10 Steps for Teaching & Leadership Transformation

Rae HughartBlog, Connect Better, Lead Better, Manage Better, Teach Happier

TL;DR: 10 steps to cultivate a growth mindset in 2024. Reflect, set goals, embrace challenges, build a supportive community. Foster continuous learning, self-compassion, and celebrate progress. Hey Teach Better Tribe! Rae Hughart here, and let me tell you, I am pumped for the possibilities that the new year brings! As we dive into 2024, let’s set the stage for success … Read More

The Heart of Education: Taking Risks

Jennifer WaldvogelBlog, Differentiate Better, Engage Better, Innovate Better, Lesson Plan Better, Manage Better, Personalize Student Learning Better, Reflect Better, Teach Further, Teach Happier

TL;DR: Taking risks makes teaching more exciting and fulfilling. Start small with change to accomplish more in the long run. Risk-taking is easier for students when we build them a safety net. Failure is natural. Show students it’s okay to fail as long as we try again. Growing up, we’re taught to be careful: to wear helmets and knee pads … Read More

Human-First “Withness” with Jaz Ampaw-Farr

Lindsay LyonsTime for Teachership Podcast

On episode 76 of the podcast, I’m talking with Jaz Ampaw-Farr about becoming united in your activism for your school community. When you work together, you can come up with even more ideas and ways to make an impact in your school. ⁠One of Jaz’s big dreams is to see a human first approach to the learning. What can we … Read More

Productive Struggle

Steven WeberBlog, Lead Better, Lesson Plan Better

TL;DR: What does a healthy or productive struggle look like in a classroom? Design classroom instruction with the end in mind and support students through a struggle. The opportunity to struggle through something offers so many benefits to kids! Student understanding requires productive struggle. Do students enter a risk-free classroom or do they engage in productive struggle on a regular … Read More

S3 E08 Taking A Risk

Joshua BuckleyPunk Rock Classrooms Podcast

Punk Rock Classrooms · S3 E08 – Taking A Risk What’s more punk than learning just two chords and deciding to start a band or starting a zine even though you’ve never written an article in your life? That right there is risky. That punk rock mindset of risk taking need to be a part of our classrooms and schools. … Read More