<![CDATA[Down the Hall: Conversations With Teachers]]>Each episode, Sarah is joined by a teacher who walks us into their real classroom. What they love. What's hard. The things people don't usually see.

Every teacher needs a bestie down the hall — a mentor to learn from, a shoulder to cry on, someone to cover your class so you can finally take a bathroom break. After 15 years as a middle school teacher and coach, Sarah has leaned on her fair share of teacher besties. Join her conversations with teachers down the hall.

Know a teacher who would be a great guest for the show? Nominate them at gogylesson.com/down-the-hall

]]>https://gogylesson.com/down-the-hallRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:15:42 GMTWed, 19 Aug 2026 14:18:40 GMT60Sarah Bromley & Aly Jenny<p>Each episode, Sarah is joined by a teacher who walks us into their real classroom. What they love. What's hard. The things people don't usually see. </p><p></p><p>Every teacher needs a bestie down the hall — a mentor to learn from, a shoulder to cry on, someone to cover your class so you can finally take a bathroom break. After 15 years as a middle school teacher and coach, Sarah has leaned on her fair share of teacher besties. Join her conversations with teachers down the hall.</p><p></p><p>Know a teacher who would be a great guest for the show? Nominate them at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://gogylesson.com/down-the-hall" target="_blank">gogylesson.com/down-the-hall</a></p>episodicSarah Bromley & Aly Jennybromley.sarah2@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Just Trust the Kids - Joe Blay, That Stressed Teacher Down the Hall]]>Joe Blay teaches robotics at Stuyvesant High School — the school he graduated from — and coaches a program that has grown to four teams and about 250 students. No tryouts, and no kid is turned away.

Sarah and Joe talk about what that takes: a rookie team for freshmen to be able to make the classic mistakes early, the mentor who answered every text, and a pull-aside at a competition that a student brought up a year later. Joe also walks through the day he overrode his students' plan to make a point: "I totally beefed it." Plus, everything he does after hours that nobody sees, from wrangling administrators to making sure the custodians get fed.

His one takeaway for other teachers, especially new ones: find the awesome teachers around you, and lean on them.

]]>6e135dc7-bad8-4f84-a9f4-55b7dde64f2bWed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:32 GMT<p>Joe Blay teaches robotics at Stuyvesant High School — the school he graduated from — and coaches a program that has grown to four teams and about 250 students. No tryouts, and no kid is turned away.</p><p></p><p>Sarah and Joe talk about what that takes: a rookie team for freshmen to be able to make the classic mistakes early, the mentor who answered every text, and a pull-aside at a competition that a student brought up a year later. Joe also walks through the day he overrode his students' plan to make a point: "I totally beefed it." Plus, everything he does after hours that nobody sees, from wrangling administrators to making sure the custodians get fed.</p><p></p><p>His one takeaway for other teachers, especially new ones: find the awesome teachers around you, and lean on them.</p>no00:26:0811Just Trust the Kids - Joe Blay, That Stressed Teacher Down the Hallfull