Essential Questions for Educators (EQ4E)
by Bill Brooks
Latest episode
Special Edition! EQ4E Book Announcement and Reading
Special Edition! EQ4E Book Announcement and Reading
About this podcast
Become a better teacher, instructional coach, or leader in education! The questions we purposefully ask or often whisper to ourselves as educators matters. This podcast searches for essential questions in education and explores potential trailheads for discovery and personal improvement. It also gives me the space and time to expand on my blog (please visit and look around!) essentialquestionsforeducators.com. Empower Your Journey: Begin with Essential Questions, Discover Your Answers!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 76 episodes
- Special Edition! EQ4E Book Announcement and Reading · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 20EQ4E is now a book on Amazon! Listen to the introduction, chapter 1, and commentary here!
- S2E19 Coteaching Collective Efficacy · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 19Two co-teachers blew me away with their collective efficacy in real time.
- S2E18 Learning Between the Lines · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 18Companion podcast to blog post #80 on essentialquestionsforeducators.com
- S2E17 Getting that next leadership position... · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 17Companion podcast to Blog Post #79 at essentialquestionsforeducators.com.
- S2E16 Becoming the Type of Leaders People Think Better Around · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 16Companion podcast to blog post at essentialquestionsforeducators.com
- S2E15 What If Professional Learning Lived Inside Classrooms Instead of Workshops? · 22 minSix classes - six grade levels - and some awesome takeaways!
- S2E14 Artificial Intelligence in Education and Life · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 14How I make sense of AI as a teacher, consultant, and author. How will you make sense of AI for yourself and your students?
- S2E13 Two instructional models that could improve student learning immediately · 23 minLearn about two instructional approaches that could improve student thinking in your classroom right away.
- S2E12 Enhancing my instruction mid-year! · 20 minWhat are micro-moves you can make to enhance your instruction - or help others enhance their instruction?
- S2E11 Interview with MO State Teacher of the Year · 34 minMy wife, Danielle Brooks, is the Missouri Community College Association Teacher of the Year for 2025. Check out this sit down interview on what she believes is most important in…
- S2E10 What are the phases of Co-Teaching? · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 10Know the phases and how to grow as a co-teaching team!
- S2E9 How do we get the most out of conferences and workshops? · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 9Ways to bridge the knowing - doing gap after a conference or workshop.
- S2E8 What assistant principals (kinda) wish others knew... · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 8We have so much to figure out... and quickly!
- S2E7 What are ways to express gratitude (and feel awesome)? · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 7A few things at least. Some thoughts on this topic.
- S2E6 Presenting with the laptop closed · 19 minSometimes you need to reach over and close the laptop and listen. It turns out the 3-Step Helping Protocol works for groups as well.
- S2E5 How can anyone grow their leadership in education? · 22 minSeven tips for growing your leadership no matter what role you have in education.
- S2E4 EQ4E How can we enhance the co-teaching impact in schools? · 30 minListen to the intentions and outcomes of a training with co-teachers in a large district in South Carolina!
- EQ4E S2E3 How can everyone can coach instruction? · 33 minEveryone can coach instruction: teachers, department leads, PLC leads, grade level leads, team leaders, instructional coaches, curriculum coordinators, and principals. But how? I…
- EQ4E S2E2 Improving Instruction in Rural Missouri · 17 minHow can I ask better questions? How can I create the conditions to see/hear what students are thinking? Am I an active learner of what my students are thinking
- EQ4E S2E1 How can layered assessments improve my teaching? · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 1What are layered assessments and how can they help my teaching - and student learning?
