EP100 What if my students don't like me and we don't connect? Overcoming the back-to-school teacher jitters
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2017
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
The first day jitters are real, and most teachers have butterflies the night before. I think it's okay to embrace that a little bit: give yourself a set amount of time to do some productive worrying. But the best advice I can give is for you to shift your thinking to a different line of questions. When you get stuck on your own insecurities, focus less on believing in yourself and more on believing in your kids. That's what will empower you to transform lives. Listen in on this episode as I share how to change your thinking.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 100 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:06.6 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the |
| 0:11.9 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'm going to share some strategies that you can use when you're worried about students not liking you or not connecting with you. |
| 0:23.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript, links to recommended resources, and to share your thoughts on the show. |
| 0:31.0 | This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Genius Hour Master Course.com. |
| 0:37.0 | If you've been wanting to use Genius Hour with your students, |
| 0:40.0 | or if you've tried it but feel like you need more structure and support, |
| 0:43.6 | the Genius Hour Master Course will walk you step by step through |
| 0:47.2 | everything you need in order to be successful. |
| 0:50.2 | The course was created by my good friend A.J. Giuliani. |
| 0:53.4 | He is one of the foremost experts on Genius Hour in schools. |
| 0:57.2 | And he noticed that many teachers were struggling to implement Genius Hour because of the |
| 1:01.3 | lack of structure. So this course that he created not only trains you as a teacher |
| 1:06.0 | and how to manage Genius Hour, but it also provides |
| 1:09.0 | PowerPoints, printables, assessment rubrics, |
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| 1:17.0 | the concept to your students and support them through the entire Genius Hour learning process. That way you're not just fumbling through and |
| 1:24.3 | trying to figure things out as you go. Thousands of teachers have completed this |
| 1:28.7 | course successfully and they are in a year-long private discussion group with AJ on Facebook and Boxer. |
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