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Join hosts Amanda Cardenas (Mud & Ink Teaching) and Marie Morris (The Caffeinated Classroom) in discussions about being brave, trying new things, and all things teaching! As seasoned classroom teachers, Amanda and Marie bring their experience, insight, energy, and oh, so many opinions and ideas... It's time for all teachers to take their classroom and teaching practice into their own hands!
Amanda is a former teacher, mom, author, and plant-lady. After years of course work, international travel, mentorship, and classroom experience, she has arrived at a place in her career where she’s ready and excited to share her experiences with other teachers. Through BNT & Mud and Ink Teaching, her goal is to inspire, educate, and support other teachers in their curriculum design experience and help improve their practice in the classroom.
Marie is a teacher, mom, and coffee enthusiast... When she’s not teaching or with her own children, she is generally doing something related to teaching or education on YouTube, Instagram, or anywhere else! (OR she’s waist-deep in a YA fantasy novel series...) Through BNT and The Caffeinated Classroom, Marie shares the kinds of things she wishes she had when she was first starting out, and the things she needs to hear now as a veteran high school English teacher.
You can connect with Ashley over at BuildingBookLove on Instagram or read more about using podcasts in the classroom on her blog at BuildingBookLove.com
Looking for another fun English teacher podcast? Check out Betsy’s - The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast - wherever you listen.
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Christina is a full-time high school English and journalism teacher, wife, and mom. She has taught every high school grade level and loves sharing her ideas, lesson plans, and ELA resources with other teachers. One of her passions is providing engaging, robust, and differentiated learning experiences to her students while helping other teachers do the same.
Follow Christina on Instagram @thedaringenglishteacher or check out her website and blog.
You can find Danielle on Instagram @englishclassroomarchitect or on her podcast Anti-Burnout for English Teachers where she shares systems that make teaching both sustainable and engaging - think literary analysis that connects classic texts with modern media and effective strategies that protect your energy while deepening learning.
Dr. Jenna Copper is a former ELA teacher and a current professor of education at Slippery Rock University. She co-authored a bestselling educational methods book called Keeping the Wonder and her new book, Role Call, inspired her favorite free emergency sub plan, which you can get here. You can find out more about her research and resources at @drjennacopper on Instagram.
I’m a Middle School ELA teacher committed to helping you improve your teaching & implement systems that help you get everything done during the school day!
You can connect with Melissa over at ReadingandWritingHaven on Instagram or read more about meaningful spiral review on her blog at ReadingandWritingHaven.com
You can connect with Natayle over at @heynatayle on IG or her blog at www.heynatayle.com.
You can follow Samantha on Instagram @samanthainsecondary for tons of fresh YA book recs or visit her website for tips on creating joyful readers at http://www.samanthainsecondary.com. For the unit she talks about in her segment, head to http://www.samanthainsecondary.com/mystery.
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Violet Duncan is Plains Cree and Taino from Kehewin Cree Nation. As an accomplished author, educator, dancer, and storyteller, she has toured both nationally and internationally, sharing her talents and promoting wellness and cultural education across the US, Canada, and Europe.
After becoming a mother of four and seeing the need for greater Native representation in literature, Violet has authored three picture books: I Am Native, When We Dance, and Let’s Hoop Dance! Her next children's book, Life is a Dance will arrive in fall 2025.
Most recently, she released her middle school novel, BUFFALO DREAMER, under Nancy Paulsen’s imprint at Penguin Random House. This exciting work has already received acclaim, making it onto the Longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.