S4EP15 How to undo your classroom management mistakes
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2016
⏱️ 11 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Listen as I share the story of a classroom management mistake that made a huge impression on me many years ago. We all have examples of procedures and routines that we know are wildly inefficient...but who has the time and energy to figure out a better way and retrain the kids?
In this week's episode, I'll tell you my personal philosophy on this: It's NEVER too late to change something that's not working. Not in your classroom, and not in your life.
You don't have to wait for next year and an entirely new group of kids. You can–and should–modify your procedures, expectations, and teaching strategies ANY time they are not effective, at ANY time during the school year. Listen in to learn how.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 4, episode 15 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:06.0 | 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 for the |
| 0:14.6 | week ahead. Today I'm going to share some thoughts on how to undo your classroom |
| 0:19.5 | management mistakes even mid-year when you realize that something just isn't working. |
| 0:25.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript, links to recommended resources, |
| 0:30.0 | and to share your thoughts on the show. |
| 0:32.0 | I remember volunteering at my church's Sunday school |
| 0:36.2 | program many years ago and I was filling in as the assistant to one of the second grade |
| 0:42.3 | Sunday school teachers. |
| 0:44.1 | There were 29 kids in a very tiny windowless classroom, |
| 0:48.3 | and we were about to serve them animal crackers and juice. |
| 0:52.1 | I had prepared 29 little portions, plus one extra for the kid |
| 0:55.8 | who would inevitably spill his or hers, and I had everything lined up neatly on a tray. |
| 1:01.6 | I looked at the teacher and was just about to ask her whether she wanted to select a few |
| 1:05.5 | kids to come past things out or if she wanted to call the kids over by tables. |
| 1:10.5 | When suddenly she picked up the tray and yelled loudly, |
| 1:14.0 | Okay, Kins, come and get your animal crackers. |
| 1:19.0 | My jaw dropped as 29 children shouted, yay! |
| 1:27.2 | And raced over to be the first one to grab their juice and snack. |
| 1:30.6 | There was climbing on chairs, yelling, pushing, a few hurt feelings, two kids |
| 1:37.2 | and tears, and of course lots of spilled juice. It was one of the most chaotic moments I had ever witnessed in a classroom. |
| 1:45.0 | When the kids had left for the morning and the teacher and I were cleaning up and discussing how things it went, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Angela Watson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Angela Watson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.