“FACILITATING POSITIVE CHANGE”
In this episode
Guilt or shame we inflict on ourselves or others is never helpful. Sometimes adults don’t know how to escape patterns of talking and teaching that can hurt a student, our peers or ourselves. Guest Jeanne Forrester helps us learn how to avoid wounding and build the esteem of students to help them get back on track. (more…)
About today’s guest
Bob started his career as a school teacher and school counselor and now teaches in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of South Carolina. He has written over 24 books and provided services in over 11 countries and territories primarily as a specialist in working with students when “all else fails.” (more…)
I am so excited that very soon I get to introduce the Edspiration Podcast. I created Edspiration after countless conversations with educators around the world who shared their wishes, needs, challenges and hopes. In one school I worked with, the principal said something that hit me in the heart. She said, “I don’t know where to turn, I feel like we have tried everything but we are so busy dealing with fires,” then she started to choke back tears and said, “I don’t know what to do, I feel like I am losing hope.” I later thought, if she is losing hope, I wonder how the staff feel and how the students feel. But deep down, she was still looking for solutions to building a school everyone wanted to be. It’s time to fight small fires with a bigger fire; the fire, passion, and knowledge to apply solutions. (more…)
