Season 3
Episodes
Episode 165 | The Stories Only Your Students Can Tell
Every day, teachers ask students to write.
But how often do we ask them to write the stories that only they can tell?
In this solo episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn reflects on a question that emerged while...
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Episode 164 | Before We Teach, We Should Learn
 As educators, we often focus on what we're going to teach. But what if the most important part of teaching happens before we ever step into the classroom?
In this solo episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn...
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Episode 163 | The Power of Translanguaging in Early Learning w/ Elise Genao
What if multilingualism isn't something to overcomeâbut one of a child's greatest strengths?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with educator, school leader, and multilingual education advocate...
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Episode 162 | Teaching Children to Honor Others Without Losing Themselves w/ Caitlin Roeder
How do we teach children to respect others without teaching them to ignore themselves?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with children's author Caitlin Roeder to discuss her forthcoming...
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Episode 161 | From Compliance to Belonging w/ Suzanne Adinolfi
Every lesson teaches something.
The question is: What are students learning beyond the standards?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Lorena Germån sits down with educator and school leader Suzanne Adinolfi to explore...
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Episode 160 | Belonging Doesn't Just Happen w/ Jalpa Vaidya Patel
What if some of the most important lessons about belonging happen outside the classroom?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with educator, school social worker, author, and parent Jalpa Vaidya...
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Episode 159 | What Happens When a School Actually Commits to This Work w/ Lucy Canzoneri-Golden
What does meaningful school change actually look like?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with Dr. Lucy Canzoneri-Golden, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Coral Reef Montessori Academy Charter...
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Episode 158 | The Power of Picture Books in Student Identity w/ Sarah Cordova
What if picture books were some of the most powerful tools available to educatorsânot just for teaching reading, but for helping students understand themselves?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits...
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Episode 157 | Where Are the Libraries?
Libraries shouldn't be a luxury.
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn reflects on a social media post from an educator who challenged the reality that many students still attend schools without fully...
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Episode 156 | From Invisible to Valuable: Teaching Students from Refugee Backgrounds w/ Dr. Yacoub Aljaffery
What happens when schools see refugee students through a lens of deficit instead of possibility?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn sits down with Dr. Yacoub Aljaffery, author of Narratives of Success...
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Episode 155 | ELA Isnât Dead. We Just Forgot What It Could Be.
ELA isnât dead.
It just needs to be revived, reimagined, and remembered differently.
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn reflects on why imagination, joy, speculative thinking, and culturally relevant...
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Episode 154 | Cultural Humility Is Different Than Cultural Competence
Episode Summary
What happens when schools misunderstand culture as misbehavior?
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto GermĂĄn reflects on powerful conversations with a Dominican mother advocating for her son after...
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