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✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 30 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Students retain 90% of what they learn through teaching others. Of course, learning cannot happen in this way all the time, and in order to get the best out of this method, you need to give your students the tools they need to implement it.
Your challenge: In one of your lessons ask a selection of students to research a particular topic in your subject, and to teach it by delivering a presentation to the class.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-1500 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 29 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Remind students that learning is challenging and uncomfortable at times. We have bought into the myth that our lessons are always meant to be fun. They aren’t. Your lessons are allowed to be challenging and frustrating.
Your challenge: Ask your students to write down one thing they learned when they were younger (like riding a bike) and ask them to describe the process.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-1400 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 28 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.It is not your job to close the learning gap, but to support your students in closing the gap for themselves through their own efforts and by using techniques that work for them.
Your challenge: Share this idea of personal responsibility with your classes today.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-1300 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 27 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Celebrate yourself. The school day is so centred on itself that you can often feel ignored. It’s only natural. Teaching is often described as a ‘thankless’ job, but it needn’t be a demoralising one as well.
Your challenge: Write down 5 things you are proud of and find a way to celebrate one of them today.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-1200 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 26 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Do not control your classroom. Create an atmosphere that promotes the behaviour you want whilst giving students the tools to modify it when necessary.
Your challenge: Write down three ways you can empower your students to identify their own behaviours and remind them that it is their responsibility to exercise self-control.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-1100 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 25 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Balance your behaviour management. Have you noticed how easy it is to hand out punishments and sanctions? Make more of an effort to praise and promote good behaviour.
Your challenge: For every detention or sanction you issue today, follow it up with two positive awards to other pupils in your classroom.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-0800 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 24 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Catering to your students’ various learning styles will not only improve your classroom dynamics, but it will also improve learning and retention. The main learning styles are Visual, Read & Write, Auditory and Kinaesthetic learners.
Your challenge: pick a learning style that you don't usually use and implement it in a lesson of your choice today. It can be a 5-minute starter, or a part of your evaluation at the end of the lesson.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-0700 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 23 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Reflect on all lessons and use it as an opportunity to consider what worked well in the lesson and what you could do to improve the next time you teach. There is always something new to learn and reflection builds gratitude and promotes growth.
Your challenge: Deliberately take a few minutes to reflect on your lessons - the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-0600 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 22 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Remember you are a lifelong learner. Learn something new about your subject. The best teachers are students, and your excitement about something new you learnt will serve as a model for your students.
Your challenge: Learn one new fact or recent development in your area of expertise.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-0500 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 21 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Don’t burn out to keep your school warm. Remember that your fire needs to be stoked and fanned as well. Being a martyr in the name of professionalism will not help you in the long run.
Your challenge: Pick something that will refuel, refocus, or re-energise you. Schedule it today!
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-0400 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 20 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Your personal relationships will keep you sane in the midst of the madness that is school. To that end, it is important to keep in touch with loved ones.
Your challenge: Arrange to meet up with a friend or colleague outside of work. Go for that coffee, that movie or salsa class you’ve been talking about. Schedule it today.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-10-0100 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 19 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.A mentor is an invaluable AND often free resource that is available to you. Mentorship doesn’t need to be formal or time-consuming, but the guidance, support, and wisdom of an educational professional who has years of experience will prove to be priceless.
Your challenge: Ask someone to mentor you, set a day and time where you will have your first session.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-3000 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 18 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Expectations oftentimes define the outcome. Everyone needs someone to believe in them. Set the bar high for your students, personalise it, communicate it, and create an environment where it is okay to fail.
Your challenge: Pick a class and collectively or individually set a higher than usual expectation of their work or behaviour. Be sure to let them know and reaffirm your belief that they will achieve it.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2900 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 17 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Reinvigorate your love for teaching by dedicating today to fun and enjoyment. What will make you feel good when teaching? What funny video, bad joke, or silly statement can you share with your students?
Your challenge: Pick something fun or enjoyable to share with your students and encourage them to do the same. Don't be afraid of appearing silly.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2800 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 16 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.We all need boundaries. Set clear, concise, and simple classroom rules, and enforce them AT ALL TIMES. Let them know what the consequences are and follow through without maliciousness.
Your challenge: In partnership with your students, create (or remind them of) three or four classroom rules and the consequences of each rule.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2700 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 15 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.By listening to your students, you let you them know they are a valued member of the community. By belittling their comments or cutting them off, they will quickly learn not to participate or ask questions. You will create a disengaged student!
Your challenge: Pick a class and be deliberate in actively listening to the answers that your students give. Right or wrong, good, or bad, just listen.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2400 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 14 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.There is a total of 168 hours in a week. It’s a lie that you don’t have enough time. Don’t use it as an excuse to neglect relationships, creative endeavours, or spiritual pursuits.
