Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers
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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.
EP214 Simplify your blended learning workload (with Dr. Catlin Tucker)
EP213 The breaking point that led to my sabbatical (and what’s next)
EP212 The train's leaving the station. Are you on board?
EP211 Find the small good things. Take the next right steps.
EP210 How to be quietly subversive and make the standards meaningful (with Dr. Robyn Jackson)
EP209 For the teachers who are not okay right now...
EP208 The best ideas from the Distance Learning Playbook: An uplifting convo with Doug of Fisher & Frey
EP207 Do you hold these 3 limiting beliefs about students?
EP206 Humanizing your classroom so kids are known, valued, respected, & safe (with Dave Stuart Jr.)
EP205 When doing your best just isn't good enough...
EP204 Differentiation: What new opportunities are possible now?
EP203 Feeling like a first year teacher again? Remember these 5 things.
EP202 How to plan activities that work for in-person, remote, AND hybrid instruction
EP201 Freedom dreaming & who we need to BE for kids this year (with Tanesha Forman)
EP200 How to plan for the first weeks of school when everything feels uncertain
Flexible resilience: My manifesto for the coming school year
A message of hope + call to action
EP199 Ending the school year virtually + crisis classroom closeout tips
EP198 Three sneaky ways perfectionism is holding you back (even if you think you’re not a perfectionist)
EP197 Creating systemic change and solving problems before they happen (with Dan Heath)
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