Stories from the Teaching Life with Penny Kittle Podcast
1) Haunted. Season 2, Episode 9
In this episode, Penny shares a collection of 3 stories of students who she failed to reach. Over time, over failures, she has learned to embrace this haunting. Like many teachers who want to save al...Show More
2) Donuts to Dollars. Season 2, Episode 8
In this episode, Penny shares a piece of writing about teaching in a small town where it is not uncommon to see students appear in the local paper–for good reasons or otherwise, students from years pa...Show More
3) Earning My Stripes. Season 2, Episode 7.
In this episode, Penny shares a piece of writing that is especially important to her that appeared in Public Teaching One Kid at a Time. Don Graves once read it aloud as part of a keynote, and it is ...Show More
4) Beneath White Icing. Season 2, Episode 6.
In this episode, Penny talks about a dilemma in writing workshop and the consequences for her response when a student writes a draft of epic profanity and violence. It is a compelling piece about the...Show More
5) Kelsey. Season 2, Episode 5.
In this episode, Penny shares the story of Kelsey, whose recurring absences created tension in the classroom. But her story is more complex than that. And so is the impression she and Penny leave on...Show More
6) Kleenex
Usually, when Penny writes about her husband Pat, it s a homerun. He sings to her class on their anniversary, or he creates a multi-genre project about Penny to share with the class. But in this epi...Show More
7) Shaina
In this episode, Penny shares the story of Shaina. This is a beautiful, absolutely heart-wrenching story of a student who used writing to help her process the loss of her mother to cancer. Subscribe ...Show More
8) Kristen – A Story in Two Parts
In this episode, a two-parter! Penny shares the story of Kristen in two parts. First, as a former student whose profanity led to vast improvements in her writing and reading. (Yes, because the conse...Show More
9) Josh – The start of Season 2
This is the debut of Season 2 of Stories from the Teaching Life with Penny Kittle. Penny shares the story of Josh, a student who taught her a lesson about writing that she has always remembered becaus...Show More
10) The End of Season 1
In this episode, Penny marks the end of Season 1 of Stories from the Teaching Life and talks about Season 2 with producer Kevin Carlson. Subscribe in iTunes The material in this podcast is copyrighted...Show More