Teacher Tunnel Podcast

On today’s episode, we have an English Teacher of thirty-six years - Glenda Funk is an evolving teacher going into her thirty-seventh year as a teacher. She is nationally board certified, has a blog called Evolving English teacher, and created 113 lesson plans and 14 units on the Better Lesson Series website which gets 500 downloads a week. She graduated from SW Baptist University with a degree in Speech Education and a Masters in English from Idaho State University. In this episode we learn about the balance she’s adopted in her work and life, her blog, and the declining retention rate of teachers staying in the profession as well as entering it. Show Notes This or That Moment Glenda decided to be a teacher Failures in life and the classroom A classroom overwhelming moment Learning from divorce Evolving English Teacher Seth Godin Why start a blog Glenda's writing process "How important it is to be consistent" Keeping notes in phone with blog ideas Writing about what she reads Teacher retention Scaries