Thanks for having me in the ring with y'all tonight! As a child, I did not feel heard. I am passionate about student voice. Let's introduce ourselves and jump in & chat about listening. #ChampForKids
Hey #champforkids. Scott from Winchester VA. I am a HS ITC and am the founder of #fcpslearn. I just found out that am a semifinalist for the @CoSN NextGen Emerging Edtech Leaders award. Stay tuned to see how to vote for me to be a finalist.
Hello everyone! Scott from mid Michigan, middle school dean. Enjoying these days off but ready to see all my Ss soon! First gotta survive these crazy windchills! #champforkids
Q1: It's so important that we give students a voice, and lean in to listen. What are some strategies you have found successful to help students open up to speak? #ChampForKids
A1: I have always found that if you show that you are willing to share and that there is a safe environment to do so, it will encourage Ss to try. #champforkids.
Q1: It's so important that we give students a voice, and lean in to listen. What are some strategies you have found successful to help students open up to speak? #ChampForKids
A1: Have patience. Not all conversations start when we want them to. Give wait time, as some stories are harder to tell. Beyond this, I put aside distractions. I sit down with them. I make them feel like their story is the most important part of my day. #champforkids
Q1: It's so important that we give students a voice, and lean in to listen. What are some strategies you have found successful to help students open up to speak? #ChampForKids
A1: Love using tools that help them share anonymously ( @PearDeck@nearpod@RecapThat ) & also those like @Flipgrid and @gosynth . The BEST though, is me asking them and then listening and acting on it. That's the awesome sauce of S voice. #champforkids
A1: #champforkids I have found that kids stop talking when you try to start solving their problems, they just want to talk. Be a listener and love on them.
A1: I find time to have one on one conversations, but I also like to provide options for students to send emails or use private comments in google classroom. #champforkids
A1: My greatest discovery is using @Flipgrid to provide student choice and have them share their voice while eliminating the fear of speaking in front of others #champforkids
A1 Work on those relationships! Hallway conversations, interacting during recess, eating lunch with your Ss. If you have a relationship with your Ss, they will be more likely to open up and speak! #champforkids
Q1: It's so important that we give students a voice, and lean in to listen. What are some strategies you have found successful to help students open up to speak? #ChampForKids
A1: Explicitly modeling what we are looking for. I use the PVLEGs model. That and lots and lots of repetition. Ss should get the chance to speak every class. By the end of the year, it's no big deal, they've done it hundreds of times. #champforkids
A1. Use @Flipgrid@ChatterPixIt Also model listening especially in groups. Some children need that modeling to understand we need to listen and respect everyones voice. #ChampForKids
A1-
~love them unconditionally
~provide a safe, engaging, inclusive setting
~love/honor their cultures & their families 💕
~ enjoy them ~ only little for such a short time 😊❤️😊
~laugh with them
~#myfavgif#champforkids
A1: For me it is always all about relationships. Helping students to feel confident in their own skin. I am writing on student academic self-confidence and this is essential. #champforkids
#ChampForKids A1: I teach #SEL I think it helps to give Ss a voice when we explicitly teach them about listening. I teach about listening with attention and how to have an effective conversation. As a specials teacher I am spreading that importance through all grade levels.
A1: Strong sense of community, offering opportunities for Ss voice in lessons/activities, provide talking in lessons such as turn and talk, collaborative practices, presentations of interests #champforkids
A2: I have always sought out those with different opinions and ideas. Doing this has helped me change when needed and really has helped me adopt a #growthmindset. I want someone to tell me when I am wrong or misguided. #champforkids
A1: Building those relationshsips and creating a classroom environment that's welcoming and knowingly safe for the student. Always be patient and lend a listening ear. #champforkids
A2: I always believed in teaching the standards through my content, until I finally listened to a conversation between myself and a friend. I became truly intentional and the success is incredible. #champforkids
A2: This almost always happens, and usually on Twitter. Sometimes I'm not "listening" but watching my feed & boom, there's a tweet that challenges me and I think about it all day. Love when that happens. #ChampforKids
A1: Talk to them privately first. And not about learning. Relationships first, learning second. Even if they never get to the point where they open up publicly, you at least know you made a connection privately. #champforkids
A2: HS Ss are great at hitting that different note/sound so that I listen. Like, "Mrs. Steinbrink, I don't think this is as fun for this class as it was for us. Look at them. Does it look like they enjoy it?" Hmmm. A fave activity bit the dust because he was right. #champforkids
A2 When I first got on Twitter I only followed people who said things that I liked. I found out really quickly that I had more growth when I followed people that made me think! Made me question my WHY! #champforkids
A2: I can’t point to one specific person but it’s important to be around people that can challenge ideas and offer new insights. People have great ideas, listen to them, learn from them. #champforkids
A2: I talked about it on Friday how #4OCFpln has worked to mold and shape who I am as a person, husband, dad, teacher, and leader. I feel like I am constantly surrounded influential voices that challenge me, daily, to be a better version of myself. #champforkids
A2. I am very refelctive and seek different points of view and perspectives! ❤️ educators who make me think twice- & as @iluveducating stated it’s usually my fam on Twitter🤣 #ChampForKids
A2: One of my fav stories- Art tt asked me years ago to come in. I didn’t see how she could help. years later she asked me to do Rube Goldberg. Gave me a specific example. It was the greatest thing ever. Changed how I viewed learn. Can’t do without her now! #champforkids
A2: I talked about it on Friday how #4OCFpln has worked to mold and shape who I am as a person, husband, dad, teacher, and leader. I feel like I am constantly surrounded influential voices that challenge me, daily, to be a better version of myself. #champforkids
A2: The last few years I have done a lot of studying and attending conferences about trauma and behavior. Many ideas and ways of teaching have changed from listening to people with more knowledge than I. #champforkids
#ChampForKids A2: Honestly, my husband has pushed me to be better. Many times I haven't asked for his advice, but when I take a moment to reflect it really helps me grow.
