24 Best High School ELA Podcasts to Listen to (2026)

Want to love walking into your ELA classroom each day? Excited about innovative strategies like PBL, escape rooms, hexagonal thinking, sketchnotes, one-pagers, student podcasting, genius hour, and more? Want a thriving choice reading program and a shelf full of compelling diverse texts?You're in the right place!Here you'll find interviews with top authors from the ELA field, workshops with strategies you can use in class immediately, and quick tips to ignite your English teacher creativity. Love teaching poetry? Explore blackout poems, book spine poems, I am from poems, performance poetry, lessons for contemporary poets, and more.Excited to get started with hexagonal thinking? Find out how to build your first deck of hexagons, guide your students through their first discussion, and even expand into hexagonal one-pagers.Into visual learning? Me too! Learn about sketchnotes, one-pagers, and the writing makerspace. Want to get your students podcasting? Get the top technology recs you need to make it happen, and find out what tips a podcaster would give to students starting out.Wish your students would fall for choice reading? Explore top titles and how to fund them, learn to make your library more appealing, and find out how to be a top P.R. agent for books in your classroom. In it for the interviews? Fabulous! Find out about project-based-learning, innovative school design, what really helps kids learn deeply, design thinking, how to choose diverse texts, when to scaffold sketchnotes lessons, building your first writing makerspace, cultivating writer's notebooks, getting started with genius hour, and so much more, from our wonderful guests. Here at The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, discover you're not alone as a creative English teacher. You're part of a vast community welcoming students to their next escape room, rolling out contemporary poetry and reading aloud on First Chapter Fridays, engaging kids with social media projects and real-world ELA units. As your host (hi, I'm Betsy), I'm here to help you ENJOY your days at school and feel inspired by all the creative ways to teach both contemporary works and the classics your school may be pushing. I taught ELA at the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade levels both in the United States and overseas for almost a decade, and I didn't always get support for my creativity. Now I'm here to make sure YOU get the creative support you deserve, and it brings me so much joy. Welcome to The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies! more

Join hosts Amanda Cardenas (Mud & Ink Teaching) and Marie Morris (The Caffeinated Classroom) in discussions about being brave, trying new things, and all things teaching! As seasoned classroom teachers, Amanda and Marie bring their experience, insight, energy, and oh, so many opinions and ideas... It's time for all teachers to take their classroom and teaching practice into their own hands! more

The study of literature can be fun, relevant, and meaningful for all students if we focus on inspiring creative and curious thinkers and writers. Visit www.theteachersworkshop.com to find more resources for secondary ELA (high school English language arts) teachers. more

RevisionPod - English revision made easy.Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpodEvery week, Mr Forster and Mr Gallie bring you a dose of high energy revision to help you achieve the best possible marks in your English GCSE's. Each episode will look at a different question from your set texts and explore how we would analyse the language and contextual factors and how you can then use this knowledge to boost your essay writing. Click on the bio of each episode to download your GCSE RevisionPod handout, complete with the question we are discussing, the quotations and vocabulary we use in the pod and some extra contextual information. more

Welcome to the Teaching Middle School ELA Podcast , where we help English Language Arts teachers create dynamic, engaging lessons while balancing the everyday responsibilities of teaching middle school. I'm Caitlin Mitchell, a longtime ELA educator and curriculum creator, and I know firsthand how challenging it can be to manage grading, planning, and student needs—while still trying to have a life outside the classroom. That's why every Tuesday and Thursday , I bring you practical strategies, curriculum inspiration, and innovative teaching ideas to help you feel confident, prepared, and energized. Whether you're looking to revamp your writing instruction, streamline your planning process, or engage even the most reluctant readers and writers, you'll find actionable support here. You'll also hear real classroom stories, fresh lesson ideas, and occasional interviews with other passionate educators. If you teach reading and writing to middle schoolers and want to stay inspired and up-to-date with best practices in ELA education, you're in the right place. Tune in every week and let's transform your teaching—together. more

Join top educator host and creator of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, Jacob Chastain, and his colleague and Abydos trainer, Pam Ochoa, as they share their expertise on the workshop model within the secondary classroom. Using their versatile Craft & Draft approach to reading-writing workshop as their foundation for creating a powerful secondary workshop, each episode will include deep discussions on the nuances of workshop teaching, fostering authentic readers and writers, and creating an equitable standards-based classroom. more

A Bristol Grammar School revision podcast designed to help you revise for the CIE English Literature IGCSE and the Edexcel Language IGCSE. more

A space where English teachers in Queensland and beyond can connect about the joy and point of learning, language, and literature. more

Are you a K-8 Elementary or Middle School ELA teacher wondering how to get your students to write? This podcast is for teachers looking for a way to revamp and transform their writing time! You don't need daily lesson plans or prompts-you just need to understand what writers need! In this inspiring podcast, you will hear about the struggles, pitfalls, practices, and joy of teaching writing in a student-centered (workshop) model. Melissa guides you through the journey away from a more traditional, product-based writing time to a much more authentic, progress-based way of teaching writing.In each episode, you will gain insight into a student-centered model for writing instruction and receive bite-sized strategies that are able to be implemented right away. If you would like to feel more confident in teaching writing AND see your writers flourish, just press play! Let's begin your writing TRANSFORMATION! Melissa's Website: www.teaching-to-transform.com more

Welcome to our show! We're Shannon and Tammy, two middle school ELA teacher besties with over twenty years of teaching experience. If you're a middle school ELA teacher and could use some fresh inspiration, listen to see if this podcast is for you! We will share lessons, activities, tips, and strategies that have made our own ELA classrooms successful! more

