The "Lunch & Learn" podcast from the Ayers Institute provides bite-sized portions of professional learning. Each episode is 10-15 minutes long, focuses on a topic that is relevant to professional educators, and concludes with a prompt to generate discussion within your community of practice.
Professional Learning Guides
With each podcast episode, the Ayers Institute prepares a guide to help extend your learning. These "Professional Learning Guide" documents can be used for individual or group study. We encourage you to use them with your Professional Learning Community (PLC) or Professional Learning Network (PLN)!
Season 4 - 2020
- Episode 24 (Guide) - What I Want My Mentor Teacher to Know [Listen online — Transcript]
Season 3 - 2019
- Episode 20 (Guide) - Using Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Texts that Move Students [Listen online — Transcript]
- Dr. Jeanne Gilliam Fain's book list for 2018 – Children's and Adolescent Literature in Our Global World
- Episode 21 (Guide) - What Teachers Need to Know About Teens & Social Media [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 22 (Guide) - Budgeting with Students in Mind [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 23 (Guide) - Practical Approaches to Collaborative Learning [Listen online — Transcript]
Season 2 – 2018
- Episode 13 (Guide) - Increasing College Access: One Kid at a Time [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 14 (Guide) - Mindset Shifts within Special Education - Part 1 [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 15 (Guide) - Mindset Shifts within Special Education - Part 2 [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 16 (Guide) - Hiring High-Quality Educators [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 17 (Guide) - Powerful Interview Questions for Hiring Educators [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 18 (Guide) - What the Best Mentor Teachers Do [Listen online — Transcript]
- Episode 19 (Guide) - Moving Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Texts into the K-8 Classroom [Listen online — Transcript]
- Dr. Jeanne Gilliam Fain's book list for 2018 – Children's and Adolescent Literature in Our Global World
Season 1 – 2017
- Episode 1 (Guide) - Motivating Students (Part 1) [Listen online]
- Episode 2 (Guide) - Motivating Students (Part 2) [Listen online]
- Episode 3 (Guide) - Motivating Students to Read [Listen online]
- Episode 4 (Guide) - Approaching Leadership with a Coaching Mindset - Part 1 [Listen online]
- Episode 5 (Guide) - Approaching Leadership with a Coaching Mindset - Part 2 [Listen online]
- Episode 6 (Guide) - Approaching Leadership with a Coaching Mindset - Part 3 [Listen online]
- Episode 7 (Guide) - What Can Tech Coaching Do for You? - Part 1 [Listen online]
- Episode 8 (Guide) - What Can Tech Coaching Do for You? - Part 2 [Listen online]
- Episode 9 (Guide) - Lessons Learned from Leadership - Part 1 [Listen online]
- Episode 10 (Guide) - Lessons Learned from Leadership - Part 2 [Listen online]
- Episode 11 (Guide) - Pathways to Postsecondary - Part 1 [Listen online]
- Episode 12 (Guide) - Pathways to Postsecondary - Part 2 [Listen online]
Accessing the Podcast Episodes
The Ayers Institute Lunch & Learn podcast is accessible on our podcast website and you can also subscribe to automatically receive the latest episode on your computer or mobile device. A full description and instructions are provided at the Ayers Institute podcast website.
