Tar Heel Teachers (Educational Panel Talk Show): April 2015

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Behind the Scenes of Tar Heel Teachers

Experience what it takes to make Tar Heel Teachers!

There is a whole other show before, during, and after Tar Heel Teachers! Watch the behind the scenes videos for Tar Heel Teachers!

Pilot Episode

January 2015

February 2015

March 2015

April 2015

Watch all of the talk show episodes by visiting:

www.tarheelteacherstalkshow.blogspot.com

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Tar Heel Teachers - April 2015 Episode

This month's episode is filled with many teachable moments! Let's learn together!

During this month's episode of Tar Heel Teachers...

1:15 - During Teacher Talk, the co-hosts discuss the concept of stretching one great teacher across multiple classrooms, Hispanics helping to drive growth in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, and students being responsible for most upkeep in schools in lieu of school janitors.
16:20 - During Tomorrow's Tools, Dr. Toni Witherow (Mathematics Instructional Coach with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction) shares a "frontloading" math strategy with Marlow and Dia.
22:45 - The benefits of Upcyclying in the Classroom! Aritia Smalls (AIG Consultant) tells Marlow and Ashlee how trash can be turned into organizational treasure.
31:30 - The co-hosts share professional advice during Ask the Teachers!

Here is the frontloading format that Dr. Witherow shared with the Tar Heel Teachers regarding word problems.

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This show nor its co-hosts are perfect. We hope that you will grow and learn with us.

Marlow Artis: Creator, Moderator, & Executive Producer

Marlow Artis is the Creator/Chief Content Purveyor/Blogger for Tar Heel Teachers and its spin-off talk show. In addition to moderating and executive producing these media platforms, he happily served for 5 years as a 6th Grade English/Language Arts Teacher. He is a member of the NC Governor’s Teacher Network, and placed as the First Runner-Up in the Cumberland County Schools Teacher of the Year Competition after being named the Teacher of the Year for South View Middle and the South View Attendance Area. He is a proud graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill who recently joined Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools as the Academic Support Specialist for Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate!

Ashlee Garrison: Elementary School Co-Host

Ashlee Garrison is the elementary representative for Tar Heel Teachers. She has a Reading Specialist K-12 certification and is currently a 5th grade English Language Arts teacher. Serving as membership chairperson, she is an active member in the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators and is also an active volunteer for the Jarred Bryan Sparks Foundation for Autism. She is a Science Olympiad coach and also serves on the Political Action Committee for the Cumberland County Association for Educators. She was selected as the PTA Teacher of the Year at her school in 2013. She received her Bachelor's Degree from UNC-Wilmington in 2008, and her Master's Degree from UNC-Pembroke in 2013.