Season 1, Episode 20.
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 Building Connections with Staff Week! The big idea is to get a nugget of wisdom every time you connect. You don’t need to switch up your whole teaching practice, and it’s a waste of time to come in close minded. Find that nugget to take with you. And connecting with your fellow staff is beyond the classroom, beyond the PLC, beyond school. Connect as humans and create healthy adult relationships with your staff. This will help you build a team around you and make you a happier human so that you can show up better for your students in the long run.
For additional resources and to join our Teacher Vault, please check out our website at https://LittleBigEd.com and https://PeakStateMathematics.com.
Until next week,
“Remember to always learn in a Peak State.” ~ T-Free
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“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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