#159 Are You Coachable?

#159 Are You Coachable?

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 teachers are open-minded and want to learn about being a better educator from mentors such […]

#157 Libraries Are Essential

#157 Libraries Are Essential

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.  Libraries have been a part of our communities for centuries.  They began as a repository of knowledge in the ancient days, so other scholars could […]

#156 Teaching with LIMITED Resources

#156 Teaching with LIMITED Resources

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 how to keep teaching when resources are limited.  They each identify possible reasons for the situation and then […]

#154 Workshopping the Science of Reading (Bonus Episode)

#154 Workshopping the Science of Reading (Bonus Episode)

Hello everyone! This is a small excerpt from our exclusive BONUS PATREON episode. We do these episodes every month, and they are usually fully exclusive. Do to the importance of this one, we wanted to let you hear a part of it and then hopefully come support us to the hear the rest and have […]

#152 New School Year… New Us?

#152 New School Year… New Us?

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.  August is here and the new school year is around the corner!  In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss how the new year brings new […]

#150 Working with Difficult Colleagues (pt.2)

#150 Working with Difficult Colleagues (pt.2)

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 two part episode, Jacob and Pam answer a question about the day in the life of a workshop teacher’s classroom during part one.  […]

#146 We Rate ChatGPT Lessons for English Language Arts

#146 We Rate ChatGPT Lessons for English Language Arts

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 look at GPTChat and try out some lesson ideas. Jacob queries Pam on how she used it […]

#145 Artificial Intelligence is Here to Stay

#145 Artificial Intelligence is Here to Stay

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.  Join Jacob and Pam on an eye-opening journey as they delve into the fascinating and thought-provoking topic: ‘Should teachers fear technology in classrooms?’ In this […]

#144 The Art of Presentation

#144 The Art of Presentation

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, Jacob gave several presentations at a workshop for a nearby district.  He enjoyed his day, so he is ending it with some reflection. In […]

#143 On Endings… and Beginnings

#143 On Endings… and Beginnings

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 is an assistant principal, which means he will be at work next week closing out the year. He will be reflecting […]