We celebrated a birthday on this podcast!! Jillian turned 24 so naturally, we had 24 questions for her 24th birthday! All teacher questions ranging from her favorite academic strategy to what classroom pet she would have. Tune in to not only learn more about this incredible teacher but also, answer the questions yourself!  ..read more

Join us for our first ever school scoop business meeting where we ask and answer questions about funding and salaries in school districts. We try to answer some of the basics about where the money comes from and how the money is managed! It’s definitely more of an informative podcast but it’s good stuff to know!  ..read more

As our listeners know, we absolutely love our jobs and are advocates of public school education. However, Jillian did go to online school and had an amazing experience. Therefore, we wanted to explore the reasons why some families choose to pull their students out of in-person school and talk through our thoughts on how we actually feel about it. Will we put our own kids through online learning? Listen and find out ..read more

Welcome back to SEASON 2! Consider us your teacher besties talking about all things back to school season. Listen to the scoop as we catch up on our CHANGES this school year, some ADVICE on going through change, and our impromptu goals for the school year. We're so happy to be back and have some exciting things in store ..read more

You've reached the end of the 22-23 school year and today marks the FIRST DAY OF SUMMER but the LAST episode of Your School Scoop......for season 1, that is! Join us as we hit multiple topics today including the terrible show of Abbot Elementary (or not?, what do you think?), our most exciting end-of-year teaching activities, and we end it with our 22-23 school year all-time HIGH!  ..read more

Jillian surprised EVERYONE with the huge accomplishment of getting her Masters degree! We can't decide what the best part is; the surprise degree, the record time she got it in, or the amazing experience it was. Join us as we discuss getting a Masters degree, answer some instagram questions, and sharing our experiences.  ..read more

What is student teaching?? What was it like for us and how similar is that to you? We bring the scoop on student teaching from an online program and traditional program perspective. We reminisce on our experiences, even the firing-a-student-teacher story *gasp* the evaluation tool used AKA the edTPA, and we give you our top 3 pieces of advice if you are going into student teaching! What's a student teaching podcast without a giveaway at the end!! We hope you enjoy this scoop ..read more

On this episode, Jillian talks about the RIF that went down in her district and she was impacted! We discuss everything that goes into that process like communication, school board, union, and yes, the happy ending of the recall letter at the end! Then we get into the nitty gritty of testing season and strategies we use to make this season meaningful for students and teachers! We love this season and want you to love it, too! Join us on this episode of Your School Scoop ..read more

It’s your school scoop - spring break edition where we chat with each other on all things HOT TAKES. From admin having 5 year terms to teachers earning performance bonuses to having paras in every classroom, these hot takes make us feel SOUR and SWEET! Join us and even better, share your hot takes with us ..read more

It's the topic on every educator's mind, especially at this time of year. The topic that we can go on and on about: student behavior! And we don't shy away from it. Listen to us go deep into the mindset about behavior - positive reinforcement vs. consequences, discipline vs. punishment. We touch on our experiences in the classroom and school-wide and how they were handled by teacher, admin, and parents. And we discuss the next steps - suspension, optimism vs. pessimism, fear vs. hope. It's all here and we can't wait for you to listen ..read more