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#48 Submit to the Work: Todd Finley
41 minutes Posted Oct 12, 2014 at 12:43 pm.
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Todd Finley

East Carolina University

Todd Finley, PhD, is tenured professor of English Education at East Carolina University. He has taught elementary and 8-12th grade English and co-developed the Tar River Writing Project. His BA in Elementary Education and Secondary English was earned at the University of Puget Sound. His MA in English and PhD in C&I were earned at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Finley teaches, researches, works with schools and publishes in the field of composition, curriculum, instruction, technology, and collaboration.

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In this episode you will learn:

Where he's traveled and taught in his teaching career

What helped him write his dissertation for his PhD
How to submit to the work of a teacher
Why he struggled his first year of teaching
How to understand your students and connect with them
Why his pre-service teachers make home visits
What he means when he says there are no shortcuts in education
How the first 60 seconds matter when working with an audience
What students respond to in the classroom
Why teaching is harder than you think
How naming emotions can improve your classroom atmosphere
Why social and emotional learning deserves as much attention as rigor
What it takes to improve student writing

 

 

                              

 

 

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