know, she stayed in, Illinois. I wanted to have some connection to seeing her journey because whether it happens, you know, whether it happened already or it's happening. I mean this girl's gonna blow up. She's fantastic and loves education. I love being around people that love their job like you Jeff mother. Yeah, and I agree and you can hear that during this entire episode with Delaney that she just loves to see if she says it too just to be clear. But like I mean, you don't know need her to say You Can Tell She's the kind of teacher that way. Up every morning just haunt the fact that she gets a good teacher and I love that like that that gets me pumped up. So super cool. It got me thinking also, you know, we talked about, you know with with new teachers and stuff. You know, we're always it's it's an interesting time because you trying to figure out a whole new world you're trying to show that you know, what you you're doing that you that you can be handling training you can be isolated. And so we talk about that all the time, you know teachers are here to talk about All the time but may building at pln get your network growing it and obviously, you know, I love social media always push people do Social Media stuff like that. But I also think you know an awesome way to get involved with that is is just getting involved with organizations that are out there. There are so many organizations available for teachers and for new teachers and stuff. So I was I wanted to just run through a few of the ones that we've you know attended events for that. We've had conversations with that. We've done some work. With or doing work with it's off that that I think are really really powerful in it that people especially new teachers should get involved with for opportunities to take on volunteer leadership Works to just connect with people from all over the country and to get some really cool resources. So what do you say I say we do it I think teaching is so isolating and if you're not connected whether you're growing your network organically on social media or you're a part of a state or National Organization, I mean do not isolate yourself there. What do they say in George curos is book and innovators mindset, you know, like at this point, you know isolation is a choice right ignorance is the choice you you have to make the Active choice not be connected now. So why bother like go meet these amazing people and what are a few of the organization's you'd recommend Jeff. So am L is a great one for folks like you are in the middle middle school level right love metal from Nea is just a national One National Education Association with great one for just anyone of any level anywhere and education and AGC is a great one connected to gifted and advanced learner's esteem are friends. That idea. I was going to mention I yes definitely our friends at ideea, which is Illinois digital Educators Alliance. Hey nice, they're having a conference in February. They are we're going aren't we? Yeah, we're going I just got my email. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I know. I was wondering if you were going to get all excited about that because we get to go that and that was one of your first conference is so great for that. So shout out to them that they've been like they've been featuring us in their newsletter and stuff so we can give him a little extra love so idea is about one Ray and I will be there in In February, so make sure you go there which that's so that's a state level. So some other state level ones. I mean, I know you do a lot, you know, you're involved with Ames network was a great one as well also in there. We love Seco here in Ohio, which is science educator Council of how which is empty and sta, Ohio level version of that. Oh AGC is the Ohio for gifted. So what basically what I'm trying to get as the there's a whole lot of these National organizations that do some really really awesome things, but then there's these state-level chapters of all these different organizations that are really really powerful to get into really specific to your state because as you know, I mean every state is different and then every district is different. So getting into those state level ones I think is a really really cool one. So look up just Google it go find some organizations get involved with go to the conference's go down. There's all kinds of free resources on almost all of their sites get involved with it and then, you know, just keep building your network. I think it's just so important for it. But then more importantly in all that listen to this episode with Delaney bubble because she gives some serious things some seriously great advice and share some stories and we have some laughs and it's a good time. It's a great episode. I'm really I'm really glad that you chose to yell at her halfway through the episode because I just felt like I couldn't yell at her and you took you took my job. It was good. Yeah, I love it. And and I like to eat didn't spoil what I out of four. So now You have to listen through and figure out why Jeff yells it Delaney and I didn't really yell at her but you totally scolded her in a recording of did well Delaney. I'm sorry, but I don't think I need to be so hashtag. Sorry, not