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Welcome back to a new episode of Rebel Teacher Alliance! John's out this week, so Fabian and Jamie catch up with returning guest Educator Andrea (Andrea Forcum). She's now prepping high school teachers at Indiana State, wrote a first-year survival guide called They Never Taught Us That (including a chapter that gives you permission to walk away), and shares the advice she gives student teachers, from skipping power struggles to staying off dating apps during field placements. Then it gets into stand-up: a sold-out Indianapolis show, a Chicago crowd that sounded like crickets, and a set at an administrator meeting in a steakhouse. She also tells us about the Teacher Talk Sycamore Summit, coming July 2027, and her dream of a rage room full of copy machines. Fabian closes with Cozy Stickerville for "Whatcha been playin'...?"
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Things mentioned on the show:
They Never Taught Us That by Andrea Forcum
Educator Andrea (also her podcast, How to Survive the Classroom)
Teacher Talk Sycamore Summit, July 2027 (details at educatorandrea.com)
Cozy Stickerville (Unexpected Games)