Episode 18: Icebergs, Masks, Needs

Little Things are Big Things Education
Little Things are Big Things Education
Episode 18: Icebergs, Masks, Needs
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Season 1, Episode 18.

Welcome to Little Things are Big Things Education with K-Dub and T-Free. I’m Tim Freeburg, I teach high school math in Bowling Green, KY and am working on my 7th year of teaching in the classroom. In addition, I have facilitated social and emotional learning workshops around the country for 2 years with a group called Challenge Day. And I am David Kilpatrick-White. I have taught both middle school and high school social studies and am working through my 10th year. I also have coached primarily football, soccer and track  over the past 20 years. I have been both a head coach and a department head. We both want to welcome you to a conversation about how valuable relationship building is with our students in the classroom. We will cover topics like; connection activities, how relationships can be used to encourage student growth, and sharing our favorite memories from teaching. Everything we have accomplished in our classrooms goes back to the relationships we build with our students and is totally replicable. Feel free to use, share, adapt everything we provide here. And if you would like to go even deeper, we would love to have you join our Live Monthly Group, called the “Teacher Vault,” where we go live, with you, every month for an hour and deep dive into the latest research and tools available for you to use in your classroom and connect with students. You will also have access to teacher resources we have created and use in our classrooms. Now, without further ado, let’s get on to this week’s episode.

Welcome back to Human Needs Week and this week’s Big Idea! When your human needs are not being met at the most basic level, it can be almost impossible to focus on learning. This can be true for us as teachers and even more so for our students. We will explore a new look at the “iceberg” visualization and metaphor, discuss the masks we wear and how we try on different “public” versions ourselves, and we share some experiences we’ve faced and how it has impacted student learning. We will talk about students experiencing a lack of sleep, lack of food, limited clothing and hygiene products, and we will dive into a couple more intense stories around students being shot, being a part of the foster care program, and more! Then to finish the episode, K-Dub brings us some raw data and challenges us to fight against the system that works against so many of our students before they even step foot in our classrooms.

For additional resources and to join our Teacher Vault, please check out our website at https://LittleBigEd.com and https://PeakStateMathematics.com.

Free Resources found here!

Until next week,

“Remember to always learn in a Peak State.” ~ T-Free

and

“Make it a great day!” ~ K-Dub. __________________________________________________________________________

Big thank you and shout out to the artist that is providing today’s intro music! Check ’em out!

MUSIC LINK Give by Silent Partner https://youtu.be/KGE5ZoafsY8

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