Very motivational speaker. I liked how she used some humor to get her more serious points across. Some key points I thought she made were:
- The value of human connections--Students learn better from people they like.
- Two quotes that spoke to me--"No significant learning can occur without a significant relationship" and "All learning is understanding relationships."
- The importance of apologizing!
- We won't like every student, but we act as if we do.
- -18 vs +2 Making students think, "I ain't all bad." Like that!
- How do I do a better job making those difficult students feel liked?
- What are some activities/strategies I can do with students to build better relationships?
"Teens Talk"
I have seen my teenage son have these same thoughts. It's not about the learning; it's about the grade and GPA. Which is sad.
Key Points:
- Make the learning relevant.
- Schools are killing creativity.
- Make the topic real.
- Many students learn better with hands-on activities.
- Most important skills to know are how to speak and think for yourself.
- How do we honor students' creativity better? It's tough with CCSS.
- Should we have more programs/schools for the students who learn by doing? Such as PATHS and Casco Bay HS.
Continually cultivating the relationships in your classroom is a difficult thing to do (especially with our most difficult students). The hard part is you don't always realize which students think we do not like them.
ReplyDeleteI think we can take advantage of CCSS to do more with honoring creativity. As we have students reading more and more informational texts we can allow them to have more say in what they read. The content could be anything they are passionate about. Let's leverage each student's passion and curiosity to increase learning.
I agree that it is difficult with grades and GPAs. Do they show all the students' know? I think CCSS lessons with Molly's input we'll be able to create lessons that are engaging and the students will be able to become strong informational readers. I believe we should ahve more programs such as Paths.
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