A3: Listening takes being mindful. One must be in the moment and choose not to share attention while listening. Listening become an art form when we are focused and fully aware. #champforkids
A2: I think moving into admin has really helped me with listening. Twitter has helped me with seeing great things. As well, my fellow admin have helped me push myself by listening. #champforkids
A2 I'm always interested in where others are coming from. Listening to their ideas and opinions as well as their criticism and recommendations allows me to grow. With mondeling this I can encourage #growthmindset in my students. #champforkids
A2: The key point in this Q is "when you chose to listen." It always helps when others see where I'm coming from and not shoot me down during my times of struggle and instead, see my passion and support me through their knowledge! #ChampForKids
A3: Sometimes I need to just listen and not try to fix everything. Sometimes the fix is just being able to speak it out loud to a neutral party with no judgement. #champforkids
A3: I’m often doing multiple things at once. I’m not good at stopping what I’m doing to listen. I know it looks rude, I just need to remind myself. #champforkids
A3: Learning to listen, and then instead of bowling the speaker over if I've decided (or actually know) they're in error, leaning in and making sure I understand their position. Look at it from their angle/viewpoint. That is tough sometimes. #champforkids
A3: Patience. With some kids, and even my own, I have unlimited patience, but with others I feel like I want to hit fast-forward. It breaks my heart. I need to view each person's story with the same level of importance it has for them. #champforkids
A2~my mentor helped me see the good in my instructional practices, ALWAYS started the conv with them to focus on positive & helped me refine/tweak my time management areas that definitely needed work ~ HUGE shift for me & has made me a much better tchr&listener😊
#champforkids
A3: The growth that needs to happen is fully accepting what one is sharing with me and not becoming so defensive. I do better when I'm taking notes of what someone else is saying verus having to just stand there and take what they're saying. #ChampForKids
A3: I need to work on listening to just listen - not to reply. I am constantly making connections & thinking about what I'll say that I forget to listen. I've just got to be intentional. #champforkids
A3: I don’t remember people’s names. Also I want to be better st checking back in with people after they tell me their stories. I remember the major ones, but not so much the smaller stories. But stories are stories and they are all important. #champforkids
A3. I need to work on listening when others vent and that’s it- not try to offer advice or chime in on the emotion- just give the person an ear. #champforkids
Q4: We bring all of our senses into the ring with us. Sometimes we hear things we wish hadn't heard. Who do you turn to when you need an ear to hear your heaviness? #champforkids
A4: We have a wonderful counselor and dean. I get along very well with my Assistant Principal. Of course, my wife who teaches as well is my rock. #champforkids
A3: Asking more questions and being a more active listener. Sometimes I'm not as present as I could be when people don't get to the point as fast as I'd prefer. #champforkids
Q4: We bring all of our senses into the ring with us. Sometimes we hear things we wish hadn't heard. Who do you turn to when you need an ear to hear your heaviness? #champforkids
A4: I either turn to my PLN, or I'm really bad about bottling it up and bringing it home. Being a coach, I am not really in a position to share what I hear with others. #champforkids
Q4: We bring all of our senses into the ring with us. Sometimes we hear things we wish hadn't heard. Who do you turn to when you need an ear to hear your heaviness? #champforkids
#ChampForKids A4: I have a really awesome coworker, I can talk with her about anything. Funny to have this Q because I just went to her this morning about heaviness that "heard".
