Episodes

  • What to do with all that PD

    What to do with all that PD
    Sep 4 2025
    The school year begins for most teachers with a barrage of professional learning events, often to kick off new initiatives. How should teachers take all of the PD and make it come to life when the kids arrive? Jill and Colleen explore ideas that can move teachers from theory to implementation.
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    14 mins
  • Summer Reading

    Summer Reading
    Sep 2 2025
    Jill and Colleen are back in the lounge after a summer of rest and reading! Join the discussion of the gammut of professional reading, kids' books, fiction, and non-fiction.
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    13 mins
  • Season 3 Teaser

    Season 3 Teaser
    Aug 24 2025
    Colleen and Jill are back! Find out when new episodes drop.
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    1 min
  • Celebrating faculty, staff, and volunteers

    Celebrating faculty, staff, and volunteers
    Feb 3 2023
    Ground zero of school culture is the teachers lounge. It is an opportunity to consciously support and connect with your peers in a positive and helpful way -- and vice versa. Teaching can be hard and isolating, but Catholic schools have a special and unique enviornment to bring joy to others through faith.
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    11 mins
  • Celebrating Vocations

    Celebrating Vocations
    Feb 2 2023
    Prayerful discernment is at the core of any vocation assessment process -- religious or otherwise -- as we embrace the fact each of us is uniquely unrepeatable in the eyes of God.
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    10 mins
  • Celebrating the Nation

    Celebrating the Nation
    Feb 1 2023
    What happens in a classroom doesn't have to stay in the classroom. Local, state and national funding, policy making, and research depends on awareness of teacher, student and classroom activity. Invite your representatives for a visit and conversation.
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    11 mins
  • Celebrating Your Students

    Celebrating Your Students
    Jan 31 2023
    Classroom management tips are as much about maximizing learning time as it is about controlling behaviors, and purposeful call back techniques can reinforce your underlying goals.
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    11 mins
  • Celebrating Your Community

    Celebrating Your Community
    Jan 30 2023
    Whether it's Catholic Schools week or not, extend the reach of students and school with creative community service projects and the natural conversation connections that come with them.
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    11 mins