Hosted by Craig Stage · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 9 episodes
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Lessons Unplanned: Realities of Teaching is where educators get honest. No scripts, no spin—just real conversations about what it’s actually like to teach today. Each month, teachers from the Athens Area School District open up about the moments that shape them: the breakthroughs, the breakdowns, and everything in between.This podcast isn’t about trends or test scores. It’s about the human side of public education—the unplanned lessons that come from being in the classroom every day.Whether you’re a fellow educator, a parent, a student, or someone curious about what really happens behind the
Craig Stage hosts Lessons Unplanned: Realities of Teaching, a education show with 9 episodes published.
For the Season 1 finale of Lessons Unplanned, Craig Stage and Jake Lezak sit down with graduating seniors Brooke Geiger and Owen Wilkinson for an honest conversation about school, careers, stress, motivation, and life af
Show notesWhat happens when you bring a parent into the conversation about modern education? In Episode 9 of Lessons Unplanned, Katie Behm joins Craig Stage &Tressa Heffron for a candid discussion about what schools are doing righ
Show notesFrom cursive writing mandates to recess requirements and cell phone bans… schools are changing fast. But are these changes actually helping students? In Episode 8 of Lessons Unplanned: Realities of Teaching, Superintende
Show notesAre we truly supporting kids—or are we rescuing them too much? In Episode 7 of Lessons Unplanned: Realities of Teaching, Superintendent Craig Stage and veteran educators Tressa and Jake tackle one of the toughest questio
Show notesCollege prepared us to write lesson plans. It didn’t prepare us for loaded parent meetings, student trauma, shrinking attention spans, and the emotional weight of modern classrooms. In Episode 6, we talk honestly about t
Show notesWhat happens when your two most demanding roles—parent and teacher—collide? In this episode of Lessons Unplanned: Realities of Teaching, Superintendent Craig Stage sits down with veteran educators (and parents) Tressa an
Show notesWhat does it really mean to be a teacher in 2025? In this episode of Lessons Unplanned: Realities of Teaching, Superintendent Craig Stage joins longtime educators Tressa and Jake to unpack how the profession has shifted
Show notesIn Episode 3 of Lessons Unplanned, Craig Stage, Tressa Heffron, and Jake Lezak dive into one of the biggest questions in education: What does our system actually get right, and where is it failing? This conversation is r
Show notesIn Episode 2 of Lessons Unplanned, host Craig Stage sits down again with Tressa Heffron and Jake Lezak to talk about the joy and the grind of teaching. From small moments that remind educators why they love their work, t
Show notesIn this first episode of Lessons Unplanned, host Craig Stage sits down with teachers Tressa Heffron and Jake Lezak to talk about what really happens behind the scenes in education. From teaching kids how to grocery shop
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Lessons Unplanned: Realities of Teaching is hosted by Craig Stage. The show is categorised under education and has published 9 episodes.
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