EP137 Why great teachers get saddled with the biggest workload (and how to advocate for yourself)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Join me today and listen in on a conversation I had with Shawnta Barnes, where she shares her very honest and transparent thoughts and feedback on why really great teachers get saddled with the biggest workload.
This is an episode that I've been wanting to do because I have experienced this situation myself, where my class list was loaded up with the most challenging kids, only because the administration said, "You can handle it." And ... I know this happens in schools all across the country, where teachers are almost being punished for their effectiveness or are expected to pick up other people's slack.
While there might not be any instant solutions to this known problem, Shawnta and I will talk about some specific things you can do to advocate for yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 137 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:06.5 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the |
| 0:11.7 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'm going to be talking with educator Chante Barnes about why great teachers get |
| 0:21.3 | saddled with the biggest workload and how to advocate for |
| 0:24.4 | yourself. Visit truth for teachers.com to ask a question or to share your thoughts |
| 0:28.7 | or experiences in the comments. This episode is brought to you by Brains On, which is an award-winning |
| 0:35.3 | podcast from American public media. It's dedicated to inspiring kids' natural |
| 0:40.5 | curiosity about the world. The Brainson podcast has over a hundred |
| 0:44.6 | episodes covering real science topics including everything from why people have |
| 0:49.4 | allergies to how electricity works and now Brainson is offering free standards-based |
| 0:54.9 | curriculum and activities for teachers to go with each one of those podcast |
| 0:59.3 | episodes. So you can learn more and download their free teacher resources at Brainson.org |
| 1:05.9 | slash learn. That's Brainson.org slash learn. |
| 1:12.0 | So today you get to listen in on a conversation that I had with |
| 1:15.3 | Shante Barnes. I heard Shante on the Educators Room Podcast which is a really |
| 1:20.7 | fantastic show by the way and I was really struck by just the level of honesty |
| 1:25.6 | and transparency that she had as she shared her story. |
| 1:29.2 | She has done an episode on Educators' Room |
| 1:31.6 | about burnout and self-care. That's the one that I listen to. |
| 1:34.4 | She's also done one there about students sexually harassing teachers. So |
| 1:38.7 | Chante is not afraid to talk about these very real things that are happening in schools which a lot of times |
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