Teacher Tunnel Podcast

In this episode, we discuss social and emotional learning, her recent Ethiopia trip, and meeting The Batman - Christian Bale but first, we start with the history of her name that leads into her super teacher origin story.  Super Teacher Origin Story History of Chaffee and Sydney -Chelsea morning song She almost was named Lindsay I am a POET!  Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School ​The 3 Things she's learned from Middle School  1. Don't take it personally 2. Know your Slang 3. "Whatever kids want to read is good!" Sydney Chafee   Teacher Of the Year Process Social and Emotion Learning http://www.casel.org/ Ethiopia  ​Some of the things we take for granted like:  -moving desks  -Desks are bolted to the floor -100 students in the class If you could give a Ted Talk... Books discussed:  It Won't Be Easy by Tom Rademacher For White Folks That Teach In The Hood by Christopher Emdin TedX - Taking and Preparing Secret to a healthy marriage & how she met her husband via internet