Mr. Clarke After Dark
Welcome to the “Mr. Clarke After Dark” podcast with host Lucas Clarke, an educator determined to move away from recycled professional development and engage in more nuanced, personable, and relevant conversations for learning.
Each week, Mr. Clarke unpacks the inner workings of the classroom and learns out loud with educators, politicians, comedians, and other field experts of all shapes, sizes, and burnout levels. Whether they have been in the trenches of their profession for five months or fifty years, we are here to share everything from classroom hacks, our worst mistakes, and the occasional profound musing (from the guests). From conversations about race with Daryl Davis, education reform with Jennifer Gonzalez, global educational development with professors from the World Bank, to stories about students farting in class, there will always be something you can take away from the show, for better or worse.
So, come on over and join the dark side ... unless you’re scared.
Mr. Clarke After Dark
#062 - Jennifer Gonzalez | Reforming Education One Cult at a Time
Jennifer Gonzalez has been involved in Education both as a teacher and the creator of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast, Blog, and Professional Development hub. On the episode, Jennifer and I discuss her leaving teaching and staying in Education with the origins of Cult of Pedagogy, how her vision for it has developed, gaining National Board Certification and encouraging others to do so, the difficulties of providing specific PD to a general audience, how easy it is to stay the same in your approach to teaching, embarrassing confessions to the students, apologizing for setting too high of an ideal for teaching and having your siblings keep you in check, why teachers have become gradually more undervalued and the path forward, the future of the Cult of Pedagogy platform, and, much more! Thank you for tuning in and I hope you enjoy the show!
Thoughts shared on the podcast are purely our own and do not represent the views of the Anglophone South School District or the relevant jurisdictions associated with my guests.
