For this week's episode, we welcomed two outstanding teachers from Avondale School District to discuss unique and innovative ways to support staff and students with with cell phone policies and practices that keep the classroom focused on learning. Jennifer Bahorski, ELA Teacher at Avondale Middle School and Vanessa Wentzloff, Science Teacher at Avondale High School engaged our hosts Jay, Katie, and Steven in a lively discussion on Avondale's cell phone policy, including practical steps that teachers and school leaders can take.

One small technical note: Listeners might notice an echo during playback for one of our guests. This was an unfortunate technical issue during studio recording.

Hosts: Jay Haffner - Literacy Consultant, Katie Morrison - Mathematics Education Consultant, Dr. Steven Snead - Supervisor of Curriculum & Assessment.

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