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Protect your most valuable resource -- your time

Guest(s): Matthew Johnson and Traci Rizzo
Date: 04/24/2024
Run time: 48:49
Season 2, Episode 8

In this episode, host Carol Pelletier Radford welcomes Matthew Johnson and Traci Rizzo. In addition to sharing their teacher stories and classroom strategies, they talk about ways to save teachers' time. Matthew shares some themes from his books Good Grammar and Flash Feedback. Traci also shares her story, "Get Help When You Need It" from Carol's book "When I Started Teaching, I Wish I Had Known..."

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Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson is an English teacher from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is also a husband and father, and over the last decade he has read, thought, and written about how teachers can balance teaching with all of the other important roles they play in their lives. His work has been published by Principal Leadership, Edutopia, ASCD, The National Writing Project, and the National Council of Teachers of English, and his weekly thoughts on how to be a better teacher of writing in less time can be found on his website www.matthewmjohnson.com. When not teaching, reading, or writing, he can often be found in the kitchen, his garden, or out on a run through the gently rolling hills of Southeast Michigan.

Traci Rizzo

Traci is in her 26th year of teaching. After beginning her career as a classroom teacher in Hesperia, California, Traci returned to New York where she taught in Glens Falls and Niskayuna, NY. Traci has been a classroom teacher and a literacy specialist over the years.

Carol Pelletier Radford

Carol Pelletier Radford is the founder of Mentoring in Action, an organization dedicated to the success of novice teachers and their mentors. Before she established her own organization to support mentors and new teachers, she was a veteran elementary school teacher and a teacher preparation leader. Carol is the author of Corwin’s bestselling books Mentoring in Action: Guiding, Sharing, and Reflecting With Novice Teachers and The First Years Matter: Becoming an Effective Teacher.

Carol received her Education Doctorate from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where she focused her studies on mentoring and teacher leadership. She is also a certified yoga teacher who practices meditation and shares mindfulness strategies with educators through her online courses and website. Her podcast Teaching With Light features the stories of teachers and inspirational leaders. Her next passion project is the creation of a Teacher Legacy Network, where retired teachers can share their wisdom with the next generation of teachers.

You can learn more about Carol, find free resources, videos, meditations, courses, and all of her books at mentoringinaction.com/.

Twitter: @MentorinAction
Facebook: @MentoringinAction4Teachers
Instagram: @cpradford

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Good Grammar [Grades 6-12]

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