This podcast series features stories from K-12 and university educators on their experiences as teachers. In this first episode, John Churchley shares his adventure stories as a secondary music teacher and graduate instructor in educational leadership.  The adventure is all about the risk!

Adventures In Teaching - Episode 1 Adventures In Music

Host John Churchley talks about Leading Learning with Catharine Dishke Hondzel, Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Thompson Rivers University and Lisa Carson, Director of Instruction - Curriculum and Innovation for School District #73 (Kamloops/Thompson).

Adventures In Teaching Episode 2 Leading Learning

This episode features a conversation with two teachers who are the presidents of their unions - Tom Friedman from the TRU Faculty Association and Amanda Jensen from the Kamloops/Thompson Teachers' Association.  They talk with host John Churchley about their experiences in the classroom and how these experiences connect to their work as union leaders.

Adventures In Teaching Episode 3 Teaching With Solidarity

This episode features a conversation with two biology teachers: Dr. Tom Dickinson, Dean of Science at TRU and Christine Miller, a biology instructor at School District #73 and TRU.  They talk with host John Churchley about their experiences making biology a learning adventure at all educational levels.

Adventures in Teaching Episode 4 Adventures in Biology

This episode features a conversation with two teachers who have worked together researching elementary school student research in Heritage Fairs. In Part 1 of this episode, Dr. Will Garrett-Petts (Associate Vice President - Research & Graduate Studies)and Rob Schoen (Assistant Superintendent at SD73) talk about their teaching experiences with host John Churchley.

Adventures In Teaching Episode 5 Part 1 Engaging Research

This episode features a conversation with two teachers who have worked together researching elementary school student research in Heritage Fairs. In Part 2 of this episode, Dr. Will Garrett-Petts (Associate Vice President - Research & Graduate Studies)and Rob Schoen (Assistant Superintendent at SD73) talk about research and Heritage Fairs with host John Churchley.

Adventures In Teaching Episode 5 Part 2 Engaging Research

This episode features a conversation with two humanities teachers who have worked both abroad and in Canada and now lead their educational organizations.  In this episode, Dr. Brett Fairbairn (President of Thompson Rivers University)and Alison Sidow (Superintendent of School District #73) talk about their teaching experiences with host John Churchley.

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