The Unteachables Podcast - #03: Classroom carnage: How to engage even the most disengaged and challenging classes. A chat with one of my teacher besties!

#03: Classroom carnage: How to engage even the most disengaged and challenging classes. A chat with one of my teacher besties!

10/06/22 • 47 min

Welcome to Episode 3 of the unteachables podcast! Today one of my best teacher pals Chiara and I dig into some of the top tier memories, biggest struggles, and biggest triumphs of our first years of teaching together. Through our own experiences of our shared chaotic class, we reflect on what it takes to engage the most challenging to engage classes.

This episode is chock full of top tier memories from our first years of teaching, as well as diving into a bunch of different topics:

Being a young leader
The debacle of running a whole school event
Being innovative and dynamic as a new teacher
The pressures of being a new (and) experienced teacher
Experiential and hands on learning
Risk taking, trying new things, and being free to make mistakes in the classroom
Teacher trench foot
Our biggest advice for the most challenging classes

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This episode is chock full of top tier memories from our first years of teaching, as well as diving into a bunch of different topics:

Being a young leader
The debacle of running a whole school event
Being innovative and dynamic as a new teacher
The pressures of being a new (and) experienced teacher
Experiential and hands on learning
Risk taking, trying new things, and being free to make mistakes in the classroom
Teacher trench foot
Our biggest advice for the most challenging classes

Download my free guide “10 Tiny (but mighty) Tips to Transform Your Teaching

Check out my full training program That’ll Teach ‘Em. Enrol for 20% off with the code PODCAST20

Or simply come and say hello over on Instagram @the.unteachables

Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!

JOIN MY FREE LIVE TRAINING: TURN YOUR TEACHING INTO A CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT MACHINE

RESOURCES AND MORE SUPPORT:

Connect with me:

Follow on Instagram @the.unteachables
Check out my website

Previous Episode

#02: The Teaching Advice That Grinds My Gears (and What to Do Instead).

Today I am going to be talking about something that reallllly grinds my gears... when you have a really challenging class, a student who is displaying some really challenging behaviours, you’re at the very bottom of your goodie bag of teaching strategies, you go and seek some support, and the only thing that you seem to get back is something about needing to foster that relationship. Well.. it certainly is the core of our behaviour management approach, BUT, it isn’t the magic bullet. This episode will break it all down and give you some quick wins for starting to break down the toughest of barriers.

My issue with the advice of building rapport with students who display challenging behaviour
The barriers to building a relationship with some students
Attachment theory: Organised and disorganised attachment and the impact on building relationships.
The importance of consistency and time - sticking with it!
3 strategies for developing meaningful relationship and rapport with difficult to engage students

Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!

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Next Episode

#04: Owning your teaching personality. Yes, even as a quiet, awkward or introverted teacher!

Why are we always comparing ourselves? It is such a trap that we can all fall into as teachers, especially when we are simultaneously battling with imposter syndrome... If you’re a bit of an introvert, if you’re a bit awkward, if it takes you a while to warm up, if you don’t have the strongest ‘teacher voice’, that is OKAY! This episode will bust any preconceptions around what it takes to really lead a classroom, and teach you how to embrace your teacher personality no matter what type of person you are!

In this episode, I talk about:

Why having a quiet or introverted personality can be a super strength with classroom management.
My best, most awkward, introverted, lovable friend, who also happens to be the most incredible educator. How SHE transformed her classroom culture.
The 3 lessons you can learn from her and the strategies you can implement immediately in your classroom practice!

Download my free guide “10 Tiny (but mighty) Tips to Transform Your Teaching - https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62dc1deb87802ab6bcaf6015

Check out my full training program That’ll Teach ‘Em. Enrol for 20% off with the code PODCAST20 - https://the-unteachables.com/products/1794465

Or simply come and say hello over on Instagram @the.unteachables https://www.instagram.com/the.unteachables/

Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!

JOIN MY FREE LIVE TRAINING: TURN YOUR TEACHING INTO A CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT MACHINE

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