Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers
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Teachers spend so much time giving feedback to students, but often kids don’t internalize it. They tune out the carefully-crafted written comments on their work, briefly register the grade they earned, and move on.
So how can we help students care about improving their skills and take time to reflect deeply on their learning?
In this episode, you’ll hear how two different teachers have reimagined their instruction to make that possible.
It’s a sneak peek at two sessions from the upcoming 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Online Summit, a FREE event that is focused entirely on saving teachers time, and helping you do your job more effectively and efficiently.
First up, you’ll hear from Andrea Clark. She’s presenting for the elementary Summit in a session called, “Feedback first: Shifting from traditional grading to reflection sessions.” As you’ll hear from Andrea’s description of her fifth graders’ reflection sessions, this is one of the most worthwhile ways she spends her time as a teacher because her students learn so much from it.
Then, you’ll hear from Tanya Jo Woodward. She’s presenting for the secondary Summit in a session called, “7 time savers for IB and AP teachers.” She talks first about how she grades and gives feedback in her high school English classroom while students are working independently on a task or assessment. She also offers tips for helping students self-correct by providing editing stations or peer editing guided sheets.
Like so much of the Summit content, I think you’ll find value in hearing both of these teachers’ experiences, regardless of which grades or content areas you might teach.
Listen in now to hear Andrea and Tanya Jo share the exact processes they’ve used to transform the way their students think about feedback vs. grades.
Then, save your spot for the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Online Summit.
All sessions are just 15-20 minutes long with no filler, fluff, icebreakers, or pitches. And, all the sessions are presented by current K-12 teachers, with bonus keynotes from me (Angela Watson).
Sign up for the free live Elementary Summit April 5th-6th
Sign up for the free live Secondary Summit April 12th-13th
If you can’t attend live or the event has already passed by the time you see this, you can purchase forever-access to all the sessions (both elementary and secondary), plus get time-stamped transcripts, note-taking guides, and all the presentation links and templates in one document so that you can reference them easily. Forever-access is just $19, and helps cover the cost of running this event and compensating the teachers who share their ideas.
Thank you for your support, and for spreading the word about this event!
Introducing NEW Truth for Teachers playlists!
EP262 The 3 day weekend mindset
EP261 The Swiss Cheese Model: letting go of “all or nothing” thinking
EP260 Three ways to create teaching templates that will save you 5-10 hours a week (with Marguerite Rendelfs)
EP259 Set a target number of hours to work...and stick to it
Burnout, work/life balance, and supporting teachers (with Lisa Woodruff of Organize 365)
"Nothing short of a revolution": What's happening in the 40 Hour programs
EP258 Envisioning what’s next for schools: my personal reflections & hope for the future
EP257 How to work ONLY your contractual hours as a teacher (with Samantha Smith)
EP256 Four teachers' small changes that made BIG reductions in their workload
EP255 Student behavior, grace, & consequences in the final weeks of school (with Amy Stohs)
EP254 An instant way to have fewer assignments to grade
EP253 Is teaching still the right career for you? (with Daphne Gomez)
EP252 Three practices for more one-on-one time with students (with Kareem Farah of The Modern Classrooms Project)
EP251 Empathy fatigue is real. How can educators push through the exhaustion? (with Kyle Cohen)
EP250 Peek inside one teacher's lesson planning process—and how she streamlines to stay ahead (with Megan Faherty)
EP249 What if we stop moving goal posts, and enjoy where we're at?
EP248 Uncovering the hidden clutter in your curriculum (with Sally Berquist)
EP247 Are the kids alright? A deep dive into the pandemic's toll on students (with Jessica Kirkland)
EP246 A more intuitive approach to tiered and differentiated instruction (with Tia Butts)
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