Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers
Education:Courses
Do you feel like self-advocacy among students is a pervasive problem? As in, if students don’t know what to do, they won’t ask questions or seek out more information … they’ll just sit there and do nothing. If something is challenging, they don’t seem to be interested in improving their skills, or learning for the sake of learning. They just give up.
In response to this, many teachers feel like they have to work harder than their students are working. They have to keep going the extra mile to make lessons personalized and engaging and put all these additional supports and interventions in place to help students be successful, all while many of their students are doing the bare minimum.
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few years exploring this phenomenon, and why it’s becoming more and more common. The more that I learn about student disengagement, the more I am convinced that the solution is NOT to put the onus on teachers to make their lessons more engaging and personalized. An amazing lesson isn’t going to get through to a kid who’s not willing to engage in any mental effort.
Is it possible to teach kids how to take initiative and persevere through difficult tasks?
Absolutely. I’ll share what I’ve learned in this podcast episode.
I’m also sharing 2 free resources for implementing the practices in this episode with your students:
Click here to read the transcript and participate in the discussion.
EP227 Five things teachers wish their admins knew
EP226 Seven takeaways from this school year that simplify teaching from now on (with Amy Stohs)
Power through with...release of regrets
EP225 To solve for ALL kids, start with ONE...
Power through with...reflecting
EP224 Deciding what matters: Authentic teaching through setting boundaries (with Gerardo Munoz)
Power through with…reframing
EP223 A powerful way to help kids (and ourselves!) with time management
Power through with...resilient thinking and planning
EP222 Bring back joy by teaching outdoors: A how-to guide for any classroom
Power through with...relationship reconnection
EP221 Three ways to make social-emotional learning REAL for students (with Dr. Byron McClure)
Power through with...rest
EP220 How to use podcasts in the classroom (with Listenwise)
Power Through: A special 6 week Wednesday series on Truth for Teachers
EP219 Processing pandemic teaching: An honest, healing conversation (with Pernille Ripp)
EP218 Ten tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy (w/ LaGarde & Hudgins)
EP217 Good things ARE happening: How to find thoughts that feel better
EP216 How to be an informed media consumer + advocate for truth (with the News Literacy Project)
EP215 When no one’s showing YOU grace, make space instead
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