EP157 The Warm Demander: How to raise expectations (and have students rise to meet them)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
How do you SHOW students through body language, facial expressions, and tone that you believe in their ability to succeed and won't settle for less than they're capable of?
Every teacher knows to hold kids to high expectations, and develop with students. The warm demander stance isn't anything new — it's an equity approach developed by Judith Klenfield back in 1975.
But figuring out how to make the "warm demander" approach feel authentic and natural within your teaching style can be tricky, so I thought it might be helpful to talk about what worked for me and a few of the educators I've learned from.
In this episode, I'll break down a few examples of what both "warm" and "demanding" could look like in the classroom so you can get a mental picture.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 157 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized |
| 0:16.3 | for the week ahead. |
| 0:18.3 | Today I'm going to talk about using the warm demander approach to raise expectations for students and have students rise to |
| 0:25.4 | meet those expectations. |
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| 1:08.0 | So the warm demander approach isn't something that's brand new. |
| 1:12.4 | In fact, the term was coined way back in 1975 by Judith |
| 1:16.4 | Kleinfeld. It's an equity approach. It's grounded in showing students that you care and that you refuse to give up on their achievement. |
| 1:26.3 | Being a warm demander is about mutual respect and making it clear from your tone and body language |
| 1:32.0 | that student effort is non-negotiable and that you believe in |
| 1:35.8 | student's ability to succeed. |
| 1:38.4 | A warm demander builds trust in relationships by listening to kids and affirming them. |
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