sorry. But anyway, so awesome episode where I feel like you've said all we need to say about this. Let's just get right into it episode 111 with Delaney Bramlett. Hey everyone, its Ray. We're gonna get right back to the episode. But I want to share something special for my Illinois teachers that are listening to teach better talk. I'll of professional development and there was so much going on across the state. One of my favorite Avenues to find professional development in the state is through idea, which is the Illinois digital Educators Alliance those that don't know it's a non-for-profit organization dedicated to leadership and education through technology one of my Right things they do is the iste certification. This is a digital credential that recognizes Educators who understand how to use Ed tech for learning in a meaningful and transformative way, Illinois digital educator Alliance has been selected by it's easy to be an authorized provider for this certification if you want to find out more and make sure you head over to ideea Illinois dot-org and you can find out all the details and by the way, if you go do this make sure you Tweet out at Jeff and I because we would love to hear that. You started your iste certification Journey. All right, let's get back to the episode. All right, we're here and we were talking with Delaney. Brahmo and I am already feeling left out because for those of you don't know Lenny and race, but all of last year together and they're already basically deciding to do this podcast episode without me. So while I've got the mic And everyone is still listening for Jeff telling me how you feeling right now. I'm feeling good. Good to be back with Ray and my new friend is new Jeff. Well that my legs are these some somebody's friend here. That's good. Well include Joe. Yeah. I mean, I was super excited to have you on the podcast. I knew that you were going to be somewhere where have so much fun and then the moment you popped on and giggled. I'm like, oh my gosh. It's like a reunions of do best. I'm sorry. So doing any I Want our listeners to learn all about you because you are somebody that I not only have gotten to know for the past year, but also your future is oh my gosh the brightest on Earth and I just want everyone to know all about you because you're doing amazing thing. So would you mind kind of sharing what you do? Of course? All right. So I feel like you can take whatever I say for a grain of salt on this because I've only been in the teaching field for Nine weeks. No, I feel like I have like some different insight about that because I just graduated from Illinois state in May. I student taught with Ray for a entire year. So I have a unique experience and I have a lot of great things going into my first year. I teach in a rural ish School in Illinois. I'm an 8th grade language arts teacher I teach in Black period so that has been something that's been awesome 80 minutes. Reading and writing. Wow a whole year of Ray that's wrong time Ray. Yeah, and it was math to and Yulia was always my passion. And so I feel like I'm a tortured her not not tortured me taught me a lot. Delaney's doesn't yell. I did you happen to do any editing of things that re-wrote or anything like that stop because I can't believe that you can't spell you just Capitalize random things anyway, it works out. All right. So now if you've ever talked to Ray about Delaney, you would pretty much assume that she's never failed at anything never had any struggles because you're just amazing everything that right ever talks about you is that you're amazing, but I also know I I actually don't mean that because she actually told me one of the things used to talk about a lot was how good you were with reflection and always coming to her and asking how Can we better have me better? So I don't know. I'm going to go with this one. But I want you to take us to a time that you've had a failure. Yeah, and sort of seconds that with you. I what happened how to make you feel. How did you overcome it? And then what you take away from that? Yeah. So first last year, I would say in my student teaching. I wasn't the best reflecting. I'll just teach it and I would think about what went good and I'd like oh, that was great. But Ray helped me reflect every single day until the point where it's like, okay, I get it now. I'm reflecting and so this year I've been reflecting and I have a little bit of an ironic. Story, so I'm lucky enough to have advisory every single day with my kids, which is incredible. So of course advisories all about social emotional learning, which is really big in the middle school. So when I heard I had this time with my students every day, I'm like, yes, I can teach all that really cool stuff that really needs to be taught and then it came to my lesson about failure. I was teaching the kids why it's okay to fail and all that jazz, and then I realized I failed I failed the lesson on failure literally and I think it was because I went in there so excited to teach about those things that I didn't really set the groundwork for talking about things like that. So instead of playing all the games at the beginning and getting students comfortable with who's in the room. I like jumped into all those lessons