The Heinemann Podcast

What is the role of a principal and how can a principal use their knowledge to be the best head-learner they can be? Heinemann Author Tom Marshall discusses his approach these questions in his new book: Reclaiming the Principalship:Instructional Leadership Strategies to Engage Your School Community and Focus on Learning. As a former teacher and staff developer, Tom writes about his philosophies behind effective leadership and what that look like? Tom says that while the days are filled with decisions we can keep our focus on student-centered learning and the school’s mission. Tom writes If you approach a problem from a learner’s perspective, it’s easier to keep learning as the focus in the community.  We started our conversation exploring the meaning behind what a Principal can be? My thanks to Tom for his time today. If you’d like to learn more about his new book: Reclaiming the Principalship, check out the Heinemann website. Here you can read a sample chapter, blogs and more from Tom. You can also follow Tom on Twitter: @TomLitTogether. We’d love for you to subscribe to The Heinemann Podcast on iTunes and Google Play where you can also leave a comment or review. We’re also now streaming on the Stitcher and TuneinRadio apps. You can also follow Heinemann on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as our various Facebook Groups. Plus you can get a daily teacher tip — right on your phone directly from Heinemann authors by downloading the Heinemann Teacher Tip App. All this and more on Heinemann.com

On today’s podcast we’re talking with New York Times, Best-selling author Jennifer Serravallo about a new on-demand course called Strategies in Action: Reading and Writing Methods and Content. Drawing from Jen’s best-selling resources  The Reading Strategies Book and The Writing Strategies Book, this new on-demand course was designed by Jen to help educators understand how to find goals for their readers and writers and how to support them over time as they work toward those goals. For more information about Jen's upcoming on-demand course: https://www.heinemann.com/pd/online/serravallo_on-demand.aspx.

Today on The Heinemann Podcast: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater says poems can do everything and allow us to become who we are. Amy says there is magic in poetry and that magic translates into teaching. She says once we can get pas the idea that poems are in their own little word, they open up a world […] The post Amy Ludwig VanDerwater on Poems Are Teachers appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

Today on The Heinemann Podcast: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater says poems can do everything and allow us to become who we are. Amy says there is magic in poetry and that magic translates into teaching. She says once we can get past the idea that poems are in their own little word, they open up a world […] The post Amy Ludwig VanDerwater on Poems Are Teachers appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

On today's podcast we’re talking with Heinemann author Harvey “Smokey” Daniels. Smokey is giving us a preview of Heinemann’s upcoming Multi-Day Institute titled: Teaching with Student-Directed Inquiry: Pathways to Literacy, Empathy Achievement and Action Presented by Sara Ahmed, Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, Cornelius Minor, Nancy Steineke and Kristin Ziemke. This multi-day institute will take place Martin Luther […] The post Harvey “Smokey” Daniels Previews Upcoming Multi-Day Institute in Santa Fe appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

On today's podcast we’re talking with Heinemann author Harvey “Smokey” Daniels. Smokey is giving us a preview of Heinemann’s upcoming Multi-Day Institute titled: Teaching with Student-Directed Inquiry: Pathways to Literacy, Empathy Achievement and Action Presented by Sara Ahmed, Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, Cornelius Minor, Nancy Steineke and Kristin Ziemke. This multi-day institute will take place Martin Luther […] The post Harvey “Smokey” Daniels Previews Upcoming Multi-Day Institute in Santa Fe appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

On The Heinemann Podcast today, the need for and needs of teachers of color. "Growth is uncomfortable and all things need to be uncomfortable to grow.” Those are the words of Tiana Silvas, a member of the current class of Heinemann Fellows. She goes on to say in today’s podcast that while conversations about race and […] The post The Need For and Needs of Teachers of Color appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

On The Heinemann Podcast today, the need for and needs of teachers of color. "Growth is uncomfortable and all things need to be uncomfortable to grow.” Those are the words of Tiana Silvas, a member of the current class of Heinemann Fellows. She goes on to say in today’s podcast that while conversations about race and […] The post The Need For and Needs of Teachers of Color appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

