THE ELEPHANT

IN THE CLASSROOM

PODCAST

Teachers are at their most powerful when they are fueled by their unique purpose. Nick Esposito is an award-winning teacher whose mission is to help teachers bring that purpose into their classroom. The Elephant in the Classroom uses compelling stories to illuminate the mindsets and strategies needed to develop happy and healthy teachers. Purpose and fulfillment are often overlooked parts of a teacher's pedagogy. On this show...we'll talk about it.

SEASON ONE

The Pedagogy of Purpose

SEASON TWO

SEASON THREE

Coming January 2022

Turning Things Around

Classrooms of Tomorrow

BINGE PURPOSE

New Episodes Every Thursday Morning

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#11 Is it Time for Lunch Yet?

Does this happen to anyone else? You get your day started...totally forgetting to eat breakfast and are then starving for lunch immediately?

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#9 Need Backup

It is tough to control our classrooms sometimes. It is always nice to have some backup every once and a while. In this case, Mr. Elephant...

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#8 Class Gossip

As teachers, we always seem to be more involved in our students love lives than we'd ever care to be.

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#7 I Get It Now!

Very often we feel as if we are the worst teachers in the world. We look out at our classes and see blank stares leering back at us. But...

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#6 Done Too Soon

We've all been there. You hand out a test then finally sit back down at your desk. You take in a deep breath in your quiet classroom. But...

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#5 The 'Extra Credit' Packet

Every teacher has gotten this request from a student who is starting to sense that it is too late. Mr. Camel makes his Comic debut.

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#4 Anyone? Anyone?

Getting students to engage is not always easy. But even in the quietest classrooms there are always those students like Cricket who are...

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#3 Almost Had It

Creating the perfect seating chart seems easy in the beginning of the year. After all, you don't know any of your students so they are...

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#2 A Late Start

It may seem shocking but students don't always get started when want them to. It may take them a minute or two or thirty but we must keep...

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#1 - Something's Missing

As teachers we often find ourselves worrying about a lot of things. Unfortunately it is easy for us to worry about the wrong things. When...