Teachers Need Teachers
by Kim LepreTeachers Need Teachers is the podcast for struggling teachers, whether you're new or a seasoned veteran. It's inspired by the questions and frustrations that teachers are expressing around the web, plus the questions that you didn’t know you should ask! I'll help you clear the confusion and figure out what to focus on so that you’ll have the most positive impact in your classrooms without losing your freaking mind. I want to help you navigate through the craziness of teaching while maintaining your sanity AND personal life!
Copyright: Copyright Kimberly Lepre
Episodes
TnT 34 Why your students have the right to fail
25m · PublishedThis idea of students needing to fail, it seems counterintuitive, right? But what if it's actually in the best interest of the student? Why should a teacher "allow" a student to fail a class? While teachers are charged with ensuring that all students learn and grow academically, there are times when it's just not possible for a student. In this case, letting a student fail gives an accurate picture of their abilities and deficiencies, and allows them to get the proper support they deserve.
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TnT 33 You're cheating yourself when you let your students get away with not doing any work
26m · PublishedEvery teacher is faced with one or several students each year who just refuse to do any work. No matter what they try, these students slouch in their seats and avoid all attempts to produce any evidence of learning. Many teachers give up on these students eventually and just let them fail. But what if they didn't? Here are some reasons why YOU as their teacher deserve much more from these students and why you should keep persisting until they do.
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TnT 32 How to tackle grading when you're waaay behind
24m · PublishedDo you have piles of assignments that need grading? Are you feeling overwhelmed by it? You're not alone! All teachers find themselves buried in grading at some point, and it can seem like there's no way out of it. While there's probably no way around having to sit down and do the dirty work, here are some tips to do it efficiently as well as avoid getting into this situation again.
Steps for getting your grading under control
- Commit to being organized
- Stop adding assignments (seriously!)
- Reconsider how you grade
- Set aside blocks of time
- Streamline your feedback
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TnT 31 Ray Steinmetz reveals how to personalize math and make it meaningful to students
48m · PublishedMath teachers are tasked with teaching students concepts that they'll use for life while also getting past students' fixed mindset of, "I hate math, and I suck at it." How can teachers keep students motivated and engaged in a Common Core world? Ray Steinmetz explains how personalizing learning, setting up strong systems for formative assessment, and using targeted interventions will produce huge math gains. We also discuss advice for new teachers on what to focus those first years of teaching.
How to get in touch with Ray:
- His website, BlendedLearningMath
- On Twitter: @Blended_Math
- His podcast, Instant Relevance
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TnT 30 Here's what to do when your lessons just aren't working
23m · PublishedRegardless of how long you've been teaching, there will be many moments when your lessons just don't seem to be working. This is especially frustrating when you've taken time to plan the "perfect" lesson or unit, and the students still can't grasp the concept! When this happens, it can be a valuable learning experience if you take the right steps to correct your course.
5 steps (in order) to making it better next time:
- Don't blame the students
- Take responsibility
- Reevaluate
- Use something that has worked before
- Ask for help
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TnT 29 How to best handle an angry parent email
32m · PublishedEvery teacher will receive at least one (if not more) emailed from disgruntled parents. Regardless of who's at fault, it can be a nerve-wracking experience and have lasting negative effects if not handled properly. How can we address the email in a diplomatic way without having to compromise our class policies and dignity? I provide 10 steps on how to handle the email so that the situation doesn't escalate to the point where the parent becomes angrier and you set off red flags with your administration.
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Steps for handling an angry parent email:
1) Investigate the issue the parent is upset about.
2) Take a moment to understand the parent’s perspective.
3) Have another colleague take a look at it.
4) If you feel compelled to, draft your angry reply in a different medium
5) Give your principal a heads up.
6) No matter what, you'll need to respond, but stay cool.
7) After crafting that email, save it as a draft and come back to it when you’re not upset.
8) Don’t blame or lecture the student the next day.
