Jacob Chastain

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29 12, 2025

#401 Resolutions for Teachers in 2026

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Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, we go over what resolutions teachers should embrace this coming year. The last several years have been difficult in the profession and for Jacob Chastain personally, but times change, we grow and we [...]

9 12, 2025

#400 How Technology Can Support Literacy (Tinsley Galyean pt.2)

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In this episode, we sit down with Tinsley Galyean—co-founder of Curious Learning and author of the forthcoming book REFRAME: How Curiosity & Literacy Can Redefine Us—to challenge everything we think we know about technology, kids, and learning. As debates rage over [...]

1 12, 2025

#399 Reframing Tech and Literacy with Tinsley Galyean (pt.1)

2025-12-01T03:13:44+00:00Comments Off on #399 Reframing Tech and Literacy with Tinsley Galyean (pt.1)

In this episode, we sit down with Tinsley Galyean—co-founder of Curious Learning and author of the forthcoming book REFRAME: How Curiosity & Literacy Can Redefine Us—to challenge everything we think we know about technology, kids, and learning. As debates rage over [...]

17 11, 2025

#398 Ruthless Equity (Ken Williams pt.3)

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This week, we’re back with Part 3 of my conversation with Ken Williams — and we’re pushing even deeper into what real leadership looks like when the excuses are stripped away. If you missed Part 2, make sure you catch up [...]

10 11, 2025

#397 How Schools Make Teachers Invisible (Ken Williams pt.2)

2025-11-10T05:31:43+00:00Comments Off on #397 How Schools Make Teachers Invisible (Ken Williams pt.2)

This week, I sit down with Ken Williams — educator, speaker, author of Ruthless Equity, and founder of Unfold the Soul — to dig into a question that hits the core of what schools are becoming: Do teachers still matter? If [...]

7 11, 2025

#396 Do Teachers ACTUALLY Matter? with Ken Williams (pt.1)

2025-11-07T15:08:25+00:00Comments Off on #396 Do Teachers ACTUALLY Matter? with Ken Williams (pt.1)

  This week, I sit down with Ken Williams, educator, speaker, and author of Ruthless Equity and founder of Unfold the Soul, to wrestle with one of the toughest questions in education today: Do teachers still matter? In too many schools, [...]

27 10, 2025

#395 High School Students Need to Be Engaged Too!

2025-10-27T02:21:45+00:00Comments Off on #395 High School Students Need to Be Engaged Too!

High school kids are tough to reach… but maybe that’s the fun part. In this episode, we’re talking about engagement that actually works—finding that ONE thing that makes your lessons hit different. Maybe it’s a wild outfit. A totally new lesson [...]

22 09, 2025

#391 Guide to the Science of Reading with Erica Woolway (pt.1)

2025-09-22T02:31:45+00:00Comments Off on #391 Guide to the Science of Reading with Erica Woolway (pt.1)

Hello everyone! We have done extensive podcasts on the many aspects of reading and writing. We have covered pedagogy, research, cutting edge ideas and a return to form. One of the biggest topics that have graced this show is the topic [...]

22 09, 2025

#390 Is AI Making Cheating Worse? with Pan Ochoa

2025-09-22T02:15:28+00:00Comments Off on #390 Is AI Making Cheating Worse? with Pan Ochoa

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Jacob and Pam address the issues of student [...]

22 09, 2025

#389 What Bell to Bell Really Means (Josh Monroe pt.2)

2025-09-22T02:09:55+00:00Comments Off on #389 What Bell to Bell Really Means (Josh Monroe pt.2)

In this heartfelt new episode of Teach Me, Teacher, we sit down with Josh Monroe—the inspiring 5th-grade teacher behind the TikTok sensation @mrmonroeandnala, where he shares heartwarming and thought-provoking classroom moments alongside his therapy dog, Nala TikTok (though things have changed). [...]

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