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Relationships With Colleagues & Students are What Matter the Most

Guest(s): Jim Burke and Jennifer Barrientos
Date: 08/30/2023
Run time: 59:34
Season 1, Episode 1

Jim and Jennifer talk about the importance of relationships and how students don't learn from teachers they don't like. They discuss ways teachers can make those connections with students as well as colleagues.


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Jim Burke

A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning—the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium.

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Jennifer Barrientos

Jennifer is a 10th year educator, having served as a special education teacher, school case manager, district specialist and district administrator. She spent 10 years in the Army as an Intelligence Analyst prior to teaching. She's also currently starting year 3 of her doctorate at Illinois State. In her free time, she likes to read and watch movies and explore new places with her husband!

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Carol Pelletier Radford

Carol Pelletier Radford is the founder of Mentoring in Action, an organization dedicated to the success of novice teachers and their mentors. Before she established her own organization to support mentors and new teachers, she was a veteran elementary school teacher and a teacher preparation leader. Carol is the author of Corwin’s bestselling books Mentoring in Action: Guiding, Sharing, and Reflecting With Novice Teachers and The First Years Matter: Becoming an Effective Teacher.

Carol received her Education Doctorate from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where she focused her studies on mentoring and teacher leadership. She is also a certified yoga teacher who practices meditation and shares mindfulness strategies with educators through her online courses and website. Her podcast Teaching With Light features the stories of teachers and inspirational leaders. Her next passion project is the creation of a Teacher Legacy Network, where retired teachers can share their wisdom with the next generation of teachers.

You can learn more about Carol, find free resources, videos, meditations, courses, and all of her books at mentoringinaction.com/.

Twitter: @MentorinAction
Facebook: @MentoringinAction4Teachers
Instagram: @cpradford
 

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