Tea for Teaching

Tea for Teaching is a long-running education podcast centered on the real work of teaching and learning in higher education. It is conversational, but rarely casual in its thinking. Episodes tend to open with a problem faculty recognize immediately, then slow down enough to examine what is happening underneath it. That patience is the show’s strength. Recent conversations link coaching, teaching, and educational development through the shared work of building skill, offering feedback, and creating conditions where people feel respected enough to grow. The show pays close attention to care. It returns often to the idea that students, faculty, staff, and administrators are more engaged when they feel noticed, heard, and supported. Generative AI receives sustained attention, not as a simple threat or a magic fix, but as a force that changes assessment, motivation, access, workload, and institutional decision-making. One episode looks at program-level collaboration as a way for educators to move beyond isolated responses to AI. Another considers long-term risks and benefits, including students’ fears about jobs, learning, and what school means when chatbots can complete many assigned tasks. The show also stays close to daily faculty life. Workload, time management, and the invisible pressure of academic roles are treated as teaching issues, not private failures. Online learning is handled with similar care. Episodes about asynchronous courses focus on belonging, instructor presence, communication, and the small design choices that can make students feel less alone. Inclusion is a recurring throughline. Conversations address impostor phenomenon in STEM, equity gaps in student success, ADHD-informed teaching, trauma-aware practice, and support for learners whose needs are often misunderstood. The show is not flashy. Its value comes from specificity, reflection, and a willingness to keep multiple truths in view. Guests bring research, leadership experience, classroom stories, and campus examples, while the format gives those ideas room to breathe. Panel conversations broaden the frame to policy, data, online learning systems, and institutional change. Individual interviews bring the focus back to students and teachers in actual courses. Tea for Teaching works best for educators who want practical movement without losing nuance. It makes teaching feel like a shared, improvable practice shaped by relationships, design, evidence, and care.