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Meet our host, Ana Torres.

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In each episode, Amplify Bilingual and Multilingual Specialist Ana Torres gathers teaching tips, lively stories, and hard-won lessons from veteran teachers around the world. Over her 30 years in teaching, Ana has developed a passion for biliteracy and multiculturalism. And on Beyond My Years, she鈥檚 excited to connect with legendary educators from all subject areas about their lives in education鈥攁nd what they wish they鈥檇 known as younger teachers.

Cap铆tulo especial: Para ense帽ar se necesita confianza, con Luz Selenia Mu帽oz

En este episodio especial de Beyond My Years, Ana tiene el placer de hablar con Luz Selenia Mu帽oz en espa帽ol, su idioma de origen. Luz ha sido maestra por 20 a帽os, en dos pa铆ses diferentes y en dos idiomas distintos. Con toda esa experiencia, Luz comparte las lecciones que le han parecido trascendentes para todos los estudiantes y todas las escuelas, como la importancia de crear conexiones significativas con los estudiantes, ser paciente con sus estudiantes y consigo misma, as铆 como encontrar colegas que hablen su idioma de origen. Luz tambi茅n entrega a los oyentes una estrategia f谩cil y factible que pueden intentar hoy mismo para involucrar a los estudiantes mediante la escucha activa cuando da las instrucciones.

Episode 8: Teaching takes trust, starring Luz Selenia Mu帽oz

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres walks alongside Luz Selenia Mu帽oz as she retraces the path that led her from planning to become a psychologist in Puerto Rico to living in Chicago as a veteran bilingual teacher with 20 years under her belt. Luz shares how finding her happy place in second grade took time, describing how she quickly learned that teaching upper elementary was not for her. She also gives into how moving from Puerto Rico to the United States taught her how to persevere through the struggles of a new environment, and how she learned to balance her independence with reliance on and trust in her fellow educators for support. Luz stresses some of the most important lessons she has learned along the way, including teaching a culture rather than just a language, staying focused on your target language, making connections with students, trying something different instead of giving up, and understanding that tomorrow will get better.

Episode 7: Teaching takes joy, starring Rebecka Peterson

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres delves into the wisdom offered by Rebecka Peterson, 2023鈥檚 National Teacher of the Year (NTOY) and an educator whose journey began much like Ana鈥檚: as a young immigrant to the United States. Rebecka shares all that she has come to love and appreciate about the K鈥�12 environment after a tough transition from teaching college-level courses. She also reveals her most important lesson learned: Teach humans over content. Rebecka talks about her 鈥淥ne Good Thing鈥� blog, where she documented daily positives in her classroom that transformed her perspective on teaching. She shares personal experiences of feeling like an outsider and how those experiences drive her to create an environment of belonging for her students. Rebecka stresses the significance of building authentic relationships with students, as well as the impact of mentors in education. Taking all those lessons back to the classroom, Eric and Ana discuss strategies like 鈥渞ebellious joy鈥� that seem essential to sustaining a long career in education.

Episode 6: Teaching is advocacy, starring Missy Testerman

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres learns from the best, sitting down with 2024鈥檚 National Teacher of the Year, Missy Testerman. Missy talks about always being open to new ideas and perspectives, offers tips on building relationships with families, and discusses the importance of slowing down. She also shares the story of being the 鈥渂ossy鈥� kid in the classroom, because she wanted to help her classmates learn. Today, she feels that being a dedicated teacher means advocating for her students, because she believes that showing up means creating a vital safe place. Missy does not shy away from tough topics, such as knowing when it鈥檚 time to step away from teaching, and managing the 鈥渨ho knows best鈥� struggle between administrators and teachers, parents and teachers, etc. Taking all those lessons back to the classroom, Ana and her Classroom Insider Eric Cross discuss understanding your community, being more flexible and present in your lessons, and seeking mentorship and continuous growth.

