EP162 My best advice on 10 sticky situations in schools
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
I get a lot of listener-submitted questions that could be tough for me to offer advice on without knowing the specifics. I'm going to answer a bunch of them in this episode from a big picture perspective, and give you my single best piece of advice on each topic.
We'll cover sticky situations like administrators who play favorites, releasing control to student teachers, supporting colleagues when morale is low, lack of student motivation, kids who can't handle choice, anxiety over teacher evaluations, forced collaboration with colleagues who over-complicate things, and more. Check out this quick-paced episode for some practical advice.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 162 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:07.3 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators |
| 0:15.0 | and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:17.0 | Today I'm going to give you my best quick advice |
| 0:20.0 | on a variety of teacher submitted topics. |
| 0:22.0 | Visit truth for teachers. com to get the transcript. on a variety of teacher-submitted topics. |
| 0:23.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript |
| 0:25.8 | or to share your thoughts in the comments. |
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| 1:00.6 | Today we're talking about tricky topics the teachers face in schools. |
| 1:05.0 | These are issues that it can be difficult for me to offer detailed advice on |
| 1:10.0 | without knowing a whole lot of specifics. |
| 1:12.0 | So I'm going to try to avoid getting... without knowing a whole lot of specifics. |
| 1:12.8 | So I'm going to try to avoid getting bogged down |
| 1:15.7 | in the minutia of very specific situations |
| 1:18.8 | and instead stay big picture. |
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