English Teachers Chat

In this episode of English Teachers Chat, I talk to four educators to take a closer look at surviving, what they wish we knew and how Covid-19 affected the state of education. Thank you to my special guests: Adam Pease , Libo Valencia , Rachel Rosen and James May. Music this episode was sourced from io and Bensound royalty free music. The opening and closing music is Garden Music composed by Kevin Macleod and the interlude music is Better Days by Benjamin Tessot. Tails32x · ETC Episode 5 - Surviving the Surf Zone Daniel Valentin teaches English 9, Humanities, and American Dream at Horace Greeley High School. He is currently reading Floaters by Martin Espada and is listening to The Sentence by Louside Erdrich . He wants his students to feel empowered through books. Follow him on Twitter  @DanielJValentin

This year, more than any other year, feels exhausting. As such, this blog has been on a hiatus of sorts. Hopefully, I'm back with just a bit more regularity. I recently started a podcast project with my students, so I too re-engaged with podcasting to go through the process and learn a little bit more about splicing interviews. Today I bring you a brand new episode about hybrid teaching and tired teachers, and what these teachers do at the end of the day to destress. Thanks for listening! Tails32x · ETC Episode 4 - The Secret Lives of Teachers These teachers were interviewed, be sure to follow them on Twitter: Valerie Brunow Allison Mitchell Lauren Nero Brett Steinberg John Tobin Music from the podcast c/o Kevin MacLead. You kind find more of his royalty free music at  incompetech.filmmusic.io/ I talk about my card making. You can see my cards on my blog DannysCards.com For more Episodes of English Teachers check these out: Episode 3: NCTE 2019 Episode 2: LGBTQ Books Episode 1: L-...

In our second episode of English Teachers Chat, Daniel Valentin interviews Dr. Tony Sinanis, author of Hacking Leadership. Together, they discuss some of their favorite LGBTQ books. Links to all the books discussed: Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang George by Alex Gino Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Other books mentioned: Hacking Leadership by Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro Music from the podcast c/o Kevin MacLead. You kind find more of his royalty free music at incompetech.filmmusic.io/ Daniel Valentin teaches American Wilderness, Ethics, and English 9 at Horace Greeley High School. He is currently reading The Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay  and listening to Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine. He wants his students to feel empowered through books. Follow him  @DaValentinCCSD

In our first episode, Daniel Valentin and his special guest Mary Devane talk about the vision, image and excitement around their school's new flexible space. See pictures below of our flexible space: Collaboration is taken to a new level with our glass walls. Fellow teacher Valerie Brunow, utilizing different layouts of L-Space. New shapes. New seating. New ways to think about learning. There are so many ways to configure a single space here in L-Building Daniel Valentin teaches American Wilderness, Ethics, and English 9 at Horace Greeley High School. He is currently reading Pet by Akwaeke Emezi  and listening to Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell. He wants his students to feel empowered through books. Follow him  @DaValentinCCSD