The Unteachables Podcast - #47: How teachers are set up to fail, what SHOULD be included in teacher training, and what a trauma-informed approach looks like in action. A discussion with Em Gentle, founder of The Grad Guide

#47: How teachers are set up to fail, what SHOULD be included in teacher training, and what a trauma-informed approach looks like in action. A discussion with Em Gentle, founder of The Grad Guide

01/23/24 • 51 min

Today I am joined on the podcast with Em Gentle, a graduate teacher mentor, fellow edu-podcaster, and founder of the grad guide where she supports new teachers adopt a trauma informed approach to teaching.
In today’s episode we go on all the rants including:

What teachers should be taught in teacher preparation programs before entering the profession
Our 'inherited' classroom management and teacher guilt around it
What a trauma informed approach looks like in action
What we see new teachers struggle with the most (self-doubt, overwhelm, a lack of behaviour support) and
What things we would recommend for new teachers to know and do with their classroom management and teaching and learning.

Although new teachers are definitely the focus for this episode, it is just as valuable for all teachers.
After all, it is simply about great teaching.
Find more of Em's work on instagram: @thegradguide_

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What teachers should be taught in teacher preparation programs before entering the profession
Our 'inherited' classroom management and teacher guilt around it
What a trauma informed approach looks like in action
What we see new teachers struggle with the most (self-doubt, overwhelm, a lack of behaviour support) and
What things we would recommend for new teachers to know and do with their classroom management and teaching and learning.

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

#46: What it really takes to change behaviour with the hardest to teach (and why it can take so damn long)!

Today on the podcast we will be talking about working with the students who are the hardest to teach, and the hardest to reach.
The students who you are told to try to build the relationship with, but they resist it and throw it back in your face.
The students who need a hell of a lot of support, and let’s face it probably need a placement that is more therapeutic, but are still working with you in your classrooms.
I take you through a metaphor for understanding what it truly takes to shift behaviour in these students, but why it also takes so so long.

We discuss:

What a disorganised attachment is how it manifests in challenging behaviours
What neuroplasticity is and how it works
How the practices we use in our classroom change behaviour little by little
Why we need to show ourselves grace and compassion, and why you're having more of an impact than you think

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Next Episode

undefined - #48: Should we be ‘letting things slide’ as teachers? Or should we be holding students accountable for every little challenging behaviour?

#48: Should we be ‘letting things slide’ as teachers? Or should we be holding students accountable for every little challenging behaviour?

Classroom management is nothing if not confusing. One of the things I have been told along the way is that we need to be picking our battles with behaviour. Another thing I have ALSO been told along the way is that we shouldn't be letting things slide. I have also given both of these pieces of advice at different times in my career.
So what do we do? Where do I stand?
Well the reality is that it is far more complicated than this.
Are you surprised?
As I always say, classroom management is incredibly nuanced, and there’s very rarely a black and white answer. However, in today’s episode, I do aim to provide you with a bit of clarity on what it means to balance rapport with addressing challenging behaviours.

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The Unteachables Podcast - #47: How teachers are set up to fail, what SHOULD be included in teacher training, and what a trauma-informed approach looks like in action. A discussion with Em Gentle, founder of The Grad Guide

Transcript

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Hello , wonderful teachers , welcome to another week of the Unteachables podcast . I hope you've had a nice week and I know some of you have gone back to school this week , so I hope it's been as smooth as it possibly can be . On today's episode I could talk to M Gentle , who is not just a friend but a graduate teacher mentor , a fellow edu-podcaster I don't know if I've just