The Teacher As...

The Teacher As... is an education podcast about the many roles teachers take on when they are trying to reach students well. It is practical, but not narrow. Recent episodes connect classroom work to dyslexia therapy, journalism, drama, writing craft, English curriculum, and career mentorship. The show’s guiding habit is comparison: teaching is treated as part performance, part listening practice, part design problem, and part relationship work. That gives the conversations a broad range without losing the teacher’s-eye view. A dyslexia-focused episode discusses decoding, fluency, comprehension, graphic organizers, multisensory tools, and the way reading struggles can be mistaken for attention issues. A writing conversation turns toward student engagement, narrative point of view, and the value of making a subject enjoyable before asking students to do difficult work. Another episode draws from journalism, where listening closely and asking the next deeper question become skills teachers can recognize immediately. The English curriculum discussion pushes against dry, isolated skill drills and favors concepts that help students generalize. There is a clear affection for classroom energy. Drama scripts, lesson hooks, oral language, and playful structures are treated as serious tools when they help students participate. The pacing is informal and candid. Questions often sound like real teacher questions, with follow-ups, clarifications, and moments of discovery left intact. That looseness is part of the appeal. The show does not present teaching as a solved system. It presents it as a profession full of small choices, useful experiments, and better questions. It is especially strong when outside expertise is translated back into daily classroom practice. Teachers looking for polished lectures may find it more conversational than formal. Teachers who like hearing practitioners think aloud will find a steady stream of usable angles.