that I couldn't wait to start and so then I was like have you guys ever failed and no one was speaking because no one was comfortable with each other. Gosh, that's a really important point. Yeah, no one was comfortable. It was awkward. I felt like I had to be like if you answer I'll give you a dolly Rancher I guess and then it was just awkward and you learned nothing. So ever since then I've been going back trying to find some some new things for the kids have icebreakers, even though they know each other. They don't know each other in like the sense of their advisory class. So we've been working on that and we're really improving which is nice to see really cool. So now let's let's flip that let's talk about a successful moment. You've had this could be something bigger something. Small it can't be that you got to work with Ray. It's gotta be something different. But tell us what happened. Why was it a success for you? And then what did you do that Ray? Just so you know like that would be my answer Jeff for such a semester. How do you think with everything delays accomplish that that would be what she would pick I know what she's going to pick and I was literally stalking her social media during this success moment. So I cannot wait for her to share it from her perspective. Well if I had to pick I would pick the That you asked me to go on a podcast with our listeners know that the lie. All right. So let's talk about that successful moment. Delaney share with us what it was. Why was it successful moment for me you and what you take away from that? Okay. So when I got the job for ELA, I'm like I need to make reading and writing fun for kids. And I know that sounds like everybody wants to make it fun. Yes, but I wanted to make it more than that. I wanted to make them want to come right which is easier said than done. So we had this Whole plan, they were going to write a narrative. So a narratives like a story which I'm like that's creative that's on they're going to love it. And then I'm we said okay start writing your narrative and it was going to take about two and a half weeks to write it and then I started realizing they've never written for this long in their life, like a two-and-a-half week written paper or story. So then we started calling it a book. I'm like, you're a published author you wrote a book, which you guys just did so congratulations on that but little plug for you guys. You're welcome. So then we're like, let's throw a party. Let's throw a publishing party for everyone who's published something and then ever since student teaching with Ray Ray always invites people in to the classroom from the community and Ray should close our ears right here. I'm like people don't want to come if I email people they're not going to want to come. I was literally planning inviting my grandma's my mom. My sister is because I'm like who's going to come? So at least we'll have bodies in here to support. The students and I think Ray knows better than me and I just learned this. If you email people in your community, if you call them, they will actually want to come and they will come and so all these people from the community local authors people from the public library came and listened to my students talk about the books that they had just wrote and we called it the publishing party and they mingled at the end and it was really cool to see in the students were actually really proud of their work and I actually got people to come in other than my grandma's. Who are of course I love but you know. That's awesome. I love that. Yeah, I love that too Delaney. And I actually I don't think Jeff and I haven't talked about this. I tried to move every single thing my calendar. I wanted to be there so bad. I was even invited for our listeners just to know that I would send an email by five different people who somehow are connected to Delaney being like wow. Look what Delaney's doing and I'm looking at all these emails. I'm like I've wanted to go and I couldn't make it. So I need you on a recording. Any for the entire world to hear right now you need to do it again. And I want to come I wish you would have been there. I think my jaw would have hit the floor if I saw you there but it was fun. I would have been so fun. Yeah, it was a good day. But I love that you chose to bring in the community. How did you choose to invite community members? What did you tell them you were doing and what kind of feedback did you get from them? So what was the hardest part about it really was all the correspondence it took I truly felt like a secretary like my whole plans for the week. I was calling around I was talking to Mark the principal and just teachers around like who do you think would come so then I contacted the librarian and she said we have a local writers group who writes out of the public library. And so I got their Facebook Messengers. I'm that's only way I knew how to contact them. So I sent them all a message and a couple of them were like, we love to be there. We'd love to support them. They brought their hardcovers of their books and the students were just amazed to see their actual book. They created the covers and they were so amazed to see that and to hear that publishing's not as hard as they might think it