Introduction Welcome to Episode 24 Season one  of The Educator’s Room podcast! In this episode, Franchesca discusses five routines ALL teachers should have in the morning to make their life a little bit easier. So many times we’re in a hurry to get hurry to leave home to get to school and finish “marking off” the […]
Franchesca Warren
For fifteen years Franchesca taught English/Language Arts in two urban districts in Atlanta, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee. Increasingly frustrated with decisions being made about public education from people who were not in the classroom, in 2012 she decided to start a blog about what it was really like to teach in public schools. In the last four years, The Educator's Room has grown to become the premiere source for resources, tools, and strategies for all things teaching and learning. To learn more about Franchesca Warren's work, please visit www.franchescalanewarren.com.
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[Podcast] S1E27] Fight The Power.. A Conversation with John Thomas, Musician, Educator, Activist
Introduction Welcome to Episode 27 Season one  of The Educator’s Room podcast! In this episode, Franchesca interviews, John Thomas, teacher, musician, and self-proponent rebel. This year we are going around the world to talk to educators who are doing awesome things- just like you. Starting the school year is always tough when we’re in a political climate where […]
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[Podcast S2E5] Five Affirmations That Every Teacher Needs
Introduction Welcome to Episode 5 Season two  of The Educator’s Room podcast! In this episode, Franchesca discusses the five affirmations every teacher should say to get the most of the school year. It’s the beginning of the school year and in between the new class lists and Open House dates, there are those fleeting moments when you feel […]
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[Podcast S2E3] Why I Left Teaching to Poop in a Bucket
Introduction Welcome to Episode 4 Season two  of The Educator’s Room podcast! In this episode, Franchesca interviews Christina Gil, former seventeen-year public school veteran about why she decided to use her mid-life crisis to leave teaching and go and live on a homestead community in rural Missouri. Every teacher has gone through it- days where you wonder […]
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#EdTechCorner: Owl Eyes Helps With Annotation
One of the ‘banes of my existence’ as an English teacher is having to teach classical literature and then watching my students struggle through every single line for basic comprehension. Twenty years ago, I’d pull out my trusty guides that annotated the work(s) line by line. These days though, with technology at the forefront of […]
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[Podcast Season 2: Episode 2] : So, What’s Exactly The Genius Hour?
Introduction Welcome to Episode 2 Season two  of The Educator’s Room podcast! In this episode, Franchesca interviews, Jennifer White from Teaching Teens in the 21st Century, blogger, English/Language Arts teacher, and Genius Hour expert! Engaging students during school is a hot topic in all schools, regardless of the school’s community or socioeconomic background. Within the last couple […]
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[Podcast] Season 2: Episode 1- Classroom Libraries How to Build Them For Independent Reading and Choice
Introduction Welcome to Episode 1 Season two  of The Educator’s Room podcast! In this episode, Franchesca interviews, Colette Bennett, Literacy Teacher Extraordinaire and proponent of choice in reading. This year we are going around the world to talk to educators who are doing awesome things- just like you. Starting the school year is always tough for […]
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What Every (New) Principal Needs to Know
For some principals, the 2019-2020 school year will be their first time taking the helm of a school. Yesterday, we asked a question from a new principal to  our 100,000+ subscribers about what a new principal should NEVER do and here are the answers they gave: New principals should NEVER… talk data on the first […]