Podcasts

E29: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | Reading | Evaluating Specific Claims in a Passage In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge Reading Subtest. This is part 8 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the Reading section of the GK. Today we are going to talk about how to evaluate specific claims in a text or passage. This is our chance to use all the reading skills we have learned thus far- actually I think the fancy way of saying it is you wi...

E17: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE General Knowledge | English | Comparative and Superlative In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge English Subtest. This is part 9 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English section of the GK. Let’s get Started: Today we are reviewing comparative and superlative adjectives. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing conce...

E27: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | Reading | Identifying the Author's Tone in a Text In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge Reading Subtest. This is part 6 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the Reading section of the GK. Today we are going to talk about TONE- this has to do with analyzing the specific word choices in a way that reveals the author’s attitude. Yeah, that’s right - I said attitude! And what I mean by that is that the w...

E26: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | Reading | Figurative Language, Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Personification & Allusion About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode based on the FTCE General Knowledge essay subtest, English Language Skills subtest, Reading subtest, and Mathematics subtest, but I am also u...

E25: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | Reading | Summarizing Strategies for Text In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge Reading Subtest. This is part 4 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the Reading section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode...

E24: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | Reading | Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge Reading Subtest. This is part 3 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the Reading section of the GK. Today we are going to talk about making inferences and drawing conclusions based on text evidence. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be d...

E23: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | Reading | Key Ideas and Supporting Details in a Text In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge Reading Subtest. This is part 2 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the Reading section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is e...

Use these 4 Tips to Get the Most out Practice Testing Tip#1 Simulate the testing environment Tip#2 Don’t memorize the answer master the concept Tip#3 Embrace the testing effect Tip#4 Take a Practice test between 1-6 days before the real test About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode based on the FTCE General Kno...

Episode 21: 5 Tips for First Year Teachers Tip 1 How-to-interview Tip 2 The First Day of School Tip 3 Parents Tip 4 Peer Relationships Tip 5 Mentors If you know how to interview, what to expect on the first day of school, how to communicate with parents and peers or anything about working with a mentor then you are way ahead and doing awesome, but if not keep listening because it’s about to get real. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On thi...

Learn Mr. C’s 3 Strategies! Not only did Mr. C help me increase my reading speed and comprehension, but I have also taught this method to many, many, many students and they used this method to pass the test. Mr. C’s 3 strategies are the following: #1 read the question stems FIRST #2 Level each question from easy to medium to difficult (there is a reason for this) And #3 Scan for text features About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, ...

In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge English Subtest. This is part 10 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English section of the GK. Let’s get Started: Today we are reviewing the Vocabulary section called Commonly Misspelled Words. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only i...

E18: Teacher Certification Podcast | Study Hack | How-to Use a Podcast to Study In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about: How to use a Podcast to Study so YOU can learn. Use these 5 Tips to get the most out of an educational podcast: Tip#1 Choose a good time of day to listen, whatever works for you Tip#2 Play then Pause so you can really focus on the concepts Tip#3 Replay to Reinforce what you have learned, I love this idea! Tip#4 Take Notes, whether it is on your phone or tablet, jot down a ...

In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge English Subtest. This is part 8 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode based on the FTCE General Knowledge essay subtest, English Language Skills subtest, R...

In today’s episode, we are reviewing MORE pronouns! This time we need to talk about specific pronouns called object and subject pronouns, how to identify them and where they should be used in a sentence. This is part 7 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the e...

In today’s episode, we are reviewing pronouns, what exactly is a pronoun and how to use them properly. This is part 6 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode based on the FTCE General Knowledge essay subtest, English Language ...

E13: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE General Knowledge | English | Capitalization In today’s episode, we are reviewing Capitalization, which words you need capitalize and why. This is part 5 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is eac...

In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the Professional Education test and what you need to know to pass. Today we will be answering the following questions: Q1: What are the 8 components of the Professional Education test? Q2: How many questions are on the test? Q3: How long do I have to answer the questions? Q4: What score do I need to achieve to PASS? About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from...

E10: Teacher Certification Podcasts | FTCE General Knowledge | English | How-to use Commas In Episode 10, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge English Language Skills Subtest. This is part 3 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only ...

E9: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE General Knowledge | English | What is Parallel Structure? In this episode, we will review Parallel Structure, what it is, and how to correct it when you a few mismatched words in a sentence! This is part 2 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the English language skills section of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE T...

E8: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE General Knowledge | English | Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge English Language Skills Subtest. This is part 1 of a multi-series review of what you need to know to pass the GK English language Skills subtest. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepar...

E7: Teacher Certification Podcast | Study Hack | How to BOUNCE back after a FAIL In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the very real and not so great NOT PASS, you heard me correctly. What if I DO NOT PASS the FTCE General Knowledge test? About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode based on the FTCE General Knowle...

E6: Teacher Certification Podcast | GK Essay | How-to write the Essay Ok, for a reference, I pulled up the FTCE Essay Subtest on FTCEseminar.com so we can review what the test-makers are looking for, with a few comments of my own, of course. So let’s get started! Ok, Pop quiz - try to answer the following questions: Q1: What is a writing prompt? Q2: What is a thesis statement? Q3: And do I need to use transition words? If you knew the answer to any of these questions, then you are off to a g...

In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the General Knowledge test itself. Do you know the answer to the following questions? What are the four components of the General Knowledge test? How many questions are on the test? How long do I have to answer the questions? What score do I need to achieve to PASS? If you only knew the answers to a few, or even none, that's ok - just continue listening because I will cover it all. Everything I am sharing with you is from the main FTCE website. I've al...

Have you ever studied really hard then forgot what you learned the next day!? The spaced repetition study strategy helps you learn how-to study over time to improve your active recall memory so you can retain what you have learned and pass the FTCE. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode based on the FTCE General...