is. So the students were really inspired and so were so was the community thing like we have future writers here, which is awesome. I just want to celebrate you for a minute that you did all that and how long have you been in the classroom so far? I believe nine weeks nine whole weeks you are doing good things. Girlie. I'm very proud of you so stoked. I love hearing these stories about you taking risks and Trying to do really fun Innovative things for your students. I would have to say though Ray. You might have a heart attack to know that all the work that I had to put into the publishing party is currently making me have a payoff of planning day by day because I was so into that for the last two weeks. So I'm working on it hang. It happens though. That's that's teaching. It's okay. That's just like the whole process right of you know, trying something new and problem solving through. What other Factors come with it and then picking it up again and going from there. Yep. Yeah, so it was good, but now got to pick it back up. Yeah absolutely. Just got to reset and start again. Yeah. So the next question I have for you has to do with kind of what fuels your fire and to be honest feeling. I was really excited to ask you this question because I don't actually think I know the answer to it and I've always wondered for our listeners that don't know I was able to collect connect with Delaney. Gosh, I don't know her sophomore. A junior year in high school and like it went everything from just like bumping into her to then being able to have larger discussions than obviously ending up working with her her senior year, but you've consistently from the moment. I met you have a smile plastered to your face no matter how stressed you are and you just love your job and I just think being around you is it's just the positivity is infectious. So, how how do you keep this? Argh, like what fuels your fire to wake up every day and have this mentality really on life that you carry. Yeah. So almost every day at school. I stand in the hallway and I look at every student and I say good morning and then their name, so I think it's really important to say their name and I'm always really excited to see them and then their response has always like she's how many cups of coffee has. Mr. Rommel had today and I always hear that under their breath and I'm always like this day in the mo it's always two Cubs like it has nothing to do with the coffee at this point. I think it's just I'm truly excited to be there and I truly enjoy the students I have in front of me. I'm not doing it because I have the next lesson to do everyday. I'm truly excited to see them and I try to show them that every single day even if they think I'm just a crazy coffee lady. The rumor is actually they'll say another teacher was like, oh, let's try this activity Miss Brahma was doing and a kid raised their hand and said, Is that the loud one? Yep, that's her and so that to me. I guess I'm cool. I love that. You have that reputation that literally just made my day. I think you might be the loud one over over there. Right? I think so. I compete to be the loud one. So when you left I I got the reigning title and now you get to spread the joy in other places. Yeah. Yep. That's the goal besides the amazing smile. I'll and your dedication to building relationships with students what's going on in education right now that you feel like you're really trying to work on and master and bring to your students. So something I'm working on is trying to get students to enjoy being in language Wing language arts class and the only way to do that and something that I've learned at is you time and time again, and a lot of the great teachers are doing it is making sure everything is student centered So based on that. The first thing that comes to my mind is giving them choices. So when they heard that they had to write a narrative which was going to be a whole story. It was going to be more than two pages and it was going to take them over. Over two weeks. They knew it was going to be really long and they were dreading it and I'm like no don't be scared because you get to choose your main character you get to choose what they're like you get to choose what struggles they're going to go through. Is it a football player? Is it a veteran? It's something you're interested in. So I had a success because the students were willing to write it because they were so intrigued by their own stories. They got to make it up. And so now I just want to keep that students enter in this going and I feel like this unit will be even better because I know Students more so I'll keep finding ways to give choices and keep it really student-led and student-centered and that's what I'm excited about. It's always a challenge but I'm going to keep going keep asking questions love it. No, it's good. You know, I am really excited to hear your answer for Our advice question. You know, whenever we have listeners on our podcast or I'm sorry guest on our podcast. We're always asking them, you know, tell us what's your biggest advice whether it be for a new a teacher or a veteran teacher and being able to work with you last year was a complete joy and now kind of hearing how amazing you're doing from both