Classy is a podcast for teachers and other lunatics who work with children. International Slam Poetry Champion and Teaching Artist Gayle Danley invites fellow teachers to get real about the job, why they do it, and how they feel about ALL of it. Welcome home teachers. This is Classy.
Some previews of Classy…
Ep. 1: Michael Bell
On this first episode of Classy, Gayle sits down with the man, the myth, the arts education legend Michael Bell. He's a renowned artist, author, TED speaker, and three-time national award-winning Teacher of the Year. In this conversation, Michael talks about why he wears ballin suits, how his past relates to his present, the time he channeled Gayle, and how he's become the mentor he'd have wanted as a kid. Michael currently serves as Supervisor of Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages and Media for Queen Anne’s County Public Schools in Maryland.
Ep. 2: Chin-Yer
In Episode 2 of Classy, Gayle talks to poet, singer, artist, teacher and Baltimore Goddess Chin-Yer Wright. In this conversation, Chin-Yer dives deep into what it means to be a teacher in the Baltimore Public School system, her love for the city, her psychic powers and how she faced cancer one day at a time. She talks about loss, addiction, the hills and valleys of grief, and striking the balancing between her “umbrella of fine” and keeping her tears on the outside. “There’s nothing scarier than being a poet.” Chin-Yer says. “You know you’re doing it right when you’re slightly uncomfortable. If I can move myself when I’m writing, I feel ok.”
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