Paco, Niki and Reggie discuss the genesis of the project, Tales Told By Teachers, which was launched in order to help clear up misconceptions about teaching and what teachers do. The goal is to elevate those who teach and educate those who don't.

Tales Told By Teachers-Episode 00-Pilot

Paco, Niki and Reggie talk with Erika McCarthy, a teacher in North Carolina, who wrote a story about a lesson she taught on Jan. 7, 2021, and the significance of that early morning class, when she was the first adult her students would talk to outside of their families after watching the insurgency at the U.S. Capitol the day before.

Tales Told By Teachers-Episode 01-Erika McCarthy

Paco, Niki and Reggie talk with Carolina Jimeno, a teacher in Florida, who wrote a story about how lots of students are dealing with challenges that teachers often know nothing about.

Tales Told By Teachers-Episode 02-Carolina Jimeno

Paco, Niki and Reggie talk with Kelly Thayer, a community college professor in Florida, who wrote a story about her first year of teaching after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and how that experience has affected her approach to teaching.

Tales Told By Teachers-Episode 03-Kelly Thayer

Paco, Niki and Reggie talk with Larry Crombie, a community college professor in Florida, who wrote a story comparing his first job at a reclamation yard in Germany to teaching college composition.

Tales Told By Teachers-Episode 04-Larry Crombie

Paco, Niki and Reggie talk with Toby Price, a longtime educator in Mississippi who read a children’s book to about 240 second graders on Zoom. Two days later he was fired.

In this episode, Toby reads an excerpt from the book, shares what has kept him going as an educator for 20-plus years and weighs in on the impending education crisis.

Tales Told By Teachers-Episode 05-Toby Price

Paco, Niki and Reggie talk with Lauren Fletcher, a community college professor in Florida, who wrote a story about how motivating a non-engaged student led to his success.

Tales Told By Teachers-Episode 06-Lauren Fletcher

Paco, Niki and Reggie talk with Marcus Nicolas, a former high school teacher, community college professor and education administrator in Florida, who wrote a story about how teaching has so much more to do with than the content.

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