Transcript The Passionate Teacher Chapters 18-19 “The New Teacher”

“Passion is the glue that holds together the facts
and the purpose”
– Dr. Michael Osterholm
The Passionate Teacher
Chapters 18-19
“The New Teacher”
Brought to you by Andy Stegemann, Kelsey Aakre, and Jaime Jones
What to Do Next Monday
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Forging Relationships of Trust and
Respect
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Getting to the Heart of Your Subject
as a Passionate Role Model
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Having Students Show What They Know
and Can Do Through Performances
Linked to Real World Challenges
Forging Relationships of Trust
and Respect
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Be like you are when you are at your
best
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Tell students how much you
appreciate and respect them
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Ask students what kind of learning
they like best
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Learn from an admired teacher
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Have a student-led evaluation
Getting to the Heart of Your
Subject as a Passionate Role
Model
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Decide what is most important
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Talk to former students
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Teach something you love
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Be a student
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Allow students to Experience
Have Students Show What They
Know and Can Do With Real-World
Challenges
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Option of individual or team project
instead of final exam
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Independent study option
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Joint research project or debate
within the department
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Include the community
“Only the willingly engaged
minds of our students can
make great things happen in
the schools of today and in the
society of tomorrow, and
teachers can ignite that fire.”
“For what is powerful about teaching
is that we convey to our students not
only the wisdom and experience of the
past but also the gift of unending
discovery and limitless potential.”
Is Passionate Teaching for
New Teachers, Too?
 “Passionate teaching is the best way to
begin your career as a teacher”
New Teacher Challenges
 Fitting in
 Teaching stuff you don’t know
 Gaining control of your classroom
Fitting In
“The way things work around here”
 Help new teachers survive
 “It’s all about the kids, and not the politics
of the teachers’ room.”
 Stance
Teaching Stuff You Don’t
Know
 “You should be a role model of a teacher who
is first and foremost a questioner and a
learner.”
 Passionate teachers “lead with their curiosity,
rather than just with their wisdom.”
 “All growth involves taking risks”
Gaining Control of the
Classroom
 “How can I be the kind of teacher I want
to be and yet maintain enough control so
that the kids don’t walk all over me?”
 Be careful about the advice you follow
The Physics of Teaching
 Get your energy and the kids’ energy
moving in the same direction
The Centrality of
Relationships
 “For you, a beginning teacher, nothing
matters more than your relationship with
your students. Nothing even comes
close.”
 “Build a learning community with your
students.”
And most importantly…
Don’t believe the
bullshit!
“Passing the torch is the single
most important thing any one
of us can do.”
– Dr. Michael Osterholm, when asked what
he was most proud of
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