podcasts – Adequate Yearly Progress Erin Sterling

Well, it’s been a while, but Adequate Yearly Progress is back after summer vacation! To honor the beginning of the (Seattle) school year, I’m posting a special round table episode. This episode features teachers I’ve interviewed before (Chris Bach, Paul Cavender, and Hillary Graham) discussing last year, specifically around testing, Common Core, standards-based grading, and … Continue reading EPISODE 17: YEAR IN REVIEW →

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 16. In this episode, I interview Anne Dame, another middle school librarian. Anne and I actually went to the University of Washington’s Library and Information Science Master’s program together. Also, Anne was one of the previous librarians for Eckstein Middle School librarian (where I work!) before moving to Einstein … Continue reading EPISODE 16: ANNE DAME →

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 15. In this episode, I interview Adam McDonald, a relatively new computer science teacher. Adam just started teaching at Eckstein with me this year and has an interesting background: he studied history in college, taught in Thailand for a few years, worked at a nonprofit to get students into … Continue reading EPISODE 15: ADAM MCDONALD →

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 14. In this episode, I finally interview a school librarian so you can understand what we do and why we do consider ourselves teachers. TuesD Chambers is an energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic school librarian at McClure Middle School in Seattle, WA who has years of experience as a language arts and … Continue reading EPISODE 14: TUESD CHAMBERS →

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, Episode 13. In this episode, I interview Paul Cavender, another friend of mine who works with me at Eckstein Middle School. Some of my teachers friends call him Papa Bear because of his big heart, goofy nature, general likeability, and ability to connect with students, often at their level. Paul is … Continue reading EPISODE 13: PAUL CAVENDER →

Welcome to Adequate Yearly Progress, episode 12.  This episode features Chris Bach, a teacher and friend of mine who only started at Eckstein last year but is someone who I feel like I’ve known for a long time. Chris has taught high school, has his principal credentials, is now teaching middle school and what comes across … Continue reading EPISODE 12: CHRIS BACH →