🎙️ Featured on Teachers' Lounge: Joe & Jamie on life as teachers & podcasters

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Nov. 4, 2025

2024 New Jersey Teacher of the Year, Joe Nappi

Joe and Jamie talk to NJ Teacher of the Year, Joe Nappi. Between these three teachers they have nearly 70 years of collective teaching experience. Tune in to their “shop talk” about the changes in education and their up to the minute response to those changes. Mr. Nappi has an incredible back story…
2024 New Jersey Teacher of the Year, Joe Nappi
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2024 New Jersey Teacher of the Year, Joe Nappi
Oct. 28, 2025

3rd Annual Halloween Party Hosted by the Petty Patrol

Let’s celebrate this very special time of year, especially one for all of the teachers, Halloween. We are posing the question to the teacher, what is your Teacher Haunted House? Kids bring the extra energy, the trick and the treats and all the excitement that comes along with Halloween season.
3rd Annual Halloween Party Hosted by the Petty Patrol
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3rd Annual Halloween Party Hosted by the Petty Patrol
Oct. 21, 2025

Policies that Relate to Teachers with @TeacherpaywithK

Sit down and listen to Kristen, aka social media influencer @teacherpaywithK as she informs  and updates hosts Joseph and Jamie about hot education topics like pension reform, the NJ Gubernatorial Race, and more pressing issues facing teachers across the country.
Policies that Relate to Teachers with @TeacherpaywithK
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Policies that Relate to Teachers with @TeacherpaywithK
Oct. 14, 2025

Lesson Planning: Outdated and Unnecessary or an Important Part of Teaching?

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Lesson Planning: Outdated and Unnecessary or an Important Part of Teaching?
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Lesson Planning: Outdated and Unnecessary or an Important Part of Teaching?
Oct. 7, 2025

Educate and Rejuvenate with Kelsey Sorenson

Life coach,  author, app creator, Club Creator, Kelsey Sorenson is flooding the conversation with hope, tools, smiles, stickers and all the brilliant things each teacher needs to not only be able to educate, but also remember to rejuvenate. Her monthly themes and teacher tips are brilliant as commu…
Educate and Rejuvenate with Kelsey Sorenson
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Educate and Rejuvenate with Kelsey Sorenson
Sept. 30, 2025

Paid Internships for Student Teachers? You Go Pennsylvania!

Our hosts Jamie and Joe have a real hot take on the latest news out of their neighboring state of Pennsylvania, with the announcement that student teachers will be paid, leading to incentivizing teaching in the great state of Pennsylvania. Practicing in this career for over two decades, Jamie and J…
Paid Internships for Student Teachers? You Go Pennsylvania!
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Paid Internships for Student Teachers? You Go Pennsylvania!
Sept. 23, 2025

College Counselor Jen Foldvary

Our hosts Joe and Jamie both have Class of 2026 seniors this year, so they are all ears for any pieces of information on how to aid in the process of college acceptance and decision making, and college counselor Jen Foldvary has so much to share.
College Counselor Jen Foldvary
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College Counselor Jen Foldvary
Sept. 16, 2025

Is Social Media Ruining the Classroom?

Opening the school year can be a challenge even for the most seasoned teachers. Join our hosts as they discuss social media, handling daily schedule changes, classroom decorating, and interacting with their students each day.
Is Social Media Ruining the Classroom?
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Is Social Media Ruining the Classroom?
Sept. 9, 2025

Are We in a Quarrel with Educator Andrea?

Professor, comedian, mom and friend of the pod Educator Andrea is here to give us some top secret information into her new book, her comedy tour, and what it is like for her to balance her many professional responsibilities, as well as being a wife and a mom. No one can make us laugh quite like @ed…
Are We in a Quarrel with Educator Andrea?
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Are We in a Quarrel with Educator Andrea?
Sept. 2, 2025

Welcome Back to the Party, Season Three is Here

Join our hosts as they recap their summers and share with us all the sunny weather and rain filled storms they had to endure over the past two months while on summer hiatus. Big plans are in the works for season three, so grab a cup of coffee and join us for a welcome to the new school year, summer…
Welcome Back to the Party, Season Three is Here
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Welcome Back to the Party, Season Three is Here