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Ep 219: Finding Your People in a New Building

Finding Your People in a New Building

Guest: Samantha "Sammi" Katschke

In this episode, Dr. Beth and Dr. Anna present Samantha "Sammi" Katschke, district band director and music teacher at Chadwick-Milledgeville, about a challenge new teachers rarely get warned about: loneliness. You can know your content cold and still walk into a building unsure of who to turn to when a lesson falls apart or a day feels like too much. Sammi lays out where that support actually comes from, and how to build it on purpose.

In this episode:

Why new teachers can feel isolated even surrounded by colleagues, and…

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