Ep 524 | Lack of 3rd spaces, finding community after COVID, and the designed addiction of social media

Drinking With Authors | Featuring Amber Chandler

Guest: Amber Chandler’s middle name is Rain. She only buys thrifted clothes and is a sucker for a road trip. Author of Reclaiming Connection.

Drink of Choice: Coffee! ☕

Amber Chandler is a National Board Certified middle school ELA teacher in Hamburg, New York with a Master’s Degree in Literature, as well as a School Building Leader certification. Amber has enjoyed a wide variety of teaching opportunities--from 6th grade remediation to college courses to education workshops on Differentiation, Danielson’s Domains, and Project Based Learning. No matter which level Amber is teaching, the goal is always the same: engage students to take charge of their own learning.

She's the author of five education books, and an active blogger for ShareMyLesson. Amber is the president of her teacher's union, as well as the 2018 Middle Level Educator of the Year and a finalist for the 2022 New York State Teacher of the Year. Her latest book, Reclaiming Connection, is a foray into public policy and moves from the classroom to the community. She interviewed a dozen leaders in their field--from psychologists to city planners--to collaboratively find some direction out of the current slump we are in.

Amber is especially interested in supporting new teachers, and serves as her District Coordinator. New teachers are in dire need of connection and support, and mentoring is a focus of much of her work and writing. Amber's freshly adult children (at 18 and 21) are her inspiration, and her husband Matty are going on 30 years together.

Reclaim Connection just dropped March 4th and Flexible ELA Classroom 10 year anniversary 2nd edition will be out next year

Join Nick Savage, award-winning author and host of Drinking with Authors, for a fireside-style conversation with Amber Chandler.

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About Your Host – Nick Savage

Nick Savage is an award-winning and best-selling author of Modern Romance and Contemporary Fantasy. As the newest host of Drinking with Authors, he brings humor, curiosity, and a love of storytelling to each episode.

Author of: The Fairlane Series & The West Haven Undead Series

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