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Host and educator Ana Torres knows firsthand how hard it is to be a teacher. That’s why, in our new podcast Beyond My Years, she seeks out educational insights from people who鈥檝e thrived for decades in the classroom: seasoned educators. Sharing their biggest victories and a few lessons they wish they鈥檇 learned sooner, these longtime educators prepare listeners for their own teaching journeys. Hear stories that make you cry, make you laugh鈥攁nd may even change the way you think.
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Meet our host, Ana Torres.
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In each episode, 猫咪AV Bilingual and Multilingual Specialist Ana Torres gathers teaching tips, lively stories, and hard-won lessons from veteran teachers around the world. Over her 30 years in teaching, Ana has developed a passion for biliteracy and multiculturalism. And on Beyond My Years, she鈥檚 excited to connect with legendary educators from all subject areas about their lives in education鈥攁nd what they wish they鈥檇 known as younger teachers.
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Meet our Classroom Insider, Eric Cross.
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Eric Cross is a middle school science teacher who hopes to someday be as knowledgeable as the lifelong educator guests on Beyond My Years! In each episode, Eric connects with host Ana Torres to discuss the insights her guests have gleaned from their long and rewarding careers in the classroom. Eric will also then speak to bringing some of their wisdom into his busy teaching life and current classroom.
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Available episodes
Episode 3: Teaching with resilience, starring Fawn Nguyen
Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres learns from Fawn Nguyen, a math educator with over 30 years of classroom experience! Fawn tells Ana the story of her near-death experience being lost at sea while escaping Vietnam, and explains how it shaped the sense of gratitude she leads with in the classroom. She also discusses what it means to be yourself in the classroom, the importance of sharing your mistakes with your students, the merits of practicing advocacy vs. authority with students, and how she has dealt with feeling dismissed as a minority working in education. Taking all those lessons back to the classroom, Ana and Classroom Insider Eric Cross then discuss connecting with students through shared struggles and challenges.
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Episode 2: Teaching for life, starring Eric Jones
Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres becomes a student of Eric Jones, an educator who came out of retirement at 80 years of age to help with a national teacher shortage鈥攖hus becoming the oldest paid teacher in Britain. Eric shares his insights with Ana about building a collaborative classroom and what it means to teach children, not content. He also reflects on how the trajectory of his life changed when one man recognized and encouraged his desire to be a teacher.
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Episode 1: Teaching with heart, starring Joyce Abbott
Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres soaks up wisdom from Joyce Abbott, an educator so passionate about her students that she inspired one of them to go on and write the hit show 鈥淎bbott Elementary.鈥� Joyce tells Ana all about her experiences working in a Title 1 school and what it means to know the community of Philadelphia. They also discuss how Joyce鈥檚 time serving in the military informed her work as an educator, how she transformed a challenging classroom during her first year teaching, how it has felt to witness the success of 鈥淎bbott Elementary,鈥� and the passion she sees as her driving force. Taking all those lessons back to the classroom, Eric and Ana then discuss teaching tips and strategies for connecting with students.
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Episode 0: About Beyond My Years
Join host Ana Torres and her classroom insider, Eric Cross, to learn what the new 猫咪AV podcast Beyond My Years is all about. Together, they dig into the essence of what it means to be an educator, the challenges that come with it, and how Beyond My Years will connect with it all. Plus, you鈥檒l get a sneak peek into what鈥檚 ahead, including conversations with legendary educators (like one who was an inspiration for a hit TV show).
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