EleMANtary
Shaun Brady and Kevin Klein
Show overview
EleMANtary has published 7 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode during 2024. That works out to roughly 4 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 27 min and 53 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.7 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Shaun Brady and Kevin Klein.
From the publisher
In the US, 11% of elementary teachers are male. Join two of them, Shaun Brady and Kevin Klein, as they meet other guys in el ed and ask them how they got there, why they stay, and what they've learned along the way.
Latest Episodes
S2 Ep 6Jake Libbis: Coaching on the Beach, Teaching in Cambodian Orphanages and Australian Primary Schools
Summary: When EleMANtary co-host Kevin Klein taught Jake Libbis as a high-school student in Perth, Western Australia, he knew Jake was destined for something even better than greatness: goodness. After graduating from high school, Jake coached kids in surf lifesaving and taught English in Cambodian orphanages. He also earned a business management degree from the University of Western Australia, the state’s most prestigious university. What led him from there to teach 5th and 6th graders for the past seven years? And where will the next seven years take him? Tune in to find out!Bonus features:Learn some Aussie lingoListen to wild white cockatoos chatterHear how Jake helped even the toughest kids grow academically and social-emotionally Learn how Jake learned how to take care of his own social-emotional needs as a teacherFind out how Jake leverages his primary (“elementary” in Australian) school experience to apply for jobs in adult educationDisclaimer: We both had lapel mics on in the café, but mine didn’t pick up as well.Shout-outs: Shona the Amazing Mentor Teacher of Merriwa Primary, Mikey Long of Mikey Long Music.Resources mentioned: Good mates, Scarborough Beach
S1 Ep 5Landen Mortenson: What to Do if You Fart in Front of 3rd Graders
Summary: Mr. Mortenson is the fun, caring teacher you had - or wish you'd had - in elementary school. Hear him relate his journey to elementary teaching and dispense, in his inimitably lighthearted manner, how to achieve the following:Learning from mentor teachers (like Uncle Evan)Thoroughly enjoying the job ("If you've been teaching for a while and you still feel like you're babysitting, something's not right")Floating a family of five as the primary breadwinnerBuilding positive relationships with students and parentsResponding if a student calls you out for farting in classDisclaimer: Sorry about the mixed audio quality on our mics - not sure what happened to the soundboard.Shout-outs: Uncle Evan Mortenson; single parents.Resources mentioned: The Reminder app, Stuart Brown's book Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
S1 Ep 4Last Day of School! Moving Furniture and How to Write Notes of Appreciation that Students Appreciate
Three hours after the students have left on the last day of school, Shaun and Kevin discuss plans for next year, notes of appreciation for students, and how they used their manliness to help a 1st grade teacher move her kiva to her new school. Also class pets, both living and plush.Featured teacher strategy: Class notes. As Maya Angelou said, “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Shaun explains how he learned through trial and error to write notes of appreciation that his students truly value. Shout-outs: Departing 6th grade team lead Madi Hamilton, head custodian Nancy Keele.
S1 Ep 3Kevin Klein: Itinerant Educator Who Found a Home in Elementary
As Tolkien famously wrote and EleMANtary co-host Kevin Klein has unwittingly lived, Not all who wander are lost. Hear how Kevin found his home teaching elementary, a journey involving 8 years of college at 3 universities, teen residential treatment centers, Australian chicken processing plants and Catholic schools, taekwondo, obscure Modernist poetry, old-school World Book encyclopedias, and Kip Dynamite.
S1 Ep 2Shaun Brady: 5th/6th Teacher, Overcomer of Obstacles
As the child of two educators, Shaun decided early on that he wanted to be a teacher too. But his road wasn’t easy: in this episode he talks about the academic struggles, financial constraints, and social discouragement he faced from a very young age until well into his teaching career. If a hero is someone who never stops working to overcome challenges, this dude wears a cape.
EleMANtary: The Trailer
trailerJoin hosts Shaun Brady (a 2nd-generation male elementary teacher!) and Kevin Klein (a convert from college composition and HS English) as they track one of the educational landscape's rarest species: the male elementary teacher. Starting with themselves.
S1 Ep 1The Good Man Episode: Tim Goodman (Almost Dentist, Harvard Grad, 3rd Grade Teacher 4 Lyfe)
Tim Goodman is a legendary 3rd grade teacher at Saratoga Shores Elementary. In this Part 1 episode, he relates his humble beginnings as a undergraduate prospective dentist and the college job that led him to 20 years of classroom stardom. He also explains how puppets help kids emotional regulation, social skills, and academic content.