When angers flair, a win-win situation becomes impossible. Here's an example of how teachers/administrators and students can have effective conversations even when the topic is difficult.
We lost an amazing educator but through her wonderful videos we gained a lot more amazing educators and that's a legacy worth celebrating. Seven years on and still highly relevant information and teaching strategies and skills.
The second one shows the desire to have a relationship with the student. You care more about the student's future . The first one demonstrates more care for you well being as a teacher, not as someone who wants to help the student become successful.
+Erika Fundelius What book did she write? I'm trying to find it now. I had to watch her "Every Kid Needs a Champion" speech. I loved it and added it to my liked videos. I'm taking Curriculum Content right now, but anything from Dr. Pierson would be valued.
Mrs. Pierson is a great teacher and a good example to follow. She is correct we need to build bridges with our students and encourage better relationships with our students and we'll all be the better for it!!
I love this. Great example of trying to understand and not just yelling at a student. There is work to be done with students instead of being another person that seems to be against them.
I believe this is one of the most valuable video in RU-vid because it reveals the deep meaning and purpose of education that we all connected with one way or another in our life. RTP Rita Pierson.
Thank you for posting this video, the native Americans most valuable treasure in their culture was their young ones, we should value our students the same way
Ms. Pierson, I would like to thank you for posting your strategy videos. I am studying to become an educator myself and your talk that you gave at TED in 2013 inspired me so much that I immediately downloaded it and shared it with my wife who is a first year teacher. Thank you for being such a great role model
This video has helped me to understand how to give the students options and how they can take responsibility for their actions at the same time. Very helpful.
This was an excellent video! It was realistic and honest from the view of someone who has been in the classroom for over 20 years. Oh, to find time to deal with such situations when they do arise!
hello does anyone know if possible to see the subtitles in spanish?? Saben si es posible ver los subtitulos en castellano?? ( no tengo la opcion en el boton de subtitulos) gracias
Many thanks ,its awesome way to deal with students! can i ask you kindly to use this video in my training session on mainstreaming psycho social support for kids at school,its humanitarian ,non-profit training!we are helping Iraqi displaced students
We have to look at the bright side of all things as educators. A student could say to heck with this test! Not show up or try, cheating shows some sort of effort. Respect that small bit of effort and guide them to better means of preparation.
For all my educators out there, I'm wondering what or how the situation would go if the student wasn't as willing to own up to his actions and decide to take the test again. I asked because I work with elementary and I mostly try the approach Mrs. Pierson use in the video or something very similar, but I get this type of outcome very rarely. I tried and speak life into my students, but make deals with them but some of them can never seem to follow through. I'm wondering if this is because the age of my students that I work with?
How old are your students? Certain students are hardened and come from complicated family backgrounds either too rich and spoiled or have issues with poverty and abuse at home. I think you would need to figure out what these students go home to after spending half the day with you. It could be that the home environment is undoing the world you do during the day.
you can still use Rita's approach but you need to adjust it to building a relationship where you ignore half of their misbhaviour and remind them of class rules and try and praising and giving most of your attention to students who behave better and are helpful in class. You can pull the I am not angry with you ,I am just disappointed cause I know you can do much better After .
Why, with his previous attitude, would he change and care whether or not you are disappointed or not? would the consequences change dependent on the student or are these set as class rules?
