I was saving this episode for our next season. But life got in the way! So I have made it a Christmas Special. We had an awesome conversation with Campbell Walsh who is an olympic slalom kayaker and the former number one in the world. A Silver medalist in two olympic games and he is currently the coach for the British team, and he has been the coach of the NZ team. He is a competitor and absolute legend. Please enjoy Campbell Walsh! Good Luck in the UK my friend.
We wrap up the season and discuss points from all episodes. Along with giving a tease of next season! Happy Fall Break and Spring Break in the Northern Hemisphere.
Episode 11; Teachers Are Flowers Everywhere: This week we invite Haley Gage to the podcast! Haley talks about the journey of becoming a ski coach in Driggs, Idaho at Grand Targhee Ski Resort. And we talked with Haley about how she decided to start Little Comet Flower Co. Please reach out on instagram if you need flowers for an event! She does amazing things for weddings and other events. We also discuss how she gets her inspiration and what her future holds! She is in need of an accountant and is looking to do more arty things with her Flowers! Please enjoy Haley Gage! Haley is tagged in the post if you want to contact her about skiing or flowers:) Her email address is hello@littlecometflowerco.com
This week we invite Ryan McIntyre to the Teachers Are podcast to talk about the struggle of being an actor and about having fun being a background actor and a stuntman, but also he is working for non profits called Mix it! He was on Planet of the Apes and Black Christmas. He has also worked on Reality TV for Warner Brothers on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Celebrity Treasure Island. Also, Winston really liked him! Please enjoy hearing all the background stories of working at Wētā workshop in NZ. We talk about his theatre play that he wrote which is called Dungeoning and Dragoning which only got 3 episodes in before covid. Here is to hoping for a reboot because I want to see it!
This week we welcome Carl Poeschl to the show, he has a great voice for radio. Carl is a Technology teacher in Bozeman, MT, and he is also a fellow Bobcat. Carl takes us on a tour of his facilities and he shows us his metal and wood shop and all the other awesome facilities he has to offer. Join us on the tour. He also opens up about his ADHD and what it was like to be a student not being diagnosed with this until later in life. Please check out the photos of his workshops on instagram. Enjoy Carl Poeschl.
This week we invite Aimee Kovacevic to the show; we discuss the importance of being heard and how we can get so focused on building a career we forget about ourselves. Aimee discusses her struggles with starting a gym (Redline Boxing Academy) and what led to her writing her book Cracked Open. Our discussion of Cracked Open is really about how we need to reflect on our own habits before we can help anyone else. Also, how trying to do it all can be exhausting. Check out her book and all that she offers on her website and on instagram. Enjoy Aimee Kovacevic!
This week we invited Dr. Tom Hatfield to the show. Henry's long time friend and fellow Brit. This episode is fun, playful, but we do discuss a variety of of topics that are hard hitting such as failure, mental health and adventures of being a Dr. abroad. Please enjoy Tom Hatfield's journey of life.
This week we invite Brooke Trenwith to the podcast. We discuss the benefits of Coaching and why we should use it in schools and businesses. We discuss how coaching can help a person become better at their job and why it should be an essential part of the work life balance. Also we discuss the Coaching that she is doing with secondary aged girls and trying to get them to reach their full potential. That website is Thrive for Girls and Brooke’s coaching website can be found at Potential to performance. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! Side note sometimes Zoom podcasts have some noise glitches that we don’t always know what to do with. Enjoy!
This week we honor the Cat/Griz rivalry by welcoming PhD Elizabeth Burroughs to the Teachers Are Podcast. Beth is the head of Mathematics at Montana State University. We discuss Beth’s book Becoming a Teacher of Mathematical Modeling, K- Grade 5 and Becoming a Teacher of Mathematical Modeling, 6-12. How she became a professor. Her year abroad at University of York. We talk about caring for others and why we should make humanity a priority. Please enjoy our discussion. Go Cats Go! If you like the podcast please like, rate and subscribe. And don't forget to share with all your friends!
We welcome Omer Hazer to the podcast. We discuss life growing up around the world and what Crypto Currency is and why he finds it interesting. He shares how he has 12 million dollars somewhere on his high school computer and so much more! If you want to learn about Crypto this is an episode for you. Please reach out to teachersarepodcast@gmail.com if you want to nominate a teacher or professional that would be ready to share their story.
This week we discuss/debates ways to have a work life balance and offer 8 tips that the Australian Government recommend to succeed in this endeavor. Next week we will have our first interviewed guest and we can discuss their educational journey.
This episode has two interviews of the hosts, Adrian and Henry, which discuss how they got to New Zealand and how they began their teaching journey.
Teachers Are; will explore and highlight educational practices, experiences within teaching but also in other professions. We will explore the career pathways of teachers, entrepreneurs, doctors, educators and a variety of different jobs and hope this will help you start your career and give you a path to outline. We will bring funny stories from the classroom and debate controversial topics.
