Homeroom Attendance
You know that look teachers give each other in the hallway? The one that says everything without saying a word?
That's what this show is.
Homeroom Attendance is the podcast for educators who are done with the watered-down professional development and ready for real talk about what it actually takes to show up, lead well, and build a culture that doesn't burn people out.
Every episode, host Edward DeShazer brings lived experience, practical tools, and honest conversation straight to the teacher lounge. Whether you're a classroom teacher, a school leader, a counselor, or an administrator, there is something here for you.
No Pinterest PD. No corporate buzzwords. Just the kind of conversation educators actually need.
Each episode delivers a clear takeaway, a mindset reframe, and one action step you can use today or tomorrow. Because the best professional development doesn't make you feel talked at. It makes you feel seen.
Pull up a chair. Attendance is being taken.
Homeroom Attendance
Latest Episodes
What We've Been Ignoring In Education
There's a gap in education between what people know and what they're willing to say out loud. That gap is where a lot of the dysfunction lives.In this episode, Edward names four things that people inside school buildings have been walkin...
What Are You Practicing This Summer?
Here's a question worth sitting with this summer: what are you actually practicing?Not what you're planning. Not what's on your reading list. What you're doing, repeatedly, in the weeks between June and September — because that's what sh...
The Quiet Lie of Educators
Two or three weeks into summer, when the June exhaustion finally starts to lift, something else shows up. The quiet. And in the quiet, a voice that starts second-guessing everything — the students you didn't reach, the lessons that didn't land,...
Stopping Isn't the Same as Restoring
You made it to summer. But surviving the school year and being ready for the next one are two different things.In this episode, Edward gets honest about what burnout actually looks like in education — not the dramatic version, but the qu...
Reacting vs. Leading: The Real Difference for School Leaders
We draw a sharp line between reacting and leading when disruption hits schools, and we name the hidden habits that turn stressful moments into lasting dysfunction. We choose clarity over fake certainty, and we ground leadership in values and pr...
