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Finding Joy
Description David Theune is the Director of Communications at Spring Lake Public Schools in Spring Lake, Michigan. He joins Teaching Like Ted Lasso to help us consider where we might find joy in schools. Video...


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Hosted by David Coffey · education · EN
We watched the first two seasons of Ted Lasso , the Emmy Award Winning AppleTV+ series, and thought, "This has a lot of great lessons for educators." So, we're creating 10 episodes addressing major themes from the show that might support teachers in improving their professional practice. Each episode will include teaching and learning examples from the show, from the research, and from practice. We ask that you become part of the Ted Ed community and share your ideas on Twitter at #TeachingLikeTedLasso. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe watched the first two seasons of Ted Lasso, the Emmy Award Winning AppleTV+ series, and thought, "This has a lot of great lessons for educators." So, we're creating 10 episodes addressing major themes from the show that might support teachers in improving their professional practice.
Teaching Like Ted Lasso is hosted by David Coffey. The show has published 45 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Finding Joy" (1 October 2026, 56 minutes), "Defining Joy" (3 August 2026, 43 minutes), and "Diamond Lessons" (10 December 2025, 36 minutes).
Teaching Like Ted Lasso publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 45 episodes.
Booking probability for Teaching Like Ted Lasso is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Teaching Like Ted Lasso requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Teaching Like Ted Lasso's contact route on record: verified email.
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David Coffey hosts Teaching Like Ted Lasso, an education podcast with 45 episodes published.
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Episode #2
Description David Theune is the Director of Communications at Spring Lake Public Schools in Spring Lake, Michigan. He joins Teaching Like Ted Lasso to help us consider where we might find joy in schools. Video...

Episode #1
Description Dr. Francis Su, author of Mathematics for Human Flourishing , joins Teaching Like Ted Lasso to help us introduce the focus of this season – teaching and learning with joy. Video: ...

Episode #3
Description Coach Jen Rivera and Infielder Morgan Spicer from GVSU’s 2023 National Runner-up softball team join Teaching Like Ted Lasso to discuss Diamond Lessons – what they’ve learned...

Episode #2
Description Dr. Marnie Stockman and Nick Coniglio, co-authors of Lead it Like Lasso and co-hosts of the Lens of Leadership podcast, join Teaching Like Ted Lasso to play a game involving helping teams made up of Ted...

Episode #1
Description Jason Rogers and Garth Nichols of Lassoing Leadership join the Teaching Like Ted Lasso podcast to play a game involving Ted Lasso and leadership. Video: https://youtu.be/Y5awPvBxUSk Show...

Episode #20
Description The Teaching Like Ted Lasso podcast comes full circle as Kathy Coffey joins us once again to discuss play and planning, with a focus on the book she wrote with Dave, Designing Math Adventures...

Episode #19
Description Kassia Wedekind joins the Teaching Like Ted Lasso podcast to discuss planning, with a focus on planning lessons that supports small groups and whole class discussions. Video: ...

Episode #18
Description Geoff Krall joins the Teaching Like Ted Lasso podcast to discuss planning, with a focus on planning lessons that build academic identities. Video: https://youtu.be/A2gdsSoezz8 Show Notes for Episode 18...

Episode #17
Description Cris Tovani joins the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss the keys to planning lesson that support learning. Video: https://youtu.be/hk6NEcgvYfE Show Notes for Episode 17 on Planning with Cris...

Episode #16
Description In this episode, Dave and John discuss planning, in Ted Lasso and in education, by focusing on a single episode – Season 3, Episode 7: The Strings that Bind Us . Video: ...

Teaching Like Ted Lasso
Checking in with our audience before releasing our last series of episodes around our final theme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #15
Description In this special episode, Dr. James Sellmann joins Dave on the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss mentoring first year, first generation college students. Video: https://youtu.be/3wLbiHvE2rs Show...

Episode #14
Description In this special episode, author Lucy Broadbent joins Dave and John on the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss her books What would Ted Lasso do? and How to be a Lioness (Not a Panda)...

Episode #13
Description In this episode, Dr. Nicora Placa joins John and Dave on the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss coaching and mentoring – in the show and in education. Video: https://youtu.be/QCfaoJbPHto Show...

Episode #12
Description In this episode, Brooke Powers joins John and Dave on the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss coaching and mentoring – in the show and in education. Video: https://youtu.be/yocvzmM0xAA Show...

Episode #11
Description In this very special episode, Jeff Olson joins Dave on the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss coaching, teaching, and mental health. Video: https://youtu.be/gLm7eG4G7-c Show Notes for Episode...

Episode #10
Description In part II on this theme, Dr. Ilana Horn joins John and Dave on the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss what it means to BELIEVE and belong: in the show and in the classroom. Video: ...

Episode #9
Description In part I of this episode, Chris Luzniak joins John and Dave on the Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast to discuss what it means to Believe: in the show and in the classroom...

Description: The following is the extended cut of our live session on the theme of experiments at the 2023 Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference. Video: https://youtu.be/ePL7KPsJdO4 Michigan...

Description: The following is our extended conversation with Ela Ben-Ur which includes more of our discussion about her design thinking tool, Innovators’ Compass. Video: https://youtu.be/IJ7a9rLg_TY  ...
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