191 episodes
Craft & Draft Jacob Chastain & Pam Ochoa
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5.0 • 35 Ratings
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Join top educator host and creator of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, Jacob Chastain, and his colleague and Abydos trainer, Pam Ochoa, as they share their expertise on the workshop model within the secondary classroom. Using their versatile Craft & Draft approach to reading-writing workshop as their foundation for creating a powerful secondary workshop, each episode will include deep discussions on the nuances of workshop teaching, fostering authentic readers and writers, and creating an equitable standards-based classroom.
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#190 Schools Ruin Poetry
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. Do schools ruin poetry? Often…they do. But why? Poetry is an incredible art form. It can be powerful, insightful, and even humorous. So why does […]
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#189 What is an Assignment?
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. ‘What is an assignment?’ seems like a simple question, until it is discussed. In this episode Jacob and Pam dive into the ‘What is an […]
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#188 How Much Do We Know About American Teachers?
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 take a quiz straight from Education Weekly. The quiz asks questions from teacher salary, to teacher PD preferences. The […]
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#187 What is College Readiness?
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. Jacob just took some students to visit a few colleges and universities. The visit propagated the question, “Are schools effectively readying their students for college?” […]
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#186 It’s That Time of Year: To Stay or To Quit
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. Every year in the education world, educators are trying to figure out if they should stay at their school or district or leave. Jacob and […]
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#185 Test-Prep Strategies! (Patreon Episode)
In this bonus episode for our Craft and Draft patrons we answer Courtney’s question regarding the test taking season. Jacob shares how he begins broad in his workshop and then narrows his scope as his students approach the test. This approach allows him to create a workshop atmosphere full of exploration, discovery and creativity. Pam […]
Customer Reviews
The message teachers NEED to hear!
Jacob and Pam hit the nail on the head every time, and it’s why I never miss an episode. The “will programs replace teachers” is one in particular that must be heard and shared. If we want to keep real teaching and learning at the center, then we should all be listening to the sage advice shared here.
What Educators Need to Hear!
Pam & Jacob provide the thoughts and inspiration teachers need to hear! I enjoy each and every episode!
Workshop / SOR
Always inspiring to listen to!! For those looking to connect Science of Reading and workshop in my opinion these 2 nail it! I’m no expert but I do my share of trying to learn what SOR is and it seems it’s direct instruction. What could be more direct then starting every mini lesson with the standard, teaching the standard and having kids practice, with their own material. Thanks for all the inspiration.