Fund for Teachers - The Podcast
Fund for Teachers is a national nonprofit that awards grants for self-designed fellowships to America's most innovative preK-12 teachers. This is a podcast to elevate these public/private/charter school educators as inspiring architects of their careers, classrooms and school communities.
Episodes
46 episodes
Following a Daughter's Example/Fellowship
Teaching is a family business for this mother and daughter. When Daneé Pinckney was a student, her mom, Gail Bowers-Craig, enrolled in night school to earn a degree in education. In fact, Daneé says much of what she learned about teaching was...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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25:35
Spies Like Us
Virigina Hall studied at Radcliffe College and Barnard College (the women’s colleges of Harvard and Columbia) and spoke three languages....
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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31:29
Experiencing WWII Death Camps to Empower Students
A 2022 piece by National Public Radio cited Anne Frank as “the most famous young author of all time,” as her diary, tran...
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25:20
Completing Your 2024 Grant Application with Clarity and Confidence
Spotify annually sends out its wrap up of your listening habits for the year and Fund for Teachers received a similar one for our podcast. The most downloaded podcast of our year was with toda...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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29:19
Lessons from Frogger & a Fellowship in Vietnam
Lhisa Almashy has amassed many accomplishments in her 28-year career teaching English as a Second Language (or ESOL): a master’s degree in education from the University of San Francisco; a doctorate in Leadership and Learning In Organiza...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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32:30
Exploring Ethiopia
When preparing to interview Fellows for this podcast, I’ll do a little research to provide listeners with some context. Usually, that Google search yields LinkedIn accounts, local media coverage, and sometimes statistics from high school glory ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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26:37
Two FFT Fellows Walk Into Iceland...
Iceland is known as the Land of Fire and Ice, the most peaceful country in the world 15 years running, and – unfortunately for Big Mac fans – has zero McDonald’s. And, this year, it’s the fellowship destination for seven
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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38:31
Preparing Special Education Students for the Workforce
According to a report published by Special Olympics and titled
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Episode 6
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25:17
Learning Independently & Collaboratively with an Innovation Circle Grant
While Fund for Teachers has invested $30 million in teacher grants for summer fellowships since 2001, this marks only the second year that we’ve awarded Innovation Circle Grants. To extend the value of our traditional summer fellowships,...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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24:45
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Teaching Black History
We’re winding down the month of February -- designated as Black History Month, first celebrated as Negro History Week in 1926 and expanded to a month in 1986 by the...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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28:38
Reframing the Long Civil Rights Movement
Since 1983, the third Monday of January is recognized as a federal holiday to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. In the state of Alabama, that same day is also recognized as Robert E. Lee Day. Grappling with this simultaneous celeb...
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29:27
Successfully Submitting a Promising 2023 Grant Proposal
Hey, you over there…yeah you…the teacher sitting in front of the computer staring at your 2023 Fund for Teachers grant application – the one you’ve labored over for months – the one containing the aspirations you have for yourself, your student...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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27:59
Weaving Together a Community & an FFT Fellowship
Here at Fund for Teachers, we’ve spent the summer following our 2022 Fellows, as well as those from 2020 and 2021 whose fellowships were deferred, as they pursued learning around the country and five continents. It’s now September and most of o...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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27:07
Partnering with Teachers to Learn
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, more than 900,000 people quit jobs in state and local...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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25:31
Taking a MasterClass in Writing an FFT Proposal
Forbes, CNN, Fast Company, The New York Post and even Town & Country claim that MasterClass is one of this year’s top holiday gifts. The...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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24:22
Learning Gratitude from Refugee Students & Teachers
Today’s podcast airs on Black Friday, when millions of shoppers flock to malls to begin and finish holiday shopping. This scene stands in stark contrast to those witnessed by fifth-grade teacher Janelle Rei this summer. Between ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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28:46
Applying SEL Strategies For Teachers
“The teachers are not alright.” News accounts and social media pages attest to the fatigue – both mental and physical – America’s teachers are experiencing this fall as they continue to adjust to the new normal after the past year of pandemic c...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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23:36
Listening to the Needs of Students who are Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Marlee Matlin, the only Deaf performer to have won an Academy Award, said “Every one of us is different in som...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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26:08
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month Through Art
September the 15th begins Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The Fund for Teachers fel...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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31:33
Reaching Students Where They Are
In the Fund for Teachers universe, September is very significant. Our grant recipients are back from their fellowships, back in their classrooms and reporting back to us about what they learned and how their students will now learn differently ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:47
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Diving & Learning With a Purpose
A smart, but angry young student who dreamed of becoming a pediatrician; a chemistry major; a Target hourly employee; and a substitute teacher. This was Veronica Wylie’s circuitous path to her high school classroom in Hazelhurst, MS. Alo...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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25:56
Advising Athletes for Success Beyond the Court
The Supreme Court recently ruled that college athletes ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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27:22
Seeking Understanding for Students who Self-Harm
Prior to the pandemic, experts widely acknowledged that America’s students were experiencing a mental health crisis. A 2017 CDC rep...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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36:33
Building Better Books with Braille
Two hours south of Helen Keller’s home is the town of Trussville. Every elementary, middle and high school has the same mascot and the district prides itself on “One Trussville.” So it stands to reason that when 15 visually impaired students la...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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24:45
Pivoting from Environmental Innovator to Educational Incubator
For the first time in our 20-year history, Fund for Teachers will host a national convening of educators called Plan It for the Planet – An Environmental Summit on Saturday, April 10th. This free virtual event, cohosted by the Associa...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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27:39