An educational podcast covering GCSE Literature revision and notes for the WJEC specification, brought to you by an experienced English teacher, head of department and examiner. more

Each episode, we connect what's going on in secondary ELA classrooms from classic texts to complex themes with your students' FYPs to create innovative learning experiences and spaces for critical conversation. We believe ELA is ALIVE and meaningful in our world more than ever, and we are thrilled to empower teachers to adapt these creative ideas in their classrooms. more

English Literature for KS3-KS5

85% of teachers say their job is 'unsustainable.' 55% plan to leave education sooner than planned. For experienced English teachers, these stats are our daily reality Each week on the podcast, we explore the pedagogy, strategies and mindsets to turn these stats around, looking at our own classrooms. We'll mine ideas to help you build strong, motivated readers and break down strategies and tools that make this work sustainable. Reignite your passion. Rebuild a teaching life that sustains you. Inspire the next generation without sacrificing yourself. more

Join Mel, Sean, and Dave, three high school English teachers who spend their off-period discussing all things literary—from the writing process to classic literature, to guilty pleasure reading and even trash. In this podcast they take on any and all of these topics, and share stories about their own original works as well as their different styles and writing journeys. So grab a chair, pull out your lunchbox, and tune in until the bell tells us we're out of time.  more

If you're tired of guessing how to teach writing in middle school, you're in the right place. Robin Mellom is a veteran ELA teacher and published author of over ten children's books with Disney, HarperCollins, and Houghton Mifflin. She brings the clarity and structure you've been craving without the gimmicks.Hosted by Robin Mellom, author, middle school teacher, and creator of the Structured Writer's Workshop™, each episode delivers practical, classroom-tested strategies that work in grades 4 8. Learn how to implement evidence-based writing routines, like CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning), build lasting writing habits, and engage students in meaningful work that actually sticks. Best of all, they will learn how to write like the pros! more

The How to Love Lit Podcast analyzes and discusses Classical, American, British, European and world literature both traditional and contemporary. It discusses novels, plays, speeches, song lyrics and poems that are commonly taught in high school, secondary or university English language classes. Garry and Christy Shriver's focus on the historical context, poetic, narrative and rhetorical structure is researched, and entertaining; Each series consists of one to five episodes focused on the most important titles of each author enhances understanding of English both for teacher and student. The podcast is useful for flipping classroom instruction, supplementing lectures, asynchronous learning, and personal growth. Each week a new episode consisting of a lecture under 50 minutes is introduced.To know more, visit our Website:  https://www.howtolovelitpodcast.com/How to love lit podcast,Christy Shriver, teaching literature, learn English through story, literature, English audiobook, rhetoric, GCSE, International Baccalaureate, Ap literature prose essay tips, literary analysis, Exam Prep,Poetry Analysis, poetry analysis structure,Short story analysis, Genre studies, AP Lit Exam, Collegeboard,classical education, teaching rhetoric, GCSE English, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

Are you a middle school ELA teacher looking for practical, proven strategies to help your students grow as confident readers and writers? Middle School Café is your go-to podcast for engaging teaching ideas, classroom-tested tools, and real talk about what works in today's ELA classroom. Each episode delivers actionable tips to help you close reading gaps, build student ownership, and create a classroom culture where literacy thrives. Whether you're navigating a curriculum, supporting struggling readers, or just looking for fresh ways to inspire your students, you'll find support, strategy, and a sense of community right here. Join a community of passionate middle school ELA teachers working to build confident, engaged readers. Visit www.middleschoolcafe.com for classroom tools, podcast extras, and resources to support every student on their reading journey. more

Hosted by Mr Baugh, this series will support you with both English Literature and English Language. Each week we'll tackle some of the trickiest aspects of your set texts — including Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, and the poetry anthology — while also developing the key reading and writing skills you need for success in the Language exams. more

Paul and Jay discuss literature and ideas from the perspective of their years in the high school classroom. Teachers and students alike will learn a great deal from their lively and insightful discussions. Join us for the discussions as we work to grow a community readers, writers, and educators. more

Welcome to Lit Happens your go-to resource for senior English teachers navigating the HSC syllabus.We deliver practical teacher support, ready-to-use guides, and time-saving resources to simplify the 2019 2026 prescriptions (still in effect for HSC 2026) and prepare for upcoming changes. From Reading to Write programming and Module breakdowns (A D) to rubric mastery, text analysis (The Crucible, 1984, The Tempest & Hag-Seed, Plath & Hughes), Craft of Writing strategies, and exam prep we unpack it all with real classroom insights.Explore our weekly videos and podcast episodes on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Grab free downloadable PDFs, rubrics, templates, and cheat sheets at our website: https://lithappensse.com/New this season: Teacher Tales authentic staffroom stories to support your wellbeing and teaching journey.Subscribe for weekly HSC English teacher tips that save hours and boost student outcomes. Questions? Comment below or email ****@gmail.com.#HSCEnglish #SeniorEnglishTeacher #HSC2026 #ReadingToWrite #NESA #EnglishTeacherResources more

Calling all middle school language arts teachers!  Teaching has become so overwhelming.  It can be isolating at times, and it is sometimes difficult to get help when you need it.  In this podcast, we will discuss the many complexities that middle school language arts teachers face.  There will be tons of actionable ideas to help you simplify your planning, streamline your teaching, and enjoy more free time. more

John McCoy and a guest host read books you might have been assigned in high school, or college, or other stuff you might have read when you were a kid. The theming is loose! more

In this podcast, Dr. Deb Van Duinen (Hope College) and Dr. Erica Hamilton (Grand Valley State University) explore the topic of adolescent literacy by interviewing a variety of expert literacy educators. more