If you haven’t seen this TED talk, I suggest you look at it ASAP. To send them to other grades and school better than they came. They show up everyday for the safe school environment, they show up in the middle of a pandemic, they show up for the relationships they have developed at school. As a special education teacher I am often the teacher to the kid that no one else can handle or the kid with all of the behavior issues. Rita says that we as educators know that the tough kids are never absent and they show up for a reason, they show up for the relationship.
This will help build self esteem and develop a positive mindset within my classroom. I would like to start working on helping my students recite positive affirmations to themselves everyday. I am working on a more positive approach, reciting affirmations and kind words to myself throughout the day to develop a more positive mindset. I sometimes say some not so nice things to myself and then I start to believe it. Pierson states that if you say something long enough, its starts to be a part of you. Human connection can reduce anxiety and depression, help regulate our emotions, and lead to higher self-esteem.
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We have a curriculum that we use daily to explicitly teach social emotional skills and how to appropriately interact with peers and adults in the school setting. As a special education teacher, I am intentionally working to help students develop appropriate friendships and relationships with peers and adults. Throughout the entire video she speaks about the value and importance of human connection. I always like to go back to the “why.” Why am I doing what I am doing? I think my family and misrepresentation are what gave me the drive to become an educator. Growing up in my small town in South Carolina, I did not have a lot of teachers who looked like me. I also spend the majority of my time at the school house, talking about, or thinking about what happened at the school house. I too come from a long line of educators. This was one of the reasons why I feel she is so relatable.
Pierson, stated that she has spent the majority of her life either at the school house, on the way to the school house or talking about the school house. I just wanted to take the time to highlight 4 key points that slapped me in the face and made me re-think my teaching style.Īt the beginning of the video Ms. Peirson is Phenomenal and so relatable in this video. Needless to say it was exactly what I needed. It was during our teacher work week right before the students came back to school. I was first introduced to this video by my principal at my first teaching job. Whenever I start getting into that downward spiral of feeling so overwhelmed and doubting my abilities in my profession (which honestly, I have found myself in often this school year) I always go back and watch my favorite TED talk video: Every Kid Needs A Champion by Rita Pierson. Often I have to stop, take a deep breath and remind myself that everything is going to be ok.
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This school year has been full of stress, laughter, crying, tired nights, productive days, some not so productive days, moments of relief and sometimes even fear, and I am only in the first month of school. Honestly some mornings, I have to say an extra long prayer in order to just get out of bed. With all that has been going on in the world recently, I’m in need of more and more teacher inspiration, encouragement and motivation than ever. Here are some notes and reflections from my favorite TED talk. And it is not our place to say what they do is 'wrong.' It's our place to say maybe we can add a set of rules that they don't know about.Sometimes I need some teacher inspiration and rewatching my favorite TED talk is the perfect solution.
“Parents make decisions for their children based on what they know, what they feel will make them safe. Focusing on the students who are too often under-served, she lectured on topics like “Helping Under-Resourced Learners,”“Meeting the Educational Needs of African American Boys" and "Engage and Graduate your Secondary Students: Preventing Dropouts."
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In each of these roles, she brought a special energy to the role - a desire to get to know her students, show them how much they matter and support them in their growth, even if it was modest.įor the past decade, Pierson conducted professional development workshops and seminars for thousands of educators. She was a counselor, a testing coordinator and an assistant principal.
Pierson, a professional educator since 1972, taught elementary school, junior high and special education.
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