What happens when a bestselling children’s book author teams up with a nationally known writing teacher? Well, you get the new book Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons. On today’s Heinemann Podcast we’re talking with Sneed B. Collard III about Teaching Nonfiction Revision. Sneed Collard is an award winning children’s […] The post Sneed B. Collard III on Teaching Nonfiction Revision appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

What happens when a bestselling children’s book author teams up with a nationally known writing teacher? Well, you get the new book Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons. On today’s Heinemann Podcast we’re talking with Sneed B. Collard III about Teaching Nonfiction Revision. Sneed Collard is an award winning children’s […] The post Sneed B. Collard III on Teaching Nonfiction Revision appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

Heinemann author Maggie Beattie Roberts is our guest today on The Heinemann Podcast. I’m sure you think about your favorite teacher from time to time, but what can our memories do to inform our teaching? Heinemann Author Maggie Beattie Roberts thinks we can use these influences to help form teaching archetypes to better our practice.  Maggie Beattie […] The post Maggie Beattie Roberts on Being Your Favorite Teacher appeared first on Heinemann.

Heinemann author Maggie Beattie Roberts is our guest today on The Heinemann Podcast. I’m sure you think about your favorite teacher from time to time, but what can our memories do to inform our teaching? Heinemann Author Maggie Beattie Roberts thinks we can use these influences to help form teaching archetypes to better our practice.  Maggie Beattie […] The post Maggie Beattie Roberts on Being Your Favorite Teacher appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

On today’s Heinemann Podcast, Supporting Struggling Learners. How do we meet the needs of all our students while also meeting the demands of the curriculum? Every learner has strengths, writes Patricia Vitale-Reilly. She goes on to say, upon those strengths is where growth can occur. In her new book, Supporting Struggling Learners, Patty outlines 50 […] The post Supporting Struggling Learners with Patricia Vitale-Reilly appeared first on Heinemann.

On today’s Heinemann Podcast, Supporting Struggling Learners. How do we meet the needs of all our students while also meeting the demands of the curriculum? Every learner has strengths, writes Patricia Vitale-Reilly. She goes on to say, upon those strengths is where growth can occur. In her new book, Supporting Struggling Learners, Patty outlines 50 […] The post Supporting Struggling Learners with Patricia Vitale-Reilly appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

Today on The Heinemann Podcast, how can teachers improve their practice around LGBTQ needs in the classroom? It’s October 11th, National Coming Out Day. A day for those who identify as LGBTQ to be visible. A day to say you matter, you’re not alone. How can educators make their classrooms a safer place for LGBTQ students and […] The post Supporting LGBTQ Students and Teachers appeared first on Heinemann.

Today on The Heinemann Podcast, how can teachers improve their practice around LGBTQ needs in the classroom? It’s October 11th, National Coming Out Day. A day for those who identify as LGBTQ to be visible. A day to say you matter, you’re not alone. How can educators make their classrooms a safer place for LGBTQ students and […] The post Supporting LGBTQ Students and Teachers appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

On today’s Heinemann Podcast, taking charge of your teaching evaluation. Evaluations can feel like a one-way street, with teachers feeling powerless. It doesn't have to be that way, Author Jennifer Ansbach writes about how we can take charge of evaluations by keeping the focus on student learning. In her new book, Take Charge of your Teaching Evaluation, she […] The post Take Charge of your Teaching Evaluation with Jennifer Ansbach appeared first on Heinemann.

On today’s Heinemann podcast: Embarrassment.  We’ve all been there. In the dead of night, lying awake, replaying that one moment over and over again in our minds. The daily mistakes we make, both large and small, are part of what make us human, and yet, are often impossible to forgive ourselves for. In his new book, […]

On today’s Heinemann podcast: Embarrassment.  We’ve all been there. In the dead of night, lying awake, replaying that one moment over and over again in our minds. The daily mistakes we make, both large and small, are part of what make us human, and yet, are often impossible to forgive ourselves for. In his new book, […] The post Embarrassment And the Emotional Underlife of Learning By Tom Newkirk appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

Editors are the crucial, unseen collaborators of published writers. In her new book, Back and Forth: Using an Editor’s Mindset to improve Student Writing, Heinemann author Lee Heffernan describes adopting that role in her classroom and how it helps student-authors dig in and produce dramatically better writing. Lee relies on both student-centered pedagogy and the experiences of […]