9) Find a way to prevent this issue from popping up again.
10) If you’re delivering unhappy news, have another colleague take a look at it.
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TnT 28 How to maximize the impact of your lesson planning
20m · PublishedMany teachers come into the profession with one of two extremes - they have no idea what they're supposed to teach and have to plan everything themselves, or they're given a completely scripted and planned curriculum and have no autonomy. Both of these scenarios can be frustrating especially when these teachers are given little to no direction. Here are three areas to consider when determining what your students are expected to learn and demonstrate. They'll help you get a better picture of your curriculum and make the most of your lesson planning.
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What's your why?
- Go back to your why for the lesson: what do you want students to learn vs. what you want students to be able to show you.
- How do you get to that why? What are the logical steps to get there? What are the gaps in knowledge that you need to fill?
- How will you know that your students “got it"?
How can you connect what they're learning to real life?
- Students are more engaged and willing to participate when they can relate to or recognize something from pop culture.
- How can something happening in the news apply to what they’re learning?
- How can something that they’ve experienced apply to your material?
- Try to use analogies as much as possible so that they can make connections and get more than a surface level understanding.
What are meaningful products that they can produce? How does this affect grading and feedback?
- Is it really necessary for you to grade EVERY part of the process, or can circulating around the classroom, stopping with each student at some point, giving feedback, and documenting be enough?
- If students get real-time feedback, then you don’t have to give as much when you grade the final product. You’ve already told them what they need to know to be successful.
- If you wait until the end to give feedback, you’re too late. Unless you have them revise, they won’t take anything way from your feedback, and they probably won’t apply it to future assignments.
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TnT 27 Laura Kebart reassures us that differentiation doesn't have to be difficult
59m · PublishedAll teachers know that they need to differentiate, but what does that look like in a classroom? During the planning stages? In real time? How can a teacher be expected to plan for students performing two grades below and those performing two grades above in the same class? Laura Kebart describes how this doesn't have to be a daunting task, and gives tips on how to streamline and even make grading simpler!
Click HERE to grab Laura's resource with 10 Questions and Answers for how to respond to parents or administrators who want to know what you're doing to differentiate, which includes a link to her hands-on workshop! How to get in touch with Laura:
Middle School ELA Teachers Community for Grades 6-7-8
Her Language Arts Teachers Membership Site
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TnT 26 Erin Sadler helps science teachers make sense of NGSS
49m · PublishedThe Next Generation Science Standards, or NGSS, have been rolled out the past few years with much confusion and anxiety. Veteran science teachers have been grappling with how to shift their way of teaching while new teachers are still attempting to fit all of the pieces together. Erin Sadler and I discuss the continuing struggles with implementation, as well as how to reframe our idea of how science instruction should be delivered.
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Resources mentioned in this episode:
National Science Teachers Association: https://www.nsta.org/
iExplore Science: https://iexplorescience.com/
San Diego Unified School District's Science Resources: https://sites.google.com/a/sandi.net/ngss-draft-lessons/
Oakland Unified School District's Science Resources: https://sites.google.com/ousd.k12.ca.us/science
HHMI: https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive
PHET at the University of Colorado in Boulder: https://phet.colorado.edu/
How to reach Erin:
Instagram: sadlerscience
Twitter: @sadlersci
Blog: Sadler Science
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TnT 25 How preassessment data and Lexile scores will change the way you teach
18m · PublishedIn this final installment of my series on examining student data, we look at how preassessment data and Lexile scores can really illuminate gaps in learning for students in any subject area. Getting baseline data in the form a preassessment can help teachers know what skills students come prepared with, and what they may need to reteach. Tie this together with Lexile scores, and teachers can fully understand their students' ability to access grade-level material.
Click HERE to grab my Data Collection Contact Sheet to help you remember the key people in your school who manage the different types of student data!
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Teachers Need Teachers has 156 episodes in total of explicit content. Total playtime is 73:09:55. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 31st, 2024 18:40.