Episode 5: Teaching is listening, starring Patti and Rod Lloyd

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres takes you to the northernmost region of Alaska to sit down with Patti and Rod Lloyd. Patti and Rod are longtime educators in a rural school district where caribou outnumber people, the village is only accessible by plane, and the Indigenous culture of the I帽upiat people goes back 10,000 years. They teach Ana about how they make the content matter by connecting it to 国产麻豆剧life outside of the classroom, the honor of teaching where children are the most valuable part of the community, the importance of listening more than you speak, and they offer advice for teaching responsibly as an outsider. They also share stories of how the first week of every school year is spent connecting to the land and having the village elders teach about their culture, emphasizing the joy to be found when you open yourself up to what your 国产麻豆剧have to teach you. Throughout the conversation, it is clear that despite teaching in a unique landscape, the lessons that Patti and Rod have learned are applicable to teaching any 国产麻豆剧anywhere. Taking all those lessons back to the classroom, Eric and Ana discuss the benefits of building genuine community relationships, making learning culturally relevant, and the importance of focusing on effective teaching methods.

Episode 4: Teaching with determination, starring Khamphet Pease

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres learns all she can learn from the life stories and lessons of Khamphet Pease. As a refugee from Laos, Khamphet shares the difficulty she experienced navigating a home culture that did not encourage education or career ambitions for women. Despite that, she laughs over her stubbornness that she sees as an integral part of what has motivated her to chase her dreams, spend over 20 years as a STEM teacher, and what earned her the presidential award for excellence in mathematics and science teaching. Due to gendered norms and expectations, she almost lost out on the future she truly wanted. Since then, she has made it her mission to champion a learning environment where young girls feel they belong and can thrive in STEM fields. Khamphet takes Ana on a journey through all the lessons she learned along the way of managing work/life balance, creating a classroom culture of trust, and the importance of finding a mentor during the hardest teaching years of your life. Once back in the classroom, Eric Cross and Ana check in on Eric鈥檚 first two weeks of back-to-school and discuss practical ways to take care of yourself first so you can then take care of your students.

Episode 3: Teaching with resilience, starring Fawn Nguyen

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres learns from Fawn Nguyen, a math educator with over 30 years of classroom experience! Fawn tells Ana the story of her near-death experience being lost at sea while escaping Vietnam, and explains how it shaped the sense of gratitude she leads with in the classroom. She also discusses what it means to be yourself in the classroom, the importance of sharing your mistakes with your students, and the merits of practicing advocacy vs. authority with students. Taking all those lessons back to the classroom, Ana and Classroom Insider Eric Cross then discuss connecting with 国产麻豆剧through shared struggles and challenges.

Episode 2: Teaching for life, starring Eric Jones

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres becomes a 国产麻豆剧of Eric Jones, an educator who came out of retirement at 80 years of age to help with a national teacher shortage鈥攖hus becoming the oldest paid teacher in Britain. Eric shares his insights with Ana about building a collaborative classroom and what it means to teach children, not content. He also reflects on how the trajectory of his life changed when one man recognized and encouraged his desire to be a teacher.

Episode 1: Teaching with heart, starring Joyce Abbott

Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres soaks up wisdom from Joyce Abbott, an educator so passionate about her 国产麻豆剧that she inspired one of them to go on and write the hit show 鈥淎bbott Elementary.鈥� Joyce tells Ana all about her experiences working in a Title 1 school and what it means to know the community of Philadelphia. They also discuss how Joyce鈥檚 time serving in the military informed her work as an educator, how she transformed a challenging classroom during her first year teaching, how it has felt to witness the success of 鈥淎bbott Elementary,鈥� and the passion she sees as her driving force. Taking all those lessons back to the classroom, Eric and Ana then discuss teaching tips and strategies for connecting with students.

Episode 0: About Beyond My Years

Join host Ana Torres and her classroom insider, Eric Cross, to learn what the new Amplify podcast Beyond My Years is all about. Together, they dig into the essence of what it means to be an educator, the challenges that come with it, and how Beyond My Years will connect with it all. Plus, you鈥檒l get a sneak peek into what鈥檚 ahead, including conversations with legendary educators (like one who was an inspiration for a hit TV show).