 
Summary:
You know how you get into your classroom at the beginning of the year, and all of your students are right at the level they need to be? Everyone’s on grade-level, student engagement is a breeze, and of course everyone loves to read, right?!

Right…

That’s in a perfect world, and we are far from a perfect world. In actually, when we get into the classroom we find that our students and their specific abilities vary greatly, to say the least!

We go to college, study hard for 4 years or more, and walk into the classroom with this fire in our eyes ready to change the world because we believe the children are our future, and we have to teach them well.  But we get into the classroom and find that we have to face challenges around classroom management and student engagement that are far more difficult than we realized. Especially when it comes to topics such as reading; some are at grade-level, some are ahead, and some just need Jesus.

This is a tough situation to deal with because beyond getting your students to achieve at certain levels, you have to find a way to ignite the desire for them to want to be engaged in order to be successful in the first place. What can be done to get you most challenging students excited to read?
Today's Guest:
New York City Schools English/Language Arts Educator, Ms. Erica Buddington walks us through how she consistently gets her students excited to read and participate in all things ELA-related!

Through cultural relevancy and equitable curriculum, she shares how her student engagement levels are through the roof and what she does to accomplish this. Erica even discusses her triumph in getting a student who was several grade-levels behind, ecstatic about reading when no one else could!
You'll Learn:

 	What is a culturally-relevant curriculum
 	What to do when your curriculum is not culturally relevant
 	How to implement equitable learning
 	How to get tough students engaged and excited to read
 	How to make learning fun in your classroom

Links:
You can check out all of Erica’s fantastic literary work on her blog If No One Has Told You, as well as purchase her books through her website at http://www.ericabuddington.com/books/ . Don’t forget to catch up on all of the latest and absolutely hilarious stories on facebook as she takes us on her journey of My Life With Stan  - I promise you wont be dissapointed!

Shaun Woodly, Ph.D.
In the words of the great Randy Watson, “I believe the children are our future” and simply put we have to teach them well! As a college professor, I've given my students, from all across this country, the tools they need to truly excel in the classroom. Now, I bring these same tools to you! Subscribe to the podcast and tap into this wealth of knowledge, offered from game-changing educators so that you, too, can flourish in the classroom.
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