The Teacher As… podcast strives to be an important tool in any teacher’s toolkit. In this podcast, we explore the areas where educators and other professions intersect. Can learning how a director treated her actors on set help us think of similar strategies for success with our students? What can educators learn from the skills of a hostage negotiator?

In addition, The Teacher As… podcast explores how our passions can inform and inspire our work in the classroom. Can your love for punk rock help you engage your students? What do you love or collect and how can you use it to educate?

The goal of this weekly podcast is to help you explore your passions and learn from others in education and beyond to better your teaching. The Teacher As... podcast will highlight innovative practices and uncommon parallels in education. Podcast host Melissa Milner is a master teacher with 29 years of teaching experience in the upper elementary grades.