Who are Pav & CHEY?
Teaching, Learning & Leadership
The Chey and Pav Show is a weekly podcast that centres around the teaching insights, reflections and growth of Chey and Pav, two middle school teachers from Toronto, Ontario. Regularly commenting on being JUST two teachers in a highly diverse community, they look to share best practices, favorite resources, mis-steps and setbacks from their teaching experiences.
As the show embarks on nearly two years of existence, and well over 100 recordings, Chey and Pav will attest that in their combined 35 years of teaching, the personalized professional development and growth as teachers is exponential in comparison to the one-size-fits-all, top-down mandated professional development offered by boards and districts.
This podcasting space is one for growth and reflection. It's introspective and personalized to take you on a learning journey that is designed to make you a better teacher in the classroom. This type of consistent practice becomes invigorating, vibrant and a tidal wave of excitability to dive deeper, reflect further and endlessly try new things.
THE STAFFROOM
PODCAST
Chey and Pav, two experienced middle school teachers from the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada, take listeners through the in’s and out’s of the field of Teaching, Learning and Leadership.
Through their anecdotal, yet often comedic banter, laced with caring insightfulness, they take their audience into a conversation that is surely eye-opening and entertaining, while tackling some of the real, and ever-changing issues that exist in Education.
Come join Chey and Pav; partake in the Staff Room chatter that all teachers and educators can connect with! There's always something to talk about in the Staff Room! #InspireDontRequire #HumbleServant #EducationNeverDies
Chey Cheney
Chey Cheney Is a middle school teacher with 20 years of experience, originally from Ottawa, Ontario. He currently teaches Grade 8 in Toronto, Ontario and engages in coaching and leadership work with students in the school beyond instructional time.
Passionate about ELA, Chey infuses a teaching philosophy that centres around student agency, student voice and a strong commitment to social justice. Inspired by the works of Kylene Beers, Desmond Cole and Barry Schwartz, Chey is always looking for a way to embed technology in the natural flow of learning. He actively cements a consistent dynamic that ascends from consumer, engager and creator in the learning opportunities he curates.
With a vast athletic background, Chey has coached elite level sports to the most fundamental community recreation leagues. He aims to form a physical education and competitive sports culture that centres on a holistic approach dedicated to inclusion and entry points for all students to enjoy and flourish in the physical education experience.
In addition to his Teachers degree Chey has a History Honours Degree, a History Teaching specialist and an Adolescent Reading Specialist.
Pawan (Pav) Wander
Pawan (Pav) Wander is an elementary school teacher with 15 years of experience hailing from Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. Currently, she is teaching a Grade 6/7 split class, integrated with the Home School Program. Pav gratefully teaches in the same neighbourhood where she grew up and went to school, and has thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to be able to work with students in such a familiar community.
Pav loves to teach Science and Math, and enjoys combining the two subjects into extracurricular activities that she leads with students. Pav has run programs in Robotics, Engineering and Coding at the schools where she has taught, and has loved watching students, especially females, thrive in areas of STEM.
Thriving on listening to books and researching new pedagogies and themes in education, Pav loves learning about new ways of reaching and engaging with students, especially surrounding areas of podcasting, audio and video editing, as these are areas she is new to!
Pav has an Honours degree in Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto, and completed her teaching certification from D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York. Fitness and athletics have always been important to Pav, and she endeavours to include as much physical activity in her day as possible!