Survival Mode Teaching: The Gallery Walk Strategy

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If Teachers Ruled the World

Leah Cleary

28 episodes

1 week ago

The podcast where real teachers get real. No Pinterest perfection. No out-of-touch theory. Just honest talk about what teaching actually looks like—failures, wins, and everything in between. Hosted by Leah Cleary, a 25-year classroom veteran who says what we’re all thinking. If you're burned out, doubting yourself, or sick of impossible expectations, you're not alone—and you're not broken. Let’s give teachers a voice. New episodes weekly. Finally, someone’s saying what teachers are thinking.

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Survival Mode Teaching: The Gallery Walk Strategy

If Teachers Ruled the World

20 minutes 59 seconds

4 weeks ago

Survival Mode Teaching: The Gallery Walk Strategy

Survival mode teaching isn't about being perfect—it's about making it to winter break with learning intact. In this episode, educator Leah Cleary shares the gallery walk teaching strategy she's using to keep her 60 AP World History students engaged during the most exhausting week of December.

Leah walks through her Revolutions Gallery Walk, explaining how it serves double duty as both AP World History review activities and primary source analysis activities for upcoming DBQ work. She gets honest about why movement-based learning works when teaching before winter break feels impossible, shares her accountability strategies for hallway management, and offers practical December teaching strategies for teachers who are running on empty.

This episode is for any teacher who needs one manageable strategy to survive this week. No Pinterest perfection required—just real, practical student engagement strategies from a veteran educator who's in the trenches with you.

Download the free Revolutions Gallery Walk: https://leahcleary.com/free-resource-library-landing-page/

Read the full blog post with 10 engagement techniques: https://leahcleary.com/10-total-participation-techniques/