you and your colleagues in your principal. I'm just so proud of you and I want I want you to share whatever you feel like really helped you get to this point. What advice do our our Educators need whether they're just graduating from is you like you were a you know, just a few months ago, or maybe someone the field that's been there for five. Years 10 years 20 years. How do we keep this Progressive mentality where like you said? We're really focusing on giving our classrooms back to our students and the best way possible. Yeah. So like I said, I've only been in there for nine weeks so you can take this as you wish everybody, but the thing that I've really learned in the past literally nine weeks is not to forget that these are actual humans in front of me. So something that I did. Like the first two days is I was so nervous about everything like I had that new teacher Jitters. Like how do I take attendance for the first time like that was my legit worried? How do I run the printer? I don't know the teacher next to me all that was so worrisome along with the lesson plan that I was forgetting that I had humans in front of me. So I walk into the room and I'd be like, okay first thing we're doing today is this and then I'm like that's everything against what I've ever learned growing up. You say good morning you smile you acknowledge people. So I feel like my biggest advice is to acknowledge the actual people you have in front of you and say good morning take five minutes to talk about their weekend or their night before and just always remember their people before the lessons can come in 5 to 10 minutes. It's always worth it. Okay, so I need you to do me a huge favor here if you can Delaney. Hmm. Can you stop saying that I've um been in the class for nine weeks. Thank you. Could you yell at her because that was that was one of the best piece of advice I think. We have ever had shared on this podcast agree. I absolutely love that. So like we talked about and we've had a lot of guests that share this and I think we need to talk about even more is that like your time in your classroom them out of days years months weeks whatever that you've in your classroom is not really that important. It's how you're doing in there what you're taking away from it. And you know, we have this we have this talk with Chelsea Ray from from Akron which talk about being afraid to approach teachers. Stuff and all the veteran teachers one of the things that they told her to hold your silly should be approached us now stars. Like hey, we can learn from you. We want to learn from you because we're not in the same. We don't see things the same way as you do. We don't think about things the same way because we've been here for 10 years or 20 years, whatever so the lady I want you to stop saying that because you have a lot to share in this that was an awesome. Awesome. And I really I that was it was great. So no more of that. I'm going to yell it from here on out. I'm going to start stalking you and if I see you sit on it. Instagram I'm going to like Instagram slap you I'm not sure how that works, but we'll figure it out. Okay, Kami quotable. You keep your canvas is awesome stuff. So that was your right. So, all right. So now you know, Ray talks a big game. She kind of pumps you up put you on a pedestal and stuff. But this is where we're really going to test you out here. Okay, we're gonna do six six questions and year ago last 15 seconds or less now. I need to let you know that an episode 110 Jason I think knocked all six out and like 27 seconds. Oh man, right you owe me your goals really just 15 seconds per answer, but he went for the gold. So I can he got pretty close. So it's up to you how you want to do it but here we go. You ready? I'm ready. Alright, what is one Ed Tech Tool? You cannot live without ELA teachers grammarly for sure. What's a book you in right now a book. I'm reading three times a day actually to my classes is Miles Morales Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds, who and who is follow today on Twitter or Instagram to people. I think you should follow on Instagram is the at Texas Lone Star teacher. It's mostly LA but also about decorating and just good strategies for your class. But then also if you're into fashion which US new teachers, we need all the good teacher outfits. You should follow the dress code. That's where I get my inspiration. What's a good YouTube channel or website for educators? I would say Monica gentle.com. She's got a really good blog going especially for advisory teachers who don't have a lot of activities yet. Give us a daily weekly or monthly routine every teacher she get into daily let your kids know that they should ask you why if you haven't told them yet if they're wondering. Why are you making me write this they should definitely ask you teach them to do that and remind them every day. And what's the best piece of advice you've ever received Ray? He works said it best you you don't have to grade everything. I think that might have saved my life and my first year apart. Oh my gosh, you're so funny. She nailed me. Hold on. I can't focus because I'm following teacher dress code. Seriously, it's some good stuff. All right. Well, I thought that was awesome. I thought you