He was bored with his own teaching. Here's how he brought joy back.

COVID was extremely, unusually, horribly difficult for most if not all teachers. Jeremy, a math teacher, was no exception. He was pretty sure he could not teach under COVID conditions — until he figured out how to make his classes fun even when they were fully remote. Of course, COVID is behind us now (thank goodness). But teachers can still feel deeply disconnected from their students.

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We discuss:

* The Confidence Reset: Strategies for silencing the inner critic and getting over self-doubt

* Self-Awareness: Understanding that you don’t have to be perfect at every teaching style: knowing your weaknesses and strengths

* Gamification: Practical ways to break the monotony in class, in person or remotely

* The Relationships: The importance of relationships — between teacher and students, between student and student, and between students and the content

Got a story to share? We’re not living through a pandemic anymore, but we are seeing behaviors in classrooms that were rare pre-COVID. If you have a knotty problem you’d like to get some relief from, leave me a voicemail at (413) 239-4158 and we might feature your perspective in a future episode!

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Credits

Founder and Host: Betsy Burris

Producer: Jullian Androkae of PodVision

Music: Thom Burris/Jabbering Trout

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