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Values-based student worker development
What do you wish you could tell all teachers?
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- by Hannah
Values-based student worker development
We don’t always need homework or to study
this was me a while ago before I logged in
Some students are great at studying/understanding the material, but awful at tests.
It’s also important to make sure that students get to use their accommodations!
Everyone learns completely differently. From my experience, engagement in class is heavily dependent on people feeling safe and included amongst their peers. Making sure everyone gets chances to know each other and work together will usually help people feel more motivated to show up and do the work! Students want… Read more »
I wish that I could share the theory that the program Think Kids is about with all teachers. I think that at any level of teaching the thought process that Dr. Stuart Ablon proposes is applicable. https://thinkkids.org/
I wish more teachers asked for information on home life/what our schedule is like outside of the classroom so they could get a better understanding of the time/environment we have to dedicate to school. I think this way a lot of teachers would understand that life gets in the way… Read more »
If a student is not doing well in your course, don’t immediately blame the student, understand why it is so difficult for them, and see if you can help them learn better. Sometimes it’s the teaching, not the learning that’s the original problem.
Please give more excused absences… Sh*t happens….
Please try to accommodate and check in with students that have disability accommodations. Also realize that disabled students may be wary about asking for help or taking sick days! I also appreciate well built course canvas pages and well defined syllabus, assignments, etc.