did great. I was worried that your piece of advice was in the from Ray. So I guess it is. Oh stop. It's so true though. If re is done on Instagram, she'll go ahead and continue with our last question Ray. I grew another question for you lady and actually to be honest with you. No, when we end our recording today, I'm going to have like 15 more for you because I just love the stories you shared and just knowing your background. I'm just so proud of you and excited for your classroom. And I just wish that I could be a student in your room because I can feel the energy even just through your voice this podcast recording. The final question I have for you is how our listeners can get connected to you. And I know I asked this question on every podcast and all of you were earlier. Eyes when I say it really is the most important question but Delaney you are doing such amazing things and I can only like I truly can't even imagine the things that you're going to be doing in a year two years five years because you're so Innovative. And so passionate. I just think you are 100% the educator to watch because you are going to change this field. And so I want to make sure our listeners can connect with you. Would you mind sharing how they can best do that? At no pressure. Good luck. Wow, that was quite an introduction. If you would I have a teacher Instagram going just at MSO Miss DOT brummell. It's not the most creative name. I would say, but please follow me. I am I'll put lessons. I love decorating my classroom. That's something I'm really big on right now, especially being a new teacher and just anything inspirational Reading Writing all the good stuff from love it. Awesome, you know, you can find all the links and resources than we Both in this episode over at each better.com as well as making sure that you get connected with Delaney and continue the conversation with her to make sure you head over to teach better.com for all of that. Be sure to hit subscribe so you don't miss any upcoming episodes and if you give us a rating review, we really really appreciate that a whole lot and let's keep taking it one step further think of just three of your colleagues who need to hear these Amazing Stories and share this podcast with them Delaney. This was a lot of fun and awesome episode super excited for want to hear your stories and You know talk about Ray and how awesome she is. Whatever its exact. No, seriously. This was a lot of fun really glad that you guys to come on and share your experiences from from spending the year with Ray. She really did always talk about how awesome you are. And now I actually know Mark as well and he also talks about how awesome you are. So it was just a lot of fun having you on and thank you for taking some time out and hanging out with us. Thanks for having me. I was a bit nervous. I'm feeling better now though should feel really good right now because that was an awesome episode. Well, thank you. Thanks for having me sure thing until next time let's get out there and teach better. I almost said episode 1 1 1 you're going to keep that in there now. Yeah, my as always I am with nope. I'm trying again my brains not working. All right over. I was thinking about the one one one thing. That's me up. All right, here we go.
First year teacher, Delaney Brummel, chats with us about being cool with being "the loud one" in her school, helping kids get comfortable sharing failures with each other, and focusing on keeping things student-centered. Delaney shares how she keeps a smile on every day, the power of remembering there are actual humans in our classrooms, and reminds us that you don't need to be a veteran teacher to bring value to others. More at www.teachbetter.com/podcast/delaneybrummel Episode Highlights    1:44 - Rae talks about what it was like having Delaney as a student teacher. 5:05 - Chatting about education organizations and the value they can offer. AMLE   NEA   NAGC   IDEA (Come see us at IDEAcon in February 2020!) AIMS   SECO   NSTA   OAGC     8:48 - Previewing the episode with Delaney Brummel   13:43 - Delaney introduces herself. 15:22 - Delaney's failure: Failing her lesson on failure. 17:36 - Delaney's success: Her students writing "books" and throwing a "publishing party." 22:57 - How Delaney keeps her smile on every day: Truly excited to see her students every day. 25:14 - What's got Delaney excited about education: Making things student-centered. 26:41 - Delaney's advise for teachers: Don't forget that these are actual humans in front of us. 28:42 - Jeff yells at Delaney. 30:05 - 6 questions answered in 15 seconds or less. 32:28 - How to connect with Delaney. Delaney's Recommendations    EdTech Tool: Grammarly   Book: "Miles Morales: Spiderman" by Jason Reynolds   Who to Follow on Instagram: ELA TEACHERS should follow @texaslonestarteacher. Into teacher fashion? Follow @teacherdresscode   YouTube/Podcast/Website/Blog: monicagenta.com   Daily/Weekly/Monthly Routine:  Let you kids know they should ask WHY what they’re learning is important. Best piece of advice you've ever received: "You don't have to grade everything!" - Rae Hughart  Links to Connect With Delaney    Instagram: @ms.brummel   ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teach-better-talk/message 