Your challenge: Write how many hours you have left in the week once you factor in work and your daily commute. You might be surprised at just how much time is still available to you.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2300 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 13 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.The people in your school are more than the students, the teachers, ta’s, and your senior leadership team. The backbone of a school are the support staff. It is just common courtesy to treat everyone with equal respect. You never know when you will need someone’s help!
Your challenge: Appreciation day! Pick a non-teaching staff member and without condescension, thank them for something specific they have done for you.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2200 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 12 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Your students like you, experience bad days and frustrations. We all like to be listened to, hate to be shouted at, and crave reassurances from trusted members of our communities. Your students not any less so.
Your challenge: Select a class or small group of students and go out of your way to have a non-intrusive conversation with them.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2100 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 11 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Don’t take students’ compliments, criticisms, or bad behaviour personally. There are numerous reasons for a student’s emotional outburst and most of the time, they don’t reflect on you or your teaching.
Your challenge: When faced with challenging behaviour, try to remain calm and remember it’s not all about you.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-2000 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 10 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Sometimes you will struggle to find ideas to keep your students interested and stimulated. Ask THEM to inspire YOUR creativity. This will help you to build rapport by fostering a collaborative working environment, and in turn engage them.
Your challenge: Instead of trying to guess what your students would like to see and hear in your classroom, ask them.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-1700 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 9 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.No one likes being shouted at, even if it is deserved. There are healthier ways of dealing with indiscipline and bad behaviour.
Your challenge: challenge negative behaviour by having a reflective conversation with your student. Ask them what happened, and how it can be avoided in the future.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-1600 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 8 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Stay hydrated. You probably already know that 60% of your body is made up of water; but did you know that drinking water also helps boost brain function, improve performance, and reduce the risk of headaches?
Your challenge: Drink at least one litre of water at school.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-1500 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 7 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Calming music played subtly in your classroom can boost levels of dopamine, the chemical responsible for stress relief. However, listening to your favourite songs can hinder learning, especially if they contain lyrics.
Your challenge: Play instrumental or classical music in your most challenging class. Type in “study music” on YouTube.com and explore your options.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-1400 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 6 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Teaching is one of the most stressful and demanding jobs out there. Pay attention to your breathing. It is scientifically proven that deep breathing techniques helps to reduce stress.
Your challenge: Use the following breathing technique: Inhale deeply through your nose. Hold your breath for 5 seconds. Breathe out through your nose. Repeat
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-1300 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 5 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.It is scientifically proven that a clean and clear workspace boosts not only productivity but feelings of positivity. Your workspace reflects your state of mind.
Your challenge: Clear your desk and workspace.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-1000 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 4 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Allow students to fail. Sometimes you might want to protect your students from the crushing weight of disappointment, or you might think that their failure is a reflection of you. However, it’s in the mistakes and failures that they develop resilience.
Your challenge: Share a failure that you experienced with your students and how you used the lesson learnt to grow.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-0900 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 3 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.As a teacher, you teach skills not just lessons; coaching your students to develop and cultivate communication, creativity, and problem-solving skills. You are training them. As you know, training is frustrating, and it takes time.
Your challenge: Pick one skill and focus on developing that skill in one of your lessons.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-0800 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 2 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.Be patient. Teaching is like gardening. The reality is, some of the concepts, skills, and life lessons that you teach your students, will blossom and bloom long after they have left your class and even the school system itself.
Your challenge: Spend the first 5 minutes of a lesson, explaining the metaphor of the garden to your students and their responsibility to nurture their learning.
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-0700 min
✨Top Tips for Teachers✨Top Tips for Teachers: Day 1 - Your daily dose of inspiring tips to help you overcome the stresses of teaching.When teaching, be aware that things will not go according to plan. Lessons may fall flat, behaviour could spiral out of control, students may not respond how you expected. Get over it! These things don’t make you a bad teacher.
Your challenge: At the end of the school day write in your journal one thing that didn’t go according to plan and how you “improvised, adapted, and overcame”
Written and Recorded by Roi Campbell and Alexandros Ayeni
1stverse.co.uk2021-09-0600 min
We Are In Beta PodcastCall To Action: Going Phone Free. How to enact whole school behaviour change. Leann Swaine, Headteacher, East Barnet SchoolThis is the free We Are In Beta Podcast Newsletter - written by me, Niall Alcock. We - the education community - Are In Beta - always learning. Sign up to learn how school leaders are tackling big issues in schools.Series 2 of the We Are In Beta Podcast is here!This week…Leann Swaine was the Associate Headteacher of East Barnet School when she wanted to make a change. One day she was in the school corridor when an event inspired her to go on the journey to make the school phone free. Eas...2019-10-2729 min