A1: Greeting them by name, being a friendly face & showing up to their events. They see you as more than an educator, but as someone who cares enough to come back to campus after a long day! #BleacherBum#ChampforKids
A4: I’m bad with this.....I’m reflective and process it in my own head. I eventually turn to my blog to help me process and reflect through things. #champforkids
Q4: We bring all of our senses into the ring with us. Sometimes we hear things we wish hadn't heard. Who do you turn to when you need an ear to hear your heaviness? #champforkids
A4: I take to writing, some of my fellow admin, or my husband. Twitter is a great place to help with just needing to escape for a few as well! #champforkids
Q4: We bring all of our senses into the ring with us. Sometimes we hear things we wish hadn't heard. Who do you turn to when you need an ear to hear your heaviness? #champforkids
A5: I teach middle school and I constantly remind them that they can email me at any time. Many times that's all it takes for them to reach out. #champforkids
A4 Ooh! "Hearing" some of y'all's answers reminds me how much I miss bending @gunnels5G 's ear when I needed to unload a burden! Miss ya, Carol! #champforkids
A5: I am always present. I listen. I partner with all of my students and build the trust and respect from minute one. We must rely on trust. #champforkids
A5: With first graders, I usually ask them if they need a hug, then I speak to them privately while holding their hands. Sometimes they need tho know that they are loved. #champforkids
A5 I might ask them if they have someone that they can talk to. At times I have had them write me a note, or just journal to let things out. #champforkids
A5: Hold them to high expectations. Kids are resilient and they will surprise you. I can think of few life skills that are as important as public speaking, so it's really worth it to promote it and push it as much as possible. #champforkids
A5: I make sure to connect with the every single day. Ask them how their day is going. About them book they are reading. I am super nosey so asking random questions is not hard for me, lol!! 😂 #champforkids
Thank you for a great chat tonight #Champforkids. If you are interested in joining in a conversation about the 5 C's, please slide on over to #fcpslearn at 8:30 pm ET.
A5: I'm an administrator, so have great opportunities. But I like to "accidentally" be coming down the hall in between classes a couple periods later and talk. Wait time helps. #champforkids
Thank you for a great chat tonight #Champforkids. If you are interested in joining in a conversation about the 5 C's, please slide on over to #fcpslearn at 8:30 pm ET.
A4: Sadly, I don't have that connection within my work place to turn to so I tend to turn to my partner who doesn't really know what it takes to be a teacher but he's so supportive. I hate coming off as the complainer to someone who doesn't "get it." #ChampForKids
Super thankful for @jchandlerteach tonight!!! Can’t wait to go back and read through all of the awesomeness and connect with each of you! Next week we welcome @HeckAwesome into the ring for some #sketchnote awesomeness!!! #ChampforKids
A5. Since I teach 2nd they are in groups alot so without drawing attention to them I walk around and ask the group ideas- kids also have certain jobs so we switch throughout lesson- @Flipgrid is also amazing tool! All of my shy ones are not anymore due to @Flipgrid#champforkids
Thanks @khoggardGRT for sharing the ring with me tonight! I am thankful for all of you #champforkids difference makers who are using the power of LISTENING to shape lives! Keep leaning in!
My struggle as a listener is that I'm a hard-wired problem solver. So I listen for problems with the aim of offering solutions. That's not always what is wanted or needed or welcome. Discerning what the speaker wants from the convo is a starting place for me. #champforkids
#ChampForKids A5: It can be tough, but if we have already shown them kindness then when we express concern hopefully they will open up. I would quietly ask them if they are ok and would want to talk.
A4 Thankfully I have a very supportive fiance. Whenever I need to vent he lends an ear and give the best advice. Sometimes when needed he just listens. I also have supportive colleagues that are always there! #champforkids
Wow! Time flew by! Thanks #champforkids and group for a great chat! New connections made and looking to build more! Stay warm and enjoy the midweek stretch! #champforkids
Super thankful for @jchandlerteach tonight!!! Can’t wait to go back and read through all of the awesomeness and connect with each of you! Next week we welcome @HeckAwesome into the ring for some #sketchnote awesomeness!!! #ChampforKids
A5: I let them know that I am always available because, in the moment, they may not be ready to share. If they do not feel comfortable speaking directly, they can always share their story with me by email. #champforkids
A4: it depends. Often, I can “debrief” with a trusted colleague who truly understands where I’m coming from. When I can’t, I bend the ear of my husband. So great to have his support! #ChampForKids
Thanks for a reflective #Champforkids@jchandlerteach ❤️❤️❤️
Would ❤️ to see my friends join the #AIMsnetwork chat in less than 30 min. Talking about the 4 C’s: Meeting in the MIDDLE - From Elementary to Middle School.
A5 I give them space. I personally will open up when I'm ready and I encourage my students to do the same. Being patient with your students and again creating a positive environment will allow those relationship to grow. Give students options. #champforkids
A3: I struggle with staying in the moment. I want others to know I am listening by giving a detailed response but often, I miss out on details because I’m busy thinking instead of actively listening. #ChampForKids
Such a great chat! So well done @jchandlerteach
If the weather forecast holds out, my book group will be on for next Tuesday. But I’ll go back through the chat and chime in where I can! #ChampForKids
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@khoggardGRT, @jchandlerteach, @HeckAwesome, @iluveducating, @hayes_melisa, @MrsHankinsClass, @megan_hacholski, @MatthewXJoseph, @MrPStrunk, @ChristineBemis2, @jmattmiller, @jchandlerteach
