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Happy December and welcome to another monthly installment of For Your Staff. Each month, we include a short video featuring a full-time classroom teacher discussing some of their best strategies. Use them in your staff meeting, as content for your PLCs, or with individual teachers.
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December’s Highlight
What drives us?
This month, we’re diving into unfiltered insights on motivation—both for students and for ourselves—from the acclaimed secondary teacher Haydn McLay. Known for sharing truisms that are equal parts challenging and refreshing, McLay has a reputation for pushing himself to be the best teacher he can be—and his accolades prove it. In this edition, he opens up about what drives his own motivation and how it fuels his teaching.
Topics Covered:
Investing in student lives
Classroom management early in your career
Learning what “not” to do …
Holding students accountable
Having high expectations for all students
Doing what’s in their best interest
Making more successful humans
and more!
Staff Learning Targets:
I (the teacher) can identify my reasons for serving students
I can respond effectively to situations where students are not motivated to act in their best interests in the classroom
Potential Discussion Questions:
How can we keep motivated regardless of the feedback we receive from students?
What are some situations when what we want for a student and what they want for themselves are not aligned? How can we motivate students in these scenarios?
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