The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast

Betsy Potash makes this show for English teachers who are tired of the same worksheet-and-essay grind and want to try something that might actually wake their students up. She's a former high school ELA teacher herself, and it shows in the way she talks about the work. Episodes are short, usually under thirty minutes, and each one gives you something concrete you could use by Friday. One week she walks through a one-pager project that replaces a standard book report. Another week it's how to run a mini TED Talk unit, or how to teach Gatsby without losing your mind by April. Betsy mixes in guest interviews with teachers doing interesting things in their own classrooms, plus solo episodes where she talks through a strategy step by step. The tone is warm and a little bit funny. She's honest about the stuff that doesn't work, which makes the ideas that do land more trustworthy. If you teach middle or high school English and you've been feeling creatively stuck, this is the kind of show you put on during your commute and show up to first period with a new plan.