The opportunity to spend an hour with Adam Welcome is a true inspiration! He makes you feel like it is okay to do what students deserve most. As a former classroom teacher, principal, director of innovation, and now education influencer he provides details of the trenches and also a broad stroke view of how to approach instruction. The positive energy is palpable through the microphone to power up the entire audience! In the end, just try something different. The kids don't care if you know what you are doing, they care you are taking a risk.
In This Episode We Cover:
- Create a classroom where students will remember how special you made them feel.
- What #KidsDeserveIt and #TeachersDeserveIt mean and how it impacts the positivity of education.
- The expectations for utilizing creative lessons and how to involve students in the learning process.
- The process for moving students away from consumers and towards producers.
- When you want to change the look and feel of your class, don't overthink it. Make small changes one step at a time.
- Step back and look at your classroom, pay attention to all of the things you do and ask yourself "can a student do this instead of me?"