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Episode 67: Personally Speaking: Showcasing Your Personality In and Out of the Classroom The EDVERYTHING Podcast: For Everything Education
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Whether you are looking to make an impact in the classroom or on social media, being a teacher is all about making connections. But in order to do that, you need to put yourself out there, and though that may sound simple, for many of us, that act is no easy feat. In a helping-oriented industry, it can seem like talking about yourself is a way of putting yourself first, but that isn’t accurate. Those who already want to learn from you will only like and trust you more when you let them know who you are on a deeper level while those who may have initially been less intrinsically motivated might have interest in the subject matter you teach sparked by discovering you share similar tastes in something else.
Often we only think about getting to know our students and having them get to know us in return as something to dedicate time to at the beginning of the school year. But even months in, it isn’t too late; in fact, it may even be the ideal time now that students are no longer overwhelmed with the multitude of new faces to learn. Long after Meet The Teacher packets have been lost and Back to School Night seems like a distant memory, there are plenty of strategies and opportunities for us to infuse more of our personality into each lesson, getting students more invested in our class and more connected on a personal level. From working small jokes or references into your regularly scheduled lessons to being conscientious of how you present yourself during spirit days, we want you to incorporate aspects of what matters to you without making the class, day, or lessons about you.
While you may be making the effort IRL, are you doing the same on IG? So often we assume that because we want to add value that everything we post needs to be academic or classroom-centered but that would ignore the critical human element that you know is necessary to make true learning work.
It’s time to let the perspective and personality behind each lesson shine, in the classroom and online.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
-How bell ringers present an easy opportunity to put a little bit of you (as in your bitmoji) into your regular warm-up activity
-Why you need to get involved in school activities like spirit days as an easy win and ice breaker
-About a simple test to put your IG feed through to see if you are showing up recognizably as “you”
-About the free guide that we made to help you come up with and remember the personal stories to share on Instagram (and how to get your hands on it)
Links mentioned:
Total Teacher Summit:
https://www.edverything.com/totalteachersummit
Edverything Social:
https://www.edverything.com/edverythingsocial
Aliana Lowe:
https://www.instagram.com/theyoungeducator/
Kayla Dessert:
https://www.instagram.com/sweetestteacher/
Haylee Harwick:
https://www.instagram.com/hellomrsharwick/
Whether you are looking to make an impact in the classroom or on social media, being a teacher is all about making connections. But in order to do that, you need to put yourself out there, and though that may sound simple, for many of us, that act is no easy feat. In a helping-oriented industry, it can seem like talking about yourself is a way of putting yourself first, but that isn’t accurate. Those who already want to learn from you will only like and trust you more when you let them know who you are on a deeper level while those who may have initially been less intrinsically motivated might have interest in the subject matter you teach sparked by discovering you share similar tastes in something else.
Often we only think about getting to know our students and having them get to know us in return as something to dedicate time to at the beginning of the school year. But even months in, it isn’t too late; in fact, it may even be the ideal time now that students are no longer overwhelmed with the multitude of new faces to learn. Long after Meet The Teacher packets have been lost and Back to School Night seems like a distant memory, there are plenty of strategies and opportunities for us to infuse more of our personality into each lesson, getting students more invested in our class and more connected on a personal level. From working small jokes or references into your regularly scheduled lessons to being conscientious of how you present yourself during spirit days, we want you to incorporate aspects of what matters to you without making the class, day, or lessons about you.
While you may be making the effort IRL, are you doing the same on IG? So often we assume that because we want to add value that everything we post needs to be academic or classroom-centered but that would ignore the critical human element that you know is necessary to make true learning work.
It’s time to let the perspective and personality behind each lesson shine, in the classroom and online.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
-How bell ringers present an easy opportunity to put a little bit of you (as in your bitmoji) into your regular warm-up activity
-Why you need to get involved in school activities like spirit days as an easy win and ice breaker
-About a simple test to put your IG feed through to see if you are showing up recognizably as “you”
-About the free guide that we made to help you come up with and remember the personal stories to share on Instagram (and how to get your hands on it)
Links mentioned:
Total Teacher Summit:
https://www.edverything.com/totalteachersummit
Edverything Social:
https://www.edverything.com/edverythingsocial
Aliana Lowe:
https://www.instagram.com/theyoungeducator/
Kayla Dessert:
https://www.instagram.com/sweetestteacher/
Haylee Harwick:
https://www.instagram.com/hellomrsharwick/
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