NEW! Beyond My Years: Teaching with heart, starring Joyce Abbott

About this episode

Ana Torres interviews Joyce Abbott about her experiences and insights as a passionate educator.

Check out Amplify’s new podcast, Beyond My Years— host and educator Ana Torres seeks out educational insights and hard-won lessons directly from people who have thrived for decades in the classroom: seasoned educators. On this premiere episode, Ana soaks up wisdom from Joyce Abbott, an educator so passionate about her students that she inspired one of them to go on and write the hit show “Abbott Elementary.” Joyce tells all about her experiences working in a Title 1 school and what it means ...

People in this episode

Host: Ana Torres

Guest: Joyce Abbott

Topics covered

• education
• teaching
• classroom experiences
• Title 1 schools
• educational insights

Keywords

• education
• teaching
• Joyce Abbott
• Ana Torres
• classroom
• Title 1
• Abbott Elementary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amplify Education

Books & works: Abbott Elementary

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