EP225 To solve for ALL kids, start with ONE...
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 25 April 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
When a problem seems insurmountable, try creating change one name at a time.
Because if you can solve a problem for one person, that means it IS a solvable problem ... and you can solve it for the next, and the next.
In this episode, I'll share how often the solution to big problems is solving smaller ones. You'll hear NYT bestselling author Dan Heath share a short case study from Chicago Public Schools that illustrates how this name-by-name approach worked for reducing dropout rates.
And, I'll share an intuitive 8 step approach you can use to tackle big problems like student engagement or work completion. You can practice solving for individuals first, and notice patterns in what your students need in order to scale those solutions.
There's something powerful about knowing that even if you can't solve every problem for every student, you CAN help solve THIS thing for THAT kid.
This is how we make progress. And, this is how we create better systems: by designing those systems for individuals rather than trying to force individuals to fit into the systems.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 225 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host Angela Watson |
| 0:08.1 | and I'm here to speak life, encouragement and truth into the minds and hearts of educators |
| 0:14.2 | and get you energized for the week ahead. Today I'm going to share some thoughts on how |
| 0:18.8 | to approach solving overwhelming problems in school. Solve for all kids by starting with |
| 0:24.9 | one kid. Visit truthforteachers.com to get the transcript or find our Truth for Teachers |
| 0:30.5 | podcast community on Facebook. A big thanks to advancement courses for sponsoring |
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