On a new Teachers' Lounge, it’s time for our 4th annual “Top Issues of the Year” episode with Guilford High School English Teacher, Erik Czerwin.
Topics include:
- School board battles
- Re-thinking school discipline and exclusionary policies.
- Staffing issues persist in certain positions, especially in districts with more low-income students
- Student-led classrooms
Obviously, COVID-19 is still an overarching issue so while it's not on the list, know it factors into the entire conversation.
We touch on a few honorable mentions like chronic absenteeism, teacher collaboration and data. We also reflect on last year’s conversation to see how the topics we talked about played out in his classroom.
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Also, Teachers’ Lounge is on the radio! You can catch the show as an hour-long radio program every month on WNIJ. We’ll have multiple guests, stories, and new segments to hear like classroom correspondent – featuring this episode’s guest Erik Czerwin! Our next episode airs on Friday, February 24 at 11 a.m. on 89-5 FM and right here WNIJ.org. Tune in the last Friday of the month at the same time for future episodes.
SHOW NOTES
Educator(s) in this episode:
Erik Czerwin
Music: Our show's theme music is from the northern Illinois-based band "Kindoves" and their songs "Popn," "Origins" and "Quiche." You can find more of their music on their Soundcloud page. You can also listen to the episode of WNIJ's own Sessions from Studio A where they were featured.
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