Wholehearted Teaching with Adrian Del Monte

This is a Love Story with Teacher, Author and Advocate Penny Kittle

February 16, 2021 Adrian Del Monte Season 1 Episode 15
Wholehearted Teaching with Adrian Del Monte
This is a Love Story with Teacher, Author and Advocate Penny Kittle
Show Notes

"This is a love story" are the first words of Penny Kittle's  book, Book Love.  They are words that may change how you see the students you teach.

No one has been more influential on my classroom than Penny and I was so honoured that she was willing to sit down with me.  In our conversation, we speak about the wonder of the classroom, the necessity of developing lifelong readers, the opportunities of challenging traditional ways of thinking, the role of Shakespeare and making joy your teaching stance. So, so many wonderful take-aways.

We also speak about a tweet that Penny wrote the day of the terrorist insurrection at the US Capitol: "Now....NOW will you make your classroom library more inclusive? Will you challenge colleagues to do the same—and to come together to make wide reading a priority? We cannot fight ignorance with fake reading." A powerful discussion here.

Throughout the conversation, I felt something in my heart shifting. I've been wrestling with a lot lately, and this conversation moved me to self-discovery and some of my own courageous decisions in my own teaching.

I hope it will similarly inspire you.

If you don't know Penny already, check her out!!

On her website

On her YouTube Channel

On Twitter

---------------------------------------------
NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK! Be sure to follow or subscribe so you get them first thing Tuesday mornings!

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wholehearted-teaching-with-adrian-del-monte/id1538305754

 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1v39FRoSHRYfOThic1MZQL?si=-b0U_cJLQ9aAmBb8zWIsXw

Google: https://podcasts.google.com/search/wholehearted%20teaching

Find ALL our episodes here:  https://wholeheartedteaching.buzzsprout.com/