Classroom Brew

359: Ryan gets into the growing use of A.I. in teaching, the A.I. songs that didn't make the cut for last week's Teacher Pep Talk, our Comment Hero of the Week, an impatient person versus a teacher in the drive-thru, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

358: It's not a topic addressed enough... teachers need a bathroom break! So check out this week's pep talk in the form of a song... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

357: Ryan tries to sum up the emotional whirlwind of this year's graduation, a new solution/idea in Charlotte for teachers' cost of living, surviving "dead week" as a teacher, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

356: Ryan covers this week's Comment Hero of the Week, the omnipresent issue of phones, concerns about "Teach for America," equity issues with school budgets, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

355: As this year winds down, Ryan reflects on the confusing juxtaposition of new and veteran teachers not teaching the WHOLE child in school, a 4th consecutive year of a W.I.N.G.S. Foundation Scholarship for a student, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

354: Ryan and Peter debrief a really long week, where everything from teacher clothes and scent are addressed by students, as well as the attempts to measure "grit," and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

353: It's the last month of the school year, so Ryan's mind wanders to the woes of AP testing, the arc of disillusionment, subreddits that are supposed to be about teaching, Buzzfeed, ESL concerns, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

352: A montage of how a teacher's day can go on a field trip when things just aren't all going to plan... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

351: After a fun follow-up to last week's drinking game, Ryan gets into some oddities of sports team transportation and standardized testing, security cameras in the battle against cutting classes, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

350: Peter makes good on his mission to acquire swag from his teaching conference in Springfield... Ryan and Peter play their self-made drinking game, while covering many other topics that stem from their foolish decision to record on a Monday night... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

349: Ryan and Peter get into some backlash from some podcast TikToks, the silver lining of handling difficult students and cohorts of students, concerning student civic engagement, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

348: Ryan and Peter get into AP conferences for teachers and accidentally create a drinking game for teachers who acquire swag while attending a conference or professional development... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

347: As spring break winds down, Ryan covers some stuff that's been living rent-free in his mind: Students researching "mewing," Ohio's Board of Education raising the charge for teacher licenses, public regard for teachers in 2024, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

346: The days and weeks before Spring Break are usually weird... and this year is no exception... Plenty to talk about in this one from elementary and high school similarities, coworkers' head-scratching moments, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

345: Ryan and Peter discuss the "correct" color of folders for different subjects, failed attempts at redirecting kids in the hall, summer work options, transferable skills for teachers, and more!  Shoutout to Feedspot, who ranked Classroom Brew as the #2 Teacher Comedy Podcast! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

344: Just a teacher and coach trying to do their job, despite all the stuff (and people) getting in the way of that...  Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

343: Ryan and Peter chat about teaching as a job versus a passion, apathy from colleagues, vacancies in key positions, converting Olympic Arenas into schools, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

342: Ryan and Peter get into the best ways to end a teacher week, whether fake accents are bad in a classroom, school staff concerns, taking sick days, student reading regression, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

341: This week we get into literacy concerns for ESL students, attempts to excuse micro- and macro-aggressions, common phrases teachers use—and wish they could use, the potential ousting of Aramark, and more! Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com

340: Somehow these winter months of the school year feel like years, themselves... Patreon: www.patreon.com/classroombrew  Instagram: www.instagram.com/classroombrew/  TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@classroombrew Email: classroombrew@gmail.com