HeyJaredBe A Funky Teacher Podcast
Join Mr. Funky Teacher, Nicholas Kleve, for creative learning techniques, joyful teaching tips, and practical classroom ideas! This podcast inspires educators to stay motivated and empowered while building a positive classroom culture.
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I Need to Take a Step Back (opens the original)
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Episode Summary In this episode, I step away from my normal format and simply talk about where I am right now. After more than 300 episodes, multiple podcast series, book ideas, websites, teaching, and constantly creating, I’ve reached a point where I’m mentally and physically exhausted and realizing that something has to give. I share some of what my family has been carrying, including my brother’s recent hospitalizations, concerns about my dad’s health, and the emotional weight of returning to
Teaching in the Age of AI (opens the original)
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Episode Summary In this episode, I dive into the conversation around teaching in the age of AI and what actually matters in the middle of all the noise. With so many new tools and expectations, it can feel like everything is changing at once, and it’s easy to get pulled into trying to keep up with all of it. There is pressure right now for teachers to move fast, adapt quickly, and figure everything out in real time. That can create stress and make it feel like the core of teaching is shifting mo
More Responsibilities, Same 24 Hours (opens the original)
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Episode Summary In this episode, I look at one of the simplest realities behind teacher workload: there are still only 24 hours in a day. During my 24 years in education, the responsibilities surrounding teaching have expanded tremendously. Many of those responsibilities are individually reasonable, but when we continue adding them together, the total workload can become unreasonable. I explore the invisible ways teacher time disappears through email, documentation, interventions, meetings, tech
Parent Expectations Have Changed (opens the original)
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Episode Summary In this episode, I continue exploring the changing realities of teaching by looking at how parent expectations and family-teacher communication have changed during my 24 years in education. Many of those changes are positive, but technology and increased access have also created new expectations around availability, communication, grades, and how quickly problems should be resolved. I talk about the important difference between advocacy and entitlement. I want parents to advocate
The Student Mental Health Crisis (opens the original)
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Episode Summary In this episode, I look beneath some of the student behavior we discussed in the previous episode and explore the growing emotional and mental health needs teachers are seeing in classrooms. After 24 years in education, I’ve noticed more anxiety, emotional dysregulation, school avoidance, shutdowns, anger, absences, and students needing significant adult support simply to navigate the school day. I also talk about the limits of a teacher’s role. Teachers can notice, listen, build
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