#82 Balancing Demands of Teaching with Workshop

#82 Balancing Demands of Teaching with Workshop

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.  The end of the year is over the horizon as we return from spring break. High Stakes testing season is upon us. Deadlines create stressors […]

#80 When the Product Hijacks the Lesson

#80 When the Product Hijacks the Lesson

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 discuss what happens when the product outweighs the content. Much too often teachers assign projects or products that hijack […]

#77 Cultivate a Culture of Freedom in Workshop

#77 Cultivate a Culture of Freedom in Workshop

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. Workshop teachers promise freedom within their classroom.  The question remains, how can the teacher maintain high standards? Jacob and Pam discuss how offering freedom must […]

#76 MORE Craft & Draft is Here!

#76 MORE Craft & Draft is Here!

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. You asked; we answered! Our Patreon is live! Teachers from all over have been sending in requests for the Craft & Draft set-up video as […]

#75 Why Are Educators Quitting?

#75 Why Are Educators Quitting?

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. While we love teaching, it seems like many do not—at least currently. Teachers, leaders, and administrators are leaving education in droves. Many are opting for […]

#71 Strategy or Craft? Listener Question Answered!

#71 Strategy or Craft? Listener Question Answered!

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 and Pam shine a spotlight on a question regarding a genre study and another regarding how to find text and structure mini-lessons. Ultimately, the […]

#70 How is Craft & Draft Going for Us This Year?

#70 How is Craft & Draft Going for Us This Year?

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. Today Pam and Jacob are reflecting on their time with the Craft & Draft journals in their classrooms. What went well and what went wrong […]

#68 Motivation—A Secret Sauce

#68 Motivation—A Secret Sauce

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. Motivation has maintained a primary topic in education for years. Motivating students takes practice and a deep understanding of their students interests, understanding and skills. […]

#67 Tutorials, Remediation, and Other Trinkets

#67 Tutorials, Remediation, and Other Trinkets

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 and Pam are back in the classroom after enjoying a week of vacation.  They each share how their week has gone. The students find […]

#66 We Discuss Book Bans and Censorship

#66 We Discuss Book Bans and Censorship

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. Censorship impacts all parts of our society. Because it is being heavily mentioned and litigated presently,  teachers find it difficult to know what books to […]